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Studio 804 has been working on an addition to Marvin Hall on the KU campus since last fall. Dubbed "The Forum," the addition should be open for business later this year.

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From left, architecture graduate students Renee Brune, 25, and Christina Harwood, 23, screw pedestals to flooring inside the new Marvin Hall addition.

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The Kansas University School of Architecture, Design and Planning might never have had a lecture hall of its own if the schools students had not built it themselves.

John Gaunt, dean of the school and a professor of architecture, said the finances for an addition to Marvin Hall might never have worked out without the schools Studio 804 program, a yearlong design-and-build course.

Costs for the $2 million building would have been nearly double if the school had sought an outside contractor, Gaunt said. At the same time, it took several years for the studio to build up its reputation and credibility across the university and the state, both of which had to approve the project.

It required a kind of planetary alignment, Gaunt said.

The addition, dubbed The Forum, will house a 120-seat auditorium and a commons area that will overlay the schools previous jury room for viewing projects. With the main construction wrapping up in the late summer, The Forum could start holding some classes later in the fall semester.

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However, in addition to the pipeline, Cramer likes Mallinckrodt for reasons that are strictly financial.

"The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Therefore it's subject to the Emerald Isle's extremely low tax regime," Cramer said. "And that means when Mallinckrodt acquires a U.S. company, it can instantly boost the target's earnings simply by gobbling that company up and making it Irish."

The catalyst isn't simply theoretical. "In the last year, Mallinckrodt has done two sizable deals, buying Cadence and then most recently announcing the acquisition of Questcor Pharma in April," Cramer said.

Given the pipeline and the ability to generate profits through acquisition, Cramer thinks the stock should have room to run.

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"Even though Mallinckrodt has already had a monster run, up more than 64 percent since being spun-off from Covidien last summer, I think it could have a lot more upside, in part because this company can keep snapping up other drug businesses to become a pharma colossus, or it could be swallowed by someone else looking to become a part of a lower tax regime itself."

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Inside the operating room, video cameras track every movement. Outside, a small computer-like device analyzes the recordings, identifying when mistakes are made and providing instant feedback to surgeons as they operate.

This is the dream of the surgical "black box." Operations could become flawless. Post-operative complications could be significantly reduced. Surgeons could review the footage to improve their technique and prep for the next big case.

Such a device isn't far from reality.

Researchers in Canada are working on a surgical tracking box -- like the ones placed in airplanes -- that records surgeons' movements and identifies errors during an operation.

By pinpointing mistakes and telling surgeons when they're veering "off course," a black box could prevent future slip-ups, says Dr. Teodor Grantcharov, a minimally invasive surgeon at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Unlike the so-called black boxes in aviation, which are used after disasters occur, the surgical black box Grantcharov is creating will be used proactively to prevent major patient complications.

A number of hospitals have already expressed interest in using the device, Grantcharov says.

But the litigious medical environment may make its implementation problematic. If the recordings were used in court, they could open the floodgates to a new wave of malpractice concerns, which would be counterproductive to surgeons and patients, Grantcharov says.

"We have to ensure the black box is used as an educational tool to help surgeons evaluate their performance and improve," he says.

A work in progress

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Giovanni Room, located in the heart of The Gayborhood at 12th and Pine Streets, is up for sale. The nations oldest LGBT bookstore will celebrate its 40th anniversary if its still open in October. This photograph was taken at Giovanni's Room, in Phialdelphia, September 5, 2013. Daily News Staff / Jad Sleiman

PHILLY AIDS Thrift in Queen Village has always been about preserving precious items, their reps say. And, of course, supporting local AIDS organizations through sales of donated items.

Now, the nearly 9-year-old establishment will be preserving something much more significant - Giovanni's Room, the iconic touchstone of the LGBT community and the country's oldest LGBT bookstore. The organization has signed a two-year lease with the former Giovanni's Room owner to open Philly AIDS Thrift store at Giovanni's Room.

The store will have a soft opening in late September and open officially Oct. 10, in time for OutFest and National Coming Out Day. The iconic "Giovanni's Room" signage will remain, the new leasers said.

"What can be more precious than Giovanni's Room? What better thing to try and keep alive?" asked Christina Kallas-Saritsoglou, co-founder of the Philly AIDS Thrift and manager of the Queen Village store. She added that it was a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

The Center City bookstore, which opened in 1973 at 12th and Pine streets, was shuttered earlier this year by its owner, Ed Hermance, who sought retirement and planned to put the building up for sale.

However, Hermance couldn't secure a buyer. Enter Philly AIDS Thrift, which had been thinking about opening an outpost in addition to its main store, on 5th Street near Bainbridge. The new store will be a different configuration of Giovanni's Room. It will continue to sell LGBT books, stocking 2,000 titles, both new and used, as well as housewares, tchotchkes and "higher end handpicked items" such as vintage clothing and selected pieces of furniture, Kallas-Saritsoglou said.

Philly AIDS Thrift raises $20,000 a month for the AIDS Fund, which distributes the money to 29 AIDS organizations. Since 2005 when it opened, the store has raised $891,000 and hopes that figure will hit $1 million before year's end, said Alan Chelak, who will manage the Philly AIDS Thrift at Giovanni's Room.

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Dylan Zylstra spends a good deal of time in the weight room, especially in the off-season that starts almost as soon as the regular seasonends. (Full-size photo)(All photos)

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There are days when Dylan Zylstra asks himself, Wouldnt it be awesome to just go toclass?

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