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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, May 01, 2011


Scholarships to promote science education
Deccan Herald
There will be assured career opportunity for them if they want to continue with higher studies even after the masters. The Department of Science and Technology launched its Innovation in SciencePursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) scheme in 2008 to ...
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Postgraduate studies at MSU
Sunday Times.lk
Among areas covering under the postgraduates studies at MSU are Management/ Business, Computer Science, Accounting/ Finance, ICT, Bioinformatics, Food Service Technology, Biomedicine, Software Engineering and Health Administration. ...
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Saudi dean offers a lesson in research
The National
Dr Chet Jablonski, the dean of graduate studies at Zayed University, said he was impressed with the advancement of research programmes at KSU and Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Scienceand Technology. "It is nice to see a developed science ...
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Climate-change critic finds data confirm warming
Kennebec Journal
Some of the leaders of the US House Science and Technology Committee have said they doubt the integrity of some climate research. A couple of weeks ago, the committee invited Professor Richard Muller of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperatures project ...
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Dairy Center grand opening to include keynote addresses, tours
Ag Weekly
Dr. Barry Lambert, director of the Center and associate professor in the Animal Science and Wildlife Management Department and dairy science specialist, said the facility will serve as a hub for variousresearch projects, from studies by entomologists ...
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Medical: Kids and fire alarms ... DUI locks ... New bandages
The Times Herald
On the other hand, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention review of 15 scientific studieson the use of auto-ignition interlocks found that the breath analyzers were fairly efficient at keeping drivers previously arrested for DUI from another ...
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Making better babies
Sunday Star Times
She could help Gluckman with his research by making her clients available for further study. "It would be good to have more clinical research done and that's where we come in, because we have the couples coming to us already. It's almost as if, ...
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Sunday Star Times
Lovely weather for ducks (or not)
Brookings Register
Searching for the main causes of the size changes in duck eggs will be the next stage of researchfor the project. DeJong will plot the coordinates of the egg collections on a map of North America using geographic information system technology, ...
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A Portrait of the Artist: John Hastie
Patch.com
I worked for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for over 30 years as aresearch chemist, and now I do contract-based work. The parallels between science and art are increasingly evident to me now. In art you have a different set ...
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UCSD duo's book suggests ways to close job gap
La Jolla Light
By Kathy Day Put two educators who develop programs for extended learning in a room with an economist who studies technology and innovation, and you're bound to generate an interesting discussion. In one particular case, the discussion evolved into the ...
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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated
The Business Insider
He focuses on early-stage technology companies – usually looking at Series A or seed investments. Suster also writes the influential blog, Both Sides of the Table Banner Ads. They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. ...
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Opeyemi Ogundijo… Banking on his model cars
Daily Sun
... of environmental damage that comes with technology. It was this conviction that drove him to dig deeper in search of other cost-effective car building institutions. His search took him to DYP-DC Center for Automotive Research and Studies, India. ...
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C3 Jian and West China School of Stomatology Establish Clinical Research ...
Business Wire (press release)
It is particularly critical and noteworthy that West China has agreed that it will operate the CRC and the studies run within the CRC under FDA defined GCP. As such, the clinical trial data we generate in collaboration with West China will have ...
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Brandywine Heights event focuses on technology
Reading Eagle
"This technology has brought them an opportunity they wouldn't otherwise have had," Thomas said. "Xiaoxue is able to be in one place and teach multiple students." Kelly Shaw and Lisa Ehrets, socialstudies teachers, demonstrated research capabilities ...
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ETP makes investment to support development of ICVrx's targeted epilepsy drug ...
News-Medical.net
Epilepsy Therapy Project (ETP), a non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate new therapies for people living with epilepsy and seizures, and ICVrx, LLC (ICVrx), a pharmacy productresearch and development company focused on novel therapies ...
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Deals Of The Week: CATT Fight
The IN VIVO Blog (blog)
Sequella has completed three Phase 1 studies of SQ109 in the US and is currently running Phase 2 efficacy studies in TB patients in Africa. It is also testing the compound as a treatment for Helicobacter pylori infections and fungal infections. ...
