NASA to offer live coverage of Cygnus departure from Space Station

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The Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares rocket, with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard, launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia on Sept. 18. (Courtesy of Bill Ingalls/NASA/MCT / October 19, 2013)

7:00 a.m. EDT, October 19, 2013

NASA Television will provide live coverage on its website of the departure a U.S. commercial cargo spacecraft that delivered supplies to the International Space Station.

Coverage begins at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The spacecraft has been attached to the space station since Sept. 29.

Cygnus was launched into space on by Orbital Sciences Corp., of Dulles, aboard an Antares rocket on Sept. 18 from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility. It carried 1,300 pounds of supplies to the space station.

The launch was visible from several Hampton Roads communities. After the launch, Frank Culbertson, executive vice president of Orbital Sciences Corp., called the rendezvous with the space station "the product of the American education system."

The cargo in the delivery included food, clothing and student experiments.

For more information on NASAs coverage of the mission, visit the NASA Television website.

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Transformative Trends in Medicine with Eric Topol –Atlantic Meets the Pacific 2013 – Video

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Modernizing Medicine Ranked Number Two on South Florida's 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies List

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BOCA RATON, FL--(Marketwired - Oct 17, 2013) - Modernizing Medicine, Inc. has been ranked number two on the South Florida Business Journal's Fast Tech List. The award recognizes the 25 fastest-growing technology companies in South Florida, chosen by the research department of the South Florida Business Journal based on various requirements, including demonstrated revenue growth.

Modernizing Medicine is the creator of the Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), a cloud-based, specialty-specific electronic medical record (EMR) system. EMA can be accessed through a native iPad application or any computer with Internet capabilities and is pre-coded with deep medical knowledge. EMA adapts to the way each specialist practices and remembers physician preferences, saving the physician time with documentation and enabling a smoother visit for both doctor and patient.

"We're honored to be part of this year's Fast Tech list and in the company of other innovative leaders from South Florida technology companies," said Daniel Cane, President and CEO of Modernizing Medicine. "The recognition of our growth is particularly rewarding as we steadily work to expand our reach and make the delivery of medicine more efficient for doctors, while improving the quality of care for patients."

Winners were acknowledged at a breakfast in The Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Cruise Port Hotel today and will be featured in the South Florida Business Journal on October 18. This award follows Modernizing Medicine's recent recognition by the Florida Business Journals as one of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies in the State of Florida, in which it ranked third.

About Modernizing MedicineModernizing Medicine is transforming how healthcare information is created, consumed and utilized in order to increase efficiency and improve outcomes. Our product, Electronic Medical Assistant (EMA), is a cloud-based, specialty-specific electronic medical record (EMR) system with a massive library of built-in medical content, designed to save physicians time. Available as a native iPad application or from any web-enabled Mac or PC, EMA adapts to each provider's unique style of practice and is designed to interface with hundreds of different practice management systems. Today, Modernizing Medicine provides specialty-specific offerings for the dermatology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology and plastic and cosmetic surgery markets, and to more than 1,300 physician practices across the country.In 2013 Modernizing Medicine was listed on Forbes' annual ranking of America's Most Promising Companies.

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DFCC branches out to Solomon Islands through POB

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DFCC Bank of Sri Lanka will expands its expertise to Solomon Islands by arranging to establish Pan Oceanic Bank (POB) which will be supported by the DFCC bank facilitating the establishment of correspondent banking relationship through its subsidiary Synapsis Limited. According to a foreign report the bank will be open for the public from March 2014.

According to the report a statement issued by the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) said that it has provided the POB an Interim banking licence on the 5th of September 2013 to carry out their banking business in Solomon Islands.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of POB, Nihal Kekulawala has said that Solomon Islands is in need of a financial institution that acts as an agent of development.

According to Kekulawala through the licence they will be the fourth commercial bank to operate within the islands and will be able to provide the islands with financial services when full approval is given.

