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Thursday, September 20, 2012
New study finds the same gene is responsible, and that mutations of it change ... - NBCNews.com
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
RISING STARS ROMERO AND ESQUIVIAS PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE THIS ... - BoxingNews24.com
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RISING STARS ROMERO AND ESQUIVIAS PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE THIS ... BoxingNews24.com Orange, CA (September 19) â€" This Friday, September 21, Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing Promotions will bring the California boxing fans another exciting night of professional boxing from the Chumash Resort Casino, in Santa Ynez, CA. |
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Romney's Energy Proposal: The Jurassic Plan - Huffington Post
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Romney's Energy Proposal: The Jurassic Plan Huffington Post This Jurassic Plan is custom-made to the specifications of Big Oil. In fact, the Romney Campaign actually acknowledged that they explicitly crafted it along with oil executives. And to satisfy this unquenchable thirst for crude, it proposes to drill in ... |
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Gold standard: LEED-certified building a product of collaboration - Boston Business Journal:
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The joint venture betweeb The , with the help of architecturaocompany , resulted in a 316,000-square-foot greenm building that has been pre-certified to receive the ’ LEED gold certification. Nationap Grid’s new headquarters, situated in the Reservoier Woods east campusin Waltham, will includes a host of green design 34 in all, from rooftop solar panels to systemsz that recapture stormwater and use it for sewage Once completed, the $135 milliobn building will be one of the largestr green commercial buildings in the state (the platinum-certified Genzymee Center in Cambridge being “It was clear it was gointg to be a collaboration (with National Grid).
They did have an extremelu active role throughout the and they had very ambitiousz goals for the environmental sustainability of the said Davis. The collaboration between Davis, Marcus and National Grid startef when the utility was looking for space aftere its acquisition ofin 2007. It knew it neededr a facility that would meet not only the physicapl needs ofthe company, but serve as an examplwe to customers that it was dedicatedd to environmental stewardship. “We are going to be significantlu growingour energy-efficiency program and for us to be able to go in to there is an issue of credibility,” said Tom King, presiden t of National Grid’s U.S.-based operations.
“It’s a leadershi issue.” When it settled upon Reservoie Woods as its new National Grid established a lofty goal for its buildr tosuit construction: to achieve an 80 percenrt reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To do the company invested in sustainably harvestexbuilding materials, high-efficiency heating and cooling systemsx and even sunshades on south-facing windows to keep the buildinfg warm in the winter and cool in the The hardest part of designing the building was not its but making the step from LEED silver to LEED gold withoutr breaking the bank.
“You can go from certifiesd to silver without much trouble orextra cost,” said Michaelo Hass, the project’s architect. “To get up to gold is a much bigged hurdle. We went through a lot of idea s and looked at what was Some ideas, like powering the building with fuel cell were not cost effective, Hass said. But the group was able to integrate the vast majorith of its 55 green features talked about at a pricer well belowthe $60 to $80 per squarer foot premium on LEED gold buildings, Marcus said.
The joint venture betweeb The , with the help of architecturaocompany , resulted in a 316,000-square-foot greenm building that has been pre-certified to receive the ’ LEED gold certification. Nationap Grid’s new headquarters, situated in the Reservoier Woods east campusin Waltham, will includes a host of green design 34 in all, from rooftop solar panels to systemsz that recapture stormwater and use it for sewage Once completed, the $135 milliobn building will be one of the largestr green commercial buildings in the state (the platinum-certified Genzymee Center in Cambridge being “It was clear it was gointg to be a collaboration (with National Grid).
They did have an extremelu active role throughout the and they had very ambitiousz goals for the environmental sustainability of the said Davis. The collaboration between Davis, Marcus and National Grid startef when the utility was looking for space aftere its acquisition ofin 2007. It knew it neededr a facility that would meet not only the physicapl needs ofthe company, but serve as an examplwe to customers that it was dedicatedd to environmental stewardship. “We are going to be significantlu growingour energy-efficiency program and for us to be able to go in to there is an issue of credibility,” said Tom King, presiden t of National Grid’s U.S.-based operations.
