• 牙科新聞

    Updated: 2010-05-31 08:41:55
    14 – 31 May 2010 香港   1. 每日刷牙少於兩次 心臟病風險增七成  [明報] 2010-05-29 B16 MP+ 2. 牙刷勁多菌月換免招腸胃炎  [蘋果日報] 2010-05-29 E05 36樓E 3. 衞署診所剝錯老婦牙  [東方日報] 2010-05-28 A18 港聞 4. 港大牙科治療中心開幕  [成報] 2010-05-28 A12 港聞 5. 港大添新儀器 植牙僅需一日  [大公報] 2010-05-28 A05 要聞 6. 港大牙醫學院「尋」內地尖子  [大公報] 2010-05-28 A05 要聞 7. 蛀牙症狀及後果  [都市日報] 2010-05-27 P32 健康 健康口腔 8. 裂唇和裂顎 (一)  [am730] 2010-05-26 M22 健康 醫ZONE 鄭碧純 9. 牙齒矯正5大之謎 [香港經濟日報] 2010-05-20 C08健康 10.  SUN特搜：洗牙整容價廉多港人捧場 [太陽報] 2010-05-18 A18 [...]

  • Database Update - Ovid SP 3.0

    Updated: 2010-05-31 02:25:12
    OvidSP 3.0 - a new platform for OvidSP has been launched with following enhancements:-   New Work Productivity Tools New search filters, a “widget” approach to results management, and numerous new citation management options, and more. My Workspace Create work projects and organize all of your research materials—individual articles, search strategies, images, and more—into a dedicated area. Ovid [...]

  • Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 05-28-2010

    Updated: 2010-05-30 00:08:16
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Groups to host Waihee watershed tour June 12 The Honolulu Advertiser Thielen : Water decision meets most demands The Maui News Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 05-28-2010 Published on May 29, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 05-28-2010 The annual charts have bee updated . CLICK HERE to view . The 360 day comparative price , line and histogram charts , page has been updated also . CLICK HERE to . view Maui Land and Pineapple MLP 05-28-2010 Whole Food Markets WFMI 05-28-2010 ML Macadamia Orchards LP NNUT 05-28-2010 Alexander and Baldwin

  • Development blog: A Development Perspective on the Gulf’s Big Spill

    Updated: 2010-05-29 01:50:10
    By Vijaya Ramachandran - This is a joint posting with Julia Barmeier The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is turning out to be the worst environmental disaster in United States history—we now know that as much as 40 million gallons of oil may end up in the Gulf, destroying wildlife and livelihoods, and taking years to clean up. Spills [...]

  • 30 Days To Comment on VAPG Rule

    Updated: 2010-05-28 20:54:34
    The long anticipated proposed rule for the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program was published in today’s Federal Register.  The comment period for the proposed rule is only 30 days with comments on the regulatory provisions due by June 28, 2010. We expect the announcement of VAPG awards from the 2009 competition next week, and will [...]

  • Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program Rule is Out with NOFA to Follow

    Updated: 2010-05-28 17:07:13
    Today’s Federal Register included the interim final rule for the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP), one of NSAC’s 2008 Farm Bill priority program.  The interim rule goes into effect on June 28, 2010, but the USDA will be taking public comments until July 27, 2010. RMAP is a new program created in the 2008 Farm Bill [...]

  • Funding for Energy Audits and Renewable Energy Development Assistance

    Updated: 2010-05-28 16:54:23
    On Thursday, the USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service announced the availability of $2.4 million dollars in competitive grants for energy audits and renewable energy development assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses as part of the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). State, tribal, and local governments, universities, rural electric cooperatives, and public power entities are [...]

  • Trade Issues; Crop Insurance; Policy Issues; and Climate Change

    Updated: 2010-05-28 11:32:50
    Brazil Cotton Case Noel E. Oman reported earlier this week at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette Online that, “To some, the United States didn’t have much leeway when it reached an interim solution last month with Brazil in a long-running dispute over American government subsidies to U.S. cotton growers. “‘We had a limited number of things we could [...]

  • SAGE outstanding reference books

    Updated: 2010-05-28 09:44:29
    SAGE Reference Online which contains authoritative, award-winning, international and interdisciplinary handbooks across the social sciences. These collections increase the content on SAGE Reference Online to 200 reference works in many disciplines including Communication, Psychology, Business, Sociology, Education and more. Below are titles that have received an award or starred review: 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook Encyclopedia [...]

  • Past public lectures available online

    Updated: 2010-05-28 09:43:44
    Already bored with the semester break? There are past public lectures of some universities available online, open to the public: Australian National University (ANU) Podcasts Duke University On Demand Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Public Health Open Course Ware London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Public lectures and events Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [...]

