Tello, a mobile application service that connects consumers with businesses in order to improve customer service, received $2.7 million in funding today.
Through Tello?s app, customers can direct feedback straight to a vendor ? feedback about the business as a whole, an individual employee, or a specific experience, whether good or bad ? to help vendors refine problem areas and ultimately increase sales. ?The system promises to be more effective and open to possibilities than surveys. ?For example, if a disgruntled patron walks out of their neighborhood shop, they can log in to Tello and provide feedback immediately.
Currently, the masses flock to Yelp, Facebook, and Twitter to voice negative experiences and demand reimbursement. ?Tello says it expands on that trend by enabling users to request a response from managers. ?Tello?s aim is to connect both parties instantly and give business owners a real-time look into employee ratings, metrics, and more.
?As every savvy businessperson knows, the key to building a sustainable company is repeat business and loyal customers. ?A focus on listening to your customers and adapting your business goes a long way to achieving just that,? said chief executive officer Joe Beninato in a statement. ?Tello for business gives companies both big and small a scalable platform to monitor customer feedback and resolve service issues that can have a direct effect on sales.?
Tello first debuted its app at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in September 2011. ?It evolved over the last year and now equips customers to interact via text messages and a thumbs up/down system.
Beninato launched this Palo Alto-based startup in February 2011. ?Before Tello, Beninato started Presto, a venture-backed firm in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard.
This is Tello?s first round of funding, led by True Ventures, Bullpen Capital, and SV Angel. ?Other investors include 500 Startups, Felicis Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Founder Collective, Lowercase Capital, Mark Goines, Naval Ravikant, Russ Siegelman, Shervin Pishevar, Tim Donmoyer, and Transmedia Capital.
Nanofiber breakthrough holds promise for medicine and microprocessorsPublic release date: 29-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kathleen Hamilton hamilton@poly.edu 718-260-3792 Polytechnic Institute of New York University
NEW YORK, February 29, 2012 A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods for the treatment of cancers, heart disorders and Alzheimer's disease, as well as aid in the regeneration of human tissue, bone and cartilage.
In addition, applied differently, this same development could point the way to even tinier and more powerful microprocessors for future generations of computers and consumer electronics devices.
The details are spelled out in an article titled "Effects of Divalent Metals on Nanoscopic Fiber Formation and Small Molecule Recognition of Helical Proteins," which appears online in Advanced Functional Materials. Author Susheel K. Gunasekar, a doctoral student in NYU-Poly's Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, was the primary researcher, and is a student of co-author Jin Montclare, assistant professor and head of the department's Protein Engineering and Molecular Design Lab, where the underlying research was primarily conducted. Also involved were co-authors Luona Anjia, a graduate student, and Professor Hiroshi Matsui, both of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Hunter College (The City University of New York), where secondary research was conducted.
Yet all of this almost never emerged, says Professor Montclare, who explains that it was sheer "serendipity" a chance observation made by Gunasekar two years ago that inspired the team's research and led to its significant findings.
During an experiment that involved studying certain cylinder-shaped proteins derived from cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP, found predominantly in human cartilage), Gunasekar noticed that in high concentrations, these alpha helical coiled-coil proteins spontaneously came together and self-assembled into nanofibers. It was a surprising outcome, Montclare says, because COMP was not known to form fibers at all. "We were really excited," she recalls. "So we decided to do a series of experiments to see if we could control the fiber formation, and also control its binding to small molecules, which would be housed within the protein's cylinder."
Of special interest were molecules of curcumin, an ingredient in dietary supplements used to combat Alzheimer's disease, cancers and heart disorders.
By adding a set of metal-recognizing amino acids to the coiled-coil protein, the NYU-Poly team succeeded, finding that the nanofibers alter their shapes upon addition of metals such as zinc and nickel to the protein. Moreover, the addition of zinc fortified the nanofibers, enabling them to hold more curcumin, while the addition of nickel transformed the fibers into clumped mats, triggering the release of the drug molecule.
Next, Montclare says, the researchers plan to experiment with creating scaffolds of nanofibers that can be used to induce the regeneration of bone and cartilage (via embedded vitamin D) or human stem cells (via embedded vitamin A).
Later, it may even be possible to apply this organic, protein-based method for creating nanofibers to the world of computers and consumer electronics, Montclare says producing nanoscale gold threads for use as circuits in computer chips by first creating the nanofibers and then guiding that metal to them.
Ultimately, Montclare says, the researchers would like the fruits of their discovery such therapeutic nanofibers and metallic nanowires to be adopted by pharmaceutical companies and microprocessor makers alike.
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Funding for this NYU-Poly research was provided by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Army Research Office, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.
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Nanofiber breakthrough holds promise for medicine and microprocessorsPublic release date: 29-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kathleen Hamilton hamilton@poly.edu 718-260-3792 Polytechnic Institute of New York University
NEW YORK, February 29, 2012 A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods for the treatment of cancers, heart disorders and Alzheimer's disease, as well as aid in the regeneration of human tissue, bone and cartilage.
In addition, applied differently, this same development could point the way to even tinier and more powerful microprocessors for future generations of computers and consumer electronics devices.
The details are spelled out in an article titled "Effects of Divalent Metals on Nanoscopic Fiber Formation and Small Molecule Recognition of Helical Proteins," which appears online in Advanced Functional Materials. Author Susheel K. Gunasekar, a doctoral student in NYU-Poly's Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, was the primary researcher, and is a student of co-author Jin Montclare, assistant professor and head of the department's Protein Engineering and Molecular Design Lab, where the underlying research was primarily conducted. Also involved were co-authors Luona Anjia, a graduate student, and Professor Hiroshi Matsui, both of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Hunter College (The City University of New York), where secondary research was conducted.
Yet all of this almost never emerged, says Professor Montclare, who explains that it was sheer "serendipity" a chance observation made by Gunasekar two years ago that inspired the team's research and led to its significant findings.
