Terps break camp following Satur... Aug 24, 2008
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Terps to Host Men's Golf Event Aug 23, 2008
Maryland Intercollegiate to be in Cambridge on Sept. 6 and 7 ... The University of Maryland Intercollegiate will be played Sept. 6 and 7 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge, Md. (Umterps.com)
Terps begin to implement Delawar... Aug 23, 2008
" A different type of routine commences next week, as the Terrapins begin normal game-week activities. The team will break camp following Saturday afternoon's practice and have Sunday off before continuing preparation for Delaware on Monday. Terp Notes: Friedgen Radio Show Begins Wednesday: The Radio Show begins Wednesday and airs weekly throughout the season. The one-hour show begins at 8 p.m. on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network. Friedgen and Voice of the Terrapins Johnny Holliday will be on... (Umterps.com)
Gold Qualifies for U.S. Amateur With Victory Aug 14, 2008
" Maryland teammate III, a rising sophomore for the Terps, shot 77-82--159 in the qualifier. The Terrapins open their Fall 2008 season with their first home event in years, hosting the University of Maryland Intercollegiate at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort on Sept. 6 and 7 in Cambridge, Md.. (Umterps.com)
Too Much Salt Boosts Blood Pressure Aug 12, 2008
The study, which included researchers at the University of Cambridge, looked at one possible genetic factor that might make people more or less vulnerable to the effects of salt intake on blood pressure -- variants of a gene for angiotensinogen, a molecule that can raise blood pressure by tightening arteries. But the study of more than 11,000 European men and women found no relationship between variant forms of the gene and the effect of salt on blood pressure. (MEDLINEplus)
Artificial pancreas just years away, experts agree Jul 27, 2008
"I think we are on the brink of a first-generation artificial pancreas," said Dr. Roman Hovorka of Britain's University of Cambridge, who is testing some experimental devices with components by Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic, the No. 1 maker of insulin pumps and continuous monitors. Hovorka's team has been testing devices in patients with type-1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease caused when the body mistakenly destroys the insulin-making cells in the pancreas. (Scientific American)
Miles M. Strodel, 81; was caring coach, headmaster, and camp director Jul 17, 2008
The school later moved to Cambridge, where it was renamed Christian High School, and then to Lexington, where it became Lexington Christian Academy. In his office, an eye-grabbing 30-pound Northern pike hung on a wall above his desk. (Boston Globe)
Letters to sports Jul 13, 2008
I was even at one time working on my doctorate at Cambridge University in England, but because I had exhausted all my GI educational benefits I was forced to return to work. Through all this I've always maintained a soft place in my heart for Fresno State and have always followed its sports activities. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
More of this story Jul 4, 2008
To help celebrate the project, Inca Son of Cambridge, Mass. will perform on the mall on Saturday from 1-5 p.m.. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Squeezing gas for the very last mile Jul 3, 2008
By rolling your windows down, youre creating an open hole on the side of the car, and the air flow will just accumulate in the vehicle, said Steve Gehrlein, owner of Cambridge Automotive and host of a popular car-repair radio show in San Antonio, Texas. Realistically, though, that idea wont fly in the summer. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
FORA.tv and The Aspen Institute to Broadcast the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival Jul 2, 2008
FORA.tv delivers content via its proprietary FORA Player, mobile phones, iPods, cable video-on-demand and other distribution platforms such as Akimbo and Link TV. Content partners of FORA.tv including: C-SPAN; the Chautauqua Institution; the World Affairs Councils of Northern California, Dallas, Oregon, Philadelphia and Connecticut; the Australian Broadcast Corporation, The Brookings Institution; Hoover Institution; the Cato Institute; New America Foundation; The Heritage Foundation; The Aspen... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
3-D Mammograms, Cameras May Improve Breast Exams Jul 1, 2008
Stereo mammograms, being developed by Cambridge, Mass. -based BBN Technologies, work essentially the same way. (W-USA News, DC)
The Boulevard of the Allies Jun 29, 2008
