Gross Hitlists
Saba's Hitlists for Gross Anatomy Labs 8-12 have been added to the Note Vault to complete the set for our upcoming test. Bon appetit!

Additional Items
I sent off the first list of students whose machines are exhibiting screen abrasion to Computing Resources. They're sending it to Dell. I do not know what (if anything) Dell will do about it. I will keep you posted.
There's a software update for the Windows version of VitalSource KEY 3. I'm not entirely sure what it fixes, but it's there if you want to give it a shot. I hope everyone has already applied the two updates for the two Gross Anatomy textbooks.

Moving Right Along
One down, two to go.
Archived the notes for the second Biochemistry test in the Note Vault as a means of putting off studying for Histo for a few minutes, and then wrote up this news item to kill a few more.
I'm thinkin' my sock drawer is lookin' a bit disorganized right about now - should probably get on that.

Revised Cranial Nerve Chart
Says Mr. Morlandt of the revised Cranial Nerve Chart for Gross Anatomy, which has just been updated in the Note Vault:

This chart is better – the last one had a few mistakes; this version is also printable.

Thanks, Tony!

Also, someone accidentally left the door unlocked and while no one was looking Erin Loggins snuck onto the Officers listing, where she has apparently begun to express the deluded belief that she is some manner of outgoing furniture.

Whatever Floats Your Notes
Notes, and plenty of them. From the top:
Saba Ahmed e-mailed out what appears to be the final version of the Histology Lab Hitlist for Test 2. I've updated that.
Tony Morlandt sent in two super-spiffy Excel charts for Gross Anatomy covering Cranial Nerves and the Muscles of Facial Expression with Functions.
Jennifer Kim returned to the notes scene in grand fashion, supplying notes for Biochem covering the lectures over Chapters 17, 18 and 22 as well as Conference 3 (17, 18, and 19) and Conference 4 (20 and 21). If anyone else took good notes over the missing chapters, please send them in!
In addition to the standard Biochem notes, The Jiffer sent in Histology notes covering the third Clinical Correlate with Dr. Thomas and Dr. Weaker's review of the MacDougall lecture.

Head on over to the Note Vault to pick those up.

Metabolism Flowchart And Friends
On the notes front, Ryan Higley sent in a pretty spiffy flowchart of Metabolism that basically ties all of the different pathways together into one giant image. Some of the smaller words are a bit hard to read, but you should be able to figure them out from the Biochem lecture notes.
If you'd like to take a look at that, I think you know where to find it.
Christie Vu was going to send in some digital images of the Radiographs for Gross Anatomy, but it turns out these are already on the Osteo\Radio CD that was recently delivered to everyone's mailbox. (Or so I've been told, anyway.)
Thanks, Ryan, and thanks anyway, Christie.

Norton
Just a reminder that instructions for installing Norton AntiVirus (which will also uninstall McAfee VirusScan) are on the Tech Tutorials page, both for the Dells and the Macs.
One note is that this is a "Managed" install of NAV, meaning that the school retains control over some of the configuration options. This is your computer, so if you don't want to the school fiddling with your virus scanner settings, then you can wait around for the unmanaged install. No idea when that'll be available.

Dell Screen Abrasion
Some folks had mentioned to me that they're seeing abrasion of their LCD screens opposite the Dell logo badge. I let the Computer Group know about this and Mr. Mulligan (Computing Resources' Director Of Desktop Customer Services, if you were curious) seemed fairly interested in relating the development to Dell.
An easy way to see if you're getting this is to maximize MS Word or Notepad or some other program so that most of your screen is white, and then check around the area opposite the Dell badge for a circular or semicircular abrasion.
If your computer is showing this effect, please let me know so I can pass that on to "the proper authorities."

Hubba Saba
In case you missed it, Saba e-mailed out a rather substantial stack of notes to everyone. This included:
Gross Anatomy - Detailed hitlists to assist with lab identification for labs 1-7
Histology - Lab Hitlist for test 2 (Still a work in progress?)
Physical Evaluation - Summary of Chapters 1 through 3 to complement Adam's outline of Chapter 4
These have all been added to their respective sections of the Note Vault.
Thanks a bunch, Saba!

I've added the link on the Links page to the University of Michigan Medical School Gross Anatomy Sessions, which I think are a super resource, especially the anatomy tables, lab videos, and practice quizzes.