During an experiment that involved studying certain cylinder-shaped proteins derived from cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP, found predominantly in human cartilage), Gunasekar noticed that in high concentrations, these alpha helical coiled-coil proteins spontaneously came together and self-assembled into nanofibers. It was a surprising outcome, Montclare says, because COMP was not known to form fibers at all. "We were really excited," she recalls. "So we decided to do a series of experiments to see if we could control the fiber formation, and also control its binding to small molecules, which would be housed within the protein's cylinder."
Of special interest were molecules of curcumin, an ingredient in dietary supplements used to combat Alzheimer's disease, cancers and heart disorders.
By adding a set of metal-recognizing amino acids to the coiled-coil protein, the NYU-Poly team succeeded, finding that the nanofibers alter their shapes upon addition of metals such as zinc and nickel to the protein. Moreover, the addition of zinc fortified the nanofibers, enabling them to hold more curcumin, while the addition of nickel transformed the fibers into clumped mats, triggering the release of the drug molecule.
Next, Montclare says, the researchers plan to experiment with creating scaffolds of nanofibers that can be used to induce the regeneration of bone and cartilage (via embedded vitamin D) or human stem cells (via embedded vitamin A).
Later, it may even be possible to apply this organic, protein-based method for creating nanofibers to the world of computers and consumer electronics, Montclare says producing nanoscale gold threads for use as circuits in computer chips by first creating the nanofibers and then guiding that metal to them.
Ultimately, Montclare says, the researchers would like the fruits of their discovery such therapeutic nanofibers and metallic nanowires to be adopted by pharmaceutical companies and microprocessor makers alike.
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Funding for this NYU-Poly research was provided by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Army Research Office, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.
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Once you?ve decided to take a CLEP test to earn credit for a college course, you?ll want to start preparing to take the exam before your CLEP exam date arrives. Knowing in advance what to expect on the CLEP will help you to study the right information so you can be prepared to pass the test with flying colors. If you?ve chosen to take the CLEP exam for Biology to earn your college credit in the area of Biology, here?s what you can expect on the CLEP test.
A Glance At The Biology CLEP Exam:
On the Biology CLEP tests, you can expect to see material that?s usually taught in a one year college biology course. The subject matter you?ll be tested on for this CLEP exam covers the wide field of biology and is broken down into the three main categories of biological Science. Those three categories are: population biology, molecular and cellular biology, and organismal biology.
All three of these areas are weighted almost equally and you?ll have 90 minutes to answer 115 questions on the Biology CLEP test. Some of the questions on the Biology CLEP exam are actually pretest questions that won?t be scored. Any time you spend going through the tutorials and entering in your personal information is not counted towards the 90 minutes you?re given to answer the questions on the Biology CLEP exam.
Knowledge and Skills Needed for the Biology CLEP Test:
For the Biology CLEP exam, you?ll be required to prove your proficiency in one or more of the following areas:
* Know the processes, principles, and facts of biology.
* Understanding of the process of information collection, interpretation, how to make a hypothesis from the information you?ve gathered, how the outcome is decided once a hypothesis is made, and how to make other predictions once a conclusion is reached.
* To prove you understand that science is a human undertaking which encompasses social penalties.
So, if you?re science minded and think you?d rather take a CLEP exam instead of sitting through a year of biology coursework, grab the text book your college uses for its biology course and begin studying those areas. If you do, you?ll have a great chance of passing the biology CLEP test.
There are several sites online that offer CLEP test preparation tools including study guides and sample questions. The best way to ensure you pass the Biology CLEP exam is to prepare using a text book and any of the study tools offered online.
If you do pass the CLEP exam for biology and your school accepts CLEP credit, you?ll be given the same amount of credit you would have earned had you sat in a biology course for a year.
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February 28, 2012 ??NARM, the music business association, will present its prestigious Presidential Award for Sustained Industry Achievement to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) during the Music Biz 2012 Opening Session on Wednesday, May 9, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
?The RIAA is celebrating 60 years of tireless advocacy on behalf of the music industry, and its work is ever more important in this fast moving digital era,? said Jim Donio, President of NARM. ?New products and services are forever altering the way we all discover, experience and purchase music, while significant new entrants to the marketplace are literally changing the game with their innovative strategies. It is certainly an exciting time that just underscores the RIAA?s valuable role and its unparalleled efforts to ensure respect for creators and copyright holders throughout the country.?
?We are honored to receive NARM?s prestigious Presidential Award,? said Cary Sherman, Chairman and CEO of the RIAA. ?As we celebrate our 60th anniversary as an organization, we look back on music?s extraordinary evolution. From vinyl and cassette tapes to downloads and access models, it?s been a hell of a ride. I?ve often joked that the music community is like a dysfunctional family ? we fight from time to time, but in the end we all recognize that we need each other. And when we stand together, we are a powerful voice for all music creators. It has been a privilege to serve this great community. We thank Jim and our friends at NARM for this award, and we look forward to 60 more years of service.?
NARM has honored a wide range of industry leaders and organizations with the Presidential Award, including: John Marmaduke, President and CEO of Hastings Entertainment; Jim Urie, CEO of Universal Music Group Distribution; Robert Higgins, Chairman and CEO of Trans World Entertainment Corp.; Clive Davis, J Records; Jack Eugster, former Chairman, CEO and President of Musicland; Eric Paulson, founder and former executive chairman of Navarre Corp.; Don Cornelius, host creator of ?Soul Train;? Russ Solomon, founder of Tower Records; Paul Smith, former chairman of Sony Music Distribution; Henry Droz, former president and chairman of Universal Music & Video Distribution; Ahmet & Nesuhi Ertegun, Atlantic Records; and Dick Clark, chairman and CEO of Dick Clark Productions; as well as the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) and the Country Music Association (CMA), among others.
