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Micro-Needle Dermal Roller Use in the Treatment Room
Recently micro-needle dermal rollers have been getting a lot of media attention. As a practitioner who specializes in acupuncture facial rejuvenation, I know that skin needling with a dermal roller (also known as collagen induction therapy), promotes the natural reproduction of collagen and elastin, making the skin feel smoother and tighter.
Understanding Epigenetics
Chronic heightened emotional states create a perfect breeding ground for illness. Through my practice I noted the increasingly obvious relationship between one's mental focus on negative thinking, emotions, resistance to experiencing feelings and disease.
Capturing the Essence of Tai Chi
Over the last 12 years, I have been working on one of the few documentaries about Tai Chi. It's called The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West and it's about Cheng Man-Ching who moved to New York in the 1960s.
Are You Ignoring the 10,000-Hour Rule?
Having trained interns and mentored new practitioners, it has been my observation that their No. 1 clinical concern is adjusting skills. Their second clinical concern is their ability to read X-rays. Physical diagnostic skills are a distant third.
Are You Ready for the 2016 Patient?
In October, Apple released its iOS 8 operating system for the iPhone and iPad. The new system includes Health, a new app that will interface with an ever-growing number of other apps.
Introduce Your Patients to Collagen Induction Therapy
Cutaneous (skin) aging generally occurs from either intrinsic or extrinsic processes. Intrinsic aging results from natural skin tissue damage and degeneration.
Implications of Section 2706: The Non-Discrimination Provision Survey
In late April 2014, NCCAOM diplomates received an email survey with the subject line: "End discrimination against acupuncturists" polling CAM practitioners for a Request for Information from the Department of Health and Human Services, released in mid-March.
Step by Step: Long-Term Treatment of Soft-Tissue Injuries Combines Skill and Care
Treating soft-tissue injuries with long-lasting results starts the moment an individual enters the office. When it comes to pain, the only thing that matters to the patient is relief.
Following the Thinking of the Classics
I have heard about the "best time of day" to carry out certain examinations or therapies. For example, I remember making a note years ago that early morning is the best time to take someone's pulses.
The Acupuncture Now Foundation: What Our Profession Needs
Although acupuncture is growing in popularity it continues to be underutilized due to misunderstandings about its true potential. Only a fraction of those who could be helped by acupuncture know enough to seek it out.
Chinese Medicine: The Natural Way to Children's Wellness
As a child, I did not like going to the doctor. For the most part, when I had to go I wasn't feeling good to begin with, and I was heading into a sterile environment to be awkwardly probed by a man in a white coat for a very short, impersonal period of time.
Foundation for Chiropractic Progress Announces First Group Member
The Michigan Association of Chiropractors has joined the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress as its first group member.
Home Safety: Help Families Avoid Common Injury Hazards at Home
These days, many parents childproof their homes before a baby is even mobile. You will see an array of electrical outlet covers, bumpers on the corners of the coffee table and safety latches on the cupboards.
Inspire Your Patients to Make Healthy Choices
Have you tried to get your patients to change their eating habits or their diet and couldn't get them to succeed? Were they confused and unsure of what the right thing was to eat? You are not alone!
Make Low-Level Laser Therapy Part of Your Evidence-Based Practice
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), also referred to as photobiomodulation, has been increasingly utilized in the clinical setting over the past decade.
Why Drugs and Supplements Can't Cure Disease
Chronic diseases are the outcome of disease-promoting, goal-oriented behaviors. So, the notion that diseases can be cured with drugs or supplements should be abandoned. Hypertension is the best example of this.
Solving the Pain Puzzle
Legendary former New York Yankees baseball player Yogi Berra once said, "You can observe a lot just by watching." He would have been a great chiropractor. We are trained to become experts with our hands: palpation, adjusting, soft-tissue release, etc.
DC App – The Next Generation
According to a survey by technology firm CDW, health care professionals gain approximately 1.2 hours per day in productivity simply by using a tablet computer in practice.
Meat in the Middle
Have you ever wondered what's the truth about meat? Is it really as bad as many people think?
The Power of Mu Xiang to Treat Irritable Bowel Disease
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Acupuncture Detox as Part of Drug Rehabilitation
In the U.S., more than 2,000 alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs have added ear acupuncture to their practice. The development of the protocol was determined by Lincoln Hospital as it delivered 100 acupuncture treatments daily.
The Death of the Travel Card
As long as I have been in practice, the travel card has stood as the primary style of documentation for chiropractic. It is quick, simple and direct. Unfortunately, the rules have changed.
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Is It Time for a Popeye Moment? The Flaw in Recommending Chiropractic as a Career.
Treating Chronic Depression with Acupressure
In Traditional Chinese Medicine there already exists a comprehensive theory linking the body and mind.
Avoiding "Just a Pop Doc" Syndrome
Yes, it's harsh. Patients don't like to admit it. They have an unspoken plan when they first visit you: to come one time, get rid of their pain and then get rid of you. They know it's unrealistic, but they'd like to pay nothing for this service.
Treating Acute and Chronic Neck Pain With Ischemic Compression and Exercise
There are many reasons not to manipulate the neck with cavitation: the patient is too old, their neck is too tight, etc. But the most common reason is that plenty of patients are afraid of "the crack," mostly because of the bad publicity about that procedure.
