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Historically, the pharmaceutical industry has developed medications based on empiric observations and more recently, known disease mechanisms. For example, antibiotics were based on the observation that microbes produce substances that inhibit other species. Agents that lower blood pressure have typically been designed to act on certain pathways invoved in hypertension (such as renal salt and water absorption, vascular contractility, and cardiac output). Medications for high cholesterol target the absorption, metabolism, and generation of cholesterol. Treatments for diabetes are aimed at improving insulin release from the pancreas and sensitivity of the muscle and fat tissues to insulin action. Thus, medications are developed based on mechanisms of disease that have been extensively studied over the past century. Recent advancements in the genetic etiologies of common diseases will likely improve pharmaceutical development. Thus, "personalized medicine" is in many ways simply an extension of traditional clinical medicine taking advantage of the cutting edge of genetics research.
Despite the great advancements in medicine, there remain a number of concerns:
Examples of pharmacogenetics include:
Cancer genetics is a specialized field of medical genetics that is concerned with hereditary cancer risk. Currently, there are a small number of cancer predisposition syndromes in which an allele segregates in an autosomal dominant fashion, leading to significantly elevated risk for certain cancers. It is estimated that familial cancer accounts for about 5-10% of all cancers.[REFERENCE NEEDED] However, other genetic variants with more subtle effects on individual cancer risk may enable more precise cancer risk assessment in individuals without a strong family history.
Examples of personalized cancer management include:
The Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act was introduced in the U.S. Congress to address scientific barriers, adverse market pressures, and regulatory obstacles. In addition, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt created a committee known as the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics Health and Society (SACGHS) to study issues related to personalized medicine.
The infrastructure necessary includes molecular information -biological specimens derived from tissue, cells, or blood provided on the basis of informed donor consent and suitably annotated. Clinical information is also necessary based on patient medical records or clinical trial data.
A very high level of collaboration involving scientists and specialists from varying disciplines is required to integrate and make sense of all this information.
The Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics was founded in 2001 with the specific goal of accelerating the realization of personalized medicine. Likewise, Duke University's Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy is an interdisciplinary effort aimed at personalizing medicine through the translation of advances in the genome sciences into clinical practice. The Personal Genome Project was announced by George Church in 2006; it will publish full genome sequences and medical records of volunteers in order to enable research into personalized medicine. The Laboratory for Personalized Molecular Medicine was founded in 2007 to identify specific mutations in genes linked to clinical outcome in patients with leukemia and lymphoma. Identifying the presence or absence of these mutations is becoming a standard of care for patients with acute myeloid leukemia. LabPMM also developments patient-specific molecular tests from patient tumor DNA samples. The ultra-sensitive tests are used by leading cancer treatment centers world-wide to monitor residual disease and treatment.
Not only is personalized medicine tailoring the right drug, for the right person, at the right time but it also includes evaluating predisposition to disease sometimes decades in advance of its threatened onset.
There are several universities involved in translating the burgeoning science into use. The difficulty is that medical education in all countries does not provide adequate genetic instruction.
A small number of universities are currently developing a subspecialty in medicine that is known by several names including, molecular medicine, personalized medicine, or even prospective medicine. These include, Duke University in North Carolina USA, Harvard in Cambridge USA, The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. A medical school is currently being constructed in Arizona USA to teach the field of personalized medicine; this is a project of Arizona State University and the not-for-profit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). In addition to academia, the first personalized medicine practice in the United States was founded in 2007. Helix Health sees patients in New York City and the surrounding suburbs. The Laboratory for Personalized Molecular Medicine founded in 2007 to identify specific mutations in genes linked to clinical outcome in patients with leukemia and lymphoma, actively collaborates and assists academic centers and hospitals in the development of patient-specific molecular tests from patient tumor DNA samples. This has expanded and accelerated patient access to personalized medicine in test centers that otherwise do not have the resources to provide this care. The ultra-sensitive tests developed by LabPMM are used world-wide to monitor residual disease and treatment.


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'In the Flesh' premiere preview: Watch the opening of zombie miniseries from BBC AmericaAdd to Favorites | In the Flesh
BBC America's zombie miniseries "In the Flesh" premieres Thursday (June 6), but the network has already released the first three minutes online.
Check out the set-up for the intriguing three-part series in which zombies have been "cured," at least temporarily, by a combination of rehabilitation and medication. Luke Newberry stars as teenage protagonist Kieren Walker.
If you like what you see, there's good news. The BBC has already commissioned a second run of "In the Flesh" for the UK, so it could be headed to BBC America at some point in the future as well.
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Three has more 3g sites than t-mobile at the moment. the big win for three is 2g roaming will be a lot cheaper for them than it is currently. the win for t-mobile is they are getting better 3g coverage by using existing three base stations. they both win in the fact that the upgrade costs will be reduced.
