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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Roche to file T-DM1 breast cancer drug on good data
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Revival of the American elm tree
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Ottawa, Ontario -- A healthy century old American elm on the campus of the University of Guelph could hold the key to reviving the species that has been decimated by Dutch elm disease (DED). This tree is an example of a small population of mature trees that have resisted the ravages of DED. A study published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research (CJFR) examines using shoot buds from the tree to develop an in vitro conservation system for American elm trees.
"Elm trees naturally live to be several hundred years old. As such, many of the mature elm trees that remain were present prior to the first DED epidemic," says Praveen Saxena, one of the authors of the study. "The trees that have survived initial and subsequent epidemics potentially represent an invaluable source of disease resistance for future plantings and breeding programs."
Shoot tips and dormant buds were collected from a mature tree that was planted on the University of Guelph campus between 1903 and 1915. These tips and buds were used as the starting material to produce genetic clones of the parent trees. The culture system described in the study has been used successfully to establish a repository representing 17 mature American elms from Ontario. This will facilitate future conservation efforts for the American elm and may provide a framework for conservation of other endangered woody plant species.
The American elm was once a mainstay in the urban landscape before DED began to kill the trees. Since its introduction to North America in 1930, Canada in 1945, DED has devastated the American elm population, killing 80% of the trees.
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The study "In vitro conservation of American elm (Ulmus americana): potential role of auxin metabolism in sustained plant proliferation" is published in the April issue of CJFR. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/cjfr
For more information contact:
Corresponding author: Praveen Saxena (e-mail: psaxena@uoguelph.ca).
Full Reference:
Shukla, M.R., Jones, A.M.P., Sullivan, J.A., Liu, C., Gosling, S., Saxena, P.K. 2012. In vitro conservation of American elm (Ulmus americana): potential role of auxin metabolism in sustained plant proliferation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42(4): 686, doi: 10.1139/ X2012-022. [This article is available Open Access at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/X2012-022]
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Share ] Contact: Praveen Saxena
psaxena@uoguelph.ca
Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)
Ottawa, Ontario -- A healthy century old American elm on the campus of the University of Guelph could hold the key to reviving the species that has been decimated by Dutch elm disease (DED). This tree is an example of a small population of mature trees that have resisted the ravages of DED. A study published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research (CJFR) examines using shoot buds from the tree to develop an in vitro conservation system for American elm trees.
"Elm trees naturally live to be several hundred years old. As such, many of the mature elm trees that remain were present prior to the first DED epidemic," says Praveen Saxena, one of the authors of the study. "The trees that have survived initial and subsequent epidemics potentially represent an invaluable source of disease resistance for future plantings and breeding programs."
Shoot tips and dormant buds were collected from a mature tree that was planted on the University of Guelph campus between 1903 and 1915. These tips and buds were used as the starting material to produce genetic clones of the parent trees. The culture system described in the study has been used successfully to establish a repository representing 17 mature American elms from Ontario. This will facilitate future conservation efforts for the American elm and may provide a framework for conservation of other endangered woody plant species.
The American elm was once a mainstay in the urban landscape before DED began to kill the trees. Since its introduction to North America in 1930, Canada in 1945, DED has devastated the American elm population, killing 80% of the trees.
###
The study "In vitro conservation of American elm (Ulmus americana): potential role of auxin metabolism in sustained plant proliferation" is published in the April issue of CJFR. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/cjfr
For more information contact:
Corresponding author: Praveen Saxena (e-mail: psaxena@uoguelph.ca).
Full Reference:
Shukla, M.R., Jones, A.M.P., Sullivan, J.A., Liu, C., Gosling, S., Saxena, P.K. 2012. In vitro conservation of American elm (Ulmus americana): potential role of auxin metabolism in sustained plant proliferation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42(4): 686, doi: 10.1139/ X2012-022. [This article is available Open Access at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/X2012-022]
About the Publisher
NRC Research Press, which began as the publishing arm of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in 1929, transitioned in September 2010 from NRC and the Federal Government of Canada into an independent not-for-profit organization operating under the new name Canadian Science Publishing. Canadian Science Publishing (which continues to operate its journals under the brand NRC Research Press) is the foremost scientific publisher in Canada, publishing 15 of its own journals and providing advanced electronic publishing services to its clients. With over 50 highly skilled experts and an editorial team comprising some of the world's leading researchers, NRC Research Press (Canadian Science Publishing) communicates scientific discoveries to over 175 countries.
