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SPORTS, Athletics News, Apr 22. 2011

Legacy's Akindele wants to continue to star in two sports in college
Denver Post
And even though collegiate athletics rarely qualifies as a perfect world, Akindele has not dismissed her dream of wreaking havoc in both sports at the next level. In February, Akindele signed a letter of intent to continue her soccer career at Regis ...
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Purdue plans for new baseball, soccer facilities
Purdue Exponent
In 2007, the plan was approved to give a $21 million facelift to the baseball and women's soccer facilities. The project was a small addition to the Mackey Arena complex master plan. The athletics department is working hard to develop the northwest ...
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Promising outlook for men's soccer
University of Hartford Informer
By Charlie Paullin in Sports, April 21 2011 Make way University of Hartford, after approximately one month of searching nationally for former men's soccer head coach Dan Gaspar's replacement, Director of Athletics Patricia H. Meiser announced Tuesday ...
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Patriots squad keeps up winning momentum
Boston Globe
This school year has been a success for the entire athletic department, headlined by a Division 2A Super Bowl appearance by the football team and the boys' soccer squad repeating as state champions last fall. Concord-Carlisle's ice hockey, indoor track ...
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Boston Globe
AD-coach combo nearly extinct for several reasons
NorthJersey.com
Those outstanding coaches-turned-ADs were not just from the football realm. Ralph Dougan, one of New Jersey's all-time great high school boys soccer coaches, became one of the best athletic directors in the state during his tenure at West Essex, ...
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Student-Athletes from All 21 Georgia Sports Teams Honored at Awards Banquet
WSB Atlanta
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams were honored with the Faculty Athletics Representative Award for earning the highest team GPA. The women's cross country/track and field team was presented with the Bulldog Cup for participation in ...
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What's Happening
San Jose Mercury News
For football ages 7-14; for cheer ages 5-14. 3001 Delta Fair Blvd, Antioch. $45 registration fee. 925-473-5150, www.antiochyouthfootball.net Walnut Creek Sports League -- Walnut Creek Sports League Tackle and Flag Football Saturday nights June 23-Aug. ...
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STUDENT NEWS: KO's collegiate athletic advisor works with student-athletes
West Hartford News
“He taught me how to work with videos and make my soccer highlight tape, something I could not have done without his help.” Continued... The position of collegiate athletic advisor was organically born from the interest of so many students. ...
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UH-Hilo suspends cheerleading, cross country programs to reduce budget
The Republic
... the least effect on the student-athletes' academic opportunities and the UH-Hilo program's competitiveness. The suspensions leave the Vulcan athletics program with six women's sports. They are basketball, golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.
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Lander honors student-athletes at 43rd Annual Athletics Banquet
Greenwood Today
... Athletics Department honored its student-athletes in 10 sports and the spirit teams at its 43rd Annual Athletics Banquet Wednesday night in Horne Arena. Christin Moss, a senior from Cleveland , Tenn. and a member of the women's soccer team, ...
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Greenwood Today
CM School Directors: Slashing Sports Not on the Table
Patch.com
Many of his players also play soccer and football. Soccer and football players generally like to run and hit, and they have the opportunity to do both on the lacrosse field, he said. Because soccer and football are fall sports, it also allows those ...
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Truman sports labeled unfairly
Truman Index
Truman soccer earned fan support and a pair of playoff berths this season. When people give their opinion about Truman athletics those accomplishments never seem to come up but are the facts. Then there is the most successful of all Truman sports, ...
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A fond farewell to JMU athletics
The Breeze
The women's soccer and softball programs had not yet begun. There was no College of Business or doctoral programs. I was one of the first female student athletic trainers to work with our football program and became the first female graduate assistant ...
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Women's Soccer: Arlet named assistant soccer coach at Denison
Denison University Athletics
In 2005, Arlet helped Wheeling Jesuit reach the championship match of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Erie, Pa. native also earned second-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region honors in 2007. ...
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Denison University Athletics
22 Tigers inducted into Athletic Honor Society
Media Newswire (press release)
Men's Tennis won the Academic Performance Report ( APR ) award with a score of 970 and soccer and women's golf tied for the award with an APR score of 1000. Earnest Wilson, JSU's offensive coordinator for football, was the guest speaker. ...
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Post-season awards bestowed on Northwest athletes
Powell Tribune
Denise Kobbe, senior program assistant for Northwest College athletics, announced the awards on Wednesday. Northwest College men's soccer player Gavin LaFollette was named a second-team All American following a stellar sophomore season. ...