According to the report CBSI POB will gain full approval once it meets certain conditions put forth by the CBSI and is satisfied by POBs efforts to meet this conditions so far. Kekulawela said that POB hope to service all sectors and business operations, he says that the task will be efficiciant as they are purely driven by the overall needs of Solomon Islands and is focused around the Islands dynamics and future expectations.

He also claims that POBs main goal is to unlock the islands economic potential and attain a good profit since inception. Required systems and the establishing of the process necessary for a good start is done the Global Management Consultants Ltd Sri Lanka (GMC). The report stated that this consultancy team is formed to cater to the pacific region. According to the report GMC has been working on this project for a year to get POB to the licencing stage.

The Banking statement highlights that POB will be also supported by MBanx system which a core banking platform which has the capability of taking on large bank operating platforms.

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Smooth ride ahead for health care exchanges?

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We've seen a bit of a bumpy ride when it came to the roll out of health care exchanges and plans under President Obama's Affordable Care Act. But New York state officials involved in the exchange say the wrinkles in the program should be ironed out soon. Capital Tonight's Nick Reisman gives us a status update.

NEW YORK STATE -- Obamacare supporters are urging patience as the rollout of the health care law takes effect. New York's health exchange went into place October 1st and while some users experienced issues with website, state health officials more than 130,000 people have completed the application process. But the department is not releasing the number of people that have bought insurance.

"Our projections are at full implementation, which is about three years, 1.1 million New Yorkers sign up for coverage in our marketplace and we think we're on target with our estimates in the first year," said Donna Frescatore, New York State of Health Executive Director.

The exchange is meant to be a market place where insurance companies enter a pool and customers can pick a plan at a lower cost in order to meet the individual mandate requirement under the health care law. Though the site had a bumpy start several weeks ago, health department officials stress it's under control.

Frescatore said, "Some individuals continue to run into minor technical difficulties and so we have our customer service center available to help them as well as our technicians who are on site twenty four seven to make enhancements as they need to make them."

Meanwhile, organizations want to ensure that New Yorkers are aware of the insurance exchange and how to access it. The Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy is trying to spread awareness of the new law in minority and low-income areas of the state.

"What success is going to look like is going to be making sure people get the care that they need and I think as people understand this is a way for them to get the care at an affordable we'll continue to see folks going to register for coverage," said Kate Breslin of the Schuyler Center.

While the exchange on the federal level has experienced widespread glitches and made it difficult for some customers to access, Kate Breslin of the Schuyler Center says it's too early to judge the effectiveness of Obamacare before the potential benefits are realized.

Breslin said, "What we have right now is a seed and we get to see whether it grows and it would be hard to make a judgment about the success until people start using their health care coverage."

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California universities pitch health care reform with deejays, pizza and peace of mind

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Young, healthy people are the targets, crucial to the success of the nations new federal health care law. They rarely see a doctor and would pay premiums for years to come. Their money would help cover the care of older and sicker customers.

And one of the largest experiments to educate and ultimately enroll them is underway in California.

California State University, with more than 437,000 students across 23 campuses, is applying a $1.25 million federal grant to reach students, their families, part-time staff and even those who apply to universities but dont enroll. Plying them with pizza and luring them with hip-hop, campus leaders and student ambassadors are dangling subsidies for signing up and warning that even a simple sports injury could spell financial ruin.

They are talking to people like Martina Rose Rocks, who was scurrying across campus on a recent afternoon when she came upon multicolored tents outfitted with flat-screen televisions. A DJ spun records, fitted in an oversized sweatshirt bearing a portrait of President Barack Obama.

Rocks, a full-time student at Chico State University, is without health coverage, so the pitch she would get from a volunteer with the state insurance marketplace caught her attention. Especially attractive was paying as little as $5 a month after receiving a federal subsidy based on her age, income and residence, she said.

Rocks, 32, said she plans to sign up for a plan after doing more research. She hopes to have coverage as soon as the first of the year.

