Friday, May 16, 2003 Copyright ? Las Vegas Review-Journal
College all-star bowl game to be played in Las Vegas
By STEVE CARP
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Two years after it started, the Paradise Bowl is getting a new name and a new home.
The college all-star football game is moving from St. George, Utah, to Las Vegas. The Las Vegas All-American Classic will be played Jan. 24, 2004, at Sam Boyd Stadium and will be televised on Fox Sports Net.
"When the Blue-Gray Game was having problems in Alabama, we had an opportunity to fill the void," said Darry Alton, the game's executive director. "We're taking a regional game and making it a national game."
Alton said after two years at Dixie College, which allowed lesser-known players from the Mountain West, Western Athletic and Big Sky conferences to showcase their talents, the time was right to upgrade the game's locale and talent.
"We were getting 100 NFL scouts to St. George," Alton said. "They would fly into Vegas, then drive 2 1/2 hours. Now, they won't have to drive, and I'll bet we'll get even more NFL people out to watch."
Alton said Las Vegas also should be a popular destination for the 110 players expected to participate.
"I think kids will be very excited about coming to Vegas to play," he said. "It'll be exciting for the fans, too. Let's face it, you don't see a lot of Miami, Notre Dame and Michigan helmets at UNLV."
Las Vegas Events, which helped negotiate the move, which is for one year with a promotional investment of between $50,000 and $75,000, sees potential for the event.
"We like the fact of having the prestige of a college all-star football game in Las Vegas," LVE president Pat Christenson said. "We feel the components are there to build a big event."
Alton said he didn't know what ticket prices would be but that they probably would go on sale in the fall.
Poor sleep linked to increased health and behavior problems in young diabeticsPublic release date: 1-Jan-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Doug Dusik ddusik@aasmnet.org 630-737-9700 American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Lighter sleep and breathing problems lead to trouble controlling blood sugar, despite adherence to diabetic health guidelines
DARIEN, IL A new study suggests that young diabetics may be struggling to get a good night's sleep, resulting in worse control of their blood sugar, poorer school performance and misbehavior.
"Despite adhering to recommendations for good diabetic health, many youth with Type 1 diabetes have difficulty maintaining control of their blood sugars," said Michelle Perfect, PhD, the principal investigator in the study. "We found that it could be due to abnormalities in sleep, such as daytime sleepiness, lighter sleep and sleep apnea. All of these make it more difficult to have good blood sugar control."
The study, appearing in the January issue of the journal Sleep, tracked the sleep health of 50 Type 1 diabetics, ages 10 to 16. Perfect and her colleagues compared that data with a similar control group. They found that the young diabetics spent more time in a lighter stage of sleep than youth without diabetes, which was related to compromised school performance and higher blood sugar levels.
"Sleep problems were associated with lower grades, poorer performance on state standardized tests, poor quality of life and abnormalities in daytime behavior," Perfect said. "On the upside, sleep is a potentially modifiable health behavior, so these kids could be helped by a qualified professional to get a better night's sleep."
Perfect and colleagues also found that nearly one-third of the youths in their study had sleep apnea, regardless of weight. Sleep apnea is associated with Type 2 diabetes, often referred to as adult-onset diabetes. These young participants with sleep apnea showed significantly higher blood sugar levels the same pattern linked to adults.
"Sleep apnea and its impact may not be confined to older people with diabetes, we don't know," she said. "It's something that needs to be looked at again."
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For a copy of the study, "Sleep, Glucose, and Daytime Functioning in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes," or to arrange an interview with an AASM spokesperson, please contact PR Coordinator Doug Dusik at 630-737-9700, ext. 9345, or ddusik@aasmnet.org.
The monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal Sleep is published online by the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC, a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. The AASM is a professional membership society that is the leader in setting standards and promoting excellence in sleep medicine health care, education and research (www.aasmnet.org).
Read more about sleep disorders from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine on the Your Sleep website, http://yoursleep.aasmnet.org/Disorders.aspx.
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Poor sleep linked to increased health and behavior problems in young diabeticsPublic release date: 1-Jan-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Doug Dusik ddusik@aasmnet.org 630-737-9700 American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Lighter sleep and breathing problems lead to trouble controlling blood sugar, despite adherence to diabetic health guidelines
DARIEN, IL A new study suggests that young diabetics may be struggling to get a good night's sleep, resulting in worse control of their blood sugar, poorer school performance and misbehavior.
"Despite adhering to recommendations for good diabetic health, many youth with Type 1 diabetes have difficulty maintaining control of their blood sugars," said Michelle Perfect, PhD, the principal investigator in the study. "We found that it could be due to abnormalities in sleep, such as daytime sleepiness, lighter sleep and sleep apnea. All of these make it more difficult to have good blood sugar control."
