Arthritis is one of the most commonly known degenerative diseases of bones that occur with the advancement of age. Osteo arthritis means the swelling of the combined parts in any part of the body system. Among the different kinds of arthritis, osteoarthritis and Osteo arthritis are the two common kinds by which people are impacted most, the rheumatoid arthritis leading to much more serious problems.
Symptoms of Osteo arthritis include the swelling and swelling of the combined parts accompanied by acute pain. If not treated at an early on it may provide the patient reduced for lifestyle. Generally the stress bearing combined parts like the knees, spine and shoulders are suffering from arthritis. In many cases the finger combined parts and hand are also impacted.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a much more serious condition as this and the swelling affects the whole body system including the muscles and muscle and the rigidity and this continues for several months.
Causes
There can be many reasons for a individual to develop arthritis apart from aging.
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Intense activities that puts excessive stress on the combined parts. 2. Deposit of toxins in the combined parts. 3. Obesity, severe and continual injuries in the combined parts. 4. Women after menopause get arthritis due to low levels of estrogen. 5. Too much stressed lifestyle affects the hormonal balance of the body system decline the body system immunity system. 6. Body lacking in nutrients like calcium, magnesium, important fatty acid and protein.
Herbal Remedies
Naturally occurring herbal plants can create amazing things in treating arthritis when compared to the medication and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), as the herbal plants go to the root of the treatment rather than curbing and healing it superficially.
1. Origins of Ashwagandha are very efficient for chronic rheumatoid arthritis. 2. Ginger herb roots lower the production of prostaglandins and leukotrienes those are responsible for the swelling and pain in arthritis. 3. Ingredients of the plant Boswelia decreases the swelling and pain. It assists in easing out the rigidity in combined parts and allows in improving the circulation to the combined parts. 4. Massaging properly an assortment of important oils of Juniper, Rose, sage, Peppermint, Thyme, beans with olive oil in the proportion of 1:10 provides quick comfort from the combined problems. 5. Drinking Alfalfa tea is beneficial for arthritis. 6. Massaging an assortment of sandalwood and vinegar also decreases this. 7. Juice of the plant Guduchi allows in the comfort from combined problems. 8. Taking an assortment of dry Indian Gooseberry with jaggery daily twice is very efficient for rheumatoid arthritis. 9. The anti-inflammatory property of Garlic makes it very useful for arthritis.
It must be given due consideration that a individual suffering from arthritis must not sit nonproductive. On the contrary light actual routines and yoga should be carried out with religious frequency to get fully cured from this disease.
KABUL, Afghanistan?French President Francois Hollande for the first time provided details of his plan to pull France's combat troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, saying Friday he would leave around 1,400 soldiers behind to help with training and logistics.
The new French leader, making good on one of the major foreign-policy promises of his campaign, confirmed in a one-day visit to Afghanistan that all of France's 2,000 combat troops would be brought home by the end of this year?putting France on a fast-track exit timetable that sparked consternation among some allies at a NATO summit in Chicago early this week.
Hollande's comments marked the first time that he had put an exact figure on the French deployment after the combat troops leave, suggesting that logistical necessities for France as well as its support for Afghanistan's hoped-for transition to peace will go well beyond the year-end target.
"The time for Afghan sovereignty has come," Hollande said during a meeting with French troops at a base in Kapisa province's Nijrab district. "The terrorist threat that targeted our territory, while it hasn't totally disappeared, is in part lessened."
Hollande, who took office last week, said that after more than a decade in Afghanistan, French combat troops had carried out their mission and it was time for them to leave in an early pullout coordinated with the United States and other allies. He said some trainers would remain to help Afghanistan's nascent security forces. NATO has set a pullout date of 2014, when Afghan troops are to take over security control.
The French leader met with troops and discussed plans with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to withdraw French combat troops two years faster than NATO's 2014 pullout schedule. Hollande's visit was not announced ahead of time for security reasons.
France now has 3,400 troops and 150 gendarmes in Afghanistan. Under Hollande's plan, some would stay behind to help send military equipment back to France, and others would help train the Afghan army and police. He did not provide a breakdown for the roles of the 1,400 soldiers who will remain past 2012 or how long they would stay.
"We won't have any more combat forces in Afghanistan after Dec. 31, 2012. I say specifically combat forces," Hollande said during a function at the French Embassy. "We will still have a military force that will be dedicated to the training of Afghan army officers?that will also be present at the hospital, the airport and also will allow the Afghans to have a police force that is the most effective possible."