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500 games in 25 years
NorthJersey.com
He moved to Hawthorne Christian where he coached three sports a year. Again he assumed the duties of athletics director, ran the summer camps and drove the bus to away games. "Hackensack Christian was our closest opponent," he said. ...
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Trustees OK end to intercollegiate sports
Reading Eagle
The men's basketball team, along with women's and men's soccer teams, soon will cease to exist. Reading Area Community College's trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to eliminate intercollegiate athletics at the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year. ...
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Athletics Alumni Hall of Fame Announces Induction Class of 2011
Hartfordhawks.com
Palmer began his association with the University of Hartford when his daughter Liz attended the University and played women's soccer and softball for the Hawks at the beginning of the Division I era. Since then, Palmer has remained a staunch supporter ...
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Sports follow Title IX
Yale Daily News
Due in part to the size of the football team, more men compete in varsity athletics at Yale than do women. There were roster spots for 501 men, or 19 percent of the undergraduate male population, on Yale teams in the 2009 fiscal year. ...
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Mountain View senior strives for one last A
The Coloradoan
But don't think for a minute that Stumbaugh is all sports. Sure, she loves donning the purple and black and battling competitors, but there's another side to Stumbaugh. A side where sports and athletics are traded for a textbook and a No. 2 pencil. ...
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Owasso Rejoice Christian in OSSAA
Tulsa World
All of Rejoice's athletic teams, except football, will be eligible for OSSAA postseason competition in the 2011-12 school year. The football team will be eligible when new districts are established for the 2012 and '13 seasons. "We're really excited," ...
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Catamounts on the rise in fall
BurlingtonFreePress.com
9:11 am The University of Vermont men's soccer program — like the rest of the Catamounts' fall team sports — endured a painful one-win season in 2009, but Christian Diaz (left), goalie Dave Ramada and their teammates are hoping to turn things around ...
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Out-of-season practice rule for high schools being tweaked
Daily Press
Among them: No football practices with pads or equipment, no school-to-school competition, only school coaches may be present, and off-season practices cannot be mandatory. Group AA principals and athletic directors agreed to limit out-of-season ...
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McCrotty hired to coach Dardanelle baseball next year
Russellville Courier
The 2010-11 female student-athlete of the year is softball Golden Sun Shanda Jimeson. The male student-athlete of the year is Wonder Boys football player Danny Martin. Look for more in Friday's Courier sports. HOT SPRINGS — Arkansas Tech's Wonder Boys ...
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Women approach watershed World Cup
CBC.ca (blog)
They are approaching the upcoming World Cup in Germany as a defining event for their sport. "This is going to be one of the most important tournaments of all time," Solo reckons. "Not just for women's soccer but for all of women's athletics. ...
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CBC.ca (blog)
Help the Huskies Select The Victors
Northern Illinois University Athletics
DEKALB, Ill. - The time has come for Huskie fans to select the Northern Illinois Athletics Play of the Year for "The Victors," an all-sports, ESPY-style awards banquet, May 2. Voting for the award ends Friday, April 29. The five finalists include: ...
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Coker College Signs First Lacrosse Player
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
“A fast-paced game, lacrosse employs skills used in hockey, basketball and soccer, making it a great addition to Coker athletics,” said Lynn Griffin, Coker's director of athletics. “That it is also one of the fastest growing sports in the country makes ...
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Athletic fee increase skips student vote
Montana Kaimin
It's the same reason the athletic fee was established in 1992. "The athletic fee was created to help with Title IX, so we could add women's soccer and golf," O'Day said. The only other option to stay in compliance with Title IX for athletics would be ...
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Daily Prep Notes, Wednesday, April 20
Peoria Journal Star
to the JS by Monday afternoon by either fax (309-686-3205), e-mail (sports@pjstar.com) or phone (800-327-8283, 309-686-3214). Peoria native Al Hightower was recently named the 2011 District 2A Athletic Director of the Year by the Maryland State ...
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School athletics sidestep budget ax - San Antonio Express-News
“I love sports, but why can the football team get new uniforms when students ... boys and girls soccer programs, along with three junior high sports and ...
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(M) Soccer - News - Appalachian State Mountaineers | Official ...
The official Appalachian State Mountaineers athletics site. Your home for all ASU mountaineer sports: App State football, basketball, baseball, soccer, ...
