Gov. Dave Heineman told Nebraska lawmakers Wednesday that he will not allow the state's Medicaid director to attend a health care planning session, calling it an "organizational meeting" with advocates who want to expand the program.
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Kimberly-Clark Health Care Receives FDA Clearance For KIMGUARD ONE-STEP Sterilization Wrap Portfolio With One-Year …
ROSWELL, Ga., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Kimberly-Clark Health Care announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the KIMGUARD ONE-STEP portfolio with one-year maintenance of package integrity (MPI) for KC300 to KC600 for Pre-vacuum Steam and Ethylene Oxide (EO). Users can now have confidence that their instruments wrapped with KIMGUARD ONE-STEP Sterilization Wrap will maintain sterility on the shelf for at least 365 days.
The KIMGUARD family of sterilization wrap is now the most validated sterilization wrap with the longest shelf-life on the U.S. market.These additional clearances will assist facilities in complying with TheJoint Commission's sterilization processing guidelines.
"We are the only manufacturer with sterilization wraps that has been validated and FDA cleared for at least 365 days post-sterilization processing shelf-life. In fact, KIMGUARD ONE-STEP shelf-life is currently 12 times longer than any other sterilization wrap's shelf-life that has been previously cleared and marketed.This is especially significant for surgical trays that aren't used on a regular basis," said Tom Gonzalez, VP Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs, Kimberly-Clark Health Care.
"The extensive testing conducted to obtain MPI one-year 510(k) clearance illustrates Kimberly-Clark's commitment to providing our customers with sterilization solutions that meet their needs while offeringthe optimum balance of properties including lint and flame resistance, and high bacterial filtration efficiency (BFE), to provide our customers with confidence in sterility," added Mr. Gonzalez.
With the most recent FDA clearance for Amsco V-PRO maX Low Temperature Sterilization System (Flexible Cycle), the KIMGUARD ONE-STEP Sterilization Wrap is now FDA cleared for use with all cycles in the three Amsco V-PRO Sterilization Systems.With this announcement, KIMGUARD Sterilization Wrap has the most 510(k) clearances than any other sterilization wrap including use with:
These are some of the commonly used sterilization modalities, making One-Step the most widely compatible sterilization wrap on the market.
Kimberly-Clark has also completed testing that supports use of KIMGUARD ONE-STEP Sterilization Wrap with additional low temperature sterilization systems. This data has been submitted to theFDA for acceptance.
Confidence with KIMGUARD ONE-STEPKIMGUARD ONE-STEP Sterilization Wrap consists of two layers of wrap thermally sealed along the sides to provide protection of double-wrapping in one step. This feature cuts the wrapping and unwrapping time in half compared to sequential wrapping, saving valuable time in Sterile Processing, as well as sterility assurance in the operating room (OR).The most recent addition to the KIMGUARD ONE-STEP Wrap portfolio,QUICK CHECK Sterilization Wrap, securely joins a blue wrap layer with a white layer so users can quickly and easily identify if sterility has been breached - ensuring patient safety.In addition, KIMGUARD Sterilization Wrap, manufactured in the US, features PowerGuard Technology to provide superior protection against contamination, making it one of the best microbial barriers available.
Commitment to Managing Wrap WasteLaunched earlier this year, Kimberly-Clark Health Care offers a wrap recycling program called Blue ReNew to bring interested hospitals a systematized approach to wrap recycling. The program is designed to help hospitals organize the process of recycling their wrap into five achievable stages and can be customized to meet the specific needs of each facility.The Kimberly-Clark Blue ReNew Team works with hospitals to identify key recycling partners, train OR teams and measure results to achieve a sustainable wrap recycling program.