An interesting point about a takeover bid but i doubt HW will sell any time soon.


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Western and Russian scientists met in Oslo last week to discuss ways of dealing with nuclear pollution in the Barents and Kara seas north of Russia and Scandinavia. Russian officials have announced a scheme to try to stop pollution leaking from a nuclear submarine that sank near the coast of Norway. But Norwegian environmentalists say there are far more urgent threats lurking in the Barents Sea, including entire nuclear reactors complete with fuel.
Last October, Russian president Boris Yeltsin set up two commissions, one to find out how many nuclear hazards lay under the waters off Russia's northern coast, and the other to find ways of recovering them. The second commission has so far announced plans to deal with the Komsomolets, a Soviet nuclear submarine that caught fire and sank off Norway in April 1989, killing 42 of its 69 crewmen.
Last month, Tengis Berisov, the head of the second ...
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Each year, a national case is released to AMTA member schools. The type of case alternates annually between a criminal and civil case. The case packet typically includes a case summary and the civil case law (usually a definition of civil negligence) or the applicable penal code (if the case is a criminal case). There may also be a series of issues agreed to by opposing counsel. These are known as stipulations. The case also includes Exhibits and affidavits relevant to the case. Among these documents, it would be common to see ballistic tests, blood tests, photographs, police reports, witness statements, contacts, medical records, phone records, and video or telephone recordings, depending on the case being tried.
Under current AMTA rules, a mock trial team consists of between six and a maximum of ten members. Each team will prepare both sides of the case: prosecution and defense in a criminal trial, plaintiff and defense in a civil action. Each side is composed of three attorneys and three witnesses, all played by members of the team. Therefore, the team's members must be organized into two teams of six for the prosecution/plaintiff and defense sides. Some attorneys will compete on both sides of the case; other attorneys will just do one side.
Tournaments have four trials, with each team trying the case twice as plaintiff or prosecuting team and twice as the defense team. AMTA tries to present cases that are evenly balanced. It is not uncommon for a new witness or new evidence to be a part of the cases tried after the regional tournaments have been held. This often rebalances the cases and provides a new set of challenges for students. In many cases, there is some form of a problem with the evidence itself and whether or not it will be admitted into evidence. Other times a witness may have some form of bias or perhaps has a history of lying or a perjury conviction or a falsified resume, which may be exploited by the other counsel. Teams must weigh the benefit of the evidence in light of a potential problem that opposing counsel may inflict if they are successful in impeaching the credibility of the witness. Strategy plays an important role in trying these cases and students learn over time what works (or might not work) and they may alter trial strategies as the regional tournament nears. Students must be very familiar with the many available objections, in particular, those involving the complex hearsay rules and exceptions.
The fall is used to practice trying the case. Schools all over the country will compete in invitational tournaments. Winning in the fall builds confidence and allows an opportunity for students to learn and practice their trial presentations. Coaches get to see which students work well together and are coachable, and who can be counted on to present a case under pressure. The invitational season is analogous to the long preseason as in an athletic sport. The AMTA trial season starts in February, with a series of about 20 regional tournaments around the country. Teams which finish in the top third advance to what is now called the Opening Championship Round (OCR). The top teams for the OCR advance to the National Tournament. Approximately 1000 teams compete during the year preparing for the regional qualifiers with about 600 teams entering regional tournaments. The goal of participating in invitationals is to prepare the team to present a winning case when it counts in the AMTA tournaments.


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Three things we can't wrap our minds around
July 08 2009 09:58AM
What do you do when it's the middle of the off season and you are supposed to talk Oilers 24/7? What if there is no Oilers news? What if all of a sudden the site has grown again and now 21,000 people have visited the website in the past two days wanting to read Oilers related somethings and only that? We can't handle this kind of pressure! You people are animals and y-
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July 07 2009 08:15PM
Those ill-conceived knee-jerk rushes to judgment after the first few days of the free-agency period are so annoying, mostly because they get in the way of our own ill-conceived knee-jerk rushes to judgment.
Oklahoma City Council Approves AHL Franchise
Jonathan Willis
July 07 2009 01:44PM
Patrick Laforge has been making noises this past week about putting an AHL franchise in Oklahoma City, something that the local papers jumped on after the CHL's Blazers ceased operations to make room for an AHL club. Today, the possibility of Oilers' prospects playing in Oklahoma is one step closer to reality.
A superstar is coming to Edmonton
Jason Gregor
July 07 2009 08:54AM
Sorry Oiler fans but it isn't Dany Heatley, at least not yet
Limbo: spin to come?
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July 06 2009 03:43PM
By keeping quiet and not saying "no" to the Edmonton Oilers, Dany Heatley has left himself an out should he run out of options and end up having to shake hands with GM Steve Tambellini.