  • New Exhibit@Medical Library - Alexandre Yersin and the Discovery of the Plague Bacillus in Hong Kong

    Updated: 2010-05-28 09:17:18
    Exhibit of “Alexandre Yersin and the discovery of the plague bacillus in Hong Kong” is now on display at the Medical Library.  Highlight of the exhibit includes a miniature reproduction of Dr Alexandre Yersin’s hut in Hong Kong where he discovered the plague bacillus.   The 1894 plague epidemic in Hong Kong lasted for over twenty-five years [...]

  • Wiley Online Library Goes Live In July

    Updated: 2010-05-28 08:21:46
    Wiley Online Library will completely replace Wiley InterScience when it goes live over the weekend of July 24th.   More information about the period of ‘downtime’ during the transition will be available nearer the time.    Wiley Online Library will deliver integrated access to over 4 million articles from 1500 journals, 8000 books, and hundreds of reference works, [...]

  • Book highlights in sociology via Springer

    Updated: 2010-05-28 05:47:50
    Book Highlights in Sociology: Quantifying Theory: Pierre Bourdieu Globalization and Families The Gülen Movement Handbooks and Reference Works: Handbook on Crime and Deviance Handbook of European Societies Handbook of Social Movements Across Disciplines For more books in the Social Sciences, please click here. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D5679'; addthis_title = 'Book+highlights+in+sociology+via+Springer'; addthis_pub [...]

  • Most Downloaded Articles in Psychological Research

    Updated: 2010-05-28 05:47:05
    The following were among the 10 most downloaded articles during 2009, published in the highly cited journal Psychological Research (Impact factor: 1.754 (2008)). Psychological Research publishes articles that contribute to a basic understanding of human perception, attention, memory and action. Enjoy FREE access to these articles until the end of June:    Emotional Stroop task: effect of word arousal [...]

  • Development blog: Finally, an “A” for the shareholders of the African Development Bank!

    Updated: 2010-05-27 08:11:45
    By Todd Moss - Today in Abidjan, the Governors of the AfDB approved the plan for a capital increase. This is part of a coordinated global effort to increase the resources for the regional development banks in response to the accelerated lending during the financial crisis. But today’s nod is also a serious vote of confidence in [...]

  • Groups to host Waihee watershed tour June 12 | The Honolulu Advertiser

    Updated: 2010-05-27 05:59:00
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Compromise decision reached on East Maui water diversion The Maui News Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 05-28-2010 Groups to host Waihee watershed tour June 12 The Honolulu Advertiser Published on May 26, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes and Water Hui o Ko’olaupoko and KEY Project have partnered to host an educational watershed tour to help empower people to become familiar with them and to take actions to improve them . The tour is from 9 a.m . to noon June 12 at KEY Project , 47-200 Waihe’e Road . The Waihe’e Watershed walk includes a visit to the wetland at the mouth of Waihe’e Stream , a historic

  • The Straight Scoop with Marcus Ludtke 5/26/2010

    Updated: 2010-05-26 18:13:24

  • Reducing the Harmful Use of Alcohol Improves Health and Communities

    Updated: 2010-05-26 10:07:45
    News Release WHA/01   21 MAY 2010 | GENEVA - For the first time, delegations from all 193 Member States of World Health Organization (WHO) reached consensus at the World Health Assembly on a resolution to confront the harmful use of alcohol — which contributes to poor health globally, can devastate families and damage the structure of [...]

  • Mobile Slaughter Units and Untapped Markets

    Updated: 2010-05-25 23:34:41
    On Tuesday USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) published a compliance guide to help operators of mobile slaughter units understand the regulatory requirements that pertain to them.   It should also be must reading for entrepreneurs considering building a mobile slaughter facility. FSIS is requesting feedback on the guidance by July 26 and will incorporate comments [...]

  • Organic Research RFA Focuses on Environmental Services

    Updated: 2010-05-25 17:39:00
    USDA is making $4.7 million available through the Organic Transitions integrated research, education, and extension program to fund projects examining environmental services provided by organic agriculture that contribute to climate change mitigation and support soil conservation. The Request for Applications (RFA) prioritizes two areas of much-needed research: 1.  Documenting and understanding the effects of organic practices on [...]

  • Farm Bill Issues; Food Safety; Ag Economy; and Financial Regulation

    Updated: 2010-05-25 10:47:02
    Farm Bill: FarmPolicy.com Resources- UNOFFICIAL Transcripts Recall that back on April 30, the House Agriculture Committee held a field hearing in Des Moines, Iowa to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of considering the 2012 Farm Bill. An UNOFFICIAL transcript of this hearing has been posted at FarmPolicy.com and is available here. Likewise, [...]

  • Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 05-21-2010

    Updated: 2010-05-22 23:13:45
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Maui Land Pineapple , Red Robin Gourmet Burgers : Biggest Price Decliners MLP , RRGB WSJ.com Nature Conservancy faces potential backlash from ties with BP Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 05-21-2010 Published on May 22, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 05-21-2010 The annual charts have bee updated . CLICK HERE to view . The 360 day comparative price , line and histogram charts , page has been updated also . CLICK HERE to . view Maui Land and Pineapple MLP 05-21-2010 Whole Food Markets WFMI 05-21-2010 ML Macadamia Orchards LP NNUT

  • Moving Legislation – What’s in it for Food and Agriculture

    Updated: 2010-05-22 04:54:36
    With the financial regulation bill approved in the Senate and moving to conference with the House-passed bill, and with the one week Memorial Day recess just a week away, several key legislative items are starting to move quickly.  A brief review follows, highlighting what is in the bills for food and agriculture. Budget Resolution – A [...]

  • Nutrient management research to benefit Chesapeake Bay

    Updated: 2010-05-22 00:30:40
    A project conducted by a team of researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is investigating whether feeding cattle low-protein diets might result in the animals more efficiently utilizing nitrogen in their diet and reduce ammonia emissions from dairy operations....

  • USDA releases comprehensive Local Food Systems Report

    Updated: 2010-05-21 22:06:44
    This week, USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released a comprehensive report on Local Food Systems drawing together findings from the existing academic literature and ERS analysis.  The report is divided into five main sections: local food definitions characteristics of local food suppliers demand for local food from consumers and institutions government programs and policies affecting local food systems and [...]

  • Maui Land & Pineapple, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers: Biggest Price Decliners (MLP, RRGB) – WSJ.com

    Updated: 2010-05-21 20:35:41
    , : , Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Water panel to take up East Maui stream petition The Maui News Hawaii and Related Agriculture Daily Charts for the week ending 05-21-2010 Maui Land Pineapple , Red Robin Gourmet Burgers : Biggest Price Decliners MLP , RRGB WSJ.com Published on May 21, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes Maui Land Pineapple Co . Inc . topped the list of Biggest Percentage Price Decliners among common stocks on the New York Stock Exchange at . midday Maui Land Pineapple , Red Robin Gourmet Burgers : Biggest Price Decliners MLP , RRGB WSJ.com Related : Posts Maui Land Pineapple , China Grentech : Biggest Price Decliners MLP , GRRF WSJ.com MLP

  • Development blog: Another Call for COD Aid Pilots

    Updated: 2010-05-21 15:53:42
    By Nancy Birdsall - This is a joint post with William Savedoff and Ayah Mahgoub. Shout-out to Duncan Green and Oxfam for commenting on our new book and calling, like Nicholas Kristof, for pilots of COD Aid. Best of all, Duncan noted (as have several others such as Owen Barder in this note among others) that many of the usual [...]

  • Water panel to take up East Maui stream petition – The Maui News

    Updated: 2010-05-21 07:14:44
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us USGS releases report on Na Wai Eha The Maui News Maui Land Pineapple , Red Robin Gourmet Burgers : Biggest Price Decliners MLP , RRGB WSJ.com Water panel to take up East Maui stream petition The Maui News Published on May 20, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes Sugar Cane and Water PAIA The state Commission on Water Resource Management will take up a petition next week to set new instream-flow standards for 16 East Maui . streams The panel will meet at 1 p.m . Tuesday at the Paia Community Center , where it could render a final decision in the ongoing dispute over East Maui stream water , much of it now diverted by ditches to irrigate

  • Development blog: Red Flags and Red Lights for IMF Lending to HIPCs

    Updated: 2010-05-20 17:43:21
    By Ben Leo - This blog entry also appeared on the Huffington Post. As the global economic crisis spread throughout the developing world in 2008, some of us waited for the next unfortunate phase for poor, debt vulnerable countries – the resumption of massive IMF lending. This is a movie that we’ve seen many times before. And we know the [...]

  • Farmers Market Directory Registration Deadline Extended

    Updated: 2010-05-20 00:29:28
    USDA has extended the deadline for registering farmers markets for inclusion in the National Farmers Market Directory until June 4, 2010.  The Directory is used by the general public and has also become an important tool for policymakers and researchers.  The deadline extension is part of an effort to ensure the count is accurate as [...]

  • 5 Reasons Why Pesticides are Bad

    Updated: 2010-05-20 00:03:12
    At this point, most people are at least somewhat aware that pesticides cause a great deal of environmental harm. Less well known are the effects pesticides have on individual and public health. Here, I give you 5 compelling reasons to avoid pesticides. A quick note: This list is a little data-heavy.  To start, it will help [...]

