Summit set for aerospace and defense suppliers

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SEATTLE, June 26 (UPI) -- Major aerospace and defense industry manufacturers and suppliers will gather in the United States to explore supply chain opportunities.

The gathering -- Aerospace & Defense Supplier Summit -- will be held in Seattle, Wash., next year and will be hosted by BCI Aerospace, an international organizer of trade events.

The summit is supported by the Washington State Department of Commerce and sponsored by the Washington Aerospace Partnership, Accenture and the City of Renton. Four Boeing business units -- Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space and Security; Engineering, Operations & Technology; and Shared Services Group -- will participate in the event.

"There is tremendous opportunity in the aerospace market over the next 20 years and collaboration is the key, " said Kent Fisher, vice president and general manager of Supplier Management for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Boeing needs a dynamic, engaged, highly capable and constantly improving supply chain."

Last year's summit in Seattle boasted participation by 800 companies from 30 countries.

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Food Safety Microbiology Testing Approaches 1 Billion Tests Worldwide

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Woodstock, VT (PRWEB) June 26, 2013

New market research detailing food microbiology testing around the world is available from Strategic Consulting, Inc., a leading information resource for food safety and industrial diagnostics companies. Food Micro, Eighth Edition: Microbiology Testing in the Global Food Industry (Food Micro8) tracks and compares microbiology test volumes, market values and methods used in North America, Europe and Asia, and forecasts future volumes and market values through to 2018.

According to Food Micro8, the global food industry will conduct 966.5 million microbiology tests in 2013 to ensure the safety of food products and detect dangerous pathogens in food. The report provides detailed breakdowns by microorganisms, food segments (meat, dairy, fruit/vegetable and processed foods) and geographic regions, and summarizes key trends and concerns in microbiology testing in food production facilities around the world. The data is based on primary research interviews with more than 450 food producers in 19 countries, including the U.S., China and India.

Microbiology testing practices by food producers around the world vary extensively, according to Tom Weschler, president of Strategic Consulting and lead author of Food Micro8. The worlds food chain is becoming increasingly complex, with food shipments across borders growing at a very fast pace. Food safety officers for food companies using raw materials from around the world need to understand those variations, and establish expectations and practices with their suppliers and within their plants to ensure the safety of their food products, Weschler said.

In the U.S., imported food now represents 15-20% of all food consumed. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), total imports have increased 7% per year since 1999. In the past ten years, imports of animal-based foods have increased by 5% and plant-based foods have grown more than 8%.

Strategic Consultings research shows a continued increase in worldwide microbiology test volumes over the last 15 years. Total test volumes have increased 128%, and testing for specific foodborne pathogens like Salmonella and E. coli grew at an even faster rate. In 1998, pathogen testing represented just 13.7% of total food microbiology tests conducted, while today pathogen testing represents 23.2% of all such tests.

Food Micro8 is based on detailed interviews conducted by Strategic Consulting and integrated into its database of food microbiology diagnostics trends and practices, which has been built, analyzed and published in eight market research reports over the last 15 years. Delivering both extensive new data and a detailed historical perspective, Strategic Consulting market research reports are widely accepted by leading diagnostic manufacturers and investors as highly credible analyses of the industry.

For more information about Food Micro, Eighth Edition: Microbiology Testing in the Global Food Industry (Food Micro8) visit http://www.Strategic-Consult.com.

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Strategic Consulting, Inc. (SCI) provides market reports and business consulting on microbiology-based quality and safety testing for food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, environmental water and industrial-process water. With more than 75 combined years of international management in the food safety testing and industrial diagnostics marketplaces, SCIs principals have proven success in working with venture capital backed start-ups, publicly traded companies, technology acquisitions, and transformation of underachieving companies. For more information on Strategic Consulting and its current market reports, visit http://www.strategic-consult.com or call 802-457-9933. Follow SCI president and industry expert Tom Weschler on LinkedIn or Twitter @TomWeschler.

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Walter Tunis: Rush's longevity might defy expectations, but success is indisputable

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Band's longevity might defy expectations, but its long-term success is indisputable

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7:30 p.m. July 2 at Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati. $27.50-$92.50. (513) 232-6220 or Ticketmaster, 1-800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com.

