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2009
11.24

Insurance award; drivelines

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Insurance award; drivelines

0 Comments | Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), Nov 20, 2009

A COMBINED car purchase and insurance scheme for young drivers has won a coveted safety trophy.

Young Marmalade carried off this year’s Prince Michael International Road Safety award for the novel way it helps young motorists drive safer cars.

“It is a rare departure for the award to be made to a private business rather than a non-profitable organisation but we want to recognise the achievements of this company. High insurance premiums are often a barrier to young drivers being able to drive modern, safe cars. This excellent scheme overcomes this,” said RoadSafe director Adrian Walsh.

Los Angeles World Airports Representatives Available for Thanksgiving Travel Interviews at LAX by Appointment

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2009
11.22

Nature’s wee helping hand

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Nature’s wee helping hand

0 Comments | Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), Nov 15, 2009

VISITORS used to be told “keep off the grass” but now male visitors to one National Trust property are being urged to relieve themselves in the gardens to help keep the lawns green. After they’ve had their tea and scones t Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, gentlemen can use something called a “pee bale” to do their business.

The straw is then added to the compost. Head gardener Philip Whaites who says the scheme makes the property more environmentally friendly said, “The sky’s the limit!” No, Philip, you’re doing it all wrong.

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2009
11.22

Remedent, Inc. Announces New Distribution Agreements with Den-Mat Holdings LLC

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Remedent, Inc. Announces New Distribution Agreements with Den-Mat Holdings LLC

Business Wire, Nov 19, 2008

Management to Host Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter Financial Results and Other Business Developments

DEURLE, Belgium — Remedent, Inc. (OTCBB: REMI), an international company specializing in the research, development, manufacturing of oral care and cosmetic dentistry products, today announced that it has signed three new distribution agreements with Den-Mat Holdings adding to its existing relationship:

First, the distribution of Remedent’s Haptic Arm, that will enable Den-Mat to tap into Remedent’s veneer design software and its haptic design arm technology. Haptic technology relates to the technology that interfaces with the user through the sense of touch allowing the user to very sensitively control force and movement by applying the appropriate feedback to the user.

Second, an OEM branded agreement for Remedent’s teeth sensitivity product (Remesense) whereby Den-Mat will distribute the product to the U.S. marketplace under the name Lumisense.

Third, the U.S. distribution of a new tray-based foam product, Lumiboost, for the maintenance of veneers sold by Den-Mat. This product was successfully launched during the Destination Education event held in Las Vegas on the weekend of November 7-9th.

Financial details of these agreements have not been disclosed.

Remedent is pleased to announce that it has completed the required training for Den-Mat personnel at Den-Mat’s facility as set forth in the original distribution agreement announced on August 25, 2008 thereby releasing two payments of $1 million to Remedent.

Additionally, Remedent will participate with the Denmat management team in the training of 30 of Denmat’s key dentists, opinion leaders and educators. Dr. Evelyne Jacquemyns of Remedent will be on hand to support the effort. Additional LumiTray training seminars have been scheduled for December during which month Remedent also expects to begin manufacturing LumiTrays for Den-Mat.

Conference call

The management team of Remedent will conduct a conference call to discuss its financial results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2008 and updated developments on Thursday, November 20th at 11:00 am ET. Interested parties in the U.S. may participate in the call by dialing (877) 407-8037; callers outside the U.S. may participate by dialing (201) 689-8037 about 5-10 minutes prior to 11:00 am ET. The conference call will also be available on replay starting at 3:00 pm ET on November 20, 2008, and ending on December 20, 2008. For the replay, U.S. participants please dial (877) 660-6853 (replay account # 313, replay conference # 304300). The access number for the replay for callers outside the U.S. is (201) 612-7415 (replay account # 313, replay conference # 304300).

About Remedent, Inc.