Kimberly-Clark in the Healthcare EnvironmentAround the world, medical professionals turn to Kimberly-Clark Health Care for a wide portfolio of solutions that improve the health, hygiene and well -being of patients and hospital staff. As part of their healing mission, caregivers rely on Kimberly-Clark Health Care to deliver clinical solutions and educational resources that they can depend on to prevent, diagnose and manage a wide variety of healthcare-associated infections. As a global enterprise with more than $1 billion in annual sales, Kimberly-Clark Health care holds the No. 1 and No. 2 market share positions in several categories including; infection control solutions, surgical solutions, pain management and digestive health. Throughout the care continuum, patients and staff alike trust Kimberly-Clark medical supplies and devices, KLEENEX tissues, Kimberly-Clark Professional skin care products and SCOTT towels for day-to-day needs. For more information, please visit http://www.kchealthcare.com.
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Ray Kurweil's Immortality Cocktail; And a Student Loan Skeptic
By: Paul Solman
Wednesday we feature the second of our interview outtakes with inventor/author/futurist Ray Kurzweil. (Tuesday's installment: the melding of man and machine.) In our broadcast story, which debuted on Making Sen$e Monday, Kurzweil explained that his recipe to combat aging entails taking 150 pills a day. You can find more details at a supplements business he runs, rayandterry.com, which features, we were excited to see, items like "healthy chocolates." You can also read yourself into old age with his three books on nutrition: "The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life," "Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever" and "Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever."
But in case you still think your time is of some value, this video is a more economical look at Kurzweil's daily regimen.
Name: Bob Fults
Question: Saw your piece on student loans. One trillion dollars owed by 37 million? That's an average of $30,000 per student. That's not a crisis. It's a car. Buy a used car. Put your SUV payment against your loan and you're out in five years. Why are you people making this look like more than it is?
Paul Solman: Partly because we in the media like to dramatize things to make them seem important and get your attention. And partly because student loan debt is actually a crushing burden for many, especially in the current jobless maybe-it-is/maybe-it-isn't recovery. We talked to several folks so crushed by student loan debt, they've been forever scarred. We were all set to interview one debt-beset woman in her 70's, but she pulled out at the last minute, too embarrassed to talk on camera or even let us publish the details of her case here.
Look, an average is just a statistic. If the average is $30,000, then there's a person who owes $45,000 for every one who owes $15,000.
Joel Bernanke expects to owe a reported $400,000 by the time he graduates. I don't suppose we should worry about the son of Fed Chairman Ben (and besides, he's becoming a doctor). But as we reported here on July 6, students who carry a heavy debt load are not taking public service jobs they would have otherwise sought. The evidence is well summarized here.
The main point, though, is that we're talking 37 million Americans in total. The fact that journalists have a penchant for drama should not obscure the fact that millions of them are struggling with student debt, including young people who work at our own program. And the irony is that the most responsible among them -- those who pay their debts diligently -- are the most burdened.
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Ron Paul-inspired Freedom Festival planned before Republican National Convention unravels
Freedom Festival is dead.
It never secured a contract to bring tens of thousands of people to Fantasy of Flight just before the Republican National Convention. It suspended ticket sales. Its spokesmen stopped returning calls.
And this week, its website started automatically redirecting visitors to the Liberty Avengers, a new group with plans for its own pre-RNC event.
The avengers include some of the same Ron Paul-inspired organizers who started with Paul Festival 2012 still on track for three days of music and activism at the Florida State Fairgrounds and who later moved on to Freedom Festival over differences with the Paul Festival team.
Now that Freedom Festival has fizzled, some activists have transferred their efforts to an event called Liberty Unplugged.
"We just really wanted something to happen this weekend, so we don't lose all the momentum that's been created," Liberty Avengers co-founder David Foster of Tallahassee said.
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Nightwing and Cyborg coming to Injustice: Gods Among Us
Comic-Con just opened up its show floor for Preview Night, and in among the booths is a new playable version of Injustice: Gods Among Us , with two new heroes. Nightwing and Cyborg have joined the fight in Netherrealm's gritty fighting game. Nightwing (aka Dick Grayson, the original Robin) is a nimble staff-wielding fighter, and Cyborg is a heavy hitter, with strong close attacks backed up with ...
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Nightwing And Cyborg Join Cast Of Injustice
Batman's ex-sidekick Dick Grayson, AKA Nightwing, and Robocop wannabe Cyborg will be joining the roster of fighters in NetherRealm Studios new DC fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us. Comic Con 2012 just kicked off with a preview night, and Warner Bros. had two new fighters on demo at their Injustice kiosk. Nightwing is a very nimble fighter who makes use of his arsonal of tools while Cyborg ...
