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Airbus and Latecoere have terminated negotiations regarding the sale of the Airbus sites in Meaulte and Saint Nazaire Ville since a viable solution could not be finalised within the required time frame, in particular due to the current difficult financial environment. However, Airbus intends to keep Latecoere as a first tier partner for the development of the A350.
The second annual “Champions for Children’s Hearts” celebrity gala and golf tournament – presented by Northwest Airlines – will be hosted by Brian Griese and Steve Hutchinson. The event will again benefit the new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Women’s Hospital, and the U-M Congenital Heart Center. The inaugural event in 2007 raised nearly $250,000.
STANFORD, Calif. — Five hundred years after Leonardo da Vinci’s intricate drawings of the lung drew the attention of biologists, mathematicians and engineers to the problem of how such a complex structure could form, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have published the first description of how the intricate tree of airway tubes develops.
Speaking on his new appointment as Deputy Mayor of London, Richard Barnes said: “As Deputy Mayor I will fully support the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson in addressing the immense challenges facing London. Londoners deserve to live in a city we can all be proud of and I will work tirelessly to make the capital a better place to live and work for everyone.
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, today announced plans to rapidly deliver the key manifesto commitment of banning alcohol on Tube, bus, Docklands Light Railway, and tram services and stations across the capital. From 1 June 2008, drinking from and carrying open containers of alcohol will be banned, making the tube a safer and more pleasant experience for passengers.
According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, XIFARAS is the owner and operator of Innovative Network Solutions (“INS”) of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, a company that provides computer Internet services including server installations. In 1999, an employee of Southwestern Bell Communications (“SBC”) approached XIFARAS with a proposal that he would ensure INS received subcontracting work from SBC in exchange for kickbacks being paid to the SBC employee.
Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced IGOR MALYAR, also known as “George Falcone,” and “Michael Safir,” 35, of Staten Island, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a “boiler room” investment scheme that victimized approximately 275 individuals. Judge Hall also ordered MALYAR, jointly and severally with others involved in the scheme, to pay restitution in the amount of $3,602,425 to his victims.
5/7/2008 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 6, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs performed shows of force in order to deter enemy activities in Bari Kowt, Jalalabad and Orgune. An on-scene joint terminal attack controller confirmed that the missions were successful.
The MEDCEUR is a Joint Chiefs of Staff regional/multilateral exercise sponsored by U.S. European Command and provides an opportunity for Air Force medical personnel to share expertise with their counterparts from Eastern Europe
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Women in Agriculture team is now accepting applications for its annual achievement and leadership awards. Of the two categories, the Achievement Award recognizes women involved with production agriculture on their farms or agribusiness, or those who have started a business related to agriculture. The Leadership Award recognizes women who have roles in agriculture leadership, advocacy for the industry or influence on agriculture policy.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Diesel prices are up roughly 50 percent from this time last year, and farmers need to look at different methods to maximize fuel efficiency, said a Purdue University expert. The average price farmers paid for diesel fuel in the Corn Belt last April was $2.50 per gallon, according to reports from Indiana's Agriculture Statistics Service located at Purdue. This compares to this April's average of $3.66 per gallon.
"You're So Money: Live Rich Even When You're Not" offers a light read but a hefty amount of user-friendly advice especially for, but not limited to, Generation Y young professionals and Millennials. Chapters cover everything from savvy day-to-day purchases -- clothing, meals, cell phone plans -- to long-term investing recommendations based on the reader's life goals. The author's goal was to write an encouraging advice book (no finger-waggling allowed) that could help guide young people to live within their means without feeling like they're sacrificing the things they appreciate most.
University Park, Pa. — Three of the biggest names in music -- pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma -- make their world debut as a trio in a once-in-a-lifetime Center for the Performing Arts presentation next March at Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park. The trio is scheduled to perform only twice -- March 30, 2009, at Eisenhower, and the following evening at New York City's Carnegie Hall.
The inauguration this week of a new mosque in the Cambodian village of Tramung Chrum will represent a dream come true for residents of the Muslim enclave in the overwhelmingly Buddhist country.
That dream was brought to life by Alan Lightman, MIT physicist and writer who a decade or so ago, with his wife, Jeanne, made a pact to turn their energies toward humanitarian pursuits. Without a firm direction or funding, they formed the nonprofit Harpswell Foundation in 1999.
Several MIT faculty and students were recently delighted to learn that Design Squad, the PBS series created to attract boys and girls in their 'tweens and teens to consider engineering as a profession, was named a winner of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. From hosting the show to advising behind the scenes, members of the MIT community have played an important role in developing and implementing this popular series.
