Friday, May 20, 2011
10 Bästa råden för att leva länge och friskt
2 Tuff motion minst tre gånger i veckan. Bäst: minst en halv timme om dagen.
3 Driv upp pulsen över 100 två gånger varje dag. Och gå minst 10 000 steg om dagen. Upp och sträck på dig, helst varje halvtimme.
4 Håll normalvikt.
5 Drick måttligt med ( eller inget alls ) alkohol.
6 Ät mycket grönsaker, frukt och fisk.
7 Bort med snabba kolhydrater, som sötsaker, läsk, vitt bröd, vit pasta, vitt ris. Välj grovt fullkorn.
8 Sköt dina tänder, samband finns mellan tandlossning och många av de stora folksjukdomarna.
9 Minska på stressen10 Vårda nattsömnen, försök att sova 7,5 tim per natt.
Ur artikel i dagens Dagens Nyheter; något ändrad.
Allra viktigast: blå text
Former Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty to run for president
Current Position: Former Governor of Minnesota (January 2003-2011)
Career History: Vice Chairman, Republican Governor's Association (July 2009-2011); Former Governor of Minnesota (January 2003-2011); Vice President of corporate development, Wizmo Inc. (2000 to 2001); Majority Leader (1999 to 2002); Minnesota House of Representatives (1992 to 2002); Eagan City Council (1990 to 1992); Eagan Planning Commission (1988 to 1989); Lawyer, Rider, Bennett, Egan and Arundel (1986 to 2000)
Birthday: November 27, 1960
Hometown: Eagan, Minn.
Alma Mater: University of Minnesota, B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986
Spouse: Mary
Religion: Protestant
Washington Post
"Genusvansinnet"
Tanja Bergkvist, matematiker och sedan januari 2011 verksam som forskare vid avdelningen för försvars- och säkerhetssystem på FOI (Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut), leder via sin blogg och andra former av medier en kamp mot vad hon kallar ”fördumningsindustrin, med fokus på genusvansinnet”.
Tanja Bergkvist - Genusvansinne och fördumningsindustri from LvMI Sverige on Vimeo.
Tanja Bergkvist - Genusvansinne och fördumningsindustri from LvMI Sverige on Vimeo.
FI synar Diamyd-handel
 |
| Elisabeth Lindner |
Diamyds förre vd Elisabeth Lindner sålde majoriteten av sina aktier i bolaget dagarna innan aktien störtdök. Nu ska handeln utredas.
Elisabeth Lindner ska ha sålt aktier till ett värde av två miljoner kronor straxt innan bolaget presenterade negativa studieresultat och aktiekursen störtdök. Handeln har kritiserats av flera aktieanalytiker, bland annat Claes Hemberg, sparekonom på Avanza, och Günther Mårder, vd på Aktiespararna, skriver di.se. Därför väljer ni Finansinspektionen att utreda handeln.
Biotech Sweden
Replacing the Blue Bloods
Endotoxin tests currently rely on the blood of horseshoe crabs, which is blue in appearance.
May 19, 2011
View a video showing liquid crystal droplets before and after the addition of endotoxin:
The Food and Drug Administration requires every drug they certify to be tested for certain poisons that damage patient health. The current gold standard for this is the limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay that involves using the blood of horseshoe crabs, which strangely enough is blue, to test for endotoxin, a substance commonly associated with many symptoms caused by bacterial infections.
But researchers at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found what may be a more effective way to test for endotoxin that involves liquid crystals, the same material used to make some flat screen computer monitors and televisions.
 |
| The researchers' work is described in the May 19, 2011 issue of Science |
The surprise wasn't that liquid crystals respond to the presence of endotoxin contamination, said Nick Abbott, the John T. and Magdalen L. Sobota professor of engineering at the University of Wisconsin, "but that they respond at such a low concentration--100,000 times lower than you would expect with adsorption. This makes the technology exquisitely sensitive to very low concentrations of endotoxin, and in this instance, very specific to bacterial endotoxin."
