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Savvis Announces Time For First Quarter 2010 Earnings Call

Savvis Announces Time For First Quarter 2010 Earnings Call

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Well Done, My Old China

Well Done, My Old China

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

Well Done, My Old China


In London, U.K. 'my old china' is a friendly term for 'friend'.  It originated in the rhyming slang expression: 'china plate', rhyming with 'mate'.

Edit: a reader has spotted an error.  The reference should be to an interview, not a visit.

In a recent visit to Australia interview on Australian TV, US President Barack Obama on Thursday said China can't be allowed to wait until its standard of living improves before tackling climate change.

"It is in our interests, both of our countries interests for China to be successful, for China to be prosperous, because that means they're more likely to be stable," he said.

Full Tilt Poker Launches Steps Tournaments

Full Tilt Poker Launches Steps Tournaments

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

Biosign Signs Master Distribution Agreement With DLF Solutions Inc. For Exclusive Rights In The Canadian Market

Biosign Signs Master Distribution Agreement With DLF Solutions Inc. For Exclusive Rights In The Canadian Market

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

Spacewalk Game

Spacewalk Game

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

With little fanfare, NASA released on online simulation of spacewalking, the ISS, and real science in space.  Real physics, real challenges, no sissified arcade-y action or twitch gaming.  Just you, physics, and a mission.  And they call it... "Station Spacewalk Game"


Harness The Wild Eye

Harness The Wild Eye

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

In Writing As Superpower we discussed that writing is really for the eye, at the expense of the hands, despite the fact that our brains may have evolved to comprehend speech.  We still prefer to 'listen' with our eyes, despite our eyes not having been designed for this.

The way we write is for the hand but the shapes of our symbols are for the eye.  And that is due to culture.

TradeTech Is Now Also Online With TradeTechOnline.com And Will Benefit From A Strong Partnership With FinRoad

TradeTech Is Now Also Online With TradeTechOnline.com And Will Benefit From A Strong Partnership With FinRoad

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

Autism Basic Science And Intervention Through Art

Autism Basic Science And Intervention Through Art

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

Blythe Corbett’s insights may be unique among researchers developing new interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders – at the M.I.N.D. Institute or elsewhere. Corbett’s Social Emotional NeuroScience Endocrinology (SENSE) lab focuses chiefly on analysis of the behavioral and biological effects of the stress hormone cortisol on children with autism. But her work is informed by the eclectic professional experience of someone with a background in autism diagnosis, brain analysis, behavioral intervention – and acting.
Arctic Tipping Points - #1: Background And Recent History

Arctic Tipping Points - #1: Background And Recent History

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

Arctic Tipping Points - #1: Background And Recent History

It is Spring, and with each passing day a greater area of Arctic sea ice has 24 hours of - albeit weak - sunshine every day. It is not surprising to see ice melting in these Lands Of The Midnight Sun.  What is surprising to many is the current extent of ice, and rate of loss, compared with past records.

"Every school boy learns that at the two ends of the earth the year is composed of one day and one night of equal length, and the intervening periods of twilight; but the mere recital of that fact makes no real impression on his consciousness. "
Sify Technologies To Report Fourth Quarter And Full Fiscal Year 2009-10 Financial Results On Friday, April 23, 2010

Sify Technologies To Report Fourth Quarter And Full Fiscal Year 2009-10 Financial Results On Friday, April 23, 2010

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Northern Trust Named Best Administrator For Funds Of Hedge Funds In HFMWeek Awards

Northern Trust Named Best Administrator For Funds Of Hedge Funds In HFMWeek Awards

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

GoldenSource To Discuss Golden Copy Data For Corporate Actions At CorpActions 2010

GoldenSource To Discuss Golden Copy Data For Corporate Actions At CorpActions 2010

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

Italian Survey Shows Centralised Purchasing Of Medical Devices Does Not Reduce Price; Medical Devices Often Undervalued As Analyses Focus Only On Short-term Financial And Economic Aspects

Italian Survey Shows Centralised Purchasing Of Medical Devices Does Not Reduce Price; Medical Devices Often Undervalued As Analyses Focus Only On Short-term Financial And Economic Aspects

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To the 25th anniversary of Badabera revolt of Soviet and Afghan captives in Pakistan

To the 25th anniversary of Badabera revolt of Soviet and Afghan captives in Pakistan

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

The Russian TV channel STS has recently shown all movies about Rambo. I like the films and Stallone despite of the fact that Rambo, in the 3rd movie, kills Soviet soldiers and officers in Afghanistan. It is exactly the 1st point to stress in this review: in Soviet movies, we did never kill Americans. We did never sang songs like Joan Baez did: "...I learned to hate Russians all through my whole life".
Globeleq Increases Its Stake In Cote D'Ivoire Power Plant

Globeleq Increases Its Stake In Cote D'Ivoire Power Plant

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

New Data Supporting Cladribine Tablets As A Potential New Therapeutic Option Presented At The 62nd AAN Annual Meeting

New Data Supporting Cladribine Tablets As A Potential New Therapeutic Option Presented At The 62nd AAN Annual Meeting

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

Men Slow To Talk About Fast Sex

Men Slow To Talk About Fast Sex

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Iceland Eruption Won't Have Global Impact

Iceland Eruption Won't Have Global Impact

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

The eruption of the Icelandic Eyjafjallajokull volcano that sent a huge plume of ash into the atmosphere is unlikely to have a global impact and will probably dissipate in the next several days, according to a University of Colorado, Boulder atmospheric scientist.

Professor Brian Toon, chair of CU-Boulder's atmospheric and oceanic sciences department, compared the Icelandic eruption to the popping of a champagne bottle cork. When the pressure is released by breaching the rock "cork," gases bubble out, spewing tiny rock particles into the air like champagne droplets. Such rocks threaten the safety of airliners.
Future Doctors Don't Like Fat People

Future Doctors Don't Like Fat People

Apr 16 2010 | comment(s)

The next generation of doctors and other health professionals does not like fat people. In fact, they like fat people even less than the rest of the population, according to a study published in Obesity.

Scientists at the Universities of Manchester and Hawaii and Yale University suggests that medical and allied health professions need to present a balanced view of the causes of, and treatment for, obesity when training young professionals in order to reduce the strong prejudice towards obese people. Emphasizing the "uncontrollable" causes of weight gain, such as exposure to junk food advertising, would be one way to reduce the prejudice among health professionals.