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CRP signup: More than 800,000 acres of CRP expire in 2012The hunting season last year didn't quite meet the standards from the past, but there's the possibility that it will get much worse.
By: Royal McGregor, The Dickinson Press
The hunting season last year didn't quite meet the standards from the past, but there's the possibility that it will get much worse.
The state of North Dakota has 829,000 acres of Conservation Reserve Program set to expire Sept. 30.
"I think it's like 34.7 percent is going to be lost on Sept. 30," said Matt Flintrop, Dickinson Farm Bill wildlife biologist. "I think in Stark County it's going to be 50 percent of our acres. In this particular region, it's very important."
The general signup to renew contracts for CRP starts Monday and lasts until April 6. The contracts can range from 10 to 15 years, but landowners also had the possibility of doing a lifetime contract for CRP. During signup time Flintrop and Jaden Honeyman, Hettinger Farm Bill wildlife biologists, will be holding meeting in Dickinson, Mott and Hettinger.
Honeyman said there will be a meeting at 1:30 p.m. today at the New England Memorial Hall.
The term CRP is mainly heard around hunters looking for pheasants. Not only is CRP used for nesting habitats for wildlife, but helps prevent soil erosion and stabilize the soil surface.
"CRP program enhances water quality by filtering a lot of sediments and soil erosion," Flintrop said. "It helps to keep a habitat around all year long."
The pheasants use the CRP as nesting ground along with other non-sporting birds in the area. One of the non-sporting birds that are currently on the vulnerable species list is Sprague's Pipit.
"CRP is the catalyst behind our wildlife populations," said Aaron Robinson, North Dakota Game and Fish Department upland game biologist in Dickinson. "Especially here in the northern prairies."
Robinson said the possibility of losing hundreds of thousands of acres of CRP will be detrimental to hunting populations for many years to come.
"In general, CRP is very important for the future of wildlife in North Dakota," he said. "Especially upland game species. A lot of people will think the pheasants will do fine without CRP and that is not the case. If they think that, they are kidding themselves."
The importance of this general signup is going to be a big foreshadow of what people can expect the landscape of North Dakota to be in the next five to 10 years.
"It's very important to get habitat on the ground for pheasants and other nesting birds," Honeyman said. "Without that, we are seeing a projected loss of possibly about five years depending on what signups do to be down to 300,000 acres. So it's just going to keep going down."
Putting land to CRP can be worth the landowners' price — monetarily. Each piece of land will be weighted Environmental Benefits Index and benefits will be determined based on the data collected.
However, if landowners aren't able to put their land into CRP, Robinson said there are other possibilities to continue to see wildlife on their property. The NDGF Department has come out with guidebook that has ways of maintain populations. The guides are also available at the National Rural Funders Collaborative offices and Pheasant Forever biologists in the area.
"If they have to put it back into crop production," Robinson said. "There are things that landowners can do that will help the pheasants and at least keep part of the population strong on their land."
The meetings will take place in Dickinson at the Elks Lodge at 11:30 a.m. March 19 and 26. In Mott at the Pheasant Café & Lounge at 11:30 a.m. March 20 and 27 and Hettinger at the Research Extension Center at 1 p.m. March 26.
Landowners interested should contact the Stark County Farm Service Agency at 701-227-1281, Ext. 2 and set up an appointment.


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The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced its slate for the 2010 Prometheus Awards, which includes four Jews—three from Southern California (Dani and Eytan Kollin, Harry Turtledove) and one from Canada (Cory Doctorow , who has ties with USC)—and an outspoken Mormon (Orson Scott Card):
Hidden Empire by Orson Scott Card (TOR Books)
The sequel to Card's "Empire" (also a Prometheus finalist) covers the emergence of an imperial president and the role of voluntary action in saving human lives. Card has had three previous novels nominated for the Prometheus.
Makers by Cory Doctorow (TOR Books)
An inspiring story of entrepreneurial competition in the near future. The story makes Schumpeter's creative destruction visible, and shows how even the poorest can be helped by competition and invention. Doctorow's "Little Brother" (TOR Books) won last year's Prometheus award.
The Unincorporated Man by Dani and Eytan Kollin (TOR Books)
This novel explores the idea that education and personal development could be funded by allowing investors to take a share of one's future income. The story takes a strong position that liberty is important and worth fighting for, and the characters spend their time pushing for different conceptions of what freedom is. This is the first nomination for the Kollin brothers.
Liberating Atlantis by Harry Turtledove (ROC/Penguin Books)
The third book in Turtledove's Atlantis trilogy illustrates why people of all colors should be treated equally, and shows slaves in an alternate history demonstrating their humanity by fighting for their rights. Turtledove's "The Gladiator" was a Prometheus co-winner in 2008. The first book in the trilogy was a finalist in 2009, and he had one other novel nominated for the award in 1999.