Disclaimer
Canadian Science Publishing operates under the brand NRC Research Press but is not affiliated with the National Research Council Canada. Papers published by Canadian Science Publishing are peer-reviewed by experts in their field. The views of the authors in no way reflect the opinions of Canadian Science Publishing or the National Research Council of Canada. Requests for commentary about the contents of any study should be directed to the authors.
PLEASE CITE Canadian Science Publishing (operating under the brand NRC Research Press), AND OUR WEBSITE, http://nrcresearchpress.com, AS THE SOURCE OF THE PREVIOUS ITEM. IF PUBLISHING ONLINE, PLEASE CARRY A HYPERLINK TO http://nrcresearchpress.com/action/showNews?filter=recent.
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Statins, Cholesterol & Your Health | Fitness Coach Mark
Statins and Your Health
Thirty six million Americans take a statin every day, generating annual sales of 26 billion for the manufacturers, and making two statins ? Lipitor and Zocor ? the top two best-selling drugs in the USA. Numerous doctors are coming forward and taking a different stance on statin usage.
Osteopathic physician Dr. Joesph Mercola has stated the following, ?That these drugs have proliferated the market the way they have is a testimony to the power of marketing, corruption and corporate greed, because the odds are very high? greater than 100 to 1?that if you?re taking a statin, you don?t really need it.?
Is Dr. Mercola alone? Hardly! In fact, way back in 1977 five studies came to the conclusion that total cholesterol is a not a risk factor for heart disease. What about the touted ?bad? LDL cholesterol (that actually serves beneficial roles in the body)? The same studies showed that LDL is marginal at best for predicting heart problems, and that your Triglyceride:HDL ratio was the best predictor of heart disease.
In fact dozens of studies show that low levels of cholesterol (below 150) increase our risk of cancer seven-fold, and levels below 160 can increase one?s risk of stroke and mental diseases. To me this makes perfect sense as our brain is heavily dependent upon cholesterol to properly function. More than twenty studies show that seniors with high cholesterol live longer than those with low cholesterol.
Dr. George Mann who is part of one of the longest running trials spanning three generations describes the cholesterol topic as, ?Greatest scam in the history of medicine?.
The question begs to be asked; if total cholesterol is meaningless for heart health, why are statins prescribed, and do they actually show to be of benefit? Dr. Dwight Lundell, heart surgeon who has performed over 5,000 heart surgeries explains what the research actually shows behind statin medications:
- Do modestly lower heart attack rates in middle-aged men with heart disease
- DO NOT lower death rates in men who do not have heart disease
- DO NOT decrease death rates or heart attack rates in women
- May not be beneficial due to cholesterol lowering effects, but are anti-inflammatory
Whether or not a statin should be prescribed to you is easy, just look at the first three bullet points above. Which category do you fall into?
What about the side effects of statin drugs? I could devote a whole article to these, but in short they include: memory loss, increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart failure, muscle aches and pains and tendon/ligament damage. Some of the side effects can be lessened by discussing Co-Q10 (better yet Ubiquinol) supplementation with your doctor. Statin medications can deplete Co-Q10 levels in the body by 50% in just thirty days. Co-Q10 is vital to every cell in your body for energy production and especially for your heart.
To summarize, statin drugs carry a host of side effects and are proven to only be effective for an extremely small percentage of the population. The fact that they are anti-inflammatory leads me to question, are there safer alternatives out there that can accomplish the same thing? Be in charge of your health and work with your doctor to come up with the best strategy to improve your health. Very rarely will the best answer be in a prescription bottle.
A few really great videos on the subject can be found here:
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
PFT: Sanchez is the key to making this work
APDonovan McNabb was a failure playing for Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan in Washington, and McNabb thinks Robert Griffin III will be a failure in the Shanahans? offense, too. But that won?t be Griffin?s fault.