In truth, no novel, no poem, is quite as moving, quite as devastating, as simply reading the names of the fallen, recorded on the polished white granite war memorials that stand in every village in Europe -- or on the walls of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge and in university chapels throughout the continent, grim testimony to how a generation of leaders was chewed up in a battle of attrition in the trenches. Between the crosses, row on row, is a lesson the city fathers of Pittsburgh... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Fight For The Best Quantum Bit (Qubit) Jun 27, 2008
Henrik J;rgensen s results have been developed in close collaboration with the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory in England. Adviser and Vice-Chairman at the Nano-Science Center, Professor Poul Erik Lindelof, says We have been studying the quantum mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes for ten years, and today we are one of the leading laboratories within this field of research. (Science Daily)
U.K.'s Sagentia sets up U.S. headquarters in Howard County Jun 27, 2008
Sagentia is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and has been publicly traded there for eight years. The company develops technologies and products in the medical, industrial, consumer, chemical and energy fields. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Top Ten Cities For Traffic Congestion Jun 18, 2008
Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, MA 9. Seattle, WA 10. (W-USA News, DC)
Maryland Women's Soccer Recruiting Class Ranked 14th By Soccer Buzz May 24, 2008
The class includes: forward/midfielder Skyy Anderson (Cambridge, Mass. forward/defender Sade Ayinde (Bellmore, N.Y.), forward/midfielder Ashley Grove (Rochester, N.Y.), forward/midfielder Lydia Hastings (Rehoboth Beach, Del. (Umterps.com)
Biopure Announces 2008 Second Quarter Financial Results May 22, 2008
May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Biopure Corporation (Nasdaq: ) today announced its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2008. For the quarter, the company reported a net loss of $5. (PR Newswire)
Senate Amnesty Fight: Round Four May 21, 2008
He coauthored The Congressional Politics of Immigration Reform (Allyn ) with Professor James Gimpel and has contributed to several published works, most recently Debating Immigration (Cambridge University Press), edited by Carol M. Swain. Dr. Edwards is a principal at the Washington consulting firm Olive, Edwards, r.. (Human Events Online)
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization marks 10 years May 20, 2008
Many Somerville and Cambridge faith organizations are members of GBIO Somerville Community Church, College Ave. UMC, Congregation B'nai Brith, Havurat Shalom, and Somerville Community Corporation have been actively engaged for many years in the work of GBIO. ... GBIO will also recognize the new involvement of both Jews and Muslims in the organization, as well as new congregations from Arlington, Newton, Cambridge, Somerville, Belmont and Winchester, joining the inner city congregations of... (Somerville Journal, MA)
A horse race that's just that May 15, 2008
If you go to Pimlico by taxi, the guy behind the wheel won't tell you he knows a shortcut and then drive you there by way of Cambridge, Md. while the meter makes sounds like a fully automatic assault weapon. (NJ.com -- Sports)
Women's Lacrosse ACCtion: Wednesday, April 30 May 2, 2008
theACC.com - The Official Athletic Site of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Maryland's Kelly Kasper. (Theacc.com)
Bulldogs Host Archrival Saturday at 1 pm Apr 23, 2008
Yale's last two wins came at Cambridge, 11-6 in 2003 and 9-8 in 2007. Last Meeting. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
Property Transfers Apr 18, 2008
5640 Cambridge Lane, Unit 8 $103,150. 5830 Cambridge Lane, #4 $ 94,000. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Flu hotspot found in Asia Apr 17, 2008
Areas outside Southeast Asia are essentially the evolutionary graveyards of influenza virus, says co-author Colin Russell, a biologist at the University of Cambridge in the UK. ... This now tells us where to look to find out what the evolutionary pressures are in detail, says co-author Derek Smith, a bioinformaticist with the University of Cambridge. (Nature News Service)
Washington-area drivers throttle back as gas prices reach 'tipping point,' AAA says Apr 7, 2008
Dear Kelly: At the north end of West Cambridge Street in Stafford, where it intersects with U.S. 1 just before the Falmouth Bridge, there is a small divider in the middle of the road with a stop sign on it. To go north on U.S. 1, drivers must wait for a break in northbound and southbound traffic in order to make a left turn. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Affordable housing projects in region win funding Mar 27, 2008