Hollande insisted France was not abandoning Afghanistan.
"This is a continuation, and there will be further engagement?but in a different form," he said, such as in cultural and economic matters. "We want France to have a presence in Afghanistan differently from how it did in the past."
France has troops in the capital Kabul, in the Surobi district and Kapisa province to the east, and at Kandahar air base in the south?where it has three fighter jets. A French military spokesman, Col. Thierry Burkhard, said most of the 2,000 who will leave will be those in Kapisa and Surobi. He said "hundreds" of trainers would remain, and soldiers conducting pullout logistics will leave bit by bit along with the withdrawing troops.
Hollande warned of possible problems in the pullout. "We will have to take every precaution. We must limit as much as possible our losses, make sure that there is no risk for our soldiers," he said.
Hollande said French equipment would be taken out by ground routes, but he did not say which ones. Pakistan closed overland supply routes to Afghanistan for NATO after a U.S. attack on the Pakistani side of the border killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last November. The decision has forced NATO to use a more costly route running through the north.
Reflecting increasing French disillusionment with the war, Hollande's conservative predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, had pledged to withdraw all troops by the end of 2013. Tension over Hollande's pledge to end France's combat mission a year earlier than that dominated the NATO summit, unleashing fears of a domino effect of other allies withdrawing early. France is one of the top troop contributors.
Hollande's campaign platform had first indicated that all French troops would be out of Afghanistan by then end of 2012, but in the late stages of the race he softened that to specify only combat troops. Guy Teissier, a lawmaker from Sarkozy's party who heads the defense commission of the National Assembly, pointed to a "contradiction" between Hollande's campaign rhetoric and his withdrawal plan after his election.
Teissier also said the quick pullout would expose French troops. "Once the combat troops are gone, who's going to protect the 1,000-odd soldiers responsible for bringing home the equipment we've left behind?" he said on BFM Television. "It's a very big risk for our soldiers ... It leads me to believe that Francois Hollande doesn't understand defense matters and world geopolitics."
"France gave its word to a commitment of the (NATO-led) coalition, and taking it back weakens it," he added.
President Barack Obama last year decided to pull out 33,000 U.S. combat troops by September. Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said this week that on Sept. 30 there will be 68,000 U.S. and about 40,000 other coalition forces in Afghanistan?compared to more than 130,000 last year.
The coalition has started handing over security control to Afghan army and police in areas home to 75 percent of the population, with a goal of putting them in the lead for all the country by mid-2013. NATO and other foreign forces would then be in a support role for the 352,000-strong Afghan National Security Forces.
Kapisa, where French forces are based, is one of the areas now being transferred to Afghan control. Ashraf Ghani, head of a commission overseeing the transition, said earlier this month that "the risks in Kapisa are containable and within our capability."
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Keaten reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Mirwais Khan in Kandahar, and Angela Charlton and Sarah DiLorenzo in Paris, contributed to this report.
When I wrote the post, ?The Stages of Eliminating Stuff,? I wrote about let?ting go of the sen?ti?men?tal?ity of some of the stuff we had, which was my mother?s. She and my father used to antique quite a bit and I had some very large pieces.
Obviously, we don?t have room for a lot of big fur?ni?ture. I knew what she loved most and I loved most of the same pieces and resolved to find a use and space for?them.
One of our Living Large com?mu?nity, Martin, made some good points in a com?ment: ?I have antiques from Great Aunts/Grandparents/parents who worked hard to buy them?they came (from) Ireland with noth?ing and from what you are work?ing to go to as a life style. I would find it is dis?re?spect?ful to dump these things-they are more than sentiment?they are fam?ily his?tory. With that said-there are so many other things I real?ize I can and will part with, but not the fam?ily history!!?
His com?ment first made me doubt whether I should be elim?i?nat?ing any of these things from our lives and also won?der if there are dif?fer?ent sets of rules for items con?sid?ered to be fam?ily his?tory, rather than just stuff, or even stuff with sen?ti?men?tal?ity attached.
I once again con?fronted my doubts as many of these antiques that were so prized by my mother are still sit?ting in our stor?age build?ing. I know how hard my father worked and I?was on many of the antique shop?ping adven?tures with them when some of those items were pur?chased. I also know how hard my mother worked to restore many of the pieces.
Believe me, I once whole?heart?edly agreed with Martin. That?s why our 1,100?square foot house in the city was stuffed full of fur?ni?ture and stuff my mother had already given?us.
