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Youth Ministry Zone Expands Its Efforts to Help Youth Ministers Keep Teens Focused on Spirituality Instead of Miley …

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Its difficult for Christian teens to reconcile the images they see in the news and pop culture with their religious beliefs. They struggle to deal with the emotional weight of peer pressure, bullying, and school shootings. They must also deal with confusion about the morality of Miley Cyrus twerking. Thats why the Youth Ministry Zone has expanded its efforts to help youth ministers keep teens grounded in their spirituality by offering an expanded collection of online resources.

We created the non-denominational, lesson-based Youth Ministry Zone because we understand how busy youth ministers are, explains co-founder Paul Evans. We help them spend less time planning and more time connecting.

The Youth Ministry Zone now offers more than 300 youth bible lessons with a new lesson released each week. The outline, handouts, and small group discussion guide teach core bible principles without compromising the spiritual message. Youth ministers also have access to materials to help them lead devotionals, quiet times, and personal retreats.

Other resources include copy, tweak, and paste content that can be used in newsletters and emails to teens and their parents. To help youth ministers manage the administrative side of their ministry, the Youth Zone provides printable forms that include volunteer applications, leader job descriptions, and medical releases.

Co-founders Paul Evans and Al Millergren began providing resources for youth ministers in 1991 through direct mail, before the Internet was widely available. It wasnt until 1995 that they were able to reach youth ministers through their website, Teen Life Ministries. In 2004 they opened the Youth Ministry Zone to offer a wider range of resources.

To learn more about the expanded online resources for youth ministers, visit the Youth Ministry Zone. Once there, youth ministers can sign up for a membership that allows access the entire collection of resources for just $10 per month.

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A decade after its first manned space flight, China is becoming a power in the skies

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Its got to be disheartening to be an international member of the Chinese space program. Within the borders of China, Taikonauts are hailed as national heroes, their missions aired as event broadcasts everywhere from bars to school-houses. In the West, however, their achievements get little press. When your local space agency is putting robots on Mars, popping an astronaut up to low Earth orbit is a hard sell to broadcasters. Still, we ought to appreciate some of the remarkable achievements of the worlds fast-rising second runner is aerospace. After all, it was just 10 years ago today that China put its first man into space.

On October 15, 2003, Yang Liwei rode the Shenzhou 5 mission to become the countrys first non-terrestrial citizen, making China just the third nation ever to achieve this on its own. To put this into perspective, in 2003 NASA was working to perfect its reusable shuttle program to help with traffic to and from an orbital space station though that quest resulted in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and a major blow to American confidence in the space program, it still shows the large disparity in technology that existed between the two administrations.

The launch of Shenzhou 10.

In the ten years since China put Liwei into space, the country has managed to launch a functioning space station, dock with it several times, and is even working on three different lunar landers one of which is designed to return with samples and act as a model for a manned mission to the Moon. In the same 10-year span following astronaut Alan Shepards 1961 foray into space, NASA focused entirely on winning the space race by putting a man on the Moon. It shows the difference in priorities that comes with the modernization of space, as China focuses on satellites, rovers, and orbital platforms and makes a manned mission to the Moon a second priority.

Remember, though, that NASA launched Apollo 11 just eight years after its first manned space flight; Chinas most optimistic flight-to-lunar-landing advancement will at least double that span of time. Still, during the space race the US was spending between $6 and $33 billion per year on space technology; China now spends on the order of about $1 billion per year. If the history of the US is any sort of model, China has a major increase in spending still to come, one that could help it cement its place as a world power in the way both the United States and the Soviet Union sought in the 1950s and 60s.

The Change 3 lunar lander.

In America its an aging population that still remembers the early landmarks of space exploration, but in China its the young. If you were eight when China first reached space, you were eighteen when it completed its first lunar lander. These are important stepping stones for a rising national economy, and for a population that seems to hunger for validation on the world stage. This is an ambitious space agency that constantly looks at least three or four missions ahead, and which plans for success. Dont be surprised if, in 15 years or so, its China who first announces concrete plans for a manned mission to Mars.

Chinas impressive progress is to be expected of course, since it have the benefit of seeing research done by earlier American and Soviet scientists over the past 50 years or so. The struggling giant of the American economy can still outspend its rivals though; despite having the lowest portion of the federal budget since its second year of operation, NASAs funding is still roughly fifteen times that of its Chinese counterpart. If China continues to expand economically, we could see its ambitious plans meet with the funding to truly take off.

