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Hospital chaplain sees need for counseling at vet school
Michael Davidson, Robert Gierka , College of Veterinary MedicineRadio Clip
Walt Wolfram
Letter
to the editor: Program promotes sports to girls
NCSU athletics, NCSU women's basketball
team
ASU's
Nanotech in Society Center hosts launch event
Nanotechnology researchers
Coaches
drawing a line in the hardwood
NCSU students/sports fans
Obit.:
Stanley T. "Ted" Pemberton
Former McKimmon Center continuing education program director and recipient
of NCSUs Dr. William L. Turner Award
Radio Clip: The State of Things
Jan. 24, 2006
WUNC Radio
By staff report
© Copyright 2006
Radio Clip
WUNC Radio, The State of Things
Aired Monday, Jan. 23, 2006
Scholars have long pointed to the connection between old ballads sung in the British Isles and those sung in the mountains of western North Carolina. But it’s getting harder to find those who carry on the tradition. 91-year-old Mary Jane Queen is one such balladeer. She and her family are the subjects of a new documentary, “The Queen Family.” Host Frank Stasio speaks with Mary Jane Queen, director Neal Hutcheson and executive producer Walt Wolfram. They discuss ballads, the mountains and North Carolina dialects
Jan. 24, 2006
Henderson Daily Dispatch
By staff report
© Copyright 2006
I want to tell you about a great program going on in the county. It's G-WIS (Girls & Women In Sports) Foundation. Their mission is to promote the mental and physical health of girls in our community through early involvement with sports and positive female role models. For 10 years Vance County has participated in this program. Special thanks go to Lynn and Mike Harper of Henderson for their support. Thanks to Vance County Public Schools and your staff of Pam Bello, Janet Ross, and Clay Owen (buses) for putting this in action. I don't want to forget the physical education teachers who held a shootout at their school and took the girls to the game on Sunday.
On Dec. 14, Aycock Elementary and Dabney Elementary hosted fourth- and fifth-grade girls to their schools. The guest speakers were the NCSU women's basketball team. This was a great time for the young ladies to talk and listen to the team on various issues. The girls will develop an appreciation for the need of academic excellence. They talked about the importance of healthy attitudes toward physical activity. The students were challenged to develop social skills in a setting outside of the classroom.
On Jan. 15, the Lady Wolfpack team played UNC at Reynolds Coliseum. The fifth-grade girls and their parents were invited to be there for free. The 10 girls representing their school had their shootout before the game. This was a lot of fun!
Special thanks to these winners: Aycock Elementary, Kayla Hoyle; Carver Elementary, Ar'Rellya McGhee; Clark Street Elementary, Arnitra Edwards; Dabney Elementary, Jazmine Haywood; New Hope Elementary, Desha Terry; Pinkston Street Elementary, Kadashia Moore; E.M. Rollins Elementary, Kara Reese; L.B. Yancey Elementary, Carslin Talley; E.O. Young Elementary, Tanaua White; and Zeb Vance Elementary, Stephanie Blake.
Kaylan, Ar'Rellya, Jazmine and Kara performed at halftime of the girls game. The winner of this contest was Jazmine Haywood of Dabney. Way to go, girl! Oh yeah, UNC won the game. But for our Vance County girls, everyone won.
From the girls at Carver Elementary, thanks for caring and taking the time for us!
Randy Oxendine, physical education teacher, Henderson
Hospital chaplain sees need for counseling at vet school
Jan. 24, 2006
News 14 Carolina, abc11tv.com, WWAY NewsChannel 3, WSOCtv.com
By staff report
© Copyright 2006
RALEIGH) - A volunteer hospital chaplain says he thinks there is a need for counseling of pet owners when their dogs and cats are being treated at the N.C. State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Robert Gierka is a publications manager at N.C. State and wants to be a full-time chaplain at the vet school. The 49-year-old chaplain says pet owners view their pets as family members and suffer the same grief as people do when members of their human family are sick or dying.
Michael Davidson is director of veterinary medical services at the school and is working to help secure grant money to pay for the chaplain's post.
To learn more about pet chaplains, visit Gierka's website, PetChaplain.com.
AAEP Convention 2001: Surgical Techniques
Jan. 24, 2006
TheHorse.com (KY)
By staff report
© Copyright 2006
Veterinarians and horse owners can share in a tremendous amount of knowledge from the AAEP Convention. While many of the topics on surgery were designed to help the practitioner learn new techniques and aren't applicable for the lay person, there are other topics that dealt with surgery and its uses that had a message for both veterinarian and client.