The United States of Atlantis by Harry Turtledove (ROC/Penguin Books)
The second book in Turtledove's Atlantis trilogy covers his alternate colonies' revolution to free themselves from the British crown. This is the first time an author has had two books as Prometheus finalists in a single year.
The Best Novel finalist (along with the Prometheus Hall of Fame winner—Harlan Ellison is in the running) will be announced in September at the World Science Fiction Convention, which will be held in Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 2-6.
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Effective Means Of Combating Invasive Aquatic Species Urged
Witnesses representing the shipping industry, ports, and an environmental organization met on May 15 to urge the development of mandatory federal ballast water management regulations and alternative management options to more effectively address the problem of aquatic invasive species in the United States. The joint hearing of the U.S. House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee and the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee focused on the implementation of the National Invasive Species Act of 1996 (NISA), which addresses aquatic invasive species and required the Transportation Secretary to issue voluntary guidelines to prevent the introduction of invasive species by vessels equipped with ballast water tanks. Ballast water is a leading pathway for nonindigenous aquatic species in the United States. "After Three Years Of Working Under The Voluntary Program, We Have A Very Poor Record Of Compliance" – Subcommittee Chairman Duncan "The Coast Guard issued the voluntary guidelines in 1999," said U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN), the Chairman of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee. "Unfortunately, after three years of working under the voluntary program, we have a very poor record of compliance. "Reducing the introduction and spread of aquatic invasives is a difficult problem to solve. Ballast water exchange is not perfect, and it is not practical, or safe for all ships at all times.
IMO Adopts New Ballast Water Rules
A new international convention to prevent the potentially devastating effects of the spread of harmful aquatic organisms carried by ships' ballast water has been adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations agency responsible for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution from ships. The instrument was adopted at an international conference held from 9 to13 February 2004 at IMO's London
Port Awards Environmental Excellence Award
The Port of Los Angeles, along with the California Air Resources Board and the South Coast Air Quality Management District, presented today its first-ever Environmental Excellence Award to Evergreen America Corporation. The award recognizes the environmental stewardship of Port of Los Angeles customers. Port Chief Operating Officer Bruce Seaton presented the Environmental Excellence Award to Captain Hwang and Jason Hsu of Evergreen America.
Bill To Reauthorize Ballast Water Law
Senator Levin (D-MI) introduced the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2005 (S. 770) to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to amend and improve that Act. The bill, which is 130 pages in length, includes some interesting provisions. For example, it would authorize ballast water exchange only through December 31, 2011. Thereafter, ships would have to utilize a technological approach that reduces the concentration of viable biological material in
Bound for the Great Lakes? Ballast Tank Exam a Certainty
The Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group (BWWG) informs of the release of its 2013 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway ballast water management report. The mission of the BWWG is to harmonize ballast water management efforts between: the U. S. Coast Guard, Transport Canada – Marine Safety and Security, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. Since 2006, ballast water management requirements in the Great Lakes and the St
Hyde Marine, Goltens Enter Engineering Agreement
Hyde Marine, Inc., announced today it has launched an agreement with Goltens Green Technologies division to help shipowners determine how to best fit the chemical free Hyde GUARDIAN Gold Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) onto its existing vessels. Hyde Marine's partnership with Goltens will allow shipowners to benefit from precision 3D laser scanning and modeling, which helps eliminate complications during the BWTS installation process on existing vessels
USCG to Hold Meeting on Great Lakes Species Invasion
The Coast Guard will hold a public meeting on May 9 in Cleveland seeking public assistance in further preventing aquatic nonindigenous species from entering the Great Lakes from the ballast water discharged from oceangoing vessels. Specifically, the Coast Guard is exploring ways to manage the ballast water on vessels entering the Great Lakes that have so little water in their ballast tanks, they cannot pump it out and thus declare they are "No Ballast Onboard" vessels, or NOBOBs.