The study, appearing in the January issue of the journal Sleep, tracked the sleep health of 50 Type 1 diabetics, ages 10 to 16. Perfect and her colleagues compared that data with a similar control group. They found that the young diabetics spent more time in a lighter stage of sleep than youth without diabetes, which was related to compromised school performance and higher blood sugar levels.
"Sleep problems were associated with lower grades, poorer performance on state standardized tests, poor quality of life and abnormalities in daytime behavior," Perfect said. "On the upside, sleep is a potentially modifiable health behavior, so these kids could be helped by a qualified professional to get a better night's sleep."
Perfect and colleagues also found that nearly one-third of the youths in their study had sleep apnea, regardless of weight. Sleep apnea is associated with Type 2 diabetes, often referred to as adult-onset diabetes. These young participants with sleep apnea showed significantly higher blood sugar levels the same pattern linked to adults.
"Sleep apnea and its impact may not be confined to older people with diabetes, we don't know," she said. "It's something that needs to be looked at again."
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For a copy of the study, "Sleep, Glucose, and Daytime Functioning in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes," or to arrange an interview with an AASM spokesperson, please contact PR Coordinator Doug Dusik at 630-737-9700, ext. 9345, or ddusik@aasmnet.org.
The monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal Sleep is published online by the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC, a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. The AASM is a professional membership society that is the leader in setting standards and promoting excellence in sleep medicine health care, education and research (www.aasmnet.org).
Read more about sleep disorders from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine on the Your Sleep website, http://yoursleep.aasmnet.org/Disorders.aspx.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. ? William Polk Carey, an entrepreneur who founded a New York-based investment management firm bearing his name and donated millions of dollars to help found business schools at universities in Maryland and Arizona, has died at 81, his firm said Monday.
The board of that firm, W.P. Carey & Co., issued a statement that the Baltimore native and corporate finance pioneer died Monday at a West Palm Beach, Fla., hospital, surrounded by family and friends.
Carey gave $30 million in April to the University of Maryland law school, reports noted. He also made a $50 million bequest in 2006 to Johns Hopkins University to found the Carey School of Business at that Maryland university. And in 2003, the business leader and philanthropist also gave $50 million to Arizona State University in 2003 to found its W.P. Carey School of Business.
At the time of his death, Carey was chairman of W.P. Carey & Co., which manages a global investment portfolio totaling about $11.8 billion, according to the company statement. It added that associates mourned the death of "the cultural leader of our company."
Carey was a leader in the field of corporate finance for nearly 60 years, the statement said, noting he found innovative ways to provide needed capital to hundreds of companies through the firm he founded. It said he specifically led the way in developing a sale-leaseback investment strategy for commercial real estate that has kept his company in the forefront of leaders in that industry.
Carey went on in 1988 to establish the W.P. Carey Foundation to support educational causes and donated generously in later years.
The Baltimore Sun ( http://bsun.md/tnH1yq) reports that the $30 million given to the University of Maryland's school of law was the largest gift in that school's history. It also said other Baltimore schools, among other educational causes, were recipients of his generosity, including the Baltimore School for the Arts.
"Bill was not only an insightful businessman, but a wonderful brother and a good citizen," his brother, Francis Carey, said in a statement published by that paper. "He always felt grateful that he was raised in a family committed to public service, and he worked passionately to uphold that tradition."
Arizona State University also issued a statement mourning the death of Carey, saying one of the nation's most prominent real estate investors and the major donor behind its school of business was a "visionary" who helped propel its business school to prominence.
"Through his general investment in ASU almost a decade ago, the school that bears his name has become world-class and will continue to educate future business leaders for many generations to come," said the statement posted on the university's web site. It said that was the second-largest gift ever to a U.S. business school at that time.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators caused outrage on Sunday by dressing children as Holocaust victims to protest against what they see as persecution of devout Jews seeking gender separation in Israel.
A boy wearing a cloth cap and the sidecurls of an Orthodox Jew was the centrepiece of the Jerusalem protest late on Saturday.
His hands were raised in surrender and a yellow Star of David inscribed with "Jude", Jew, in German, was sewn on his jacket. The image mimicked a memorable photo of a terrified Jewish boy during a roundup in the Nazi-occupied Warsaw Ghetto in World War Two.
"Nazis, Nazis," some of the protesters shouted at police.
Other children and young men were dressed in replicas of striped concentration camp uniforms at the protest attended by hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews in traditional black garb.
"Prisoner uniforms and yellow patches with the word "Jew" written on them in German are shocking and appalling," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a statement.
"The use of yellow patches and small children raising their hands in surrender crosses a red line which the ultra-Orthodox leadership, who are largely responsible people, must not accept," he said.