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All beaches open for swimming this weekend
Tribune Staff Reports
HURON COUNTY Test results issued Wednesday found all beaches are safe for swimming, according to the Huron County Health Department.
The results issued for all 13 area beaches tested have revealed they are well below the 300 E. coli colonies per 100 ml of water for swimming safety.
There has only been one beach closure since testing started eight weeks ago. That closure was at Port Crescent State Park Day-Use during the third week of testing.
The summer beach testing program is funding by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
The following are this weeks test results (in geometric means):
Bird Creek County Park 0.022
Caseville County Park 1.7325
Harbor Beach City Park 11.2926
Jenks County Park 16.7536
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Replacing beaches could cost $20 million
By TED JACKOVICS | The Tampa Tribune Published: July 11, 2012 Updated: July 11, 2012 - 7:16 PM
Pinellas County officials know where Tropical Storm Debby deposited the sand stripped from local beaches. The eroded material wound up piled not far offshore, where it might provide some protection from the next storm.
They also know how much it will cost to replace the sand: $15 million to $20 million.
What they don't know is whether the state and federal governments will fund beach renourishment as they have in the past.
Renourishment projects - bringing in sand dredged from offshore and spreading it on Pinellas beaches, where the sand eventually is pulled back out to sea - has long been controversial.
In the past, the federal government has chipped in 60 percent and the state and county governments 20 percent each for certain beach re-nourishment projects in Pinellas County, said Andy Squires, Pinellas County's coastal manager.
But national political fallout in recent years that has eliminated earmarks to special projects in federal budgets has changed the unwritten funding rules that stretch from Washington to Pinellas County.
"Beach renourishment does cost a lot," Squires said. "But it can be the most cost-effective option."
Officials estimate restoring the beaches at Sand Key, Treasure Island and Long Key and several others that traditionally receive federal renourishment funding would cost $15 million to $20 million. It would cost another $866,000 to help restore beaches that don't normally receive federal funding. Those beaches would include Fort De Soto Park and Mullet Key.
Beaches are a mainstay of the county's tourism industry, which drew $3.4 billion in visitor spending in 2011.
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Repairing Pinellas beaches damaged by Tropical Storm Debby may cost up to $20 million
By Anna M. Phillips, Times Staff Writer Anna M. PhillipsTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, July 12, 2012
The damage to Pinellas County beaches wrought by Tropical Storm Debby could cost as much as $20 million to repair, county officials announced Wednesday.
Exactly how much sand was washed away remains to be tallied. But the visuals of eroded dunes and waves crashing where beachgoers used to plant their chairs suggest that reshaping the shoreline will be a costly endeavor.
However Sisyphean the task of constantly feeding new sand to eroding beaches may seem, county officials said it is one that must continue if Pinellas is to attract tourists and protect its residents from storms.
"People expect to see the beach when they come here on vacation and that's going to be a priority for us, it has to be," County Commissioner John Morroni said Wednesday during a Tourist Development Council meeting.
County officials hope federal and state governments will bear the majority of the renourishment costs, said Andy Squires, the coastal manager for Pinellas County.
"It could potentially be done this calendar year if we get federal and state funding," Squires said. "If not, renourishment could take months or years."
Most of the county's beach restoration projects are funded 60 percent by the federal government, 20 percent from the state, and 20 percent from the county. But the crackdown on congressional earmarks traditionally the county has relied on U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young to bring home the sand and the recession have made it more difficult to get aid.
Pinellas must compete for money against other counties, many of which also suffered from Debby. If the county does not get outside aid, it could dip into its reserve fund or use money that was allocated for beach repair before Debby's arrival.
Plans already were under way to restore certain beaches, such as Sand Key, where construction has begun, and Treasure Island's Sunset and Sunshine beaches, which were scheduled for repair in 2013.
