McCully welcomes Solomon Islands counterpart

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Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully will meet his counterpart from the Solomon Islands, Foreign Minister Clay Forau, for official talks tomorrow.

"The Solomon Islands is important to New Zealand. We have a major aid and development programme there and have been one of the founding contributors to the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI)," Mr McCully says.

"This July marks the 10th anniversary of RAMSI and 10 successful years of contributing to the security and stability of the Solomon Islands. RAMSI is now transitioning from a military operation to a policing mission.

"As RAMSI draws down, our support to the Solomons will increasingly focus on economic growth through the development of critical infrastructure, fisheries, business, education, policing, and law and justice."

Mr McCully and Mr Forau will discuss the strengthening of economic ties, the Recognised Employer Scheme and how New Zealand can further assist the Solomon Islands recover from the recent tsunami and earthquake that hit the west coast of Santa Cruz Island.

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Part 2 of 5: Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers Host Health Care Forum – Video

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Health care experts discuss how to better understand the Affordable Healthcare Act and how it may affect local businesses. The panel of experts include: Part 1 - Tim Bricker, President and CEO of Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Part 2 - Don Hughes, policy advisor on health care for Governor Jan Brewer Part 3 - Tom Marreel, founder and CEO of Marreel Slater Insurance Part 4 - Sandra Abalos, Principal, REDW, LLC

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Health Care Policy Reform – Elizabeth Teisberg, Ph.D. – Video

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Dr. Elizabeth Teisberg, an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, presents five ideas about health care policy reform at Transform 2009, a symposium sponsored by the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. For more information, go to http://www.mayo.edu

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Self-Service Health Care Comes To Retail

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By Dave King, Senior Vice President, Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc.

In a game of word association, your response to health care might well be reform given recent health policy headlines. Increasingly, were living in a time when health care and self-service are two concepts that also belong together.

Self-service kiosks have been used in traditional health care settings for wayfinding, patient check-in, health education and visitor access. Now consumer-directed health care and user-friendly self-service technology have converged to make retailers a natural setting for health kiosks designed for education and wellness screening. Retailers efforts are effectively putting health care in the path of our everyday lives.

Retail and brand executives or average consumers who havent checked their blood pressure in a store lately will be pleasantly surprised by the transformation of the blood pressure kiosk. It is being replaced by multi-dimensional digital technology like the SoloHealth Station.

SoloHealth is on a short list of FDA-approved providers of self-service consumer health care that retailers are turning to. There are currently over 1,000 SoloHealth Stations in select retailers across the U.S., including Walmart, Sams Club, Safeway, Publix, CVS and Schnucks Markets.

The SoloHealth Station enables self-service health screenings for vision, blood pressure, weight, and body mass index, a symptom checker, and an overall health assessment free of charge. The kiosk also helps connect consumers to local professionals through their databases, helping people enter the most appropriate and accurate point in the health care system.

An obvious benefit to retailers is that health care kiosks drive traffic, as do the walk-in health care clinics that have sprung up in big box, drug and grocery stores in the last few years. There is also a benefit to brands that can target messages on-screen to health-conscious consumers while theyre just yards away from their products.

Beyond these strategic aims lies a societal benefit to health and wellness screening that Bart Foster, founder and CEO of SoloHealth voiced saying, Awareness and prevention are probably the best frontline defense against poor health and cutting unnecessary costs across the board. Notably, the kiosks engagement statistics show that 71% of users are at medium to high risk for hypertension, while 51% are overweight to obese.

A key to the success of any kiosk is whether people will want to use it. Todays self-service healthcare has cross-generational appeal. Members of Generation X are accustomed to doing their own healthcare research. Yet, the incorporation of intuitive touchscreen features that people have become familiar with on their smartphones and tablets makes the kiosk experience accessible to a wider age range.

Self-service health care kiosks in retail settings bring some of the same positive customer experiences that are made possible by kiosks in other settings like airports, grocery stores and department stores: immediate access, efficient communication, and the portability of cloud-based access to information.