Treating Menopausal Women in Your Practice
I love what I do for a living. It's a great way to trade health for bread. And no topic of health, with the right bedside manner, is taboo.
It Pays to be a Foodie
If there is an inner foodie in you, just waiting to burst out—this article is for you! Do you want to know how I know? I'm that girl. My middle name might as well be "Foodie." I love food! And if my patients are any indication, many of them do as well.
Peer Points: Promoting TCM Knowledge
When Elaine Wolf Komarow, LAc, received her first acupuncture treatment in 1989, she said it changed her life. "I felt more aware, calmer, and happier. I was so fascinated by the changes that I began to learn everything I could about the underlying philosophy of Chinese medicine," said Komarow.
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Hurricane Relief Efforts Reach Gulf Region
By Editorial Staff
It's been about two months since Hurricane Katrina ripped through Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, leaving nothing but devastation in its wake. Right on the heels of this Category 5 monster came Katrina's evil twin, Hurricane Rita.Just when this region could take no more, Rita put Texas in its sites and re-flooded areas in the Gulf Coast that had just become dry.
As with previous national disasters, the massage community came together to offer its resources, its time and its finances to help those most affected rebuild. The heartbreaking stories of loss came pouring from the region and the massage community answered quickly with a variety of fundraisers, Web sites and volunteers who headed into the region to help victims and rescue workers.
Massage Today created a Web page solely designed for massage practitioners who want to take in a displaced massage therapist and/or help them find temporary massage work. To post a message, visit http://displacedtherapists.massagetoday.com.
The Carolina Emergency Response Massage Team (CERMT) and Emergency Response Massage International (ERMI) went to Gulfport, Miss. and will be rotating teams in on a weekly basis until December. If any therapist is interested in helping with the Katrina massage relief effort, contact Doug E. Rasmusson, LBMT, at or (828) 215-9195.
The Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals has developed a comprehensive section of its Web site devoted to information and volunteer opportunities related to both recent hurricanes. Links are provided with information about Hurricane Katrina and the continuing efforts in the Gulf coast, Hurricane Rita and the efforts in Texas, various fundraisers around the country, the spa community's efforts, healing touch for animals affected by these disasters as well as information about how to reach the Red Cross. For more information about these opportunities, visit www.abmp.com/home/katrinaopportunities.html.
At its national convention in Albuquerque, N.M. in September 2005, the American Massage Therapy Association developed a Hurricane Katrina Massage Therapist Relief Plan. At the convention, members donated more than $3,000 as an initial contribution through the New Mexico chapter toward a national plan to help offset national dues and chapter fees for members in the affected areas. AMTA National will match the funds raised through this chapter program up to $50,000. AMTA also is coordinating a Practitioner Member Rebuilding Kit that includes basic equipment and supplies to help members whose practices were destroyed. AMTA also is offering free resume postings for members and nonmembers. If you have an opening for a massage therapist or you are a member from the affected area, you can post your information at www.amtamassage.org/AMTA-CareerCenter/.
SpaFinder.com also created a Web site to help those seeking, as well as those offering help. People from New York to California and everywhere in between posted offers of jobs, houses and relocation help to those looking to pick up the pieces. If you are interested in posting to this site, visit www.spas-helping-spas.com.
The Gulf Coast region will need help for months to come as they clean up the mess left behind by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. If you want to lend a helping hand, check these sites, as well as others such as the Red Cross, FEMA and the Salvation Army, to see if there is something you can do to help those in these devastated areas.
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Target pushes mall's facelift
Grant Park Shopping Centre gets $12-M redevelopment
Grant Park Shopping Centre is in the midst of a $12-million-plus three-phase redevelopment project that includes extensive upgrades to both the interior and exterior of the River Heights mall.
Grant Park's general manager said a combination of factors prompted mall owner Primaris Retail REIT to undertake the mall's first major upgrade/renovation project since 1996.
"I think part of it was that it was time, and part of it was the MLCC's (Manitoba Liquor Control Commission's) need to expand (its store in the mall)," Sandra Hagenaars said in an interview.
"And Target coming has certainly helped to push that as well," Hagenaars said in reference to the Target department store that will be opening late next year in the current Zellers location.
Hagenaars said the plan is to have all three phases of the project completed by the time the Target store opens next November.
"They are going to be a fabulous addition (to the mall)," she added.
Primaris is currently about halfway through the second phase of the redevelopment project, which got underway in the summer of 2011 when about a dozen mall tenants had to be moved to make way for the MLCC expansion.
Hagenaars said a startup date for Phase III hasn't been determined yet, but it likely will be soon after Phase II is completed.
Phase I, which cost $6.4 million, took about a year to complete. It included extending the MLCC store to the front of the shopping centre to create a new 15,500-square-foot outlet, realigning and upgrading almost 11,500 square feet of common-area space in the west wing of the mall and installing a new marquee entrance for the west wing, which is where the MLCC store is located.
Phase II, which will cost about $5.4 million, includes adding about 5,000 square feet to the front of the Shoppers Drug Mart store in the east wing of the mall, upgrading 5,000 square feet of common area near the centre of the mall, the re-leasing and re-merchandising of approximately 23,000 square feet of retail area in the mall and expanding and upgrading the public washrooms.