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The softly glowing zodiac: lesson learned | Bad Astronomy
Every day I post a short, pithy astronomy or space fact on Twitter and Google+. I call them BAFacts, and I have them all archived here on the blog. I try to make them as accurate as possible within the limitation of 140 characters. But I wrote one recently that, as it turns out, I had to retract for being incorrect. And Im happy about it! Heres why.
I recently was going through old posts and saw one that mentioned zodiacal light, a very faint glow in the sky that can only be seen on very dark nights. Its a band of light that follows the path of the planets across the sky, which is technically called the ecliptic. It passes through the constellations of the zodiac, hence its name*.
This picture of the zodiacal light is by friend of the BABlog Brad Goldpaint [click to embiggen, and note this is a part of a larger shot that's breathtaking]. The two bright "stars" are Venus and Jupiter, and you can see the glow from zodiacal light reaching up and to the left, following the ecliptic.
The origin of zodiacal light (when I learned about it, years ago) was thought to be dust from asteroid collisions. Asteroids out past Mars orbit pretty much in the same plane as the planets. When they smack into each other and they do they make dust. This reflects sunlight, so wed see it as a faint band of light across the ecliptic. Case closed!
Of course, regular readers know me better than this. Read on!
So I wrote up a BAFact and tweeted it:
It says, "#BAFact: Zodiacal light is sunlight reflecting dimly on wreckage from asteroid collisions. http://t.co/wZnQBZOY", and the link goes to the article I wrote a while back mentioning zodiacal light.
Once it was up, I went on my merry way for like three minutes. Luke Dones, who follows me on Twitter, tweeted this:
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TomaGold Corporation Awards DIAGNOS a Contract to Use Its Artificial Intelligence Technology to Target Gold and Copper
BROSSARD, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 12, 2012) - DIAGNOS inc. ("DIAGNOS" or the "Corporation") (ADK.V), a leader in the use of artificial intelligence ("AI") and advanced knowledge extraction techniques, is pleased to announce today that its CARDS(Computer Aided Resources Software) technology will be used to target gold and copper on TomaGold Corporation. ("TomaGold") properties in the Chibougamau region.
DIAGNOS will assist Tomagold to find targets by using its CARDS (Computer Aided Resource Detection Software) technology, which makes it possible to identify the sites having the same signature as known mines and deposits.
"TomaGold is hopeful that DIAGNOS' technology will be accurate and effective surroundings our major discovery of 237.6 g/t of gold over 5.7 metres in Hole M-12-60 on the Monster lake project. Further to our exploration and definition of the Annie Zone, CARDS will help us identify new targets of our projects Lac a l'Eau Jaune and Winchester acquired lately." declared Mr. David Grondin, President and CEO of TomaGold.
"The principal advantage in the use of the artificial intelligence is the ability to update the model regularly. The backbone of CARDS is a data mining engine which learns the signature or fingerprints of known mineralized sites, and identifies points (targets) with a high statistical probability of similarity to known areas of mineralizations across less explored regions. We can follow the project from day to day while inserting the new drilling data. We will also be able to analyze their overall property by using the new signature. From the moment we receive the data from TomaGold, it is necessary to count between 5 to 10 working days for the production of the final report. We are proud to work with dynamic and innovating people having shown their know-how" declared Michel Fontaine, Vice-President - Business Development of DIAGNOS.
About TomaGold
TomaGold is a dynamic Canadian-based mineral exploration company. The Corporation is dedicated to create shareholders value on acquiring, exploring and developing quality Canadian gold properties in an efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
About DIAGNOS
Founded in 1998, DIAGNOS is a publicly traded Canadian corporation (ADK.V), with a mission to commercialize technologies combining contextual imaging and traditional data mining thereby improving decision making processes. DIAGNOS offers products, services, and solutions to clients in a variety of fields including healthcare, natural resources, and entertainment.