Asked on ESPN First Take if Griffin is a good fit with the offense the Shanahans run in Washington, McNabb answered, ?No.?
McNabb, who was benched in his only season playing for the Redskins, said that if the Redskins, as expected, take Griffin with the second overall pick in the NFL draft, the father-and-son Shanahan combination will try to force Griffin into their own offensive system, rather than modifying their offense to capitalize on Griffin?s strengths.
?A lot of times ego gets too involved when it comes to being in Washington,? McNabb said.
Where ego comes into play, McNabb said, is that the Shanahans think a quarterback has to fit himself into their offense ? the same offense that Kyle Shanahan ran when he was the Houston Texans? offensive coordinator ? rather than tailoring their offense to accentuate the quarterback?s strengths.
?Here?s a guy coming out who?s very talented, mobile, strong arm, we?ve already heard he?s intelligent, football mind,? McNabb said of Griffin. ?Are you going to cater the offense around his talent, and what he?s able to do, or are you going to bring the Houston offense with Matt Schaub over to him and have him kind of be embedded in that??
McNabb then took a shot at both Mike Shanahan and the other quarterbacks who have played for them, saying that Shanahan hasn?t had success with a quarterback since John Elway in the 1990s.
?We talk so much about Mike Shanahan and the things he was able to do in Denver,? McNabb said. ?Well, I have a couple of names for you that Mike Shanahan ? quarterbacks he?s coached ? and the lack of success that he?s had.?
At that point, McNabb ran down the last decade of quarterbacks Shanahan has coached (although McNabb curiously excluded himself from the list) and proceeded to suggest that the win-loss record proves Shanahan had failed with all of them.
?We had John Beck, who was 0-4,? McNabb said. ?Rex Grossman: 6-11. Jay Cutler, who was his prize possession: 17-20. Jake Plummer, a guy who had success, led them to the AFC Championship against Pittsburgh, as we know, and then benched him the next year, because he wouldn?t do what he wanted him to do. Brian Griese, who was supposed to be the heir apparent to John Elway, hasn?t had a lot of success.?
McNabb then suggested that if Shanahan can?t make the offense work with Griffin, Shanahan could be fired at the end of the season.
?I don?t think it?s a good fit,? McNabb said. ?If this doesn?t work this year, if we don?t see a splash like a Cam Newton splash, this could be it. . . . How long does he have with RG3? The seat is hot right now.?
McNabb compared his own talents to Griffin?s talents, and McNabb indicated that Shanahan doesn?t know how to use a quarterback with those talents.
?I was misused,? McNabb said. ?Absolutely, I was misused.?
And McNabb thinks Griffin will be misused, too.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Apple taken to court over claims of false 4G LTE iPad advertising in Australia
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission is going after Apple for advertising the new iPad as 4G capable, even though it's not compatible with their networks. The ACCC says they're after "injunctions, pecuniary penalties, corrective advertising and refunds to consumers affected" in this case.
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7 Reasons to Study for a Masters in Finance Degree | Bangladesh ...
7 Reasons to Study for a Masters in Finance Degree
Be convinced to enroll in a Master Degree in Finance
by learning seven hard-to-resist reasons.
For finance professionals and those who are planning to start a career in finance, here are seven reasons why you should study for a Masters in Finance degree.? One, it is the most reasonable next step after earning a Bachelor?s degree from university.? While most college graduates decide to take a break or begin looking for work, some consider it wise to pursue graduate studies right away while they are still used to being in a learning environment.
Two, a Master in Finance degree makes one?s credentials look more attractive and the person more employable.? The individual who has decided to take a Master?s degree immediately after college could very well end up getting a better job than someone who straight away looked for a job without first building credentials.? Employers have a high regard for a Master?s diploma.
It is not exactly a bad thing to get a job immediately after college.? The finance professional could earn a few years of work experience and then go back to school for post-university education.? With a Master?s degree and a few years of work experience, the finance employee may be moved to a better job position.
