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Background The Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) are a group of connective tissue disorders that are hereditary in nature and characterized by joint hypermobility and tissue fragility. The complex nature of this unique patient population requires multidisciplinary care, but appropriate centers for such care do not exist in large portions of the country. Need for more integrated services has been identified in Chicagoland, or Chicago and its suburbs. In order to explore and begin to address barriers to seeking appropriate care facing EDS patients in this region, we developed an online survey which we circulated through EDS social media groups for Chicagoland patients. Results Three hundred and nine unique respondents participated. We found that there exists a strong medical need for and interest in the development of a center in the region, and participants reported that, if made available to them, they would make extensive and regular use of such a facility. Conclusions We conclude that the establishment of a collaborative medical center specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of EDS, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, and related disorders in the Chicagoland area would greatly benefit patients by providing comprehensive care, alleviate the burden on overworked healthcare providers, and contribute to the sustainability of medical facilities.

The last half century witnessed a dramatic change in the geographic, ethnographic, and socioeconomic structure of Asian American communities. While traditional enclaves were strengthened by waves of recent immigrants, native-born Asian Americans also created new urban and suburban areas. Asian America is the first comprehensive look at post-1960s Asian American communities in the United States and Canada. From Chinese Americans in Chicagoland to Vietnamese Americans in Orange County, this multi-disciplinary collection spans a wide comparative and panoramic scope. Contributors from an array of academic fields focus on global views of Asian American communities as well as on territorial and cultural boundaries. Presenting groundbreaking perspectives, Asian America revises worn assumptions and examines current challenges Asian American communities face in the twenty-first century.

A later confrontation -- with [Dave Pasquesi] as a priest, [Noah Gregoropoulos] a parishioner -- was hilarious for its randomness and buried hostility. \"God doesn't speak Latin anymore,\" Pasquesi says, which prompts a discussion about language and slang. \"Surfers turn everything [into] a verb,\" Gregoropoulos observes, \"like, 'I really Donnered that sandwich.'\"

For all of Emanuel's world-class city aspirations, his courting of deep-pocketed CEOs and high-tech entrepreneurs, his high-fiving of kids of color and watching youth basketball games with Isiah Thomas, the series ultimately shows a man sitting on top of a city that he is grasping to understand, a powder keg with a lit fuse.

[...]have a look and a listen -- \"The mayor is no stranger to crisis,\" says Konkol -- as the mayor, in very controlled and camera-ready settings, tells one classroom that \"there ain't no mayor in America who doesn't like opening schools,\" even as we are reminded that he closed about 50 schools and learn that has resulted in some classrooms swelling to 39 or 44 students; recalls the \"slugfests about politics\" that often took place around the family dinner table when he was young; offers his take on working in the Clinton White House; and gives details about losing a portion of one finger, and how the \"this-close-to-dying\" experience provided him with a guiding philosophy: \"I'm not gonna let a day go by when I don't make a difference.\"

While cameras roll, the mayor tells the boy, \"By the time I'm done promoting you, you're gonna need an agent.

Dennis is one of those otherwise faceless folks fighting the good fight on the front lines, and it is something of a hopeful revelation to watch him retreat to the shelter of his wife and two children in their Roscoe Village home.

[...]it begins, with the voice of our mayor -- \"You want to see America, you come to the heartland, and what is the capital of the heartland?\" -- and images of our city, the first of eight episodes of a very ambitious, alternately exciting and depressing CNN television series titled \"Chicagoland.\" The first episode has a cameo appearance by Michelle Obama but no display of Emanuel's famous temper or foul-mouthed proclivities; still, there are a lot of anger and emotion here, much of it in the person of 9-year-old Asean Johnson (a star is born) -- a pint-size, electrifying orator fighting to save his school from being among the 54 on the mayor's chopping block -- and Emanuel's most potent critic, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, who labels him, in news clips, not only a \"liar\" and a \"bully\" but also \"the murder mayor.\"

Producers asked the mayor's office to help them set up key interactions in what the cable network has billed as a nonscripted eight-part series, including Emanuel's visits with the school principal who emerged as a star of the show, emails show.