KB Thinger
Thanks to a tip from my deeply-entrenched undercover sources in the toy retailer industry (read: Derek Miller called them), I've learned that the 30%-off deal at KB Toys does not apply to video games or video game systems.
Curses! Foiled again! [vigorous fist-shaking, etc]
On the plus side, you can probably still get 30% off on a Playskool FurReal Friends Go Go My So Real Puppy. [gleeful clapping, etc]

Notes, NAV
Added a new section to the Note Vault to accomodate Adam Verrett's Outline of Chapter 4 and Quynh Le's Charting Legend for Physical Evaluation.
As always, we wuv our contributors vewwy much.

Norton AntiVirus Installation Instructions Updated Slightly
Made a few slight alterations to the Windows XP installation instructions for NAV to make them a little easier to understand. (I hope.)
One thing is that your UTHSCSA Network password, if not updated, will have expired and you'll need to update it (using the password instructions on the Tech Tutorials page) before you can use it to log into Tracer.

I also made a few small updates to the Student Directory.
(It was already right, Meagan.)

Symantec Norton AntiVirus (Finally)
I've finally been able to get a concrete set of instructions for installing Symantec Norton Antivirus on both the Dells and the Macs.
Check out the Tech Tutorials page for simple, step-by-step, do-it-yourself instructions for both platforms, or drop your computer by Tod's or Triage and tell 'em you want the "Enn-A-Vee Special".
I know a lot of the PC folks have been waiting to get rid of McAfee once and for all, and that time has come.
UTHSCSA is migrating to Symantec NAV, so you'll need to get it installed one way or another, as support for the current antivirus programs will eventually cease.
Well, you heard me - head on over to the Tech Tutorials page and get started!

A Lot Of Things
There's a lot of stuff here, so I best get started. (Or you best get started, whichever.)

Notes
Emily Conley sent in a page of notes from Dr. Littlestar's "Review Session" for next week's Dental Anatomy test.
Tony Morlandt e-mailed out his own take on the Review Session along with a copy of last year's study guide, as well.
All these files can be located in the Note Vault.
Thanks y'all.

Tuition Deregulation
You should have received an e-mail from President Benson regarding a "Class Meeting" to be held this Thursday (Oct 9th) during lunch. The intent of the meeting is to disseminate information to the class regarding the state's deregulation of tuition rates (and the ramifications on you as a student) and to obtain feedback and input on the topic from the class, which Ms. Benson will pass on to the Deans next week.
In the e-mail, mention was made of a proposal synopsis. That synopsis, which briefly describes the school's plans regarding the implementation of differential tuition, is available here on the website along with a two-page document (provided by SGA Rep Craig Seager) setting out the rationale behind HB 3015, which releases authority for setting tuition and fees from the state to individual university governing boards.
Both documents are available online in HTML format and in downloadable Word Document format.
They are available at the bottom of the Links page.
This is a matter of critical importance to you as a student, as it deals rather directly with your money, so it behooves you to get informed and get involved. Neither document is very long, and they are very informative in illustrating the Legislature's justification for deregulating tuition and UTHSCSA's plans for their newfound authority.

Toys! Cheap!
This isn't the normal fare of this page, but it's just too fun to pass up:
KB Toys (KBToys.com) got slapped with a class-action lawsuit, right? Unfair business practices, etc...
They lost, or settled, or something, and part of the terms of the settlement, or whatever, is that from October 8th to the 14th (one week beginning tomorrow) all purchases of $30 or over at KB Toys will be automatically discounted 30% at the register, no questions asked.
So if you've got kids who dig "toys", this might be an excellent opportunity to snag some on the cheap. Or maybe you've been putting off buying that XBox for yourself 'cause it's just too expensive...well it'll be $126. Call me Dr. Boatsenfloatsen.
If you've got any dough left over after you slap down $800 on some fancified magnifying eyewear, you might want to poke around in your local KB and see if there's anything you or your younguns might want.
And tell your friends! Those misleading-business-practices-having punks need to pay for their transgressions, or whatever.

Symantec Norton Antivirus
Buh. Supposedly the installer is working, but I've yet to have it work like they say it's supposed to work. I let Tod know about the issue I'm seeing and they're probably looking into or something similar to "probably looking into it," like "maybe looking into it."
Keep ya posted.

Archived September
The news for September, including such classic news items as "That Crappy Poem" and "The Post About That Crappy Movie" has been relocated to the News Archive.
I was looking over the news for August, September, and October during the archival process and I thought - Wow, I sure have written a lot of words.

I'm Tired
I think I'm going to get some sleep. Night, all.