Hagenaars said some of the Phase II common-area upgrades are already done and the rest will be completed in January, after the Christmas shopping rush is over. That's also when the washroom renovations will get underway. They should be done sometime next spring.
The final plans for Phase III are still being worked on, but are expected to include similar upgrades and renovations to the common areas in the west wing of the mall, as well as adding space on the front of the future Target store.
Hagenaars said Primaris officials also feel upgrading the mall and giving it a fresh look will help attract new tenants and customers. There's evidence that is already happening.
Hagenaars said same-store sales are up about three per cent this year even though renovations are only partially completed. And three new stores are opening this month, with more expected in March next year.
"So it (the redevelopment) was a good move and will continue to be a good move," she said.
The three new stores opening this month are Glitz, which is relocating from Academy Road, Magic Cuts, which is relocating from the Zellers and a Rogers outlet.
Hagenaars said the 386,000-square-foot mall currently has about 65 tenants. That number is expected to grow to about 75 by the time the redevelopment is done.
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Another new condominium development is being planned for the St. Norbert area of south Winnipeg.
Eccelso Construction Consulting Services, which is owned by Jared Devloo, plans to build a four-phase, 30-unit condominium development on a vacant lot at 3373 Pembina Highway.
Architect Otto Cheng, of Otto Cheng Architect Inc., said the land has already been rezoned for residential use. He said the builder/project manager, Merit Construction Services, hopes to obtain building and foundation permits before the end of this month and to begin excavation work in January.
The condos in the Chateau Versailles Condominiums development will be two-storey, townhouse-style units with a partial basement, a garage, a driveway and a private entrance.
Most of them will be two-bedroom units, about 1,000 square feet in size, Cheng said. However, there may be a few three-bedroom corner units as well.
The condo pricing is still being finalized, and the projected cost of the project is not being disclosed, he said.
Cheng is also the architect for another proposed condo development in St. Norbert. That one, which was first reported in May last year, is on a vacant lot at 3411 Pembina Highway.
It was originally supposed to include a 56-room boutique hotel and 32 condo units in a single, French-chateau-styled complex. But Cheng said the property has since been sold to another developer, who now plans to do condos only.
He said the new redesign plans are still being worked on, and no further details will be released until plans are finalized.
Know of any newsworthy or interesting trends or developments in the local office, retail or industrial real estate sectors? Let real estate reporter Murray McNeill know at the email address below or at 204-697-7254.
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BUNA - Utility company crews responding to reports of a strong natural gas odor near Buna High School haven't found any leaks, according to information Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman provided to KFDM News.
Newman said the odor prompted Buna High School to move students to the cafeteria as a precaution. No evacuations were ordered in the neighborhood surrounding the school, where people also reported the odor.
Newman said students were allowed to return to class at about 2 p.m.
Crews from Centerpoint Energy searched for signs of a leak but couldn't find one. Newman told KFDM News the crews will search again Tuesday night when the school is vacant to ensure the safety of students when they return Wednesday.
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After suffering heartbreak in Australia when he was disqualified for exceeding the fuel flow limit, Daniel Ricciardo has finally secured his first podium in Formula 1 with a brilliant third place finish today in Spain.
The Australian driver started the race in P3, but dropped behind Valtteri Bottas off the start. However, when Williams went too far into the race before pitting the Finn, Ricciardo got the advantage back and moved into third place once again. He then had quite a lonely race from then on, but eased home to finish in third ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel.
He came home almost 50 seconds behind the Mercedes drivers, but he knew that third was the best he could wish for today.
"They were a long way ahead," Ricciardo said on the podium after the race. "I think coming into the race today, we knew a boring race would have been a pretty good one for us.
"We knew we didn't really have the pace for Mercedes, and we looked like a third placed car. In the end that's what it was."
Ricciardo acknowledged that it was a relatively trouble-free race, and merely about managing his pace and his tires to secure a podium finish.
"We had a pretty comfortable third place, and we just had to focus on getting the tires to two stops," he said. "Really nice to be on the podium, and I'm sure I'll get to keep it this time."
Ricciardo has made a superb start to his career with Red Bull, and with third place is now just six points behind esteemed teammate Sebastian Vettel. The team will now be hoping to make up some ground on Mercedes at the Monaco Grand Prix in two weeks' time, but for Ricciardo, finally getting this monkey off his back will mean a lot.
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$GILD $BIIB Not sure what s wrong with these two. Maybe they cured all patients and going out of business.
stocktwits 12 hours 48 minutes ago
$GILD $PCYC $JNJ $REGN $BIIB $MU $BAC $AAPL $GOOG Scaling back on Stocktwits,but Happy Thanksgiving!I will be around from time to time.GL
stocktwits 13 hours 34 minutes ago
$BIIB should be green by end of day?