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The IN VIVO Blog (blog)
Value-based Education from SIBA
Sunday Times.lk
In line with this same principle, SIBA plans to commence a two year MA degree course in BuddhistStudies in 2011 and a four year interdisciplinary Science degree in Mathematics, Management and Commerce, Information Technology and Buddhist Philosophy in ...
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Slow, Stop and Even Reverse Aging - What to Do in 7 Simple Steps
Food Consumer
Mr. Kekich is active in companies with proprietary stem cell and other technologies that target longevity and raises funds for life-extending research. “Life Extension Express: 7 steps you can take now, to catch the emerging wave of medical ...
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Cancer in blue-collar workers
The Bloomington Alternative
“Given the obvious benefits to an intensified cancer research effort directed toward the study of workers, I ask myself why it has been given so little attention,” he said. “… This is no accident. It reflects a social class bias by those gathering the ...
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Increasing number of regional enterprises realise value delivered by cloud ...
AME Info
Thehalf-day IDC Cloud Computing and Data Center Roadshow will highlight end-user case studiesand presentations from industry-leading experts, supported by IDC's research and analysis of cloud, data centre and virtualization trends in the Middle East. ...
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Harvard Business School Holds 15th Annual Business Plan Contest
India Education Diary
The capstone of the School's extensive Entrepreneurial Studies curriculum, the contest awards prizes totaling more than $150000 in cash and in-kind services to the winners and runners-up in both tracks. The contest is open to all Harvard MBA candidates ...
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India Education Diary
iCo Therapeutics Announces Year-End 2010 Financial Results
SYS-CON Media (press release)
... research and development of our oral drug delivery technology for the treatment of neglected diseases such as leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis; -Published results of our studies in several peer reviewed journals and notable scientific conferences. ...
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Gibbstown woman named associate dean at Columbia University
NJ.com
Maden joins Columbia from the University of Pennsylvania, where she is currently director of marketing and program development at the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. Previously, she played several roles at Drexel University's LeBow College ...
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NJ.com
Experts address benefits, hazards of shale drilling
Allied News
Griffin and other speakers talked of hydrogen being the energy source in the future, but thetechnology is still in development to make it a viable alternative. When looking at extraction of gas from Marcellus shale, the impact needs lessened, ...
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School news
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Knapp will spend this summer in the National Science Foundation funded undergraduate researchprogram at Johns Hopkins University. ASHLAND -- Christopher Burkett, assistant professor of political science at Ashland University, is the winner of the ...
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Educating the Soul, the Spirit and then the Mind
Groundviews
Brain research using imaging technology has now proven that a few day old infant can distinguish between different emotional expressions of the mother. This way, the baby forges an immediate limbic link with the mother. The limbic brain is designed ...
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Groundviews
'India still long way from disaster mitigation'
Times of India
As per RK Mall, joint organising secretary, role of science and technology and higher education in disaster risk reduction, along with challenges of disaster risk reduction in changing climate, were discussed on the last day of the programme. ...
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Social Media Can Wreck Your Career
Hawaii Business Magazine
Employees who access Facebook, Twitter or other social media can waste hours every day, costing their companies hundreds to thousands of dollars daily, according to Nucleus Research Inc., which provides information-technology research and advising. ...
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Hawaii Business Magazine
Impact and cost of a photo ID law for voters unclear
Spartanburg Herald Journal
Because voter ID laws are relatively new across the country, only a handful of academic studies have examined the laws' effects. A study at the California Institute of Technology showed that strict voter ID laws that like South Carolina's legislation ...
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Ignore the Panic: RIM Still Has a Bright Future
Barron's
You see, two weeks ago I wrote a story in Barron's predicting that Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphones, would defy its legions of doubters and deliver huge gains for investors. Then, late on Thursday, the company lowered its ...
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Genetic Engineering Hang-Up
Biomass Power and Thermal
The petition includes reams and reams of paperwork including results of multiplestudies such as environmental assessments, impact assessments, and field tests among others. The insect-resistant corn widely grown today went through the same procedure, ...