Periosteal Stripping Useful?
One of the more controversial presentations during a session on surgery was offered by Emma K. Read, DVM, of the University of Saskatchewan. Her topic dealt with periosteal stripping for young horses with angular limb deformities. (This is technically known as hemicircumferential periosteal transection and elevation.) Read had questioned whether the procedure was any more beneficial than conservative treatment with stall confinement and trimming.
At the University of Saskatchewan, a study involved taking 10 30-day-old foals, anesthetizing them, and placing a transphyseal bridge "at the distal lateral radial physis of each leg using a pair of 4.5-mm cortical screws and two strands of 1.2-mm wire" to induce angular deformity.
The foals were then confined in a large pen until significant angulation developed. When the limbs had reached 15 degrees of angulation or the foal was 90 days old, the implants were removed and treatment protocols were begun. Legs to be treated were selected at random, with some undergoing the stripping procedure and others being treated with stall rest and proper trimming.
Eight weeks after the treatment began, Read said, the angulation was significantly improved. However, there was no significant difference between limbs that had undergone periosteal stripping and those treated conservatively. Examination of the foals at one year of age showed no significant difference in angulation between limbs treated surgically and those treated conservatively.
Members of the audience challenged her conclusion, but Read held firmly to her conviction that surgery had not improved the outcome.
Patella Fixation
M. Aziz Tnibar, DVM, PhD, of Clinique Equine in Maisons-Alfort, France, reported on a technique that involved ligament splitting for the treatment of upward fixation of the patella. The horse's stifle can be compared to the human knee, and it is the animal's largest and most complex joint. When upward fixation of the patella occurs, the patellar ligaments, which hook over the knob of the femur to lock the stifle in extension, fail to unhook to allow the patella to slide downward and the leg to bend. As a result, a horse will drag the affected leg until the ligament unhooks.
Tnibar said his study involved splitting the upper third of the medial patellar ligament in an effort to foster thickening and strengthening of the ligament. The procedure was performed on four horses and three ponies, he said, and was successful in each instance. There were no complications from the surgery, and all of the animals were able to return to work soon after the surgery.
Stifle Trauma
Carolyn E. Arnold, DVM, of the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center said stifle trauma can be a common cause of lameness in the horse. Fractures of the tibial tuberosity often occur as a result of direct trauma, such as hitting the stifle on a fence while jumping, or as an avulsion injury (tearing away of part of the structure) caused by slipping on ice. When a fracture is involved, surgery is a repair option, but Arnold said there are some inherent risks, especially during recovery from anesthesia.
The purpose of her study was to determine whether conservative treatment involving stall rest would be as successful as surgery. As part of her study, she examined the records of 15 horses admitted to New Bolton Center and treated conservatively for tibial tuberosity fracture. A follow-up survey revealed that 10 of the 15 horses had recovered and were performing at the previous or a higher athletic level at an average of 52 months after the injury.
Three of the 15 never returned to athletic capability due to protracted lameness. The other two horses in the group developed patellar desmitis.
In conclusion Arnold said, "The mortality rate associated with internal fixation (surgery) is as high as 50%. Implant failure and catastrophic fracture of the tibia were cited as the cause for failure.
"Although conservative management might require a more extended period of rehabilitation, the risk of mortality and prognosis for successful outcome are improved compared to surgical treatment," she continued. "Our results suggest conservative management of tibial tuberosity fractures to be an alternative method of treatment with favorable outcome."
Surgical Treatment of Uveitis
The owner of a horse with equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) doesn't have many options when it comes to long-term treatment and care. Two relatively new surgical procedures are available--intravitreal cyclosporine implants and core vitrectomies (CV). Brian C. Gilger, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVO, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, recently set out to review the literature and find the indications, complications, and long-term results. He presented his findings at the AAEP convention.
In a vitrectomy, the veterinarian removes the vitreous, which is the soft, jelly-like tissue that fills the space between the posterior part of the lens and the surface of the eye. Gilger said that while CVs might decrease the number and severity of ERU episodes--keeping the eye comfortable and eliminating the need for enucleation (eye removal)--there is a high cataract formation rate.
Cyclosporine implants are devices that release low levels of Cyclosporine A, an immunosuppressant drug. The implants are designed to prevent the recurrence of ocular inflammation. The implants can be effective for up to five or six years. According to Gilger, implant recipients have minimal complications, ERU episodes are significantly reduced, and many of the horses regain normal vision.
