April 22 (Reuters) - Pep Guardiola is not the only connection between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, who meet in their Champions League semi-final, first leg at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday. Both teams are dominating their leagues to an almost embarrassing extent, have won the Champions League four times apiece, share an acrimonious rivalry with Real Madrid, and owe part of their success to the flamboyant Dutchman Louis van Gaal. Both have also been in two Champions League finals in the last four years, though the Catalans won both of theirs and the Bavarians came out losers on each occasion. ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Eighteen months after his involuntary manslaughter conviction, Michael Jackson's doctor on Monday appealed his case, claiming there were multiple legal errors at his trial.
A lawyer for Dr. Conrad Murray argued in the 230-page appellate brief that there was insufficient proof that Jackson died of an overdose of the anesthetic propofol administered by Murray.
The appeal also reiterated an often-stated defense claim that Jackson may have administered the overdose to himself.
The pop superstar died on June 25, 2009, days before he was to leave for England to perform in his ill-fated "This is It" concert. Witnesses said Murray had been giving him propofol as a sleep aid, a purpose for which it was not intended.
Attorney Valerie Wass said that because of Jackson's great fame, his doctor was used as an example by the judge who sentenced him to the highest term for involuntary manslaughter. She suggested that even if his conviction is upheld, his four-year sentence should be reduced.
Murray is eligible for release in October after serving half his sentence.
Murray's two-month trial in 2011 drew wide media coverage, and Wass argued that the judge should have excluded TV cameras from the courtroom and granted a motion to sequester jurors to keep them insulated from publicity.
"The unprecedented fame of the alleged victim combined with the pervasiveness of modern media rendered it impossible for appellant to receive a fair trial with a non-sequestered jury in a case that was televised and streamed live around the world," the appeal said.
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor had denied the defense motion, saying jurors who are sequestered often feel like prisoners and it interferes with their decision-making process. He instructed jurors daily to avoid publicity, and there was no indication that they violated the order.
The appeal also challenged the prosecution theory that Jackson was hooked up to an IV drip of propofol and left alone in his bedroom by Murray.
It called that scenario "absurd, improbable and unbelievable," and provided an exhaustive reprise of scientific testimony about Jackson's death. Murray told police he gave the singer an extremely small dose of propofol, a fact contradicted by scientists who reconstructed the events preceding the death.
Wass contended that one defense attorney, Michael Flanagan, failed to adequately cross-examine a scientist who testified to that issue. She said he and other lawyers also waited too long to ask for examination of residue in a propofol bottle found in Jackson's room, Their motion was filed 11 days after conviction and was denied.
The appeal faulted the judge for refusing to admit as evidence some of Jackson's previous medical records, his contract with concert promoter AEG, and his financial documents.
"The trial court abused its discretion by excluding all evidence of Jackson's financial condition, including lawsuits pending against him because such evidence was relevant to establish Jackson's state of mind on the day he died, which may have explained his conduct that morning and supported the defense theory of the case," the appeal said.
The attorney general's office, representing the prosecution, has 30 days to respond to the appeal. Wass then has another 20 days for her response.
She said the outcome of the appellate case could have some impact on pending medical board proceedings for Murray in Texas and California. The boards will decide whether to revoke Murray's license to practice medicine in the two states.
Meanwhile, Murray may be summoned to testify in a civil lawsuit filed against AEG by Jackson's mother, Katherine. Jury selection in that case is currently underway. She claims the concert promoter was negligent in hiring Murray to care for the singer.
New review sets international standards for best practice in fracture liaison servicesPublic release date: 22-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: L. Misteli news@iofbonehealth.org 41-229-940-100 International Osteoporosis Foundation
'Capture the Fracture' provides guidance for global efforts to prevent secondary fractures
Fragility fractures due to osteoporosis are a major cause of disability or premature death in older adults. Those at highest risk are patients who have already suffered one fragility fracture; they are at twice the risk of suffering a future fracture compared to others who have not fractured.
Nevertheless health care systems around the world are failing to identify and treat these patients, leaving them exposed to debilitating and life-threatening secondary fractures.
Based on evidence from numerous global studies, a new report, 'Capture the Fracture: A Best Practice Framework and Global Campaign to Break the Fragility Fracture Cycle' (1), sets 13 achievable standards for best practice in implementing fracture liaison services (FLS) worldwide, in a broad range of health-economic environments.
The report has been published in the peer-reviewed journal 'Osteoporosis International' and is endorsed by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Committee of Scientific Advisors. It is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-013-2348-z
Fracture Liaison Systems help reduce the burden of fragility fractures:
Professor Cyrus Cooper, Chair of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors (CSA) emphasized the importance of systematic and coordinated secondary prevention care: "Coordinator-based FLS have been shown to close the gap in secondary fracture prevention care, ensuring that fragility fracture sufferers receive appropriate assessment and intervention to reduce future fracture risk."
The best practice framework sets the foundation for 'Capture the Fracture', a multi-stakeholder initiative led by the International Osteoporosis Foundation. The initiative hopes to drive change so that secondary fracture prevention becomes a reality around the world.
