• 牙科新聞

    Updated: 2011-03-31 03:07:54
    16–31 March 2011 香港   1. 聰明的小發明——牙綫叉  [香港經濟日報] 2011-03-31 C11 醫健營 笑口常開 吳子傑 牙科醫生 2. 政府推長者牙科服務  [蘋果日報] 2011-03-31 A12 健康與醫療 3. 特殊情況下用漱口水  [都市日報] 2011-03-31 P37 健康 健康口腔 4. 紅葡萄酒含多酚 有效預防牙周病  [都市日報] 2011-03-31 P37 健康 5. 台婦鑲劣質假牙致癌  [太陽報] 2011-03-26 A31 兩岸 6. 牙痛照開工 骨女昏迷命危  [東方日報] 2011-03-26 A22 港聞 7. 療前後牙齒護理  [香港經濟日報] 2011-03-24 C11 醫健營 笑口常開 吳子傑 牙科醫生 8. 對漱口水過敏 英女洗牙喪命  [東方日報] 2011-03-24 A39 國際 9. 牙醫無牌行醫兩年  [明報] 2011-03-22 A08 港聞 10. 牙齒甩得多 [...]

  • Budget (Farm Bill); Regulations; Biofuels; Agricultural Economy; and Trade

    Updated: 2011-03-30 10:23:37
    Budget: Political Background Jennifer Steinhauer reported in today’s New York Times that, “The most visible element of the budget fight in Congress is the one over the scale of spending cuts this year. But increasingly, other deeply contentious policy issues that House Republicans insist must be addressed in any budget deal are as much of [...]

  • Herbicide Field Day on Goosegrass Control

    Updated: 2011-03-29 19:08:33
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us Maui residents oppose wind farm access road plans Herbicide Field Day on Goosegrass Control Published on March 29, 2011 in Golf : To Golf Course Landscape Industries : From Norman M . Nagata , Extension Agent A test was conducted at Waiehu Municipal Golf Course to evaluate the efficacy of several herbicide combinations with Roundup , Revolver , MSMA , and Sencor to control herbicide resistant goosegrass using 2 spray applications at 2 weeks apart . You are invited to a field day to observe the results of this . test Herbicide Field Day on Goosegrass Control : Date April 7, 2011 Thursday Time 11:30 am to 12:30 pm : Place Meet at Waiehu Golf Course Service Entrance” 6th tee next to

  • Budget; Farm Policy Issues; Ag Economy; and Regulations

    Updated: 2011-03-29 10:26:48
    Budget: Political Background Steven T. Dennis reported yesterday at Roll Call Online that, “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said tea party demands have caused budget talks with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to break down, risking a government shutdown in two weeks.” The article added that, “A GOP aide, however, said talks occurred ‘every day’ last [...]

  • Maui residents oppose wind farm access road plans

    Updated: 2011-03-28 23:03:48
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us The price of wind Herbicide Field Day on Goosegrass Control Maui residents oppose wind farm access road plans Published on March 28, 2011 in Alternative Energy General Ag News and Notes and wind farm Some South Maui residents are upset about a developer’s plan to use a resort road through Wai­lea and Makena for construction truck access as it builds a wind farm on 120 acres of Ulu­pala­kua Ranch . land It’s going to affect us economically , 8221 said Bud Pikrone , general manager of the Wai­lea Community . Association Pikrone said developer Auwahi Wind Energy LLC’s activities will create noise in a hotel and residential resort area and cause wear and tear on the . roads Pikrone said

  • The world’s economic model is suicide, says UN Secretary General

    Updated: 2011-03-28 22:16:09
    Describing the world’s economic model based on insatiable consumption of resources “a global suicide pact,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders at the World Economic Forum to “make major changes – in our lifestyles, our economic models, our social … Continue reading →

  • Global Health blog: Really Amanda? Really?

    Updated: 2011-03-28 19:11:47
    By Amanda Glassman - In the middle of night, in a moment of indignation, I wrote a blog post on a report issued by Oxfam and a group of NGO partners on the health system in Ghana. I have since been duly chastised by Duncan Green and others. It’s pretty clear that my overheated rhetoric distracted from an important [...]