In Maryland, local developers working in partnership with FHLB member banks will receive grants ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 to help fund affordable housing in Baltimore, Cambridge, Catonsville and Princess Anne. Projects in Greater Baltimore that will receive funding from the program include. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Saved from war: Tales of puppy love Mar 25, 2008
By Adam Silverman, USA TODAY CAMBRIDGE, Vt ... Cinnamon's journey to the USA was coordinated in large part by Feffer's sister, Christine Sullivan of Cambridge, Vt. (USA Today)
John Emmannuel Gathers was flown in to the Elizabethtown airport on Tuesday after he was tracked down in Maryland. Gathers was escorted by Detective Jeremy Humphries of the Elizabethtown Police Department and Agent Kim Hayes with the SBI. StaffphotobyRHONDAGRIFFIN Mar 15, 2008
On Feb. 28, Gathers was arrested at a home in Cambridge, Md. Detective Jeremy Humphries with the department flew to Maryland on Tuesday, along withKimHayes, an agent with the State Bureau of Investigation, to bring Gathers back to Elizabethtown. (Elizabethtown Bladen Journal, NC)
Md. Scientists Survey Chesapeake Bay Crabs Feb 29, 2008
Please Upgrade Your Browser. This Site Uses I-Frames Extensively. (ABC 7 News, DC)
The Four Horsemen wrote the book, but never cashed in, on '21' Feb 20, 2008
CAMBRIDGE - Blackjack has been on a hot streak lately, glamorized in best-selling books like Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the House" and its upcoming movie adaptation, "21," both chronicling the exploits of MIT teams that took the casinos for millions in the 1990s ... "Everybody sort of knew who we were, but nobody really knew," says James McDermott, sitting in his Cambridge apartment. (Boston Globe)
Anti-War Republican Rep. Faces Challenges From Both... Feb 12, 2008
Queen Anne's County State's Attorney Frank M. Kratovil Jr. is the front-runner, having raised more than twice as much money as his nearest opponent, Cambridge lawyer Christopher Robinson. Kratovil also has the endorsements of Gov. Martin O'Malley and other leading Maryland Democrats. (Fox News)
Course of acupuncture may raise success of Feb 11, 2008
"...A striking result, especially as nobody has any idea why acupuncture should be having this effect.' - Nobody? Are you sure that the thousands of acupuncture practitioners, their patients, teachers, students and authors on the subject base the practice on placebo and blind faith? Why then bother in the brevity of this article trying to explain acupuncture in Western terms? It is just as narrow-minded to suggest that GP's - GENERAL practitioners and hospital doctors can offer its validation... (Times Online)
Daiichi Sankyo's Anemia Drug Backed With Restrictions by U.S. Advisers Feb 2, 2008
Amag Pharmaceuticals Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is developing a similar anemia treatment called ferumoxytol. To contact the reporter on this story: Justin Blum in Silver Spring, Maryland, at. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Touch Screen Voting A Hit; Critics Miss Mark On Security, Study Says Jan 29, 2008
9, 2006) A new tool developed at Cambridge University represents a breakthrough in the race to find treatments to help sufferers with Huntington's disease. Researchers have developed an effective new method. (Science Daily)
Blind fish see shadows Jan 25, 2008
Hinxton, Cambridge CV10 1SD United Kingdom. Resources. (Nature News Service)
Researchers uncover new piece to the puzzle of human height Jan 14, 2008
In addition to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; NHGRI; and NIA: other institutions with researchers taking part in the study were: the C.N.R Institute of Neurogenetics and Neuropharmacology, Monserrato, Italy; University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore; University of Bristol, England; the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Mass. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,... (EurekAlert!)
New genetic variants associated with lipid levels, risk for coronary artery disease Jan 14, 2008
SardiNIA is funded by NIA and FUSION receives support from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and NHGRI. Additional genetic data were provided by DGI, which involves Finnish and Swedish individuals and is a collaboration of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Mass. Lund University, Malmo, Sweden; and Novartis, Basel, Switzerland. (EurekAlert!)