Currently, blood is taken from horseshoe crabs using a non-lethal method, but it can cost thousands of dollars per quart, making the test expensive. Due to the biological nature of the test, it is also subject to variations caused by the seasons and other factors that may interact with proteins in the blood.
But the new test gets around those problems. Here is how it works.
Liquid crystals have some of the properties of a liquid and some of a solid. The material can flow like a liquid, but the crystal molecules can line up in a structured way that resembles a solid. Researchers call this "ordering." Ordering is influenced by the surfaces and contaminants the liquid crystals contact.
When studying how certain contaminants influence the ordering of liquid crystal droplets, UW researchers observed something unexpected: the ordering of the crystals is very sensitive to influence by bacterial endotoxin, meaning they could be used to detect the presence of endotoxin.
Additionally, one of the reasons liquid crystals are used in computer and television monitors is because changing their ordering also changes their optical properties. In this instance, that means the liquid crystals look different when endotoxin is present, making for an endotoxin test that is very easy to read.
Researchers stress that this discovery is still in the early stages, and that it could be many years before a commercially available substitute for the LAL assay is fully developed.
"The tremendous gain in sensitivity makes this discovery very exciting," said Mary Galvin of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research about the new liquid crystal test. "The work also suggests new principles that may be used for the future design of high sensitivity, low cost sensors that can respond to biological substances."
NSF provided support for this work via the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Wisconsin, which aims to address the science and engineering of nanostructured interfaces. One of three interdisciplinary research groups at this MRSEC, the Nanostructured Interfaces to Biology group is focused on the design and use of polymeric and liquid-crystalline materials.
-NSF-
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2010, its budget is about $6.9 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives over 45,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes over 11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards over $400 million in professional and service contracts yearly.
Casillas 30 år
GRATTIS !
Han säger att han skulle kunna fortsätta målvaktsarbetet på elitnivå tills han fyller 40 år.
NASA'S Galaxy Evolution Explorer Finds Dark Energy Repulsive
A five-year survey of 200,000 galaxies, stretching back seven billion years in cosmic time, has led to one of the best independent confirmations that dark energy is driving our universe apart at accelerating speeds.
Read more >> http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/may/HQ_11-155_Dark_Energy.html
Read more >> http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/may/HQ_11-155_Dark_Energy.html
Förlamad återfick rörelseförmåga
En förlamad patient har återfått förmågan att stå och gå efter elektrisk stimulering av ryggmärgen. Det visar en amerikansk studie i tidskriften Lancet.
I fallstudien beskriver forskarna hur en 25-årig man som varit helt förlamad under brösthöjd - men haft kvar viss känsel - nu återfått en viss funktion, tack vare elektrisk stimulering av den nedre delen av ryggmärgen i kombination med motorisk träning.
Enligt forskarna kan mannen nu med balansstöd stå i drygt fyra minuter av egen muskelkraft. Med assistans kan han även ta upprepade steg på ett löpband och röra sina höfter, knän, anklar och tår.
Resultaten visar också att mannen återfått viss sexuell funktion och kontroll över sin urinblåsa.
I studien genomgick mannen efter 26 månader av rörelseträning en operation där en dosa med elektroder till ryggmärgen sattes in under huden, för att via elektrisk stimulering härma de signaler som hjärnan normalt sänder ut för att initiera rörelse.
Forskarna är dock osäkra på om det kommer att vara möjligt att uppnå samma resultat hos dem som inte har någon känsel under höjden för sin skada.
I en kommentar till studien i Lancet tror bland andra Grégoire Courtine vid Universitetet i Zürich att resultaten kommer att inspirera till ett nytt tänkande när det gäller framtida strategier för att återskapa motorisk funktion hos rörelsehindrade personer.
Abstract:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60547-3/abstract
NATO airstrikes sink 8 Gadhafi warships
Government official says attacks could discourage ships from using Tripoli's port, reducing imports and driving up the cost of basic goods
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO aircraft sank eight warships belonging to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces in overnight attacks, the alliance said Friday.
The ships were sunk in coordinated attacks on the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte, an alliance statement said.
