Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance Announces Sierra Nevada Corporation will speak at Defense Conference in Seattle

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SEATTLE, WA August 20, 2014 Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance announced today that Mark Sirangelo, head of Sierra Nevada Corporations Space Systems (SNC), will be the keynote speaker at its October 8Defense, Space & Security Conferencein Seattle. Sirangelo has helped to build and grow a product portfolio ranging from small satellites to space technologies that have enabled over 420 planetary missions -- including Mars Curiosity.

Sierra Nevada is a top contender for a lucrative contract with NASA to transport astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station. Since 2011, when NASA officially ended its space shuttle program, Americans have relied on the Russians for these services. Later this year, NASA will award one or more contracts to companies that can safely provide the agency with transportation services by December 2017.

Sierra Nevadas Dream Chaser, a reusable, winged spaceplane capable of a vertical take-off and horizontal landing, is competing head to head with Boeings CST-100, a reusable, weldless capsule design, and SpaceXs Dragon, the first commercial spacecraft in history to deliver cargo to the International Space Station and safely return cargo to Earth. SpaceX will also send a speaker to the one-day conference.

PNAA is honored that one of the Space Industrys leading contenders for NASAs Commercial Crew Program will provide our keynote address. Mark Sirangelos participation demonstrates the caliber of information attendees can expect to hear at this conference, said PNAA Executive Director Bob Uptagrafft.

In addition to Sirangelos keynote address, leading defense industry speakers will discuss how global policy changes, declining procurement budgets and life extensions on legacy aircraft are creating new opportunities for aerospace and defense manufactures and suppliers. The one-day aerospace conference will analyze defense, space and UAV market trends; explore how shrinking budgets, enhanced ISR capabilities and production delays are creating supply chain opportunities; and explain what increasingly sophisticated cyber campaigns will mean for regional aerospace businesses.

As governments around the globe reconfigure budgets to match new defense and security postures and new factors threaten to affect international space programs, supply chain opportunities are changing rapidly, said PNAAs Chief Operating Officer Melanie Jordan.

PNAA is assembling an unrivaled line up of industry experts to explain how these changes will impact regional businesses. Whether you supply parts for commercial or military jets, restore legacy aircraft, manufacture satellites and sensors or are considering expanding your reach into unmanned systems, you wont want to miss this conference. It will provide the information and contacts you need for success now and in the future, Jordan said.

PNAAs Conference features 13 industry speakers including Congressional Research Service Military Analyst JJ Gertler; Boeings Director, Business Development KC-46 Tanker Program Boeing Military Aircraft Jim Eisenhart; Sierra Nevada Corporations Space Systems Corporate Vice President

Mark Sirangelo; SpaceXs Senior Director of Avionics Hardware Development Brandon Pearce; Janicki Industries President John Janicki; Cascade Aerospaces CEO Benjamin Boehm; Planetary Resources Vice President of Space Development Chris Voorhees; Aerojet Rocketdynes Executive Director Roger Myers; 406 Space Systems and 406 Aerospaces co-founder and CEO Ehson Mosleh; Guardtimes Chief Technology Officer Matthew Johnson; G2 Solutions CEO Michel Merluzeau; Washington States Director of Aerospace Alex Pietsch; G2 Solutions Research Director Ron Stearns ; Cascade AUVSI/Arcturus UAV President Eric Folkestad and others.

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Aerospace pushing universities to think bigger

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Jill McCallum, president of Pacific Rim Aerospace Corp., said South Carolina needs to be patient and realize that aerospace is a big pie. (Photo/Kim McManus)

By Ashley Barker abarker@scbiznews.com Published August 28, 2014

One of the often unnoticed benefits of the statewide surge in the aerospace sector has been the impact its had on universities, according to George Patrick, deputy secretary of the S.C. Department of Commerce and member of the S.C. aerospace task force.

During a Charleston Regional Business Journal Power Breakfast this morning, Patrick emphasized that workforce development is key in nearly every conversation he has about the aerospace industry.