The RIAA was formed in 1952 to support and promote the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. Its members, which include the top record labels and distributors in the U.S., account for approximately 85% of all legitimate recorded music produced and sold in the country. Since its inception, the RIAA has carried out a variety of diverse tasks, from ensuring that vinyl records conformed to the same recording standard to participating in collective rights management. In 1958, the organization began its Gold & Platinum certification program, which continues to be the high standard for recognizing extraordinary musical achievement through its Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum, and Diamond awards. It also introduced the Parental Advisory Logo in 1985 to help inform consumers about their music choices, which it continues to administer today.
The organization works to protect the intellectual property and First Amendment rights of artists and music labels; conducts consumer, industry, and technical research; and monitors and reviews state and federal laws, regulations, and policies. It has won major anti-piracy victories over peer-to-peer applications Napster, Grokster, and LimeWire, and continues to nurture a vibrant legal marketplace for musicians.
About NARM Established in 1958, NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) is the trade association for the business of music, providing the central platform for the discussion of industry?wide concerns, spearheading the implementation of initiatives to promote music commerce, and advocating for common interests. Members include companies and individuals from all aspects of music distribution, including physical, digital, and mobile outlets as well as gaming, applications, merchandise, video and more. NARM members have access to a variety of conferences, virtual seminars, networking opportunities, information and education resources. NARM is a nonprofit organization based in Marlton, New Jersey. Visit us at www.narm.com.
NARM and digitalmusic.org?s Music Biz 2012, one of the most important events in the industry?s calendar, will be May 7-10 at the Los Angeles Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.
About digitalmusic.org digitalmusic.org (DMO) is the home for the digital initiatives of NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, the trade association for the business of music. NARM provides the central platform for the discussion of industry?wide concerns and spearheading the implementation of initiatives to advance the business. While primarily focused on physical formats for much of its history, NARM has expanded its mission in the past ten years to include all facets of music commerce. This includes physical, digital, and mobile commerce partners as well as gaming, applications, and other emerging revenue models. DMO is governed under the by?laws of NARM, by NARM President Jim Donio, the NARM Board Of Directors, and directly by digitalmusic.org Co?chairs Christina Calio (Microsoft Entrainment), David Levin (Sony Music Entertainment) and Bill Wilson, NARM VP of Digital Strategy & Business Development. Topics and actions for each individual work groups are determined by the individual work group leaders.
Barbara Brown Taylor ?In this universe, there is no such thing as an individual apart from his or her relationships. Every interaction?between people and people, between people and things, between things and things?changes the face of history.?
When relationships are the top value in a culture (like with the Native American Nations) the world is viewed not in terms of who?s the boss or what is your defined role but how well you intermingle with whatever you encounter. People relationships are entered into with caution and respect, not with a hearty ?How are you, I am ?, I work at?.What do you do?? type of greeting.
This sometimes makes it difficult in a meeting with Anglo/Minority cultures, each looking at the other without understanding what is taking place. We were at such a meeting recently with the Anglo culture asking most of the questions and spouting opinions at every pause.? It is bewildering to both cultures why one is so silent and the other is so talkative.
?Aren?t they used to us by now?? asked one of the Anglos. ?They are so shy.?
I mumbled something, not giving her an answer that would have taken a long time to explain. I do try to teach some things to the youth that will allow them to give rote answers to satisfy a culture that has basically an individualistic approach. ?Shake their hands, give your name and where you are from and then ask where they are from. That usually satisfies them. Just shake your head if they ask you personal questions. Only a few get it that there has to be a trusting relationship before personal information can be exchanged.?
So the youth learn social behavior in an Anglo Culture 101 and we begin to be treated less like freaks when we attend cross cultural gatherings such as coffee hour or social encounters.? It is strange that in many of these occasions, that the minorities are the only ones aware that it is a cross cultural meeting.
It is not only with people relationships that the difference in cultures is highlighted.? On another visit we were at the Phoenix Cathedral and I asked if they would like to see the sanctuary.? We enter the door that leads to the altar and as I open the door, one of the youth asks in a whisper, ?Is it all right for us to be in here??? I whisper back, ?It?s okay, this is holy ground and we can enter.?
We walk around and have one of those corporate awe experiences as we soak in an unlit space with stained glass windows and an immense space used for honoring the holy. Later we talk in the van about our relationship with holy spaces. ?It was awesome that we could just walk around. It felt like God shining in the windows at us.?
As we drove back to Northern Arizona, there was a third kind of relationship between us and creation. ?It is so brown here,? says one of the youth looking at the landscape. ?We need more rain.?? As we were leaving town we noticed that there was a strand of trees that were a stark contrast to the rest of the environment.? ?Look how green they are. There must be a river,? says one of the teens.? We all lean toward the side of the van showing this long line of green healthy trees that are surrounded by dried up trees and bushes. We are looking for the river as though it is the Holy Grail. ?It was another awesome moment shared by all of us.
It is hard to write this without sounding like one culture is better than another. All cultures have their gift, whether it be the capacity for organization and individual achievement or the capacity for seeing everything in relationship, or something else.
For me, today, I am thankful to be with youth who are attuned to the sacred in ways that I have put in the background. One of the Anglos complimented a specific youth for something he had done. Reflecting on it later, a young adult says, ?Do you hear what they liked about us??
One compliments an individual and our youth see it in relationship to all of us. This more than anything else differentiates the different cultures. ??Who are you?? is often asked by someone who wants an individual?s name. They are taken aback when the response is ?We are the Spirit Journey Youth or Episcopal Natives.
Perhaps in this season of Lent, I can with humility look for the sacred with all cultures, blowing away the superficial trappings of our respective civilizations.
NOVEL ELECTRODE: By adding silicon to the anode, pictured here, among other improvements, Envia has more than doubled the energy density of current lithium-ion batteries.Image: Courtesy of Envia
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.?A company founded in the Palo Alto public library has taken a dose of government money and technology and turned it into the most energy-dense battery ever. Envia System's new lithium-ion battery packs roughly twice as much energy per gram as present batteries, the company will announce here at the third annual summit of the Advanced Research Projects Agency?Energy (ARPA?e).