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Hoag and St. Joseph Health Complete Historic Health Care Affiliation

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IRVINE, Calif. & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

St. Joseph Health and Hoag announced formal completion of an unprecedented affiliation, laying the foundation for sweeping changes in the delivery and accessibility of high-quality health care. Known as Covenant Health Network (CHN), the affiliation will be a regional leader and national model, reaching from Orange County to the High Desert.

The California Office of the Attorney General consented to the affiliation on February 8, 2013, capping comprehensive evaluation and planning that began after both organizations announced their intention to affiliate in August 2012.

Hoag and St. Joseph Health have agreed that Richard Afable, M.D., will serve as president and chief executive officer for CHN. Additionally, Deborah Proctor, president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Health has announced that Dr. Afable will also serve as executive vice president of the Southern California region of St. Joseph Health. Dr. Afable has served as Hoags president and CEO since 2005. Hoags board of directors appointed Robert Braithwaite, Hoags chief operating officer, to succeed Dr. Afable as Hoags new president and CEO.

Says Dr. Afable, Drawing upon the strengths of this unprecedented affiliation, we will improve coordination of the delivery of health care to all members of the communities we serve. The nations current model of health care delivery is broken, leaving far too many families and individuals including tens of thousands right here in Orange County without regular and reliable access to affordable, quality care. Our number one focus will be solving the systemic health care access and affordability issues currently facing patients, employers and health care providers and that effort begins today.

This affiliation is a catalyst to extend our mission and make a real difference in health care delivery by assuring a system of highly-connected, quality services, Proctor says. New access points will be developed to enhance community wellness and allow more people to benefit from the research and advanced care of seven exceptional hospitals, a vast network of doctors, clinics, and other partners who share our vision. We believe St. Joseph Health and Hoag have the foresight and expertise to address some of the greatest needs and accomplish the greatest good for Orange County and the High Desert. This is a critical step for the future of our communities that can only be accomplished by the brightest minds and the biggest hearts in health care.

The new network will include the flagship hospitals of St. Joseph Health (5) and Hoag (2), in addition to an expansive physician network and numerous outpatient and urgent care facilities in Orange County and the High Desert. Physicians and staff members will develop solutions and innovative services that neither Hoag nor St. Joseph Health could achieve alone, including:

Hoag and St. Joseph Health are retaining their individual identities and faith affiliations Presbyterian and Catholic, respectively.

In discussions leading up to the affiliation, the two organizations recognized many important similarities. They are both non-profit, faith-based health care organizations, committed to providing the highest quality, affordable, and accessible health care services in the community. Both have also achieved widespread recognition through thoughtful planning of their networks of services, fostering an environment of best practice health care, and reaching out to vulnerable populations with extensive community benefit programs.

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VA Montana Health Care System has new director

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February 28, 2013

FORT HARRISON The Veterans Affairs recently announced that Christine Gregory has been appointed as director of the VA Montana Health Care System. The Miles City native and graduate of Custer County High School will begin work Monday, March 4.

Gregory is a health care executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience. She has extensive background executing a variety of progressively responsible administrative and clinical assignments. She has lead and participated in a variety of national, network and facility governing councils, committees and task forces.

Gregory is board certified in health care management and is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, a professional society dedicated to promoting the highest standards of professional, educational and leadership performance. She is also a certified mentor coaching and enabling opportunities for staff and leaders to optimize their career growth.

She has been a member of the executive team at VA Central Iowa Heath Care System in Des Moines where she served as the associate director of Patient Care Services. Gregory has completed assignments as the acting director of VAMC in Fargo, North Dakota, associate director foo Patient Care Services in San Francisco, and nurse executive of the Network Mental Health Services Line.

Gregory began her professional education at St. Vincents School of Nursing in Billings. Since then she has received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Montana State University, and subsequently completed a graduate degree in nursing from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She also has a graduate degree in business administration from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Gregory is also a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute, Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives and the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Fellow Program in Management for Nurse Executives.

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Animation movie of intracerebral gene therapy approach for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases. This film was produced by LYSOGENE in collaboration with the students from the first year of scientific illustration design at the Estienne school.

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Marin futurist offers intriguing concept at TED Conference — revival of extinct species

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From an environmentalist who wants to revive extinct species to a software company seeking to design molecules, Marin County is well represented at this week's TED Conference, the annual gathering of elites from the technology industry and creative fields.