Tanker Delivery - MV Eagle Sapporo
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 110,000 dwt type double hull crude oil tanker, the Eagle Sapporo (MES Hull No. 1696) at its Chiba Works to Maybaru Shipping & Trading Pte Ltd, Singapore on December 10, 2008. This is the 11th Aframax Tanker in this series which has the largest deadweight and the largest cargo tank capacity with 42 meter beam and an overall length 804 ft. Special Features:
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Annex V of the MARPOL Convention aims to eliminate and reduce the amount of garbage being dumped into the sea from ships. Amendments to Annex V were adopted by resolution MEPC.201(62), which entered into force on 1 January 2013. The revised Annex V prohibits the discharge of all garbage into the sea, except as provided otherwise. For example, Annex V totally prohibits of the disposal of plastics anywhere into the sea
Herbert-ABS Releases New Load Management Software
Herbert-ABS Software Solutions LLC, a company in naval regulatory, management, salvage and ship design software, announced the release of its latest version of CargoMax Load Management Program for ships. CargoMax, a loading analysis instrument, has helped with shipboard stability and load management software for over 30 years. This proven system, which is type approved by major classification societies, helps to maximize cargo utilization, simplify regulatory compliance
Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Report Released
The 2014 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Management activities was released by the Great Lakes Ballast Water Working Group (BWWG) Thursday. The BWWG aims to harmonize ballast water management efforts between the U.S. Coast Guard
China Strengthens Maritime Ties with Pak
The Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission General Fan Changlong has pledged to deepen maritime security and military technology cooperation during his meeting with the Pakistan Navy Chief Muhammad Zakaullah. Zakaullah said that Pakistan Navy and Chinese Navy are
CME: Force Majeure for Shipping Stations Due to Floods
CME declares force majeure for corn, soy shipping stations due to floods CME Group Inc declared force majeure for all corn and soybean shipping stations because of flooding on the Illinois River, according to a notice from the exchange operator on Wednesday.
Baltic Exchange Eyes Move into Commodities
Baltex reaches breakeven level since start of 2015; Baltic previously faced broker opposition over platform. London's Baltic Exchange is studying a potential foray into commodities and is open to proposals on tie-ups as other exchanges attempt to boost volumes, its chief executive said.
Statoil Approves Dividend Of NOK 7.00 Per Share
The annual general meeting of shareholders in Statoil ASA today approved a dividend of NOK 7.00 per share. The dividend accrues to the shareholders as of 14 May 2014. Statoil's shares listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Børs) will be traded ex-dividend as of 15 May 2014
Baltic Exchange, LCH.Clearnet in Ship Tie-Up
London's Baltic Exchange and clearing house LCH.Clearnet are in talks about a tie-up over the Baltic's freight derivatives platform, the two groups said on Friday. Volumes have remained low on the loss-making Baltex multilateral trading facility since it started in June 2011
Baltic Exchange Honors Eyal Ofer with Life Membership
London's Baltic Exchange informs that the achievements of Eyal Ofer, the principal of ship management company Zodiac Group, have been celebrated with the award of honorary life membership of the Exchange. The prestigious award was last awarded in 2009 to the late Sammy Ofer, KBE
Baltic Exchange Appoint Guy Campbell Chairman
Guy Campbell of the China Navigation Company has been appointed by the Baltic Exchange Board of Directors as Chairman for a two year term of office. He replaces Quentin Soanes who served as Chairman from 2012. Welcoming the appointment, Baltic Exchange Chief Executive Jeremy Penn said:
ICE to Add Port of Virginia as Coffee Delivery Point in 2016
ICE Futures U.S. will add the Port of Virginia as a delivery point for the arabica coffee futures contract, effective with the September 2016 contract, the exchange said in a notice on Tuesday. An exchange spokeswoman declined to comment on the reason for the addition.
Nordic American Offshore: Results of Exchange Offer
Nordic American Offshore Ltd. (NAO) have announced the expiration and results of its offer to exchange unregistered common shares that it issued in its prior equity private placement in November 2013. As of 5:00 p.m. New York City time (11:00 p.m
Ballast Water Management: California Update
The California State Lands Commission (CSL) has promulgated a letter to clarify its interpretation of existing ballast water requirements under the California's Marine Invasive Species Act (MISA) informs the UK P&I Club. In its letter
Trojan Marinex BWTS Earns USCG AMS Acceptance
Trojan Marinex ballast water treatment system receives U.S. Coast Guard AMS acceptance for all water qualities Trojan Technologies' Trojan Marinex ballast water treatment (BWT) product suite is one of the few to receive United States Coast Guard (USCG) Alternate Management System (AMS)
Hyde Marine to Display Ballast Water Tech at SMM
Hyde Marine, Inc., a ballast water treatment technology company, will showcase its Hyde GUARDIAN Gold HG250G Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) at the upcoming Shipbuilding, Machinery, & Marine Technology (SMM) International Trade Fair, September 9-12, 2014, in Hamburg, Germany.
Euronav NV IPO in the US
Euronav NV announced today the upsizing and pricing of its initial public offering in the United States. The size of the offering has been increased from the initially announced 13,550,000 ordinary shares to 16,260,000 ordinary shares at an issue price per share of USD 12
The 2nd Ballast Water Management Summit
Sign-up for this year's most in-depth exchange of information and best venue for BWT stakeholders to network and meet regulatory peers is underway. Infocast's 2nd Ballast Water Management Summit will take place in Long Beach, CA, from February 3-5, 2015


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Palestinian security sources have blamed Jewish settlers for torching a mosque in a West Bank village.
Burning tires were rolled into the mosque in Maghayer village near Ramallah, setting rugs in the building on fire, according to reports. The building sustained fire damage; no deaths or injuries were reported.