Windows Updates Available
You should be getting some alerts in the system tray of Windows XP to the effect that "New Updates Are Available".
Please do not ignore these messages. Click them to download the updates, and then click them again when they let you know the updates been downloaded and are ready to be installed. (Alternatively, visit the Tech Tutorials page and follow the instructions for updating Windows.)
If you ask me to look at your computer for whatever reason and I see these updates haven't been installed...I swear...I'll probably give you a look and say something like, "Please stop ignoring these alerts."
I'll probably use a fairly reproachful tone when I say it, too. You've been warned!

Biochem
Jennifer Kim -> Notes for Chapters 15 and 16 and their associated Conference.
For Conference - notes in blue are Jenn's additions.
First 5-10 minutes of Glycolysis lecture = missing.
Grab 'em in the Note Vault.

Notes, Norton Redux
Ok, so Biochemistry is gearing back up. In keeping with this trend, Jennifer is beginning to refill the Biochemistry section of the Note Vault. Today sees the addition of notes for the lectures over chapters 13, 14, and 29, as well as the conference period over these three lectures.
Apparently someone forgot to tell Jennifer to stick to Biochem, seeing as she sent in notes for the MacDougall Clinical Correlate in Histology. So you may ask, "Whose notes are better, Sameera's or Jennifer's?" That is a silly question, and you're foolish for asking it. Go to your room.
Jennifer did send along an honest-to-goodness warning with hers, though: "fair warning, although the transcription factors, genes, etc. are not important in memorizing, the spelling might be off; it was hard to see from the back!"
Also in Histology, Steve Tseng sent in a complete set of Histology notes (from one of the CDs, I believe) to which he's added a few things - including a hyperlinked Table of Contents. (Hold CTRL and click one of the items in the ToC to jump to that section.) Super-duper.
As always, we salute the valiant men and women who strive every day to provide us with these wonderful resources. [salutes]

Norton
Something was wonky with the installer. A few folks have gotten it installed by running a different file, but it's been recommended that we wait to install Norton AntiVirus until they've gotten these issues straightened out.
I've noticed some sluggishness on system startup a few times with Norton, but not nearly as often or for as long a duration as with McAfee.
I'll keep you posted.

Notes, Norton
Well golly gee, Beav - notes!
A whole new section of the Note Vault has been opened to accomodate J-RoH's Summary of (the Summary of) the Surgeon General's Report On Oral Health that we have to read for Preventive and Community Dentistry.
Additionally, Saba e-mailed everyone a few documents that I've gone ahead and stuffed into the Histo section of the Note Vault, those documents being a lab hit list for the new stuff and some "projection notes".
And what evening would be complete without that other Ahmed? Not this one, that's for sure! So we're fortunate that Sameera sent in the notes from the MacDougall guest lecture in histo.
Extra mad special props to all of our contributors!

Norton Antivirus
Computing Resources has finally given the go-ahead to roll out Symantec Norton Antivirus.
It's available on the UTHSCSA Tracer FTP server, but I'm still checking on the proper method for acquiring and installing it. As soon as I can get a solid set of instructions together, I'll put that on the Tech Tutorials page and let you know.
In the meantime, you can probably take your computer to Tod or Triage (or me, I suppose) and have them do it for you.
I've been told we can install a copy of NAV on our home machines as well if we wish. Tod indicated you could probably pick up a CD from Triage to get that particular party started.

DM:IPN, Four times?

Seriously, Just...Skip To The End
Dell users - could you step into my office for a moment?
Sit, please. You're probably wondering why I've called you in here today. As you're aware, we pride ourselves on being able to actively respond to changing conditions. It's a part of what makes us so successful as an operational unit. Part of this skill is being able to recognize aspects of our synergistic environment that are no longer..."necessary" in their current or traditional capacity and subsequently cull those unneeded facets so that we may continually ensure optimal efficiency. Do you see the idea I'm attempting to convey here? Of course you do.
You see, we've reached one of these "evaluation junctions" where it's time to take stock of our position and direction and realign ourselves for The Future.
Obviously, we understand that there is a history here, and a wealth of valuable service has been provided in the past. But what is past is past, and the present is the first day of the future.
I cannot say this has been a difficult decision, as the facts bear out a single straightforward conclusion:
It's time to leave 3.0.8 behind and upgrade vitalsource KEY to 3.0.9.
I'm sure you already know where to find it, but if it's necessary, I'll have security escort you to the Tech Tutorials page so you can follow the instructions for updating your vitalsource KEY executable and license.

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