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NASA Reconsidering Chinese Scientists' Applications

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October 11, 2013

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online

NASA said on Thursday that it would be reconsidering the applications of Chinese scientists who were denied access to a conference when the US government opens back up, according to a report by AFP.

NASA is holding a conference at one of its facilities in northern California on November 4 through 8. Six Chinese scientists were denied access to the conference due to what organizers said was an order to temporarily prohibit visits by citizens of several nations, including China, to NASA facilities.

Congressman Frank Wolf wrote a letter to NASA administrator Charles Bolden earlier this week about his disappointment to learn that the Chinese scientists were denied access to the conference.

You indicated at the time that security policies for foreign nationals for particular countries of concern would be reevaluated and new accreditations would not be approved until the security process was vetted, Wolf wrote. However, any restriction against Chinese nationals on NASA centers is entirely an agency policy and not covered under the statutory restriction. Furthermore, it was my understanding that NASAs temporary restrictions had been lifted after a review of security protocols for foreign nationals at all NASA centers.

The US space agency administrator said the situation was unfortunate and that NASA would be taking another look at these applications once the shutdown is over.

It is unfortunate that potential Chinese participants were refused attendance at the upcoming Kepler Conference at the Ames Research Park, Bolden wrote in an email to Congressman Wolf, seen by AFP. Mid-level managers at Ames, in performing the due diligence they believed appropriate following a period of significant concern and scrutiny from Congress about our foreign access to NASA facilities, meetings and websites, acted without consulting NASA HQ (headquarters), he continued.

He said that when he learned of the situation, he directed that NASA reviews the requests for attendance from scientists of Chinese origin and determine whether or not to recontact them immediately when the government reopens its doors. Bolden added that any scientist who meets the clearance requirements in place for foreign citizens will be accepted for participation.

The moratorium ordered in March this year was made, along with additional security measures, by Bolden following a potential security breach at a NASA facility in Virginia by a Chinese citizen. However, Congressman Wolf, who called the ban into question on Tuesday, said that the moratorium should have been lifted by now.

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Case Western Reserve School of Medicine wins prestigious NCI sponsored Provocative Questions grant

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Contact: Christine Somosi Christine.Somosi@case.edu 216-368-6287 Case Western Reserve University

The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) new Provocative Questions research funding program has awarded a prestigious grant to researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University's Schools of Medicine and Engineering to study tumor detection at the earliest stages of growth.

"We know that the best way to fight cancer is to find tumors when they are small and have not yet left their primary location," said principal investigator Susann Brady-Kalnay, PhD, professor of molecular biology and microbiology at Case Western Reserve University. "Our unique approach uses molecular imaging agents that recognize tumors using conventional MR scanners. We envision that this technological advance will allow us to detect very early stage tumors using conventional MRI machines that currently exist at most major hospitals."

"Now that we have received the grant, our hope is to translate our discoveries into clinical practice," said Brady-Kalnay. "With this technology, the radiologist will be confident that the abnormality on an MRI is actually a malignant tumor. This will inform the surgeon where all the tumor cells are located in order to remove them, and then the oncologist will be able to monitor how well each individual patient is responding to a given chemotherapy or radiation treatment," stated Brady-Kalnay.

CWRU was uniquely positioned to win the Provocative Questions grant because of the University's expertise in building world-class interdisciplinary teams that function with a high level of collaboration and cooperation. This strong suit is evident in the Provocative Questions grant team which includes chemists, MRI physicists, radiologists, biomedical engineers and cancer biologists, winning the $1.9 million award.

"Dr. Brady-Kalnay's novel approach is built on her discovery of an abnormal protein fragment on tumor cells that encourages their movement through tissue," stated Stanton Gerson, MD, Asa and Patricia Shiverick- Jane Shiverick (Tripp) Professor of Hematological Oncology, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and director of the Seidman Cancer Center at UH Case Medical Center. "This is a key factor that starts the process of metastasis, the most devastating part of cancer growth. Finding these cells early, and pinpointing their location by MR is a phenomenal advancement in the field of cancer diagnosis," noted Gerson.

