torsdag 17 maj 2012

18-May-2012 08:18

Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East :: Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from prehistory through antiquity to modern times derives from diverse sources, spanning the biological sciences to the humanities. Nonetheless, it lacks a robust overview that may lead to floating interpretations. This is especially true in the Middle East, considered as the cradle of agriculture, and where the evolutionary history of this emblematic tree is intertwined with that of civilizations. Olive fruit, oil and wood have been, since Prehistoric times, characteristic products of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In the domestic economy of these countries, the olive tree gradually became a traditional tree crop...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY44077&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid7715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1111%252Fj.1469-185X.2012.00229.x

The high costs of vulvodynia are personal—and public :: In addition to the high personal costs to women who have vulvodynia, the disorder levies a financial
burden on the US economy. (Source: Modern Medicine)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY42019&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid8164&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernmedicine.com%2Fmodernmedicine%2FModernMedicine%2BNow%2FThe-high-costs-of-vulvodynia-are-personalmdashand-%2FArticleStandard%2FArticle%2Fdetail%2F769574%3Fref%3D25

Tribunal rejects Rangers appeal :: Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18099048

Auf Wiedersehen Athens? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/rJBgr7Chs4E/

Richemont defies the crisis :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/k8CD-qBURyE/

Apps tackle travel expenses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1VA8vM-Rbys/index.html

Glimmer of hope on UK jobs :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/7793PqdwTv0/

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Flight delay payments move closer :: Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084849#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Report card: Earth 'going downhill' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QWWlDY2woxU/index.html

Tapping a corporate hidden agenda :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TLMv1NlGPzA/index.html

Mortgage lending 'jumps in March' :: There was a big rise in mortgage lending in March, as the stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers came to an end, lenders say.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Olympic VIP tickets still to sell :: Some 20% of hospitality tickets for the Olympic Games, which could set people back £4,500, are yet to be sold.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18073585#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Careers are works in progress :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yY_TkRdZvEQ/index.html

How to save buying glasses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/XfWxpjQBMio/

Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:&bull; Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).&bull; E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

Essential reading for science writers: The Big Short by Michael Lewis :: When it comes to building a compelling narative about a complex subject, Michael Lewis is the best in the businessEnter the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize in association with the Guardian and the ObserverMichael Lewis doesn't write about science. He made his reputation with books and features about business and finance. His most famous works, Moneyball and The Blind Side, are about baseball and American football. Reading him won't help you to understand the intricacies of epigenetics or quantum mechanics, or to get into the mind of a scientist at work. Yet he's an author from whom every aspiring science writer – and every experienced one at that – can learn.That's because, when it comes to building a compelling narrative about a complex factual subject that most ordinary readers ...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY38119&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fscience%2F2012%2Fapr%2F17%2Fscience-writers-big-short-michael-lewis

Geo-mapping of time trends in childhood caries risk - a method for assessment of preventive care :: Conclusion:
Geo-maps based on caries risk can be used to monitor changes in caries risk over time. Thus, geo-mapping offers a convenient tool for evaluating the effectiveness of tailored health promotion and preventive care in child populations. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY38989&cid=ct_15_11_f&fid4041&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biomedcentral.com%2F1472-6831%2F12%2F9

Thyssenkrupp gets a lift :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/SQmL_D3rrt4/

18-May-2012 08:18 Facebook

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Place your orders: Facebook IPO shares set at $38 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Or--arlOcEI/

Facebook prices shares at $38 each :: Facebook will vault into the ranks of top 25 most valuable public companies in the US after pricing its offering at the top of the range
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7b43504-a051-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook PricesIPO Shares At $38; Values Company At Record $104 Billion :: Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network raised $16 billion in its initial public offering, the biggest in Internet history, valuing its shares at $38.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342414/20120517/facebook-ipo-shares-priced-zuckerberg-social-network.htm

Investors bet on Facebook as gatekeeper :: AOL and Yahoo both once vied for the role of acting as the first stop online for accessing information and communicating with friends and family
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d58bc230-a03c-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook overvalued? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/FIjeRZ3isN4/

VIDEO: Spain pays high price for selling debts :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the sharp rise in interests rates Spain has to pay for selling its debts - and Facebook gets ready for its stockmarket debut.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18107262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Can Facebook crack China? :: Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18082900#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Facebook: Journalism must-buy ? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zRVBxtsp9UY/index.html

VIDEO: Ad boss on Facebook's power :: Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18095061#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations: CMS and ONC :: You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments.