  • AccessMedicine Resources for Radiation Exposure and Emergency Situations

    Updated: 2011-03-28 02:16:03
    AccessMedicine has a special issue on radiation exposure and emergency situations for our users in light of the recent events in Japan.   Related sections from Bioterriorism Sourcebook:-   Radiation physics and injury Signs and symptoms and treatment of radiation injury Role of potassium iodide tablets Historical context (including information on Chernobyl) Radiation Earthquakes View other contents of Bioterriorism Sourcebook here   View contents of Tintinalli’s Emergency [...]

  • You’ve Got Mail

    Updated: 2011-03-25 17:56:34
    Agriculture Secretary Vilsack’s inbox was brimming this week with letters from farmers and advocates for USDA Conservation Programs.   Hundreds responded to our action alert calling for letters to the Secretary asking him to stand up for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and the Wetlands Reserve Program(WRP). As the Obama Administration negotiates with the House overRead the Rest...

  • Budget (Farm Bill); Ag Economy; Regulations; Trade; Biofuels; and Immigration

    Updated: 2011-03-25 09:43:38
    Budget: Political Background Paul Kane reported in today’s Washington Post that, “Congressional leaders in both parties agree they have to stop putting off the inevitable and reach a deal to fund the federal government through September, the end of the fiscal year. “Washington is limping along on stopgap funds that expire April 8, the sixth [...]

  • Hong Kong Dental Association January & February 2011 issue available now

    Updated: 2011-03-25 08:36:57
    Highlights: 1. HKDA Council’s announcements. 2. Monthly Meeting Corner –“Periodontal plastic surgery” by Dr. David Da-Wei Kuo. 3. Monthly Meeting Corner –“Intellectual disability and dental care” by Dr. Kwok Wai Ming Henry. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D7908'; addthis_title = 'Hong+Kong+Dental+Association+January+%26amp%3B+February+2011+issue+available+now'; addthis_pub = '';

  • EPA Farm, Ranch & Rural Communities Committee Meets March 29-30

    Updated: 2011-03-25 00:31:33
    The Environmental Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch & Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC) meets next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 29-30, at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington VA.  The 29-member Committee is a Federal Advisory Committee to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, chaired by Dr. Steven Balling with Del Monte Foods.  Larry Elworth, the Agricultural Counselor to theRead the Rest...

  • More FY 2010 Conservation Program Sign-up Data

    Updated: 2011-03-25 00:29:20
    The Resource Economics Analysis and Policy (REAP) Division of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently released draft final sign-up data for most USDA conservation programs for fiscal year (FY) 2010. We previously blogged the final FY 2010 sign-up numbers, including state-level data, for the Conservation Stewardship Program, Wetlands Reserve Program, Farm and Ranch LandsRead the Rest...

  • Development blog: A Conference Call with CFR: What Students Are Asking

    Updated: 2011-03-24 20:59:42
    By Nancy Birdsall - Today with Francis Fukuyama, I participated in a Council on Foreign Relations “Academic Conference Call” (listen here) with undergraduate and graduate students from over 40 universities. We answered questions about our March/April Foreign Affairs article, The Post-Washington Consensus: Development after the Crisis. (The article is based on a book due out any day now from [...]

  • Budget (Farm Bill); Regulations; Agricultural Economy; and Biotech Issues

    Updated: 2011-03-24 09:20:01
    Budget: Political Background Jake Sherman and Manu Raju reported yesterday at Politico that, “House Republican leaders are planning to unveil an aggressive 2012 budget in three weeks — a proposal that could help shield them from tea party attacks if they’re forced to cut a deal with Democrats on the stalled 2011 spending bill. “Both [...]

  • Development blog: With Success, IDA Must Begin to Reinvent Itself

    Updated: 2011-03-24 07:35:19
    By Ben Leo - Fast forward to the year 2025. IDA will begin negotiating its 21st Replenishment Agreement. As with every other replenishment since 1960, donor countries will sit around a table and haggle over what sectors to promote, how to measure IDA’s impact, and how to allocate its resources. And, they will be fiercely negotiating how much money [...]