Aerospace, and the focus on aerospace, has brought our university systems to their knees to some degree and are forcing what has traditionally been rivals both on the football field and in the lobbying-for-dollars business ... to take a much more cooperative approach to how we work together as a state to enhance our educational system, Patrick said.

Patrick and the other panelists retired Navy Capt. Marty Keaney, executive director of the McNair Center for Aerospace Research and Innovation at the University of South Carolina, and Jill McCallum, president of Pacific Rim Aerospace Corp. discussed how the arrival of the Boeing Co. in North Charleston has impacted the local economy and positioned South Carolina as a leader in advanced manufacturing.

Im very pleased that there is the momentum in this direction to get this right. I believe there is a need for that pressure to be applied across the place, about working with Clemson and other institutions around the state.

Marty Keaney, retired Navy captain and executive director of the McNair Center for Aerospace Research and Innovation at USC

Keaney said a high level of cooperation has always existed among South Carolinas universities when it comes to research.

Theyve always worked well together, he said. If you needed somebody from Clemson, or the College of Charleston or MUSC [the Medical University of South Carolina] to be competitive for a grant, they went out and did it.

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The Aerospace Corporation Announces Two General Managers

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El Segundo, Calif. (August 27, 2014) The Aerospace Corporation has announced new general managers in the Facilities Division and the Ground and Communications Division.Darrell Reynard was appointed general manager of the Facilities Division, Operations and Support Group. Reynard will be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing Facilities Division operations, including corporate wide facilities leasing, maintenance of all Aerospace facilities, and optimizing space occupancy. Reynard joined Aerospace on August 4, 2014. He recently retired from the United States Navy and has over 20 years of leadership in operations, administration, construction and facilities management. Reynard earned a bachelors degree in chemical engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a masters degree in civil/environmental engineering from Texas A&M University. He is also a registered professional engineer in Virginia and a Certified Facilities Manager.Dorothy Arbiter was promoted to general manager of the Ground and Communications Division. In her new position, Arbiter will direct the Aerospace support efforts across several of the National Reconnaissance Offices directorates and offices including communications, ground enterprise and mission operations. Arbiters most recent assignment was principal director within Systems Engineering and Launch Division where she provided support to the Office of the Chief Architect with responsibilities for NRO enterprise requirements and architecture. Since joining the corporation in 1997, Arbiter has held multiple management positions. Arbiter earned a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from University of Arizona and a masters degree in aeronautical engineering from George Washington University.The Aerospace Corporation is a California nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center and has almost 3,500 employees. It provides technical guidance and advice on all aspects of space missions to military, civil, and commercial customers to assure space mission success. The Aerospace Corporation is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., with multiple locations across the United States.

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Profiles International Chief Science Officer Embarks on World Tour

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WACO, TX. (PRWEB) August 30, 2014

Global talent management solutions provider, Profiles International, has announced Dr. Scott Hamilton, chief science officer, will address thousands of global business leaders and organizations, during several events, on such topics as leadership, coaching, and employee assessments.

Dr. Hamilton will begin his tour attending the 2nd Annual International Talent Assessment and Development Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. During the two-day event, Dr. Hamilton will present a keynote speech titled, "A Psychologist Looks at Leadership Styles in Business." He will also be hosting certification training, where attendees will have the opportunity to learn the science behind effectively utilizing talent management solutions offered by Profiles International.

Dr. Hamilton will then travel to Budapest, Hungary, for the Europe ATP 2014. He will be one of three key speakers on a panel discussion named, "Optimizing the Scientific-Business Interface for Success with a Mobile Workforce in European Markets." He will be joined by John Jones, General Dynamics Information Technology, and Reid Klion, Performance Assessment Network, Inc.

Profiles International Norway will then host Dr. Hamilton as he offers Norwegian clients insights, best practices, and training, "Building Advanced Performance Models," and "Certification in the Effective Use of Employee Assessments."

The final stop on Dr. Hamilton's tour will be Brasov, Romania for the 11th Annual Profiles International Romania Conference where he will present "Coaching Managers to Facilitate their Development of Managerial Skills."