As I just told a friend on Facebook: "How often, before this administration, did Washington make it truly easy for anyone to tell their story, from home? This administration is really open to this, and I have it on close first-hand authority that they actually read every one of these things, and the people in charge making the rules actually do care."
Participate!


At bottom, I listed my personal highlights from these two short letters.

From David Harlow JD MPH, policy chair for our Society for Participatory Medicine:
Click to open letter to CMS (PDF, 183k)

Click to open letter to ONC (PDF, 183k)

I've uploaded SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations,...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid`24409&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid9028&url=http%3A%2F%2Fparticipatorymedicine.org%2F2012%2Fspm%25e2%2580%2599s-comment-letters-for-meaningful-use-stage-2-regulations-cms-and-onc%2F

Facebook's $104bn IPO: Wall Street Braces for One of the Biggest IPOs in History :: Facebook shares priced at $38 (£24) each to start trading at Nasdaq, making it the biggest IPO in terms market capitalisation in US history.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342520/20120518/facebook-ipo-shareprice-market-capitalisation-applicant-s.htm

Why 900M isn't the only number that matters to Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JhwPgvUqSUw/

Facebook shares valued at $104bn :: Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18105608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

18-May-2012 07:17

Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East :: Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from prehistory through antiquity to modern times derives from diverse sources, spanning the biological sciences to the humanities. Nonetheless, it lacks a robust overview that may lead to floating interpretations. This is especially true in the Middle East, considered as the cradle of agriculture, and where the evolutionary history of this emblematic tree is intertwined with that of civilizations. Olive fruit, oil and wood have been, since Prehistoric times, characteristic products of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In the domestic economy of these countries, the olive tree gradually became a traditional tree crop...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY44077&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid7715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1111%252Fj.1469-185X.2012.00229.x

The high costs of vulvodynia are personal&mdash;and public :: In addition to the high personal costs to women who have vulvodynia, the disorder levies a financial
burden on the US economy. (Source: Modern Medicine)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY42019&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid8164&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernmedicine.com%2Fmodernmedicine%2FModernMedicine%2BNow%2FThe-high-costs-of-vulvodynia-are-personalmdashand-%2FArticleStandard%2FArticle%2Fdetail%2F769574%3Fref%3D25

Tribunal rejects Rangers appeal :: Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18099048

Auf Wiedersehen Athens? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/rJBgr7Chs4E/

Richemont defies the crisis :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/k8CD-qBURyE/

Apps tackle travel expenses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1VA8vM-Rbys/index.html

Glimmer of hope on UK jobs :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/7793PqdwTv0/

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Merkel: Sacrifices had to be made :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vTIB-WrDJXM/

Flight delay payments move closer :: Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084849#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Report card: Earth 'going downhill' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QWWlDY2woxU/index.html

Tapping a corporate hidden agenda :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TLMv1NlGPzA/index.html

Mortgage lending 'jumps in March' :: There was a big rise in mortgage lending in March, as the stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers came to an end, lenders say.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Olympic VIP tickets still to sell :: Some 20% of hospitality tickets for the Olympic Games, which could set people back £4,500, are yet to be sold.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18073585#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Careers are works in progress :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yY_TkRdZvEQ/index.html

How to save buying glasses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/XfWxpjQBMio/

Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:&bull; Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).&bull; E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB93595&cid=ct_15_91_f&fid6976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NaturalNews.com%2F030853_food_safety_government_spending.html