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Biomass Power and Thermal
Mountain Party's Jesse Johnson discusses his platform for governor of West ...
The Republic
Returning world-class scientists to West Virginia's technology research centers is important to Johnson. The scientists could focus on carbon research, which could revolutionize "all transportation across the board, born right here in the hills and ...
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Depreciation: An Appreciation
Barron's
ROBERT OLSTEIN, CHAIRMAN and chief investment officer of Olstein Capital Management in Purchase, NY, studies the relationship between companies' capital expenditures and depreciation expenses, looking for instances in which the two deviate long-term. ...
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Nursing's Past
Nurse.com
“[M]any museums hold artifacts related to nursing history and thousands of archives store documents that can shed light on nursing practice and nurses themselves,” says Lusk, who is professor and chairwoman of the School of Nursing and Health Studies, ...
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CI professor to receive President's Award for Innovations in Teaching and Learning
Ventura County Star
Sean Anderson, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at CSU Channel Islands (CI), will be recognized at CI's Honors Convocation on Friday, May 6, and receive the President's Award for Innovations in Teaching and Learning. ...
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Invested in educational process
Northwest Herald
The program has been in Illinois for 22 years, Paul said, with 300 to 350 schools and more than 31000 students involved each year. “It's about making your own decisions and following thatresearch and using that technology to help make wise decisions,” ...
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News and Developments :: Citizens for Safe Technology
from Canadian Science Writers' Association (CSWA) Board of Directors ... to government scientists who have published studies and research in journals. ... The findings and benefits of scientific and medical research should be available ...
www.citizensforsafetechnology.com/An-open-letter-to-the-lea...
"Smart" meters safe research says, but many see need for more ...
The few studies of low-frequency waves are inconsistent, some scientists say. One major federally sponsored study due to end in ... Part of the Bay Area News Group ..... There's no stoppingtechnology." Suzanne Bohan covers science. ...
www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_17959801

LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen news, May 01, 2011

Yemeni Deal Falls Through; Syria Promises Political Change
BusinessWeek
Uprisings have spread across the Middle East since January, unseating
rulers in Egypt and Tunisia and sparking violent repression in Libya, which
has Africa's biggest proven crude oil reserves, and in Syria. Oil has
advanced 25 percent in New York this ...
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As UNDP Postpones Syria Program, Proceeds on Bahrain & Yemen in June
Inner City Press
Also in the Middle East, UNDP until the end funding training for police in
Egypt which advocates said involved presenations from human rights abusers,
not defenders. Until exposed by Inner City Press, UNDP in Libya had Aisha
Gaddafi as a “Good Will ...
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Syria: This is no time for double standards
Toronto Star
They have taken their lead from the popular uprisings that led to dramatic
changes in Tunisia and Egypt. But their struggle has become mired in the
same vicious government crackdown that has led to bloodshed in Libya,
Bahrain and Yemen. ...
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Could uprisings spread to south of the Sahara?
Peninsula On-line
by Greg Mills Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, Syria and Yemen are important
reminders that surface calm should not be mistaken for social cohesion and
that economic growth – by itself – is often not enough and can even
increase inequality. ...
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Saudi Arabia Economy Stable Amid Regional Uprisings, Azzam Says
Bloomberg
While Tunisia and Egypt are the only two nations to have toppled their
leaders, Libya is embroiled in a civil conflict and unrest in Syria,
Bahrain and Yemen has left hundreds dead and sent oil prices soaring 23
percent this year. ...
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DISCOVERIES, Inventions News, May 01, 2011

NewProductHelp.com Enthused About Opportunity to Represent Dim Dots Invention ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Doug B., New Mexico resident and inventor, has contracted South Florida inventionassistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent his Dim Dots concept to potential licensees over the next 2 years. A simple yet effective product that aims to eliminate ...
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NewProductHelp.com to Lead Marketing Campaign for Cell Security Case Invention ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
William D., Washington, DC resident and inventor, has contracted South Floridainvention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent his Cell Security Case concept to potential licensees. An innovative new product designed to help its users ...