  • Development blog: Getting Better Contest Winner

    Updated: 2011-03-24 07:10:50
    By Charles Kenny - At the launch for my new book Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding, And How We Can Improve the World Even More, Nancy Birdsall announced a twitter competition –tweet what was getting better and win a copy of the book. We had a number of entries to #gettingbetter in response, including: @ONECampaign: Why is [...]

  • Genetically modified crops get boost over organics with recent USDA rulings

    Updated: 2011-03-24 03:00:41
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us Wind farm idea draws praise Fight continues to spare rain forest from Big Island wild fire Genetically modified crops get boost over organics with recent USDA rulings Published on March 23, 2011 in GMO General Ag News and Notes and Organic Ag At the supermarket , most shoppers are oblivious to a battle raging within U.S . agriculture and the Obama administration’s role in it . Two thriving but opposing sectors organics and genetically engineered crops have been warring on the farm , in the courts and in . Washington Organic growers say that , without safeguards , their foods will be contaminated by genetically modified crops growing nearby . The genetic engineering industry argues

  • How to survive a tsunami

    Updated: 2011-03-24 02:38:39
    The recent tsunami catastrophe has left a devastating impact on the disaster areas. Information on how to survive from a tsunami may be of your interest. There is both the hard copy and the electronic version of the “Tsunami: to survive from tsunami” in the HKU Library collection. Part One of the book - how to [...]

  • New Acquisitions Highlights

    Updated: 2011-03-24 00:51:05
    Oral health epidemiology : principles and practice / Amit Chattopadhyay. D 617.65 C49 It explores the full spectrum of epidemiological and translational clinical research including fundamental mechanisms of human disease, therapeutic intervention, clinical trials, and oral epidemiology. Topics that are unique to oral health, such as the frequent use of split-mouth design on oral research, crossover [...]

  • Nebraska Ag Land Values Soar to New Highs

    Updated: 2011-03-24 00:23:00
    : 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. Thursday , March 24, 2011 Nebraska Ag Land Values Soar to New Highs Nebraska Farmer NebraskaFarmer.com reports , High commodity prices and farm incomes drove Nebraska agricultural land values to record heights in the last year , as the average statewide all-land value increased 22 over the last 12 months doubling since 2005, according to a UNL study . Check out the increase in cash . rents http : app.expressemailmarketing.com get.link linkid=2730679 subscriberid=143772548

  • Nonprofit plans agricultural park for local farmers

    Updated: 2011-03-23 20:12:52
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us Thieves strike 2 Oahu farms Wind farm idea draws praise Nonprofit plans agricultural park for local farmers Published on March 23, 2011 in Agriculture Grants and General Ag News and Notes A nonprofit established three years ago to support farming in Hawaii plans to set up an agricultural park for small farmers in Kunia on land owned by the Army and a private development . partner The Hawaii Agricultural Foundation hopes to interest 10 or more local farmers in leasing the roughly 200-acre property formerly planted in pineapple and sugar . cane Lease terms including rents and the length of leases have yet to be set , though the foundation aims to have initial tenants on the land by

  • Chesapeake Bay Conservation Practices Effects Assessment

    Updated: 2011-03-23 18:48:10
    Last week saw a focus in Washington D.C. on the Chesapeake Bay Region’s water quality and agriculture.  On Tuesday, March 15, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released a report entitled Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Chesapeake Bay Region.  The report is one a series of regional assessmentsRead the Rest...

  • House Agriculture Subcommittee Criticizes EPA Action on Chesapeake Bay

    Updated: 2011-03-23 18:38:34
    Last Wednesday, March 16, the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry of the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on President Obama’s Executive Order for achieving improvements using the Clean Water Act to the water quality in watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay Region.  The Order directed EPA to establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)Read the Rest...