Essential reading for science writers: The Big Short by Michael Lewis :: When it comes to building a compelling narative about a complex subject, Michael Lewis is the best in the businessEnter the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize in association with the Guardian and the ObserverMichael Lewis doesn't write about science. He made his reputation with books and features about business and finance. His most famous works, Moneyball and The Blind Side, are about baseball and American football. Reading him won't help you to understand the intricacies of epigenetics or quantum mechanics, or to get into the mind of a scientist at work. Yet he's an author from whom every aspiring science writer – and every experienced one at that – can learn.That's because, when it comes to building a compelling narrative about a complex factual subject that most ordinary readers ...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY38119&cid=ct_15_58_f&fid6473&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fscience%2F2012%2Fapr%2F17%2Fscience-writers-big-short-michael-lewis

Geo-mapping of time trends in childhood caries risk - a method for assessment of preventive care :: Conclusion:
Geo-maps based on caries risk can be used to monitor changes in caries risk over time. Thus, geo-mapping offers a convenient tool for evaluating the effectiveness of tailored health promotion and preventive care in child populations. (Source: BMC Oral Health - Latest articles)
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY38989&cid=ct_15_11_f&fid4041&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biomedcentral.com%2F1472-6831%2F12%2F9

18-May-2012 07:17 Facebook

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Place your orders: Facebook IPO shares set at $38 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Or--arlOcEI/

Facebook prices shares at $38 each :: Facebook will vault into the ranks of top 25 most valuable public companies in the US after pricing its offering at the top of the range
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7b43504-a051-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook PricesIPO Shares At $38; Values Company At Record $104 Billion :: Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network raised $16 billion in its initial public offering, the biggest in Internet history, valuing its shares at $38.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342414/20120517/facebook-ipo-shares-priced-zuckerberg-social-network.htm

Investors bet on Facebook as gatekeeper :: AOL and Yahoo both once vied for the role of acting as the first stop online for accessing information and communicating with friends and family
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d58bc230-a03c-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook overvalued? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/FIjeRZ3isN4/

VIDEO: Spain pays high price for selling debts :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the sharp rise in interests rates Spain has to pay for selling its debts - and Facebook gets ready for its stockmarket debut.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18107262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Can Facebook crack China? :: Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18082900#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Facebook: Journalism must-buy ? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zRVBxtsp9UY/index.html

Facebook co-founder's Singapore allure :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KcYERYWrW7k/index.html

VIDEO: Ad boss on Facebook's power :: Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18095061#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations: CMS and ONC :: You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments.

As I just told a friend on Facebook: "How often, before this administration, did Washington make it truly easy for anyone to tell their story, from home? This administration is really open to this, and I have it on close first-hand authority that they actually read every one of these things, and the people in charge making the rules actually do care."
Participate!


At bottom, I listed my personal highlights from these two short letters.

From David Harlow JD MPH, policy chair for our Society for Participatory Medicine:
Click to open letter to CMS (PDF, 183k)

Click to open letter to ONC (PDF, 183k)

I've uploaded SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations,...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid`24409&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid9028&url=http%3A%2F%2Fparticipatorymedicine.org%2F2012%2Fspm%25e2%2580%2599s-comment-letters-for-meaningful-use-stage-2-regulations-cms-and-onc%2F

Facebook's $104bn IPO: Wall Street Braces for One of the Biggest IPOs in History :: Facebook shares priced at $38 (£24) each to start trading at Nasdaq, making it the biggest IPO in terms market capitalisation in US history.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342520/20120518/facebook-ipo-shareprice-market-capitalisation-applicant-s.htm

Why 900M isn't the only number that matters to Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JhwPgvUqSUw/

Facebook shares valued at $100bn :: Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18105608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

18-May-2012 06:17

Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East :: Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from prehistory through antiquity to modern times derives from diverse sources, spanning the biological sciences to the humanities. Nonetheless, it lacks a robust overview that may lead to floating interpretations. This is especially true in the Middle East, considered as the cradle of agriculture, and where the evolutionary history of this emblematic tree is intertwined with that of civilizations. Olive fruit, oil and wood have been, since Prehistoric times, characteristic products of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In the domestic economy of these countries, the olive tree gradually became a traditional tree crop...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY44077&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid7715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1111%252Fj.1469-185X.2012.00229.x