"We achieved 400 watt-hours per kilogram," explains materials scientist Sujeet Kumar, Envia co-founder and chief technology officer. "We have made a 40 ampere cell in a large format that automakers can recognize and use," and one that has been validated by independent energy density tests at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Ind.
With a $4 million grant from ARPA?e, the Envia technology builds on work done at Argonne National Laboratory that found that including manganese in a mix of materials for the cathode?the electrode to which the lithium ions flock?better energy densities could be achieved. The team then switched focus to the anode?the electrode from which lithium ions flow to produce the electric current?and boosted its performance by incorporating silicon along with the typical graphite.
By blending silicon with carbon, the researchers claim to have gotten around the problems of silicon anodes that have disabled other batteries ability to charge and discharge time and time again. Simply put, silicon swells. "It will hardly last 10 cycles because of the high volumetric changes," admits Kumar. But by encasing it in a carbon coating?as well as interlacing carbon fibers?the Envia team argues it has surmounted that problem and its battery has cycled 400 times?and counting. "Even if the silicon pulverizes in the first cycle, connectivity is maintained through the carbon fibers," Kumar adds.
That leaves so-called "thermal runaway," an engineering euphemism for batteries bursting into flame?a persistent problem with energy-dense storage devices based on lithium-ion technology. This is particularly true in cars where batteries must undergo a test in which an 8-millimeter nail penetrates the battery at speed. Envia claims its batteries pass that test. "It's mainly that the cells are much thinner," Kumar says. "It's very easy to remove the heat," though it will be up to each individual automaker whether they want to employ air or liquid cooling of battery packs.
The slim, energy-dense batteries developed at an Envia center in China could reduce the number needed per car by half. And the batteries are cheap at $125 per kilowatt-hour, less than half what current batteries cost, an expense that contributes some 65 percent of the cost of an electric car. But, in addition to further independent testing, the Envia battery must now embark on the multi-year process of testing by actual car-makers. GM is an investor, but Envia declines to identify who is interested. "We are working with all the brand name [carmakers] around the world," says Atul Kapadia, Envia chairman and CEO. The idea is to either form joint ventures to produce the batteries in tandem or to license the technology to pre-existing partners.
But, assuming a single nail doesn't bring down the new technology, the battery could boost the range of electric vehicles, such as GM's Chevy Volt. The more watt-hours per kilogram, the farther an electric car can travel. That means a Nissan LEAF boasting Envia's batteries might be able to travel the 300 miles between St. Louis and Chicago on a single $10 charge, rather than the roughly 80 it can travel today. "We expect Envia's next generation lithium-ion battery will revolutionize the [electric vehicle] industry by eliminating the three remaining barriers to mass adoption: cost, range and safety," Kumar said in a statement announcing the breakthrough. "The ability to drive up to 300 miles on a single charge will eliminate 'range anxiety.'"
[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - Flat sales at its materials division held down earnings at German pharmaceutical and chemicals firm Bayer AG as it recorded profit of euro397 million ($533 million) in the fourth quarter.
The Denver Auto Show?s first run was in 1902 ? two years after the first New York Auto Show, six years before the first Ford Model T rolled off the line and six years before the incorporation of General Motors.
The 2011 Denver Auto Show increased its footprint to 500,000 sq. ft., a 25 percent increase. Proceeds were up 24 percent and media coverage climbed by 60 percent, largely thanks to the presence of Camp Jeep who will return again this year. Chicago would not even talk to Chrysler about this feature because of this year?s pending Democratic National Convention in the same Windy City facility.
Camp Jeep takes up a considerable piece of floor space during the 2012 Denver Auto Show where participants can experience riding in Jeep vehicles over a course simulating the offroad navigation of rocks, inclines, declines and splashing through water,
The show runs from March 21 to 25 in the Denver Convention Center, where the Big Blue Bear is still trying to look in, but the two weeks before will be full of events leading up to the show itself.
A special event over the past few years has been the Green Car Parade, which actually refers to a display of hybrid, electric, high-mileage, clean diesel and flex fuel vehicle in the rotunda drive of the State Capitol building. Last year this event even included a Bentley anxious to point out its flex-fuel capability ? just as the Fisker Karma shows you don?t have to appear plebian to go green. It will be held on March 18 this year.
This year selected green cars will be touring the state in the week leading up to the Capitol showcase in an event named the Green Car Convoy. Members of the Rocky Mountain Automotive Press, now numbering over 60, have been invited to participate by driving the cars throughout the state in three separate jaunts. Torque News is very likely to get first hand reports from this ride and drive opportunity.
A day and a half of meetings will inform attending dealers of the latest and most effective way to use online marketing, search engine and social media expertise to promote sales during the 2012 Innovative Dealer Summit March 21-22.
Completely new this year will be an Automotive Career Fair running during the show, allowing attendees looking for a new or better job to confer with 25 new car dealers, 25 vendors and 35 suppliers to the automotive market. Interested applicants should bring copies of their resume.
A returning feature this year is the Dub Show Tour, a display of pimped-out, tricked up cars, many of whom belong to sports celebrities.
Another new feature will be the Hispanic Day at the 2012 Denver Auto Show sponsored by the local affiliate of Telemundo. Latin performers and celebrities from local radio and TV will be on hand to welcome a demographic that is nearly a third of Denver itself.
Another fascinating aspect of the 2012 Denver Auto Show will be an exhibit of classic cars from the LeMay Museum. The four-story museum on a nine-acre campus in Tacoma Washington will be one of the largest automotive museums and collections in the world and Denver is lucky to get an advance look at these classics.