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Women's Soccer Spring Wrap Up – University of Cincinnati Official ...
UI picks up new athletics sponsor – Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette ... focusing on football with him right now,” Doeren said, according to the newspaper. ...
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2011 Football Season Tickets on Sale - News - Liberty Flames
Flames Sports Camps · Prospective Students. Multimedia ... Liberty Athletics showcased the renovated facility on Oct. 2, 2010, bringing in 19314 fans for ...
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Truman Athletics: News and Notes: Bulls drop final ...
Truman Athletics: News and Notes: Bulls drop final game to KU. ... Home · Football/Soccer · US Pro Sports · US College Sports · Golf · Tennis · Cricket ...
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Sharks Welcome Back Soccer Alumnae » News | Athletics | Simmons ...
Athletics Navigation. Athletics Home · Intercollegiate Sports ... Posting Categories: Athletics News;Soccer. Simmons Soccer Alumnae Game 2011. ...
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Athletics: City Games for Ennis - Soccer News - BigSoccer
Athletics: City Games for Ennis. Sky Sports Scout is where we scour the globe ... There's more live football on Sky Sports than ever before, including the ...
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Bearcats Add Jamaican Standout to 2011 Class - University of ...
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Apr 22, 2011

Meditating by the water.
Photo: richardmasoner/FlickrReport: Solar Homes Fetch Higher Prices
Reuters
Little research has been done to look at whether adding solar allows homeowners to mark up the sale price of their home in a similar way that, say, a kitchen renovation can help boost the price. Homeowners typically go solar because the technology ...
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Meditation helps keep distractions at bay, study says
Mother Nature Network
By Steve PollakThu, Apr 21 2011 at 12:48 PM EST A new study conducted by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reports that meditation may help the brain 'turn down the ...
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Mother Nature Network
Chess, Art, Robots, and the Future of Science
Forbes (blog)
Thanks to advances in information technology, it's become easier for cross-disciplinary studies to emerge, and automation of experimentation should push this ever forward, encouraging scientists to think and analyze data from different perspectives, ...
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Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, Galleria d...
Forbes (blog)
Commission publishes call for establishment of European science education ...
Cordis News
The call covers the establishment of a pan-European initiative to enhance science teaching in schools and to raise the interest and motivation of boys and girls in science and technology. The focus will be on providing a mechanism for allowing science ...
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Local Islamic banking solution ranks 9th in Gartner study
The Daily Star
The information from Gartner's report was supplemented by several sources, such as previous Gartner research studies, anecdotal evidence from client inquiries with vendors and end users, the results of two dedicated surveys- The 2010 Islamic Banking ...
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GM mosquitoes offer malaria hope
BBC News
By James Gallagher Health and Science reporter, BBC News Scientists believe they are closer to being able to change the DNA of wild mosquitoes in order to combat malaria. In the laboratory, they made a gene spread from a handful of mosquitoes to most ...
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Geoscape and Scarborough Partner to Help Marketers Tap the Ever-Growing Power ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Other products and services include Scarborough Mid-Tier Local Market Studies, Hispanic Studies and Custom Research Solutions. Scarborough measures 2000 consumer categories and serves a broad client base that includes marketers, advertising agencies, ...
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Singapore Eye Research Institute Performs Research on Chronic Inflammatory Eye ...
Bioscience Technology
As a leader in ocular proteomics studies, SERI is advancing eye research by identifying and verifying six biomarker candidates that are associated with dry eye syndrome. The institute is collaborating with Allergan, an ocular pharmaceutical company, ...
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Meet Trevor: UCF Student, Age 16
University of Central Florida
“I am getting great classroom learning from seasoned professionals, unparalleled research opportunities and awesome industry connections,” shares Sorbo. His research interests include technology and its applications for the hospitality industry. ...
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Vicor Technologies' PD2i(R) Garners Interest From Researchers, Physicians at ...
Marketwire (press release)
Researchers attending the poster presentation expressed interest in using the Company's PD2i ® nonlinear algorithm and software in new studies with the goal of determining its applicability for other cardiovascular disease states. ...
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Four Antique studes qualify for DOST scholarships
Philippine Information Agency
by Pilar S. Mabaquiao SAN JOSE, Antique Apr 21 (PIA) – The Department of Science and Technology-Antique disclosed that Antique has four student qualifiers of the college scholarship program under the Republic Act 7687 or the Science and Technology ...