  • Development blog: A Tragedy of the Commons in Selling Tragedy

    Updated: 2011-03-23 13:50:01
    By Charles Kenny - This recent Columbia Journalism Review article on Hiding the Real Africa reports: And now for some good news out of Africa. Poverty rates throughout the continent have been falling steadily and much faster than previously thought… The death rate of children under five years of age is dropping… Africa is “among the world’s most rapidly [...]

  • Budget (Farm Bill); Biofuels; Ag Economy; Trade; and Biotech Issue

    Updated: 2011-03-23 09:14:46
    Budget: Political Background Alexander Bolton reported yesterday at The Hill Online that, “Republican leaders in the Senate and House will not agree to tax increases in the guise of reform measures, according to a prominent conservative advocate for lower taxes. “Conservatives have grown increasingly worried that Republicans in Congress may accept a tax hike as [...]

  • Global Health blog: In Memory of Philip Musgrove

    Updated: 2011-03-22 23:53:31
    By William Savedoff - Last night, I received the tragic news that Philip Musgrove, my friend and colleague, died in an accident at Iguazu Falls. It is hard for me to write this because it is hard for me to believe Phil is gone. The hole he leaves behind is so very large. Phil appreciated friends, humor, and analytical [...]

  • Thieves strike 2 Oahu farms

    Updated: 2011-03-22 17:39:53
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us Down on the farm on Maui San Jose Mercury News Nonprofit plans agricultural park for local farmers Thieves strike 2 Oahu farms Published on March 22, 2011 in Agricultural Equipment and General Ag News and Notes Oahu growers have been hit by thieves seeking pricey ornamental plants as well as pots , tools and other . gear Over the weekend , thieves took more than 15,000 worth of farm equipment and a truck from a taro restoration proj­ect in the Heeia . wetlands Mahealani Cypher , spokes­woman for the nonprofit organization Kako‘o Oiwi , said yesterday that two chain saws , eight weed whackers , two water pumps , tools and a 20-by-20-foot tent were stolen sometime late Saturday night

  • Voice of Reason

    Updated: 2011-03-22 16:06:54
    *Action Alert* You already know that if the House gets its way programs that are building a healthier, more just, and environmentally sustainable food and farming system will get thrown under the bus. But guess what? The Obama Administration appears ready to propose even deeper cuts to conservation programs than the Republican House! Someone hasRead the Rest...

  • UN World Water Day

    Updated: 2011-03-22 15:38:28

  • Budget (Farm Bill); Regulations; and the Agricultural Economy

    Updated: 2011-03-22 09:00:49
    Budget: Political Background Jennifer Epstein reported yesterday at Politico that, “Less than two weeks after he denounced President Barack Obama’s ‘failure to lead’ on cutting deficit spending, freshman Sen. Joe Manchin is taking his argument home to his West Virginia constituents. “Warning that ‘we cannot ignore the fiscal Titanic of our national debt and deficit,’ [...]

  • Stakeholders Take the Mic at UN Sustainable Development Conference Earth Day Network

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:48:38
    Search this site : Login Earth Day TV Events Educator’s Network Primary links Take Action Billion Acts of Green Pledge an Act of Green About the Campaign Background Become an Activist Find Events Become a Volunteer Invite Your Friends Be a Guest Blogger Calls to Action Donate Make a Donation Donate Newsroom Media Center Press Releases News Clips Contact Us Blogs Policy Education International Photo Galleries Programs Earth Day Earth Day 2011 : A Billion Acts of Green® Earth Day 2010 Earth Day 2009 International Women and the Green Economy WAGE Earth Day-India The Canopy Project Education Green Schools National Civic Education Project Policy Creating Climate Wealth Summit and Gala Global Day of Conversation Building the Climate Movement Green Economy The Road to Rio™ About Us Earth Day