The mosque's walls were also sprayed with graffiti, which reportedly read "Alei Ayin," which the name of a nearby settlement outpost which was demolished last week by Israeli police. Other slogans spray painted on the wall reportedly read," "Price Tag," and "This is only the beginning."
"Price tag" refers to the strategy extremist settlers have adopted to exact a price in attacks on Palestinians in retribution for settlement freezes or their attacks on Jews.
Several West Bank mosques have been torched in the last year; most incidents were blamed on Jewish settlers.
A joint police-Israel Defense Forces investigation has been launched into the incident.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ordered that PA funds be made immediately available to repair the mosque.
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Daylight savings time is here, so don't forget that the times I mention need to be shifted by an hour soon.
Europe has it's DST change late tonite, so that means tomorrows Endless Space cast will be an hour earlier (5pm GMT/UTC). North America shifts next weekend, so Europe will shift back to being 5 hrs behind (1pm EST = 6pm GMT/UTC).
As per Programming changes:
I found that the live streams during the week managed to get more people viewing the streams than the usual weekend ones. So I'll stream Xcom Impossible/Ironman games on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5pm EDT/EST from now on (at least until we've run out of things to do with it).
I'm checking out another game or two to see about also live streaming them, so I'll shift them into the 5-7 slots during the week as appropriate (I'll let you know before hand).


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The Southern Flyers, a Squirt youth travel hockey team based at Centennial Sportsplex and coached by Dr. Manoukian, recently competed in the international Silver Stick finals in Ontario, Canada following their 5 game sweep of their southeast regional tour
Interventional Cardiologist Steven Manoukian Relishes HCA Triple Play
Fan, player, coach … there is no question that Steven Manoukian loves hockey. Growing up in Queens, the young athlete — who began playing at the age of nine — loved to cheer on the New York Rangers. Since his 'day job' brought him to Nashville in June 2008, he has also become an avid Predators' fan.
A renowned interventional cardiologist, Steven V. Manoukian, MD, FACC, FSCAI, couldn't resist scoring a professional hat trick when Hospital Corporation of America, Inc. (HCA) asked him to take on responsibilities impacting care locally, nationally and internationally. He wears three distinct, but related, work hats in his roles as medical director of Cardiovascular Services for the Clinical Services Group of HCA, director of Cardiovascular Research at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI), and in practice with Centennial Heart Cardiovascular Consultants.
"I play at Centennial Sportsplex, which is right across the street from Centennial Medical Center," he noted of the proximity of two of his passions. "I've never been able to walk to hockey before in my life so it's a real plus."
Of course, it took more than a nearby ice rink to lure Manoukian and his family to Nashville. After completing his medical degree at New York University School of Medicine and his Internal Medicine residency at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Manoukian headed south for fellowship training at Emory University.
Although the native New Yorker continues to be a proud ambassador for his hometown, he quickly felt at ease in his new home. "When I moved to Atlanta in 1989, I decided I loved the South and wanted to stay," Manoukian noted.
He spent the next 19 years in Atlanta and joined the medical school faculty in 1993. By 2002, he was appointed director of Interventional Cardiology at Emory University Hospital Midtown. During his tenure in the bustling urban center, he also served as a medical reporter for Fox Television — a role he enjoyed because of the patient education factor. "It all relates to the goal of taking better care of patients," he said.
By all accounts happy in Atlanta, Manoukian was nevertheless intrigued by the opportunity to employ his core skills to impact patients in a clinical, research and administrative setting. "It was the opportunity to take what I was doing in one institution and extend it. It was multiplying what I was doing in one facility by 163 facilities," he said.
Manoukian continued, "The major motivation in coming to HCA was the ability to function in three diverse roles. From a clinical standpoint, the opportunity to work with a superb group of cardiologists who stack up favorably against any medical school faculty — and many of whom I've known for 20 years since fellowship training — was an opportunity too good to pass up. Each of our physicians has a unique skill set, which in aggregate offers the most comprehensive care for our patients."
He also liked coupling clinical responsibilities with broader, systemic roles. "The opportunity to help lead cardiovascular services for the 163 hospitals of Hospital Corporation of America, the largest private provider of healthcare in the United States, as well as direct a new initiative of cardiovascular research at Sarah Cannon Research Institute is a triple play," Manoukian continued. He added, "It's the ideal complement of roles — being able to excel in clinical care, directing a new research program, and enhancing the quality of cardiovascular services across the system. Quality drives everything."
He was also attracted by the depth and breadth of Nashville's industry and entrepreneurial spirit. "There's phenomenal healthcare from a variety of sources," he noted. "For a city our size, the quality of care is superb." Manoukian added he was impressed with the cutting edge clinical care, quality research and clinical trials, and access to novel and new technologies and devices that is found across specialties here.