The high costs of vulvodynia are personal&mdash;and public :: In addition to the high personal costs to women who have vulvodynia, the disorder levies a financial
burden on the US economy. (Source: Modern Medicine)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY42019&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid8164&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernmedicine.com%2Fmodernmedicine%2FModernMedicine%2BNow%2FThe-high-costs-of-vulvodynia-are-personalmdashand-%2FArticleStandard%2FArticle%2Fdetail%2F769574%3Fref%3D25

Tribunal rejects Rangers appeal :: Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18099048

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Fed Minutes Suggest Further Easing More Likely :: Federal Reserve policymakers seemed more likely Wednesday to recommend further monetary easing than just a month ago, as minutes of a Fed rate-setting panel detailed shaky faith in recent indicators of economic recovery.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341935/20120516/federal-reserve-minutes-qe3.htm

Global Losses From Greek Euro Zone Exit Could Reach €1 Trillion :: The financial markets appear to have already priced in Greece's departure from the euro bloc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341922/20120516/greece-exit-euro-zone-losses-france-germany.htm

Auf Wiedersehen Athens? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/rJBgr7Chs4E/

Richemont defies the crisis :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/k8CD-qBURyE/

Apps tackle travel expenses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1VA8vM-Rbys/index.html

Glimmer of hope on UK jobs :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/7793PqdwTv0/

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Merkel: Sacrifices had to be made :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vTIB-WrDJXM/

Flight delay payments move closer :: Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084849#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Report card: Earth 'going downhill' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QWWlDY2woxU/index.html

Tapping a corporate hidden agenda :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TLMv1NlGPzA/index.html

Mortgage lending 'jumps in March' :: There was a big rise in mortgage lending in March, as the stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers came to an end, lenders say.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Olympic VIP tickets still to sell :: Some 20% of hospitality tickets for the Olympic Games, which could set people back £4,500, are yet to be sold.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18073585#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Careers are works in progress :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yY_TkRdZvEQ/index.html

How to save buying glasses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/XfWxpjQBMio/

Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridB38371&cid=ct_15_26_f&fid#276&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.scotsman.com%2Fhealth%2FSpeech-therapy-could-help-save.6653832.jp

18-May-2012 06:16 Facebook

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Place your orders: Facebook IPO shares set at $38 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Or--arlOcEI/

Facebook prices shares at $38 each :: Facebook will vault into the ranks of top 25 most valuable public companies in the US after pricing its offering at the top of the range
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7b43504-a051-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook PricesIPO Shares At $38; Values Company At Record $104 Billion :: Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network raised $16 billion in its initial public offering, the biggest in Internet history, valuing its shares at $38.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342414/20120517/facebook-ipo-shares-priced-zuckerberg-social-network.htm

Investors bet on Facebook as gatekeeper :: AOL and Yahoo both once vied for the role of acting as the first stop online for accessing information and communicating with friends and family
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d58bc230-a03c-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook overvalued? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/FIjeRZ3isN4/

VIDEO: Spain pays high price for selling debts :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the sharp rise in interests rates Spain has to pay for selling its debts - and Facebook gets ready for its stockmarket debut.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18107262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Can Facebook crack China? :: Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18082900#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Facebook: Journalism must-buy ? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zRVBxtsp9UY/index.html

Facebook co-founder's Singapore allure :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KcYERYWrW7k/index.html

VIDEO: Ad boss on Facebook's power :: Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18095061#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations: CMS and ONC :: You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments.

As I just told a friend on Facebook: "How often, before this administration, did Washington make it truly easy for anyone to tell their story, from home? This administration is really open to this, and I have it on close first-hand authority that they actually read every one of these things, and the people in charge making the rules actually do care."
Participate!


At bottom, I listed my personal highlights from these two short letters.