Remedent, Inc., a publicly-traded company on the OTCBB, specializes in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of oral care and cosmetic dentistry products. With offices in California, Belgium and Singapore, Remedent distributes its products in more than 35 countries
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2009
11.22

Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA – Local architecture group honored for work on library architecture

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Local architecture group honored for work on library architecture

0 Comments | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, Nov 21, 2009

This month, HBA Architecture and Interior Design won an award for its work on the Portsmouth Public Library’s Churchland branch.

The Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate gave HBA an award of merit in the Best Institutional/Public Building category.

The new building, at 4934 High St. W., features public-use computers, an education room with SmartBoard capability and a children’s section with a storytelling room, including a custom puppet show window, a “Teen Scene” room and a 100-person community meeting room with warming kitchen.

new affiliations and designations

Coldwell Banker Professional, Realtors Margaret Lassiter has joined the company as managing broker of the Hampton branch.

ERA Real Estate Professionals Jackie Smith and Kelly West have affiliated with the Chesapeake office on Starmount Parkway.

Long & Foster Wintress Raynor, Bill Eiseman and Wayne Goodman have affiliated with the Norfolk office. Gabrielle Fortier Vaillancourt has affiliated with the Great Neck office.

In addition, Karen Knight of Long & Foster’s Chesapeake office received her ABR designation. Charles Lewis III, also from the Chesapeake office, received the Certified Default Resolution Specialist designation. Mike Dole of the Lynnhaven office received a broker’s license, and Tammy Hopkins, from the Great Neck office, received the Accredited Staging Professional/Stager designation.

Also, David Moose, a Long & Foster Realtor, has been appointed to serve on Isle of Wight County’s Small Business Committee.

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2009
11.22

Eugene Robinson: Battlefield in the war of ideas

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Eugene Robinson: Battlefield in the war of ideas

0 Comments | Oakland Tribune, Nov 21, 2009 | by Eugene Robinson

CRITICS OF Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to bring the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four other accused terrorists to New York for trial can’t seriously believe the city will have trouble handling the expected “Trial of the Century” hoopla. The critics can’t really think a judge is going to give Khalid Sheik Mohammed an open microphone to spew his jihadist views, or fear that a jury — sitting just blocks from Ground Zero — will look for reasons to let an accused mass murderer off on some technicality.

Everyone knows that the bloodthirsty blowhard — whom officials often refer to by his initials, KSM — is never going to see the light of day. The uproar is really about the word “war.”

Outrage is being voiced by those who worry that Holder and President Barack Obama are abandoning the Bush-era doctrine of a “war on terrorism” that must at all times be conducted by military means.

Those critics are wrong. The problem is that we can vanquish al- Qaida and its affiliated groups without defeating the larger enemy: a militant, fundamentalist perversion of Islam. We can and should go after Osama bin Laden and his collaborators with relentless determination and, yes, that fight should be led by our armed forces. But to achieve a meaningful victory, we also have to win the war of ideas — and in that philosophical and theological struggle, the concept of justice is a key battlefield.

It’s amazing that so many people who insist on the “war on terrorism” framework apparently have such little interest in understanding the enemy, which seems to me the only way to find the enemy’s vulnerabilities. The jihadist narrative is largely about justice, or rather what radical imams and their followers perceive as injustice.

In the enemy’s version of history, the West — meaning the United States, Israel, Britain and what used to be called Christendom — has a long history of exploiting the Muslim world. We occupy Muslim lands to steal their resources. We install corrupt lackeys as their rulers.

For all our high and mighty talk about fairness and justice, we reserve these luxuries for ourselves. In this warped worldview, we deserve any atrocities that jihadist “warriors” might commit against us.

Protesting that all this is absurd and obscene does not make it go away. And our troops’ military success actually helps to further the jihadist narrative about a “crusade” against Islam.