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New Haven Researchers Lead Study On Progression Of Parkinson's Disease
Hartford Courant
"He was part of the [foundation's] science advisory board, so he was there when the idea for the study came out," said Sohini Chowdhury, vice president of research at the Michael J. Fox Foundation. "He had a great deal of passion and knowledge. ...
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Hartford Courant
IDB, Oxford launch joint scholarship program
Arab News
A total of 267 scholars have so far completed their research programs and graduated. The bank has spent 21 million on the program. IDB launched another scholarship program in science and technology for the least developed member countries in 1998. ...
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Arab News
What Drives an Academic Entrepreneur?
The New York Academy of Sciences
Traditional economics research typically assumes that economic incentives—the so-called profit motive—are the primary reason why entrepreneurs establish and operate new companies. However, in the early 1970s a number of studies showed that ...
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Batta named acting engineering dean
University at Buffalo Reporter
Following his term as chair, he was director of graduate studies in the department for two years. He was named associate dean for graduate studies in 2006. Batta uses industrial engineering techniques, such as operations research, to develop and ...
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University at Buffalo Reporter
Breath test spots cancer signs, new research finds
OnMedica
We now need to test these results in larger studies to find if this could lead to a potential screening method for the disease.” Dr Lesley Walker, Cancer Research UK's director of cancer information, said: “These interesting results show promise for ...
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Caltech: Learning to tolerate our microbial self
EurekAlert (press release)
In addition, the work, described in the April 21 issue of Science Express, "suggests that it's time to reconsider how we define self versus non-self," Mazmanian says. Like other commensal gut bacteria—those that provide nutrients and other benefits to ...
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Kenya terminates inconlusive HIV prevention study
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Dr. Agot also paid tribute to local women who participated in the research. "Women in sub- Saharan Africa continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV and so there was need for stakeholders to work round the clock to find new technologies and develop ...
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Research Links Truck Crash Involvement to Driver History
Truckinginfo
Overall, differences between the two studies highlight the dramatic safety improvements the industry has seen since 2005, including record low 2009 truck-involved crash rates and overall reductions in the percentage of roadside inspected drivers found ...
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UD students honored for eco-friendly clothing, footwear
University of Delaware
8:23 am, April 21, 2011--Eco-friendly clothing and footwear has earned four University of Delaware undergraduates the 2011 Youth Council on Sustainable Science and Technology (YCOSST) P3 design award. Given by the American Institute of Chemical ...
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Notre Dame creates Sustainable Energy Center
South Bend Tribune
Beginning June 2012, the center will assist local science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers to broaden their knowledge by providing research and curriculum development opportunities. According to Joan F. Brennecke, the Keating-Crawford ...
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Toward A 'Green Grid' For Delivering Solar And Wind-Based
ElectricNet (press release)
The scientists analyzed the conclusions of more than 300 scientific studies and identified several technologies that can be used for energy storage for the green grid. These include high-tech batteries now in development that can efficiently store ...
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Clay County braggin' rights
Florida Times-Union
Also, Kaylin has taken part in two studies and Trinity is currently taking part in a cognitive research study. - Clay County residents are among the new members named to the Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition's board of directors for 2011. ...
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Three LU faculty members earn 2011 University Merit Awards
Lamar University
James Curry, also in his fourth year at Lamar, earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees from the University of Texas and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He hastaught four undergraduate and five graduate courses. Operations research and ...
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Organic agriculture: deeply rooted in science and ecology
Grist Magazine
Alternative agricultural research today is showing that we were pretty astute. Studies are appearing almost too fast to read them all. For example, the importance of soil organic matter is more appreciated every day even though, as a recent study ...
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Imagining the Internet Center honored by Computerworld
TechJournal South
The center's research holds a mirror to humanity's use of communications technologies, informs policy development, exposes potential futures and provides a historic record. Among the spectrum of issues addressed are power, politics, privacy, property, ...
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Milton Glick, 1937-2011
Columbia Daily Tribune
His work was funded for 15 consecutive years by the National Science Foundation, and he published 99 research articles during this time. Dr. Glick's first senior administrative position was dean of the College of Arts and Science at the University of ...
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Columbia Daily Tribune
CSC Client Lincoln Financial Group Wins Celent Model Insurer Designation
Insurance News Net (press release)
This selection marks the fifth consecutive year that Celent, a financial services technology research and consulting firm, has showcased insurers using CSC software to support industry best practices. In the report, Celent Model Insurer 2011: Case ...
