Mar 26 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $3,787,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $2,859,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,154,500 4. Steve Stricker $1,820,000 5. Phil Mickelson $1,650,260 6. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965 7. John Merrick $1,343,514 8. Dustin Johnson $1,330,507 9. Russell Henley $1,313,280 10. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343 11. Keegan Bradley $1,274,593 12. Charles Howell III $1,256,373 13. Michael Thompson $1,254,669 14. Brian Gay $1,171,721 15. Justin Rose $1,155,550 16. Jason Day $1,115,565 17. Chris Kirk $1,097,053 18. ...
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Kate Mara will join Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany and Rebecca Hall in the cast of "Transcendence," the upcoming sci-fi film from Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister, Alcon Entertainment announced on Wednesday.
Alcon which most recently made "Beautiful Creatures," is financing and producing the project.
Mara, the older sister of actress Rooney Mara and daughter of New York Giants co-owner John Mara, just gave a career-defining performance in "House of Cards." She plays Zoe Barnes in the Netflix series, which will soon enter production on its second season.
This film is a big priority for Alcon given the talent and filmmakers involved. Pfister, Christopher Nolan's cinematographer for the past decade, is making his directorial debut with the film. Nolan, his wife Emma Thomas and Aaron Ryder are executive producing.
Jack Paglen wrote the script, which was developed by Straight Up Films and been shrouded in secrecy. TheWrap obtained some plot details in December, revealing that it involved a scientist whose brain is uploaded to a supercomputer.
Straight Up Films' Marisa Polvino, Annie Marter and Kate Cohen will produce the film, which Warner Bros. will distribute domestically and Lionsgate will distribute internationally.
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GREENSBORO ? March is colorectal cancer awareness month and many organizations are using this time to remind adults to get screened.
Doctors say colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in the country.
Tammie Hine has stage four colon cancer and says she's turned to her faith, family and friends for support during treatment.
"It was really hard at first, but then I accepted it and said, 'it is what it is, and I have to fight this,'" said Hine. "And I'm ready for the fight."
Like many, Hine finds refuge in retail therapy. "I think shopping has been my release!" said Hine.
That's why she teamed up with Splurges Boutique to raise money for the cause. The store is donating 10 percent of all full-priced purchases to research. Shoppers will also receive a free gift with a $25 purchase and a reminder to get screened.
"Don't wait, listen to your body and do what you need to do to take care of yourself," said Hine.
Dr. Brian Smith of Piedmont Gastroenterology Specialists says adults should get screened at age 50 and earlier, if it runs in your family.
He says as invasive as many people think the screening is, adults should not let false impressions put them at risk.
"Like anything,medical advancements has made it much easier," said Smith. "Really, it's a painless and easy procedure that can save someone's life."
As for Hine, she says she's glad she can help educate others.
"And I'm glad for the friends and angels that have come into my life," said Hine.
The CDC says if everyone aged 50 or older had regular screenings then at least 60 percent of deaths from colon cancer could be avoided.
To donate to Colon Cancer Research: http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/research/lisa-fund
For more on the promotions that Splurges Boutique is holding to benefit : www.splurgesboutique.com
Additional information on colon screenings or to make an appointment: http://piedmontgispecialists.com/
The 2013 "Get Your Rear in Gear" race is March 23: 'http://www.getyourrearingear.com/events/
Pitt social work professor receives $3 million grant to test new treatment for schizophreniaPublic release date: 11-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Sharon Blake blake@pitt.edu 412-624-4364 University of Pittsburgh
Study, 1 of the first to assess nondrug intervention's effectiveness in addressing brain-based impairments, will, if successful, 'open a whole new avenue for the treatment of the disorder'
PITTSBURGHResearchers have come a long way in developing antipsychotic drugs that help control the delusions and hallucinations that can torment people with schizophrenia. Nevertheless, combining drug therapy with mental workouts to strengthen and stimulate brain function is now thought to be more successful than drug therapy alone in assisting schizophrenia patients with carving out better ways of living.
University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor of Social Work Shaun M. Eack has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health to examine how Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET), a treatment intervention developed and piloted in the mid-1990s at Pitt, may benefit the brains of people with schizophrenia and whether the therapy could help patients recover to the point where they are able to return to school or hold down a job.
"This project will be one of the first to study how much a nondrug intervention can help address core brain-based impairments in schizophrenia," said Eack. "If successful, it will open a whole new avenue for the treatment of the disorder."
