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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - The University of Arkansas says the Fayetteville man who died this week while skiing in northern Colorado was a renowned professor of chemistry and biochemistry.

Robert Gawley, who went by Bob, was skiing with friends in the Steamboat ski area when he collapsed and later died. Authorities believe Gawley may have suffered a heart attack.

Gawley served as an educator and researcher for more than 35 years and as chairman of UA's chemistry and biochemistry department.

University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt says Gawley was an exceptional chemist with a skill for helping others excel.

Gawley joined UA in 2003 as a tenured professor. Before that, he served on the faculty at Miami University.

He is survived by a wife and two sons. Funeral services are pending.

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Viora Announces CME Accreditation Course for RF Technology under the Auspices of The American Academy of Anti – Aging …

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Faculty Member Dr. Richard M. Goldfarb, MD, FACS, Medical Director of Viora, to Deliver Workshop Lecture

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A4M joins the National Society of Cosmetic Physicians (NSoCP) in recognizing the educational value of multi RF by offering this advanced technology lecture to their conference attendees. RF technology can be used for a broad range of medical aesthetic applications, including body and facial contouring, cellulite reduction and skin tightening. This new course, through didactic and hands-on teaching, will supply physicians with a greater understanding of how multi-channel RF can be implemented in their practices. In addition, attendees will come away with specific knowledge of the indications, contraindications, clinical aspects including safety procedures, treatment parameters & care, expectations and more. The Reaction device, developed by Viora, will be used for demonstration purposes.

Dr. Goldfarb, a renowned cosmetic surgeon is medical director of Viora and in a unique position to share his extensive experience with multi-frequency RF, having implemented the technology into his practice with outstanding results. His familiarity with RF ensures that workshop participants will have the benefit of receiving tried and true information.

Working with A4M to reach a large audience of physicians of varied specialties in this CME initiative is a challenging and exciting opportunity. The use of multi-RF can be beneficial to any clinic wanting to offer anti-aging technology to their clientele, commented Mr. Eliran Almog, CEO of Viora Inc. This CME course will provide physicians with relevant information that will increase their knowledge of this innovative technology, as well as giving practical experience that can be used immediately in their practices.

CME courses for Utilizing Radio-Frequency for Skin Tightening, Cellulite and Circumferential Reduction for Face and Body will be scheduled in various locations throughout the US. Upcoming dates are scheduled as follows:

To receive additional information regarding upcoming workshops visit http://www.vioramed.com/cme-rf-accreditation.

About Dr. Richard M. Goldfarb

Dr. Goldfarb graduated from University of Health Sciences / Finch University, The Chicago Medical School with top honors in Surgery. He completed his surgical training at Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine with additional training in cosmetic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Plastic Surgery and Yale University. Dr. Goldfarb is on the Board of Directors, and lectures and trains physicians for the National Society of Cosmetic Physicians and Surgeons, as well as a faculty member and lecturer for THE Aesthetics Show, a training organization for physicians in the field of laser and aesthetic medicine and cosmetic surgery. Dr. Goldfarb is board certified and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Physicians and the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgeons.

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The Anti Aging Institute of The Americas is Now Offering State of The Art PRP – Dermapen Facial Rejuvenation

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The Anti Aging Institute, located in San Jose, Costa Rica, has become a leading medical clinic in the field of anti-aging medicine and rejuvenation in Latin America and is always looking to offer its patients latest in what science and technology have to offer.

(PRWEB) March 20, 2013

To understand how the treatment works, Dr. Leslie Mesen Chief Medical Director of the Anti Aging Institute provides a brief explanation of what PRP with Dermapen application facial rejuvenation is and why it is considered to be such a good treatment and why it provides such positive results.

What exactly is PRP and how and for what purpose may this be used? What is Dermapen, how is that used? And what are the benefits of putting these two together?

