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Bike Week busy for MUSC trauma
Bikers know Myrtle Beach Bike Week by the crowds and roaring street machines. Trauma surgeons at Medical University of South Carolina know Bike Week by the wounds. As the only Level 1 trauma center in the Lowcountry, and one of only four in the state, MUSC handles some of the most severe m...
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Bikers know Myrtle Beach Bike Week by the crowds and roaring street machines. Trauma surgeons at Medical University of South Carolina know Bike Week by the wounds. As the only Level 1 trauma center in the Lowcountry, and one of only four in the state, MUSC handles some of the most severe m...
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USC junior bested on 'Jeopardy!'
University of South Carolina junior Vera Swain lost her semifinal match in the show's 2008 College Championship, which was televised Wednesday night.
Charleston.net – May 15, 2008 04:33 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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University of South Carolina junior Vera Swain lost her semifinal match in the show's 2008 College Championship, which was televised Wednesday night.
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May 14, 1796: Jenner Tests Vaccination on Human Subject
1796: Edward Jenner inoculates a boy with cowpox. After the lad recovers from the infection, Jenner inoculates him with smallpox, but the boy remains healthy. Vaccination is born.Before Jenner, smallpox was a massive scourge and a leading cause of death, especially among children. Those whom it didn't kill it disfigured with pockmarked faces.Some European families adopted the Turkish practice of inoculating their children with low doses of smallpox in hopes of building up their immunity to the disease. This was popularized in England by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who had her own child inoculated. The Royal family, freshly arrived from the Kingdom of Hanover in Germany, inoculated two of the Princess of Wales' children in 1723 to secure the succession. (Ironically, the Hanovers had come to the throne of Great Britain because so many Stuart and Orange heirs had succumbed to smallpox.) But the process was risky.Jenner had heard the folk wisdom that milkmaids and others who contracted the mild and harmless cowpox through their proximity to cattle did not fall victim to the deadly smallpox. He inoculated his year-and-a-half-old son in 1789 with swine pox (a related pig disease) and then smallpox. The boy did not contract smallpox.The dramatic 1796 experiment used fluid taken from a cowpox sore on milkmaid Sarah Nelmes. The experimental subject was 8-year-old James Phipps, who did not get smallpox despite Jenner's repeated attempts to infect him starting July 1. Ethicists debate whether such an experiment would be at all possible today.Jenner carried out further experiments on patients and was likewise unable to infect them with smallpox if he had vaccinated them or they had contracted cowpox naturally. He published the results of 23 cases in a 1798 monograph, An inquiry into the causes and effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow-pox.Jenner wrote several revisions of this work as he added cases, and other researchers soon replicated his work. He called the process vaccination after the Latin word for cow, vacca. He also introduced the word virus.Vaccination caught on quickly, but more than a century passed before scientists isolated and understood the viruses involved. After a global vaccination campaign, the World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated in 1979.(Source: Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina)
Wired News – May 14, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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1796: Edward Jenner inoculates a boy with cowpox. After the lad recovers from the infection, Jenner inoculates him with smallpox, but the boy remains healthy. Vaccination is born.Before Jenner, smallpox was a massive scourge and a leading cause of death, especially among children. Those whom it didn't kill it disfigured with pockmarked faces.Some European families adopted the Turkish practice of inoculating their children with low doses of smallpox in hopes of building up their immunity to the disease. This was popularized in England by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who had her own child inoculated. The Royal family, freshly arrived from the Kingdom of Hanover in Germany, inoculated two of the Princess of Wales' children in 1723 to secure the succession. (Ironically, the Hanovers had come to the throne of Great Britain because so many Stuart and Orange heirs had succumbed to smallpox.) But the process was risky.Jenner had heard the folk wisdom that milkmaids and others who contracted the mild and harmless cowpox through their proximity to cattle did not fall victim to the deadly smallpox. He inoculated his year-and-a-half-old son in 1789 with swine pox (a related pig disease) and then smallpox. The boy did not contract smallpox.The dramatic 1796 experiment used fluid taken from a cowpox sore on milkmaid Sarah Nelmes. The experimental subject was 8-year-old James Phipps, who did not get smallpox despite Jenner's repeated attempts to infect him starting July 1. Ethicists debate whether such an experiment would be at all possible today.Jenner carried out further experiments on patients and was likewise unable to infect them with smallpox if he had vaccinated them or they had contracted cowpox naturally. He published the results of 23 cases in a 1798 monograph, An inquiry into the causes and effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow-pox.Jenner wrote several revisions of this work as he added cases, and other researchers soon replicated his work. He called the process vaccination after the Latin word for cow, vacca. He also introduced the word virus.Vaccination caught on quickly, but more than a century passed before scientists isolated and understood the viruses involved. After a global vaccination campaign, the World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated in 1979.(Source: Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina)
Wired News – May 14, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Grads' job market 'good'
While national predictions foresee fewer job opportunities for new college graduates, Clemson University and University of South Carolina experts say the outlook is good.
GreenvilleOnline.com – May 12, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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While national predictions foresee fewer job opportunities for new college graduates, Clemson University and University of South Carolina experts say the outlook is good.