New Rule Eases Test Stress For Montgomery Students Jan 11, 2008
The same goes for students in two other college-preparatory programs, International Baccalaureate and Cambridge. The decision, which takes effect in the spring semester, speaks to a top concern of high school students in Montgomery and other Washington area school systems: overtesting. (Yahoo News -- Education)
Many feared dead in air crash at Thai resort Jan 8, 2008
47,855 - 59,935 + benefits Berr Cambridge. Circa 120 OTE BT Phonebook UK. (Yahoo News -- Thailand)
Maryland Reviewing Hospitalization Rules of Inmates Jan 4, 2008
O'Malley commented after a speech Thursday night at the winter conference of the Maryland Association of Counties in Cambridge. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services spokesman Rick Binetti said agency leaders hope to discuss the issue next week with correctional officer union leaders - some of whom have said firearms don't belong in a community hospital setting. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Casinos called solution for city's high property tax rate Jan 4, 2008
At a conference of local government officials in Cambridge, Dixon said she was "not leaning toward one or the other" of the recommendations. "I want feedback from the public, and then we will look at all of the options," she said. (SunSpot.net)
Maryland Legislative Conference Starts Wednesday Jan 2, 2008
Public officials from all over the state are headed to Cambridge Wednesday for an annual conference previewing hot legislative topics this year. The Maryland Association of Counties puts on the conference, where local officials hear from state agencies and lawmakers about what changes are coming. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Riders to Big Apple gain new bus option Dec 28, 2007
"They have been growing very steadily," Jimmy Chen, president of Cambridge, Mass. -based Ivy Media Corp., which operates GoToBus. (Albany Times Union)
Nearer to God, one another Dec 23, 2007
Cambridge was the site of riots in the 1960s that burned much of its black business district. North of Nanticoke in the Wicomico County town of Mardela Springs, a councilman provoked outrage in 1992 when he referred to Martin Luther King Day as "Buckwheat's Birthday.". (SunSpot.net)
Nuclear Medicine Procedures Can Trigger Radiation Alarms In Public Places, Surprising Patients Dec 15, 2007
Ansari and Luba Katz of Abt Associates in Cambridge, Mass. reported their results in "Survey of Patient Release Information on Radiation and Security Checkpoints," which appears in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. (Science Daily)
Music is in our genes Dec 11, 2007
This is very cool stuff, says Erez Lieberman, a mathematical biologist at Harvard University in Cambridge who has analysed the evolution of language using darwinian principles. He cautions that the method for scoring songs is quite subjective, making it difficult to use quantitatively. (Nature News Service)
Troubled tributary Dec 9, 2007
CAMBRIDGE - It looked like just another beautiful day on the water as Bill Dennison and his crew of biologists pushed off from their pier at the Horn Point Laboratory and sailed toward the mouth of the Choptank River ... The three biggest towns on the river - Easton, Cambridge and Denton - have grown by more than 20 percent, and are expected to expand even more. (SunSpot.net)
HHS Launches Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative Nov 28, 2007
"Their efforts reinforce how important it is that we think creatively, join forces and learn from each other in order to make a collective impact on our nation's health and future." 2007 Innovation in Prevention Award Winners: Non-Profit Cooking with Kids, Inc., Santa Fe, N.M. Cooking with Kids Schools Healthy Children Task Force, Cambridge, Mass. Healthy Living Cambridge Kids Faith-based and Community-based Douglas County Health Department and Interfaith health Service, Omaha, Neb. (PR Newswire)
Four From Va. Arrested in Maryland After Shots Fired Nov 21, 2007
Four people from Virginia Beach, Virginia, are facing criminal charges following weekend gunplay in Cambridge, Maryland. City police received calls Saturday evening about people firing gunshots from a car. (WTKR.com, VA)
At St. John's, critical eye on death penalty Nov 17, 2007