Maybe 10?years ago, I read a remark?able essay by a woman who had just lost her mother. Like mine, her mother col?lected antiques and had many prized pos?ses?sions. This woman wrote the essay after stor?ing her mother?s belong?ings for a year. She kept what she could and gave to her chil?dren what they wanted.
At the time, I won?dered how any?one could part with some?thing that belonged to their mother, but as I thought more about it and even?tu?ally had to clean out my own mother?s apart?ments twice, my out?look changed.
It?s not until you have to sort through 82?years of your parent?s lives in the stuff they leave behind that the real?ity hits you that in the end, you can?not take it with you and what you?re leav?ing is a lot of heart-wrenching work for the fam?ily you also leave behind.
There are things I will not ever part with such as that dry sink, her read?ing lamp, her china and a new find ? the let?ters she wrote to my father while he was sta?tioned in the Army dur?ing WWII. But I?ve come to the con?clu?sion that I can?not keep it all sim?ply because it was cher?ished by my mom or is a part of my child?hood memories.
My nephews do not want these huge pieces and our daugh?ters live out of the country.
In this thought process, I?ve come up with a few tips for part?ing with stuff that is a part of your fam?ily history:
Assess its sen?ti?men?tal value to your fam?ily his?tory: The first thing you must do is assess how impor?tant this item is to your fam?ily his?tory. Did your great-great grand?par?ents bring the item from their home?land? Is it a part of your fam?ily history's story, which means it must be some?thing more than someone's baby blan?ket. It must be cen?tral to who your fam?ily?is.
A place for every?thing and every?thing in its place: If you haven?t built your small home yet, take these items into con?sid?er?a?tion. Where will they be placed? Can they take on multi-purpose use? When my aunt built her home down the road from us, she designed one wall in her kitchen to specif?i?cally fit an oddly shaped cor?ner cab?i?net that was a fam?ily heir?loom.? Think about your design and?uses.
Giving it away: If you can?not use it and don?t want to store it, the best thing is to give the item to another fam?ily mem?ber who might appre?ci?ate it and its his?tory. If no one in your fam?ily is inter?ested, how about donat?ing it to the local his?tor?i?cal or cul?tural soci?ety? If the piece has a mon?e?tary value, find a rep?utable antiques appraiser and?sell.
Document: If you have to part with your beloved relative?s antiques, you can doc?u?ment them for?ever by tak?ing pho?tographs and plac?ing them into a spe?cial mem?ory album and/or record?ing it all on video. You can go back and revisit those items anytime!
Do you have a lot of items that are part of your fam?ily his?tory? What would you never part with? If mov?ing to a smaller space, how would you deal with?it?
Hi there:) I?m afraid with a 2 gallon your options are pretty much limited to a betta fish- and I wouldn?t even keep a betta in a 2 gallon, but that?s my own personal preference. Someone recommended angelfish- please don?t put an angelfish in a 2 gallon tank LOL they need at bare minimum to start, a 20 gallon, and that would need to be upgraded. But a betta fish- especially from a pet store- would definitely appreciate a 2 gallon home, just make sure you buy one that looks healthy from one of those horrible tiny bowls. -_- Do the poor animal a favor and give it a nice little home to stretch it?s fins out And if you have a filter and pump provided, you?ll see your betta come to life. I bought a very unwell looking lone fish from a display ?cup? in Wal Mart. Brought him home, put him in a filtered 5 gallon- voila! Came right to life, what a beautiful fish he is. A lot of people say they?re boring fish- wouldn?t you be boring to watch in a cramped up little box? Anyway, happy searching! Hopefully you?ll find a lovely patterned fish to take home:) I hope I?ve helped you.
Days of '1-size-fits-all' cloud contracts are numbered, report findsPublic release date: 23-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Emma Lowry e.lowry@qmul.ac.uk Queen Mary, University of London
Combined legal and market factors may force online companies to offer more flexible contract terms, suggests new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
The paper examines how and why companies providing IT services over the internet, also known as cloud computing, have begun to negotiate standard contract terms to better meet cloud users' needs, minimise operating risks and address legal compliance obligations.
The research, by the Cloud Legal Project at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at QM, is primarily based on in-depth interviews with global and UK cloud providers, cloud users, law firms and other market players.