A third reason why you should take a Master?s program in Finance is the training for future promotions.? Some leading corporations identify their most reliable and promising employees, pay for their education and offer them higher-level job positions.? This is such a handsome deal.
In most cases, corporations pay half of the schooling costs and you pay the other half.? That still is a good deal.? Getting your employer to sanction your studies means he understands that you may need a little leniency at work.
Four, a promotion leads to pay increases.? People get employment to make money to pay the bills, send the children to school, pay for mortgage, save for the rainy days, and afford a few conveniences in life.? A student may have to pay tuition and spend some money while studying in a graduate course for two years, but the rewards to come later more than make up for the school expenses.
America and the rest of the world are still battling to completely recover from the global economic crunch that has plagued a number of world economies.? Times are hard, people have been laid off and salary increases are hard to come by.? In any given economic situation, corporations are much more ready to invest in employees with very good credentials.
Five, studying through a Masters in Finance will educate you on several finance concepts, principles, theories, instruments, and strategies that you did not learn in university.? The Masters curriculum includes deeper courses and subject matter.? Some of these are on financial economics, financial management, market risks, budgets, investment management, behavioral finance, and so on.
Six, compared with an MBA (Masters in Business Administration), a Master?s of Science in Finance (M.Fin.) provides more focus on the study of finance and finance concepts.? MBA is much broader since it basically aims to provide training in business administration.? While MBA may be more popular, M.Fin. is more intentional and practical.
Seven and finally, enroll in a Masters in Finance to personally improve yourself as an individual. Education promotes self-confidence; more education, more self-confidence.? Over and above the professional benefits, studying for a graduate degree makes people more confident, prepared, responsible, driven, and fulfilled.
? How to Choose the Right School for Your Online Masters Degree Programs
Source: http://www.ben-center.org/finance/7-reasons-to-study-for-a-masters-in-finance-degree/
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Monday, March 26, 2012
The looming Legal Battle of 3D Printing | 3D Print Plan | All about 3D ...
Vested interests protect their business models.
The cotton growers lobbied the US govt to outlaw Hemp. Australian Mining Companies are doing everything they can to stop the looming Mining Tax. A vocal minority continues to say climate change is a hoax when 97% of climate scientists believe climate change is real.
Are these groups right or wrong? Well hindsight will tell us, but for now we must remain vigilant.
Feathers ? the need a-ruffling!
According to Michael Weinberg, a staff attorney at advocacy group Public Knowledge, the idea that anyone can scan, design, and 3D print anything will be a revolution that will ruffle some feathers.
?3D printing is a disruptive technology,? he said. ?When you are disrupting, when you?re making it so people don?t have to do things anymore, the people who are disrupted, and the people who charge for those things, aren?t always as excited as you are about them.?
Weinberg used the Internet as an example of disruptive technology.
?In the mid 90s, lot of people doing incredible things with computers, networked computers, all over the world,? he said. ?The disrupted industries and congress tried to find a solution, and in 1998, Congress passed the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). Basically, it sets the rules of the game for digital copyright. DMCA is not all bad, but it doesn?t necessarily reflect all the ways we would want things done if everyone who exists today had been tuned in in 1998.?
Physical Things generally don?t have copyright on them
Now, 3D printers aren?t computers. The things that people can create or copy on a computer and then easily distribute, such as music files, are protected by copyright. But 3D printers work in the physical world. ?While every photo and every article is protected by copyright, most physical things aren?t protected by copyright or any kind of intellectual property copyright,? Weinberg said. ?Objects that do things can?t be protected by copyright. Useful is drawn broadly. Clothing is a useful object. You can patent a pattern on a piece of clothing, but you can?t patent the cut.?
Enter DMCA
However, there have already been legal cases over 3D printing. A user on Thingiverse designed and printed the?Penrose Triangle, a famous optical illusion that isn?t supposed to be buildable in reality. Shortly thereafter, another user figured out how to print the Penrose?and posted the files on Thingiverse.?That first user sent a DMCA takedown, ?and the 3D printing world freaked out,? Weinberg said.