Cyclosporine implants are indicated for eyes with progressive ERU but minimal ocular changes, whereas CV is recommended for horses in a more advanced stage of ERU.
Split-Thickness Meshed Grafts
There are several advantages of meshed skin grafts over nonmeshed ones, said Peter Rakestraw, MA, VMD, Dipl. ACVS, of Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine. They allow covering of large wounds with smaller pieces of donor skin; allow antimicrobial medications to contact the wound; and have better drainage, better conformation to the wound, and better handling of motion. Another benefit of meshed grafts is a better final appearance than pinch or punch grafts, which often yield tufts of hair surrounded by hairless skin.
Aseptic technique is vital to the survival of the graft, both during the grafting procedure and when changing bandages following the procedure.
Rakestraw estimated that a significant portion (over 50%) of meshed grafts take roughly 70% of the time, compared to a success rate of 50-90% with pinch and punch grafts. The meshed grafts are more expensive than other grafts, but the followup wound care is the same. Proper training might allow this technique to be practiced on an outpatient basis or even at the farm, significantly reducing the cost, he concluded.
Laser Surgery for Cribbing
Daniel Burba, DVM, of Louisiana State University, reported on the use of laser surgery to solve cribbing in horses. The surgical involves removing a portion of muscles (the sternohyoideus and omohyoideus muscles) in the neck. In his study, Burba said, laser surgery alleviated cribbing in 14 of 14 cases. Using laser surgery resulted in less hematoma and seroma than would be expected with conventional surgery. He suggested that one reason for the high rate of success was because the surgery was performed on the muscles in a more rostral (forward) location.
"More rostral transection of the sternohyoideus and omohyoideus muscles might decrease the possibility of a fibrous union forming between transected muscle ends, which we believe is vital to increasing the success rate," he said. "Minimizing seroma or hematoma formation post-operatively might decrease fibrous tissue formation and also improve the success rate."
ASU's Nanotech in Society Center hosts launch event
Jan. 24, 2006
Nanotechwire.com (PA), PhysOrg.com (VA), EurekAlert (DC)
By staff report
© Copyright 2006
Nanotechnology promises to have a profound impact on society. Defined as science and engineering done at the scale of a billionth of a meter, nanotechnology has been heralded by many scientists, futurists and investors as the next industrial revolution.
But for every optimistic forecast of nanobots to perform microsurgery or in-body sensors to monitor human health, there are doomsday scenarios of nano-chips implanted in the brain that forever alter human identity or nano-sensors publicly revealing all private places and information. How can scientists, citizens, and policy makers be adequately engaged in a dialogue about nanotechnology's potential for good and ill? How can we successfully govern nanotechnology?
On Monday, January 30, nanotechnology leaders from across the nation will gather in Tempe as ASU launches its Center for Nanotechnology in Society. The culmination of the launch event will be a Public Forum on Nanotechnology in Society from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Great Hall (Armstrong Hall) of the College of Law.
A distinguished panel of scientists, policy experts and ethicists will convene for this important discussion. The panel includes remarks from ASU President Michael Crow, David Guston, director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society; George Poste, director of the Biodesign Institute; and Jonathan Moreno, University of Virginia Professor of Biomedical Ethics and co-chair of the National Academies' committee on human embryonic stem cell research.
Guston called the event "the beginning of an unprecedented effort to expand our knowledge of how emerging technologies like nanotechnology interact with society, to train students to understand those interactions, and to involve the general public in helping to make decisions, along with scientists and engineers and policy makers, about what nanotechnology's future will be like."
Last fall, the National Science Foundation awarded ASU $6.2 million to establish the Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS-ASU). The Center is a collaboration of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) and the Biodesign Institute at ASU.
CNS-ASU is the largest in a network of $14.3 million in newly funded NSF activities on nanotechnology and society, which includes a second $5 million center at the University of California-Santa Barbara and additional projects at Harvard University and the University of South Carolina.
The ASU Center will be a "center of excellence" for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a federal research and development (R&D) program established to coordinate the multi-agency efforts in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. According to the NNI, federally supported nanotechnology R&D in 2005 was $1 billion, and the future global marketplace for goods and services using nanotechnologies will grow to $1 trillion by 2015.
However, nano- scientists and engineers are still working out the rules and techniques for imaging, manipulating and manufacturing matter at this minute atomic scale, 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. And social scientists and humanists are just starting to understand how such inquiries and technologies interact with the broader society.
