�The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has selected renowned paediatric oncologist Audrey Evans, M.D., as its 2008 honorary member. Dr. Evans will be recognised during the Awards Ceremony held Tuesday, September 23, at 10:00 a.m. during ASTRO's fiftieth Annual Meeting in Boston.
Dr. Evans has been on the head of the treatment and study of childhood malignant neoplastic disease for decades. She was one of the co-founders of the original Ronald McDonald House, which opened in Philadelphia in 1974 and expanded into Ronald McDonald House Charities in 1984 and the Ronald McDonald Camp in 1987. She likewise developed the Evans Staging System for neuroblastoma and instituted and chaired the initial meetings of the Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Conference, which began in 1975 and continue to this day.
Over the row of her career, Dr. Evans has been awarded the Janeway Award from the American Radium Society, the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Distinguished Career Award, the American Red Cross Spectrum Award, the Alpha Delta Kappa International Woman of the Year Award and the University of Pennsylvania Osler Award, among many other awards. She besides has co-authored approximately 250 papers in peer-reviewed literature.
"Dr. Evans is truly a pioneer in the field of pediatric oncology and in patient care," Louis B. Harrison, M.D., chairperson of ASTRO's Board of Directors and a radiation oncologist at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, said. "ASTRO is honored to be capable to stretch an honorary membership to her in recognition of her admirable career and the contributions she has made to cancer patients and the field of oncology."
Dr. Evans attended aesculapian school at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Edinburgh, UK, and came to the United States in 1953 as a Fulbright Fellow at the Boston Children's Hospital. She became the head of the paediatric hematology-oncology unit at the University of Chicago clinics in 1964 and music director of the Children's Cancer Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in 1968.
From 1969-1989, Dr. Evans served as the chair of the Division of Oncology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and was appointive a prof of pediatric medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 1972.
ASTRO Honorary Membership is the highest honour the Society bestows on distinguished cancer researchers and leaders in disciplines other than radiotherapy oncology, radiation physics or radiobiology.
For more information on ASTRO's fiftieth Annual Meeting in Boston, visit http://www.astro.org/Meetings/AnnualMeetings/. To get word more about radiation therapy treatment options, visit http://www.rtanswers.org.
ASTRO is the largest radiation oncology lodge in the world, with more than 9,000 members world Health Organization specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies. As the preeminent organization in radiation oncology, biology and physics, the Society is dedicated to improving patient care through education, clinical practice, advance of science and advocacy.
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Tuesday 2 September 2008
Wednesday 13 August 2008
Jennifer Lopez - Lopez Brings Maid To Tv
Hollywood actress JENNIFER LOPEZ is delivery her 2002 romantic funniness MAID IN MANHATTAN to the little screen.
The 39-year-old has teamed up with U.S. TV network ABC to grow a young series based on the hit film.
Lopez will not star in the program, but will serve as an executive director producer - overseeing the production and the script.
The show will mirror the plot of the big screen rendering, with a struggling maiden working at a deluxe New York hotel, just it will feature an entirely different character.
Writer Chad Hodge tells the Hollywood Reporter, "The show is a different maid in a different Manhattan. She (Lopez) will be very integral in the pilot program and serial."