The new initiative aims to:
Illustrate global best practice for FLS;
Set benchmarks to which clinics and hospitals can aspire;
Provide essential resources and documentation;
Give international recognition to FLS programmes around the world;
Establish mentoring and grant programmes to assist development of FLS at the local level.
Clinics and hospitals worldwide can participate by submitting information about their FLS or coordinator- based programmes for inclusion on http://www.capturethefracture.org. The portal offers a visual map that shows the address and location of clinics around the world offering FLS, along with a summary of their achievements in secondary fracture prevention; the map can be viewed at: http://www.capture-the-fracture.org/map-of-best-practice.
Professor Kristina Akesson, first author of the review and Chair of the Capture the Fracture initiative, stated, "Due to the increase in the proportion of seniors worldwide, we're expecting a dramatic increase in the health-economic costs associated with osteoporotic fractures in the coming years. The implementation of effective FLS systems are the best way for the health care community to identify and manage people at high risk of secondary fractures. Such systems will play a critical role in reducing the enormous human and health-economic costs of fractures."
###
1. Capture the Fracture: A Best Practice Framework and Global Campaign to Break the Fragility Fracture Cycle. Akesson K, Marsh D, Mitchell P, et al. IOF Fracture Working Group. Osteoporos Int 2013: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-013-2348-z
About IOF
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is the world's largest nongovernmental organization dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and related musculoskeletal diseases. IOF members, including committees of scientific researchers as well as more than 200 patient, medical and research societies, work together to make bone, joint and muscle health a worldwide heath care priority. http://www.iofbonehealth.org
[ | E-mail | Share ]
?
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
New review sets international standards for best practice in fracture liaison servicesPublic release date: 22-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: L. Misteli news@iofbonehealth.org 41-229-940-100 International Osteoporosis Foundation
'Capture the Fracture' provides guidance for global efforts to prevent secondary fractures
Fragility fractures due to osteoporosis are a major cause of disability or premature death in older adults. Those at highest risk are patients who have already suffered one fragility fracture; they are at twice the risk of suffering a future fracture compared to others who have not fractured.
Nevertheless health care systems around the world are failing to identify and treat these patients, leaving them exposed to debilitating and life-threatening secondary fractures.
Based on evidence from numerous global studies, a new report, 'Capture the Fracture: A Best Practice Framework and Global Campaign to Break the Fragility Fracture Cycle' (1), sets 13 achievable standards for best practice in implementing fracture liaison services (FLS) worldwide, in a broad range of health-economic environments.
The report has been published in the peer-reviewed journal 'Osteoporosis International' and is endorsed by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Committee of Scientific Advisors. It is available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-013-2348-z
Fracture Liaison Systems help reduce the burden of fragility fractures:
Professor Cyrus Cooper, Chair of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors (CSA) emphasized the importance of systematic and coordinated secondary prevention care: "Coordinator-based FLS have been shown to close the gap in secondary fracture prevention care, ensuring that fragility fracture sufferers receive appropriate assessment and intervention to reduce future fracture risk."
The best practice framework sets the foundation for 'Capture the Fracture', a multi-stakeholder initiative led by the International Osteoporosis Foundation. The initiative hopes to drive change so that secondary fracture prevention becomes a reality around the world.
The new initiative aims to:
Illustrate global best practice for FLS;
Set benchmarks to which clinics and hospitals can aspire;
Provide essential resources and documentation;
Give international recognition to FLS programmes around the world;
Establish mentoring and grant programmes to assist development of FLS at the local level.
Clinics and hospitals worldwide can participate by submitting information about their FLS or coordinator- based programmes for inclusion on http://www.capturethefracture.org. The portal offers a visual map that shows the address and location of clinics around the world offering FLS, along with a summary of their achievements in secondary fracture prevention; the map can be viewed at: http://www.capture-the-fracture.org/map-of-best-practice.
Professor Kristina Akesson, first author of the review and Chair of the Capture the Fracture initiative, stated, "Due to the increase in the proportion of seniors worldwide, we're expecting a dramatic increase in the health-economic costs associated with osteoporotic fractures in the coming years. The implementation of effective FLS systems are the best way for the health care community to identify and manage people at high risk of secondary fractures. Such systems will play a critical role in reducing the enormous human and health-economic costs of fractures."
###
1. Capture the Fracture: A Best Practice Framework and Global Campaign to Break the Fragility Fracture Cycle. Akesson K, Marsh D, Mitchell P, et al. IOF Fracture Working Group. Osteoporos Int 2013: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-013-2348-z
About IOF
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is the world's largest nongovernmental organization dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and related musculoskeletal diseases. IOF members, including committees of scientific researchers as well as more than 200 patient, medical and research societies, work together to make bone, joint and muscle health a worldwide heath care priority. http://www.iofbonehealth.org
[ | E-mail | Share ]
?
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
NEW YORK (AP) ? The Twitter accounts for two national CBS programs have been compromised and suspended.
A CBS News spokeswoman confirms Saturday that tweets sent earlier in the afternoon from the "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours" Twitter handles saying their accounts were compromised are correct.