A key factor in his ultimate decision was tied to having the opportunity to work under Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, who Manoukian called, "one of the premier healthcare leaders in the United States." Perlin serves as HCA's chief medical officer and president of the Clinical Services Group and has held numerous, high-level national positions during his career. "It's a big part of why I'm here," Manoukian said.
Since his arrival, SCRI has embarked on a major initiative to bring the same research energy to understanding cardiovascular disease as is given to oncology. "SCRI's mission is advancing therapies for patients. The opportunity to provide patient access to some of the best cardiovascular clinical trials is something we couldn't be more excited about," Manoukian said. "Our goal at Sarah Cannon is to develop a network of strategic cardiovascular research sites across the United States and beyond in order to allow the greatest number of patients access to clinical trials."
He added the desire to improve the quality of cardiovascular care in Tennessee should be a high priority for all physicians and public health officials.
"Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the United States, and Tennessee has one of the highest mortality rates. It should be a priority for all clinicians regardless of specialty," he added.
Manoukian shares his resolve to find care solutions with colleagues across the city, state and country through volunteer leadership roles. He serves as chair of the Tennessee Cardiac Systems of Care Task Force, which is under the umbrella of the Tennessee Department of Health. He also holds several positions of national responsibility with the American Heart Association (AHA) and sits on the board of directors for the Greater Nashville AHA and AHA Greater Southeast regional Affiliate (GSA). Also at the GSA level, Manoukian chairs the AHA's STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Task Force.
Although his responsibilities are varied, he emphasized that each of his roles directly relates back to his first love … patient care. "They all sound so different, but they all have the same goal — providing for the highest quality of care for today ... and tomorrow. Sometimes," he continued, "that comes through clinical care, sometimes through research, and sometimes through education and improving processes."
While he loves all components of his work, he still truly relishes the challenge and adrenaline rush that comes with hands-on patient care. "Not only is accurate, evidence-based decision-making important, but those decisions are also time
sensitive and require sound procedural skills to achieve optimal patient outcomes. How a patient is managed in the first 12-24 hours may influence whether they live or die. Making good clinical decisions is critical," he said of interventional cardiology.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that the kid who loved the fast-paced sport of hockey grew up to channel that same energy into scoring wins for his patients. At work, Manoukian collaborates with a team of highly regarded clinicians and researchers who share his professional goals. And at home, his growing all-star team clearly shares his passion for hockey.
Amy, who is due to deliver the couple's fourth child soon, serves as one of the assistant coaches on their nine-year-old son Daniel's youth hockey team. Not to be outdone, daughter Isabella, 7, began playing the family sport this year, too. "She loves it," Manoukian said with a laugh. "She's got pink tape on her stick and everything." Although baby Abigail, 1, hasn't yet strapped on skates, she's already a fan with her own Predator's jersey. "And one more is on the way in March," said Manoukian. "Hopefully he or she will be a hockey player, too."
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Her words say one thing, but her actions tell a completely different story.
Despite causing the rumor mill to go into overdrive with cheating allegations, Beyoncé shared sweet photos of her family on her Instagram and website.
In one image, Bey is seen playing in the ocean and holding up the "Roc" sign—for Jay Z's record label. And while she hasn't directly addressed the latest reports that she and her hubby are on the rocks, it seems pretty clear that she's standing by her man. So maybe the rumors are just that, right?
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Yoncé first sparked all the buzz when she changed the lyrics to her lovesick ballad "Resentment" during her On the Run Tour stop in Cincinnati.
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In the other shots, Bey and Jay are seen frolicking in the ocean together—their silhouettes captured perfectly by the photographer.
The music power couple's daughter Blue Ivy Carter is also shown by silhouette only, playing with her dad in her adorable pigtails.
Bey also shared a photo from their family day outing on Father's Day recently, where the three visited the old Domino Sugar factory in Brooklyn to check out the Kara Walker exhibit.
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Nintendo DSi sells 92,000 in 2 days
Nintendo's launch of its new DSi handheld gaming console has been deemed a success in the UK.
The revamped dual-screen device went on sale in the UK on Friday 3 April and GfK Chart-Track has now revealed sales stats to Pocket-lint.
GfK Chart-Track recorded an estimated 92,000 units sold of the DSi console over the Friday and Saturday.
The stats company says that sales of DSI were more than all other consoles combined for that week.
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BEIRUT: You can look, but you can't buy – at least not on Raghunter.com, a new fashion retail website with a concept tailor-fitted to Lebanon's shopping culture. A site still in its beta version beginnings, Raghunter offers shoppers a searchable database of fashion items from local outlets and designers, through which they can make shopping lists, compare prices or simply window shop from the comfort of their home.
The idea of online browsing without the purchase function is one specifically developed for Lebanese customers, of whom less than 10 percent buy things through the Web, though they are still tech savvy enough to appreciate the convenience and eye candy of digitized inventories.
