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Choosing Microsoft Over the NFL

By Guest PostOctober 9, 2011Sports, Technologyacc, albert rocker, atlanta, atlantic coast conference, biggest software company, celebrity, david dowling, florida state, game, georgia institute of technology, georgia tech athlete, gigantic championship rings, irwin dolobowsky, it infrastructure, Microsoft, microsoft recruiter, national football league, nfl, trish lincoln, university of washington, virginia tech, yellow jackets

*Albert Rocker found himself at a crossroads of two big dreams: The Georgia Tech athlete had to choose between playing a final year of college football for a shot at the National Football League, or accepting a job offer from “the biggest software company ever created.”*

REDMOND, Wash. – It was the toughest decision of Albert Rocker’s life: should he pursue a career in the National Football League (NFL), or one at Microsoft?

At the Georgia Institute of Technology, Rocker was an outside linebacker for the Yellow Jackets football team with one year of eligibility remaining – one last football season to woo the NFL. Rocker played in a total of 38 games over his college career, including all 13 games of his junior season in 2010 – he was set to be a starter if he returned for his last year of eligibility. (more…)

Significant Role of Oceans in Onset of Ancient Global Cooling

By Guest PostMay 28, 2011Environmentacc, american midwest, antarctic circumpolar current, antarctic intermediate water, benjamin cramer, benthic foraminifera, bridget wade, candace major, chengjie liu, deep sea drilling project, early cenozoic, environmental conditions, fossil skeletons, glaciations, global climate, global cooling pattern, global ocean circulation, global temperatures, greenhouse climate, icehouse, integrated ocean drilling program, isotopes, late eocene, marsupials, miriam katz, mixmaster of the ocean, ocean drilling program, ocean sediments, oceans, planktonic organisms, polar regions, sea floor, tropical jungles

*Evidence that early Antarctic Circumpolar Current development affected global climate*

Thirty-eight million years ago, tropical jungles thrived in what are now the cornfields of the American Midwest and furry marsupials wandered temperate forests in what is now the frozen Antarctic.

The temperature differences of that era, known as the late Eocene, between the equator and Antarctica were half what they are today. (more…)

U of T Researcher Discovers Way to Zip Away Chronic Pain

By Guest PostDecember 6, 20101 commentHealth, Scienceacc, anterior cingulate cortex, bong-kiun kaang, chronic pain, forebrain, graham collingridge, inhibitor, min zhuo, nerve injury, peptide, pkmζ, plastic changes, protein kinase m zeta, psychogenic pain, zip, ζ-pseudosubstrate

*Peptide inhibitor called ZIP may be instrumental*

Research from the University of Toronto suggests that a peptide inhibitor called ZIP could be crucial in zipping away some kinds of chronic pain.

The new research, led by Professor Min Zhuo of the University of Toronto’s Department of Physiology and published in the current edition of the journal Science, explores the role that the protein kinase M zeta (PKMζ) plays in storing “memories” of pain and therefore enhancing the sensation of pain. Blocking the effect of PKMζ through the use of a selective inhibitor called ζ-pseudosubstrate inhibitory peptide – or ZIP — blocked behavioral sensitization and nerve injury related to chronic pain. (more…)

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Choosing Microsoft Over the NFL

Significant Role of Oceans in Onset of Ancient Global Cooling

U of T Researcher Discovers Way to Zip Away Chronic Pain