WASHINGTON, DC, May 7 — Researchers see new treatments on the horizon for a type of depression related to blood vessels that affects the elderly, and have discovered why some elderly people fail to respond to current medications. In other studies, scientists urge caution regarding use of antipsychotics (usually for schizophrenia or other psychosis) in this and other populations to minimize metabolic, heart, and stroke risks.
The dramatic expansion of the Price Center, hub of UC San Diego’s campus, will be unveiled at 11:30 a.m. May 12 with a formal dedication and celebration with free food, giveaways, prizes, music and dance performances. Initiated by students in 2003, the Price Center East addition features 175,000 square feet of expanded space to accommodate a grocery store, 10 study lounges, hair salon, student organization offices, expanded post office, additional meeting and event spaces and eight new restaurants.
Three-time Coty award-winning designer Stan Herman, past president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), will receive an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts at the University of Cincinnati’s Commencement Ceremony at 9 a.m., Saturday, June 14, at Fifth Third Arena at Shoemaker Center. The honorary degree represents the highest award given by the University of Cincinnati.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Farmers with late-planted corn should prepare for black cutworm damage. Wet soils and heavier weed cover in fields will make the insect a potential problem this year, said a University of Missouri Extension entomologist.
"This is a perfect year for black cutworm," said Wayne Bailey. "The whole northern part of Missouri is at risk, but we've had the heaviest moth captures in the northeast. This means there is a high risk of black cutworm in that area," Bailey said.
An outcome of the Diversity Blueprints Task Force report of 2007, the center is charged with promoting and coordinating educational and community outreach and engagement activities, and strengthening partnerships between the University and K-12 school systems and communities in the State of Michigan.
(Portland, Ore.)—Meagan Nuss, an environmental studies major, with a concentration in art, will be this year’s senior speaker at the 2008 College of Arts and Sciences Commencement this weekend. Nuss says she hopes her speech will remind graduating seniors that, despite their diverse backgrounds and the innumerable journeys they will take in the future, their shared experiences at Lewis & Clark unite them.
The Support and Consultation Centre for SMEs (SUCCESS) of the Trade and Industry Department will hold a seminar entitled "How Exporters Can Protect Themselves in Face of the US' Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis" on May 15 (Thursday). The seminar will explore the implications of the US' sub-prime mortgage problem and the Bankruptcy Code, and how Hong Kong exporters can protect themselves.
The Transport Department today (May 6) announced that the next auction of Personalised Vehicle Registration Marks (PVRMs) would be held on May 24 (Saturday) in Meeting Room 601, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai. "A total of 244 approved PVRMs will be put up for public auction. A list of the marks has been posted on the Transport Department's website www.td.gov.hk today," a department spokesman said.
Cheung Chi Keung, director of Star Team Development Limited trading as Wall City, was charged for offences under section 7A(8) and section 44 of the ordinance. The defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to make MPF contributions for an employee within the prescribed time for the contribution period in June and August 2007.
An incident of loss of USB flash drive containing hospital files of PWH took place in early May 2008. The stored files were mainly general working documents with personal data of patients, including name, ID number and laboratory test items. Around 10,000 records might be involved.
A new study by an international team led by a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds light on the factors influencing the stalled growth of this parrot's population and, in turn, provides an analytical tool that could help pinpoint the biggest factors hindering the recovery of other endangered species.
Zhang and his graduate student Liao focused their study on so-called essential genes—genes which, through their effects on survival or fertility, are necessary for organisms to reach sexual maturity and reproduce. They then homed in on 120 essential human genes for which the mouse has an identical counterpart that also has been studied. Next they consulted a database that catalogs the results of experiments in which the mouse equivalents of human genes are deleted, or "knocked out."
Electronic Evolution Technologies, Inc., located at 9455 Double R Road in Reno, Nev., failed to submit timely, complete, and correct reports detailing the amounts of lead processed at its facility from 2002 through 2005. EPA inspectors discovered the four violations as a result of a routine inspection in April 2007 and a follow-up investigation.
Widewaters Greenport Co. LLC has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to resolve numerous stormwater violations at its Greenport Commons retail project on Route 9 in the town of Greenport (Columbia County), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and Region 4 Director Gene Kelly announced today.
More than 300 teachers from primary and secondary schools across Brisbane are meeting at Chandler today to share best practice and success stories as part of Queensland’s Year of Physical Activity. Education and Training Minister Rod Welford said today’s conference was the first of four to be held across the state.
Washington -- The United States is providing $3.25 million in humanitarian aid to Burma and is prepared to do considerably more if the ruling military junta would permit, the White House says.
"The United States has made an initial aid contribution, but we want to do a lot more," President Bush said May 6.