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
Grizzly Bear Really Excited About Forthcoming Album
Photo: WireImage
1. Grizzly Bear, "Two Weeks"
Their new album may non be due until adjacent April, simply Grizzly Bear took to Letterman on Wednesday to give a (really) early preview. Sounds pretty good so far! [Stereogum]
2. GZA, "Alphabets"
At the beginning of this unexampled track from his forthcoming album Pro Tools, GZA claims that "all I need is a flap with a continuous loop topology." And and then he proves it. [Grand Good]
3. Gnarls Barkley, "The Reckoner" (Radiohead cover)
You probably couldn't find two guys who looked less alike than Thom Yorke and Cee Lo Green, but the Soul Machine does a good job co-ordinated the Radiohead front man's pipes on this live cover. [Hypeful]
4. Native Korean Rock, "OOO"
While Yeah Yeah Yeah Nick Zinner has been off acting guitar for ScarJo, his bandmate Karen O has been vocalizing with her weird (but great!) new side project. Everybody wins! [Brooklyn Vegan]
5. DMX, "Soldier"
DMX would like you to believe that his recent trouble with the law is like some harrowing war movie, with the rapper playing the "soldier, warrior, man-at-arms." That doesn't quite explain the animal inhuman treatment and identity element theft, though. [Sit Down Stand Up]
—Ehren Gresehover
1. Grizzly Bear, "Two Weeks"
Their new album may non be due until adjacent April, simply Grizzly Bear took to Letterman on Wednesday to give a (really) early preview. Sounds pretty good so far! [Stereogum]
2. GZA, "Alphabets"
At the beginning of this unexampled track from his forthcoming album Pro Tools, GZA claims that "all I need is a flap with a continuous loop topology." And and then he proves it. [Grand Good]
3. Gnarls Barkley, "The Reckoner" (Radiohead cover)
You probably couldn't find two guys who looked less alike than Thom Yorke and Cee Lo Green, but the Soul Machine does a good job co-ordinated the Radiohead front man's pipes on this live cover. [Hypeful]
4. Native Korean Rock, "OOO"
While Yeah Yeah Yeah Nick Zinner has been off acting guitar for ScarJo, his bandmate Karen O has been vocalizing with her weird (but great!) new side project. Everybody wins! [Brooklyn Vegan]
5. DMX, "Soldier"
DMX would like you to believe that his recent trouble with the law is like some harrowing war movie, with the rapper playing the "soldier, warrior, man-at-arms." That doesn't quite explain the animal inhuman treatment and identity element theft, though. [Sit Down Stand Up]
—Ehren Gresehover
Thursday 26 June 2008
Jean Jacques Perrey and David Chazam
Artist: Jean Jacques Perrey and David Chazam
Genre(s):
Electronic
Discography:
Eclektronics
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Tracks: 16
Thursday 19 June 2008
Sanjaya Doesn't Play Fair
Sanjaya is trying to gouge poor, unsuspecting country fair folk.The scene of the crime: The Richmond County Fair. They asked the hair-brained reject to sing. He demanded $8,000.
We're told at the same fair last year, Kimberly Caldwell and Paris Bennett raked in less than $5,000 -- and that's for the package.
So how do we know this? Fair officials called TMZ to ask if eight grand for Sanjaya was fair. We declined to comment on the phone.
Eight - grand is insane!
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Tuesday 10 June 2008
R.E.M.
After a mostly downbeat decade-plus, the band appears re-energized by an uptempo album and renewed attention in the States, and it delivered an exciting, covertly political set that reminded just how affecting and effective an R.E.M. concert can be. Read the full review
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Fox expands international arm
Appoints Sanford Panitch to head new branch
Fox Filmed Entertainment has expanded its international film arm by forming Fox International Prods., which will produce, co-finance, distribute and acquire local-language films in the key territories of Japan, Germany, India and Russia.
Heading the new branch will be veteran studio executive Sanford Panitch, who is moving over from his seven-year stint as president of filmed entertainment at New Regency, which has a partnership deal with Fox. Before that, Panitch was executive vp production at Fox for five years.
In his 12 years with Fox and Regency, Panitch has been responsible for overseeing production on some of the studio's most successful titles, including "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "The Fugitive," "Seven" and "Titanic."
Although there are various divisions of News Corp. in the international film and TV market, the studio has never organized its global projects under one roof until now.
"We have the infrastructure provided by the world's most global media company along with Fox's unmatched marketing and distribution operations, and in Sanford, we have a seasoned, successful executive with whom to entrust this important enterprise," Fox chair and CEO Jim Gianopulos said. "All of these factors, as well as our existing relationships and collective experience around the world, position us for great success."
Based in Los Angeles, FIP's initiative includes complementing Fox's worldwide releases by partnering with local producers and filmmakers in producing local-language films. The studio is actively discussing equity financing with several investment funds interested in the international productions.
"Our slate will include films targeted for the markets in which they are made and some pictures for a broader international audience," Panitch said.
FIP also will be involved in TV projects and partner with other News Corp. companies, including Star, Sky and MySpace.
Handling all marketing and distribution for FIP will be the existing Fox International, run by co-presidents Tomas Jegeus and Paul Hanneman. It also will rely on the work of Tony Safford, executive vp worldwide acquisitions at Fox.
"Our team has done considerable work over the past few years in identifying co-production opportunities around the world, and we are excited to work with Sanford to see those plans come to fruition," Jegeus and Hanneman said.
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