It’s ironic that many of the officials and commentators who are so upset about the decision to give KSM a civilian trial were also quick to call the Fort Hood killings an act of terrorism. If the suspect, Maj. Nidal Hasan, is indeed a terrorist — and not just a deranged man who snapped — then his awful rampage helps demonstrate the point I’m making. Hasan reportedly considered the U.S. military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan a war against Islam, at one point arguing that Muslim soldiers should be excused from combat as conscientious objectors. In other words, he apparently bought at least part of the jihadist line. If killing a terrorist in Kandahar creates one in Killeen, we’ll never make progress.

In this context, putting KSM and the others on trial in a civilian proceeding on U.S. soil is not just a duty but an opportunity. It’s a way to show that we do not have one system of justice for ourselves and another for Muslims, that we give defendants their day in court, that we insist they be vigorously defended by competent counsel — that we really do practice what we preach.

Even if a military tribunal would be just as fair — and a military court might be even more offended by the fact that KSM was subjected to waterboarding — a trial by men and women in uniform would be seen as an extension of the “war on Islam.”

Holder’s choice is not without risk. The biggest question I have is whether an impartial jury could be impaneled in New York. And while I believe the chance of an acquittal is incredibly remote, if it happened, KSM would be kept in indefinite detention anyway — a nightmare scenario.

But there’s one more huge benefit to a civilian trial: It would show the preachers of hatred and their followers that we’re not afraid of them or their poisonous ideas. It would show that they haven’t changed us or our ideals — and that they never will.

I say bring it on.

Eugene Robinson is a syndicated columnist
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2009
11.21

A Tangled Web: Medicine and Theology in Dialogue

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A Tangled Web: Medicine and Theology in Dialogue

Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Dec, 2009 by James Peterson

A TANGLED WEB: Medicine and Theology in Dialogue by R. John Elford and D. Gareth Jones, eds. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2008. 279 pages, general index, name index. Paperback; $72.95. ISBN: 9783039115419.

Half of this book was written directly by our own ASA Fellow D. Gareth Jones. The collection is the result of a colloquium, at which six theologians responded to Jones’ ethical reflection on four cases. Jones describes himself “as a scientist working within the Christian tradition.” In this anthology he is literally surrounded.

The book is organized in three parts: theological background, specific cases to consider, and theology in the sphere of public policy. In the first essay, Gerard Mannion argues that moral discernment is best carried out in broad communities. John Elford follows with the idea that love is the fundamental motif of specifically Christian ethics, but that “biblical faith is ever in the making.” Then, Adam Hood emphasizes that theology does not define the good, tell us what we must do, or make judgments based on metaphysics. What it does do is help us to see the ethical dimensions in the situations that we face. The theme prominent in all three essays is that theological insight should enrich society-wide dialogue.

Part Two centers on Jones’ description and prescription for four cases. The first is the tragedy and damage wrought when fraud occurs in the practice of science or theology. When a theologian or scientist overstates or misdirects, to his or her own temporary benefit, the effect is devastating both for the perpetrator and for the discipline. Neither science nor theology should claim more than they can actually accomplish in interpreting their data. The second essay asks whether plastinated displays of posed human bodies are more akin to educational dissection or to mere entertainment. The former could be justified as sufficiently respectful, the latter could not. The third case argues that the ethics of genetic intervention have often been presented in a false dichotomy
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2009
11.21

On the lives and practices of Victorian scientists: the case of Joseph Hooker

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On the lives and practices of Victorian scientists: the case of Joseph Hooker

Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Dec, 2009 by Paul Fayter

IMPERIAL NATURE: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science by Jim Endersby. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2008. xii 429 pages, including 49 halftone illustrations, 1 line drawing, endnotes, bibliography, and index. Paperback; $35.00. ISBN: 0226207919.

Science, like Christianity, involves the critically reflective interplay of theory and practice. The latter is arguably prior to the former in both domains. And yet, in both scientific and religious matters, the emphasis is usually placed on the former: theories, ideas, doctrines, and dogmas are valued more highly than careful engagement with the material creation (a.k.a. “nature” or “the world”). Orthodoxy trumps orthopraxis. Belief trumps behavior. The end product, whether empirically buttressed theory or theory-laden fact, seems more important than the practical means of getting there.