GreenvilleOnline.com – May 12, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Life Story Nichols native was telecom pioneer
Howard Jones of Longs was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather and a hard-working man, said his friends and family.He was an outgoing man, a reliable, trustworthy man, whose word was respected without question by those who knew him.Jones was born June 2, 1926, in Nichols. He attended the University of South Carolina and lived in Columbia for several years and established a business there. He moved to this area and founded Myrtle Beach Communications in 1951. He sold his business in 1991.
MyrtleBeachOnline.com – May 11, 2008 05:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Howard Jones of Longs was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather and a hard-working man, said his friends and family.He was an outgoing man, a reliable, trustworthy man, whose word was respected without question by those who knew him.Jones was born June 2, 1926, in Nichols. He attended the University of South Carolina and lived in Columbia for several years and established a business there. He moved to this area and founded Myrtle Beach Communications in 1951. He sold his business in 1991.
MyrtleBeachOnline.com – May 11, 2008 05:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The Buzz
• Rep. Bakari Sellers — esquire and bachelor A hearty congratulations to Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Orangeburg, who graduated from the University of South Carolina’s School of Law this week.And just in time, as the General Assembly needs more lawyers.The Buzz mentions this because Sellers told The Buzz that our publishing his $10,400 salary as a state lawmaker did little to impress the women of the Columbia area.Though Sellers still needs to pass the bar exam, The Buzz thinks ladies might want to reconsider their previous verdict.
The State – May 11, 2008 01:38 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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• Rep. Bakari Sellers — esquire and bachelor A hearty congratulations to Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Orangeburg, who graduated from the University of South Carolina’s School of Law this week.And just in time, as the General Assembly needs more lawyers.The Buzz mentions this because Sellers told The Buzz that our publishing his $10,400 salary as a state lawmaker did little to impress the women of the Columbia area.Though Sellers still needs to pass the bar exam, The Buzz thinks ladies might want to reconsider their previous verdict.
The State – May 11, 2008 01:38 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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South Carolina trustees approve contract for Staley
University of South Carolina trustees have approved a five-year contract that will pay new women's basketball coach Dawn Staley ...
USA Today – May 10, 2008 4:32 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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University of South Carolina trustees have approved a five-year contract that will pay new women's basketball coach Dawn Staley ...
USA Today – May 10, 2008 4:32 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Retiring USC chief makes final speech
New graduates of the University of South Carolina should strive to bring the sense of community they shared at the school to the new places they will live, retiring President Andrew Sorensen said Friday during his final commencement speech."You and I are Gamecock family," he said before a crowd of around 7,700. "In the years that lie ahead, I pray that you will take with you the message of making a big university small and translate it into making a big community - everywhere you live."Sorensen will preside over two ceremonies today at the university, but will not deliver commencement addresses, university spokesman Russ McKinney said.
MyrtleBeachOnline.com – May 10, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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New graduates of the University of South Carolina should strive to bring the sense of community they shared at the school to the new places they will live, retiring President Andrew Sorensen said Friday during his final commencement speech."You and I are Gamecock family," he said before a crowd of around 7,700. "In the years that lie ahead, I pray that you will take with you the message of making a big university small and translate it into making a big community - everywhere you live."Sorensen will preside over two ceremonies today at the university, but will not deliver commencement addresses, university spokesman Russ McKinney said.
MyrtleBeachOnline.com – May 10, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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President’s day: Andrew Sorensen’s farewell to students
Seven down and seven to go, Andrew Sorensen said Thursday afternoon as he made a mental inventory of the final commencement events in which he would participate as University of South Carolina president.In the process, he will shake about 4,500 hands of new graduates, as well as countless parents and family members, a custom abandoned by many large universities.His lineup included hosting with his wife, Donna, about 700 students and their families at the president’s residence on the historic USC Horseshoe, and several graduation exercises at the USC regional campuses.Sorensen, who will turn 70 in July, remains a vigorous advocate for USC and its students, and plans to return to a tenured professorship in the School of Medicine when he retires from the presidency at the end of July.Presidential Search Committee Chairman Miles Loadholt has said he sees the search process quickening and expects three finalists to be named in June.
The State – May 10, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Seven down and seven to go, Andrew Sorensen said Thursday afternoon as he made a mental inventory of the final commencement events in which he would participate as University of South Carolina president.In the process, he will shake about 4,500 hands of new graduates, as well as countless parents and family members, a custom abandoned by many large universities.His lineup included hosting with his wife, Donna, about 700 students and their families at the president’s residence on the historic USC Horseshoe, and several graduation exercises at the USC regional campuses.Sorensen, who will turn 70 in July, remains a vigorous advocate for USC and its students, and plans to return to a tenured professorship in the School of Medicine when he retires from the presidency at the end of July.Presidential Search Committee Chairman Miles Loadholt has said he sees the search process quickening and expects three finalists to be named in June.
The State – May 10, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Swain on Jeopardy! semifinal
West Ashley High School graduate Vera Swain is a semifinalist in the "Jeopardy!" 2008 College Championship. While the University of South Carolina junior missed her Final Jeopardy! question in her quarterfinal match Tuesday, she finished with enough cash to be selected to compete in the se...
Charleston.net – May 10, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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West Ashley High School graduate Vera Swain is a semifinalist in the "Jeopardy!" 2008 College Championship. While the University of South Carolina junior missed her Final Jeopardy! question in her quarterfinal match Tuesday, she finished with enough cash to be selected to compete in the se...
Charleston.net – May 10, 2008 04:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: South Carolina: Charleston