Bloodsworth, a native of Cambridge, Md. was imprisoned for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl in 1984 in Rosedale. (Maryland Northeast Reporter, MD)
Hanieh: Palestine Solidarity Nov 16, 2007
The annual Israeli apartheid week, which began here in Toronto, has expanded globally to cities such as New York, Oxford and Cambridge. In 2007, close to a thousand people attended the week's activities in Toronto. (Zmag.org)
Are you Miss Howard? Nov 9, 2007
The pageant will be held April 19, 2008, in Cambridge. Contestants must be between the ages of 19 and 29. (Howard County Times, MD)
Sleep, And How Cocaine Changes The Brain To Make Treatment So Difficult Nov 8, 2007
In other studies, scientists have developed a model system that provides both positive and negative incentives capable of turning animals away from the pursuit of drugs, says Yann Pelloux, PhD, of the University of Cambridge. To develop new therapeutic strategies for drug addiction, scientists must study animal models that are not based on simple drug self-administration, Pelloux says. (Science Daily)
November 7 record Nov 8, 2007
Admitted Nov. 6: Connie Clark, Ames; Daniel Gummert, Marshalltown; Judith Hamilton, Huxley; Ione Lewis, Cambridge; Kermit Miskell, Story City; Raymond Morlan, Eldora; Nichelle Proctor, Ames; and Alvin Twedt, McCallsburg. Discharged Nov. 6: Rose Anderson, Ames; Lacie Bairey and son, Nevada; Anita Crum and daughter, Jefferson; Bobbie Nelson and son, Boone; Janice Perkovich, Boone; Robert Ryerson, Huxley; Cylee Sailer, Radcliffe; Alan Selch, Roland; Charlotte Studer, Ames; Andrea Sutherland and... (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Letters reveal voices from the Holocaust Nov 3, 2007
It would lead to a book, Every Day Lasts a Year: A Jewish Family's Correspondence from Poland, just published by Cambridge University Press. "I don't feel like I wrote this story," says Hollander, 59, a former journalist who reported for the News American and WBAL-TV. "I am just the conduit for it.". (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Trevor Freeman: UCLA Suprises Against USC Oct 31, 2007
Harvard is playing Fordham and with the game being in Cambridge, you have to give the edge to the Crimson. That being said, the Rams have the talent to pull the upset. (Kpmariners.com)
Autonomy lost - Premium content Oct 31, 2007
A flagship of British biotechnology disappeared from view on 29 October when Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) was merged into MedImmune in Gaithersburg, Maryland. MedImmune is being developed into the biologicals arm of AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical giant that bought it in April for $15. (Nature News Service)
MedImmune's new owner puts U.K. unit under its jurisdiction Oct 29, 2007
Gaithersburg-based MedImmune is bringing under its wings Cambridge Antibody Technology Group PLC, a U.K. company that AstraZeneca PLC bought in 2006 for $1 ... AstraZeneca leaders said more of the overlap lies in Cambridge, where CAT was building up its regulatory and clinical work force. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
With win over Crimson, Tigers can continue to control their Ivy fate Oct 19, 2007
A victory this week against second-place Harvard in Cambridge, Mass. on Saturday would put Princeton in control atop the standings. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
ARCADIS Subsidiary RTKL Entering Final Design Phase for National Geospatial Intelligence Agency East Headquarters Oct 15, 2007
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Property transfers Oct. 3-10 Oct 14, 2007
5745 Cambridge Lane No. 1 $126,900. 1216 N. Sunnyslope Drive No. 205 $109,000. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Patriot League Football Release - 10.8.07 Oct 9, 2007
Lafayette tries to break a six-game losing streak against Harvard and beat the Crimson for the first time since winning in Cambridge in 1996. The teams are meeting for the fifth year in a row and seventh time in the last eight years. (Patriotleague.com)
Biogen reaches partnership with Johns Hopkins Sep 25, 2007
Biogen Idec, headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. employs 750 in the Triangle. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Palacio Garners Weekly Awards Sep 18, 2007
Stony Brook University - Official Athletic Site. Current time at Stony Brook 6:52 a.m. Tuesday, September 18, 2007. (Goseawolves.org)