Can Giving Improve Your Health? – Video

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The act of giving not only feels good but is good for your biochemistry, physiology, overall health and longevity! How much of this is related to the feel good hormone, oxytocin, and how much is related to doing a good deed? Giving oxytocin to people leads to their being more giving and feeling happier. Studies on volunteers over 30 years show that this was associated with a 44% lower risk for dying. In general, volunteers enjoyed better quality of life, were happier, more satisfied, had greater self esteem, had less depression and enjoyed better heath.

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The Life Sciences Facility – Construction Time Lapse Video – Video

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The new facility is an exciting expansion for the teaching and research capabilities of the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences at Clemson University. Here, some of the country #39;s brightest minds will come together to share the latest technology and the most up-to-date laboratory space. The 100000-square-foot facility is targeted to achieve LEED gold status. Researchers housed in the facility represent microbiology, biochemistry, food safety and genetics mdash; the basics of human existence. The new Life Sciences facility encourages collaboration, offers state-of-the-art technology and provides the tools needed for this generation #39;s greatest minds to excel.

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Transformation of Medical School Admissions – Video

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Event Date: 10-24-12 Steven T. Case, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry Associate Dean for Medical School Admissions University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS Dr. Case presents the rationale for transforming medical school admissions and articulates changes being made and options still under consideration. In November 2012, Dr. Case completed his three year term as Chair of the AAMC Group on Student Affairs (GSA) National Committee on Admissions. It is from this perspective that he spoke to the Medical Education Grand Rounds audience

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B.7.6 Compare Competitive Inhibition and Non-Competitive Inhibition- Part 1 – Video

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B.7.6 Compare Competitive Inhibition and Non-Competitive Inhibition- Part 1
This video deals with competitive inhibition. It is the first part for the optional (personally chosen) objective B.7.6 dealing with Biochemistry, more specifically enzymes, more specifically inhibition. It #39;s called IB Chemistry for a Reason.

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World Travel : Trip 119 : South-East Asia, Thailand : Sale Keoku Park, near Nong Khai – Video

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World Travel : Trip 119 : South-East Asia, Thailand : Sale Keoku Park, near Nong Khai
Video/Movie Clip recorded on a 3 week trip to Thailand, October 2012. Sala Keoku is a park featuring giant fantastic concrete sculptures inspired by Buddhism and Hinduism. It is located near Nong Khai, Thailand in immediate proximity of the Thai-Lao border and the Mekong river. The park has been built by and reflects the personal vision of Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat and his followers (the construction started in 1978). It shares the style of Sulilat #39;s earlier creation, Buddha Park on the Lao side of Mekong, but is marked by even more extravagant fantasy and greater proportions. We spent a levely 2-3 hours wandering around looking at the many temples and sculptures, before ending our time at one of the many lakes, feeding the fishes.

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Crazy House in Da Lat Vietnam- World Travel with Kids, SouthEast Asia – Video

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http://www.thenomadicfamily.com One Stupid, Beautiful Idea! Not your boring we-are-so-perfectly-happy-on-the-road blah, blah, blah blog. Voted TOP TEN FAMILY TRAVEL BLOGS by Washington Post Communities because WE #39;RE HONEST. We cry, fight, and share when we seriously regret this lifestyle choice. We #39;re so normal it #39;s embarrassing.2 insane parents+ 3 very patient kids= 1 adventure of a lifetime. (Oh, and I like to curse. You have been forewarned.) WE ARE DYING FOR 1000 LIKES ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND 1000 TWITTER FRIENDS! Can you please help us? Tell your friends. Twitter http://www.twitter.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com Get our blog in your inbox: http://www.thenomadicfamily.com Subscribe to our Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com

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InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Named World’s Leading Hotel Brand at World Travel Awards

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15 January 2013

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has been awarded the Worlds Leading Hotel Brand for the fourth year running, as well as Worlds Leading Business Hotel for the second year in a row at the Grand Final Ceremony of the 2012 World Travel Awards in New Delhi, India.