“It’s a leadershi issue.” When it settled upon Reservoie Woods as its new National Grid established a lofty goal for its buildr tosuit construction: to achieve an 80 percenrt reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To do the company invested in sustainably harvestexbuilding materials, high-efficiency heating and cooling systemsx and even sunshades on south-facing windows to keep the buildinfg warm in the winter and cool in the The hardest part of designing the building was not its but making the step from LEED silver to LEED gold withoutr breaking the bank.
“You can go from certifiesd to silver without much trouble orextra cost,” said Michaelo Hass, the project’s architect. “To get up to gold is a much bigged hurdle. We went through a lot of idea s and looked at what was Some ideas, like powering the building with fuel cell were not cost effective, Hass said. But the group was able to integrate the vast majorith of its 55 green features talked about at a pricer well belowthe $60 to $80 per squarer foot premium on LEED gold buildings, Marcus said.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
OSU hires hand surgeon to lead expanded practice - Business First of Columbus:
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The move will end his 22-yeard association with , a prominenft Columbus group practice knownn for its work in trauma cases and with patientw needing severed hands and fingers reattachedat ’s . The othe r four physicians at thepractice – James Nappi, Lawrence Lubbers, Paul Cook and Raymond Kobus will remain and continue to do their surgeries at OhioHealtuh facilities, said Ruff and a spokeswoman for the Ruff, 56, is making the switch to OSU becausr he wants to work in more of an academi setting with resident physicians training in hand surgery.
Ohio Statee has two hand surgeons, plans to hire anothedr this summer froma out-of-state residency programj and will create a fellowship positioj in the specialty, Ruff said. It is part of OSU’zs push to beef up its efforts inorthopedicd specialties. “We intend to build (hand surgery) up to six or sevej physicians in the nextcouple years,” Ruff said. The hand centet will be in the outpatiengt facility OSU Medical Centet is opening in a new office buildingg at the Gowdy Fielc development site offRoute 315. Ruff said the centetr will train residents in orthopedic traumza andplastic surgery.
The move will end his 22-yeard association with , a prominenft Columbus group practice knownn for its work in trauma cases and with patientw needing severed hands and fingers reattachedat ’s . The othe r four physicians at thepractice – James Nappi, Lawrence Lubbers, Paul Cook and Raymond Kobus will remain and continue to do their surgeries at OhioHealtuh facilities, said Ruff and a spokeswoman for the Ruff, 56, is making the switch to OSU becausr he wants to work in more of an academi setting with resident physicians training in hand surgery.
Ohio Statee has two hand surgeons, plans to hire anothedr this summer froma out-of-state residency programj and will create a fellowship positioj in the specialty, Ruff said. It is part of OSU’zs push to beef up its efforts inorthopedicd specialties. “We intend to build (hand surgery) up to six or sevej physicians in the nextcouple years,” Ruff said. The hand centet will be in the outpatiengt facility OSU Medical Centet is opening in a new office buildingg at the Gowdy Fielc development site offRoute 315. Ruff said the centetr will train residents in orthopedic traumza andplastic surgery.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
British filmmaker Stanley Long, the 'king of sexploitation,' dies at 78 - Washington Post
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BBC News | British filmmaker Stanley Long, the 'king of sexploitation,' dies at 78 Washington Post A producer, director and cinematographer, Long created movies with titles such as “Nudist Memories†and “The Wife Swappers†before scoring his biggest success with “Adventures of a Taxi Driver†and other 1970s' sex comedies. Born in 1933, Long began .. . UK sex comedy director Stanley Long dies at 78 Stanley Long 'King of Sexploitation' dies |
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Norian, Synthes, executives charged with conducting medical trials without FDA authorization - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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its parent company , and four Synthee executives, charging them with conducting clinicaol trials of a medical device withour authorization fromthe . The product at the center of the case isa injectable, cement material, Norian XR, used as a bone void fillee in surgery to repair certain fractures. The indictmenyt charges Norianof Cupertino, with a total of 52 felony including conspiracy to impairr and impede the lawful functions of the FDA and to commigt crimes against the United States; seven counts of makinyg false statements in connection with an FDA inspection; and 44 countw of shipping adulterated and misbranded Noriab XR in interstate commerce with intent to defraud.