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MSU awarded grants for being green
MSU State News
Bringi said MBI acts as a bridge to help these technologies move from the research stage to the industrial stage. “MSU is really well positioned to be the go-to place for the bioeconomy,” Bringi said. “And I think we showed that (to Merrigan) and we ...
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Two UM faculty named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
U of M News Service (press release)
She is active in science and technology policy and serves on many national advisory and study committees, including the National Academies' Solid State Sciences Committee. • Page, the Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, ...
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EHR Progress In The Medical Practice
Healthcare Technology Online (press release)
By Ken Congdon, editor in chief, Healthcare Technology Online I'm not sure which is increasing at a faster pace — EHR adoption rates or studies about EHR adoption rates. The latest in a string of EHR-related studies, titled Electronic Health Records: ...
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Carotech to Share Emerging Science Supporting Tocomin®SupraBio™ in Addressing ...
AUTO-MOBI.info (press release)
Carotech, the largest and only GMP-certified palm tocotrienol/tocopherol complex producer in the world will exhibit at the SupplySide East Expo and share the latest human clinical studies using Tocomin® and Tocomin®SupraBio™. ...
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Guardian Focus podcast: The nuclear debate after Fukushima and Chernobyl
The Guardian (blog)
And what do you think the cut-off point is for "doing science" that means your arguments are no longer valid? I'm not saying her arguments are invalid because she hasn't done research recently. I'm saying it is disingenuous to say you are a scientist ...
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Students showcase personal achievement, research at scholar symposium
the Inkwell
In the College of Science and Technology, Stephanie Balser won Best Undergraduate Presenter, and Ryley Jones won Best Undergraduate Poster. Graduate student in the Department of History Hunter was happy about winning and said she had never received ...
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Battelle to Perform $4.1 Million Project for Minnesota Department of ...
Marketwire (press release)
Battelle also is one of the nation's leading charitable trusts focusing on societal and economic impact and actively supporting and promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
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Book weighs plastics controversy
Plastics News
By Mike Verespej | PLASTICS NEWS STAFF WASHINGTON (April 21, 3:25 pm ET) -- For someone who confesses that she began her research “knowing really nothing about plastics,” Susan Freinkel has put together an insightful, unbiased, fascinating look at how ...
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Biogen Idec's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Biogen Idec has great science and technology and a team of individuals committed to making the company the leading biotech enterprise in the industry. That's not to say there isn't work to be done to improve our productivity, but I believe that we have ...
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Research fellow (Science and technology for sustainable societies ...
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world ... Studies (UNU-IAS) is recruiting a Research Fellow for the Science and ...
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VANGELIS' MUSIC Info, Apr 22, 2011

You won't know what it is, but you'll like it
Columbus Other Paper
The song sounds like Mezzanine-era Massive Attack using Vangelis's Blade Runner score as source material for a lost trip-hop classic. Does it fit in with the rest of the album? Maybe. But if nothing else, it illustrates how much Wolf Ram Heart is ...
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Films for the Holy Week
Manila Standard Today
Chariots of Fire is more renowned for its stirring Vangelis soundtrack, often used as stinger music for events. The movie is based on the true story of two men who run in the 1924 Olympic footrace against all odds. It's an absorbing and inspirational ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Stock, Economic and Financial Crisis, Apr 22 2011

Finding the next step for China's yuan policy
MarketWatch
Whenever there is a crisis, the value of US Treasury bonds gets a boost. Indeed, Treasury bonds were among the very few assets that did not decline during the global financial crisis in 2008-09. Caixin is a Beijing-based media group dedicated to ...
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Interview: Jim Sinclair on Gold and the World Financial System
Gold Seek
HRN: The news media is ignoring the US sovereign debt crisis? Jim Sinclair: In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, there were loud speakers constantly teaching the people what Big Brother wanted. The loudspeakers today are financial television. ...
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Lost decade? We've already had one
Fortune (blog)
Higher taxes can not be awoided. many greetings Jacob Schonberg , Danish citizen Today's economy may feel different, but many of the social and economic underpinnings are the same as a decade ago. As our nation wrestles with financial issues: ...
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Gulf's Bond Market Climbs Up Again, Though Region's Unrest Remains a Hurdle
Knowledge@Wharton
The Gulf's embrace of the bond market has been building up since the global financial turmoil in 2008. Several issuers in need of cash held back on bond sales due to adverse market conditions. Several Gulf sovereigns, though, tapped the bond market in ...