The report found that the top six types of cloud contract terms most negotiated were:
Provider liability
Service level agreements
Data protection and security
Termination rights and lock-in/exit
Unilateral amendments to service features
Intellectual property rights
"These are the key contractual issues of concern to users in the cloud market at this relatively immature stage of cloud adoption," explains Professor Christopher Millard, lead academic on the Cloud Legal Project (CLP).
Standard 'one-size-fits-all' terms are often weighted in favour of the provider, and many are potentially non-compliant, invalid or unenforceable in some countries, the project found.
Many providers do not take into account that users, especially in Europe, have regulatory or other legal obligations and may need to demonstrate compliance to regulators.
Professor Millard adds: "To remain competitive, providers may have to be more aware of user concerns, more flexible in negotiations, and more willing to demonstrate the security and robustness of their services.
"In the middle or low value markets, choice is still limited, and many contract terms are still inadequate or inappropriate for SME users' needs, as they may lack the bargaining power to force contract changes."
According to the research, there are signs of market development. Where large users have negotiated amendments and thereby helped educate providers about user concerns, these changes are likely to filter down to the middle market at least. Changes to providers' standard terms may also filter up from regulatory action affecting the consumer market.
CLP research consultant, Kuan Hon says: "The findings suggest that more customer-friendly terms are being demanded by large cloud users such as governments and financial institutions, and being offered or agreed by niche specialist providers and market entrants - making contract terms a source of competitive advantage."
The paper also discusses other legal risk issues, such as providers' lack of transparency about data security, location and management. Providers' exclusion of liability in their terms, particularly for outages and data loss, was generally the biggest issue for users surveyed.
Conversely, providers have argued that customers want to 'have their cake and eat it'; seeking the cheapest services while requesting the highest levels of assurances in contract terms and conditions.
"Forcing providers to accept more liability and incur the expense of upgrading their infrastructure, while keeping prices low, may undermine market development," Professor Ian Walden, from CLP, warns.
Apart from contract terms, users may need to take other practical measures to protect their businesses online, including data encryption or backing up data internally or to another cloud service, note the researchers.
Professor Walden explains: "Many cloud providers, particularly those offering free services, do not offer back-ups or assume liability for data losses as part of their basic package. Ignorance of cloud structures, with their multiple potential failure points, may result in risks not being addressed."
Users may need to consider what functions should be migrated to cloud and on what basis, such as starting with pilots only, conducting risk assessments, and implementing internal controls.
Researchers suggest multiple approaches are emerging, with a fragmentation of the market, rather than a 'de facto' cloud model. Market participants may be developing a range of cloud services with different contractual terms, priced at different levels and embracing standards and certifications that aid legal certainty and compliance, particularly for SME users.
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The paper, Negotiating Cloud Contracts Looking at Clouds from Both Side Now, is available for free download via the Cloud Legal Project website: http://www.cloudlegal.ccls.qmul.ac.uk or http://cloudlegalproject.org/Research
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Days of '1-size-fits-all' cloud contracts are numbered, report findsPublic release date: 23-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Emma Lowry e.lowry@qmul.ac.uk Queen Mary, University of London
Combined legal and market factors may force online companies to offer more flexible contract terms, suggests new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
The paper examines how and why companies providing IT services over the internet, also known as cloud computing, have begun to negotiate standard contract terms to better meet cloud users' needs, minimise operating risks and address legal compliance obligations.
The research, by the Cloud Legal Project at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at QM, is primarily based on in-depth interviews with global and UK cloud providers, cloud users, law firms and other market players.
The report found that the top six types of cloud contract terms most negotiated were:
Provider liability
Service level agreements
Data protection and security
Termination rights and lock-in/exit
Unilateral amendments to service features
Intellectual property rights
"These are the key contractual issues of concern to users in the cloud market at this relatively immature stage of cloud adoption," explains Professor Christopher Millard, lead academic on the Cloud Legal Project (CLP).
Standard 'one-size-fits-all' terms are often weighted in favour of the provider, and many are potentially non-compliant, invalid or unenforceable in some countries, the project found.
Many providers do not take into account that users, especially in Europe, have regulatory or other legal obligations and may need to demonstrate compliance to regulators.
Professor Millard adds: "To remain competitive, providers may have to be more aware of user concerns, more flexible in negotiations, and more willing to demonstrate the security and robustness of their services.
"In the middle or low value markets, choice is still limited, and many contract terms are still inadequate or inappropriate for SME users' needs, as they may lack the bargaining power to force contract changes."