  • Green Your Waterways for Earth Day Earth Day Network

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:48:35
    Search this site : Login Earth Day TV Events Educator’s Network Primary links Take Action Billion Acts of Green Pledge an Act of Green About the Campaign Background Become an Activist Find Events Become a Volunteer Invite Your Friends Be a Guest Blogger Calls to Action Donate Make a Donation Donate Newsroom Media Center Press Releases News Clips Contact Us Blogs Policy Education International Photo Galleries Programs Earth Day Earth Day 2011 : A Billion Acts of Green® Earth Day 2010 Earth Day 2009 International Women and the Green Economy WAGE Earth Day-India The Canopy Project Education Green Schools National Civic Education Project Policy Creating Climate Wealth Summit and Gala Global Day of Conversation Building the Climate Movement Green Economy The Road to Rio™ About Us Earth Day

  • Wendell Berry Medal Highlights Food Issues Earth Day Network

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:48:34
    Search this site : Login Earth Day TV Events Educator’s Network Primary links Take Action Billion Acts of Green Pledge an Act of Green About the Campaign Background Become an Activist Find Events Become a Volunteer Invite Your Friends Be a Guest Blogger Calls to Action Donate Make a Donation Donate Newsroom Media Center Press Releases News Clips Contact Us Blogs Policy Education International Photo Galleries Programs Earth Day Earth Day 2011 : A Billion Acts of Green® Earth Day 2010 Earth Day 2009 International Women and the Green Economy WAGE Earth Day-India The Canopy Project Education Green Schools National Civic Education Project Policy Creating Climate Wealth Summit and Gala Global Day of Conversation Building the Climate Movement Green Economy The Road to Rio™ About Us Earth Day

  • Dairy Farmer fInds Unusual Forage Grass

    Updated: 2011-03-22 06:47:54
    A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grass breeder has rediscovered a forage grass that seems just right for today's intensive rotational grazing. A farmer's report of an unusual forage grass led Michael Casler, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist at the agency's U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, Wis., to identify the grass as meadow fescue. Meadow fescue has been long forgotten, eventhough it was popular after being introduced about 50 to 60 years before tall fescue........

  • Development blog: Finally, a Public Discussion about Impact Evaluation and the Millennium Villages

    Updated: 2011-03-21 21:19:27
    By Michael Clemens - Six months ago, Gabriel Demombynes and I wrote a paper about when and why some development projects should use careful impact evaluation. We illustrated our case with a critique of the impact evaluation methods used by the Millennium Villages Project (MVP). The MVP issued a long response that defended their evaluation approach and, in my [...]

  • Development blog: COD Aid: Can It Be Evaluated? Compared to Traditional Aid? Systematically?

    Updated: 2011-03-21 21:12:00
    By Nancy Birdsall - Cash on Delivery Aid has gone viral in the blogosphere. (For a sample see a few of my recent posts.) In this post Maurits van der Veen of AidData proposes a systematic comparison of a COD Aid project to a traditional one with similar goals. That’s a good idea except that it would require measuring [...]

  • Global Prosperity Wonkcast: The Untapped Potential of Global Public Investors: Vijaya Ramachandran

    Updated: 2011-03-21 20:00:07
    By Lawrence MacDonald - Looking for an investor with billions? Want to know where the money is? If you’re a country with a sound financial and political record seeking money for infrastructure, you can find it in the hands of “global public investors” (GPI’s), a growing group of little-known foreign investment vehicles on the prowl for safe investment opportunities. [...]

  • Development blog: New Chinese Regulations Reflect Growing G-20 Appetite for Anticorruption

    Updated: 2011-03-21 15:25:34
    By Ted Moran - The G-20 is not ordinarily considered a major player in the drive against corruption in international business transactions, but that may be changing. The Toronto Summit in June 2010 established a working group “to make comprehensive recommendations on how the G-20 can take practical steps to combat corruption.” During the Seoul Summit in November, a [...]

  • Development blog: A New Aid Transparency Standard – What Will We Learn From It?

    Updated: 2011-03-21 14:48:31
    By Rita Perakis - Congratulations are due to all those involved with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), which last month agreed on a new global standard for publishing aid information. The standard is the result of two years of discussions among donors, governments of developing countries, and NGOs that together make up IATI, which was formed to implement [...]