For more information about these events, contact pr(at)profilesinternational(dot)com or visit http://www.profilesinternational.com

ABOUT DR. SCOTT HAMILTON For more than thirty-five years, Dr. Hamilton has served as a consultant to businesses in human resources, personnel evaluation and selection, strategic planning, information systems, cost accounting, and management development. He has also held positions as a staff psychologist for the State Department of Mental Health, a corporate comptroller, and a psychotherapist in a private practice. Dr. Hamilton is a published author in his field, and has directed research for both national and international audiences. He is a renowned public speaker, and has conducted effective business workshops in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

ABOUT PROFILES INTERNATIONAL Profiles International is the best source for talent management solutions, with over 20 years' experience and more than 40,000 clients in over 120 countries. Profiles knows how people work and what motivates them. Their data-driven talent management solutions--built on complex behavioral science, yet simple to administer and read--help organizations find the right people, shape them into a winning team, and lead them to their full potential. http://www.profilesinternational.com

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Letters to the editor: Aug. 28, 2014

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Can we handle the truth?

I think columnist Dick Lyles (Aug. 21) has really put his finger on the source of much that ails American culture, but I think its worse. The moral relativism, even agnosticism that we cannot apprehend the truth, puts us in a position where we cannot say what is good and we dont even have a basis of fact to start the discussion from. If one opinion is as good as the next, then none of them can be right. Its logical conclusion is nihilism.

Where I disagree with Mr. Lyles is blaming it on higher education. By the time you get to college, you should be ready to deal with questions about what is true and how do we know it. Grade school education, however, should be supplying our children with a basic set of knowledge and the principles to use it. The educational elite that is responsible for training our teachers too often has advanced a philosophy of moral and even factual relativism that has become nearly institutionalized. They have attempted to force their own views on childhood education instead of fostering what is in the best interest of the country as a whole. I dont know what they stand for, if anything.

Maybe we cant handle the truth anymore. If thats the case, then America is surely out of luck.

Gregory West, Poway

Likes column, but

I share columnist Barry Cronins worries (Aug. 14) about the possibility of being dragged into a terrible war like World War I. His example undermines his last part of his article however.

World War I was started by belligerent empires who couldnt keep their hands off their neighbors, not by superpowers who werent comfortable in their own skins. As he points out, several of those empires who felt comfortable being meddling superpowers no longer exist.

Joe Shea, Poway

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Greensmith on track to integrate 4 new battery types in 2014

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Greensmith has announced it is on track to successfully integrate an additional 4 new battery types in 2014, bringing the company's total since inception to 12 using its battery-agnostic technology platform, now in its fourth generation.

With over 23mW of energy storage capacity to be deployed in 2014, Greensmith continues its rapid growth by serving an expanding list of strategic customers and channel partners looking to take full advantage of the company's proven technologies and application expertise, including frequency regulation, grid stability/deferral, renewable integration and commercial/industrial functionality.

Refined over many years of development, innovation and real-world deployment experience, Greensmith's software platform enables the rapid, economic integration of both current and future battery technologies, always selected and configured according to the objectives and requirements of the target application.

Although the company continues to develop and deliver turn-key energy storage systems at scale, a number of customers and partners are choosing to license Greensmith's software and integration technology a-la-carte.

"From the very start, Greensmith believed that the potential for energy storage lay beyond "batteries-in-a-box", and that robust layers of software, integration and optimization were critical to capturing its full value", said John Jung, Greensmith CEO.

"It was also clear that a variety of battery alternatives, suitable for different application needs, would be available over time and therefore need to be easily integrated into a single, resilient technology architecture. So we built and advanced our battery-agnostic technology through multiple cycles of product development and delivery.

"We're quite pleased to be on pace to successfully integrate our 12th battery type by the end of 2014 - and while it's become fashionable to proclaim battery-agnosticism in the marketplace, it's quite another thing to have actually executed and delivered the goods."