MSNBC
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO aircraft sank eight warships belonging to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces in overnight attacks, the alliance said Friday.
The ships were sunk in coordinated attacks on the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte, an alliance statement said.
MSNBC
CISL-mannen misstänkt för grovt svindleri
Danielsson, som är känd affärsman i Umeå och stödjer hemmalaget Björklöven ekonomiskt, är misstänkt för grovt svindleri och grovt skattebrott, enligt Västerbottens-Kuriren, VK.
Ekobrottsmyndigheten har tidigare inte velat släppa namnet på alla misstänkta i den härva som av allt att döma rör CISL-Gruppen. Men nu har Stockholms tingsrätt hävt den namnsekretess som Danielsson tidigare begärt och fått, uppger VK.
Affärsvärlden avslöjade härvan runt CISL-Gruppen, som var noterad på Stockholmsbörsens First North-lista, våren 2007.
AFFÄRSVÄRLDEN
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Heta Sevilladerbyn nästa säsong
 |
| Hemmaarenan Estadio Benito Villamarín |
REAL BETIS
Real Betis från Sevilla
Fullständigt namn Real Betis Balompié S.A.D.
Grundad 1907
Tränare José "Pepe" Mel Pérez
Ass. tränare Roberto Rios Patus
New Theory: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Thought The Maid Was A Call Girl
 |
| http://www.businessinsider.com/ |
 |
| (From the net) |
People make unusual requests when they call for hookers and now, from that fact of life, a new theory has emerged about Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged attack on a Sofitel Chambermaid.
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon posted it on Tumblr last night. He wrote:
I’m not sure if this theory has made it onto the internet yet, but it’s been floated at the office — that DSK ordered a hooker to come to his hotel room, came out of the bathroom naked, saw that a girl had arrived, and mistook her for the prostitute.
It’s implausible, to be sure, but then again, so’s everything in this case.
Our French colleague Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry says there's been speculation about this in France.
Even in the unlikely chance that this is true, it wouldn't be a defense, just explanation.
Of course it's a far fetched explanation, but remember this? A Deutsche Banker last year made a few unusual requests when he contacted a call girl hotline.
Multiple women come over in jeans and heels, he strips naked, and they walk all over him. Then he ties a noose around his neck and the women verbally abuse him by telling him that he "deserves to die." Or, in his alleged words (to the escort company), I want them to pretend they are executioners who are going to kill me. I want them to abuse me by saying I am a useless waste of space who deserved to die. I'll have a noose around my neck and will swing but I'll be wearing a harness. Then they kick the stool from under his feet, laugh, and walk.
______________________________________________________________________________
Mistresses Describe Strauss-Kahn - Totally Differently Than His (3) Wives Do
 |
| (From the net) |
The women that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is alleged to have had (or attempted) affairs with describe a man that is totally different than the man his wives know.
His extra-marital conquests/alleged victims say -
Tristane Banon (Brigitte Buillemette's goddaughter): He acted like a "horny monkey," ... "It ended really badly. We ended up fighting. It finished really violently" ... "We fought on the floor. It wasn't a case of a couple of slaps. I kicked him, he unhooked my bra, he tried to open my jeans." Click here to read her description of the assault >
An unnamed French actress: He acted "like a gorilla" after inviting me back to a Paris flat
Piroska Nagy: His behavior towards women was worthy of Nagy's (reportedly) sending a warning letter to the IMF
The Sofitel chambermaid: He forced me to engage in oral and anal sex. He held me against my will.
His wife and ex-wives, on the other hand, say -
Anne Sinclair: "This one-night-stand [with Piroska Nagy] is now behind us. We have turned the page. Can I add that we love each other as much now as when we first met" ..."I’m rather proud of [my husband's reputation as a seducer]! It’s important for a political man to be able to seduce.” ... “I don’t believe for a single second the accusations of sexual assault by my husband. I am certain his innocence will be proved.”