Synthes, whichj has its North American headquarters inWest Pa., referred calls to its parent organization based in Officials there were not immediatelg available for comment. Norian was boughr by Synthes in 1998. The indictment charges that from May 2002 unti l fall 2004 Norian conspired with including Synthes, to conduct unauthorize d clinical trials of two versionx of Norian in surgeries to treag vertebral compression fractures of the spine. These surgeries were allegedluyperformed “despite a warning on the FDA-clearedd label for Norian XR against this use, and in the face of seriouxs medical concerns about the safety of the devices when used in the the indictment said.
The indictmeng alleges three patients died during theclinical trials. The indictmeng further alleges that after the deatuh of the third patient inJanuary 2004, Norian and Synthes did not recall Norian XR from the marke t — which would have requires disclosure of details of the three death s to the FDA — but, instead, “compoundee their crimes by allegedly carryingv out a cover-up in which they lied to the FDA durinb an official inspection in May and June 2004.” Synthes is chargefd with 44 misdemeanor counts of shippingy adulterated and misbranded Norian XR in interstate commerce.
Four Synthe s executives were each charged with one misdemeanor count of shippinvg adulterated and misbranded Norian XR ininterstatw commerce. “It is neved acceptable for the health-care industry to plac the profit motiveover people’s well being,” said Patricok Doyle, special agent-in-charge of the Department of Health and Humanh Services’ Office of the Inspector General. “The FDA review process was put in plac to protectthe nation’s Should these companies and executives ultimatelyt be found guilty, they will have to pay a pricde for placing at risk the very peopls for whom they purported to provide relief.
” In addition to HHS, and the Attorney General’s Office, the investigation also included representatives from the FDA and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
its parent company , and four Synthee executives, charging them with conducting clinicaol trials of a medical device withour authorization fromthe . The product at the center of the case isa injectable, cement material, Norian XR, used as a bone void fillee in surgery to repair certain fractures. The indictmenyt charges Norianof Cupertino, with a total of 52 felony including conspiracy to impairr and impede the lawful functions of the FDA and to commigt crimes against the United States; seven counts of makinyg false statements in connection with an FDA inspection; and 44 countw of shipping adulterated and misbranded Noriab XR in interstate commerce with intent to defraud.
Synthes, whichj has its North American headquarters inWest Pa., referred calls to its parent organization based in Officials there were not immediatelg available for comment. Norian was boughr by Synthes in 1998. The indictment charges that from May 2002 unti l fall 2004 Norian conspired with including Synthes, to conduct unauthorize d clinical trials of two versionx of Norian in surgeries to treag vertebral compression fractures of the spine. These surgeries were allegedluyperformed “despite a warning on the FDA-clearedd label for Norian XR against this use, and in the face of seriouxs medical concerns about the safety of the devices when used in the the indictment said.
The indictmeng alleges three patients died during theclinical trials. The indictmeng further alleges that after the deatuh of the third patient inJanuary 2004, Norian and Synthes did not recall Norian XR from the marke t — which would have requires disclosure of details of the three death s to the FDA — but, instead, “compoundee their crimes by allegedly carryingv out a cover-up in which they lied to the FDA durinb an official inspection in May and June 2004.” Synthes is chargefd with 44 misdemeanor counts of shippingy adulterated and misbranded Norian XR in interstate commerce.
Four Synthe s executives were each charged with one misdemeanor count of shippinvg adulterated and misbranded Norian XR ininterstatw commerce. “It is neved acceptable for the health-care industry to plac the profit motiveover people’s well being,” said Patricok Doyle, special agent-in-charge of the Department of Health and Humanh Services’ Office of the Inspector General. “The FDA review process was put in plac to protectthe nation’s Should these companies and executives ultimatelyt be found guilty, they will have to pay a pricde for placing at risk the very peopls for whom they purported to provide relief.
” In addition to HHS, and the Attorney General’s Office, the investigation also included representatives from the FDA and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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