The Clear the Air Foundation will also have an automotive recycling exhibit to illustrate their collaboration with the Colorado Dealers Association that invites area dealers to demonstrate their civic pride by donating old gas-guzzling smog-mobiles (called gross emitters) to the foundation. They make sure the engine, shell and frame of each one is crushed and shredded, never to pollute the air again.
Salvageable parts and systems are sold to parts recyclers. Money raised by the Clear the Air Foundation?s efforts goes to support scholarships for students pursuing automotive or related technology courses of study.
Though not the most celebrated, the 2012 Denver Auto Show will continue its growth and influence among a growing part of the automotive market in its 111th year. Denver is only the 16th largest market in the U.S. by population, but the 8th largest in terms of dispensable income. Auto manufactures should take note of this and plan accordingly.
The other day, I was talking to a gal who is an absolute expert in audio programming online. She has worked with some of the top motivational speakers in the country, and helped them convert their former audio and video tapes into digital media. That got me to think about how I might take some of my speeches, seminars, and talks and convert all of it into ebooks, articles, and manuals. Over the past five years, I have converted many of my manuals into articles and ebooks.
And I have taken much of my knowledge which I have previously used to give speeches to various groups and at colleges and turned that wisdom and expertise into online articles. Indeed, I?m not the only one who has done this, it seems that many people are doing it and it works. But of course, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it, and it?s often hard to take speeches on old VHS videotapes, which were done 10 years ago or longer and convert them into DVDs, and digital ebooks.
What most people don?t understand is when you speak it?s different than when you present something in a writing format. Also when you are giving a speech and using lots of hand and body gestures, you tend to choose different words than you would if you?re trying to be descriptive while you are writing. Also, not everyone has PowerPoint presentations which go back and correspond to all their speeches for the last 10-years. If you do and you wish to convert those speeches into ebooks it?s a lot easier because you have all those items in the PowerPoint presentation for titles and subtitles of your ebook.
Is it possible to convert ebooks, articles, and manuals into speeches the other way around? Yes, I do believe it is, but it is not as easy as you might think. Not everyone can read a teleprompter or script as good as President Barack Obama, and that is a talent, and it takes a lot of practice. If you are converting your ebooks and articles into videos for let?s say YouTube or DVDs you have to be careful to look into the camera, and do it while you?re reading, and that isn?t easy, not to mention the fact that your pupils are moving back and forth the entire time.
conduct research, teaching and supervision at the department, including applying for external research funding. The current position focuses on development, implementation and application of algorithms and software for data mining. Apply by Mar 28.
At: Stockholm University Location: Sweden Web: www.su.se
Stockholm University, located in Sweden's capital city, is the region's centre for higher education and research in science, the humanities, the social sciences and law, and a focus for the work of leading international researchers.
Stockholm University hereby invites applications for a position as
Senior Lecturer in Computer and Systems Sciences,
with a specialisation in data mining,
Department of Computer and Systems Sciences.
Ref. no. SU 612-3368-11. Application deadline: March 28, 2012.
Topic Description
The field of data mining concerns the study of methods and techniques for analysis of large data sets to support decision making through descriptive or predictive models. The current position focuses in particular on development, implementation and application of algorithms and software for data mining.
Job Description
The senior lecturer should conduct research, teaching and supervision at the department. This includes conducting own research and actively contributing to applying for external research funding. The senior lecturer should participate in course development, teaching and examination within the educational programs at the department on basic and advanced levels.
Qualification requirements
Qualified to be employed as a senior lecturer is a person who has been awarded a PhD within computer and systems sciences, or has the corresponding research competence and has demonstrated teaching expertise. Teaching expertise should be demonstrated through teaching experience on both first and second cycle education. The teaching expertise is to be well-documented in a manner which makes it possible to assess the quality of the teaching activities. The position also requires considerable proven experience in both teaching and research in data mining.
The applicant must have the ability to cooperate as well as the ability and suitability otherwise needed to perform duties well.
_Contact_: Get more information and apply online.
Information about the position can be provided by professor Henrik Bostr?m, Dept. of Computer and Systems Sciences, tfn: 08-16 16 16, e-post: henrik.bostrom@dsv.su.se
Questions regarding the case and guidelines for applications will be answered by administrator Henrik Lindell, tfn 08-16 33 02, e-post: henrik.lindell@su.se
Seal is speaking out ... about speaking out about his divorce.
The reason he's been so forthcoming about his recent split with Heidi Klum, according to the singer, is to promote his upcoming tour because we deserve to know.
He's generous, that Seal.
"When you publicize your marriage as much as ours was, when you renew wedding vows, all those things ... you're painting a picture of an ideal relationship that people aspire to," he said on the Australian radio show Fifi and Jules.
"So, when it goes south, you can't all of a sudden take the philosophy of a monk and decide to go for a vow of silence," the singer continued.
"It doesn't really work like that. I certainly respect my wife's decision not to talk about that, but I felt that people at least deserved some kind of explanation why that picture of the ideal relationship wasn't what they thought it was."
Seal really went above and beyond full disclosure, though.
Taping Ellen, Piers Morgan Live and Tavis Smiley within a week of the breakup and not nixing any personal questions, he seemed to almost relish it.
Okay, that's a bit much, but while most stars clam up in these situations, he did the opposite. Then again, the shows were booked well in advance.
"It's not like this happened and I decided the next week to go on the [shows]," the 49-year-old Brit told Fifi and Jules. "It's a difficult time."
"The best that one can do in this situation is handle it with dignity and civility... I tried my very best to protect the general welfare of my family."
"My wife included. You would hope you can behave like adults and try and protect those who are most important in this, which are your family."
In his defense, too, he wasn't exactly talking smack.
The reverse, if anything. Seal said some lovely things about Klum. "I still wear my wedding ring, because I'm still married to this incredible woman" and "she is still, in my opinion, the most wonderful woman in the world."
This guy in his cowboy gear was working at the booth for the Texas Longhorn Ranch.