  • Budget Issues (Farm Bill); Regulations; Animal Ag; Ag Economy; and Biofuels

    Updated: 2011-03-21 08:27:50
    Budget Issues: Political Background Lori Montgomery reported in Saturday’s Washington Post that, “President Obama’s budget plan would produce deficits of $9.5 trillion over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Friday – more than $2 trillion higher than White House estimates. “In its annual re-calculation of the president’s budget, the CBO concluded that [...]

  • Rethinking US Foreign Assistance: How’s the Obama Administration Doing on Agricultural Development and Food Security So Far?

    Updated: 2011-03-21 07:41:23
    By Kimberly Ann Elliott - That’s the question the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is asking and they are inviting you to weigh in by answering a brief survey here. As I went through the survey, I found myself filling in the “neutral” circle a lot and wishing there was an option for “too soon to tell.” On the good [...]

  • Dental Research Seminar

    Updated: 2011-03-21 00:31:41
    Date: March 28, 2011 (Monday) Time: 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Venue: Lecture Theatre II, G/F, The Prince Philip Dental Hospital   Presenter: Dr Jessica Jing-Yuan Peng, PhD Candidate in Oral Rehabilitation (12:45 to 1:15)   Title: The effects of silver compounds on carious dentine and restorative materials   Abstract: Silver compounds have demonstrated to be efficient for prevention of caries and treatment [...]

  • ATTRA Loses Its Funding at Least Temporarily

    Updated: 2011-03-18 22:14:47
    One very distressing casualty of the continuing series of Continuing Resolutions that are keeping the government open but cutting funding week by week is the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, known as ATTRA.  ATTRA’s $2.8 million was cut entirely in H.R. 1, the House-passed full-year Continuing Resolution from mid-February and that proposed program termination wasRead the Rest...

  • AFRI Grants Awarded to Research Sustainability of Small- and Medium-Sized Farms

    Updated: 2011-03-18 21:08:20
    USDA recently released the reports on funded Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) projects for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 grant cycle, including research focusing on sustainability of small- and medium-sized farms and rural development and on the economics of markets and development, two of the many AFRI subprograms. For 2011, as we previously reportedRead the Rest...

  • Development blog: Cash on Delivery Counts on Counting

    Updated: 2011-03-18 20:43:52
    By Nancy Birdsall - This is a joint post with Rita Perakis. “But we want them to begin counting.” This is the key line in Tina Rosenberg’s column today on Cash on Delivery Aid, where she responds to comments on her initial column from readers worried that governments in poor countries don’t have the capability or the resources to [...]

  • Congress Passes 3-Week Budget Extension

    Updated: 2011-03-18 20:25:04
    On Thursday, March 17, the Senate passed a three-week continuing resolution, which extends fiscal year (FY) 2010 federal funding levels until April 8.  The House passed companion legislation on Tuesday, March 15, so the bill will now go to the President’s desk for his signature. As we reported in an earlier blog post, the three-weekRead the Rest...

  • USDA’s First Organic Farming Systems Research Conference

    Updated: 2011-03-18 20:01:37
    On March 16-18, USDA held its first ever Organic Farming Systems Research Conference to explore the agronomic, economic, ecological, and social dimensions of organic farming.  The Conference participants included researchers, policymakers, farmers, ranchers and others interested in sharing information on organic farming systems research and shaping the future of organic research, with an emphasis onRead the Rest...

  • Continuing Resolution; Ag Economy; Trade; Regulations; and Biofuels

    Updated: 2011-03-18 09:38:39
    Continuing Resolution Janet Hook and Danny Yadron reported in today’s Wall Street Journal that, “The Senate on Thursday approved legislation to fund the government for three more weeks, amid bipartisan hopes that it would be the last short-term spending bill needed for the current fiscal year. “The measure, approved 87-13, extends funding until April 8. [...]

  • New Acquisitions Highlights

    Updated: 2011-03-18 08:10:31
    Essentials of orthodontics : diagnosis and treatment / Robert N. Staley and Neil T. Reske. D 617.64 S7 The authors explain the steps of diagnosing basic orthodontic problems and analyzing dental radiographs and include many of the forms and charts dentists use for examination, diagnosis, and appliance design. Readers will learn about the mechanics of how [...]