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Two-thirds of US teens with mental health problems get counseling

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Published August 28, 2014

About 70 percent of U.S. teens who have serious emotional or behavioral difficulties receive mental health services that don't involve taking medications, such as counseling, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The researchers looked at U.S. teens with mental health problems and at those individuals' use of services that don't involve drugs (nonmedication services), between 2010 and 2012. These services include any treatment or counseling provided in the school, childcare center, clinic, home or other places. Such treatment also includes attending a school or special school program for students with emotional or behavioral difficulties.

About 4 percent of all adolescents ages 12 to 17 had a serious mental health problem and had received nonmedication services in the previous six months, according to the report, which was released today (Aug. 27). It is estimated that about 6 percent of teenagers in the United States have mental health problems, according to previous reports, which asked parents whether their children had severe difficulties in concentration, behavior, emotions or getting along with other people. [10 Facts Every Parent Should Know About Their Teen's Brain]

"There are many nonmedication mental health services that have evidence that they are effective for treating mental health disorders, so it is important to know whether teens are receiving services," said Dr. David Axelson, chief of psychiatry at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, who wasn't involved with the new report.

The findings show that "the majority of kids do receive some kind of service, which is positive," Axelson told Live Science. "However, it would be best if all youth with significant mental or behavioral health problems received nonmedication treatment appropriate for their condition."

Depending on the severity of the mental health problem, sometimes nonmedication treatments may have to be combined with medications to help the patient. "However, I think all mental or behavior health problems should have some form of counseling or nonmedication approach, even if medication is the primary treatment," Axelson said.

Previous studies from the CDC have found that about 7.5 percent of U.S. children and teenagers report taking prescription drugs for mental health problems, and that medication use is higher among boys than girls.

The new report shows that boys are more likely than girls to get counseling, too. About 75 percent of boys with mental health problems received counseling, compared with 65 percent of girls.

The results also showed that about half of teenagers who received counseling did so at school. About 40 percent of teens were counseled at a clinic, and 12 percent received the treatment at home.

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Nudging Can Save Europe Billions of Euros on Energy Bills

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European nations can cut billions of euros from citizens power bills using psychology to nudge them into consuming less, says energy-management business Opower Inc. (OPWR)

Using data and behavioral-science insights, popularized in the book Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein, utilities can cut consumption as much as 3 percent, Opower said.

The reduction, across an entire population, has a greater impact than programs like those that spur use of double glazing or insulation and are only taken up by a fraction of people.

Theres growing momentum for energy efficiency obligations in Europe, John Webster, head of marketing in the region, said in an interview in London. An Italian incentive to use behavioral science has been a huge market opener for the company, while Denmark and Ireland also encourage measures.

Opower uses data from utilities to analyze customer habits and tailor recommendations on how to cut use. The company, with clients including EON SE and Electricite de France SA, can send households reports comparing usage with neighbors. It can also offer early warning if theyre using more energy than normal and alert customers to rewards for curbing demand at peak times.

When users have smart meters that offer more detailed information, Opower can provide reports with such more details such as which appliances use the most energy. Reducing demand by customers helps utilities by curtailing the need to bring expensive plants reserved for peak demand on line.

European energy consumers could save 2.4 billion euros ($3.2 billion) a year through behavioural-efficiency programs, Opower said in a report on June 12. The company is calling on European Union governments to reward utilities for using the technology and analysis it produces, and spur energy savings.

Germany could gain annual savings of more than 500 million euros, France more than 325 million euros and the U.K. almost 300 million euros, according to Opower.

The cost of achieving the savings would be 3 euro cents to 7 euro cents per kilowatt-hour saved, according to Emily Hallet, associate director at Opower. That compares with German retail power prices of about 30 cents per kilowatt-hour consumed and prices elsewhere in Europe of 20 cents to 25 cents, she said.

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ShopBeautyMojo Adds SkinMedica's TNS Essential Serum To Online Store

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(PRWEB) August 28, 2014

ShopBeautyMojo.com, an online retailer of high-quality, name-brand anti-aging skin care and cosmetics at the lowest prices possible, now offers SkinMedicas TNS Essential Serum, an unprecedented combination of the renowned growth factor formula to look younger, feel better, while saving time, money, and clutter during the hustle and bustle of every-day life.

