NCKU Hosts IEEE NMDC 2013 to Explore the Frontier of Nanotechnology

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TAINAN, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) NMDC (Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference) 2013 kicked off, October 7, at Cheng Kung Hall, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, with nearly 250 scholars and experts from 20 countries including USA, UK, Italy, Australia, Canada, Korea, and Japan.

NCKU President Dr. Hwung-Hweng Hwung welcomed the guests from the world in his opening remarks, Nanotechnology has been a daily practice here in NCKU and Tainan. For example, 20-nanometer silicon chips are fabricated every day in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) located at Tainan Science Park.

Besides semiconductors, nanotechnology is being studied by our faculty for applications to photonics, medicine, environmental protection, and building materials, added Dr. Hwung, These studies are in close collaboration with industries and have produced students who are most welcome by industries in Taiwan.

Nanotechnology is the technology of the future, said Dr. Paul Ching-Wu Chu, the Honorary Chancellor of Taiwan Comprehensive University System (TCUS), who is also an international superconductivity pioneer, invited to deliver his remarks at the opening ceremony.

Dr. Chu also said, Nanotechnology has provided authors with opportunities for the development of science and also development of future devices that may determine the future of this world.

Even in my own study, we have recently found that nano-route may offer an effective means to achieve our goal in naturally assembled and artificially made material systems, Dr. Chu noted.

It is our wish and strategy to reach out to prestigious academic and research institutions for productive research collaboration and bilateral scholarly exchanges, said Dr. Hwung who also mentioned that in recent years, many talented foreign students and internationally-renown scholars have come to NCKU for scholarly activities making NCKU an interactive forum, from which many innovative ideas have been generated through constructive dialogues and discussions.

The 3-day conference includes 267 presentations, including 8 plenary speeches and 13 keynote speeches, by world renowned scientists and technologists, according to Dr. Yon-Hua Tzeng, Dean of NCKU College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, who is also the general chair of IEEE NMDC 2013.

The themes of the conference include nanoelectronics and nanophotonics, nanobiomedicine and translational nanomedicine, and nanotechnology enabled devices for renewable energy and sustainable environments.

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Dine' Medicine People: Respect Horse Nation without outside intervention

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Dine' Medicine People: Honoring Great Horse Nation shouldn't depend on outside influences

By Brenda Norrell

Photo Jones Benally and son Clayson Benally, courtesy Nohooka Dine'

KAYENTA, Arizona -- Dine Medicine People say Navajo leaders should respect the Horse Nation without needing the outside intervention of the former New Mexico Governor and Robert Redford. The Nohooka Dine, now joined by the largest group of Dine Medicine People, the Dine Hataalii Association, have called for a halt to the roundup and slaughter of horses on the Navajo Nation.

Dine' Medicine People said that regardless of the admonitions of the Dine Hataalii Association, traditional Dine people and others, Navajo President Ben Shelly and his administration continued to round up horses for slaughter.

Many elders, medicine people and traditional people welcomed the announcement last week that President Shelly reversed his position on horse slaughter. The reports indicate that Shelly entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson to stop the roundup and slaughter.

While elders and traditional leaders approved of the announcement, many were concerned that it took the outside intervention of Governor Richardson and Robert Redford to persuade Shelly to reverse course, said the Dine Medicine People in a statement on Tuesday.

The elders and medicine people have also expressed concern that this attempt at livestock reduction would soon extend to cattle, sheep and other livestock. These traditional leaders request to be included as a party to discussions on how the livestock reduction issue, in its entirety, should be addressed going forward. It is important that future discussions pertaining to MOUs and livestock reduction involve representatives from the Nohook Dine, the Dine Hataalii Association and the Elders and Medicine People of the Dine.

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The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine Issues Statement Regarding CIRM President Alan Trounson's Decision to Step Down

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WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Oct 17, 2013) - The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), the largest multi-stakeholder advocacy organization representing regenerative medicine, issues the following statement about the announcement of Dr. Alan Trounson's decision to step down as President of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).

"We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Alan for his pivotal contributions to the field of regenerative medicine," said Morrie Ruffin, Managing Director of ARM. "His leadership as President of CIRM during a crucial phase in the growth of this sector provided a strong, forceful voice for novel strategies to create breakthrough therapies."