This is the ranch.? Funny, I thought that being from Texas, it would be bigger...
These awesome women are members of the Rowbust Dragonboat Racing Team.? Founded in 2000, the team now has close to 50 members, all breast cancer survivors, and promotes physical and mental well-being for those living with breast cancer.? For more information, go to their website.
This is J-Lo, a 13 year old quarter horse, who was the most lovely, patient horse I've ever met (not that I've met a lot of horses).? She's done the show circuit a lot (like her namesake) which accounts for her tranquil nature, given the amount of noise that was going on around her, including the sounds of paintball guns.??
J-Lo's equally lovely and informative handler gave us a demonstration of the horse's fancy footwork.? Apparently, it is very difficult for a horse to keep it's body facing front while sidestepping, and it is only after a lot of patient training is it able to do so.
I also learned a surprising amount about horse's teeth, and that the set at the front (so winningly modeled by J-Lo above--yikes, talk about tartar buildup!) are for pulling grass into their mouth, and then the teeth at the back of their mouth is used for chewing.? There is a sizeable space between the two sets of teeth, which allows for the placement of a bit in their mouth without hurting their teeth.
Many facts about id theft have become common knowledge. Identity theft continues to be rising yearly for about 10 years, possesses exploded wildly combined with expansion of the world wide web about Callaway preowned. Some hackers steal personally identifiable information and selling it in private forums along with other, would-be thieves. Phishing websites collect your individual information to facilitate id theft, other great tales. Yet there are lesser known information about id theft that might help shape your offers to prevent it and how to monitor correctly.
Many, and not quite a majority, of cases of id theft involve members of the family and good friends. Parents used children?s Ssn to have charge cards as well as home mortgages after their very own credit is power down. Unfortunately, this ruin?s their child?s credit just as they are starting their very own lives. And a lot of banking institutions won?t let the loans be forgiven unless the little one presses charges up against the relative for instance top5electroniccigarettes.com.
Creating a Ssn (SSN) over a bank card application is id theft as well as fraud. Since credit scoring will depend on the Ssn, employing a false one ends in them checking another woman?s credit.
Illegal aliens with your Ssn are committing id theft as well as fraud, if they takes place name at the same time or only your SSN and their name. This is accomplished to feed criminal record checks and see if they are legal to work in the us. Identity theft has also involved American born children of illegal aliens. When the child features a Ssn, the parent uses that SSN to work and make an application for credit. Unfortunately, the teenager can discover they are in possession of a good work background are near likelihood of audits from the IRS once they make an effort to work in a fast food joint. The internal revenue service may say they owe taxes on another job or ought to explain the Earned Taxes Credit (EITC) claimed once they were any small.
Impersonating someone?s identity is increasingly utilized to gain access to health advantages. By using another?s Medicaid card and ID to listing this insurance information of your friend, this allows someone not eligible to the advantages to have free or discount care. Unfortunately, it also adds incorrect information on the correct person?s medical records. This could bring about bills shipped to somebody who never even received care. In rare cases, the medical care insurance cap is approximately Jennings Smith security consultants to reached and the person making payment on the medical health insurance premiums struggles to get care due to the medical health insurance fraud.
If someone is working with your Ssn and then claims retirement benefits, the installments check out whomever retires first. Whether or not this isn?t you, you may face an uphill battle to prove the money will almost certainly the wrong person. High are by yet no court cases the location where the person received the advantages paid on the identity thief.
Basic shredding of your respective bank statements is sound advice but of limited use. Anywhere your Ssn and phone information are listed is prone to ID theft. Your doctor?s office could be hacked along with your private information stolen as easily and reliably because Department of Motor Vehicles. An attorney?s records add the SSN, address and phone number, allowing people who steal legal records to get into much more information for id theft. You can?t control the information security famous these a huge selection of locations where this information is stored. Whilst you cannot be 100% safe from id theft, you need to stay sharp. Catching id theft early is paramount to preventing financial ruin. You can find services to help protect your identity, but everyone?s situation is unique, and this might not be the best option for you.
[unable to retrieve full-text content]HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- New research has identified more than 50 genes that can predict age-related macular degeneration, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide.
23 February 2012Last updated at 10:53 ETBy Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News, Salt Lake City
Out of sight, out of mind - but not for much longer.
The practice of dumping millions of tonnes of waste rock in deep Norwegian fjords is coming under close scrutiny from the country's scientists.
The debris, or tailings, from mining operations has been deposited on the seafloor for decades with little recognition of its likely impacts.
Now, the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (Niva) is mounting a series of studies to assess the consequences.
"The mining companies send these tailings down a long pipe, down below the euphotic zone, below 200m, and essentially smother everything on the seafloor," explained Prof Andrew Sweetman, a research scientist with Niva.
"All the animals that live in the sediments that provide food for larger invertebrates and fish, for example, will be killed off.
"Potentially, you are also going to kill off a lot of deep water corals.
"And you can get extremely turbid water columns, and it can stay turbid for long periods of time. So, it's a big deal," he told BBC News.
Prof Sweetman was speaking at the biennial Ocean Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City.
The mining industry is an important sector for the Norwegian economy, employing some 22,000 people.
Its targets are profitable metals, natural stone and aggregates. Sometimes whole mountains are dismantled in the process.
Currently, there are mine tailings actively being deposited at 23 sites along the Norwegian coast, but there are many licence applications pending.
The waste rock could be stored on land, but it is unsightly and it is also a more expensive disposal option. Companies can save $25m a year with fjord burial.
Very few studies to date have actually assessed the environmental impacts of tailings deposits, says Prof Sweetman, who is also affiliated to the University of Bergen.
The three-year project being run by Niva will try to describe those impacts more fully, but also look at strategies for containment and recovery of the deposits.
"We'll be looking at how the existing deposits are functioning, how they have recovered since the cessation of tailings placements in certain areas," Prof Sweetman explained.