SkinMedica, founded by world-renowned dermatologist Dr. Richard Fitzpatrick, is a cutting-edge skin care line based on the science of your skin's own healing abilities. Their innovative TNS Essential Serum is a dual-chamber serum featuring two active formulas working together to maintain the skin's youthful look and feel. The first chamber features the TNS Recovery Complex, a blend of proteins, antioxidants and amino acids that repairs damage, reduces inflammation and improves visible signs of aging. The second chamber features the APS Corrective Complex, a mixture of multiple anti-aging ingredients such as antioxidants, peptides and more. Kept apart until you pump them out and blend them, the two chambers come together for the most thorough anti-aging multitasking ever.

These two formulas regenerate the skin by smoothing fine lines and wrinkles, tightening sagging skin, strengthening the skin's regenerative abilities, brightening age spots, and fighting environmental damage. The complexion becomes youthful in both tone and texture, as well as brilliantly radiant and healthy-looking. TNS is the main ingredient in TNS Recovery Complex's patented skin treatment which is formulated from naturally occurring growth factors, antioxidants, soluble collagen, cytokines and matrix proteins (93.6% concentration).

This product continues to achieve rave reviews in magazines such as InStyle Editor's Pick, Best Beauty Buy, Best Wrinkle Treatment three years in a row (2013, 2012, 2011). Also featured in NewBeauty for their Beauty Choice Award, The Best Decollete Anti-Aging Product. And featured in May 2014 issue of Oprah Magazine, coined as complexion perfection where a consumer can follow their advice to help gorgeous looking skin. Additionally spotlighted in the January issue of Good Housekeeping with a feature story where TNS Essential Serum was used by a woman for 12 weeks to help improve significant wrinkles and crows feet. The test revealed a 160% decrease in wrinkles and 70% decrease in roughness.

TNS Essential Serum saves consumers time, money, and clutter. This all-in-one product eliminates the clutter of an estimated 8 other products commonly found in ones medicine cabinet (1. Antioxidant Product 2. Vitamin C Serum 3. Peptide Serum 4. Brightening Serum 5. Green Tea Complex 6. Firming Cream 7. Tightening Treatment 8. TNS Recovery Complex). Those 8 products can cost well over $1000 versus the MSRP of $270 for the TNS Essential Serum. As a time savings, the TNS Essential Serum takes only seconds to apply versus the estimated 5 minutes per day to use the 8 other products.

You truly get what you pay for when it comes to skincare. says ShopBeautyMojos Sales & Customer Service Leader, Morenike Abdullah. The quality youll find in SkinMedicas TNS Essential just cant be matched by the products found at your local drug store. For those looking for quick results, with long-term benefits, this product does it all. I wish I wouldve started using it sooner.

ShopBeautyMojo offers exclusive discounts via their email newsletter, free same-day shipping, and premier customer service. The company also honors Allergans Brilliant Distinctions, the only program that rewards customers with instant savings on Allergan products, including Latisse, GlyPro, and all other SkinMedica products.

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Jewish Emphasis on Life Makes Death Rituals a Gift to World

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Avoiding Myths of Afterlife Resonates Across Faiths

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Published August 26, 2014.

Its sometimes said that religion originated out of the fear of death. We all face the abyss, and we all grieve when our loved ones pass away. From this utter meaninglessness, the theory goes, myths of meaning arise.

A review of Biblical literature, however, calls this theory into question. Unlike many indigenous and shamanic traditions, unlike other ancient Near Eastern religions, and certainly unlike Christianity, Islam, and later strands of Judaism, the Bible is strikingly uninterested in what happens after we die. Theologians chase after scraps a mention of Sheol in Genesis 42:38 and Isaiah 14:11, a witchs sance in 1 Samuel 28:3-25. If what happens after we die is so important, why is it not mentioned in any of the core passages of the Bible?