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Ann Cathcart Chaplin: A patent success
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Minneapolis lawyer has become a force in helping companies when inventionscome into dispute. Ann Cathcart Chaplin, who heads Fish & Richardson's litigation department, checked in with legal administrative assistant Stacey Sandler to prep for a big ...
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Sweden's not only about Abba
New Straits Times
Some of the inventions by Sweden's Interactive Institute (clockwise from top) — a power cord that lights up when too much energy is consumed, a lamp that blooms like a flower when less electricity is used, curtains that collect solar rays, ...
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Turn empty bags into 'Instant Protective Shirts'
Allentown Morning Call
There are lots of cool stories behind inventions. Like how the popular toy Silly Putty was created by an engineer trying to make synthetic rubber during World War II. And a Swiss engineer and outdoorsman was inspired to create Velcro after putting ...
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Allentown Morning Call
The Patent Bill is Unconstitutional
Canada Free Press
Our patent system, which protects the property right of the inventor, is why the United States has produced most of the world's great inventions and dominates the world in innovation. All other countries award patents under an alien system called ...
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Exhibit in White Rock honours creative women
Surrey Now
They are all fields in which items were invented by women - and those items are all on display at the Historic Stewart Farm, as part of the Mothers of Invention Exhibit. The exhibit explores the origins of inventions, objects and ideas of women in ...
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James Dyson: Reinventing Britain
The Guardian
One of his early inventions was the Ballbarrow – a wheelbarrow centred on a large, pneumatic red ball that gave it stability and made it easier to steer. And it was this odd-looking wheelbarrow that afforded the first professional "betrayal" when ...
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The Guardian
Canal Town Museum Opens for Season May 3
Madison County Courier
The two floors of the museum are filled with exhibits of innovative products,inventions, memorabilia and art. The museum located at 122 Canal St. is opened from noon to 3 pm Tuesday through Saturday, and will offer group tours by appointment by ...
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Madison County Courier
MODERN SHAATRA TECHNOLOGIES
Community Magazine
Your parents might have thought they had it easy, with inventions like the dishwasher, washing machine, vacuum cleaner and oven all at the ready – conveniences which their parents probably never had. But over the past few decades, even more amazing ...
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Google Doodle Celebrates 160th Anniversary of the First World's Fair
Wired News
Unfortunately, most of the early fairs also had some less forward-thinking exhibits, but on the whole they are remembered for significant advances and demonstrations of futuristicinventions and ideas. Since The Great Exhibition in 1851, ...
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Hudson ready to breathe new life into deserted campus
Akron Beacon Journal (blog)
Picture startup businesses honing high-tech inventions and processes in the offices of the old administration building. Envision families attending educational and recreational programs in the former high school, or soccer athletes arriving at a new ...
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Media Ignores Energy Breakthrough: Worry-Free Nuclear Power
ZPEnergy
In other words, by filing a patent, you are giving the control system the service manual to the said invention. This was Tesla's greatest mistake - if he would have released hisinventions to the world without filing a patent, the Illuminati bankers ...
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Love Wedding Marriage: Film Review
Hollywood Reporter
Maybe someone who could swallow the idea of twentysomething Mandy Moore as a marriage counselor/psychologist could go along with the irksome inventions of the script by Caprice Crane, who, it is not surprising to learn, wrote numerous episodes of ...
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Hollywood Reporter
Mark Phelan: Automotive legends vote is sure to spark fevered debate
Detroit Free Press
The labs have been responsible for hundreds of inventions. They developed the electronic engine control module in 1972, paving the way for the clean-running, efficient and powerful engines that cars use today. More recently the Sci Labs, ...
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One family illustrates the value of reading
Statesman Journal
With every generation, new inventions seem to increase our separation. Record players, radios, TVs, head phones, video players, computers, cellphones and iPods have increased our ability to obtain knowledge and be entertained, but they have also ...
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Bach Society's grand finale: The Dickinsons' devotion honored
Louisville Courier-Journal
As a young piano student, he liked playing Bach's two-part inventions, with their often quick keyboard strokes, which the composer had written for students to use in practice. By age 13, he had begun playing the organ his church had purchased — even ...
