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Tsuneyo Toyonaga, Japan's oldest person, is pictured in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture (state), southwestern Japan, in May 2007. Toyonaga has died of old age Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 at a hospital in Nankoku, her nursing home said Saturday. She was 113. .
How science could soon be manipulating our choice of food
Soon there will be face-reading technology and smart spoons that measure the speed at which you are eating. In a locked control room along the corridor, three of the 20 analysts, psychologists and technicians involved in the project sit at banks of screens, watching, watching, watching. If you don’t like your mayonnaise and chips, they will notice and understand why before you do. From the country that gave us Big Brother, this is Big Brother run by Clever People with White Coats and Clipboards. It’s terrifying. The Dutchman playing tricks with my mind is Rene Koster, director of the project, who is about to begin the most extensive experiment on our subconscious attitude to food. As he explains, you can’t just ask us why we eat what we eat because we simply don’t know.
Home Diagnostics up for incentives
The city of Fort Lauderdale has already approved a deal that would give the diabetic testing supply manufacturer the same amount of incentives. The balance of the funds would come from the state's Qualified Target Industries program. Home Diagnostics (NASDAQ: HDIX) would create the 135 jobs over four years and must maintain each new employee for at least one year. The average salary must be at least $42,629. "They are adding the types of jobs that we want to have in the community," said James Tarlton, president of the Broward Alliance, which worked with the company on the deal. "They are creating the knowledge base of workers that are important to building a high-tech environment here." The county estimates the expansion would generate $837,671 in tax revenue, which would be tapped to give the company incentives.
Analysis: Why can't success vindicate Turner?
This Chargers squad saw its season end just one step from the Super Bowl."You can't worry about it," Turner said earlier this week. "I appreciate our fans. I appreciate their passion. I was understanding of what they were going through at 1-3 because we were going through the same thing. I appreciate the way they responded to what our players got done."There's more of a chance of myself waking up tomorrow as a millionaire than Turner boasting about the job he did. Ask him if it was personally satisfying to get to the title game after all the criticism he has received ---- by media as well as fans ---- and he's more comfortable crediting players and assistant coaches."I'm always going to be and always have been about the team," Turner said. "But I have a job to do, too. And the fact that we were able to fight through the adversity and accomplish the things we did, it means a lot to me."Think back to when Turner was named coach of the Chargers.
Backgrounder: Clay Point salmon farm
NZ King Salmon, in association with Te Atiawa, was first issued a marine farm licence for a Clay Point salmon farm in 1994. The licence was not immediately brought to production because the company decided to focus on adding value to its product attracting market pull, rather than pushing volume growth which inevitably targets commodity markets and the risk of price pressure inherent in such markets.. More recently consumer demand for salmon has been on the increase reflecting a global trend away from processed foods towards nutrition and healthy eating. New Zealand sales by value increased by 20 per cent alone in 2007 so three years ago NZ King Salmon began discussions with Te Atiawa as to how new salmon production could be effected at the Clay Point licence. The location
Clay Point is on the northern tip of the Marlborough Sounds, north east of French Pass.
NMT Medical Completes MIST Migraine Study Enrollment
In addition, more than 40% of the migraine patientsstudied had a large shunt, six times greater than what would be expected inthe general population. Again, PFO was the most prevalent shunt seen in thesemigraine patients, accounting for over 85% of all large shunts detected. Thisdata indicates a strong correlation between PFO and migraine headaches. IfMIST determines that PFO closure with NMT's STARFlex(R) implant is aneffective treatment for certain migraine headaches, we believe that PFOclosure for migraine will be a substantial revenue growth opportunity, and NMTwill be the first to have the solution," concluded Ahern. NMT received approval for MIST in the United Kingdom in November 2004 andenrollment was initiated in January 2005. The Company also recently announcedit had received approval for and had initiated enrollment in another clinicaltrial in the United Kingdom.
Dog survives avalanche, a week in the rugged backcountry
HELENA, Mont. (AP) Tom Pick saw the frightened look on his dog's face as the snow gave way, but he could only watch as a small avalanche swept the black Labrador retriever down the mountainside. ``I'll probably always see her eyes just looking up at me as she slid down into that thing,'' Pick said in an interview this week. ``You could tell that she was scared.'' That was the start of a weeklong ordeal for 3-year-old Lizzie, who somehow survived a week in the snowy backcountry before being spotted at a lake about 5 miles away. Pick, who had searched the avalanche chute in vain for the dog, said he and his wife are ``both still kind of pinching ourselves, afraid that it's a dream or something. We still don't know exactly what transpired.'' Lizzie was with Pick as he went backcountry skiing Jan.
The Impossible Art of Deciphering Manuscripts
Matthew Bourne, as you may have heard, is the most successful choreographer alive. His shows break box-office records and reach an audience much larger and wider than is usual for dance. Accordingly, each new endeavor—like the current North American tour of his version of Edward Scissorhands, which left Brooklyn on Sunday to head for Toronto and points west—occasions a deluge of articles and reviews. Read a few, and an uncomfortable fact becomes clear: The least interesting thing about this most successful of choreographers is his choreography. This is sometimes expressed damningly ("He has made modern dance marketable by taking out the dance"). It is sometimes offered in admiration, as evidence of his properly populist attitudes ("He cares about story, not steps"). More often, it is admitted parenthetically, to offset praise of Bourne's almost universally recognized gifts as a storyteller.
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