"We're also looking at changes in the mineralogy, the chemical changes, and the physical changes over time.
"We're also running a number of experiments where we're trying to manipulate the organic content - essentially food for marine animals - to assist those animals coming in and recolonising what is a pretty barren under-seascape."
The Niva-led study group is also putting structures on top of the deposits to see if they will act as artificial reefs.
Prof Sweetman detailed the research project during a session at the meeting dedicated to "deep sea conservation imperatives in the 21st Century".
Session chair Prof Lisa Levin, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, said that the Norwegian tailings story was a classic example of an activity being undertaken without fully understanding its consequences.
The deep ocean, she said, was coming under pressure as never before.
"The biggest pressures right now fall into three categories," she told BBC News.
"There's deep-water fishing and the most severe effects of that would be bottom-trawling, which is extensive in certain parts of the world.
"Then there's oil and gas. Industry is moving steadily deeper. Three thousand metres is now routine, and we know what can happen.
"And we're poised to mine in deep water. There are mining interests in manganese nodule fields, massive sulphides which are at hydrothermal vents, and phosphorites for rare earth elements."
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday.
This subject matter can be quite debatable for parents. Nevertheless if taken in moderation and adequately supervised, kids can actually benefit and learn from online games. A number of online games are offered for kids. For several years, parents have been unsatisfied with the games which are available for their children. Concurrently, many scientific studies have determined that online gaming may be advantageous for kids. Such advantages include enhancement and improvement of social abilities in the virtual environment, increase of child?s capability to plan around and run a computer, increase of mental intelligence and assisting in the educational endeavors.
This write-up will guide you understand the online games for kids which are productive and educational.
Advantages of Online Gaming
As previously pointed out, there are numerous positive aspects when it comes to online gaming. Following are a few of them experienced by kids while gaming. 1. Significance of sharing and enjoying:
When children take part in online gaming that involves playing with the other person from various parts of the planet, then this can be effective as they have more fun and sharing with different people. Furthermore, kids gain knowledge of other people and ethnicities of different parts of the world. Consequently, this can start online friendships that can be useful for their improvement and social growth.
2. Prize and pleasure:
Children who play online games love the reward and satisfaction that comes with the small objectives that are often developed in games. Those compact goals are essential to reach the ending of the game. ?Zuma? is one of the popular games. Kids who enjoy playing this game take pleasure in the incentive of defeating each board. As a result, this boosts their self-assurance and also fills a sense of accomplishment. Kids can learn that achieving small objectives will help them reach much greater goals whether in online gaming or their practical lives.
3. Multitasking:
It has been noticed that online games help children to understand multitask in an efficient way. Numerous types of online games are available that teach this very essential task. Some instances of such games are Virtual Villagers, Cake Mania, and Diner Dash etc.
4. Improved co-ordination:
According to research studies, it has been determined that kids who play games frequently that are video based have a much better eye-to-hand co-ordination in comparison with those children who don?t play video games. For a young kid, this is very valuable.
5. Healthy and balanced challenge to the intellect:
There are lots of games accessible online that tend to concentrate on giving a healthy challenge to the mind of the player. These types of games are usually referred as ?logic? games. There is a well-known gaming website known as Shockwave online which offers many games that can really increase the intellect of a child.
These games are beneficial to teach children about the vital ideas of cause and effect, enhance the computation and mathematical expertise of a child. Games such as Super Text Twist, 4 Elements, Bejeweled, Jewel Quest, and Collapse etc. can have a challenging impact on a child?s mind.
6. Improvement of technology abilities:
It has been discovered that when a child plays online games, it increases the technology skills of the child that are crucial to live in today?s world. Computer literacy and internet are rapidly becoming basic skills which are necessary to enter today?s workforce. This activity can lead to the child?s capability in a very good way to help them do well in their academic and professional careers.
7. Feeling of cohesiveness:
Another benefit of playing online games involving other players is that your children will learn to cooperate in a team. This will likely result in learning that everybody has a distinctive set of abilities and skills, which are essential to fulfill particular roles in life whether it?s a game or real world.
Injectable gel could repair tissue damaged by heart attackPublic release date: 22-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Catherine Hockmuth chockmuth@ucsd.edu 858-822-1359 University of California - San Diego
University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks.
The study by Karen Christman and colleagues appears in the Feb. 21 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Christman is a professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and has co-founded a company, Ventrix, Inc., to bring the gel to clinical trials within the next year.
Therapies like the hydrogel would be a welcome development, Christman explained, since there are an estimated 785,000 new heart attack cases in the United States each year, with no established treatment for repairing the resulting damage to cardiac tissue.
The hydrogel is made from cardiac connective tissue that is stripped of heart muscle cells through a cleansing process, freeze-dried and milled into powder form, and then liquefied into a fluid that can be easily injected into the heart. Once it hits body temperature, the liquid turns into a semi-solid, porous gel that encourages cells to repopulate areas of damaged cardiac tissue and to preserve heart function, according to Christman. The hydrogel forms a scaffold to repair the tissue and possibly provides biochemical signals that prevent further deterioration in the surrounding tissues.
"It helps to promote a positive remodeling-type response, not a pro-inflammatory one in the damaged heart," Christman said.
What's more, the researchers' experiments show that the gel also can be injected through a catheter, a method that is minimally invasive and does not require surgery or general anesthesia. Ne
w, unpublished work by her research team suggests that the gel can improve heart function in pigs with cardiac damage, which brings this potential therapy one step closer to humans, said Christman.
There are few injectable cardiac therapies in development designed to be used in large animals such as pigs, which have a heart that is similar in size and anatomy to the human heart, Christman explained. "Most of the materials that people have looked at have been tested in rats or mice, and they are injectable via a needle and syringe. However, almost all of them are not compatible with catheter delivery and would gel too quickly, clogging the catheter during the procedure.