5/6/2008 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- One of the Air Force's greatest airpower adversaries doesn't wear the uniform of another country; it wears feathers. Both deadly and expensive, aircraft accidents and mishaps caused by collisions with birds have cost the service approximately $35 million each year since 1985, according to Air Force safety records.
5/6/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates paid tribute May 6 to about 1,100 military spouses who gathered for a Military Spouse Day celebration at the White House, where President Bush promised to continue pushing for more benefits for military families.
Colonel Jicha said it was an honor to receive the medal from the Hondurans he has formed a tight working relationship over the past year. "Since we are guests in Honduras, I have worked very hard to build a strong relationship with the units we routinely work with, especially the paracaidistas (fellow paratroopers)," he said.
The scholarships, established by Duke alumni to honor the university’s origins as Trinity College, provide funds for tuition, fees, room and board, as well as summer study, work and travel experiences for all four years at Duke. The full value of each scholarship is more than $200,000 over four years.
Is your son or daughter going off to college in the fall? Did they have good study habits in high school, or did they get by by doing their assignments at the last minute? Many students get through high school without knowing how to study, but that's not going to work for them in college where they're going to be compteting with the best of the best.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Rick Atkinson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian of Americans in combat from North Africa to Baghdad, is the recipient of the 2008 Stephen E. Ambrose Oral History Award. The Rutgers Living History Society will present the award to Atkinson during its annual meeting Friday, May 16, in the Rutgers Student Center, beginning at 9 a.m.
Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first national estimate of infant injury by month of age was published in the May 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics journal, Pediatrics.
CHICAGO -- The 15th Annual Cancer Survivors’ Celebration & Walk is the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University’s salute to cancer survivors and the strides made in cancer treatment and research. The event will take place on Sunday, June 1, National Cancer Survivors Day.
The free and public exhibit on the main floor of University Library, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston, showcases advances in two-wheeled technology and includes related film screenings, lectures and events about two-wheeled vehicles, bicycles and bicycling.
Left unchecked, U.S. vehicle fuel use is expected to rise to about 765 billion liters of gasoline equivalent per year by 2035, up 35 percent from 2005, according to the researchers. Their analysis shows, however, that hybrids, plug-in hybrids and other advanced vehicle systems could be incorporated into America's vehicle fleet rapidly enough to make a significant dent in total fuel use by 2035.
Restoring and disrupting memories by flashing brain cells with lasers, creating animals whose symptoms mimic schizophrenia and dissecting the genetic basis for language learning are among the cutting-edge projects at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT to be funded with a new $4 million gift from The Picower Foundation.
WASHINGTON, DC, May 6 — Recently developed imaging techniques allow the mapping of the brain circuits and chemical systems believed responsible for a range of mood abnormalities including depression and bipolar disorder, and hold promise for improved treatments, scientists say. They spoke today at a press conference involving presenters from symposia sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a part of the National Institutes of Health, during the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting here.
LYON, France - INTERPOL is asking for the public's help in identifying a man pictured sexually abusing children in a series of images found on the Internet and retrieved from the computer of a convicted pedophile. ICE agents stationed internationally work with INTERPOL and other law enforcement agencies to enhance coordination on crimes that cross borders.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued guidance that will modify its earlier interpretation of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) which permits applicants for certain immigration benefits to retain classification as a child even if he or she has reached the age of 21.
May 6, 2008 — In 1911, Yale professor Hiram Bingham returned from his Yale Peruvian Expedition claiming to have rediscovered the forgotten city of Machu Picchu. The thousands of historical artifacts he brought back have since become controversial beyond what Bingham ever could have imagined. On April 25 and 26, nearly a century after Bingham’s "discovery," a group of scholars speaking different languages and with different areas of expertise and scholarship gathered at the University of Virginia with a common goal: to discuss "Machu Picchu and Beyond: Challenges of Cultural Heritage and Architectural Preservation in a Globalized World."
The dogs will be on leashes and will be accompanied by their owners, all of whom are staff at the counseling center, an arm of University Health Services (UHS). Students can chat with counselors about end-of-semester stress and ways of managing it, while relieving immediate stress by petting and playing with the dogs.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined with California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor Diane Woodruff today to announce an unprecedented commitment of $70 million from the Bernard Osher Foundation to support private scholarships for California's community college students. The commitment is made as part of the Osher Initiative for CCC students and represents the single largest gift to a community college system in the nation and one of the largest gifts ever made to higher education.
NEW YORK (May 6, 2008) — Weill Cornell Medical College has been awarded $80,000 to study the creation of a Manhattan Elder Abuse Case Coordination and Review Center (EACCRC), in collaboration with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale and the New York City Elder Abuse Network.