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Science + compassion = Haiti aid
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
By the end of the school year, the students had learned a lot and even discovered someinventions that might be useful in their effort. But it was still just an idea. A new group of students was handed the responsibility of taking what the previous ...
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It's time to think outside the box again
Lompoc Record
We are all in this to enjoy a great event, be with friends and try outrageous cardboardinventions. Please remember the idea is to explore the inherent characteristics of corrugated cardboard while being creative in meeting the challenge, “Stay Afloat. ...
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Living it up at the 'Rock & Roll Motel'
Charlotte Observer
And many of the bands treat the Kosters as if they're a second family, like The BrilliantInventions, who have visited 20 times; Pacifico, who's taken to calling them Uncle Don and Aunt Laurie; and Miniature Tigers, who play in Raleigh but still travel ...
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Students spend break immersed in artwork
Glens Falls Post-Star
Say they're learning about the Renaissance and the printing press; the kids may not learn about Renaissance, per se, but they may learn about inventions that happened at that time, so we'll talk about the artists and how they influenced the liberal ...
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More than a campus: Stanford brimming with things to see
San Jose Mercury News
The eclectic exhibits focus on inventions that shaped America, including early cameras, cars, toys and even a complete 1920s kitchen. The United Nations Association Gift Store showcases products from grass-root businesses in developing countries. ...
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'Underwater Kite' a Clean Energy Solution
Afloat
A scale model of the Deep Green system, which was included in Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2010, will be unveiled later this year off the coast of Northern Ireland. It will provide an opportunity for testing in real ocean conditions, ...
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Think-a-lot Toys “Think-ets” Listed as Imagination Best Practice
PR.com (press release)
Imagination First also has an expanded section of literary resources dealing with imaginative works and inventions, and links to websites of people and organizations that epitomize imagination, from the Buckminster Fuller Institute to Julie Taymor.
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SouthCoast business in brief
SouthCoastToday.com
FALL RIVER — David Rardin, intellectual property attorney, will discuss "Patent Emergencies: Bad OMG Moments in Protecting Your Inventions," at the next gathering of the Spring 2011 Entrepreneurship Speaker Series at the Advanced Technology ...
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Hydropower plant opens for supply of Studenica Monastery with electricity
EMportal
"The Studenica Monastery, as one of Serbia's most significant cultural monuments, together with the Miroslav's Gospel and Nikola Tesla's inventions, best represents Serbia in the world," Skundric stated.
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Taiwan is biggest foreign competitor at Paris fair
China Post
PARIS--Taiwan has emerged as the largest foreign competitor at the Concours Lepine 2011, one of the world's most prestigious invention fairs that opened Friday in Paris. A total of 43 inventions by Taiwan are on display at this year's event. ...
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Bites Nearby: No Frills Sushi
Patch.com
Regular rolls and handrolls cover well-trod rice-wrapped inventions like spicy tuna and the cream cheese roll (both $4.95). Many of the rolls can be prepared "inside out" for an additional charge. The lunch special has a dedicated following with three ...
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Spinning wheel slot machines continue to be a big hit with gamblers
Press of Atlantic City
One of AC Coin's popular inventions is the Slotto game, which features lottery-style ping pong balls bouncing around in a display case on top of the slot machines. AC Coin's machines also make liberal use of light panels and carousel-style designs to ...
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2011 FIRST® Championship Celebrates Science, Technology and Teamwork With will ...
Business Wire (press release)
“These young innovators will be handling the complex challenges of the 21 st Century and bolstering our global economy with new research, inventions and jobs. Every year, we celebrate the achievements of the best young minds in science and innovation ...
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Nature cannot be submitted to the laboratory or the market
Green Left Weekly
The answer for the future lies not in scientific inventions but in our capacity to listen to nature. The green economy considers it necessary, in the struggle to preserve biodiversity, to put a price on the free services that plants, ...
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Green Left Weekly
VFW Decides Not To Hold Milford Labor Day Parade | Babies Formula
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Strategic Marketing and Advertising Firm in Houston TX ADCETERA. Office Inventions: Mimosa Helmet. Have you ever been in this situation? You could use a refreshing beverage, but also need your hands free for plicated maneuverings—TV . ...
