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Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:

National Coverage

'Jerusalem' IMAX Movie By National Geographic Is Just Stunning
Huffington Post
Sept. 17

Jerusalem is one of the world's most important cities, held sacred by three religious traditions, and it's now possible to virtually visit its holy places in an unprecedented way thanks to the vision and daring of the team behind "Jerusalem," a new giant screen film presented by National Geographic Entertainment. … Dr. Jodi Magness of University of North Carolina Chapel Hill features as lead archaeologist.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/jerusalem-movie-national-geographic_
n_3936483.html

Study: Cell phone-related pedestrian injuries soar
USA Today
Sept. 17

The age group most at risk for cell-phone related injuries while walking is adults under 30 — and chiefly those between the ages of 16 and 25, whose injuries ranged from falling off walkways or bridges to walking in front of moving traffic. … UNC is working to implement the Watch for Me NC campaign. …One issue to be addressed … is pedestrian cell phone use, says Caroline Dickson, senior manager of communications, education and outreach at the UNC Highway Safety Research Center.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/17/cell-phone-walking-injuries-
rise/2824515/


What Kids Should Know About Spinal Injuries in Sports
The Wall Street Journal
Sept. 16

… A new push is under way to raise awareness of a little-understood but dangerous risk to young athletes: injuries to the cervical spine. …Robert Cantu, chief of neurosurgery at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., and medical director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says new rules put in place in 1976 to discourage headfirst contact in football—known as "spearing"—aren't consistently followed.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323981304579079044001457048.html

UNC researchers identify a new pathway that triggers septic shock
Medical News Today
Sept. 17

The body's immune system is set up much like a home security system; it has sensors on the outside of cells that act like motion detectors – floodlights – that click on when there's an intruder rustling in the bushes, bacteria that seem suspect. For over a decade researchers have known about one group of external sensors called Toll-like receptors that detect when bacteria are nearby. Now, researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have identified a sensor pathway inside cells.
UNC Release:
http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2013/september/unc-researchers-identify-molecule-that-triggers-septic-shock
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/217123636/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c


State & Local Coverage

Tuition Debate: Group wants undocumented UNC students to pay in-state tuition
WTVD-TV (Raleigh)
Sept. 17

A group of students, alumni and faculty delivered petitions to administrators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tuesday requesting undocumented students be allowed to pay in-state tuition costs. The behind the "One State, One Rate" campaign say those who have lived in North Carolina long enough to qualify as residents should not be penalized.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9251576

Changes could be coming for oyster harvesting
WCTI-TV (New Bern)
Sept. 16

Local scientists are hoping to change the way oysters are harvested in North Carolina. …Oysters for consumption have to be cooled quickly after being caught. The time in which fisherman have to cool the oysters has been decided by the FDA. But the rules the FDA have put into place for this "cooling time" are based off of oysters from the Gulf Coast. "We believe we have a different population of bacteria here in North Carolina than they do in the Gulf Coast." said Dr. Brett Froelich, … a biologist working at UNC Institute of Marine Sciences.
http://www.wcti12.com/news/changes-could-be-coming-for-oyster-harvesting/-/13530444/
21967234/-/gndc0nz/-/index.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

The Down East Journal: Coastal Scientists Seeking To Change Oyster Regulations
Public Radio East (NPR affiliate in New Bern)
Sept. 13

This week on the Down East Journal, we speak to an eastern North Carolina based scientist who is part of a research project aimed at changing federal regulations surrounding the harvest of oysters in our state. …a team of researchers and scientists … are involved in a study to determine if the bacteria levels in North Carolina waters differ from the Gulf.  Post-doctorate researcher at the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Science Dr. Brett Froelich says the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus is commonly found in waters where oysters are harvested, and eating them raw increases the likelihood of being infected.
http://publicradioeast.org/post/coastal-scientists-seeking-change-oyster-regulations

Islam expert to discuss poet Rumi
The Durham News
Sept. 17

Durham County Library will host Professor of Islamic Studies Omid Safi for a discussion and performance of the poetry of Rumi at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Southwest Regional Library, 3605 Shannon Road. Safi is a professor of Islamic studies at the UNC-Chapel Hill, specializing in contemporary Islamic thought and classic Islam. This program is co-sponsored by the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations at UNC-CH and the Duke Islamic Studies Center.
http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2013/09/17/3200910/news-briefs-durham-county-to-
conduct.html

Man arrested for rape at UNC Hospitals housing facility
WRAL-TV
Sept. 17

A 55-year-old man was arrested Monday in connection with a rape that happened Friday at a temporary housing facility for UNC Hospitals. Campus police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said Rafael Sierra Gaono assaulted a woman at the SECU Family House on Old Mason Farm Road. The house provides accommodations for families of patients who are being treated for critical illness or injury at UNC Hospitals or clinics.
http://www.wral.com/man-arrested-for-rape-at-unc-hospitals/12893132/

Issues & Trends

Mooneyham: Let police decide on seized firearms
The Daily Reflector (Greenville; column)
Sept. 16

… The [gun] law, which took effect Sept. 1, requires that functioning firearms either be sold at public auctions, used for training purposes or transferred to a museum. Only those found to be unsafe or without legible serial numbers can be destroyed. … Jeff Welty, a criminal law expert at the UNC School of Government, has predicted that the law could leave some guns in legal limbo, citing those seized from someone subsequently convicted of a felony that disqualifies them from owning guns. ….
http://www.reflector.com/opinion/mooneyham/mooneyham-let-police-decide-seized-firearms-2165181

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