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Robert Freedland sold $BIIB and now holds an allocation of 0.0% in their Healthcare Investment Portfolio
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$BIIB $BMY $RGLS $ICPT $RCPT Tell friends, family about VTAE over the turkey tom. New all time highs today. Float gone. Still time b4 $100
stocktwits 17 hours 14 minutes ago
$BIIB considering a major double-down at 302 -- whaddya think, now / or wait for 295
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$BIIB Can someone explain they beat previous 2 qtrs by more 30 cents consensus estimate but still trading close to its 6 months low
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$BIIB MS Drug Label Update To Include Fatal Brain Disease Risk http://www.bidnessetc.com/29879-biogens-biib-ms-drug-label-update-to-include-fatal-brain-disease-risk/
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$BIIB Previous ER they beat average consensus better than $CELG $REGN $GILD . surprised to see this is trading around 300 but others went up
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$BIIB Warren Buffet told me once any time this company under $305 buy it do not wait, once in a life time deal. $$BIIB$$
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$BIIB i rate this company 6 stars at $302.70, it is hot buy can not be any better, time to fly high.
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$BIIB best time to buy will be at $330 very soon.
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Scan results - Bearish Engulfing today: $HBAN $CBPX $OC $WRB $DRI $NVDQ $KITE $ORLY $BIIB $CHSP ... http://swingtradebot.com/events/14/equities?selected_date=2014-11-25
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$BIIB is Isis a catalyst for Biib in near future
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$BIIB's Tecfidera Label Updated After Rare Brain Infection Case http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-25/biogen-s-tecfidera-label-updated-after-rare-brain-infection-case.html via @BloombergNews
stocktwits Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:33 pm EST
$BIIB Why this isn t up on no pml action besides label is anazing
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$BIIB Deusche Bank Presentation on Dec 2 ..
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$BIIB Best case outcome
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$BIIB Changes nothing on tecifidera
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FDA says PML info being added to Biogen s $BIIB Tecfidera drug label
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The medical community looks into new med discoveries, inhibitors, mHealth, biomarkers, MS trials, spinal cord trials $BIIB $BTX $ILMN $ALNY
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$BIIB under 30/40wma
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Hot Bargains In Big Biotech $AMGN $AGN $GILD $REGN $CELG $BIIB $AVNR $ABBV http://www.talkmarkets.com/content/us-markets/hot-bargains-in-big-biotech?post=53519
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I ve been wrong about $RCPT impressive gains ($57.00 to $130.00) in 2 months. $BIIB $CELG $GILD weak and laggards. http://stocktwits.com/message/29586373
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Biogen Idec Initiated with a Buy at Leerink Swann $BIIB http://www.analystratings.com/2014/11/24/biogen-idec-initiated-buy-leerink-swann/
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By Tristan Harris Monday 03 December 2012 Updated: 10/12 09:51
TWO CRASHES on the M5 this morning (Monday) have led to long tailbacks for rush hour commuters.
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Luckily no one was seriously injured in the collisions, but, police say, the position of the cars on the carriageway has meant lengthy delays for drivers.
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A dedicated used machinery centre has been opened at an agricultural machinery firm's UK headquarters near Bury St Edmunds.
CLAAS UK's £1million development at Saxham was officially opened by Robert Everitt, the Mayor of St Edmundsbury.
The new centre will provide dedicated facilities to enable machinery to go through the initial stringent approval procedure, prior to being prepared and stored under cover for sale.
The development by the EDP Top100 company is the first stage in the further development of the CLAAS Used Approved scheme, which has now been expanded to cover all CLAAS self-propelled machines.
When the CLAAS Used Approved scheme was launched last year, it set a new standard within the agricultural industry for the approval and preparation of used tractors, the firm said.
The ceremony was attended by Thierry Panadero, the firm's regional president for western Europe, and Jan-Hendrick Mohr, its global vice president for sales and service.
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Eating lots of carbs may risk cognitive impairment
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People 70 and older who eat food high in carbohydrates have nearly four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, and the danger also rises with a diet heavy in sugar, Mayo Clinic researchers have found.Those who consume a lot of protein and fat relative to carbohydrates are less likely to become cognitively impaired, the study found. The findings are published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.The research highlights the importance of a well-rounded diet, says lead author Rosebud Roberts, M.B., Ch.B., a Mayo Clinic epidemiologist. "We think it's important that you eat a healthy balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat, because each of these nutrients has an important role in the body," Dr. Roberts says.Researchers tracked 1,230 people ages 70 to 89 who provided information on what they ate during the previous year. At that time, their cognitive function was evaluated by an expert panel of physicians, nurses and neuropsychologists. Of those participants, only the roughly 940 who showed no signs of cognitive impairment were asked to return for follow-up evaluations of their cognitive function. About four years into the study, 200 of those 940 were beginning to show mild cognitive impairment, problems with memory, language, thinking and judgment that are greater than normal age-related changes.Those who reported the highest carbohydrate intake at the beginning of the study were 1.9 times likelier to develop mild cognitive impairment than those with the lowest intake of carbohydrates. Participants with the highest sugar intake were 1.5 times likelier to experience mild cognitive impairment than those with the lowest levels.But those whose diets were highest in fat - compared to the lowest - were 42 percent less likely to face cognitive impairment, and those who had the highest intake of protein had a reduced risk of 21 percent.When total fat and protein intake were taken into account, people with the highest carbohydrate intake were 3.6 times likelier to develop mild cognitive impairment."A high carbohydrate intake could be bad for you because carbohydrates impact your glucose and insulin metabolism," Dr. Roberts says. "Sugar fuels the brain -- so moderate intake is good. However, high levels of sugar may actually prevent the brain from using the sugar -- similar to what we see with type 2 diabetes."This article was first published on www.newswise.com.