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Hero of Alexandria | DESKARATI – AN ECLECTIC MIX OF SCIENCE ...
By Deskarati
Among his most famous inventions was a windwheel, constituting the earliest instance of wind harnessing on land. He is said to have been a follower of theAtomists. Some of his ideas were derived from the works of Ctesibius. ...
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Timeline of Science Fiction Ideas, Technology and Inventions ...
Technovelgy.com has a wonderful rabbit hole of a "Timeline of Science Fiction Ideas, Technology and Inventions," sorted by publication date, ...
boingboing.net/2011/04/26/timeline-of-science.html
HowStuffWorks "5 NASA Inventions You Won't Believe"
There have been some amazing NASA inventions you won't believe. Visit HowStuffWorks to see 5 NASA inventions you won't believe.
science.howstuffworks.com/.../5-surprising-nasa-inventions.ht...
New Inventions from Independent Inventors | Inventors Digest
Editor's note: Each month, Inventors Digest shines a spotlight on new inventions from independent inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses in our Under ...
www.inventorsdigest.com/archives/6318
10 Futuristic Inventions in Wearable Tech | Inhabitat - Green ...
wearable tech, future of wearable tech, 10 Futuristic Inventions in Wearable Tech, eco. Just a few years ago, things like camera-equipped glasses and ...
inhabitat.com/10-futuristic-inventions-in-wearable-tech/
Legal fights over worker inventions not child's play | Anonymous ...
Mattel claimed ownership because Bryant had signed an “inventions agreement” that governed anything he created — even at home — while on the Mattel payroll. ...
www.sfexaminer.com/.../legal-fights-over-worker-inventions-...
10 Futuristic Inventions in Wearable Tech — Life Scoop
We may not have flying cars or Terminator-like cyborgs in sight, but there's little doubt we're already living in the...
mylifescoop.com/.../10-futuristic-inventions-in-wearable-tech...
The History of the Thermometer
Lord Kelvin took the whole process one step further with his invention of the Kelvin Scale in 1848. The Kelvin Scale measures the ultimate extremes of hot ...
inventors.about.com/od/.../History-Of-The-Thermometer.htm
Perspectives on Innovation » Blog Archive » The Inventions Exhibit
The 39th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products ( aka “the world's largest marketplace for inventions”), devoted to inventions ...
blog.innocentive.com/2011/04/19/the-inventions-exhibit/
Taiwan participates in Paris invention fair
Paris, April 30 (CNA) Taiwan has emerged as the largest foreign competitor at the Concours Lepine 2011, one of the world's most prestigious invention fairs ...
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Search: Weirdest inventions - Weirdest inventions - 1
Search: Weirdest inventions. Ever wish you could test your blood pressure ... Check out these other weird inventions -- they just might solve some of the ...
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The Incredible Impact of Thomas Edison's Inventions » New ...
The number of Thomas Edison inventions is definitely an mind-boggling amount; one thousand 3 hundred sixty 8 patents! Each and every entirely separate and ...
www.chicagopact.org/the-incredible-impact-of-thomas-edison...
'Who's Who in Tech' spotlights New Mexico inventions, innovators ...
Albuquerque, NM News - View Daily Local Business News, Resources & more in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Weirdest inventions - funnywebpark
Look no more, because the Super Smart Boot, as well as what could be the world's fastest shrimp peeler, was recently unveiled at the International Invention ...
funnywebpark.blogspot.com/2011/04/weirdest-inventions.html
Friday transpo roundup - transit inventions edition : KALW
Friday transpo roundup - transit inventions edition. KALWNews.org By Casey Miner Could wind and solar energy power our traffic lights? ...
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/kalw/detail?entry_id=88017
Four New, Eco-Friendly Inventions that Will Revolutionize the ...
Smart windows that tint themselves and mushroom-based packaging are some of the breakthroughs bound to change the green movement. Read all about it here.
blog.movingcost.com/moving.../eco-friendly-inventions.html
1001 Inventions: Discover the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization ...
Exhibition Opens May 27, 2011 at the California Science Center.