Emotional debate
Israel is in the grip of an emotional debate over attempts by Jewish zealots to impose and enforce gender separation in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods and other public places.
Much of the controversy has stemmed from ultra-Orthodox men trying to force women to sit in the back of public buses in deference to religious beliefs against any mixing of the sexes in public.
President Shimon Peres has described the debate as a battle for the soul of Israel.
The issue jumped to the top of the public agenda in Israel nearly two weeks ago when an eight-year-old girl complained on television that ultra-Orthodox men spat at her on the way to school, accusing her of dressing immodestly.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has political alliances with ultra-Orthodox parties but is facing mounting public anger over such incidents, has vowed to crack down on zealots who harass women.
Posters at the protest accused the "Zionist entity" of carrying out "an unprecedented attack on the 'Haredi' community", referring to ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Some groups within the ultra-Orthodox community do not recognise Israel, saying such a state can only be established with the coming of the Messiah.
"You will not be able to impose on us sinful (Western) culture. We will remain faithful to the laws of Holy Torah," read one protest sign at Saturday's demonstration.
Speakers at the protest singled out an activist, jailed for vandalising a computer store he deemed heretical in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood, as a victim of what they called government persecution.
Avner Shalev, chairman of Yad Vashem, Israel's national memorial to the six million Jews killed by the Nazis, said the protesters' use of Holocaust imagery was a "profound insult" to survivors.
"This is totally unacceptable and degrades Jewish values," Shalev said on Israel Radio.
The chief of Israel?s army has warned that a nuclear-powered Iran poses a grave threat not only to the Jewish state, but to the entire Middle East.
However, Binyamin "Benny" Gantz, the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), also said that the danger can be met head on through appropriate preparations.
According to Israeli media, Gantz told high school students in Be?er Tuvia in the southern part of the country: "Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons and this topic should concern us. With proper international and Israeli preparations, this challenge can be met, and [allow us] to stay here as to fulfill the Zionist dream for dozens and hundreds of years to come.?
In addition, the army boss warned: "Israel is the only country in the world which is under a threat of annihilation by a country working to that end, but the threat is not only on Israel but the entire region and other parts of the world."
He also added that revolutions across the Arab world could prompt the strengthening of radical Islamic movements in the region ? yet another danger for Israel.
"I would be happy if this phenomenon [revolt] leads to democratic neighboring countries, but in case of negative developments there is room for concern," Gantz said.
Meanwhile, worries about Iran and its potential for developing nuclear weapons moved into a new phase after the country?s naval officials warned that they would block the Strait of Hormuz (the key crude oil trans-shipment waterway between Iran and the Arab oil emirates) if the US and Europe persist with their sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Tehran also said they will begin testing long-range missiles in the Persian Gulf.
?There has long festered speculation that Israel may seek to launch an attack on Iran to scuttle its atomic weapons program, much like they have done in the past with Syria and Iraq.
A few days ago Iran?s Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi warned that if Israel dared attempted such an attack; it would be tantamount to suicide.
However, Israel?s defense spy chief recently downplayed the threat that Iran poses.
According to the Washington Times, Tamir Pardo, the chief of Israel?s intelligence agency Mossad, does not think a nuclear-armed would immediately mean the extinction of Israel.
?If you said a nuclear bomb in Iranian hands was an ?existential? threat [to Israel], that would mean that we would have to close up shop,? he reportedly told a group of ambassadors. ?That?s not the situation. The term is used too freely.?
Still, many believe that an Israeli attack on Iran is likely before too long.
Daniel Korski of the European Council on Foreign Relations wrote in a column for the British publication Spectator that an Israeli move against Iran is not outside the realm of possibility, despite all the logistical and geopolitical ramifications of such a strike.
?There are reasons why 2012 could, indeed, be the year when Israel will find it propitious to take overt military action against Iran's nuclear program,? he wrote.
?Everyone assumes that a range of covert activities, from assassinations to cyber attacks, are already ongoing. The Iranian government is moving closer to having the requisite capabilities, and can reasonably be expected to take the final steps towards nuclearization. What better way for Tehran to distract attention from their burgeoning problems ? including sanctions, economic hardship, the risk of renewed protest, and possible conflict inside the regime ? than to declare that it has become a nuclear power on a par with the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain, India, Pakistan and, crucially, Israel??
Korski also said the U.S. will play a crucial role in any such attack on Iran by Israel.
?The period during the U.S. presidential election may be the best for Israel to strike,? he wrote. ?President Obama will be under pressure from the Republicans to back Israeli action ? Iran being seen as the President's biggest foreign policy weakness ? and so he will be constrained in how much he can hold the Israeli government back.?
It is unclear if Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favors a strike on Iran or not, despite his harsh rhetoric against Tehran. Reportedly, the top brass of Israel's military are divided over the issue.
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