Brigitte Guillemette: "Why is [Tristane Banon] deciding to file a complaint several years after the event, the day when a 25-year prison sentence is hanging over the man she accuses?" ... "The facts related by the American police are not compatible with the man I know and with whom I lived for more than 10 years." ... “He’s someone very sweet, violence is not part of his character. He has a lot of faults, but not that one!”
_________________________________________________________________________
Det kan man ju inte tro att så här i samhället högt rankade män intresserade sig för prostituerade [host] ;)
Super Storm on Saturn
A storm of rare power has formed in Saturn's northern hemisphere. Wreaking havoc for months, it now stretches around the entire planet and can be seen through backyard telescopes. /NASA
AMS Installed; First Spacewalk Scheduled for Friday
Attachment of the $2 billion, 15,251-pound Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) atop the Starboard 3 segment of the truss was confirmed Thursday at 4:46 a.m. CDT by Endeavour Pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff operating the station’s Canadarm2. Earlier, Mission Specialists Andrew Feustel and Roberto Vittori had used the shuttle arm to take AMS out of Endeavour’s cargo bay to hand it off to the station arm.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Samuel Ting, AMS principal investigator, congratulated crew members by radio from the station flight control room in the Mission Control Center.
Experts on the ground continue to perform analysis based on images taken from the station of Endeavour’s thermal protection system during the backflip maneuver while the shuttle approached the station. The teams are making plans to be able to do a focused inspection of Endeavour’s heat shield on Saturday. A final decision on whether the inspection is required or not is expected tomorrow.
Feustel and Chamitoff are scheduled to begin the first of the mission’s four spacewalks about 2:15 a.m. on Friday. The spacewalkers and Mike Fincke, their intravehicular officer who will help coach them through their activities, spent about an hour Thursday morning preparing tools for the spacewalk.
Tasks include retrieval of long-duration materials exposure experiments and installation of another, installation of a light on one of the station’s rail line handcarts, preparation for adding ammonia to a cooling loop and installation of an antenna.
NASA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Samuel Ting, AMS principal investigator, congratulated crew members by radio from the station flight control room in the Mission Control Center.
Experts on the ground continue to perform analysis based on images taken from the station of Endeavour’s thermal protection system during the backflip maneuver while the shuttle approached the station. The teams are making plans to be able to do a focused inspection of Endeavour’s heat shield on Saturday. A final decision on whether the inspection is required or not is expected tomorrow.
Feustel and Chamitoff are scheduled to begin the first of the mission’s four spacewalks about 2:15 a.m. on Friday. The spacewalkers and Mike Fincke, their intravehicular officer who will help coach them through their activities, spent about an hour Thursday morning preparing tools for the spacewalk.
Tasks include retrieval of long-duration materials exposure experiments and installation of another, installation of a light on one of the station’s rail line handcarts, preparation for adding ammonia to a cooling loop and installation of an antenna.
NASA
En härlig start på en vädermässigt härlig morgon
Det finns sämre sätt än att börja dagen med Grieg, för att sedan gå över till Mozart innan man tar itu
med nyheter om ondskan i världspolitiken och vissa geografiskt närstående personers illvillighet.
Välkommen till den vackra försommarmorgonen, till Grieg och till min visserligen anspråkslösa, men i bästa syfte gjorda blogg .
med nyheter om ondskan i världspolitiken och vissa geografiskt närstående personers illvillighet.
Välkommen till den vackra försommarmorgonen, till Grieg och till min visserligen anspråkslösa, men i bästa syfte gjorda blogg .
Sir Fred Goodwin is not a banker or an adulterer
 |
| The finger of suspicion |
All he has done now is to confirm in the minds of the British public that the world of banking with his ilk in charge was a generally nasty, corrupt and self-serving industry. Banking has gradually lost its soul over the years. It is now more a heartless, avaricious industry rather than a caring, informative and constructive one.
Lord Stoneham has done us all a favour by revealing this nonsense of secrecy. It is in the public interest if those at the centre of a failing bank, one that would have been forcibly folded if the taxpayer had not coughed up blood to support it, are involved in personal relationships that may compromise corporate governance.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