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Brink co-op demo still possible
Demo may come around beta time
Splash Damage are still looking at the possibility of putting together a co-op demo of their new title, Brink.
Paul Wedgewood, Splash Damage's CEO, told VG247 that they'd be considering a demo right around the time the game goes beta.
Wedgewood said: "We're still talking about what the right thing to do is there. In terms of project status, we're pre-beta, so we're doing a lot of balancing, working out what works, what doesn't, cutting things, that kind of thing."
He added: "Probably when we get to around beta, we'll make that decision, then Bethesda will make any announcements."
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On Sunday, Oceana received a subtle reference on HBO's hilarious show Curb Your Enthusiasm. Board member Ted Danson is a regular on the show and he appeared in this week's episode titled "The Anonymous Donor."
If you have a DVR or On Demand, check out the scene with Larry David, Ted and Sen. Barbara Boxer at the NRDC. If you can't watch it yourself, let me summarize:
LD and Ted are at the NRDC because Larry donated money for a new wing. (Ted donated too, but his was anonymous, which infuriates Larry because everyone still knows that Ted is "Anonymous" and because of that they see him as more noble). Larry goes up to Sen. Boxer to complain about the unwritten rules of dry cleaning when Ted walks up and Sen. Boxer starts gushing about him. She says Ted is a wonderful person and she admires the work he did with the "oceans foundation" 20 years ago and references the story about Ted's kids not being able to swim in the Bay. (Larry gets more upset and makes fun of Danson's motivation to save the ocean when his kids could have swam in his "400 foot pool").
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Timing, they say, is everything. Cliché, for sure, but BAE System's strategic decision a few years ago to buy, invest and reinvigorate newbuild and repair operations in Mobile, Alabama, seems poised to pay off handsomely as the U.S. maritime market faces a historic rebound.
As the energy profile of the United States changes, so too do the prospects for it commercial shipbuilding and repair sector, which virtually overnight has enjoyed an influx of new construction orders and general maritime business. The ATB and tank barge markets were long-thought dead, but with vast new sums of oil and gas in both the offshore and land-based being produced, so too comes the need to transport the goods to refinery and market, as well as the need to feed the inland energy production frenzy born from hydraulic fracturing, or Fracking.
Shipbuilding and repair in Mobile, Alabama is certainly not novel, as Mobile holds a long and proud tradition. While rich in history, this is not a story of looking back, rather forward, starting three years ago when BAE Systems took over the yard in Mobile and enacted a revitalization of a storied shipbuilding and repair facility that continues in earnest today.
"The main batteries of our business are the capital investment in piers, dry docks and cranes," said Vic Rhoades, Director, BAE Systems' Mobile, Alabama shipyard. Since the acquisition in July 2010 we have invested nearly $30m in capital improvements, and anticipate spending $10m over the next 24 months.
Upgrading the new construction facilities with robotics and automation, and investing in people has been one of our big successes."
Repair & Conversion Coexist
"We have two business approaches here: one is repair and conversion and the other is new construction," said Rhoades. "Both co-exist equally in the yard. Our repair business is 70% commercial; 30% other government, specifically MSC, MarAd and Coast Guard," as well as others. Predictably, the repair business is dominated by domestic Jones Act carriers, with about 15% of the shipyard's repair business coming from international carriers.
But as anyone in the ship repair and conversion business can attest, it is always a delicate balancing act to plan workload on the repair side of the house: when times are bad, owners tend to require bare bones work to keep ships in good regulatory order. When business is booming, owners want to keep assets in the market earning money, not sitting in drydock for maintenance and repair.
In assessing the impact of the global economic meltdown of 2008 and lingering tough economy through 2012, Rhoades offered this: "As an industry, it made us stronger. Smaller players and those without the financial wherewithal disappeared, and those that remained came back stronger. This business is not for the weak at heart: it's cyclical, it's feast or famine, difficult to level load; today we don't have enough people, tomorrow I don't have enough work due to the operators charter and repair schedules."
If running an efficient and effective repair yard were not difficult enough, running newbuild and repair operations in the same facility is traditionally a difficult act, too. "There is a reason why companies don't do both … and that's because it is very difficult to do," Rhoades succinctly summarized. "I am not sure we have a secret. It's two different mind-sets (on both accounts). On the repair side, it's about fixing what is pre-existing (similar to taking your car to a mechanic), and it doesn't necessarily have to be brand new when it is done," Rhoades said. "The work can be spec'd to that level but the owners normally decline due to cost. Owners want quality and timely repairs. On the newbuild side, everything is fit and finish, prim and proper … it is a higher level of completion. It's like buying a brand new car. It is difficult to make the transition from one side to the other. It's a different mindset of how you go about your day's work."
While Rhoades maintains there is no secret to success, he does admit that the cornerstone to the company's future lies not necessarily in machinery or space, rather people.