Hydrox Labs, Elgin, IL has issued a voluntary recall of Cardinal Health labeled alcohol-free mouthwash. As a result of this recall, Cardinal Health is initiating a voluntary recall of the same alcohol-free mouthwash. The FDA has been apprised of the action. The mouthwash has been tested and been found positive for Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia). The CDC has confirmed hospital illnesses in one state associated with the use of the affected mouthwash.
WALTHAM, Mass. (April 24, 2008) – Departing from the candy, cards and flowers of traditional Mothers’ Day celebrations, the Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC) at Brandeis University is bringing together a multi-generational panel of working mothers to share their personal stories of discrimination on the job, and to consider ways to improve conditions for working mothers going forward.
The at the DePaul University College of Law will release the results of a major study on the sex trafficking of women and girls in the Chicago metropolitan area at 9:30 a.m. May 7 at the DePaul University Club, 1 E. Jackson Blvd., 11th floor. The project studied 100 young women under the age of 25 who are active in the Chicago area sex trade, all of whom had a pimp.
Oregon Health & Science University psychiatrist Jerald Block, M.D., will present new research on the psychiatric factors that can lead to school shootings. Block’s presentation, which is part of a panel discussion that he is chairing, will take place on Tuesday, May 6, during the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in Washington, D.C.
(PHOENIX, AZ; May 5, 2008) þu On Saturday, May 31, 2008, KNUV 1190 AM will team up with Phoenix College for the 1190 AM Celebrity Soccer Match: "Latinos Unidos" vs. "The Arizona Pros". The celebrity soccer match will be a college fundraiser to benefit Phoenix College Soccer students who are bound for the pros.
Scully, a world-renowned pioneer in quantum and laser physics, is one of eight physicists listed among the 190 new fellows and 22 new foreign honorary members announced by the academy last week. Drawn from the sciences, the arts and humanities, business, public affairs and the non-profit sector, the 212 scholars, scientists, artists, civic, corporate and philanthropic leaders include Nobel laureates and recipients of Pulitzer and Pritzker Prizes, Academy and Grammy Awards and Kennedy Center honors. They represent 20 states, 15 countries and more than 50 universities.
The Claire T. Carney Library project, slated to open in the Fall of 2010, will contain, in addition to the library collections of books, periodicals and other information, a lecture venue for guests speakers and University receptions, a campus gallery and the Rockland Trust Cyber Caf�--a technology equipped campus meeting spot.
GamerZines produces one-off magazine dedicated to Xbox 360 exclusive game Ninja Gaiden 2 as free download. The magazine gives readers a quick history of Ninja Gaiden before diving into the in-depth tour of the new game, complete with hi-resolution screens, interactive elements and gameplay video all available directly on the magazine pages.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA CommunityOne Developer Conference, May 5, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the NetBeans community today announced the immediate availability of the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Early Access for PHP scripting language, bringing the power of NetBeans to Web 2.0-style developers. Additionally they announced the general availability of the award-winning NetBeans 6.1 IDE.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA CommunityOne Developer Conference, May 5, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the global OpenSolaris community jointly announced immediate availability of the OpenSolaris Operating System (OS). OpenSolaris, based on Sun's Solaris kernel and created through community collaboration, delivers an unrivaled development and deployment environment offering the right mix of rapid innovation, platform stability and support to meet business and development needs.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA CommunityOne Developer Conference, May 5, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced two new offerings that will significantly expand customer choice by providing users with access to Sun's innovative open source software running on the Amazon Web Services platform. For the first time, Sun's OpenSolaris Operating System (OS) will be available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), a Web service that provides resizeable compute capacity in the cloud and changes the economics of computing by allowing customers to pay only for the infrastructure software services and capacity that they actually use.
DEARBORN, Mich., May 5, 2008 - Ford is taking an industry-leading move by becoming the first automaker to join The Climate Registry (TCR), building upon Ford's leadership in facility greenhouse gas (GHG) initiatives globally. Ford supports the global harmonization of GHG monitoring and reporting practices. TCR represents a significant step toward that goal.
Billett recently studied more than 23,000 U.S. companies to determine whether open market share repurchases deter takeovers. What he and his co-author found was evidence that, for the first time, verified the conventional wisdom that, indeed, they do. The best way for companies to avoid becoming takeover targets is to engage in regular stock buy-backs on the open market, according to research by a University of Iowa business professor.
The University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium's recent four-year partnership with Perry, Marshalltown, Spencer and Iowa City/Coralville was just the beginning of the "Hancher Family Arts Adventure." Hancher is now inviting communities anywhere in the State of Iowa to submit proposals to become the auditorium's partner in residency activities and performances in the spring of 2009 with the musical duo Trout Fishing in America.