From David Harlow JD MPH, policy chair for our Society for Participatory Medicine:
Click to open letter to CMS (PDF, 183k)

Click to open letter to ONC (PDF, 183k)

I've uploaded SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations,...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid`24409&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid9028&url=http%3A%2F%2Fparticipatorymedicine.org%2F2012%2Fspm%25e2%2580%2599s-comment-letters-for-meaningful-use-stage-2-regulations-cms-and-onc%2F

Why 900M isn't the only number that matters to Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JhwPgvUqSUw/

Facebook shares valued at $100bn :: Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18105608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

18-May-2012 05:16

Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East :: Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from prehistory through antiquity to modern times derives from diverse sources, spanning the biological sciences to the humanities. Nonetheless, it lacks a robust overview that may lead to floating interpretations. This is especially true in the Middle East, considered as the cradle of agriculture, and where the evolutionary history of this emblematic tree is intertwined with that of civilizations. Olive fruit, oil and wood have been, since Prehistoric times, characteristic products of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In the domestic economy of these countries, the olive tree gradually became a traditional tree crop...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY44077&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid7715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1111%252Fj.1469-185X.2012.00229.x

The high costs of vulvodynia are personal&mdash;and public :: In addition to the high personal costs to women who have vulvodynia, the disorder levies a financial
burden on the US economy. (Source: Modern Medicine)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY42019&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid8164&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernmedicine.com%2Fmodernmedicine%2FModernMedicine%2BNow%2FThe-high-costs-of-vulvodynia-are-personalmdashand-%2FArticleStandard%2FArticle%2Fdetail%2F769574%3Fref%3D25

Tribunal rejects Rangers appeal :: Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18099048

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Fed Minutes Suggest Further Easing More Likely :: Federal Reserve policymakers seemed more likely Wednesday to recommend further monetary easing than just a month ago, as minutes of a Fed rate-setting panel detailed shaky faith in recent indicators of economic recovery.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341935/20120516/federal-reserve-minutes-qe3.htm

Global Losses From Greek Euro Zone Exit Could Reach €1 Trillion :: The financial markets appear to have already priced in Greece's departure from the euro bloc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341922/20120516/greece-exit-euro-zone-losses-france-germany.htm

Auf Wiedersehen Athens? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/rJBgr7Chs4E/

Fed Keeps Bond-Buying Door Open: Minutes :: U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers kept the door open to a fresh round of monetary stimulus, citing downside risks to a moderately expanding economy, according to minutes for the central bank&#039;s April meeting.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341882/20120516/federal-reserve-bernanke-bonds-quantitative-easing.htm

France's New Socialist Government Names Cabinet :: Interestingly, Martine Aubry, the leader of the Socialist party rejected an offer to head a &quot;super ministry.&quot;
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341877/20120516/france-government-cabinet-minister-ayrault-hollande.htm

Richemont defies the crisis :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/k8CD-qBURyE/

Apps tackle travel expenses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1VA8vM-Rbys/index.html

Glimmer of hope on UK jobs :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/7793PqdwTv0/

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Merkel: Sacrifices had to be made :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vTIB-WrDJXM/

Flight delay payments move closer :: Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084849#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Report card: Earth 'going downhill' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QWWlDY2woxU/index.html

Tapping a corporate hidden agenda :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TLMv1NlGPzA/index.html

Mortgage lending 'jumps in March' :: There was a big rise in mortgage lending in March, as the stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers came to an end, lenders say.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Olympic VIP tickets still to sell :: Some 20% of hospitality tickets for the Olympic Games, which could set people back £4,500, are yet to be sold.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18073585#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Careers are works in progress :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yY_TkRdZvEQ/index.html

18-May-2012 05:16 Facebook

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Place your orders: Facebook IPO shares set at $38 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Or--arlOcEI/

Facebook prices shares at $38 each :: Facebook will vault into the ranks of top 25 most valuable public companies in the US after pricing its offering at the top of the range
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7b43504-a051-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook PricesIPO Shares At $38; Values Company At Record $104 Billion :: Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network raised $16 billion in its initial public offering, the biggest in Internet history, valuing its shares at $38.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342414/20120517/facebook-ipo-shares-priced-zuckerberg-social-network.htm

Investors bet on Facebook as gatekeeper :: AOL and Yahoo both once vied for the role of acting as the first stop online for accessing information and communicating with friends and family
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d58bc230-a03c-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook overvalued? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/FIjeRZ3isN4/

VIDEO: Spain pays high price for selling debts :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the sharp rise in interests rates Spain has to pay for selling its debts - and Facebook gets ready for its stockmarket debut.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18107262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Can Facebook crack China? :: Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18082900#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Facebook: Journalism must-buy ? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zRVBxtsp9UY/index.html

Facebook co-founder's Singapore allure :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KcYERYWrW7k/index.html

VIDEO: Ad boss on Facebook's power :: Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18095061#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations: CMS and ONC :: You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments.