"The primary strength of our shipyard is without question our highly skilled workforce. Our employees commitment and professionalism are what makes us successful. The labor market on the Gulf Coast is very challenging. We compete daily with Tier 1, 2 and 3 yards for skilled labor. There isn't enough qualified personnel to go around. We're currently bringing in people from out of town. Long-term we're working with the state to establish educational grants, develop an apprenticeship program and trying to focus the school system on reinvigorating the blue collar workforce at a junior high level."
One key to finding and retaining good people is maintaining a steady log of business, and with the addition of the new construction business BAE Systems aims to do just that. The formula to date appears successful: when Rhoades came onboard three years ago when BAE Systems acquired the yard, the workforce was just shy of 500; today the workforce is 850 full time and 200 temporary employees.
New Emphasis on Newbuild
While BAE Systems continues to make a number of tangible investments in its Mobile facility, perhaps the most significant was the resurrection of its new construction business, bringing back Gene Caldwell as its director of new construction. Caldwell is well suited for the task at hand, given the ripe markets before him and the high level of investment from BAE Systems.
"I still see the PSV and oil and the energy circuit driving business," Caldwell said. "The Macondo incident effectively drained everything in the Gulf, so a lot of companies are in rebuilding mode." Newbuild targets for Caldwell and his colleagues are numerous, from vessels for the transportation of crude oil, including ATBs and tankers. Also, the market for multipurpose vessels, well intervention and well ops, as well as ROV support could be strong, according to Caldwell. "We thought the ATB building was done for awhile, but today we are fielding quite a few inquiries. (In fact) our newbuild sweet spot is the ATB market," said Caldwell. "ATBs based on our history of building them here; PSVs fall off nicely from there, and then the specialty vessels, with our diversity of labor talent."
While the current newbuild orderbook is diverse and impressive, the core revolves around energy, specifically the shale gas boom and its dramatic impact on the business and that of energy transportation in general. "They get it (oil) down to the Gulf of Mexico refineries (from the pipeline) and the refineries can't handle all of the volume, hence the need for the tankers to transport it to other refineries when it comes out of the pipeline," said Caldwell.
It is the newbuild side of the business that essentially is "carrying the water" today, as repair business dips as vessels stay in the market working. Current new construction business includes:
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Balancing newbuild and repair in the same shipyard is the task of Gene Caldwell, Director of New Construction.
Vic Rhoades, Director, BAE Systems' Mobile, Alabama shipyard.
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Mohammed Khan, 36, was found at 2.30am on 23rd September 2012 by an off-duty officer on Long Street. He had been in a crash and was found with serious injuries. He died in hospital. A post mortem examination found Mr Khan died from a stab wound to the neck and a murder investigation was launched.
Mr Khan had travelled from Leyburn to Easingwold. He went to the Horseshoe pub at 10pm for directions. He visited a takeaway in Spring Street. He later met three women outside the New Inn and drove them to the Horseshoe. This is where Mr Khan met Brabbs.
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Looking for a cygwin gcc able to both deal with -shared libraries and old fashioned
headers includes,
gcc-2.95.3-8 (2.95.3-8-20020922-1-src.tar.gz), that I found on the mingw site,
is the only one I managed to build under cygwin.
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build sequence:
mkdir /usr/local/gcc-2.95.3-8
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Compiling main.cpp
main.cpp: In function `int main(int, char **)':
main.cpp:19: `cout' undeclared (first use this function)
main.cpp:19: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
main.cpp:19: for each function it appears in.)
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5 Citizen Science Projects to Keep You Healthy!
By Arvind Suresh (Editor) November 10th, 2014 at 12:27 pm | Comment
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When Dog Vomit Smells Delightful
By Ian Vorster October 1st, 2014 at 10:15 am | Comment
Editor's note: The Smell Experience Project is one of more than 800 projects on SciStarter. Use our project finder to search and participate in citizen science that interests you!
I hate the smell of a mall. Everything reeks of that seemingly incurable lust for stuff—'buy me, buy me' is the cry. It's as if the building is overdosing on the smell of money, and perspires that sickly-sweet perfume. You can lick it off the air. But that's just me—my daughter loves it.
It's not accidental. There are firms who research and provide signature scents for companies like Tommy Hilfiger. Marketplace.org recently reported on this. And if you didn't know that, consider this: scientific papers have been published that actually test the impact of ambient odors on mall shopper's emotions, cognition and, wait for it… spending!1 The authors concluded that the cognitive theory of emotions explains the influence of ambient scent best, and they went on to discuss managerial implications. I guess if LL Bean could manage that I would become more entranced with the idea.
Recently, the Smell Experience Project, a citizen science project that tested volunteers for a change in odor perception, published its findings. Imagine that you walked into Macy's and smelt something like dog vomit, but it was the actual signature scent—you would know that your nose is misleading you—that would be a give-away. Dolores Malaspina, MD the researcher at The Institute for Social and Psychiatric Initiatives who is using this information is particularly interested in what a change in olfaction or odor perception actually tells physicians and psychiatrists. She says, "We have a large amount of publications showing that olfaction is related to symptoms and cognition in schizophrenia and that there are strong sex differences in cases and controls. In the disease we have appreciated olfaction as an indicator of higher cognitive control, in addition to olfactory specific mechanisms and regions. We can use profiles of olfactory function to address the heterogeneity of schizophrenia, that is, to find different subgroups of cases."