The Clinical Trials Statistical and Data Management Center (CTSDMC), based in the UI College of Public Health's Department of Biostatistics, coordinates and manages data from the Clinical Islet Transplantation Consortium, comprised of the UI and 11 medical centers in the United States, Canada, Sweden and Norway.
REDMOND, Wash. — May 5, 2008 — As part of its ongoing commitment to protect customers and partners, Microsoft Corp. today announced legal actions against eight software dealers in the United States, Canada, Egypt and the Netherlands that are alleged to have engaged in the illegal sale of unlicensed Microsoft software and software components. These actions were in response to hundreds of reports to the Microsoft anti-piracy hotline (800) RU-LEGIT (785-3448) from customers who were concerned they had been sold software they were not licensed to use.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — May 5, 2008 — Today at the SSPA Best Practices 2008 conference, Microsoft Corp. announced that it has further enhanced its online self-service and internal support tool, Microsoft Automated Service Agent (ASA), with a variety of new features. Powered by Microsoft’s natural language technology, ASA is a hosted solution that allows customers to interact in a chat-style session and ask questions in their own words, and helps them get concise, accurate answers.
We meet at a vital juncture, just as the Quartet has issued a statement applauding the parties for their continued commitment to serious political negotiations. Now we must back up these negotiations with real change on the ground -- change that allows Palestinians and Israelis to believe in a positive future. Only in this way can we lend substance to the process, and send a clear message to people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel that it is meaningful and beneficial to each side.
With the United Nations peacekeeping budget for 2008/09 period currently estimated at more than $7 billion, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened its second resumed session today by taking up the proposals on the disposal of the assets of several closed peacekeeping missions and full consolidation of peacekeeping accounts, as well as the budgets of peacekeeping missions in Georgia, Lebanon, Burundi and Sierra Leone.
With this groundbreaking ceremony, we open a new chapter -- a historic period of construction that will last five years. Several years of negotiations and planning have prepared us for today. I thank the Member States of the United Nations, the host country -- the United States of America -- and the City of New York, for their strong support.
May 5, 2008 -- Northern Arapaho Endowment Scholarships have been awarded to nine University of Wyoming students for the coming summer session and academic year. They will be recognized at the American Indian Studies Honoring of Graduates ceremony Friday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Family Room.
As president of SAGES, Talamini will guide the 5,400-member association in fulfilling its mission of increasing training in laparoscopy and therapeutic endoscopy, evaluating emerging technologies, continuing to set the standards of practice in laparoscopy, fostering clinical and basic science research, and expanding educational activities in laparoscopy across the globe.
Jim Cheng, head librarian for the University of California, San Diego’s International Relations & Pacific Studies (IR/PS) Library, has been named a “2008 Mover & Shaker ” by the Library Journal (LJ) for his innovative work in developing an unprecedented Asian film collection and festival and symposium series.
Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut will lead a May 22 panel discussion at the University Of Cincinnati hosted by President Nancy Zimpher on Ohio’s 10-year strategic plan for higher education presented to Governor Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly March 31.
Justice, civility, learning and scholarship – they’re the ideals of the University of Cincinnati’s Just Community that became a university-wide initiative in 1996. Each spring, UC honors the students, faculty, staff, administrators and organizations that signify those ideals. The 2008 recipients of the Just Community Awards will be honored at the university-wide Recognition Ceremony and Reception at 4 p.m., Sunday, May 18, in the Great Hall of Tangeman University Center (TUC).
FORT COLLINS - WHAT: Students and staff at Colorado State University have collaborated on a campaign, "Kids for a Cause," to tackle a problem with cigarette butt litter and smoke-free boundary infringement at the Gifford building on campus near the Early Childhood Center children's playground. The launch of the campaign will include children painting an outline for the smoke-free zone around the playground with imprints of their hands and the unveiling of smoke-free signs designed in a contest of students in the Department of Design and Merchandising in the College of Applied Human Sciences.
FORT COLLINS - The Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at Colorado State University has formally received "select agent" research approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making it the first lab of its kind in the country to begin studying these highly regulated bioterrorism agents.
The team - mechanical engineering seniors Allison Porter, Chris Lawhorn and Grant Rhodes - designed and constructed a low-cost, durable, robotic airplane capable of taking pictures of predetermined locations. Although components for this type of project typically cost several thousand dollars, the team developed their unmanned aerial vehicle for $1,100.
FORT COLLINS - In case you missed it, April was Financial Literacy Month. Concerned officials hope that by designating a month to this topic, they can direct attention to a potentially large educational deficiency. Recent scores on a test sponsored by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy paint a fairly dismal picture. Our nation's high schoolers averaged less than 50 percent correct and college students didn't do much better.
ANN ABOR, Mich.—The University of Michigan will hire 25 new junior faculty in the initial phase of a five-year, $30 million initiative to add 100 junior tenure-track positions in areas that advance interdisciplinary teaching and research.