DIAGNOS can count on a multidisciplinary team that includes professionals in geophysics, geology, Artificial Intelligence, mathematics, as well as remote sensing and image interpretation. The Corporation's objective is to develop a royalty stream by significantly enhancing and participating in the exploration success rate of mining. For further information, please visit our Website at http://www.diagnos.com. The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Clockwork Launches Aerospace and Defense Product Suite
AUSTIN, Texas, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Clockwork, a global leader of predictive analytic solutions for enterprise asset management (EAM), today announced their Aerospace and Defense product suite designed to improve availability, reduce repair parts inventory and drive down life cycle costs of critical air and ground platforms. The company has significant experience in the Aerospace and Defense sector and has built this product suite to fill the gap in predicting and forecasting parts and maintenance requirements for high these highly valued assets.
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"The substantial costs to buy and maintain these platforms, along with tight budgets and increased military demand have put pressure on the Aerospace and Defense industry to develop new strategies to ensure fleet availability without increasing costs," stated Sean Connors, CEO. "Optimizing the life cycle of these expensive mission critical assets addresses these concerns and provides a new innovative approach to managing the bottom line."
The Aerospace and Defense industry is looking for solutions to better manage their operations under restricted budgets. The ability to predict an asset failure, the labor workload associated with fleet maintenance, and the optimized repair parts demand is essential to managing in the current environment. Repair parts and service for a single maintenance request can cost millions, but with Clockwork's products one can minimize cost, maximize uptime, and predict the best time to perform maintenance for these critical platforms:
DESIGN products are predictive analytic offerings that provide defense systems design firms and their military customers the ability to reduce life cycle costs during asset design phases.
DEMAND predictive analytic offerings provide defense logistics planners the ability to improve fleet readiness while reducing repair parts and maintenance costs.
COMMAND predictive analytic offerings are focused on the evaluation, implementation, and ongoing support of a predictive maintenance solution for individual platforms and fleets, assessing and managing the risk of possible component/part failure.
To learn more about Clockwork's experience and detailed product information in the Aerospace and Defense industry visit http://www.clockwork-solutions.com/aerospace-defense or email us at info@clockwork-solutions.com.
About Clockwork: Clockwork is a global leader of predictive analytic solutions for enterprise asset management (EAM) that improve availability and reduce repair parts inventory and maintenance costs of capital intensive assets. The company has years of experience serving the needs of the Aerospace and Defense, Energy, Heavy Machinery and Transportation industries by providing cutting edge solutions to help analyze their data, giving them visibility to each phase of an asset's life cycle, resulting in billions worth of savings. For more information visit http://www.clockwork-solutions.com.
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Research and Markets: Sweden Neurology Devices Market Outlook to 2018 – Interventional Neurology, Neurological …
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zgk4p5/sweden_neurology_d) has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Sweden Neurology Devices Market Outlook to 2018 - Interventional Neurology, Neurological Diagnostic Equipment, Neurostimulation Devices and Others" to their offering.
This report provides key market data on the Sweden Neurology Devices market. The report provides value (USD million), volume (units) and average price (USD) data for each segment and sub-segment within six market categories - CSF Management, Interventional Neurology, Neurological Diagnostic Equipment, Neurostimulation Devices, Neurosurgical Products and Radiosurgery. The report also provides company shares and distribution shares data for each of the aforementioned market categories. The report is supplemented with global corporate-level profiles of the key market participants with information on company financials and pipeline products, wherever available.
This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's team of industry experts.
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- Market size and company share data for Neurology Devices market categories - CSF Management, Interventional Neurology, Neurological Diagnostic Equipment, Neurostimulation Devices, Neurosurgical Products and Radiosurgery.
- Annualized market revenues (USD million), volume (units) and average price (USD) data for each of the segments and sub-segments within six market categories. Data from 2004 to 2011, forecast forward for 7 years to 2018.
- 2011 company shares and distribution shares data for each of the six market categories.
- Global corporate-level profiles of key companies operating within the Sweden Neurology Devices market.
- Key players covered include Medtronic, Inc., Stryker Corporation, DePuy, Inc., St. Jude Medical, Inc., Covidien plc, B. Braun Melsungen AG and others.