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MODERN INVENTIONS
The Jetpack is one of those modern inventions that is just so cool.
www.inventor-strategies.com/modern-inventions.html
Brainy Birds Live the High Life in Cities
Discovery News
"Species with relatively larger brains tend to have broader diets, live in diverse habitats and have a higher propensity for behavioral innovations in foraging," lead author Alexei Maklakov told Discovery News. "They are better able to establish viable ...
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Astrology Predictions for April 26
SamayLive
Your creative discovery will also bring you lot of appreciation and recognition. Your habit of boasting and making tall claims will get you into trouble today. People dealing with you might also hold it as a grudge against you. ...
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ScienceBlogs (blog)
The answer to both is a loud "NO": it is a paper using methods of genomic analysis that produce evolutionary histories, it describes long periods of gradual modification of genomes, and it correlates genomic innovations with changes in the ancient ...
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Futurism: Trend Discovery with Innovation Keynote Speaker Jeremy ...
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Patterns of discovery
While fewer than 50% of the predicted innovations were considered “good and ...Furthermore, for current predictions, Albright concluded that “we should ...
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Sweden's not only about Abba
New Straits Times
In Sweden, its universities churn out new inventions and discoveries every year and these are in turn commercialised. Swedish universities have no rights to the commercialised products, even though the inventions were birthed at the universities using ...
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Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
As in the postwar period, the universities, incubators of many of the best problem-solvingdiscoveries and inventions, would lead the fight. American universities, still the gold standard in higher education, obviously would play a major role. ...
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HEALTH News, Fitness, Wellness, Diets, May 01, 2011

Health Reform Could Send This Stock Through the Roof
Nasdaq Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:34 PM PDT
Before the first word was uttered in the national health care debate, a significant change was put into motion to remake the U.S. health care system. It was nothing short of revolutionary, and
S.C. regulators question little
The Post and Courier Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:33 PM PDT
South Carolina insurance regulators under-use their statutory power to reject health insurance premium rate hikes, harming consumers who have struggled with continual increases in recent years, watchdogs and analysts said. The South Carolina Department of Insurance "only occasionally" red...
Want to live longer? Eat less. And here's why
Langley AdvanceNews Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:19 PM PDT
The discovery, by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, could lead to new therapies and drugs to slow aging and enhancehealth in the silver years.
Need to Know for Sunday, May 1
The Fayetteville Observer Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:17 PM PDT
1Starting today, Scotland Health Care System patients must provide photo ID at registration. The new policy is due to rising instances of medical identity theft around the country.
Asheville area health kudos
Asheville Citizen-Times Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:17 PM PDT
CLYDE â Volunteers of the MedWest-Haywood hospice program received several awards. ⢠The Elizabeth Haile Award for excellence in hospice administrative support was presented to Marilyn Naughton.
Wellington homeless, in poor health, needs help
Nation News Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:14 PM PDT
I watched as he hobbled on his way at a pace that belied his state ofhealth. Soon he had blended in with the swirling tide of humanity that was descending on Bridgetown, welcomed by the Saturday morning sun.
Walking the walk for children's health at Plainfield schools
The Day Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:12 PM PDT
Each day, after morning announcements, about 1,100 fourth- through eighth-graders take a 10-minute walk and discuss a thought-provoking question - something along the lines of "Would you rather go for a visit to the future or back to the past?"
Hearty dose of hands-on learning
The Stockton Record Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:12 PM PDT
Fifth-graders from Lodi Unified School District took part in a day ofhealth education and fun Friday in an event sponsored by the Children's Awareness Committee, made up of students at University of the Pacific's Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and...
Blood Drives
The Youngstown Vindicator Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:06 PM PDT
Blood Drives today St. Elizabeth Health Center Donor Room, 1044 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, 9
Expert gathers health data for Tallevast study
Bradenton Herald Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:05 PM PDT
TALLEVAST -- The procession began Friday night and continued Saturday morning as residents of this tiny community met with Dr. Janvier Gasana to fill out a lengthy health survey and sign releases allowing him to examine their medical records.