Dr. Mesen explained that "PRP stands for Platelet Rich Plasma. This is a procedure that has been around for many years. We draw 60 cc of blood from a patient and then place this sample in a specially engineered vial and place it in a centrifuge for fifteen minutes. This process will separate the platelet rich plasma from the rest of the patients blood which in this case will be the platelets, the cells that will be used in the facial rejuvenation.

Platelets are small, irregularly shaped clear cell fragments and a natural source of growth factors that circulate in the blood. Platelets release a multitude of growth factors which stimulate the deposition of extracellular matrix and play a significant role in the repair and regeneration of connective tissues. Platets bring nutrition and cell repair and growth to the area they are injected in. Local application of these factors in increased concentrations through Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been used as an adjunct to wound healing for several decades.

The Dermapen is an innovative and state of the art micro-needling device. Dr. Mesen explained how this works, to help understand what micro-needling is, what it does and how it benefits from working together with the PRP.

Micro-needling, also known as Medical Skin Needling and Collagen Induction Therapy, is a relatively new concept that has come about since the middle of the last decade 2000. "This type of treatment is aimed at stimulating the bodys own collagen production as well as elastin, by triggering the bodys natural healing process. The epidermal trauma caused by the micro-needling is superficial enough to heal itself without creating unsightly scar tissue, yet deep enough to induce minimal inflammation, thereby stimulating fibroblasts to create collagen and elastin in the epidermis," explains Dr. Lizano.

Here are some of the benefits of working with the Dermapen:

It works to tighten, lift and rejuvenate the skin. It is effective in reducing fine lines and wrinkles, minimizing pores, stretch marks, keloid, surgical and acne scars.

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Chairman Fiona Jeffery OBE is to leave World Travel Market after 26 years to pursue other interests in the global …

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She will continue her role as Chairman of Just a Drop, the international water charity she founded in 1998. Reed has supported this charity since its inception and will continue to do so. Jeffery, who received the OBE for services to tourism last year, is to take on fresh challenges after leading World Travel Market to its commanding position as the leading global event for the travel industry.

In 1997, as Exhibition Director, Jeffery launched World Travel Market's "Environmental Awareness Day" which, with the support of the WTM team, she has developed into "WTM World Responsible Tourism Day" since 2005 and it is now the biggest event of its kind worldwide.

As founder of an international water aid charity she has also helped more than a million people in 30 countries to access clean, safe water. A further key milestone achieved by Jeffery and the WTM team has been the successful landmark WTM Ministers' Programme in association with the UNWTO. Her work with Just a Drop has persuaded the industry, including many organisations, destinations, tourist boards and operators to regularly raise funds.

"I am sad to go after all this time but proud of the achievements that have been realised by myself and the World Travel Market team", said Jeffery. "I leave behind a business that has grown to become a strong global brand."

Reed Exhibitions would like to thank Fiona for her significant contribution to the business over many years and wish her every success in the future.

WTM will continue to be run by the existing and experienced management team led by senior Exhibition Director Simon Press.

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How to live in zero gravity: Take a tour of the International Space Station

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Sure, we know theres no screaming in space. But theres also no flushing. And no hair brushing.

Pay attention, because these are things you too can learn by watching former International Space Station Commander Sunita Williams walkor should we say, float her waythrough a typical morning in space.

Spoiler alert: Zero gravity is a pain in the neck, and other places.

First, Williams is a perfect host for a video tour: Shes a veteran space traveler with 195 days of space flightthe longest time in space for a woman. And she lived on the space station for four months.

As the astronaut explains on the NASA video, sleeping on the space station is very different from snoozing in your comfy bed on planet Earth. Instead, there are sleep pods and sleeping bagsand it doesnt matter if your bed is located upside down or sideways. Your body wont know the difference. Each cubby also comes equipped with a docked laptop and personal items, like clothes.

Once you get up, its time for the morning routine. Tooth brushing isnt all that foreignand yes, you still do it, even so far from home. The toothpaste is sticky, as Williams explains, and stays on the brush. Even the water cooperates from a tube, although some escapes into a bubble that Williams catches and swallows.