The grant is part of the NCI's Provocative Questions Project, conceived by NCI Director Harold Varmus, MD, to challenge cancer researchers to provide answers for 24 perplexing questions in cancer research. In 2012, the NCI assembled a list of important questions to stimulate the research community to use multiple scientific disciplines, including clinical and laboratory science and epidemiology, in novel ways to investigate promising but neglected or unexplored areas of research. A Provocative Questions research project is charged with tackling broad questions in cancer biology and aims for a 5-10- year time frame for making significant progress.

The Case Western Reserve University grant is one of only 30 awarded nationwide by the NCI in 2013 and only one of two in Ohio. The research team will address the NCI's fifth Provocative Question: "Can tumors be detected when they are two to three orders of magnitude smaller than those currently detected with in vivo imaging modalities?"

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Mindfulness-based stress reduction helps lower blood pressure, reports study in Psychosomatic Medicine

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Contact: Connie Hughes connie.hughes@wolterskluwer.com 646-674-6348 Wolters Kluwer Health

Philadelphia, Pa. (October 15, 2013) -- Blood pressure is effectively lowered by mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for patients with borderline high blood pressure or "prehypertension." This finding is reported in the October issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

"Our results provide evidence that MBSR, when added to lifestyle modification advice, may be an appropriate complementary treatment for BP in the prehypertensive range," writes Joel W. Hughes, PhD, of Kent State (Ohio) University and colleagues.

Mindfulness Practice Leads to Drop in Blood Pressure

The study included 56 women and men diagnosed with prehypertension -- blood pressure that was higher than desirable, but not yet so high that antihypertensive drugs would be prescribed. Prehypertension receives increasing attention from doctors because it is associated with a wide range of heart disease and other cardiovascular problems. About 30% of Americans have prehypertension and may be prescribed medications for this condition.

One group of patients was assigned to a program of MBSR: eight group sessions of 2 hours per week. Led by an experienced instructor, the sessions included three main types of mindfulness skills: body scan exercises, sitting meditation, and yoga exercises. Patients were also encouraged to perform mindfulness exercises at home.

The other "comparison" group received lifestyle advice plus a muscle-relaxation activity. This "active control" treatment group was not expected to have lasting effects on blood pressure. Blood pressure measurements were compared between groups to determine whether the mindfulness-based intervention reduced blood pressure in this group of people at risk of cardiovascular problems.

Patients in the mindfulness-based intervention group had significant reductions in clinic-based blood pressure measurements. Systolic blood pressure (the first, higher number) decreased by an average of nearly 5 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), compared to less than 1 mm Hg with in the control group who did not receive the mindfulness intervention.

Diastolic blood pressure (the second, lower number) was also lower in the mindfulness-based intervention group: a reduction of nearly 2 mm Hg, compared to an increase of 1 mm Hg in the control group.

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UB breaks ground for new medical school

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - History is taking shape in Buffalo Tuesday morning as the city and the University at Buffalo break ground on a new medical campus.

Not only is it changing the face of Buffalo, but its going to change the way people view Buffalo as a medical hub. This is the first part of Governor Andrew Cuomos 20/20 plan. It took years to happen, but Cuomo says good things do sometimes take awhile.

Cuomo said, We owe a great debt of gratitude to all the people who work so hard to make it happen. You can have a great idea, but then you have to get it done. The getting it done is often the hard part.

U.B. President Satish Tripathi said, This is a critical milestone toward realizing our UB 20/20 vision, a vision of establishing UB among the ranks of the worlds greatest research universities.

UBs new $375 million state-of-the-art medical school will bring 2,000 faculty, students and staff to downtown Buffalo. They will be near teaching hospitals where classroom lessons can be applied to real life patient care.

PHOTO GALLERY | See renderings of what the completed Medical School will look like!

The eight story, 540,000-square-foot building will bring medical students into a medical hub of hospitals and research centers destined to be on par with Pittsburgh, Cleveland and St. Louis.

"Companies start moving in, and more companies start moving in, and young people start moving in, and more young people start moving in, and then there is an upwards spiral," Cuomo said.

The new facility will make a difference for UB medical students who know just what the new campus will offer them.

UB Medical Student William Stendardi said, We're going to be seeing patients every day. We're going to be around physicians, researchers, other health care professionals, and we're going to be around health care every day we go to class.

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