When someone sends a DMCA takedown, the article in question is removed (and if someone contests the takedown, the article is put back up). The problem with this case, Weinberg said, is that someone else invented the Penrose Prime, and an optical illusion might actually be considered a useful product. The case was settled when the user who initially figured out how to print the optical illusion dedicated the rights to the community and dropped the suit.
?There have been times when people have downloaded props from movies to 3D printed websites, and companies send DMCA takedowns,? Weinberg said. ?The sites say, ?okay,? and take them down.?
Weinberg reckons existing laws are handling 3D Printing ok
So far, Weinberg said, existing laws seem to be handling the 3D printing boom pretty well. But that could change. He said there are several ways to protect 3D printing, including introducing it to (the US) Congress now, and in a positive context. Heaven forbid that an Australian politician even knows what 3D Printing is!
?It should not be introduced when someone comes in an says, ?This pirate box is ruining my business!?? Weinberg says.
The best way to protect 3D printing, though, is to use it.
?The worst mistake would be to try to imagine a 3D printing dystopian future and then pass laws today that address those concerns in the dystopian future,? Weinberg says. ?That future would never have happened anyway, and the laws that you pass today are going to stop production innovation and shape it in a way that?s not useful. So instead of imagining a bad thing in the future, have a little confidence in the hundreds of years of intellectual property law up till now, where it?s always been possible to replicate physical objects. Ask: Is this a real problem? Are the laws we have now unable to address them? This technology is something worth protecting, or at least something worth not immediately smothering.?
So in short, use 3D Printing, tell people about it, and remain vigilant to copyright trolls.
Source
The rest is here: The looming Legal Battle of 3D Printing
Source: http://www.3dprintplan.com/2012/03/26/the-looming-legal-battle-of-3d-printing/
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Troubled Saguache County Credit Union sold to Aventa
Aventa Credit Union of Colorado Springs has purchased assets of Saguache County Credit Union (SCCU) of Moffat, the Colorado Division of Financial Services announced Friday night.
The division seized SCCU last July 22 because of what officials called its deteriorating financial condition.
Friday, the division said in a statement that it "made the decision to liquidate SCCU and discontinue its operations after determining the credit union was insolvent with no prospect for restoring viable operations."
The agency appointed the National Credit Union Administration, which has operated SCCU since its seizure, as its liquidating agent.
> DBJ Special Report: Colorado's troubled banks.
SCCU has offices in Moffat, Crestone and Center, in the upper San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. It serves 3,185 members and has assets of about $17 million.
Its members will now be members of Aventa and services will continue as usual, officials said.
Aventa was launched in 1957 as the Colorado Springs city employee's credit union. It merged with the Pueblo city employees credit union in 2010.
With the SCCU acquisition, Aventa now has 21,000 members.
SCCU had been listed among six Colorado banks and two credit unions that seized SCCU last July 22 because of what officials called its deteriorating financial condition.
Friday, the division said in a statement that it "made the decision to liquidate SCCU and discontinue its operations after determining the credit union was insolvent with no prospect for restoring viable operations."
The agency appointed the National Credit Union Administration, which has operated SCCU since its seizure, as its liquidating agent.
> DBJ Special Report: Colorado's troubled banks.
SCCU has offices in Moffat, Crestone and Center, in the upper San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. It serves 3,185 members and has assets of about $17 million.
Its members will now be members of Aventa and services will continue as usual, officials said.
Aventa was launched in 1957 as the Colorado Springs city employee's credit union. It merged with the Pueblo city employees credit union in 2010.
With the SCCU acquisition, Aventa now has 21,000 members.
SCCU had been listed among six Colorado banks and two credit unions that received financial-health ratings of zero, the lowest rating, for the first quarter from Bauer Financial Inc., a Coral Gables, Fla.-based bank-rating company. All had zero ratings in Bauer?s last quarterly report as well.
The others were:
- Advantage Bank, Loveland.
- Champion Bank, Parker.
- Grand Mountain Bank, Granby.
- Mile High Bank, Longmont.
- Premier Bank, Denver.
- Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust, Florence.
- Gunnison Western Federal Credit Union, Gunnison.
The DBJ's Heather Draper contributed reporting.
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