It also offers more exposure to homespun boutiques and local designers who often complain about the difficulties of penetrating the Lebanese market.
"We never worked in the fashion industry, so what we did was research what services can we provide that will help the industry," said Narina Najm, who founded Raghunter together with Serene Abbas and Jad Sarout.
"The main message is that we want to be the local reference for fashion here and that's what you'll see with the content," Abbas added.
The concept is simple, but Abbas and Najm took the hard road to get there. The two 20-somethings met while working for the international advertising firm J. Walter Thompson. Though they got out of advertising, the two held onto its core principle: i.e., market research.
The two young women conducted months of interviews with Lebanese consumers, designers, shop owners and others in the industry. They asked dozens of questions and taped every interview, each taking up to an hour and a half, they said.
"We did proper market research ... and the results were very qualitative," Abbas said.
What they found is that many fashion retailers had looked into e-commerce and had even begun planning the infrastructure for taking orders.
"Many of them had gotten to the point of being able to launch tomorrow, but then backed out because of the massive job it would be for such a small amount of business it would bring in," Najm said.
Many of them were ready to put their inventories online, Najm added, but simply didn't want to spend the resources building and managing a website.
And on the consumer end, their research affirmed that local consumers didn't trust the idea of putting their credit card information online and felt they had the time to buy directly from shops.
"It's a relatively small market, everything's accessible, but doing the actual turn around town takes time," Abbas said.
So far, Raghunter has attracted around 65 retailers and designers, a pretty diverse mix of high-end local designers, small boutiques and big brand such as Lebanon's branch of Vivienne Westwood and the GS stores.
The number of outlets is steadily increasing, evidence of which lines the table at Raghunter's offices in Ain al-Mreisseh. Stacks of oddball, colorful ballerina flats with strange objects glued to their toes, a picnic scene, a glass of wine and a cupcake wait to be photographed.
The pair photographs and catalogues every item individually, and Najm said she's gotten to learn a bit about fashion photography as a result. Jewelry, for example, required a light box, special equipment to photograph under soft light, she said.
Their third partner, Sarout, is Raghunter's chief technical officer and coordinates with their site-development partners Keeward.
The young women said he was the glue that bound the project together. They said they schmoozed the self-taught technical guru for months before he finally gave in and got on board.
As they look toward the future, the founders said it could take a year or two to finalize the site and even then it would be an ongoing process of updating stock information, as well as providing consumers with written content offering style and trend articles, buying guides and seasonal shopping tips.
Asked if Raghunter has helped their own shopping habits, the two said running the site has ironically put shopping on the backburner.
"We don't have a lot in our closets," Najm said, and Abbas joked: "We mostly shop in the office right now."
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T-Mobile Offering Two Huawei-Made myTouch Phones
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Probably, but it still sucks that they chose the exact same names as previous devices. This will not be fun for customer service, or for the customers who have no idea of what kind of phone they are using. This is a real problem with the mytouch phones.. they got the mytouch, mytouch 3G slide, mytouch 4G, mytouch 4G slide, the two LG mytouches, and now these two mytouches.
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Dragon's Blade is a turn-based, top-down RPG exclusively for Windows Phone and is the only RPG to include online play and chat. If you enjoyed Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, Zelda, and other classic console RPGs of the 80's and 90's, you'll love Dragon's Blade. PARTY CUSTOMIZATION: Create your custom party from 7 classes including Warrior, Templar, Thief, Juggernaut, Archer, Sorcerer, and Cleric. CLASSIC RPG GAMEPLAY: Explore a colorful and mysterious world, cast spells, discover thousands of items, battle monsters, crawl through dungeons, and enjoy the company of other players as you progress through more than 60 hours of game play. ONLINE PLAY: With the addition of online play, Dragon's Blade features an optional online mode that allows you to chat and interact with other players in the world. v3.8.7 - Online backup code adjustments. Please try the free version in the marketplace before purchasing this. Both versions have the same content; the free version contains ads and the paid version does not.
1/26/2015Furious monster types are visually bugged. They improperly latch their sprite onto what looks to be the upper left side of the sprite sheet. Fun little game so far. Thanks for making it. :-)
12/7/2014Excellent game - very smooth gameplay, very nice menu system and tons of items. A bit grindy with an optional repeatable instance dungeon that matches your level specifically for grinding exp and gold, but that's kind of what I'm looking for in an phone game. Something I can play for 10 minutes at a time and take months to play w/o forgetting some overly complex plot. I'm fairly early on in the game and very impressed so far. This is a turn-based RPG like the old Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior games, but w/o all the cryptic puzzles and impossible-to-solve-without-a-guide quests and collection chains. Contrary to the description above, this game is nothing like Zelda. At all... I don't know how Zelda is always lumped in with FF and DW and other turn-based games.
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