  • Agribusiness Bulls Led to Slaughter | TheStreet.com

    Updated: 2010-05-19 23:32:50
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Furniture maker , lumber company promote koa reforestation The Honolulu Advertiser USGS releases report on Na Wai Eha The Maui News Agribusiness Bulls Led to Slaughter TheStreet.com Published on May 19, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes NEW YORK TheStreet Through the first months of 2010, the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF MOO has been punished as a storm of bad earnings reports and sliding food prices pressures the fund below its 200-day moving average , but this slide may not be over . At the close of 2009, MOO was lauded by many as the go-to fund for investors looking for a chance to play a fertilizer industry turnaround in

  • The Straight Scoop with Marcus Ludtke 5/19/2010

    Updated: 2010-05-19 20:25:08

  • 'FED SAYS MIDWEST FARM ECONOMY TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY'

    Updated: 2010-05-19 14:37:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Wednesday , May 19, 2010 FED SAYS MIDWEST FARM ECONOMY TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY' AP Foodmanufacturing.com According to the AP , farm income should improve in some Midwest and Western states during the second quarter because livestock businesses will benefit from lower feed costs , the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said late last week . The 10th Federal Reserve District , based in Kansas City , includes Nebraska . Bankers who answered the survey expect overall farm income to improve

  • Summary of MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE CO INC – Yahoo! Finance

    Updated: 2010-05-19 03:06:47
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Pine processing begins in Haliimaile Mauinews.com News , Sports , Jobs , Visitor’s Information The Maui News Furniture maker , lumber company promote koa reforestation The Honolulu Advertiser Summary of MAUI LAND PINEAPPLE CO INC Yahoo Finance Published on May 18, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes Form 8-K for MAUI LAND PINEAPPLE CO INC Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders On May 13, 2010, Maui Land Pineapple Company , Inc . the Company held its 2010 annual meeting of shareholders , or the Annual Meeting . Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited

  • Pine processing begins in Haliimaile – Mauinews.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Visitor’s Information – The Maui News

    Updated: 2010-05-18 22:01:00
    , , , Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Hawaii Agriculture and Related Stocks ETFs ETNs Indexs Annual Charts Faces of Agriculture Contact Us Internationally renowned tea expert to hold June 4 workshop on Big Island University of Hawaii News Summary of MAUI LAND PINEAPPLE CO INC Yahoo Finance Pine processing begins in Haliimaile Mauinews.com News , Sports , Jobs , Visitor’s Information The Maui News Published on May 18, 2010 in General Ag News and Notes Maui Gold Pineapple and Pineapple Haliimaile Pineapple Co . photo Haliimaile Pineapple Co . employees work to process fresh pineapples Thursday at the company’s renovated Haliimaile plant . The company closed a former Maui Pineapple Co . processing plant in Kahului and moved to Haliimaile to centralize plantings and

  • Development blog: New UN Climate Chief Faces a Big Agenda

    Updated: 2010-05-18 21:41:50
    By Jan von der Goltz - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon yesterday appointed Christiana Figueres (currently a senior climate negotiator for Costa Rica), to replace Yvo de Boer at the helm of the UN’s climate secretariat (UNFCCC). It is a hopeful sign that the UN has settled on a policy maker from Costa Rica, a country that has received accolades for its ambitious [...]

  • Good policy, industry innovation

    Updated: 2010-05-18 13:12:58

  • DOJ/USDA Announce May 21 Workshop on Competition in the Poultry Sector

    Updated: 2010-05-16 21:21:49
    The Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Agriculture have announced the schedule and panelists for the May 21, 2010 joint workshop on competition and regulatory issues in the poultry sector.  The workshop will be held in Normal, Alabama at the Ernest L. Knight Reception Center at Alabama A & M University from 9 am [...]

  • Development blog: Pressure to Improve UK Aid – How COD Aid Could Help

    Updated: 2010-05-14 17:38:13
    By Nancy Birdsall - This is a joint post with William Savedoff and Ayah Mahgoub. Lawrence Haddad is the Director of the Institute for Development Studies at The University of Sussex in the UK. In a recent blog post, he poses several challenges for the new UK government on development. Here’s my take on how Cash on Delivery Aid (COD Aid), [...]

  • Introducing the Straight Scoop

    Updated: 2010-05-13 18:57:49

  • Global Health blog: Drug Resistance Gets a Hearing on Capitol Hill

    Updated: 2010-05-06 14:40:07
    By Rachel Nugent - Drug resistance finally got its day on Capitol Hill last week when the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on the topic. The event signaled interest in two ways: first, by the expert witnesses the panel invited, Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health and Thomas Frieden of the Centers for [...]

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