The launch event will gather a broad network of CNS-ASU researchers and collaborators, including researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; North Carolina State University, Raleigh; University of Colorado, Boulder; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.; and other universities and private and public sector groups.
CNS-ASU focuses on two broad research themes: freedom, privacy, and security; and human identity, enhancement, and biology.
CNS-ASU will also experiment with a novel approach of teaming social scientists and nano-scientists to consider the ethical and social dimensions of nanotechnology as the new technologies are developed in real-time. The Center also incorporates regular meetings with and feedback from citizens, policy makers, and business leaders on their perspectives on nanotechnology.
"The Center will help both researchers and citizens develop a better understanding of where scientific and social values come from, what they mean, and how they shape the direction that nanotechnology takes," said Guston.
By understanding the interactions between nanotechnology and society, the Center hopes to encourage informed discussions and improve policy choices and technological outcomes for the benefit of society. The forum is free and open to the public. A public reception with light fare will be held following the forum. For more information, visit http://cns.asu.edu or call 480-727-8787.
The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, The Biodesign Institute, the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, and the Center for Biology and Society.
The vision of CNS-ASU is that research into the societal aspects of nanoscale science and engineering (NSE), carried out in close collaboration with NSE scientists and combined with public engagement, will improve deliberation and decision making about NSE. Its goal is nothing less than charting a path toward new ways of organizing the production of knowledge and developing and testing new processes of anticipatory governance to meet the emerging promises and challenges of NSE.
Coaches drawing a line in the hardwood
Jan. 24, 2006
Macon Telegraph (GA)
By Adam Van Brimmer
© Copyright 2006
ATLANTA - Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt listened to a pack of North Carolina State students heckle player Theodis Tarver for 39 minutes.
The Yellow Jackets veteran always hears, but usually tunes out what's being said behind his team's bench. He's normally so ignorant about what goes on in the stands during games his assistant coaches joke about it.
" I'm totally, totally oblivious," Hewitt said. "Usually."
N.C. State sophomore John Elias and his buddies pushed Hewitt over the edge on Jan. 14 at the RBC Center, though. They spent the game ragging on Tarver, who was ruled academically ineligible by Tech five days earlier and reinstated by an appeals committee on the eve of the game.
With 57 seconds left and the Wolfpack comfortably ahead, Elias' taunting broke Hewitt's concentration. The coach turned, and according to Elias, swore at him and told him his behavior was classless.
That same afternoon in another rowdy arena 1,000 miles away, Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl responded to rowdy LSU fans in another way.
The Volunteers trailed the Tigers by double figures with about a minute to go. The crowd tauntingly chanted the name of Tennessee guard Dane Bradshaw, who was on the bench with four fouls. Pearl signaled for Bradshaw to go back into the game, and while the player waited on the sideline for a play stoppage, Pearl faced the fans, grabbed Bradshaw's arm and raised it mockingly to the crowd.
Moments later, Bradshaw hit a 3-pointer and made his own gesture to the fans.
Two coaches, two incidents, one day. Heckling has long been a part of sports, particularly basketball, where fans sit so close to team benches.
But if the actions of Hewitt and Pearl are any indication, college coaches may finally be drawing a line on the hardwood.
" The thing that I would always expect from people, and maybe I'm naive, is to put yourself or a loved one in that young man's position before you begin to speak," said Hewitt, who has apologized profusely for his outburst at N.C. State.
" You know, you have a good basketball team, your team's winning the game, if you can't get any joy out of it, then why are you at the game?"
Fans argue that heckling can unnerve opponents and give their team an advantage. Several Atlantic Coast Conference crowds have mastered the art, particularly those at Duke, Wake Forest and N.C. State.
Students sit right on the court in those schools' venues. League rules mandate that the visiting team gets 50 seats behind the bench for its own fans, providing somewhat of a buffer zone.
But at N.C. State's arena, the bulwark is basically
two rows of seats. Elias and friends sat - stood
actually - within
15 feet
of Hewitt
and the Georgia
Tech bench.
Verbal abuse easily spans that space. Individual
voices can be heard. It's up to the fans to decide
what is
appropriate and
what's not.
There are boundaries, Elias said. Students who sit courtside at the RBC Center are expected to follow a set of guidelines, which include a ban on profanity and limits on personal attacks. Elias admits those lines are often crossed.
He also admits to being out of line with Tarver. He learned after the game that Tarver's mother died last summer and says he understands how that could distract a student from his schoolwork.