According to the research, there are signs of market development. Where large users have negotiated amendments and thereby helped educate providers about user concerns, these changes are likely to filter down to the middle market at least. Changes to providers' standard terms may also filter up from regulatory action affecting the consumer market.
CLP research consultant, Kuan Hon says: "The findings suggest that more customer-friendly terms are being demanded by large cloud users such as governments and financial institutions, and being offered or agreed by niche specialist providers and market entrants - making contract terms a source of competitive advantage."
The paper also discusses other legal risk issues, such as providers' lack of transparency about data security, location and management. Providers' exclusion of liability in their terms, particularly for outages and data loss, was generally the biggest issue for users surveyed.
Conversely, providers have argued that customers want to 'have their cake and eat it'; seeking the cheapest services while requesting the highest levels of assurances in contract terms and conditions.
"Forcing providers to accept more liability and incur the expense of upgrading their infrastructure, while keeping prices low, may undermine market development," Professor Ian Walden, from CLP, warns.
Apart from contract terms, users may need to take other practical measures to protect their businesses online, including data encryption or backing up data internally or to another cloud service, note the researchers.
Professor Walden explains: "Many cloud providers, particularly those offering free services, do not offer back-ups or assume liability for data losses as part of their basic package. Ignorance of cloud structures, with their multiple potential failure points, may result in risks not being addressed."
Users may need to consider what functions should be migrated to cloud and on what basis, such as starting with pilots only, conducting risk assessments, and implementing internal controls.
Researchers suggest multiple approaches are emerging, with a fragmentation of the market, rather than a 'de facto' cloud model. Market participants may be developing a range of cloud services with different contractual terms, priced at different levels and embracing standards and certifications that aid legal certainty and compliance, particularly for SME users.
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The paper, Negotiating Cloud Contracts Looking at Clouds from Both Side Now, is available for free download via the Cloud Legal Project website: http://www.cloudlegal.ccls.qmul.ac.uk or http://cloudlegalproject.org/Research
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Who pays for personalized medicine?Public release date: 23-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kim Menard kim.menard@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-6183 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Penn medicine researchers watch Supreme Court decision play out in biomarker era
PHILADELPHIA - While researchers are busy identifying new biomarkers to detect disease and tailor treatments to individual needs, legal battles have been waged all the way up to the Supreme Court, trying to sort out whether a private company can own the rights to a particular biomarker.
In a new Perspective piece published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, Jason Karlawish, MD, professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and co-author Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH, from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, delve into a series of high profile court cases testing the limits of patent protection.
In the months since a US Supreme Court ruling unanimously "rendered invalid two patents covering a method for determining proper drug dosage," as Nature reports, discussions have swirled about how to pay for personalized medicine. The NEJM co-authors report that "a patentable process now needs to involve an inventive and novel application of a law of nature beyond well-understood, routine, conventional activity, previously engaged in by those in the field."
Without patents protecting such medical discoveries, some have argued that there is no way to recoup the costs of biomarker innovation. To that end, Supreme Court Justice Breyer suggested whether special market-exclusivity protection was warranted.
Instead, the authors suggest that enhanced public funding, public-private partnerships, and open-source consortia may improve biomarker discovery and development, more than a private model. According to the NEJM piece, "the Supreme Court's move to free the fundamental processes of medical diagnosis from private ownershipcould ultimately enhance the public health."
As biomarkers become more and more prevalent -- helping diagnose diseases, and pairing with treatments targeted to individual needs -- there will need to be solutions to balance the needs of ensuring access to this useful information and paying for personalized medicine.
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Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine is currently ranked #2 in U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $479.3 million awarded in the 2011 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2011, Penn Medicine provided $854 million to benefit our community.
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Who pays for personalized medicine?Public release date: 23-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Kim Menard kim.menard@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-6183 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Penn medicine researchers watch Supreme Court decision play out in biomarker era
PHILADELPHIA - While researchers are busy identifying new biomarkers to detect disease and tailor treatments to individual needs, legal battles have been waged all the way up to the Supreme Court, trying to sort out whether a private company can own the rights to a particular biomarker.
In a new Perspective piece published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, Jason Karlawish, MD, professor of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and co-author Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH, from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, delve into a series of high profile court cases testing the limits of patent protection.
In the months since a US Supreme Court ruling unanimously "rendered invalid two patents covering a method for determining proper drug dosage," as Nature reports, discussions have swirled about how to pay for personalized medicine. The NEJM co-authors report that "a patentable process now needs to involve an inventive and novel application of a law of nature beyond well-understood, routine, conventional activity, previously engaged in by those in the field."