President Mary Sue Coleman and Provost Teresa Sullivan have approved funding for faculty positions in six cross-disciplinary areas, chosen from among 39 proposals submitted by academic units across campus.
U.S. infant formulas typically come fortified with 12 mg/L of iron to prevent iron-deficiency anemia. Europe generally uses a lower amount. In infants, iron-deficiency anemia is associated with poorer development, and during pregnancy it contributes to anemia in mothers, contributing to premature birth, low birth weight and other complications.
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) has been named a member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Council. Matsui replaces Walter Massey as the Board of Regents’ representative on the Council. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, art, history and culture.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute will host the annual “Celebration for Life” fundraising dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at the Smith & Wollensky restaurant, 4145 The Strand West, Easton Town Center.
The Summer Festival Chorus (SFC), now in its 15th year, provides the highest standards of choral training from music director Carole Ann Maxwell, D.S.M., director of choral and liturgical music at Fairfield University since 1980. Members will have the opportunity to learn a wide variety of musical styles, including pop, Broadway showtunes, and spirituals. This year the focus will be on great American composers, including Rodgers and Hammerstein and other incredible contemporary music specially chosen for the Fifteenth Anniversary celebration.
PITTSBURGH—George Loewenstein, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. With this honor, Loewenstein joins nine of his Carnegie Mellon colleagues previously elected to the distinguished organization.
For the second year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified the University of California, Santa Cruz, as the sixth-largest campus purchaser of "green power" in the country. "This ranking underscores UCSC's commitment to reducing our carbon footprint," said UCSC Chancellor George R. Blumenthal. "We're leading the way and helping to build the market for renewable electricity so others will follow."
ANN ARBOR, Mich –“Ho ho, ha ha ha,” students in a fitness class at the University of Michigan Health System chant repeatedly while clapping their hands and walking around the room. They’re just getting warmed up; in the next half-hour, they will stretch their muscles and work on breathing exercises. They’ll also laugh for most of the 30 minutes, from self-conscious giggles to uninhibited belly laughs. All in the name of fitness.
The “storm”, in this case, is a condition called atrial fibrillation – the most common form of irregular heartbeat in the United States. And the “lightning bolts” they can produce are tiny blood clots, which can form when blood pools in a heart that’s not beating regularly. When these clots escape the heart, they can travel to the brain. And then, quick as lightning, those clots can cause a stroke or mini-stroke that can kill or disable a person within minutes.
Nationwide, uninsured children in families earning between $38,000 and $77,000 a year are just as likely to go without any health care as uninsured children in poorer families. More than 40 percent of children in those income brackets who are uninsured all year see no physicians and have no prescriptions all year, according to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Juneau, AK -- Alaska Natives and conservation groups are joining forces to stop oil and gas related seismic activity planned for this summer in the Arctic's Chukchi and Beaufort Seas that could be detrimental to scores of marine mammals -- including endangered and threatened species. The groups filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Anchorage today to challenge the premature issuance of federal permits for seismic surveys by Shell Oil and British Petroleum. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas off Alaska's north coast are collectively known as the Polar Bear Seas.
(Detroit, Mich. - May 5, 2008) Two Detroit citizens were honored with the President's Volunteer Service Award on Monday, May 5, at the 2008 National Brownfields Conference at the Cobo Center in Detroit. The awards were presented by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Susan P. Bodine, who praised the recipients for answering the call to volunteer service and pollution prevention. Both citizens are active with Focus: HOPE, a Detroit community service organization.
Younger people with disabilities in the Geelong area will be helped to move out of residential aged care services into specially provided units thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the Brumby Government. Community Services Minister Lisa Neville announced today that not-for-profit organisation Karingal had been chosen to construct a new housing as part of the Government�s my future my choice program.
Commissioner Atkins has been a champion of protecting investors. Among other things, he has emphasized investor education and increased enforcement efforts against those who steal from investors through Ponzi schemes, boiler room operations, market manipulations, and Internet and other frauds designed to steal the savings of unsuspecting investors.
The amended March 20 Presidential disaster declaration set a 60-day period for residents in Bartow, Burke, DeKalb, Floyd, Fulton, Jefferson and Polk counties to apply for a wide range of FEMA disaster assistance programs. The deadline is May 19.
Three more indigenous wild river rangers will start work across the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York Peninsula regions to protect and promote the State's new wild river systems. Natural Resources and Water Minister Craig Wallace said today a contract had been negotiated with the Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation for the three new rangers.