Throughout 2012, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts also received a number of accolades during the World Travel Awards programme of regional ceremonies including:

Simon Scoot, IHGs Vice President Brands InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and IHG Global Resorts says of the awards: We are very proud to have won the award for the World's Leading Hotel Brand for the fourth year running, as well as so many other awards regionally throughout the year. For us, this is valuable recognition that our hotels and resorts continue to provide our guests with unrivalled insider knowledge in our many destinations around the world.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has presence in more than 60 countries with knowledge that comes from over 60 years of experience. The first hotel brand to offer global destination-specific concierge websites and videos, guests can have richer travel experiences by tapping into the collective knowledge of InterContinental Concierge teams in more than 120 destinations.

Established 19 years ago, the World Travel Awards acknowledge excellence in the travel and tourism industry, and is described by the Wall Street Journal as the Oscars of the Travel Industry. The results are based on 167,000 travel agencies, industry professionals and the general public from more than 160 countries.

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with nine hotel brands including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites, EVEN Hotels and HUALUXE Hotels & Resorts. IHG also manages Priority Club Rewards, the worlds first and largest hotel loyalty programme with over 69 million members worldwide.

IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,500 hotels and more than 672,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories. With more than 1,000 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG expects to recruit around 90,000 people into additional roles across its estate over the next few years.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Groups holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.

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SanBio Announces Enrollment Of The Second Cohort Of Patients In Its Clinical Trial Of Stem Cell Therapy For Chronic …

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --SanBio Inc. today announced the successful enrollment of the second dose cohort of patients in its Phase 1/2a clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of a novel allogeneic stem cell therapy product, SB623, in patients suffering from chronic deficits resulting from previous stroke injuries. The first 12 patients, of a planned total of 18, have been successfully administered SB623. The trial is being conducted at Stanford University, the University of Pittsburgh and Northwestern University. No safety concerns have been attributed to the cell therapy product. For details regarding this clinical trial, please refer to http://www.strokeclinicaltrial.org.

SB623 is derived from adult bone marrow and has shown safety and efficacy in rodent models of chronic stroke. "The successful completion of the first two dose cohorts of this pioneering clinical trial is a clear indication of the dedication and professionalism of the entire team," said Keita Mori, SanBio CEO.

SB623 is being delivered to the damaged region of the brains of patients who have suffered an ischemic stroke. Product safety is the primary focus of the study but various measurements of efficacy are also being tested.

"We are pleased with the safety findings of the study thus far," said Dr. Ernest Yankee, SanBio's Executive Vice President of Development. "We anticipate completing the enrollment of the third and final dose cohort early in the year and reporting the results shortly thereafter."

About SB623: SB623 is a proprietary cell therapy product consisting of cells derived from genetically engineered bone marrow stromal cells obtained from healthy adult donors. SB623 is administered adjacent to the area damaged by stroke and functions by producing proteins that aid the regenerative process.

About SanBio: SanBio is a privately held San Francisco Bay Area biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of new regenerative cell therapy products.

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A Cool and Candid Look Inside the International Space Station – Hosted by Astronaut Suni Williams – Video

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Here is an Interesting Candid tour of the International Space Station. Hosted by NASA astronaut Suni Williams (she #39;s one of the best). Living up 220 miles above the earth for months at a time, she takes you through the different modules to show you how things function in Micro Gravity, toilet and all... 😉 One thing she did not mentioned is... where the drinking water came from... by the way, there #39;s no up #39;s or down #39;s in space. This video is from NASA. No Copyright Infringement Intended. This video is paid for by Tax Dollar so it is Public Domain. All Credits goes to NASA. I only sort out the more interesting video so you do not have to watch other boring one #39;s.

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Soyuz Rocket Launches New Expedition 33 Crew to Space Station – Video

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Soyuz (Russian: #1057; #1086; #1102; #769; #1079;, IPA: [s #592; #712;jus]), Union) is a series of spacecraft initially designed for the Soviet space programme by the Korolyov Design Bureau in the 1960s, and still in service today. The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecraft and was originally built as part of the Soviet Manned Lunar programme. The Soyuz spacecraft is launched by the Soyuz rocket, the most frequently used and most reliable Russian launch vehicle to date.[1][2] The Soyuz rocket design is based on the Vostok launcher, which in turn was based on the 8K74 or R-7A Semyorka, a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile. Soyuz spacecraft are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first unmanned Soyuz mission was launched November 28, 1966; the first Soyuz mission with a crew (Soyuz 1) was launched April 23, 1967, but the cosmonaut on board, Vladimir Komarov, died during the flight #39;s crash-landing. Soyuz 2 was an unmanned mission, and Soyuz 3, launched on October 26, 1968, was the first successful Soyuz manned mission. The only other fatal mission, Soyuz 11, killed the crew of three also during re-entry due to premature cabin depressurization. Despite these early fatalities, Soyuz is presently widely considered the world #39;s safest, most cost-effective human spaceflight system[3] as demonstrated by its unparalleled length of operational history.