Without patents protecting such medical discoveries, some have argued that there is no way to recoup the costs of biomarker innovation. To that end, Supreme Court Justice Breyer suggested whether special market-exclusivity protection was warranted.
Instead, the authors suggest that enhanced public funding, public-private partnerships, and open-source consortia may improve biomarker discovery and development, more than a private model. According to the NEJM piece, "the Supreme Court's move to free the fundamental processes of medical diagnosis from private ownershipcould ultimately enhance the public health."
As biomarkers become more and more prevalent -- helping diagnose diseases, and pairing with treatments targeted to individual needs -- there will need to be solutions to balance the needs of ensuring access to this useful information and paying for personalized medicine.
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Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4.3 billion enterprise.
The Perelman School of Medicine is currently ranked #2 in U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $479.3 million awarded in the 2011 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.
Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2011, Penn Medicine provided $854 million to benefit our community.
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The THAICOM 6 satellite finance deal between THAICOM and Kasikorn Bank won the ?Asia Pacific Communications Deal of the Year 2011? from Euromoney?s ProjectFinance magazine. This is the first time that a Thai satellite project was financed through a local commercial bank and that it was structured similarly to that of foreign Export Credit Agencies (ECA).
Somprasong Boonyachai, Chairman of the Executive Committee of INTOUCH Group, said: ?On behalf of the INTOUCH Group, I would like to congratulate THAICOM and Kasikorn Bank for receiving the ProjectFinance ?Asia Pacific Communications Deal of the Year 2011?. Over the past 20 years, INTOUCH has continuously been supporting the growth of THAICOM?s satellite business and to build a strong and stable foundation for INTOUCH. THAICOM is a strategic business unit of INTOUCH. We have every confidence that the THAICOM 6 satellite will help further strengthen THAICOM?s success in the broadcasting industry in Thailand and in the region.?
Suphajee Suthumpun, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer of THAICOM said, ?THAICOM 6?s total project cost of US$163 million in capital investment was mainly financed through Kasikorn Bank, the remainder coming from the company?s internal cash flow. In the past, we financed all our satellites through Export Credit Agency (ECA) banks from the country of manufacture of the satellites and launch services. This is due to the fact that ECAs are familiar with loans of this nature. However, this is the first time since we launched our first satellite into orbit that we have successfully financed our project through a local commercial bank. The terms and conditions of the financing agreement were similar to that of ECAs and the deal was executed in a shorter amount of time. The company would like to thank Kasikorn Bank for its confidence in the THAICOM 6 project. We are also delighted that this deal received ProjectFinance?s ?Asia Pacific Communications Deal of the Year 2011? due to the unique nature of this project and Kasikorn Bank?s ability to finance it.
?The construction of the THAICOM 6 satellite is going according to plan and is now at the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase. With regards to the pre-sales activities of THAICOM 6?s capacity, we are pleased that we?ve already secured 15 percent of the total capacity, and we are aiming for 30 percent before the launch of the satellite next year?, continued Suphajee.
Krisada Lumsum, Senior Managing Director of Kasikorn Bank, said regarding the financing of the project: ?Kasikorn Bank is delighted to have won the trust of THAICOM Public Company Limited and to have provided financial support worth US$ 136.8 million. The THAICOM 6 satellite project plays a critical part in the Thai telecommunications industry. This is the first time that a local commercial bank has been able to structure a deal that meets the financial needs of the company in a manner that is equal to that of ECAs. Part of the success was the right timing which allowed the bank to take advantage of the volatility of the US dollar denominated money market funds. Furthermore, the cordial relationship between the teams allowed the bank to fully understand the needs of the company and to structure the loan to meet its financial needs. We believe that THAICOM will continue to grow in the telecommunications business in the region. The success of THAICOM will further enhance the development of the telecommunications industry in Thailand?.
THAICOM 6, a STAR 2 model satellite is now under construction by Orbital Sciences Corporation of U.S.A. There are a total of 26 transponders including 18 C-band transponders and 8 Ku-band transponders. THAICOM 6 will be launched into the orbital location of 78.5 degrees East in mid-2013 by the Falcon 9 rocket of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), U.S.A. and the satellite will be collocated with the THAICOM 5 satellite.
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And if you have a filter and pump provided, you?ll see your betta come to life.
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Public release date: 23-May-2012
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