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Knowledge@Wharton
Business news in brief | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-04-20
Philadelphia Inquirer
AP Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s first-quarter income fell 72 percent after the bank paid $1.64 billion in dividends to redeem preferred shares it issued to investor Warren Buffett during the financial crisis. The New York investment bank said it earned ...
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After the crisis: The state of EU development finance
EURODAD
The recognition of increased debt vulnerabilities in low-and middle income countries following the financial crisis and the need to step up efforts to prevent new debt crises is most welcome. The report points out that “the risk of possible debt ...
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No more bank loans to crisis-hit realty
Business Today
India's realty sector , which is yet to completely recover from the effects of the global economic slowdown, seems to be heading towards another financial crisis. Banks and other financial institutions are refusing to lend to the sector leading to ...
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Business Today
African finance ministers highlight need for diversified economy
Nigerian Compass (blog)
Finance Ministers from Chad, Lesotho, Togo and Zimbabwe have presented an optimistic assessment of the future of their countries and of Africa, as the region makes a strong recovery from the global economic crisis, but also highlighted urgent ...
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Clean Energy Investments Slump in Q1
OilPrice.com
The quarter was the weakest since the first quarter 2009 when, under the strains of global financial crisis, investment fell to $20.5 billion. However, public market investment in clean energy firms showed signs of recovery, with a 71% year-on year ...
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What are the perspectives of the US Dollar as the global reserve currency?
«Market Leader» - news and previews making you rich.
Will the US Dollar remain the global reserve currency? · Yes, it will. There won't be any alternative in the near future. · No, it won't. Another global crisis will finish it off within the next few decades.
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Analysis: Has the US forgotten it has a strong dollar policy?
Reuters
Bergsten, a noted commentator on exchange-rate policy, noted there has been essentially a nine-year "bear market" in the dollar since 2002, aside from brief upward spurts in value when the global financial crisis struck in 2008 and again last year when ...
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Reuters
6 microfinance crises that the sector does not want to remember
Microfinance Focus
The impact of the global financial crisis on MFBs had been more severe than anticipated. Credit lines dried up, competition became more intense and credit risk increased, as many customers of MFBs were unable to pay back their credit facilities owing ...
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Multiple crises could lead to a meltdown
The Nation
By Thanong Khanthong We are heading toward another major economic and financial crisis, probably in the fourth quarter of this year. This time the crisis will be many times larger than the 2008 crisis. The way our global economy operates is not ...
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Industry is reluctant to invest in EPC contracts – Deneys Reitz
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
South African law firm Deney Reitz reports that, despite a slight recovery since the global financial crisis of 2009, the mining lenders and sponsors market is still reluctant to invest in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects. ...
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South Korea to Monitor Market Closer as Inflows Spur Volatility, Yoon Says
Bloomberg
The global economy may slip into an extended period of slow growth, damped by lingering debt that triggered the global financial crisis and moved from the private sector to the government. Japan's earthquake and power shortage may disrupt the global ...
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Gordon Brown and the IMF: An unfair race
The Guardian
And as if all that was not enough, much of the Fund's economic orthodoxy has been shaken by the global financial crisis. IMF researchers now concede that poor countries may be helped, not hindered, by turning away foreign speculators. ...
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Quota reforms are my top priority at the IMF: Arvind Virmani
Daily News & Analysis
Firstly, there was this shock, the global crisis, which created lowered output. When things showed up, you could grow faster for a while. But this led to rise in inflation once you crossed the threshold. Our view aired to them is that there has to be a ...
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Unleashing an Economic Tsunami
New York Times
In Washington last week, the Brazilian finance minister, Guido Mantega, complained that the policies of the Federal Reserve, designed to help the United States recover from the gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression, were having unintended ...
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How Risky is the Global Economy?
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Three years after the global financial crisis, the global economy remains a confusing place - and for good reasons. Should we draw comfort from gradual healing in advanced countries and solid growth in emerging economies? ...
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Guest post: Let's get financial
Procurement Leaders (blog)
In part I of this latest guest post, Alex Saric, marketing director, Emea, at Ariba, discusses how procurement and finance must work closer together, what the benefits of doing so are and the challenges they face. There is nothing like a crisis to ...
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The World Bank and IMF wish you a (bumpy) global economic recovery at the ...