In experiments with rats, the gel was not rejected by the body and did not trigger arrhythmic heart beating, providing some assurance that the gel will be similarly safe for humans, the researchers note.
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Christman has an equity interest in Ventrix, Inc., a company that may potentially benefit from the research results, and also serves on the company's Scientific Advisory Board. The terms of this arrangement have been reviewed and approved by the University of California, San Diego in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.
The study's co-authors include Jennifer Singelyn, Priya Sundaramurthy, Todd Johnson, Pamela Schup-Magoffin, Diane Hu, Denver Faulk, Jean Wang, and Kristine M. Mayle in the Department of Bioengineering; Kendra Bartels, Anthony N. DeMaria, and Nabil Dib of the UC San Diego School of Medicine; and Michael Salvatore and Adam M. Kinsey of Ventrix, Inc. The research was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award Program (part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research), the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, and the National Science Foundation.
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Injectable gel could repair tissue damaged by heart attackPublic release date: 22-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Catherine Hockmuth chockmuth@ucsd.edu 858-822-1359 University of California - San Diego
University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks.
The study by Karen Christman and colleagues appears in the Feb. 21 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Christman is a professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering and has co-founded a company, Ventrix, Inc., to bring the gel to clinical trials within the next year.
Therapies like the hydrogel would be a welcome development, Christman explained, since there are an estimated 785,000 new heart attack cases in the United States each year, with no established treatment for repairing the resulting damage to cardiac tissue.
The hydrogel is made from cardiac connective tissue that is stripped of heart muscle cells through a cleansing process, freeze-dried and milled into powder form, and then liquefied into a fluid that can be easily injected into the heart. Once it hits body temperature, the liquid turns into a semi-solid, porous gel that encourages cells to repopulate areas of damaged cardiac tissue and to preserve heart function, according to Christman. The hydrogel forms a scaffold to repair the tissue and possibly provides biochemical signals that prevent further deterioration in the surrounding tissues.
"It helps to promote a positive remodeling-type response, not a pro-inflammatory one in the damaged heart," Christman said.
What's more, the researchers' experiments show that the gel also can be injected through a catheter, a method that is minimally invasive and does not require surgery or general anesthesia. Ne
w, unpublished work by her research team suggests that the gel can improve heart function in pigs with cardiac damage, which brings this potential therapy one step closer to humans, said Christman.
There are few injectable cardiac therapies in development designed to be used in large animals such as pigs, which have a heart that is similar in size and anatomy to the human heart, Christman explained. "Most of the materials that people have looked at have been tested in rats or mice, and they are injectable via a needle and syringe. However, almost all of them are not compatible with catheter delivery and would gel too quickly, clogging the catheter during the procedure.
In experiments with rats, the gel was not rejected by the body and did not trigger arrhythmic heart beating, providing some assurance that the gel will be similarly safe for humans, the researchers note.
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Christman has an equity interest in Ventrix, Inc., a company that may potentially benefit from the research results, and also serves on the company's Scientific Advisory Board. The terms of this arrangement have been reviewed and approved by the University of California, San Diego in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.
The study's co-authors include Jennifer Singelyn, Priya Sundaramurthy, Todd Johnson, Pamela Schup-Magoffin, Diane Hu, Denver Faulk, Jean Wang, and Kristine M. Mayle in the Department of Bioengineering; Kendra Bartels, Anthony N. DeMaria, and Nabil Dib of the UC San Diego School of Medicine; and Michael Salvatore and Adam M. Kinsey of Ventrix, Inc. The research was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award Program (part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research), the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, and the National Science Foundation.
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Being fit is important to people, especially, to men. Aside from its aesthetic value, being fit allows people to avoid experiencing a great toll on their health.This is why a lot of men engage in a men's fitness system and a lot of health buffs join the bandwagon in finding practical solutions to eliminate or prevent health issues. A lot of fitness systems and health solutions focus on rigorous exercise routines to target one of the main causes of health problems, inactive lifestyle. However, most of them do not give the imagined results.
Having an inactive lifestyle is detrimental to every individual's health, mostly, to men. Recent studies show that too little exercise and too much passive activity can lead to weight gain. Inactive lifestyles can eventually result to obesity, which is a leading cause of heart ailments, particularly, heart attacks.
Aside from this, most obese individuals do not appear physically attractive. Because of these, men seek fitness solutions to eliminate the increasing occurrences of obesity and to have the body that women look for.
To be fit, an ideal men's fitness system is important to have. This system usually requires each individual to eat a healthy balanced diet and combine it with a good workout plan. However, most of the time, doing these things is easier accomplished in theory than in real life. Because most men are busy with work and other work-related stuff, choosing the right kind of food to eat and engaging in a men's fitness system just appear to be farfetched ideas to them. Also, undergoing through a difficult fitness system can be mentally challenging. To achieve the healthy lifestyle men dream of, an ideal fitness system that is easy enough and will fit their busy schedule is necessary.
And there's nothing more ideal men's fitness system than the Ideal Fitness System.
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Having an inactive lifestyle exposes men to health issues that can be fatal. A good men's fitness system is necessary to help men become active again and attain the aesthetic benefit from that system. The Ideal Fitness System is the fitness system of all fitness systems. It helps men become and look beautifully healthy through its free 7-day easy and simple e-Course. Expose those defined pectorals and washboard abs through the Ideal Fitness System.
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Once you?ve decided to take a CLEP test to earn credit for a college course, you?ll want to start preparing to take the exam before your CLEP exam date arrives. Knowing in advance what to expect on the CLEP will help you to study the right information so you can be prepared to pass the test with flying colors. If you?ve chosen to take the CLEP exam for Biology to earn your college credit in the area of Biology, here?s what you can expect on the CLEP test.
February 28, 2012 ??NARM, the music business association, will present its prestigious Presidential Award for Sustained Industry Achievement to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) during the Music Biz 2012 Opening Session on Wednesday, May 9, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
At: Stockholm University