And what scant evidence there is, is contradictory. Despite the above (and other) references to Sheol and life after death, Psalm 115:17 tells us that the dead do not praise God (a text which has not stopped generations of Christians and Jews from depicting heaven as a place where the dead do exactly that). And Job laments that death is an eternal sleep. (Job 3:11-19)

I bring all of us this up not out of academic interest, but because the striking, almost shocking disregard for the afterlife in these strata of the Jewish tradition should resonate with our own sensibilities. Although some still cling to various beliefs in the afterlife, surely those of us whose worldviews are shaped by science do not. Our hearts still yearn more on this below but our rational faculties understand that heaven and hell are relics of earlier ways of thinking.

What happens after we die? Only agnosticism is justified here. If Occams Razor the principle that the simplest explanation is probably the right one holds, then what happens after we die is a ceasing of brain function; possibly the release of DMT, the chemical in the pineal gland that creates the near death experience (and is sampled ahead of time by some psychedelic enthusiasts); and then thats it, subjectively speaking. At some point, there is a last moment. Then, no more moments.

Of course, Occams Razor was originally a philosophical position meant to prove religious ideas (specifically, the existence of God), not disprove them. Its not clear what the simplest explanation of a phenomenon actually is. Perhaps the soul really is an ontological entity, neuroscientific evidence to the contrary, and if so, perhaps it exists independently of the body. Who knows.

Yet as someone who has experienced a heavy amount of illness and death among my circle of loved ones this year, Im not inspired by these attempts to rescue the idea of immortality from the clutches of scientific reasoning.

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Addiction Experts from Elements Behavioral Health Headline Three-Part Workshop on Addiction and the Brain

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Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 26, 2014

Elements Behavioral Health presents a unique, three-part workshop on Addiction and the Brain: Common Neurochemistry of Trauma, Pain and Addiction, in Houston on September 12, 2014.

This workshop explores recent brain research in the areas of chronic pain, trauma and food chemistry and answers the following critical questions, among others:

Following registration and introductions, Christopher La Tourette La Riche, MD, will present The Child is Father of the Man: Neurobiological Crossroads of Trauma, Addiction and Mood Disorders, from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m. Dr. La Riche will discuss the three basic elements of the neuroendocrine system that, when altered in early life, can affect mood, anxiety and addiction.

While everyone has experienced difficult life events, when trauma occurs in early childhood, it can seriously impact an individuals life later, in some cases leading to mood and addictive disorders, said Dr. La Riche.

Dr. La Riche will name and briefly explain a number of early life events that have directly correlated with disruptions in mood and the appearance of addictive disorders later.

From 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Michael Baron, MD, MPH, FASAM, will present a second workshop addressing The Added Complexity of Chronic Pain.

Chronic pain is an integral part of vicious cycles, said Dr. Baron. Pain aggravates addiction and addiction aggravates pain. Not only does this compromise effective treatment, but theres little hope of combating chronic pain or addiction without treating both. The same can be said about pain and depression.

Understanding the anatomy, pathology and physiology of chronic pain and addiction will help workshop participants gain a greater perspective on the interaction between them.

From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, will present the days third topic, Food and Addiction: The Relationship Between Food, Recovery and Relapse.

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Platform for Advanced Behavioral Threat Detection Using Big Data Is Subject of ISSA Journal Paper by Interset CTO …

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Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) August 26, 2014

The author of a new paper in the August 2014 issue of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Journal says big data is providing greater context than ever before and helping to feed new security software platforms which are more effective at monitoring users and machines to detect behavioral anomalies that are the precursors of insider and targeted outside attacks. Stephan Jou, CTO of Interset, has authored "Towards a Big Data Behavioral Analytics Platform," https://www.interset.com/media/Big-Data-Behavioral-Analytics_ISSA0814-1.pdf, exploring how the application of data science and increasingly powerful analytics on a growing volume of big data are able to correlate, quantify and corroborate behavioral events to effectively detect threats and attacks, while removing white noise and false positives.

Big data in the context of security refers to the increasing velocity, volume and variety of data from sources that may include network, email, endpoints and log data from a wide range of repositories that contain intellectual property as well as non-traditional data sources, such as social media, HR performance and financial credit ratings. The August ISSA Journal, "Big Data: Use and Security Ramifications," covers the challenges and solutions for securing big data projects and is available at: https://www.issa.org/?page=ISSAJournal.