EURODAD
On the side of the World Bank, the DC Communiqué does not address shifts in World Bank Group (WBG) policies in the wake of the global crisis, policies that reflect increasing donor emphasis on (short-term) development results to show value for their ...
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Few aware of oil revenue rule
Views and News from Norway
When the finance crisis erupted in 2008, however, Norway's left-center government quickly bent the rule and used more of the oil revenues than the 4-percent rule dictated, to relieve any ill effects of the credit crunch. Now the government has signaled ...
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Views and News from Norway
For borrowers, 45 is the new 60
Brisbane Times
You could be excused for thinking that it has something to do with the Global Financial Crisis, but it has more to do with the National Consumer Credit Protection Act. The Act came into force earlier this year and among many things is supposed to make ...
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BRICS Must Strengthen Multi-Polarity
People's Democracy
While, imperialism seeks to use the emerging economies as its surest way out of the current crisis, the BRICS nevertheless has the potential to emerge as a global political initiative that can move the world towards a genuine multi-polarity opposed to ...
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Read a transcript of the PM's speech
Adelaide Now
As one of very few countries in the world to avoid recession during the global financial crisis, the Australian government well understands the need for continuous reform if economies are to grow and remain competitive. The resilience of the Australian ...
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Jockeying begins for top job at Goldman Sachs
Sydney Morning Herald
Some analysts said, however, that Cohn seemed too closely connected to the global financial crisis. Sherwood, known to friends as ''Woody'', is well-liked and has deep knowledge of the fixed income and equities businesses - making him an expert in the ...
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True picture of US financial market and the sea of debt
USA Market News
Since the economic crisis of 2007-2009, the global financial market has been slow and the stocks have been performing badly. But from the last quarter of the year 2010, the stock market has shown some signs of recovery. According to reports in the ...
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Plan panel pitches for further liberalisation of FDI policy
Business Standard
Following the recent crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, the presenation stressed, nuclear energy would play a pivotal role and should, therefore, be expanded while adhering to safety measures. India needs 100000 Mw of power ...
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The secret of foreign aid
Baltimore Sun
In short, we finance them to enrich our companies and import our culture. Score: Congress 1, poor countries 0. And the story gets better for Americans. When desperate countries face a food crisis, their markets are flooded with excess grain from ...
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Study: UK Pensions Slash Equities
aiCIO
"The financial crisis exacerbated this long-term rise to more conservative investments for protection," he said. According to the bank's research, which surveyed 185 UK pensions with a total market value of $157 billion (£95 billion), pension scheme ...
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Citi says Ireland, Greece and Portugal to restructure debts
Irish Independent
... in its monthly Global Economic Outlook and Strategy report. Irish, Greek and Portuguese two-year government bond yields all hit euro-era highs yesterday. Investors dumped the bonds on fears that the debt crisis is set to enter a new phase if, ...
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Irish Independent
3 fault lines running through China's economy
CNN (blog)
If Mr. Yongding wants to identify a real Ponzi scheme, he need only look at the Ponzi finance practiced by China's state-run banks. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, China forced its state-run banks to lower lending standards and make as ...
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The dollar, less almighty: Big investors see possible long-term currency weakness
Washington Post
Gross noted that the currencies of many Asian economies are still 50 percent or more below their levels before the Asian currency crisis of 1997. In March, the dollar — adjusted for inflation — hit its lowest point against major US trading partners' ...
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Canada's Budget Deficit Shrinks on Strong Growth
Wall Street Journal
Canadian deficits and debt, as measured against gross domestic product, have grown sharply as Ottawa turned to big fiscal-stimulus programs to power it through the global economic crisis. Gross Canadian government debt amounts to about 84% of GDP, ...
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Brazil is top country among EM's best managers
Citywire.co.uk
'Ironically, some of the countries that are responsible for the deepest crisis since the Great Depression, and have yet to solve their own problems, are eager to prescribe codes of conduct to the rest of the world, including to countries that are ...
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Global markets up after a pause
Equitymaster.com
While the biggest gainer of the week has been the BSE-Oil & Gas index, the crisis in the Middle East has added to the debt burden of oil marketing companies. This has been due to higher crude oil prices. In fact the under recovery of state owned Oil ...
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Fight Imperialist Neo-liberalism
People's Democracy
So extreme has the dominant pro-market or neo-liberal orientation of monopoly finance capital now become that, even in the context of the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s, the state is unable to respond effectively. ...