  • Public Library of Science (PLoS) membership & discount

    Updated: 2011-03-18 06:12:34
    Message from Yu Chun Keung Medical Library   Public Library of Science (PLoS)  membership & discount   We are pleased to announce that the University of Hong Kong Libraries have become a supporting member of the Public Library of Science (PLoS).  This means that any HKU affiliated author may claim a 10% discount when publishing in any of [...]

  • Global Health blog: Decisions, Decisions: How to Allocate U.S. Global Health Dollars

    Updated: 2011-03-17 18:12:08
    By Katie Stein - Washington, DC has been buzzing with talks of budgets, spending, and the deficit. During a time of spending cuts, the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) is, so far, moving ahead with moderate increases in its overall budget. GHI was first introduced in FY2009 with a budget of $8.4 billion. In FY2010, Congress bumped GHI funding [...]

  • FEWER FARMERS

    Updated: 2011-03-16 18:12:00
    According to the March 13, 2011 Parade magazine the occupation with the largest decline of employees is Farmers/Ranchers.

  • Global Health blog: The GHI: Has Spring Finally Sprung?

    Updated: 2011-03-15 15:11:08
    By Christina Droggitis - In a note from Kenya, Lois Quam, the freshly appointed head of the GHI, announced the release of the first GHI+ country strategy, to be found on the newly established GHI.gov website. After two years of near radio silence from the USG in the way of physical documents outlining just how this $63 billion dollar [...]

  • AG NEEDS POSITIVE PERSPECTIVES MADE PUBLIC

    Updated: 2011-03-15 13:03:00
    : 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. Tuesday , March 15, 2011 AG NEEDS POSITIVE PERSPECTIVES MADE PUBLIC GothenburgTimes.com reports that as average Americans are three generations removed from the farm , Willow Holoubek , organizational director of the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska A-FAN says that disconnect leads to many people not understanding agriculture and how it has changed . Holoubek said , Promoting agriculture is important because it has come under attack from some animal rights groups and

  • 牙科新聞

    Updated: 2011-03-15 08:30:54
      1– 15 March 2011 香港   1.嗜甜喜椰油小食 印傭多蛀牙  [東方日報] 2011-03-12 A20 港聞 2.港大免費為印傭牙科檢查  [太陽報] 2011-03-12 A14 港聞 3.有糖香口膠無力防蛀牙  [明報] 2011-03-07 D06 健康副刊 原來如齒 4.小心使用牙線  [都市日報] 2011-03-03 P26 健康 健康口腔 5.木醣醇口香糖 有助防止蛀牙  [都市日報] 2011-03-02 P30 健康 6.醫生警告︰切勿長期高溫刺激患處打邊爐燙傷可致口腔癌  [蘋果日報] 2011-03-03 A14 健康與醫療 7.甘草萵筍防口氣  [信報財經新聞] 2011-03-02 P42 健康解碼 補健傳聞 顧小培 8.植牙疑位置不當 唇痹似食麻辣火鍋  [太陽報] 2011-03-01 A10 港聞    [Source: Wisenews] addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fobelix.lib.hku.hk%2Fcdblog%2F%3Fp%3D7854'; addthis_title [...]

  • Global Health blog: Really Oxfam? Really?

    Updated: 2011-03-14 14:38:33
    By Amanda Glassman - Oxfam hasn’t let pesky little things like representative household surveys and impact evaluation results get in the way of their condemnation of Ghana’s health insurance program. The organization recently issued a strongly worded report described by one web site as “Oxfam damns health insurance scheme.” As these things go, the Oxfam report was then picked [...]