And, as Williams shows with her cloud of hair floating anywhere but on her head, every day is a bad hair day. "See how much better the brush makes my hair look?" She laughs, as she runs a brush through her hair, which continues to stand on end. She adds, "I'm just joking. It still stands up straight." Hair styling seems like a pointless exercise.

However, there are some activities that cant be skipped, and the toilet is one of them. Or rather, two of them. Suffice to say, suction is involved, as is good aim, in the orbital outhouse, as she calls it. Well let you watch to get the details.

Easier to digest: details of making and eating breakfast. The space station kitchen is stocked with American favorites like cereal, eggs and breadsome freeze dried and needing water, others ready to eat. Japanese and Russian foods are also available: It is, after all, an international space station.

Williams confides that the package labeled snacks is the candy stash. The scientist also admits to a Fluffernutter habit, and the space station actually keeps a jar of Fluff on hand so she can indulge (stored in a zip-locked compartment, natch).

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New Space Station Crew Members to Launch and Dock the Same Day

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HOUSTON -- Three new crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station on a six-hour flight to travel from the launch pad to their destination.

Chris Cassidy of NASA, along with Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:43 p.m. CDT, Thursday, March 28, (2:43 a.m. March 29 Baikonur time). Live coverage on NASA Television begins at 2:30 p.m.

Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin will become the first station crew members to make an expedited trip to the orbiting laboratory. Instead of taking the standard two days to rendezvous and dock with the station, they will need only four orbits of Earth to reach the station. This flight will employ rendezvous techniques used recently with three unpiloted Russian Progress cargo spacecraft.

The crew will dock with the station's Poisk module at 9:32 p.m., with NASA TV coverage beginning at 8:30 p.m. Hatches are scheduled to open between the Soyuz and station at 11:10 p.m., with NASA TV coverage beginning at 10:30 p.m.

Cassidy, Vinogradov and Misurkin will join Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, Tom Marshburn of NASA and Roman Romanenko of Roscosmos, who have been aboard the outpost since December 2012.

NASA TV also will provide extensive coverage of activities from March 21-27 leading up to the flight. All times are Central:

March 21, Thursday

1 p.m. -- Video File of the Expedition 35/36 crew activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan

March 25, Monday

11 a.m. -- Video File of the Expedition 35/36 crew activities and Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft encapsulation in Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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NASA chief orders security review after worker’s arrest

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By Bill Sizemore The Virginian-Pilot March 21, 2013

The leader of NASA said Wednesday he has ordered a comprehensive review of the space agency's security procedures after the arrest of a Chinese scientist suspected of acquiring sensitive information at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton.

While the review is under way, Administrator Charles Bolden said he has placed a moratorium on access to NASA facilities by foreign nationals from China and other countries subject to national security concerns.

Bo Jiang, a researcher who worked for a NASA Langley contractor, was pulled off a China-bound plane at Dulles International Airport over the weekend and later arrested by FBI agents investigating possible violations of the Arms Export Control Act. He faces a criminal charge of lying to agents about computer hardware he was carrying.

The investigation was spurred by U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Fairfax County, who said he was contacted by whistleblowers concerned about security lapses at NASA. Bolden testified Wednesday before a subcommittee chaired by Wolf that oversees NASA.

Wolf said China poses an "active, aggressive espionage threat" to the United States and suggested that the aeronautics research conducted at NASA Langley would be an attractive target.

"NASA takes your allegations very seriously," Bolden told Wolf. "This is about national security."

Bolden said 192 Chinese nationals who have been working at NASA facilities across the country will be affected by his order.

Asked by Wolf if he would agree to an independent review of NASA security procedures by an outside panel of experts, Bolden said that is his "probable intent," but he wants to complete the internal review first.

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Nasa Denies Voyager 1 Solar System Exit Claim

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Nasa has denied a claim made in a scientific study that its Voyager 1 spacecraft had left the solar system, describing the report as "premature".

Scientists are eagerly awaiting signs that the craft, which was launched in 1977 on a mission to study planets, has become the first man-made object to leave the boundaries of our solar system.