Surely discipleship–”doing Jesus”–is more important than intellectual assent to a series of propositions about what Christians know and believe. Similarly, the social creation and application of natural knowledge and belief–”doing science”–is more important than the production of orthodox bodies of textbook-worthy knowledge.

Of course, I am grossly oversimplifying. In distinguishing between practice and theory, I am perhaps, and incorrectly, implying that it is a question of either/or rather than both/and
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2009
11.20

Music industry wants Apple, Amazon to pay up.(Playlist)

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Music industry wants Apple, Amazon to pay up.(Playlist)

Macworld, December, 2009 by Paul, Ian

Music professionals want more money, and they’re going after online retailers like Apple and Amazon.com to get it. Performing-rights groups such as ASCAP and BMI believe online retailers need to pay industry professionals for music contained in film and television downloads, 30-second song samples, and radio station streaming, according to CNet. Their rationale for the new fees? All of these instances count as public performances.

Pay Me for 30-Second Samples

Apple’s iTunes lets you listen to a short snippet from a song before you buy it
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2009
11.20

New from Lamorinda — Nov. 20

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New from Lamorinda — Nov. 20

0 Comments | Oakland Tribune, Nov 19, 2009 | by Anonymous

Moraga

Saint Mary’s professor dies after trip

Gerard Capriulo, chairman of the Saint Mary’s College biology department, died suddenly at his Clayton home Sunday night.

The 56-year-old Capriulo died the night after having taken students on a field trip to the ocean.

He had been at Saint Mary’s since 1997, and taught environmental science, evolution and ecology, general ecology, marine biology, marine ecology, Greek thought seminar, the ocean world and nature photography.

“He was a big figure on a relatively small campus,” said Saint Mary’s spokesman Michael McAlpin.

Before his death, Capriulo had been working on transforming a large ship into a floating classroom on San Francisco Bay for area schoolchildren.

Visitation will be held today from 6 to 7 p.m., with a vigil service at 7 p.m., at St. Bonaventure Church, 5562 Clayton Road, Concord. Liturgy will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Bonaventure.

— Sam Richards

A Season of Light in Moraga

The Moraga Chamber of Commerce invites you to celebrate the holiday season at the Moraga and Rheem shopping centers.

The fourth annual Season of Light celebration will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 5. Shoppers can enjoy holiday window decorations and bargains and specials at many Moraga stores. There also will be Saint Mary’s ticket giveaways, and shoppers can receive a free photo with Santa with a $25 purchase at any Rheem shopping center business until 2 p.m.

At 6:30 p.m. the tree lighting ceremony will take place at Moraga Commons.

— Jonathan Morales

‘Cycle Recycle’ is set to roll again

Moraga residents Bobbie and Tom Preston will again this year have “Cycle Recycle,” collecting repairable bikes for refurbishing by the inmates at Marsh Canyon Detention Facility.

The repaired bikes will be given at Christmas to underprivileged children throughout Contra Costa County, through such community organizations as Cambridge Community Center and the Volunteer Center.

Over the past seven years, more than 1,200 bikes have been delivered to the Detention Facility for repair. Most needed are tricycles and junior bikes.

Not only do the kids get the gift of a bike, the inmates learn the marketable skill of bicycle repair.

The Prestons started Cycle Recycle more than 11 years ago when they realized how many repairable bikes were curbside on “Big Garbage Day” waiting to take up space in landfill.

Initially the bikes were donated to the Oakland Police Officers Outreach program; now they are donated locally to kids in need.

New and/or used, repairable bikes may be delivered to the side driveway of the Prestons’ home through the month of November.

The address is 1307 Larch Ave., Moraga; there’s no need to contact the Prestons before leaving a bike, unless you need more information. If so, call 925-376-8474
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