Even if you were a diehard fan soaking up albums like Moving Pictures and Signals in the early '80s, you probably gave little thought to where Rush would be in 30 years. But here we are in 2013, and the Canadian trio has a new album, a new mega-grossing tour and an unlikely new honor: induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Rush, once dismissed by the pop mainstream as playing a nerdy mix of prog, metal and narrative fancy, has endured in ways that fans and critics could not have foreseen. Its 2010-11 Time Machine Tour, essentially a career retrospective, sold out in nearly every city where it played and resulted in a critically lauded live album. The Hall of Fame selection followed last winter.

Now we have perhaps the most unusual Rush project ever: an album called Clockwork Angels that augments its thunderous guitar/bass/drums sound with a string section. Think that's wild? Then check out Rush's return to the region, when it will enlist string players to bring the Clockwork Angels material to life in a concert setting. Being heard over Neal Peart's titan drum sound surely will require a miracle of modern engineering, or at least, sound mixing.

Longstanding fans shouldn't fret at the prospect of a dinner-size serving of new material, though. Rush's concerts this year have been averaging more than three hours and have included the return of such forgotten '80s and '90s tunes as The Analog Kid, Force Ten and Bravado.

Rush hasn't played Lexington since a 1984 outing at Rupp Arena. But the band remains a regular in Cincinnati. It will get next week's holiday fun started two days early with a performance Tuesday at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati.

Ladies' nights

The women get the spotlight at Willie's Locally Known, 805 North Broadway, this weekend.

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LA Integrative Releases Video of SIBO Testing Diagnosing 80% Of IBS Patients Having SIBO

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In a newly released video on June 3rd, 2013 to YouTube, expert Gastroenterologist Dr. Farshid Sam Rahbar discusses cutting-edge tests for individuals suffering from irritable bowel syndrome.

We provide intestinal breath testing and it is a valuable test evaluating a variety of symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, altered bowel habits, food allergies, food sensitivity, and autoimmune disorders. Intestinal breath testing can be done at our office, in other physicians' offices, or it can be done at a patient's own home. says Dr. Farshid Sam Rahbar. SIBO intestinal breath testing works by measuring gases such as hydrogen and methane that are produced by intestinal bacteria on carbohydrates like sugars, starches, or vegetable fibers. These gases will then be reabsorbed into your blood stream which can then be measured through a person's breath.

Multiple studies have found that there is a important link between IBS cases having SIBO and that up to 80% of patients with IBS have SIBO. Researches have found that there is a statistically significant reduction of IBS symptoms after therapy treatment for SIBO. In an article titled Methanobrevibacter smithii Is the Predominant Methanogen in Patients with Constipation-Predominant IBS and Methane on Breath published in Volume 57 of Digestive Diseases and Sciences, in May of 2012, researchers studied the gut contents of over 300 people and found that just over one-third (37.5%) of IBS sufferers have SIBO and only 10% of patients without IBS had SIBO. Additionally, 60% of diarrhea-predominant IBS patients had SIBO.

Dr. Farshid Sam Rahbar explains that the process of intestinal breath testing is simple and non-invasive for patients. He advocates the importance of realizing the value of measuring Methane and CO2 because most health insurance companies only cover Hydrogen as a gas measurement. Although the procedure is simple, he also emphasizes that the actual measurement of the gases is complex and requires a high attention to detail.

Farshid Sam Rahbar, MD, FACP, ABIHM is a leading integrative gastroenterologist in Los Angeles. He incorporates anti-aging and functional medicine for an integrative-holistic approach to digestive care. His main clinical interests include consultative gastroenterology, internal medicine, liver disease and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), clinical nutrition, occupational and environmental illnesses in relation to GI illness, preventive and functional medicine, toxic exposure and effects on the GI system, medical-legal services (AME), and clinical research. For more information visit http://www.laintegrativegi.com.

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IBM touts super computer Watson as future of business; ANZ bank signs up

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The developers of a super computer that can think for itself, process data in seconds and even learn from its mistakes say it will revolutionise business on a global scale.

IBM's computer, called Watson, shot to fame when it took out American quiz show Jeopardy in 2011.

Now the company says the cloud-based technology is set to revolutionise the way companies interact with their customers.

"I think it's going to make a dramatic impact on government services, the finance sector, telecommunications, health care, pretty much every sector that we work in," IBM engineer Glen Wightwick said.

The size of eight refrigerators, Watson is super smart, understanding human speech, crunching problems, understanding data and giving the best answer.

John Gordon, the vice-president of IBM Watson Solutions, says it can also learn from its own mistakes within seconds.

"Just like you and I do, every time we go into different a situation with a good or bad result, it helps us inform what we're going to do next, so we use that with Watson so it can make decisions," he said.