  • Nuclear energy might see increased opposition after Japan crisis

    Updated: 2011-03-14 14:30:24
    The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan has sparked new life in the nuclear energy debate in many countries. And the fear for possible nuclear accidents in other countries forces politicians to reconsider and review their current energy policy stance. The … Continue reading →

  • A Bird That Likes Shade-Grown Coffee

    Updated: 2011-03-11 06:39:10
    Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us Heat Hampers Colombian Coffee Crop , Jeopardizing Supply Chocolate is locally grown product A Bird That Likes Shade-Grown Coffee Published on March 10, 2011 in Coffee General Ag News and Notes and Globel Warming I wrote in Thursday’s paper about the challenges that Colombian coffee growers face from climate shifts on their mountaintop farms , and how Cenicafé , the national coffee institute , is doing research to breed coffee plants to better resist warmer , wetter . weather Most everything at Cenicafé’s lush mountain campus in western Colombia is coffee-centric . There are chemists who analyze the brew’s chemical content to understand what mix of molecules makes for great flavor .

  • Heat Hampers Colombian Coffee Crop, Jeopardizing Supply

    Updated: 2011-03-10 06:43:34
    , Skip to content Hawaii Agriculture Hawaii Agriculture Blog Faces of Agriculture HI-AG Classifieds Contact Us Send in the Fronds A Bird That Likes Shade-Grown Coffee Heat Hampers Colombian Coffee Crop , Jeopardizing Supply Published on March 9, 2011 in Coffee General Ag News and Notes and Globel Warming TIMBÍO , Colombia Like most of the small landowners in Colombia’s lush mountainous Cauca region , Luis Garzón , 80, and his family have thrived for decades by supplying shade-grown , rainforest-friendly Arabica coffee for top foreign brands like Nespresso and Green Mountain . A sign in the center of a nearby town proclaims , The coffee of Cauca is No . 1 But in the last few years , coffee yields have plummeted here and in many of Latin America’s other premier coffee regions as a result of

  • Global Health blog: Six Ideas and Questions for GAVI’s New CEO

    Updated: 2011-03-09 16:46:12
    By Amanda Glassman - This week, Dr. Seth Berkley was named Chief Executive Officer of the GAVI Alliance. Expectations are high as GAVI seeks to raise US$ 3.7 billion this year for childhood vaccination in poor countries. Here are some ideas and questions for Dr. Berkley’s first day at work – welcome! 1. Obtain fair share U.S. funding. Especially now [...]

  • Contact us Earth Day Network

    Updated: 2011-03-09 03:05:55
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  • TAXES AND BREAST PUMPS

    Updated: 2011-03-08 15:16:00
    The IRS has changed their minds on the cost of breast pumps and other lactation supplies and now have classified as a medical expense that can be reimbursed by flexible spending accounts.Late last year the IRS privately ruled that those costs weren’t deductible medical expenses and could not be reimbursed. I wonder why they changed their mind?

  • Earth Hour 2011 – Go beyond the hour

    Updated: 2011-03-06 17:24:28
    In less than three weeks it’s time for another annual event of Earth Hour – the global happening which millions of people from around the world participate in by turning off their lights. I have complained earlier that I think … Continue reading →

  • In El Salvador climate change is already a reality

    Updated: 2011-03-06 00:14:40
    Al Jazeera English has an interesting article about El Salvador and how the Central American country is dealing with the already present and devastating effects of climate change. "Climate change for us is not a hypothesis,” Minister Chavez said. "It … Continue reading →

  • Attack on critical mass in Brazil

    Updated: 2011-03-05 23:46:15
    Last week an angry motorist mowed down a large group of bicyclists who participated in a critical mass event in Porto Alegre, Brazil (see video below). According to the Urban Country the attack left at least 15 riders injured and … Continue reading →

  • POET at the Growth Energy Leadership Conference

    Updated: 2011-03-03 15:48:15

  • Global Health blog: Maternal Death Now Rare in Bangladesh

    Updated: 2011-03-03 08:17:05
    By Amanda Glassman - In 2010, maternal death became a rare event in Bangladesh. The recently released results of the nationally representative Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey 2010 tell the story: In 1989, 574 of every 100,000 pregnant women in Bangladesh died during pregnancy and childbirth. Last year, only 194 of every 100,000 died. This is still [...]

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