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German business confidence slips
Financial Times
The easing in business sentiment was predicted by most analysts, in the light of rising energy prices, and the supply constraints caused by the Japanese earthquake and nuclear power crisis. “In the face of the high oil prices, the Japanese crisis, ...
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Bernanke's QEx Box
Gold Seek
Event Shocks were unleashed on the global economy in a historic manner in Q1 2011. Whether Geo-Political issues throughout North Africa and the Middle East or Physical Natural Disasters like the earthquakes in Japan, a Tsunami, or a nuclear crisis at ...
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Connecting the Dots Between Global Risks
Seeking Alpha
Finance ministers and central bank governors from around the world, gathering at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington last week, identified a slew of continued and emerging risks to the global economy, including higher food and ...
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Free checking increasingly scarce
Grand Forks Herald
During the global financial crisis, the safety of one's money became a top concern for many bank customers, and that did lead to some large-scale desertions. Washington Mutual and Wachovia Corp. — each a large bank with a sizable presence in Central ...
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Wither Botswana
Mmegi Online
As the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, recently told Parliament in his budget speech: "... the recent global economic crisis necessitated an increase in Government borrowing and a drawing down of Government's savings. ...
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Japanese Yields Steady After Bond Auction
Wall Street Journal
More signs that last month's earthquake and tsunami, as well as the continued crisis surrounding the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, will weigh on the economy should also be positive for bonds, pushing down yields. ...
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Pay Rise Amid Crisis Makes RBA's Stevens Among Best Paid
BusinessWeek
Stevens was one of seven central bank chiefs from around the world to receive an 'A' grade in a September 2009 Global Finance Magazine survey for navigating their economies through the world's worst financial crisis since the 1930s. ...
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Robert Half International's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call ...
Seeking Alpha
In addition, the global financial crisis has triggered a new round of financial regulatory oversight. And Protiviti's financial services industry practice is well-positioned to assist clients in complying with new reform legislation. ...
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Kabul Bank might be too big to fail. But its shareholders too powerful to ...
GlobalPost
But if, as is now being alleged, the money came from Kabul Bank and not Farnood's own pocket, the country could be plunged into a serious political, as well as financial, crisis. A source inside the finance ministry, who does not want to be identified ...
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GlobalPost
Only 24% Feel Financially Secure
Financial-Planning.com
“Americans are suffering a crisis in financial confidence,” said Scott Spiker, chief executive officer of First Command. “They are increasingly concerned about such personal finance issues as rising gas prices and personal debt. ...
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Morgan Stanley's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Equity sales and trading revenues of $1.7 billion included negative DVA of $30 million and represent our highest reported quarter since the financial crisis. Results were strong across our businesses and in each major geography driven by broad-based ...
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Canada's Felled Leader Has Chance for Big Win
Wall Street Journal
Next month's election could have big implications for Canada, which recently signed onto a joint border-security pact with the US and has led industrialized nations in growth rate since the global financial crisis. On Thursday, Canada's finance ...
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Caisse's 2010 Annual Report
Benzinga
2010 was the second year of recovery after the 2008 crisis. Up until now, renewed growth required support from public authorities, at least in developed countries. Such support has exceeded US$2 trillion and largely contributed to the stock market ...
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Benzinga
John White steps down as chairman as Persimmon announce increase in sales
The Press, York
He and Mr White steered the organisation through its worst crisis when in spring 2008 the construction industry collapsed with unprecedented suddenness and severity. THERE is at least some good news. Yesterday the Government announced last year's ...
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Are CFOs getting it right on internal auditing?
CFO World UK
No business is ever going to be risk-free, but recent corporate history, from the BP oil spill to the global financial crisis, raise real questions about the effectiveness of internal audit. It's not that internal audit isn't taken seriously within ...
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BBC: Finance crisis: in graphics - Who posted in this topic ...
Green Energy Investors: BBC: Finance crisis: in graphics - Who posted in this ... "The Global Edge": Main Discussion; > BBC: Finance crisis: in graphics ...
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G20 eyes anti-crisis plan, mulls recovery risks - International ...
France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde attends a news conference in Lyon, ... "The apex of the crisis is behind us, but it would be part of the ...
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World finance crisis threat remains | Sunshine Coast Business ...
World finance crisis threat remains. Paul Handley and Veronica Smith | 18th ... could still derail economic recovery, global finance leaders have warned. ...
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