Natural Resources and Water Minister and Thuringowa MP Craig Wallace today announced the proposed official naming of four popular Thuringowa beaches. Minister Wallace said a proposal had been submitted to the government to officially name Balgal Beach, Toomulla Beach, Toolakea Beach and Bushland Beach in accordance with the Place Names Act 1994.
PHILADELPHIA - Carl Walter Spitko, of Rydal, PA, CEO of Maintech, Inc. and Sentek, LLC, both now defunct, which had offices and a warehouse in Huntingdon Valley and Horsham, PA, pleaded guilty today to 11 counts of bank fraud and 2 counts of aiding and abetting, announced United States Attorney Patrick L. Meehan. Spitko was indicted January 11, 2007 on charges that he engaged in a scheme to defraud Wachovia Bank and its predecessor in interest, First Union, from August 2001 to January 2005.
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Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., April 30, 2008 The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading provider of vendor-neutral certifications for the world's technology workforce, announced today that three of its professional certifications CompTIA A+, Network+ and Security+ have achieved accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
The rules, proposed for public comment under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act), also would forbid banks from imposing interest charges using the "two-cycle" billing method, would require that consumers receive a reasonable amount of time to make their credit card payments, and would prohibit the use of payment allocation methods that unfairly maximize interest charges. They also include protections for consumers that use overdraft services offered by their bank.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which begins today: “As May begins, we again celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, recognizing the contributions, reflecting upon the history, and embracing the diverse cultures of Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) across the nation.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement this morning after the Department of Labor released its employment report for April showing a loss of 20,000 jobs, the fourth consecutive month of job losses: “Today’s jobless numbers, combined with slowing consumer spending and nearly flat wage increases, are additional evidence of the need for Congress and the President to work in a bipartisan way on additional steps to get our economy back on track.
Washington, DC -- As motorcyclists throughout the country observe May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness month, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker stresses the need for motorcycle safety and reminds motorcyclists that Department of Transportation Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 218-compliant helmets reduce injuries and save lives.
Developed by the creative team that brings you Make--the groundbreaking magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology--and authored by Matthew Weaver and Duane Wessels, this latest title presents clear, easy-to-follow instructions for making your own easily customizable geeky devices by learning how to build and customize small form factor PCs from scratch.
May 2, 2008 - Evochron Renegades version 1.788 is now available for download and includes the improvements and fixes listed below. The main focus of this update is an all-new multiplayer system, so it is required to retain multiplayer compatibility as it is not compatible with earlier versions. The installer also works as an updating program for older versions of the game.
May 2, 2008 - Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the latest additions to the Rock Band downloadable content catalog: a "Scene Pack" featuring Fall Out Boy, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Angels & Airwaves. Fall Out Boy, who already have a track ("Dead On Arrival" from debut album Take This To Your Grave) in the game, add a second song to the Rock Band track listing with 2007's hit single "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race." Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who also have a track in the game with "Maps" from debut disc Fever To Tell) add a second track from that album with "Date With The Night."
DHL Express U.S. employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters voted to ratify a new, historic national labor agreement between the Teamsters and DHL yesterday. The national agreement�s approval, following three weeks of voting among the affected employees� groups, puts in place a five-year deal between the express package delivery company and the Union that represents the vast majority of its employees who handle customer shipments.
University of Texas at Austin astronomers Michael H. Montgomery and Kurtis A. Williams, along with graduate student Steven DeGennaro, have predicted and confirmed the existence of a new type of variable star, with the help of the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope at McDonald Observatory. The discovery is announced in today's issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Two-day Town Hall meeting to explore the evolving mobile commerce marketplace and its implications for consumer protection policy. Industry experts, academics, consumer advocates, privacy professionals and government analysts will discuss topics such as the use of text messaging and related messaging services as instruments of commerce; consumers’ ability to control mobile applications; the adaptation of advertising to mobile devices, including the challenges presented by small screen disclosures
On March 3, 2008, the New York Attorney General announced settlement agreements with Freddie Mac, the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, the office within the Department of Housing and Urban Development that oversees Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Pursuant to the agreements, beginning on January 1, 2009, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will no longer purchase single-family mortgage loans, other than government-insured loans, from mortgage originators that do not agree to adopt the Home Valuation Code of Conduct with respect to such loans.
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2008 – National Guard troops are standing by to assist storm-lashed Kansas City, Mo., residents, a Missouri National Guard official said today. “The Missouri National Guard is prepared and ready to support the citizens of Missouri when called,” Army Capt. Tamara Spicer, public affairs officer for the Missouri National Guard, said in a statement.
Coalition troops detained four suspected terrorists during raids in Mosul targeting members of the local al-Qaida in Iraq network responsible for attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces. Using information gleaned in previous operations, coalition forces detained four suspected terrorists in a separate raid in Mosul.