Founded in 1984, the conference the acronym stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design features 50 speakers from a wide range of fields. Admission to the weeklong event costs a hefty $7,500, but videos of the talks have become a phenomenon online, where they have been streamed hundreds of millions of times.

In a talk Wednesday at the conference in Long Beach, futurist and environmentalist Stewart Brand of Sausalito proposed something

Stewart Brand, of Sausalito, an environmentalist and futurist, on stage at the TED2013 conference on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in Long Beach, Calif. (Photo by James Duncan Davidson) James Duncan Davidson

"Biotechnology is about to liberate conservation, at least a part of conservation, in a pretty spectacular way," he said.

Brand, known for his creation of the Whole Earth Catalog in the 1960s among other projects, said research is underway that could make so-called "de-extinction" possible. The process could help restore habitats that have been destroyed and teach scientists how to prevent more endangered species from becoming extinct, he said.

Describing himself as a "cheerleader" who is encouraging researchers, Brand said scientists are working on a way to use DNA to re-create the

"The result won't be perfect, but it should be perfect enough because nature doesn't do perfect either," he said.

Reviving other species such as the woolly mammoth may one day be possible, he said.

Addressing people who would likely be concerned about interfering with nature, Brand said humans are responsible for much of the extinction that has occurred.

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Jurassic Park-like species revival is possible, Marin futurist claims

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From an environmentalist who wants to revive extinct species to a software company seeking to design molecules, Marin County is well represented at this week's TED Conference, the annual gathering of elites from the technology industry and creative fields.

Founded in 1984, the conference -- the acronym stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design -- features 50 speakers from a wide range of fields. Admission to the weeklong event costs a hefty $7,500, but videos of the talks have become a phenomenon online, where they have been streamed hundreds of millions of times.

In a talk Wednesday at the conference in Long Beach, futurist and environmentalist Stewart Brand of Sausalito proposed something previously associated more with the fiction of "Jurassic Park" than with reality -- using DNA to bring extinct species back to life.

"Biotechnology is about to liberate conservation, at least a part of conservation, in a pretty spectacular way," he said.

Brand, known for his creation of the Whole Earth Catalog in the 1960s among other projects, said research is underway that could make so-called "de-extinction" possible. The process could help restore habitats that have been destroyed and teach scientists how to prevent more endangered species from becoming extinct, he said.

Describing himself as a "cheerleader" who is encouraging researchers, Brand said scientists are working on a way to use DNA to re-create the passenger pigeon, a

"The result won't be perfect, but it should be perfect enough because nature doesn't do perfect either," he said.

Reviving other species such as the woolly mammoth may one day be possible, he said.

Addressing people who would likely be concerned about interfering with nature, Brand said humans are responsible for much of the extinction that has occurred.

"Humans have made a huge hole in nature in the last 10,000 years," he said. "We have the ability now, and maybe the moral obligation, to repair some of the damage."

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Space, Hip Hop, and Afro-Futurism – Video

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DynCorp International Honors Defense of Freedom Medal Recipients

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FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

DynCorp International hosted the families of 17 employees who were killed while serving U.S. government missions abroad as they received the Department of Defenses Defense of Freedom medal, posthumously recognizing the contributions their loved ones made for their country. The honorees were killed while working on U.S. Department of State police training missions in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2011. The award recipients families, representatives from the Department of State and Department of Defense, along with nearly 200 DI personnel were in attendance at the ceremony held February 11, 2013, in the Washington, D.C. area.

Speaking on behalf of the Department of Defense was Lieutenant General William N. Phillips, and from the Department of State were Ambassador Patrick Kennedy and Ambassador William R. Brownfield.

There about 17,000 DynCorp personnel serving in a combat theater today. They are serving alongside our warfighters and protecting our freedom. Bottom line - contractor personnel and all they do remains vital to our nation. We depend on them, we rely on them, and they are extraordinary for their execution of the mission, Phillips said.

During his remarks, Ambassador Brownfield announced that, later this year, the Department of State will unveil a new memorial at the U.S. Department of State to honor civilian personnel, including contractors who have lost their lives serving on police training missions abroad.