CIRM is a charter member of ARM and Dr. Trounson has served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors since 2009. ARM and CIRM work together on a number of joint initiatives to address major translational and commercial challenges in the field.

"Alan's legacy pioneering a field that will change medicine is that of a thoughtful leader, tireless advocate and a champion of important science," said Michael Werner, Executive Director of ARM. "We've enjoyed collaborating with Alan as the leader of CIRM and are committed to continue working with the organization to move these technologies to patients."

About The Alliance for Regenerative MedicineThe Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes legislative, regulatory and reimbursement initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. ARM also works to increase public understanding of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare, providing business development and investor outreach services to support the growth of its member companies and research organizations. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was no advocacy organization operating in Washington, DC to specifically represent the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 145 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field. To learn more about ARM or to become a member, visit http://www.alliancerm.org.

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Finalist for KU medical school dean returns to his alma mater noting the challenges the school faces

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Robert Simari, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, is visiting the KU School of Medicine campuses for another round of interviews for the position of dean of the KU medical school. Photo courtesy of Kansas University.

Along with the marathon rounds of tours, talks and interviews, Robert Simari's visit to the Kansas University School of Medicine's campuses as a finalist for the school's dean position had a touch of homecoming to it.

Simari, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn., is a KU medical school alumnus. At an open town hall style talk today at the KU medical school campus in Kansas City, Kan., he pointed to the back rows of Wahl Hall East, where "I sat for most of my time" as a student in the early 1980s, he said.

After graduating from the KU School of Medicine, Simari went to Harvard University's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic for residencies. His faculty research at the Mayo Clinic has focused on understanding and developing treatments for cardiovascular disease, a narrowing or blocking of blood vessels that can cause heart attacks, which is the primary cause of death in the U.S.

At today's talk, Simari noted the risks and challenges facing the KU medical school these days. Among them: uncertainty in federal and state financing, aging campus facilities and a lack of coordination among units, departments and researchers as well as a lack of integration within the KU Medical Center itself.

He also pointed to another challenge the school faces, one taking place outside its campuses. Simari said he would make one of his primary goals improving the public health of Kansas, which, pointing to statistics on obesity, diabetes, smoking and other markers, he said "is not the healthiest state in the country."

The past day and a half has found Simari touring the Kansas City, Wichita and Salina medical school campuses as well as the Lawrence KU campus. His presentation in Kansas City was one of his last stops on the visit.

In returning to the medical school that graduated him, Simari was able to meet with old friends and colleagues from his time as a student. Pam Shaw, now a professor at the KU medical school, said she and Simari often found themselves in "cadaver tanks" next to each other because their last names were so close together in the alphabet. Even then, it was "obvious he was headed for big, bright things," Shaw said.

Simari is the first candidate whose name has been announced by the search committee to pick a dean for the KU medical school. Once initial candidates for the position were selected in the spring, phone interviews began in June followed by on-site interviews in July and August. Another candidate, whose name will be released soon, has been invited back to campus for a visit. A final decision on the new dean is expected later this fall, medical center spokespeople have said.

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IU and Evansville partners meet to sign letter of intent for new medical school

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EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) -

Indiana University Medical School-Evansville and its academic consortium partners will meet to sign a letter of intent to jointly expand medical education programs and co-locate at a proposed newmedical schoolcampus in Evansville.

The meeting will beFriday at the Chamber of Commerce of Southwestern Indiana.

Dr. Steven Becker, the director of the Evansville IU Medical School, says they still do not know where this new health and science research facility will be located, but that decision will be made by the IU Board of Trustees, hopefully in February. That's when he estimates they'll also know more about the cost and specific programs.

Part of the plan is to add a 40,000 square foot simulation center equipped with mannequins.

Four universities- USI, UE, IU, and Ivy Tech- have agreed to a shared campus.

Dr. Becker says the goal of the project is to grow residency programs to keep doctors local.

"The idea of this campus is to train the next generation of healthcare professionals in an interprofessional manner so that they all learn together. We train together and we hit the workforce ready for the current challenges in medical care," Dr. Becker said.

Dr. Becker says the plan is to break ground on the site in 2015 and start using the campus in 2017.

More details are set to be announced at themeetingon Friday.Academic leaders will speak about graduate and undergraduate programs that each institution plans to offer at the expanded medical school campus.