With piecemeal public and private funding and $80 million of its own money, the Defense Department last month launched the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine. The effort will comprise seven of America’s 10 foremost thinkers in the field, and has an overall budget of $250 million over the next five years.
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2008 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., that they will join an Army under severe stress, but one that is performing magnificently. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, himself a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., spoke to the cadets yesterday. He told them that they are well-prepared to join the force, and that they must become leaders once they are part of it.
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2008 – The entire U.S. government needs to adopt the military’s expeditionary strategy, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said Friday during the Vince Davis Memorial Lecture at the University of Kentucky.
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today delivered remarks at the Espacio USA: Vanguardia Latina 2008 Conference on "The Americas: A Hemisphere in Motion" at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. Secretary Spellings highlighted the importance of education, international studies and student exchange opportunities as a means of furthering competitiveness and fostering peace and prosperity in the Western Hemisphere.
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI/GENEVA, 2 May 2008 – UNICEF praised the release of 232 child soldiers on April 25, following eight months of negotiations between the government, civil society, UN agencies and other players with the dissident faction of the Palipehutu-FNL. The release occurred despite ongoing clashes. The young people are now out of harm’s way in a demobilization centre.
Fourteen local schools made a special visit to the company’s Springtown facility to coincide with this contribution that matched funds donated by North West educational establishments over the past year. Highlighted during the visit were the accomplishments FOSEC and Seagate have achieved in opening doors to students and teachers for delivery of the curriculum, providing an insight into the science and technology used in the industry, and employability in general.
By signing this collaboration agreement, T-Mobile and Nokia will be able to offer their European customers faster and easier access to all of T-Mobile's web'n'walk Internet services as well as all to Nokia's Ovi Internet services on a wide range of Nokia devices.
CHICAGO, May 02, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has announced that Federico Genoese-Zerbi, 43, has been named vice president - IT Business Partners, reporting to Boeing Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer John Hinshaw. Genoese-Zerbi will be responsible for all information technology support to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Capital Corporation.
Reaching a tentative agreement more than four months before the expiration of the current contract is unprecedented. Both the company and the union recognized that we had to do things differently if we were going to be successful. We felt that the best way to find innovative solutions to the challenges faced by the industry was to pursue a transparent, practical and collaborative bargaining process.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 1 -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) today reported a 35 percent, or $61 million, year-over-year improvement in its first-quarter loss from continuing operations on sales of $2.093 billion. Kodak’s revenue from digital businesses rose 10% to $1.366 billion, driven by strong year-over-year increases in most of its digital businesses.
Rochester, NY, May 2 -- On Monday, April 28, more than 100 visitors from INFO*FLEX enjoyed a unique opportunity to tour the facilities of Williamson Printing Corporation, a Dallas based family owned printer that has been in operation since 1884. During the event, Williamson Printing executives showed visitors their complete operation, from prepress to the pressroom.
HORSHAM, Pa. – May 1, 2008 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced significant milestones in the execution of its media mobility strategy. Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility business has shipped more than 73 million digital entertainment devices and more than four million IPTV set-top devices, entered 80 WiMAX engagements worldwide and surpassed several other milestones in the first quarter of 2008.
Two directors in the University of Iowa College of Education who have committed their work to supporting diversity were awarded the 2008 Audrey Qualls Commitment to Diversity Awards. The awards were given Thursday, April 30, during the UI College of Education Diversity Committee Spring Picnic.
A study, led by University of Iowa researchers, reveals a new dimension for a key heart enzyme and sheds light on an important biological pathway involved in cell death in heart disease. The study, published in the May 2 issue of Cell, has implications for understanding, and potentially for diagnosing and treating, heart failure and arrhythmias.
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the EPA's proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for lead
New Haven, Conn. – Home of many of the world’s breakthrough medical innovations, Yale School of Medicine is celebrating the volunteers that make medical advances possible with Volunteer Appreciation Day, Saturday May 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Harkness Lounge and Patio, 367 Cedar Street, New Haven.
New Haven, Conn. — Two renowned authors — Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively and Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough — will offer their perspectives on their craft on May 9, at 4 p.m. in the Yale University Art Gallery’s McNeil Lecture Hall, 1111 Chapel St. (entrance on High Street). The event, which is organized and sponsored by the Yale University Library, is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come basis.
The researchers showed that a courting “song and dance” routine that only male flies naturally perform — one wing is lifted and wiggled to make a humming “song” — can also be triggered in female flies by artificially stimulating particular brain cells that are present in both sexes. It isn’t what you’ve got — it’s how you use it, the authors say.
A paper by two researchers at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy finds the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has had a significant role in increasing the total amount of resources devoted to research on health in developing countries by encouraging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand funding in this area as well.