Its really scary not to have health insurance, she said.

While they may not use much health care, costs for students tend to be extremely low because they qualify for sizable subsidies, said Peter V. Lee, executive director of Covered California, the states health care exchange.So they have huge rationale, he said.

The man selected to lead the systems outreach campaign is Dr. Walter Zelman, chair of the Department of Health Science at California State University, Los Angeles. Zelman has spent decades working on health policy, including with Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi in the early 1990s when he helped develop a universal coverage plan that became a model for plans proposed by the Clinton administration.

Two years ago, he was working at CSU with interns whose project involved contacting the state exchange and urging officials to give special attention to students because of the high numbers of uninsured.

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Freedom of expression and religion, not Islam, under siege – Josef Roy Benedict

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October 19, 2013

The recent ruling by the Court of Appeal on the Allah case seems to send a message that Islam is under siege in Malaysia and requires greater protection.

This is despite the fact that the judges clearly failed to provide any evidence for these assertions in their judgments.

In reality, however, it is freedom of expression and religion that is facing a clear threat from hardliners within the government as well from right wing organisations such as Perkasa.

The Allah case is just one out of numerous other cases over the last year where we have seen an overzealous regime and their religious apparatus clamp down on various forms of writings, religious beliefs and practices, in violation of their international human rights obligations.

Let me highlight just a few recent examples:

In August last year, a Malay Muslim manager at a Borders bookstore was charged with distributing the book, Allah, Kebebasan dan Cinta, deemed offensive to Islam, even though she was not responsible for selecting the stores inventory.

While a civil court, in March this year, pronounced the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department, the Home Minister and the Minister in the Prime Ministers Department in charge of Islamic affairs guilty of abusing their powers to illegally prosecute the bookstores manager. But, she continues to face trial in the Syariah High Court.

There are also continued reports of Al-Arqam followers facing arrest and criminalisation for their beliefs.

In October last year, the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) raided and arrested 20 individuals at a gathering to celebrate the birthday of the late founder of Al-Arqam.

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Cyborg cockroaches could scout dangerous areas

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Everybody calm down! Its going to be alright! The robotic cockroaches are here to save the day!

So maybe that line sounds a bit far-fetched now, but cyborg bugs really could help save lives someday. Researchers are experimenting with using remote-controlled roaches to explore disaster-stricken buildings. (ViaYouTube / Buzz60)

The current plan is to send cockroaches into hard-to-explore areas equipped with tiny electronic backpacks. The roaches spread out randomly, and then seek out and follow along walls on command. A map of the area can then be made based on how close each bug is to its neighbors. (ViaGigaOM)

Lead researcher Dr. Edgar Lobaton says the insect explorers could be useful mapping out collapsed buildings where GPS signals cant be used.

We focused on how to map areas where you have little or no precise information on where each biobot is. This would give first responders a good idea of the layout in a previously unmapped area.(ViaNorth Carolina State University)

Although this study presents a novel use for cockroaches, the concept of bio-bugs has been developed pretty thoroughly in recent science.

Popular Scienceeven has an instruction manual on how to build your very own biobug for just $50.

Theres even aKickstartercampaign peddling commercial cyborg roach kits for the classroom. The project aims to teach people about how brains work, in bugs and in people.

But all this rampant bugbot experimentation has raised a few moral concerns.

Bio-ethicists have voiced concerns that remotely controlled cockroaches might suffer permanent physical or mental damage. Also, the whole mind-control aspect is a little unsettling. (ViaBusiness Insider)

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Astronomy Update: Extraterrestrial life can be tiny

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Editor's note: Astronomy Update is a column provided by the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society, Hobbs Observatory and L.E. Phillips Planetarium. It is compiled by Lauren Likkel of the UW-Eau Claire physics and astronomy department.

The idea of extraterrestrial life is tantalizing, an idea that has been played with and explored for centuries.

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