As I just told a friend on Facebook: "How often, before this administration, did Washington make it truly easy for anyone to tell their story, from home? This administration is really open to this, and I have it on close first-hand authority that they actually read every one of these things, and the people in charge making the rules actually do care."
Participate!


At bottom, I listed my personal highlights from these two short letters.

From David Harlow JD MPH, policy chair for our Society for Participatory Medicine:
Click to open letter to CMS (PDF, 183k)

Click to open letter to ONC (PDF, 183k)

I've uploaded SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations,...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid`24409&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid9028&url=http%3A%2F%2Fparticipatorymedicine.org%2F2012%2Fspm%25e2%2580%2599s-comment-letters-for-meaningful-use-stage-2-regulations-cms-and-onc%2F

Why 900M isn't the only number that matters to Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JhwPgvUqSUw/

Facebook shares valued at $100bn :: Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18105608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

18-May-2012 04:15

Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East :: Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from prehistory through antiquity to modern times derives from diverse sources, spanning the biological sciences to the humanities. Nonetheless, it lacks a robust overview that may lead to floating interpretations. This is especially true in the Middle East, considered as the cradle of agriculture, and where the evolutionary history of this emblematic tree is intertwined with that of civilizations. Olive fruit, oil and wood have been, since Prehistoric times, characteristic products of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In the domestic economy of these countries, the olive tree gradually became a traditional tree crop...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY44077&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid7715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1111%252Fj.1469-185X.2012.00229.x

The high costs of vulvodynia are personal&mdash;and public :: In addition to the high personal costs to women who have vulvodynia, the disorder levies a financial
burden on the US economy. (Source: Modern Medicine)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY42019&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid8164&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernmedicine.com%2Fmodernmedicine%2FModernMedicine%2BNow%2FThe-high-costs-of-vulvodynia-are-personalmdashand-%2FArticleStandard%2FArticle%2Fdetail%2F769574%3Fref%3D25

Tribunal rejects Rangers appeal :: Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18099048

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Fed Minutes Suggest Further Easing More Likely :: Federal Reserve policymakers seemed more likely Wednesday to recommend further monetary easing than just a month ago, as minutes of a Fed rate-setting panel detailed shaky faith in recent indicators of economic recovery.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341935/20120516/federal-reserve-minutes-qe3.htm

Global Losses From Greek Euro Zone Exit Could Reach €1 Trillion :: The financial markets appear to have already priced in Greece's departure from the euro bloc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341922/20120516/greece-exit-euro-zone-losses-france-germany.htm

Auf Wiedersehen Athens? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/rJBgr7Chs4E/

Fed Keeps Bond-Buying Door Open: Minutes :: U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers kept the door open to a fresh round of monetary stimulus, citing downside risks to a moderately expanding economy, according to minutes for the central bank&#039;s April meeting.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341882/20120516/federal-reserve-bernanke-bonds-quantitative-easing.htm

France's New Socialist Government Names Cabinet :: Interestingly, Martine Aubry, the leader of the Socialist party rejected an offer to head a &quot;super ministry.&quot;
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341877/20120516/france-government-cabinet-minister-ayrault-hollande.htm

Richemont defies the crisis :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/k8CD-qBURyE/

Apps tackle travel expenses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1VA8vM-Rbys/index.html

Glimmer of hope on UK jobs :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/7793PqdwTv0/

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Merkel: Sacrifices had to be made :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vTIB-WrDJXM/

Flight delay payments move closer :: Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084849#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Report card: Earth 'going downhill' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QWWlDY2woxU/index.html

Tapping a corporate hidden agenda :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TLMv1NlGPzA/index.html

Mortgage lending 'jumps in March' :: There was a big rise in mortgage lending in March, as the stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers came to an end, lenders say.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Olympic VIP tickets still to sell :: Some 20% of hospitality tickets for the Olympic Games, which could set people back £4,500, are yet to be sold.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18073585#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Careers are works in progress :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yY_TkRdZvEQ/index.html