A scientific paper that purported to describe this departure appeared on the American Geophysical Union's website.

It said Voyager 1 "appears to have travelled beyond the influence of the Sun and exited the heliosphere," or the magnetic bubble of charged particles that surround the solar system.

Researcher Bill Webber, one of the article's authors, acknowledged that the actual location of the spacecraft - whether in interstellar space or just an unknown region beyond the solar system - remained a matter of debate.

"It's outside the normal heliosphere, I would say that," said Mr Webber, professor emeritus of astronomy at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, according to the AGU's website.

"We're in a new region. And everything we're measuring is different and exciting."

However, shortly after the study appeared, Nasa spokesman Dwayne Brown said the report was "premature and incorrect".

The Voyager science team reported in December 2012 the craft was in a new region called the "magnetic highway," but changes in the magnetic field to show a departure from the solar system have not yet been observed, Nasa said.

"The Voyager team is aware of reports today that Nasa's Voyager 1 has left the solar system," said Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist based at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.

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NASA or MOMA?

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One of the most enduring and inspiring side effects of space exploration is the pictures -- pictures of Earth taken from new heights; pictures of Earth's neighbors, taken from new angles; pictures that resemble, and in fact are, art. They are magical. They are mysterious. They are weird. They suggest, if they don't fully embody, why we go to the trouble of exploring in the first place.

And they often resemble art of a more earthly variety.Below is a collection of images -- some of them created byprolific space photographer Chris Hadfield, taken from the International Space Station(we'll call those "NASA"), some of them created by nearly-as-prolific painters here on Earth (we'll call those "MOMA"). Here's a game: Can you tell the difference between the two?

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1. NASA or MOMA?

2. NASA or MOMA?

3. NASA or MOMA?

4. NASA or MOMA?

5. NASA or MOMA?

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Seeking spies, NASA locks out foreigners

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NASA has locked its facilities to foreigners, disabled online research databases and ordered a complete review of access by foreign nationals to its facilities, as allegations swirled of foreign spies within the space agency.

The reports came to a head this weekend with the arrest of former contract worker Bo Jiang as he was leaving the country with a one-way ticket to China -- carrying several data storage devices, including hard drives, flash drives and computers that likely contained sensitive information.

- NASA administrator Charles Bolden

In testimony Wednesday before Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the space agency, NASA chief Charles Bolden said associate administrator Robert Lightfoot would head a complete investigation into the issue. External investigations would likely follow.

We dont anticipate having a Chinese visitor to a NASA facility any time soon, he said.

Ive ordered a complete review of the access that foreign nationals are granted at NASA facilities, Bolden said. Within a week we probably will ask [the National Academy of Public Administration] to do an external review, he added.

Jiang was far from the only foreign national working in NASA facilities around the country. There are 281 foreign nationals with physical access to the agencys facilities including 192 Chinese nationals, he said.

The number of U.S. citizens working in Chinese facilities?

To my knowledge, we have no NASA personnel who are working in the Peoples Republic of China, Bolden said.

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NASA ‘s Voyager 1 Probe Has Left Solar System: Study

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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft the farthest-flung object created by human hands has left the solar system forever, scientists say.

On Aug. 25, 2012, 35 years after the Voyager 1 missionlaunched, Earth's most distant spacecraft detected a sharp change in the intensity of fast-moving charged particles called cosmic rays, suggesting it had left the outermost reaches of the heliosphere marking the edge of the solar system.

"Within just a few days, the heliospheric intensity of trapped radiation decreased, and the cosmic ray intensity went up as you would expect if it exited the heliosphere," said Bill Webber, professor emeritus of astronomy at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, in a statement.

Though Voyager 1 has apparently exited the sun's sphere of influence, the scientists still don't know for sure whether the probe has entered interstellar space or a mysterious in-between region beyond the solar system.

"It's outside the normal heliosphere, I would say that," Webber said. "We're in a new region. And everything we're measuring is different and exciting."