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Pulaski Polish Day Parade in New York City – Clip 3 – Jackson Liberty Lion Band – October 06, 2013 – Video

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US Federal Shutdown: New York City’s Statue of Liberty reopens to public thanks to state funding – Video

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Liberty e-care Launch Repair Programme for the Ford Transit Connect Electric Van

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Liberty e-care, a division of Liberty Electric Cars, is expanding its business as ever more EVs populate our roads. The company recently launched its repair programme for the Ford Transit Connect electric van, an all-electric van developed in a collaborative venture between Azure Dynamics and Ford Motor Company. The Transit Connect Electric is well suited for commercial fleets that travel predictable, short-range routes with frequent stop-and-start driving, in urban and suburban environments. The vehicle has a 75 mile per hour top speed and can drive up to 80 miles on a single chargeperfect for the requirements of a local delivery cycle.

The electric van had been launched in 2010 in the US and Europe; among the first US customers were AT&T, Canada Post, the New York Power Authority and Southern California Edison. Around 1500 units were sold globally before Azure stopped production in March 2012. Liberty e-cares staff has developed a full programme to service and repair these vehicles especially with regard to the battery which is no longer available. This unique service is available to both Ford main dealers and directly to the owners of Transit Connect Electric vehicles.

Liberty e-Care is one of the key EV service providers in Europe. Over the last few years Liberty has steadily increased its staff with highly skilled engineers, equipped with new and unique diagnostic tools, experience in safe intervention for high voltage systems, and access to the right parts to affect quality repairs. The company has just renewed, for the third year, its contract with one of Americas largest truck manufacturers to provide all aftermarket warranty support to its key electric vehicle (EV) customers in Europe. These include major companies such as FedEx, UPS and Veolia, who are using the first ground up electric trucks known as the Modec, an EV that was launched six years ago to make pollution-free deliveries in urban areas.

For more information about Liberty Electric Cars, visit our website http://www.liberty-ecars.com.

Liberty Electric Cars is a division of Green Automotive Company.

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Civil libertarian accused of 'bleating'

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A public spat has erupted between the nation's top civil libertarian and Queensland's attorney-general over new anti-bikie gang laws.

Australian Council for Civil Liberties president Terry O'Gorman has called Jarrod Bleijie 'a disgrace' and says he 'doesn't give a rat's' about the high office he holds.

He's accused the attorney-general of rushing through laws that threaten freedom of association, without consultation or scrutiny.

The attorney-general has hit back, accusing Mr O'Gorman of 'bleating' about the new laws because he didn't get his way.

He even suggested Mr O'Gorman may have contributed to the problems Queensland is now facing.

'I took the view parliament should deal with the matter as soon as possible,' Mr Bleijie said on Wednesday.

'People are sick and tired of the likes of Mr O'Gorman bleating every time he (Mr O'Gorman) doesn't like something the government is doing because he didn't get his way.

'Well, he had his way for the last 20 years and that's in essence some of the issues we have now and we are trying to fix.'

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Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis questions political conventions

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Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis questions political conventions

Wednesday, October, 16, 2013; 11:08 PM | | |

by Alex Koma, sports editor

Its easy to categorize the two major party candidates in Virginias race for governor.Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a reputation as an experienced businessman, while Republican and state Attorney General Ken Cucinelli is known as an experienced lawyer.

But Libertarian Robert Sarvis is an entirely different story.

The 36-year-old Fairfax County native has worked as a software engineer, teacher, lawyer and mobile app designer all before attempting a run for state senate two years ago.

While its safe to call the other two candidates career politicians, Sarvis has clearly positioned himself as an outsider that can provide an alternative for undecided voters.

Theres a lot of conventional wisdom in politics and some of its probably correct, and some of it is worth questioning, Sarvis said. One of those is the conventional wisdom that you cant speak to voters like theyre intelligent adults. Ive always thought it was strange that no one was really trying to do that and this is an opportunity to see what happens when you do.

When Sarvis first ran for office against Democrat Dick Saslaw in 2011, he ran as a Republican. But his experiences with politics and business quickly pushed him toward libertarianism, and he found that this election was the ideal path to express these views.

When we saw the way that the candidates were shaping up, that it was going to be Cucinelli and McAuliffe, it just became clear that there was nobody who was going to be talking about actual freedom and the rule of law, Sarvis said. It just became really clear that there was value, regardless of the outcome, in having someone who could articulate a lot of these issues that really matter.

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