Research and Markets: Israel Neurology Devices Market Outlook to 2018 – Interventional Neurology, Neurological …
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/59gjfg/israel_neurology_d) has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Israel Neurology Devices Market Outlook to 2018 - Interventional Neurology, Neurological Diagnostic Equipment, Neurostimulation Devices and Others" to their offering.
This new report provides key market data on the Israel Neurology Devices market. The report provides value (USD million), volume (units) and average price (USD) data for each segment and sub-segment within five market categories - CSF Management, Interventional Neurology, Neurological Diagnostic Equipment, Neurostimulation Devices and Neurosurgical Products. The report also provides company shares and distribution shares data for each of the aforementioned market categories. The report is supplemented with global corporate-level profiles of the key market participants with information on company financials and pipeline products, wherever available.
This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's team of industry experts.
Scope
- Market size and company share data for Neurology Devices market categories - CSF Management, Interventional Neurology, Neurological Diagnostic Equipment, Neurostimulation Devices and Neurosurgical Products.
- Annualized market revenues (USD million), volume (units) and average price (USD) data for each of the segments and sub-segments within six market categories. Data from 2004 to 2011, forecast forward for 7 years to 2018.
- 2011 company shares and distribution shares data for each of the five market categories.
- Global corporate-level profiles of key companies operating within the Israel Neurology Devices market.
- Key players covered include Medtronic, Inc., St. Jude Medical, Inc., Stryker Corporation, Nihon Kohden Corporation, DePuy, Inc., Covidien plc and others.
USOC: Chivas dealt lesson in coming up short on history
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Chivas USA were a game from making franchise history. But in the end, the same old mistakes cost them a shot at immortality on Wednesday night as they fell 4-1 to the Seattle Sounders at the Starfire Sports Complex in the semifinals of the US Open Cup.
As has been the case several times this season, a slow start and a defensive miscue proved decisive for the Rojiblancos, who conceded three goals in the second half to the three-time defending Open Cup champions. A Cesar Romero goal ultimately cut the Sounders' lead to one midway through the second half, but Chivas were ultimately unable to recover from the early deficit.
The result is certainly disappointing for us, head coach Robin Fraser told MLSsoccer.com by phone after the match. The game was pretty much going as we expected until we gave up the goal, and then to make a mistake at the start of the second half and were really chasing the game. Once it got to that point, it was always a difficult proposition to chase.
OPTA Chalkboard: Floodgates open for Sounders after opening goal
Seattle got on the board early, when a classy pass from Osvaldo Alonso sprung Eddie Johnson behind the Chivas defense, where the US International was able to slip a shot past Dan Kennedy. Down a goal, the Goats generated several scoring chances during a cagey first half, but they ended the half without a single shot on goal their first didn't come until the 58th minute.
I felt like we were very close to being dangerous on a number of chances, said Fraser. I felt like we were a final pass away, we were getting crosses, crossing situations, blocks out for corner kicks and we were definitely getting in behind them, and thats the start to being dangerous. But the game was as we expected until we made the mistake [on the first goal].
With a difficult end to an otherwise bright Open Cup campaign, Fraser admitted Wednesday's loss must be viewed as a learning experience for his young team.
I think that you have to look at everything as a progression, he said. Certainly we were proud to get to the semifinals of the Open Cup and give ourselves a chance to win a championship, and certainly we looked forward to that opportunity. But in reality, its a bitter pill to swallow when you get to this point and dont put [your] best foot forward.
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Science Writing And Multimedia Competition By Chemistry World
Attention! This competition isnt only open to writersproducers, you are also welcome. The joy. Science communication isnt only about great proses but also about effective multimedia reports. As such, this competition has two categories: writing and multimedia.
Chemistry World, a popular magazine published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and ChemCareers invite budding science reporters, students, postgrads and early-career scientists around the world to participate in their first science communication competition. Writers can write any piece they want (be in news, opinion, feature) in a maximum of 800 words while producers should come up with an audio or video documentary of 5 minutes or less. Your awesome works must of course be related to the chemical sciences and should be sent in before August 31.