For the study, Eack is now accepting patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophreniform disorder who are between the ages of 18 and 35 and who have been ill for fewer than eight years. Interested family members and patients may call 412-586-9000 or 412-246-5957.
CET was developed by Gerard E. Hogarty, a social worker and renowned schizophrenia researcher who was a professor in Pitt's School of Medicine for more than three decades, from 1974 until his death in 2006. The treatment requires patients to complete challenging cognitive exercises on computers, coupled with weekly social-cognitive group sessions, for 18 months.
When participating in the cognitive exercises, patients are for example presented with pictures of many everyday objects on a computer screen. All pictures except for a few fade away, and the patient is asked to remember them. Gradually, participants have to remember more objects during shorter periods of time to strengthen their working-memory and memory-encoding abilities, two key cognitive functions that are disrupted in schizophrenia and keep patients from being able to succeed in areas like work.
In the study, Eack and a team of Pitt colleagues will administer CET to study participants in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, who also are involved in the project. By providing computer-based neurocognitive training, Eack's team expects to stimulate the areas of the brain involved in supporting attention, memory, and problem-solving abilities. The social-cognitive training is expected to stimulate the "social" areas of the brain.
"We view those with schizophrenia as having an arrested development in social abilities," said Eack. "The social-cognitive group activities provide both education and social cognition exercises that are designed to jump-start this social development."
The team will compare its findings with Enriched Supportive Therapy, an intervention that has an emotional rather than a cognitive focus. Another component of the study will look at CET as an early-intervention strategy, to prevent or at least reduce the trajectory of the disease by reaching people earlier in their lives, before the disease can take its toll on their brains.
Because of his work in this area, Eack was recently named a recipient of the University's 2013 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award in the Junior Scholar category.
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Eack's Pitt colleagues include: Christina Newhill, professor of social work; Konasale Prasad, assistant professor of psychiatry; Mary Phillips, professor of psychiatry; Raymond Cho, assistant professor of psychiatry; and Srihari Bangalore, assistant professor of psychiatry.
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Pitt social work professor receives $3 million grant to test new treatment for schizophreniaPublic release date: 11-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Sharon Blake blake@pitt.edu 412-624-4364 University of Pittsburgh
Study, 1 of the first to assess nondrug intervention's effectiveness in addressing brain-based impairments, will, if successful, 'open a whole new avenue for the treatment of the disorder'
PITTSBURGHResearchers have come a long way in developing antipsychotic drugs that help control the delusions and hallucinations that can torment people with schizophrenia. Nevertheless, combining drug therapy with mental workouts to strengthen and stimulate brain function is now thought to be more successful than drug therapy alone in assisting schizophrenia patients with carving out better ways of living.
University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor of Social Work Shaun M. Eack has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health to examine how Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET), a treatment intervention developed and piloted in the mid-1990s at Pitt, may benefit the brains of people with schizophrenia and whether the therapy could help patients recover to the point where they are able to return to school or hold down a job.
"This project will be one of the first to study how much a nondrug intervention can help address core brain-based impairments in schizophrenia," said Eack. "If successful, it will open a whole new avenue for the treatment of the disorder."
For the study, Eack is now accepting patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophreniform disorder who are between the ages of 18 and 35 and who have been ill for fewer than eight years. Interested family members and patients may call 412-586-9000 or 412-246-5957.
CET was developed by Gerard E. Hogarty, a social worker and renowned schizophrenia researcher who was a professor in Pitt's School of Medicine for more than three decades, from 1974 until his death in 2006. The treatment requires patients to complete challenging cognitive exercises on computers, coupled with weekly social-cognitive group sessions, for 18 months.
When participating in the cognitive exercises, patients are for example presented with pictures of many everyday objects on a computer screen. All pictures except for a few fade away, and the patient is asked to remember them. Gradually, participants have to remember more objects during shorter periods of time to strengthen their working-memory and memory-encoding abilities, two key cognitive functions that are disrupted in schizophrenia and keep patients from being able to succeed in areas like work.
In the study, Eack and a team of Pitt colleagues will administer CET to study participants in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, who also are involved in the project. By providing computer-based neurocognitive training, Eack's team expects to stimulate the areas of the brain involved in supporting attention, memory, and problem-solving abilities. The social-cognitive training is expected to stimulate the "social" areas of the brain.