The tweets said the network is working with Twitter to investigate. On Saturday night both accounts were suspended and inaccessible.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The CBS spokeswoman didn't comment further.
Earlier in the day tweets coming from the 60 Minutes account seemed farfetched, including one that claimed the US government was "hiding the real culprit of the Boston bombing."
Now on sale at Best Buy, Future Shop, Staples and other authorized retailers for $429
Launching nearly simultaneously with the U.S., Canadians can now get their hands on a Galaxy Note 8.0 from one of several retailers. We seem to be looking at pretty much the exact same stylus-toting tablet as down in the states, with a 1280x800 8-inch display, Exynos 4412 quad-core processor, 16GB of storage, 2GB of RAM and a camera on each side. Of course on the software front we're looking at Android 4.1 with all of the extras that TouchWiz brings -- including stylus-optimized apps. The one thing that's different up in Canada is the price.
While the official Samsung materials tell you to "visit your nearest retailer", we're seeing a $429 price tag for the device at both Best Buy and Future Shop. That's a $30 premium over what is generally being charged at U.S. retailers for the moment. Any Canadians out there going to pick this one up? Let us know in the comments.
The Addams Family will be at the Van Wezel on Monday, April 22, 2013 @ 8pm
In the entertainment business crossover concepts are not unusual.?Books become movies, TV shows become plays, cartoons become animated features, the list goes on. But, never in the history of entertainment has one concept transcended all forms. It is because of these accomplishments that?The Addams Family is in a league all its own.?Originally created by cartoonist and satirist Charles Adams, the?Addams?Family?made their first appearance in the New Yorker Magazine in 1932, and by 1935?the cartoons had evolved into his immediately recognizable style. His darkly comedic visions ?of death and the macabre lasted until 1989 and spawned 150 cartoons,?3 books, an animates cartoon series from 1973 to 1975.?The?prime-time television show?ran for sixty-four episodes from 1964 until 1966 (featuring John Astin and Carolyn Jones). There were also two movies: The Addams Family Movie (1991) and AddamsFamily Values (1993) starring Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston. Additionally, Addams Family: The Musical Comedy?starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth which garnered two Tony nominations, 7 Drama Desk nominations, 2 Drama League nominations, and 5 OuterCritics Award nominations.??Among the 16?nominations for?outstanding musical, best original score, best performance by a featured actor in a musical, ?best performance by an actor in a musical, best performance by an actress in a musical, best music, best lyrics, outstanding lighting, outstanding set design, it won for Best Actor (Nathan Lane) and Best Actress (Bebe Neuwirth) and Best Set Design.
The ?Addams Family characters: Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandma, Wednesday. Pugsley, Pubert Addams, and Thing have captured the off-beat imaginations of fans for nearly eight decades. They are now slated to inhabit the stage of the VanWezel Performing Arts Hall ?where they will present their satirical inversion of the ideal American family?.. an eccentric, wealthy clan who delight in the macabre and are unaware that people find them bizarre or frightening. ?It?s all great fun?. fun which has enriched our lives for the greater part of the century.
Building upon the social commentary which has permeated The Addams Family brand since its beginning, they have created a new educational community outreach program called ?No Snap Judgements,??which addresses the problem of bullying in the schools. For years the ?Family? and its creator Charles Addams has challenged us, in a variety of media formats (from print?to the home screen?to the big screen?and now in the theater), to look beyond first impressions and personal expectations of what is ?normal?. ?It is this challenge that Camp Broadway and the Addams Family Musical bring to classrooms in No SnapJudgments, the first of a series of project-based, digital learning modules emanating from contemporary theater productions.
The ultimate goal of the NoSnap Judgments program is to promote acceptance of others through an understanding that, while each of us is different, that which brings us together is what we have in common,and these commonalities far outweigh anything that should keep us apart. Program content encourages critical thinking, self-analysis and understanding in the context of helping students meet and exceed Common Core learning standards.
Through this program students at Sarasota?s Booker Middle School were able to discuss the themes of the Addams Family and have a special Q & A with cast member Amanda Bruton (grandma Addams). ?Prior to the discussions the students talked about first impressions and making snap judgments,?and used the?discussion to brainstorm questions for the actress. ?The students, who hope to pursue careers in Musical Theatre, were able to ask Ms. Bruton about her experience as a professional actress and with snap judgements within the industry. They?connected for an online?video chat with?Ms. Bruton?via the distance learning program Safari Live*. ?Students and their families will attend the performance of Addams Family when it premiers at the Van Wezel, Monday, April 22, 2013 @ 8pm.
?
?
?
*The Van Wezel ?has been able to offer this and other Safari Live broadcasts thanks to ?support from the Patterson Foundation through their Arts & Education Initative for EdExploreSRQ.com. ?Through this program we have also collaborated with the Sarasota County Schools and the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County.
![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vPDqBGkSS4wKpaKCliKxCkgPAlIropeewtNFp4ljkoJBcMbYhBMDa66y4n_U--CkNxHv3Sp4Y9avKJrz5Y2YQATPMhNLtsc4QaIf2lpCE=s0-d){kind=small}
Public release date: 22-Apr-2013
Share ] 