Interset, the new name for FileTrek Inc., delivers behavioral-centric security, specializing in helping organizations in industries such as manufacturing, life sciences, and government to protect sensitive data. This includes intellectual property, trade secrets and classified files which may be at risk from insider or targeted outside attack. Interset's highly intelligent and accurate enterprise threat detection solution enables companies of all sizes to use the power of big data, behavioral analytics and machine learning to protect their sensitive data.

"The Information Security segment is ripe for, and in a very real sense, demands, big data analytics," says Interset's Jou. "But amassing a comprehensive and large data plane is only half the battle. We also need to apply principled mathematics to help us turn the data into actionable insights. By building probabilistic models that quantify how bad, suspicious or abnormal an event is, we can keep all events and their associated scores for correlation," he says. "This allows us to more accurately assess the overall risk posture of any entity inside our system, and even detects 'low and slow' threats by no longer ignoring low probability events that, with a threshold-based approach, would otherwise be discarded."

The ISSA is a not-for-profit, international professional organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members.

About Interset Interset (formerly FileTrek) provides a highly intelligent and accurate insider and targeted outsider threat detection solution that unlocks the power of behavioral analytics, machine learning and big data to provide the fastest, most flexible and affordable way for IT teams of all sizes to operationalize a data protection program. Utilizing agentless data collectors, lightweight endpoint sensors, advanced behavioral analytics and an intuitive user interface, Interset provides unparalleled visibility over sensitive data, enabling early attack detection and actionable forensic intelligence without false positives or white noise. Interset solutions are deployed to protect critical data across the manufacturing, life sciences, hi-tech, finance, government, aerospace & defense and securities brokerage industries. For more information, visit https://www.interset.com or follow us on twitter @intersetca.

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Dr. Paul Gerarchi Showcased in Vogue

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Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) August 26, 2014

Dr. Paul Gerarchi is honoured to be a part of Vogues bi-annual cosmetic issue released July 14. Featured for his extensive experience with facelift, rhinoplasty, and eyelid rejuvenation procedures, Dr. Gerarchi is considered one of Sydneys top cosmetic providers. His innovative contributions to aesthetic medicine earned Dr. Gerarchi his spot in this coveted space.

Vogues bi-annual Guide to Cosmetic Enhancement highlights the very best anti-aging procedures and products available in Australia today. The renowned publications goal is to provide an all-encompassing guide for the potential patient. This edition includes sections on male plastic surgery, cosmetic acupuncture, and cosmetic surgery tourisms, as well as the top skincare products as suggested by the countrys best clinicians.

The elite physicians chosen by Vogue are recognised for consistently bringing their patients anti-aging results, in a safe and comfortable environment. Dr. Gerarchi is well known for his personalised approach to aesthetic medicine, tailoring each procedure around the individual patients unique needs and desires. Cosmetic surgery isnt for everybody, but the people who do make the decision to go ahead with it (will see) their results are often far more than just physical, he explains.

In 2008, Dr. Paul Gerarchi founded The Face Institute, a specialty clinic geared towards providing the highest quality treatments for the face and skin. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and has met the rigorous standards of the International Board for Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (IBCFPRS). Specialising in restorative and rejuvenating procedures of the face, eyes, and nose, Dr. Gerarchi consistently brings his patients exceptional aesthetic services in Syndeys most luxurious surondnings.

Vogues cosmetic and anti-aging issue will remind potential patients that Australia is home to some of the worlds top aesthetic providers. Those interested in more information about the cosmetic treatments available at the Face Institute are encouraged to schedule a consultation appointment with Dr. Gerarchi in his Chatswood office.

Contact: Dr Gerarchi & The Face Institute Suite 4, 12-14 Malvern Avenue Chatswood, NSW, 2067 (02) 9412 4599 http://www.thefaceinstitute.com.au

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Stanford bioengineers close to brewing painkillers without opium from poppies

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Stanford bioengineer Christina Smolke has been on a decade-long quest to genetically alter yeast to "brew" opioid medicines in stainless steel vats, eliminating the need to raise poppies.