"We view those with schizophrenia as having an arrested development in social abilities," said Eack. "The social-cognitive group activities provide both education and social cognition exercises that are designed to jump-start this social development."
The team will compare its findings with Enriched Supportive Therapy, an intervention that has an emotional rather than a cognitive focus. Another component of the study will look at CET as an early-intervention strategy, to prevent or at least reduce the trajectory of the disease by reaching people earlier in their lives, before the disease can take its toll on their brains.
Because of his work in this area, Eack was recently named a recipient of the University's 2013 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award in the Junior Scholar category.
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Eack's Pitt colleagues include: Christina Newhill, professor of social work; Konasale Prasad, assistant professor of psychiatry; Mary Phillips, professor of psychiatry; Raymond Cho, assistant professor of psychiatry; and Srihari Bangalore, assistant professor of psychiatry.
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March 11, 2013 05:06:06 GMT The 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' singer visited Lauren Hacker in Omaha's Children's Hospital and Medical Center on March 9 before kicking off her 'Red' world tour.
granted a fan's wish as she made a special visit to Omaha's Children's Hospital and Medical Center last Saturday, March 9. She specially came to see Lauren Hacker, a fifth-grader at St. Margaret Mary School who has cancer.
The "Speak Now" singer learned of Lauren's situation after her parents tried to reach out to Swift and a YouTube video titled "Come See Lauren Please, Taylor!" was specially made by a representative of non-profit organization Caring Bridge, Ellie Mulligan, to request the 23-year-old singer to visit the 10-year-old girl who has been struggling with acute myelogenous leukemia. The singer's representatives then contacted the family and eventually arranged the meeting. The visit was "something Taylor really wanted to do," a source tells Gossip Cop.
Lauren's dad, Phil Hacker, posted a story of his daughter's brief meeting with Swift on the family's blog, "Taylor Swift stopped by Lauren's room at the hospital around 1 pm in the afternoon. She spent about an hour chatting with Lauren... [who] played a song on the electronic piano key board that she got for her birthday."
Phil wrote that "Taylor was very impressed" with Lauren's skill, and the singer "shared stories from her childhood as she was getting her start as an entertainer and she told us all about the special stage designs of her new show."
Swift even prepared another surprise for the little girl. "Just before she had to leave, Taylor got out a bag of goodies for Lauren and provided autographs on notebooks, photographs and guitar pick . . . It was a great afternoon for everyone and I'm sure Lauren will remember it for many years to come," the young girl's dad added.
Swift is scheduled to kick off her world tour Wednesday in Omaha for her latest album, "Red".
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Afghan President Hamid Karzai is denouncing the seizure of a university student by armed Afghans that his spokesman says work for the CIA.
Karzai spokesman Aimal Faizi told The Associated Press on Sunday that the CIA freed the student after Karzai's staff intervened. But Faizi says Karzai wants the armed Afghans arrested and will ban foreign forces from universities.
Faizi says the raiders fired shots as they grabbed the student Saturday from a Kandahar university. He says they interrogated him at a CIA post that Taliban leader Mullah Omar once used as a home.
The CIA could not be reached for comment.
The agency has trained an Afghan counterterrorist force that U.S. officials say works with Afghan intelligence. They spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly
Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito on Friday released for the first time a complete statewide list of home and auto insurance rates.
?This is a great resource for homeowners and renters to use to help themselves lower their insurance costs,? said Gordon Ito, State of Hawaii insurance commissioner, in a written statement.
?Insurance companies are more willing to lower costs when consumers shop around and compare.?
Home and condominium owners and renters can use the list of premium rates from all of the insurance companies to help them compare options offered by insurance companies for the same coverage.
The comparison tables show rates for homes and condominiums of different construction, such as double-wall or single-wall construction, in various parts of the state. Homeowners and renters can see the guide and comparison rates at: http://www.hawaii.gov/dcca/home_rates.
Last year, the Legislature passed a law requiring all homeowners insurance companies to provide premium information for consumers to compare. State law already required such information for motor vehicle insurance.
Both sets of data provide ?apples-to-apples? comparisons for consumers. On the homeowners insurance side consumers can compare how their category of home (structure type and age) while the auto insurance cases look one type of car and compares rates of clean abstracts and those of one citation or more.
The homeowner insurance rate comparison sheets also include the ?Consumer?s Guide to Homeowner?s Insurance.? The guide gives consumers general explanations of the different types of coverage and the basics of what homeowner?s insurance includes.
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