Another question that can't be ignored is whether the deficits in olfactory perception could be a cause of behavioral distress or disorders. To address this question Malaspina and colleagues conducted an Internet based study of 1000 people reporting a change in olfactory function2. She says the results were intriguing, "They showed that olfactory dysfunction substantially impacts a person's quality of life, despite being of little concern to treating physicians." The results show that olfactory stimulation and processing may help maintain a healthy brain, and people who loose their sense of smell may experience emotional consequences.
While there may be less practical problems associated with impaired or distorted odor perception than with impairments in visual or auditory perception, many affected individuals report experiencing olfactory dysfunction as a debilitating condition. Smell loss-induced social isolation and smell loss-induced anhedonia (the inability to experience social enjoyment) can severely affect quality of life.
I might mention that Discover has published a long list of Malaspina's work, and she notes that, "Discover was also one of the first magazines to take my findings on paternal age and psychiatric illness seriously. They published this in an article by Josie Glausiusz entitled Seeds of Psychosis in the 2001 edition."
Changes in odor perception can be a symptom of a condition, such as depression, head injury, dementia, or allergies, or a side effect of medication. Because the changes are subjective and difficult to measure, medical professionals often do not ask patients about changes in their sense of smell. As a result, there is little documented information about these changes. With the Smell Experience Project researchers successfully turned to the public for their help to better understand how changes in sense of smell can serve as an important and useful health indicator.
- Impact of ambient odors on mall shoppers' emotions, cognition, and spending – A test of competitive causal theories Jean-Charles Chebat, Richard Michon, Journal of Business Research, 2003.
- Hidden consequences of olfactory dysfunction: a patient report series Keller and Malaspina, 2013
Exploring Citizen Science
By Rae Moore - Editor August 1st, 2014 at 5:24 pm | Comment
This post, written by Christine Nieves, originally appeared on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneering Ideas blog. Check out the citizen science projects mentioned in the post, such as: FoldIt, Sound Around You, and FightMalaria@Home.
I remember the distinct feeling of learning about Foldit. It was a mixture of awe and hope for the potential breakthrough contributions a citizen can make towards science (without needing a PhD!). Foldit is an online puzzle video game about protein folding. In 2011, Foldit users decoded an AIDS protein that had been a mystery to researchers for 15 years. The gamers accomplished it in 3 weeks. When I learned this, it suddenly hit me; if we, society, systematically harness the curiosity of citizens, we could do so much!
Coop's Citizen Sci Scoop: Patients Who Were Research Subjects and the Doctors Who Listened – the Citizen Science of HIV/AIDS Research
By Caren Cooper July 20th, 2014 at 10:21 pm | Comment 1
Editor's Note: Flight MH17 was a horrible tragedy, with many lives lost, including HIV/AIDS researchers en route to a conference. In Caren Cooper's latest Coop's Citizen Sci Scoop, she explains how citizen science assisted with AIDS research, and how AIDS activists were able to become participatory members of the medical and scientific process. Here, in full, is Caren's post.
Many prominent people involved in HIV/AIDS research lost their lives when Malaysian plane MH17 was shot down over Eastern Ukraine. HIV/AIDS researchers exemplify how scientists serve the public good. A key to HIV/AIDS research has involved embracing a certain type of citizen science.
The rapid advances in HIV/AIDS treatment in the late 1980s and early 1990s occurred because of major changes in medical research brought about by the lay public. In part, AIDS activists were eager to reform clinical trials in the United States. But equally important, the biomedical research community was (ultimately) receptive to this change.
The term citizen science in this blog is used to describe projects where the public engages in scientific research. It is usually through collecting and sharing observations or by coding data online. Citizen science can also be used more broadly to describe ways that the lay public participates in and influences the practice of science. (Indeed, the term "citizen science" was initially coined by Alan Irwin in 1995 to mean just that).
A colleague recently sent me a 1995 journal article by Steven Epstein. Now a prominent sociologist, his article is a condensed version of Epstein's dissertation research about the social movement of AIDS activists. (For further reading, see his book).
I summarize Epstein's research in this post. He examined how AIDS activists became seen as credible agents of the scientific community and developed into important partners to AIDS researchers and government officials in the United States.
In 1981, AIDS was recognized as an epidemic. In 1985, the HIV antibody test became available to the public. People, mostly in their twenties and thirties, were learning that they were infected long before they showed any symptoms. But this was long before any effective treatments were discovered. A positive test result was a like a death prophecy. Some accepted their fate; many others became activists searching for a cure.
In the United States, the group primarily seen as affected by the disease were already seasoned activists in making the public aware of gay identity. The homophile movement of the 1950s was followed by the gay liberation movement of the 1970s. The gay and lesbian community had already "demedicalized" gayness. They had redefined their social status, becoming a legitimate "interest group" in the pursuit of civil rights. They had resources, people of influence, funding, a strong public relations arm, lobby groups, and community-based organizations.
This group understood that the future of their health required a close working relationship with scientists. Anything less would be group suicide. AIDS research involved all types of scientists who had strong credentials, such as immunologists, virologists, molecular biologists, epidemiologists, and physicians. How could the lay public improve their research?