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Game on: European student codes reach Space Station

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Operating droids in space was no obstacle for a German-Italian alliance to reach the finish line of the Zero Robotics tournament. The European winners commanded mini-robots to dodge virtual dust clouds and rendezvous with disabled satellites, all in the weightlessness of the International Space Station.

This year's competition gave over 130 high-school students from across Europe the opportunity to operate droids in space by coding software.

Six alliances made of teams from Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal witnessed how their computer codes worked in the Space Station from ESA's ESTEC space research and technology centre in the Netherlands

The RetroSpheres space game involved two mini-robots racing through a course using the least amount of fuel. During the three-minute programmed dance, the volleyball-sized spheres moved using 12 squirts of compressed gas.

Competitors could collect extra fuel from decommissioned satellites and deorbit the satellites for extra points while navigating through their opponent's dust clouds.

European champions

"It is really special to see what these students have created and get to operate their algorithms in space," said NASA's Kevin Ford on the Station. The astronaut, together with crewmate Tom Marshburn, set up the matches from Japan's Kibo laboratory.

The team with the most fuel left over in the European finals was the BEER alliance - the Brotherhood of Esteemed European Researchers. German and Italian high-school students developed the software that calculated the winning path for their robot in an exciting final game that demonstrated Newton's laws of motion.

Robotic future

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Nasa's Next Space Station Project Is Inflatable

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Nasa is set to expand the International Space Station with an inflatable module made by a private company.

Bigelow Aerospace is producing the new module for $17.8 million, which in comparison to most Nasa projects is remarkably cheap.

The exact specification of the module has not been announced, but it is thought to be similar to the BA 330 prototypes which are already orbiting Earth.

It is also expected that SpaceX will help Bigelow to launch the module into space - the two already have a launch scheduled for 2015.

Nasa said:

"The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will demonstrate the benefits of this space habitat technology for future exploration and commercial space endeavors."

The full details of the expansion will be announced on Wednesday, Nasa said. Images of Bigelow Aerospace's modules on its websites depict a live-work space rather than a science lab, though it is unclear if this will reflect the final design.

"This partnership agreement for the use of expandable habitats represents a step forward in cutting-edge technology that can allow humans to thrive in space safely and affordably, and heralds important progress in U.S. commercial space innovation."

Above: Deputy Administrator Lori Garver of NASA is given a tour of the Bigelow Aerospace facilities by the company's President Robert Bigelow February 4, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Crew Members

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NASA and its international partners have named several future International Space Station expedition crews. They include NASA astronauts Steve Swanson, Reid Wiseman, Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts.

Swanson was born in Syracuse, N.Y., but considers Steamboat Springs, Colo., his hometown. Wiseman is from Baltimore and is a commander in the U.S. Navy. Wilmore, a captain in the U.S. Navy, is from Mount Juliet, Tenn. Virts, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, was born in Baltimore, but considers Columbia, Md., his hometown.

Swanson and his two Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) crewmates will join Expedition 39 in progress. That expedition will begin in March 2014. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, the expedition's commander; NASA's Richard Mastracchio; and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin already will be aboard.

Swanson and his crewmates are scheduled to launch in April 2014. Expedition 39 will consist of the following crew members:

-- Wakata, station commander-- Mastracchio, flight engineer-- Tyurin, flight engineer-- Swanson, flight engineer-- Alexander Skvortsov of Roscomos, flight engineer-- Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, flight engineer

Expedition 40 will begin in May 2014. The second half of the crew is scheduled to launch in June 2014. Expedition 40 will consist of the following crew members:

-- Swanson, station commander-- Skvortsov, flight engineer-- Artemyev, flight engineer-- Wiseman, flight engineer-- Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos, flight engineer-- Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA), flight engineer