He says Watson is a new type of computer system and marks the beginning of an era of cognitive computing.

"In the past, where we used to program computers and teach them rules about how to work," Mr Gordon said.

ANZ becomes one of the first to sign up

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STS-129 Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches To Deliver Supplies To The International Space Station – Video

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Russian cosmonauts ready space station for new lab

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Two cosmonauts took a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Monday to prepare the orbiting outpost for the arrival of a new Russian laboratory later this year.

Clad in bulky Orlan spacesuits, cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkinspent more than six hours outside the space stationto test automated docking system cables and install equipment to aid the arrival of the new Russian Multipurpose Laboratory, a science module slated to launch to the orbiting laboratory by the end of 2013. The spacewalk began at 9:32 a.m. EDT (1332 GMT).

- One of Russia's spacewalking astronauts

Yurchikhin and Misurkin successfully tested the docking system cables that will be used to help the new Multipurpose Laboratory module dock itself at the station when it arrives. The spacewalkers also installed cable clamps to hold the cables that will route power and data from the U.S. segment of the space station to the new laboratory module. [See Photos of the Russian Spacewalk]

Still, it wasn't all work and no play for the hard-working cosmonauts.

"Can you make the sun not shine so bright?" one of the spacewalkers joked during the orbital work. "It's shining right in my eyes."

Yurchikhin and Misurkin are part of the space station's six-personExpedition 36 crew. Their crewmates fellow cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, NASA's Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano remained inside the International Space Station during the spacewalk.

Misurkin and Yurchikhin were lighthearted during the six hour and 34 minute excursion. They joked with Russian Mission Control about being hungry, paused occasionally for a photo and commented on the beauty of the Earth from space.

"I guess we're flying over South America," one of the spacewalkers said at one point. "Gorgeous."

Aside from the new module preparation work, the cosmonauts also replaced a fluid control valve panel on the Zarya module, installed a new science experiment on the exterior of the orbiting laboratory, and retrieved two older experiments.

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In this frame grab from video provided by NASA, two Russian flight engineers perform maintenance on the International Space Station on Monday.

Two cosmonauts took a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday to prepare the orbiting outpost for the arrival of a new Russian laboratory later this year.

Clad in bulky Orlan spacesuits, cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin spent more than six hours outside the space station to test automated docking system cables and install equipment in preparation for the arrival of the new Russian Multipurpose Laboratory, a science module slated to launch to the orbiting laboratory by the end of 2013. The spacewalk began at 9:32 a.m. ET.

Yurchikhin and Misurkin successfully tested the docking system cables that will be used to help the new Multipurpose Laboratory module dock itself at the station when it arrives. The spacewalkers also installed cable clamps to hold the cables that will route power and data from the U.S. segment of the space station to the new laboratory module. [See Photos of the Russian Spacewalk]

It wasn't all work and no play for the hard-working cosmonauts.

"Can you make the sun not shine so bright?" one of the spacewalkers joked during the orbital work. "It's shining right in my eyes."

Yurchikhin and Misurkin are part of the space station's six-person Expedition 36 crew. Their crewmates fellow cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, NASA's Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano remained inside the International Space Station during the spacewalk.

Misurkin and Yurchikhin were lighthearted during the six-hour, 34-minute excursion. They joked with Russian Mission Control about being hungry, paused occasionally for a photo and commented on the beauty of the Earth from space.

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NASA chooses Marquette University professor for gender-based space flight research

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MILWAUKEE -- According to research done by a team at NASA, female astronauts lose more strength and muscle mass, and also have a longer post-mission recovery period than male astronauts.

Dr. Sandra Hunter, associate professor of exercise science in the College of Heath Sciences at Marquette University is part of that team. The research is in conjunction with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, who examines the "Impact of Sex and Gender on Adaptations to Space."

Dr. Hunter is a leading expert in the area of gender-based neuromuscular research and NASA selected her to review her latest findings in the differences of gender during space flight.

Our review found that space flight in general resulted in marked reductions in muscle strength and power, as much as 20 to 30 percent in two to three months, Hunter says. Theres evidence that women have even greater losses of muscle strength and mass than men when talking about the effects of space flight.

The team also found that strength loss almost doubles the loss of muscle mass, and woman also may take longer to recover.

Our findings indicate that much more research is required to fully understand sex differences in response to muscle loss, Hunter says. But it also shows that there are definite differences that will be apparent.

The research teams will first present their findings at a NASA and NSBRI online workshop on Tuesday, June 25th.

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