Your work will be reviewed by well-respected science journalists and academics such as the Financial Timess science correspondent, Clive Cookson, and the RSCs soon-to-president Prof. Lesley Yellowlees. Even more exciting perhaps, 20 participants will be shortlisted and invited to a (very sciencey) reception on October 10 in London. The winners of each category will have their work published in Chemistry World and pocket a cool 300 (about $465). An equally cool 100 (about $155) to each runner-up.
So, to recap: open to participants from around the world, both writing and multimedia, related to the chemical sciences, 20 shortlisted participants to attend cool reception in London, winners get published in Chemistry World and win 300 cash prize.
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Obituary: Milton Bosse / Retired chair of West Penn’s pathology department
Feb. 11, 1915 - July 8, 2012
July 12, 2012 12:18 am
By Elizabeth Bloom/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Milton Bosse, a doctor who served as chairman of West Penn Hospital's pathology department, researched polio and mustard gas poisoning during World War II and served patients in Pitcairn for 55 years, died Sunday of a recurrence of hemorrhagic stroke. He was 97.
Dr. Bosse was born on Feb. 11, 1915, in Kansas, where his father was a grain elevator owner. After attending the University of Kansas for undergraduate studies and medical school, he came to Pittsburgh for a residency in pathology in 1938. He never stopped practicing in Pennsylvania until retiring in 1995 at age 80.
Known for regularly putting in 80-hour work weeks, he frequently made house calls while conducting a family practice in Pitcairn. He also helped establish the polio research laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, which was later headed by Jonas Salk.
While working on research to treat mustard gas poisoning, he met Barbara Cramer Flinn, whom he married in 1946 and with whom he had three children. The couple lived in Monroeville and Churchill until 2004, when they moved to Centre County. Mrs. Bosse died in May.
In an article published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1995 announcing Dr. Bosse's retirement, he said, "I knew this was right for me," gesturing to his examining room.
He ran his father's grain company from afar until his mother's death. He enjoyed cycling in his spare time.
His civic life included elderships at Bethel United Presbyterian Church and State College Presbyterian Church and a 49-year perfect attendance record at the Monroeville Rotary Club.
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Nutrition expert questions obesity claims
Published: 10:15AM Thursday July 12, 2012 Source: ONE News
Source: Reuters
A nutrition expert has questioned a scholar's claims that obesity is not a health problem.
Elaine Rush told TV ONE's Breakfast this morning that she is concerned by Dr Cat Pause's assertion that obesity is not necessarily a serious health issue.
Rush, a Professor of Nutrition at Auckland University of Technology, disputes Massey University lecturer Pause's claim that "the science [on obesity] isn't as clear cut as what we might like to believe".
Professor Rush said that Pause's claims contradict research that has proves the carrying of excess weight is dangerous for people's health.
"It's not just how much you weigh for your height, it's where it is in the liver, pancreas, and places that you can't see," Rush said.
The last Ministry of Health Nutrition Survey found that one in three adults were overweight (37.0%) and one in four were obese (27.8%).
Rush says that the chances of developing obesity-related diseases such as diabetes start at conception.
"If a mother has gestational diabetes, which she is more likely to do if she is carrying excess body fat, than that child is at least four times more likely to have diabetes in their life."
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Source: DNA at Occupy protest similar to material on victim's CD player
By Deborah Feyerick, CNN
updated 5:46 PM EDT, Wed July 11, 2012
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New York (CNN) -- DNA found on a chain used by protesters believed to be aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York appears to be a "similar profile" to DNA recovered in the unsolved murder of a Julliard student in 2004, according to a source with knowledge of the case.
There currently is no definitive forensic match between DNA recently found on the chain and DNA on a compact disc player believed to have belonged to Sarah Fox, which was recovered in 2004, the source said.
Heiress' death a mystery
City authorities say they are investigating what could be new evidence in the killing of Fox, although they remained cautious, saying the find could pose any number of possibilities and is potentially unrelated to her death.
The chain was recovered in Brooklyn and used by demonstrators during a March protest, the source said.
Fox, a third-year drama student at the prestigious performing arts school in Manhattan, was 21 when she went missing.
Her roommate told authorities she was last seen leaving their apartment with her keys and a pink portable CD player.
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