Webber and his colleagues noticed the dramatic cosmic ray signal drop when Voyager 1was about 11 billion miles (17.7 billion kilometers) from the sun. Anomalous cosmic rays trapped in the heliosphere's outer reaches dropped to 1 percent of their previous level. Meanwhile, galactic cosmic rays, which come from outside the solar system, jumped to twice their previous levels, reaching their highest levels since the spacecraft launched, researchers said.

The findings have been accepted for publication in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Voyager 1 was actually the second of NASA's two Voyager spacecraft to launch on historic tours of the solar system. Voyager 2 blasted off on Aug. 20, 1977, with Voyager 1 following a few weeks later on Sept. 5 of that year.

Both spacecraft carry a gold-plated copper disc containing sounds and images of Earth. The golden record is about 12 inches (30 centimeters) across and attached to the hull of each Voyager probe. The records are engraved with a diagram that explains how to play them and where Earth can be found, just in case the Voyager probes are discovered by intelligent extraterrestrial lifeforms.

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NASA steps up security after arrest of former contractor

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA has shut down access to an online database and banned new requests from Chinese and some other foreign nationals seeking access to its facilities amid mounting concerns about espionage and export control violations, the U.S. space agency's administrator said on Wednesday.

The security measures include a complete ban on remote computer access by Chinese and some other non-U.S. contractors already working at NASA centers, agency chief Charles Bolden said at a congressional oversight hearing in Washington.

The tightening of security follows the arrest on Saturday of Chinese national Bo Jiang, a former NASA contractor. He was attempting to return to China with "a large amount of information technology that he may not have been entitled to possess," said Representative Frank Wolf, a Republican whose Virginia district includes the NASA Langley Research Center, where Jiang worked.

The FBI arrested Jiang at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, where he had boarded a flight to Beijing, court papers provided by Wolf's office show.

Jiang was arraigned on Monday in U.S. district court in Norfolk, Virginia. A detention hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

He is charged with lying to federal law enforcement agents about computer hardware he planned to take with him to China, the court documents show.

Wolf, who chairs the House Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice and science, identified Jiang last week during another hearing on possible security lapses at NASA field centers.

"We know that China is an active, aggressive espionage threat," Wolf, a longtime China critic, said during Wednesday's hearing.

"A recent White House report said that the technologies NASA works on - aerospace and aeronautics - are those that the Chinese have most heavily targeted," Wolf added.

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NASA Probes Security Lapses After Arrest of Ex-Contractor

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The head of NASA pledged today to carry out a full review of space agency security procedures after the arrest this month of a former contractor suspected of attempting to take sensitive technology back to his native China.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made the pledge to the House Committee on Appropriations today (March 20) during a hearing to answer lawmakers' questions about potential security lapses at space agency centers.

"It is critically important for us to have confidence in NASA's ability to protect sensitive assets from exploitation," said U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), who originally announced the arrest of the former NASA contractor during a press conference on Monday (March 18).

Chinese spy at NASA?

At the center of the controversy is Bo Jiang, a Chinese national who worked as a contractor for the National Institute of Aerospace at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. He was arrested by FBI agents on March 16 onboard a plane bound for China departing from Dulles International Airport outside Washington. Officials say Jiang lied to law enforcement authorities about the electronics equipment he was carrying, and Wolf has accused him of being a spy for China.

"We know that China is an active, aggressive espionage threat," Wolf said today. "The technologies that NASA works on are those that the Chinese most heavily target."

The congressman even suggested that some of China's recent space advancements, which include launching astronauts to space on Chinese-built rockets and docking spacecraft in orbit, were enabled through Chinese theft of space technology. [China's 1st Manned Space Docking (Pictures)]

Bolden assured the lawmakers that he took their concerns seriously, and said he's taken several steps already to find security failures within the space agency.

"NASA takes all your allegations of security violations, and those from anyone else, very seriously," Bolden said. "This is about national security, not about NASA security, and I take that personally. I'm responsible and I will hold myself accountable once our reviews are completed."

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