For centuries poppy plants have been grown to provide opium, the compound from which morphine and other important medicines such as oxycodone are derived.

Now bioengineers at Stanford have hacked the DNA of yeast and reprogrammed these simple cells to make opioid-based medicines via a sophisticated extension of the basic brewing process that makes beer.

Led by bioengineering Associate Professor Christina Smolke, the Stanford team has already spent a decade genetically engineering yeast cells to reproduce the biochemistry of poppies, with the ultimate goal of producing opium-based medicines, from start to finish, in fermentation vats.

"We are now very close to replicating the entire opioid production process in a way that eliminates the need to grow poppies, allowing us to reliably manufacture essential medicines while mitigating the potential for diversion to illegal use," said Smolke, who outlines her work in the Aug. 24 edition of Nature Chemical Biology.

In the new report, Smolke and her collaborators, Kate Thodey, a postdoctoral scholar in bioengineering, and Stephanie Galanie, a doctoral student in chemistry, detail how they added five genes from two different organisms to yeast cells. Three of these genes came from the poppy itself, and the others from a bacterium that lives on poppy plant stalks.

This multi-species gene mashup was required to turn yeast into cellular factories that replicate two, now separate processes: how nature produces opium in poppies, and then how pharmacologists use chemical processes to further refine opium derivatives into modern opioid drugs such as hydrocodone.

Morphine is one of three principal painkillers derived from opium. As a class they are called opiates. The other two important opiates are codeine, which has been used as a cough remedy, and thebaine, which is further refined by chemical processes to create higher-value therapeutics such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, better known by brand names such as OxyContin and Vicodin, respectively.

Today, legal poppy farming is restricted to a few countries including Australia, France, Hungary, India, Spain and Turkey supervised by the International Narcotics Control Board, which seeks to prevent opiates like morphine, for instance, from being refined into illegal heroin.

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Angiocrine Bioscience Licenses New Stem Cell Technology from Weill Cornell Medical College

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Angiocrine Bioscience, Inc. announced today that it has licensed the rights to a new technology developed by a team of researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College. The team was led by Dr. Shahin Rafii, director of the Ansary Stem Cell Institute, professor of medicine, genetic medicine and reproductive medicine, and a founder of Angiocrine Bioscience. This scientific advance, reported in the July 2 issue of Nature, could potentially lead to therapies for patients with blood disorders from their own cells.

This technology provides a means of converting a patients own vascular cells, known as endothelial cells, directly into blood stem cells. The endothelial cells are acquiredfrom a biopsied piece of skin and are then educated on a bed of VeraVecTM cells (proprietary to Angiocrine Bioscience) to form multipotent blood cells that are capable of producing red cells that carry oxygen, white cells that provide immunity, and platelets to prevent bleeding. This approach could potentially provide an abundant and safe source of new blood stem cells capable of treating a variety of diseases without the risk of graft versus host disease, a serious, life-threatening complication often associated with stem cell transplants derived from a donor.

"We hope that our method will offer the first safe technology to treat a wide spectrum of serious disorders. The VeraVecTM cells form a nurturing niche for the survival and growth of the reprogrammed blood cells, similar to what happens developmentally during blood production. A particularly important aspect of this study was that the reprogrammed cells engrafted in the bone marrow when implanted into rodents and morphed into the various types of blood cells, said Dr. Rafii.

This technology nicely complements our efforts in applying our VeraVecTM platform to the expansion of umbilical cord blood stem cells, another approach toward making stem cell transplant safer and more broadly available to patients in need, added Geoff Davis, Angiocrines CEO.

About Angioicrine Bioscience, Inc.

Angiocrine Bioscience is a privately held biotech company focused on applying vascular biology to new therapeutic applications. Angiocrines VeraVecTM technology platform is based on endothelial cells that have been genetically modified such that they can be rapidly and durably expanded in culture. Because these cells secrete and display factors essential for stem cell growth and proliferation, they can be used to support cell-based therapies, stem cell transplant, and regenerative medicine applications. VeraVecTM products are currently marketed for research-use only purposes to academic laboratories, medical research institutes, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

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