" Where this went wrong and a lot of the misunderstanding came from is that most students didn't have any idea about Tarver's mom," Elias said. "If that had been known, it probably would've been off limits. We do try to keep boundaries and make sure everything is in good taste."
The ironic part of the story, Elias said, is there's a movement among N.C. State students to change their reputations as fans.
The Wolfpack student section hit a low point last year when they heckled Wake Forest guard Chris Paul with taunts of "We killed your grandfather." Paul's grandfather was murdered during the player's senior year of high school.
N.C. State's students also had a previous run-in with Georgia Tech. Former player B.J. Elder's mother was heckled at a game during her son's playing career. Fans made reference to Elder's first name and a sexual act.
I've heard things that have been said in the past and I know there's effort to make sure there are boundaries set," Elias said. "People are trying to make sure it stays within reason. Unfortunately, there are people who don't know when to stop."
As for Tarver, he said he expects to take abuse from fans the rest of the season. Tech played at Wake Forest four days after the N.C. State game, and Wake's students heckled him about his intelligence. A senior, Tarver's used to poor fan behavior and said he won't let it bother him.
" Fans will be fans. They're a part of the game," Tarver said. "But at the same time I don't feel like they should be in it. It shouldn't affect me as a player because I am a player and I'm used to playing in that kind of environment, but at certain times, certain things are said that you can't help but hear.
" They need to think about what they're saying before they say it."
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Reach Van Brimmer at adam.vanbrimmer@morris.com or 404-589-8424.
Obit.: Stanley T. "Ted" Pemberton
Jan. 24, 2006
News & Observer
STANLEY THEODORE "TED" PEMBERTON, 62, of Cary died at his home on Sunday morning after a battle with cancer.
A native of Richmond, VA, he was the son of Arthur Theodore and Mae Brown Pemberton and was an alumni of Virginia Commonwealth University. He was founder and president of Financial Analysts, Inc., providing financial consulting for corporate clients, as well as family, friends and neighbors since 1974.
Ted Pemberton lived his life acting on the courage of his convictions. He was universally admired and respected for his integrity, compassion and humor. His personal and professional life reflected his values in caring about the welfare of others, and he supported various charitable causes. He was an active leader of the Raleigh chapter of American Business Clubs, "AMBUCS" since 1968. AMBUCS is an organization that provides scholarships to students in the field of physical therapy and gives therapeutic equipment to children in need. His service to this organization and to his community was recognized with several prestigious awards.
As chairman of the Frankie Lemmon Foundation since 1987, he built a significant charitable organization to support Frankie Lemmon School for young children with disabilities. He did this for the children, because he believed in their right to reach for success with the opportunities provided there. Watching these children with special needs face their challenges never failed to touch a place deep in his heart. It was an unspoken promise to them, this mission of his, to keep the doors of opportunities open at Frankie Lemmon School. His unceasing efforts kept his promise and the doors of possibilities open, which is a sterling tribute and an enduring legacy.
Ted was program director for the very first continuing education program held at the Jane S. McKimmon Center in 1976, "Utilizing Tax Laws To Your Advantage." In 2004, Ted was honored as the first recipient of NCSU's Dr. William L. Turner Award for Outstanding Contributions to Extension and Continuing Education. He developed and taught courses on tax laws and completed 90 programs, always donating his honoraria to the university.
In 1995, Ted was founder and president of Carolina Storage Centers,
Inc., of New Bern, NC. This was one of the first inside climate controlled
storage facilities
in the state.
Ted>s life was a testament to true love in his marriage to Ellen. Ted had
an appreciation of life and living, devotion to those he loved, and a quality
of faith that enriched the lives of all who knew him. This man of honor has
moved to a place where he will have the communion of saints and life everlasting.
Ted is survived by his wife of 28 years, Ellen Yeargan Pemberton; sons, Timothy Michael Pemberton and his wife, Laura of Raleigh and Mark Todd Pemberton of Raleigh; a granddaughter, Jessica of Raleigh; his father, Arthur Theodore Pemberton of Richmond, VA; and brothers, Arthur Ronald Pemberton and Steven Otey Pemberton, both of Richmond, VA.
Memorial services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Hayes Barton Baptist Church.
Parking will be provided on the upper deck at Carolina Place,
2626 Glenwood Ave. and a shuttle to the service will also be
provided.
The family will receive friends after the service at the church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Frankie Lemmon Foundation, Inc., c/o Frankie Lemmon School, 1800 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh, NC 27608.
Arrangements by Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, 831 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.bryan-leefuneralhome.com.