On the thirteenth of May this year, with the support, assistance and my personal gratitude to Under Secretary Kennedy, I hope we will unveil and dedicate a memorial to all those civilian police personnel who have given their lives up in overseas operations, said Brownfield.

Steve Gaffney, chairman and CEO of DynCorp International, placed a special emphasis on the family members who were in attendance, Each of the 17 individuals who we honor tonight had a profound and lasting impact not just on our company but on our country and we often talk about their bravery and strength. But I also want to highlight the bravery and strength of those family members who are here tonight, and who continue to share the stories of their loved ones.

The Defense of Freedom Medal, the civilian equivalent of the military's Purple Heart, was presented to the families of the following DI personnel: Roland Carroll Barvels of Aberdeen, S.D.; Brett Patrick Benton of Dry Ridge, Ky.; Brian Morgan Brian of Camden, Ark.; Michael Wayne Butler of Rembert, S.C.; Mike Dawes of Stilwell, Okla.; Arsenio Ducusin Domingo of Wadmalaw Island, S.C.; Richard Thomas Hickman of Cave Springs, Ga.; Leon Vincent Kimbrell of Boiling Springs, S.C.; Deborah Dawn Klecker of Redman, Ore.; Rudy Guerrero Mesa of Maxwell, Texas; William Lawrence Juneau of Orange County, Calif.; Douglas Stephen Thomas of Lexington, S.C., Robert McDonald Timmann of Tallahassee, Fla.; Donald Bruce Tow of Lake Havasu, Ariz.; Darrell Leroy Wetherbee of Raymond, Maine; Gary Wayne Willard of Resaca, Ga.; and Ronald Austin Zimmerman of Glenwood, Ind.

About DynCorp International

DynCorp International is a global government services provider working in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives, delivering support solutions for defense, diplomacy, and international development. DI operates major programs in logistics, platform support, contingency operations, and training and mentoring to reinforce security, community stability, and the rule of law. For more information, visit our blogs or see DynCorp Internationals LinkedIn profile.

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Viscount’s Freedom Installed at Additional BC Government Sites

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BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Viscount Systems (VSYS), a leading-edge, high technology supplier of security systems and software, is pleased to announce that the company has received orders to secure additional facilities owned by the British Columbia Government. The systems being installed include both Freedom access control and MESH touch screen intercom panels. This is part of an ongoing rollout at over a hundred facilities that includes both new Freedom installations and upgrades of original MESH access control to Freedom.

We are pleased to see existing clients continue their rollouts of Viscount technology, noted Stephen Pineau, CEO of Viscount. Much of our Freedom revenue for 2012 related to initial and pilot systems that are now being expanded. As we continue to accumulate new clients we anticipate strong growth for the balance of 2013.

About Viscounts Freedom Encryption Bridge Solution Freedom Encryption Bridge is the first and only access control system that allows entry devices (IC cards, RFID readers, biometrics etc.) to be connected to standard building IT networks without requiring expensive control panels that are programmed from a PC. Freedom changes the paradigm of IT friendly access control. It eliminates up to 80% of the cost of traditional systems that require the installation of control panels. And, it utilizes existing logical IT security software (LDAP) to replace both the control panel component and the software component of traditional systems. Freedom drastically reduces system costs while providing a much more secure software solution.

About Viscount Systems Viscount Systems Inc., designs unified IT and physical security software platforms for building security and emergency planning. Recent awards include SIA Convergence Solution of the Year 2011 and Homeland Securities Platinum Award for Emergency Response and Gold Award for Access Control at GOVSEC 2011.

Safe Harbor Statement Forward looking statements: This press release and other statements by Viscount Systems Inc. may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act with respect to the outlook for earnings and revenues, other future financial or business performance, strategies and expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as "believe," "expect," "estimate," "position," "assume," "potential," "outlook," "continue," "remain," "maintain," and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or similar expressions.

For Further Information Viscount Systems web site: http://www.viscount.com Email news alerts: investors@viscount.com Investor Relations: Foothills Group San Jose CA, 888-516-7415

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Dr. Scott Johnson 2/24/13 – Maitreya, Islam, Public Schools, Subliminal Messages, Eugenics, etc. – Video

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