The answer was speed. Initially, AIDS activism focused on the FDA and the desire for more rapid approval of experimental drugs and the ability to obtain unproven treatments from other countries. When none of the existing drugs were working, activists focused on the NIH, seeking more drugs to test. It was in this way that treatment activists influenced not only the design, conduct, and interpretation of clinical trials, but also the speed in which they were carried out. The timeframe for testing the safety and efficacy of AIDS drugs was reduced, counted in months, rather than years.
Treatment delayed was treatment denied. By 1987, more than 46,000 Americans were infected with HIV and over 13,000 had died from AIDS.
To take one example, Mark Harrington, a script writer with no scientific background, epitomizes the involvement of AIDS activists in science. Like other activists, Harrington helped ACT UP to organize demonstrations. In 1988, it was "Seize Control of the FDA." On May 21, 1990, it was "Storm the NIH." These protests drew attention, but a more nuanced discussion of scientific practices was needed. Activists did not want to be victims, or be powerless or oppressed. They wanted to help discover treatments, even if that meant trying lots of drugs that did not work. Harrington responded by learning the technical details of AIDS, until he could participate knowledgeably in scientific discussions. By 1992, Mark delivered his first plenary at the Eight International AIDS conference. He began co-authoring peer-reviewed papers, and continued to publish for years (including, for example, a 2006 paper in PLOS Medicine).
How did Harrington go from street demonstrator to scientific collaborator? AIDS activists like Harrington took a four-pronged strategy to gain credibility and authority.
First, influencing drug testing required a working knowledge of pharmaceutical companies and government. To be successful, the activists had to learn to speak the language of the researchers and learn the culture of medical science. Activists learning about biomedical research found it similar to learning a foreign language and entering another country. Immersion was best. This meant attending scientific conferences, critiquing research projects, even being tutored by scientists. They would read a protocol, learn as much as possible about how the drug is known to work, learn about virology, immune systems, statistics, as well become familiar with the regulations just like an informed patient. Harrington prepared a 50-page dictionary of the vocabulary. Soon activists could talk about viral assays, reverse transcription, cytokine regulation, epitope mapping. Once activists spoke the language, scientists were receptive to discussions.
Second, activists presented themselves as informed, knowledgeable representatives – voices of people who were suffering with AIDS/HIV. Researchers wanted to work with activists too because then they could better ensure that enough people would enroll in their treatment trials and comply with protocols. Activists brokered the relationship between researchers and patients.
Third, activists linked arguments about scientific methodological to moral arguments. For example, early trials were of middle-class white men, but affected populations included injection drug users, people with hemophilia, women, minorities, and heterosexuals. Activists conceived of experimental treatments as a social good to which everyone should have equal access. The history of clinical trials in the United States is full of stories of abuse, lack of informed consent, and people unknowingly exposed to risk and harm. Activists shifted discourse to emphasize the right of human subjects to assume the risks of experimental therapies and to be informed partners in scientific methods. They wanted policy that was credible both morally and scientifically.
Fourth, and perhaps most important, activists were taking sides in debates about clinical trials. Before activists took sides, most researchers performed only randomized, controlled, clinical trials with particular methods that did not allow research subjects to have access to potentially helpful treatment.
People who already tried one treatment would be excluded from tests of a new treatment in the name of "clean data." But not all researchers believed in clean data. The world, after all, is messy and many researchers thought drugs should be tested in real-world situations. Activists favored the pragmatic "messy" practice. They feared the "fastidious" practice of clean data from homogenous groups because it prevented terminally-ill patients from trying new treatments. Activists argued that the only way to obtain clean data in a messy world was to unfairly manipulate and control people. But you could, they and scientist-allies argued, get reliable answers quickly in the real-world if there was a change in clinical trials.
Underlying the four-prong strategy is the basic premise that AIDS clinical trials function simultaneously as research and medical care.
After constant efforts, AIDS activists gained authority, which usually only comes from academic degrees and institutional affiliations. They went from diseased victims to activist-experts. They became citizen scientists.
Today such activists are voting members of NIH committees that oversee drug development.
They are representatives at FDA advisory committee meetings where drugs are considered for approval.
They serve on institutional review boards of hospitals and research centers.
And, like many of the passengers on Malaysian Airlines flight 17, they fly to global conventions on AIDS research.
Exploring a Culture of Health: How Can We Visualize Health Data for Better Communication?
By Carolyn Graybeal July 16th, 2014 at 4:53 pm | Comment
This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health, a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as an ally to help Americans work together to build a national Culture of Health that enables everyone to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come.
There is a seemingly endless stream of health data. Visit the doctor and you get a report listing various bits of data such as your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar. Listen to the news and you hear statistics on risk factors, medication side effects or mortality rates. All potentially useful information, but without background or context, the numbers are likely confusing, meaningless and eventually forgotten. "For health data to be meaningful, the person needs to see themselves in that data. To make this happen, we need to understand how to present data so that it conveys a complete message, not just a number," says Andrea Ducas, program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
A team of scientists from the University of Michigan team set out to solve this problem, creating Visualizing Health, with support from RWJF, to explore ways to visualize health data. When designed well, visuals can be powerful tools for conveying information. "What we lack is data on how best to present data," says Thomas Goetz, former RWJF Entrepreneur-in-Residence and collaborator on Visualizing Health.