Expedition 41 will begin in September 2014. The remainder of the crew is scheduled to launch in October 2014. Expedition 41 will consist of the following crew members:

-- Suraev, station commander-- Wiseman, flight engineer-- Gerst, flight engineer-- Wilmore, flight engineer-- Yelena Serova of Roscosmos, flight engineer-- Alexander Samoukutyaev of Roscosmos, flight engineer

Expedition 42 will begin in November 2014. The other half of the team is scheduled to launch in December 2014. Once on the station, Expedition 42 will include the following crew members:

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Space Station Astronaut Calls for Peace on Earth

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From high above Earth, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is broadcasting a message of peace for the people of Earth, with a little help from 200,000 Twitter fans.

The three-time spaceflyer, a flight engineer and prolific Twitter user on the International Space Station, spoke solemnly Thursday (Jan. 10) about a picture he recently took of war-torn Syria.

The picture had special poignancy given that the Earth appears as "one place" from orbit, Hadfield told reporters in a press conference at the Canadian Space Agency's headquarters near Montreal, Quebec.

"When we do look down on a place that is in great turmoil or strife, it's hard to reconcile the inherent patience and beauty of the world with the terrible things that we can do to each other as people, and can do to the Earth itself, locally," Hadfield said from space.

Hadfield, 53, spent his first three weeks in orbit sending dozens of pictures of his view on Earth. That, plus a Twitter chat with Star Trek actor William Shatner and other celebrities, propelled his social media account @Cmdr_Hadfield on to the world stageafter his launch Dec. 19.

This weekend, Hadfield's Twitter feed surpassed 200,000 followers. As of Sunday (Jan. 13), the count was at 204,630 fans.

"Thats probably the reason we work so hard to communicate what were doing up here, as an international team ... to just try to give people just a little glimpse of that global perspective, of that understanding that were all in this together, and that this is a spaceship, but so is the world."

'A lot of the world's territory'

Chris Hadfield, who will be Canada's first space station commander in March when he takes charge, played down his sudden celebrity on Twitter, saying that he is "just a member of the rest of the team here". He attributed his popularity to the "fundamentally fascinating" work that he and the rest of the station's six-man Expedition 34 creware performing in space. [Photos by Space Station's Expedition 34Crew]

"With these new technologies in communications, we can directly give people the human side of that. The fact that now, gosh, more than 150,000 people are directly following us every day I think its just a direct measure of how important and useful this is in the human experience."

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Space station to test $17 million inflatable room

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NASA will use Bigelow's Expandable Activity Module to determine the potential benefits of inflatables for exploration and commercial space work.

The Bigelow Aerospace BA 330.

NASA has awarded a contract to explore ways to potentially expand the International Space Station.

The agency announced last week that Bigelow Aerospace has been awarded a $17.8 million contract to deliver to the agency an inflatable extension for the space station. According to NASA, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module "will demonstrate the benefits of this space habitat technology for future exploration and commercial space endeavors."

Inflatable space technology is nothing new. In fact, the first passive communications satellites -- Echo 1 and Echo 2 -- were both inflatable. NASA determined in 1958 that the satellites would be too big to fit into the Thor-Delta rocket, so scientists decided to allow the satellites to inflate when they got into space.

The idea of a self-contained inflatable habitat for space exploration has even been in place for decades. However, due to NASA budget constraints, the so-called "Transit Habitat," which was to help get crews to Mars with inflatable technology, was cancelled in 2000.

Bigelow, founded in the late 1990s, has been working on its own inflatable habitats for years. The company currently offers a BA 330 inflatable habitat that can be both added on to existing stations or operate on its own. The BA 330 has 330 cubed meters of volume and support up to six crewpeople for an extended period of time. According to Bigelow, the BA 330's radiation protection can at least match that of the International Space Station. The habitat's "aluminum can" design includes four large windows for occupants to look out into space.

It's not clear whether the BA 330 or another habitat has been commissioned by NASA. However, the space agency plans to hold a press event with Bigelow on Wednesday to discuss their plans.

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The Parson Red Heads I Miss Your Smile 2012-12-15 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR Evan Way - vocals, guitar Brette Marie Way - drums, vocals Sam Fowles - guitars, vocals Charlie Hester - bass, vocals Steve Taylor - keys http://www.theparsonredheads.com

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