18-May-2012 04:15 Facebook

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Place your orders: Facebook IPO shares set at $38 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Or--arlOcEI/

Facebook prices shares at $38 each :: Facebook will vault into the ranks of top 25 most valuable public companies in the US after pricing its offering at the top of the range
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7b43504-a051-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook PricesIPO Shares At $38; Values Company At Record $104 Billion :: Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network raised $16 billion in its initial public offering, the biggest in Internet history, valuing its shares at $38.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342414/20120517/facebook-ipo-shares-priced-zuckerberg-social-network.htm

Facebook overvalued? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/FIjeRZ3isN4/

VIDEO: Spain pays high price for selling debts :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the sharp rise in interests rates Spain has to pay for selling its debts - and Facebook gets ready for its stockmarket debut.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18107262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Can Facebook crack China? :: Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18082900#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Facebook: Journalism must-buy ? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zRVBxtsp9UY/index.html

Facebook co-founder's Singapore allure :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KcYERYWrW7k/index.html

VIDEO: Ad boss on Facebook's power :: Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18095061#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations: CMS and ONC :: You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments.

As I just told a friend on Facebook: "How often, before this administration, did Washington make it truly easy for anyone to tell their story, from home? This administration is really open to this, and I have it on close first-hand authority that they actually read every one of these things, and the people in charge making the rules actually do care."
Participate!


At bottom, I listed my personal highlights from these two short letters.

From David Harlow JD MPH, policy chair for our Society for Participatory Medicine:
Click to open letter to CMS (PDF, 183k)

Click to open letter to ONC (PDF, 183k)

I've uploaded SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations,...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid`24409&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid9028&url=http%3A%2F%2Fparticipatorymedicine.org%2F2012%2Fspm%25e2%2580%2599s-comment-letters-for-meaningful-use-stage-2-regulations-cms-and-onc%2F

Why 900M isn't the only number that matters to Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JhwPgvUqSUw/

Facebook shares valued at $100bn :: Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18105608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

18-May-2012 03:13

Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East :: Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from prehistory through antiquity to modern times derives from diverse sources, spanning the biological sciences to the humanities. Nonetheless, it lacks a robust overview that may lead to floating interpretations. This is especially true in the Middle East, considered as the cradle of agriculture, and where the evolutionary history of this emblematic tree is intertwined with that of civilizations. Olive fruit, oil and wood have been, since Prehistoric times, characteristic products of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In the domestic economy of these countries, the olive tree gradually became a traditional tree crop...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY44077&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid7715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1111%252Fj.1469-185X.2012.00229.x

The high costs of vulvodynia are personal&mdash;and public :: In addition to the high personal costs to women who have vulvodynia, the disorder levies a financial
burden on the US economy. (Source: Modern Medicine)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY42019&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid8164&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernmedicine.com%2Fmodernmedicine%2FModernMedicine%2BNow%2FThe-high-costs-of-vulvodynia-are-personalmdashand-%2FArticleStandard%2FArticle%2Fdetail%2F769574%3Fref%3D25

Tribunal rejects Rangers appeal :: Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18099048

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Fed Minutes Suggest Further Easing More Likely :: Federal Reserve policymakers seemed more likely Wednesday to recommend further monetary easing than just a month ago, as minutes of a Fed rate-setting panel detailed shaky faith in recent indicators of economic recovery.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341935/20120516/federal-reserve-minutes-qe3.htm

Global Losses From Greek Euro Zone Exit Could Reach €1 Trillion :: The financial markets appear to have already priced in Greece's departure from the euro bloc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341922/20120516/greece-exit-euro-zone-losses-france-germany.htm

Auf Wiedersehen Athens? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/rJBgr7Chs4E/

Fed Keeps Bond-Buying Door Open: Minutes :: U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers kept the door open to a fresh round of monetary stimulus, citing downside risks to a moderately expanding economy, according to minutes for the central bank&#039;s April meeting.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341882/20120516/federal-reserve-bernanke-bonds-quantitative-easing.htm

France's New Socialist Government Names Cabinet :: Interestingly, Martine Aubry, the leader of the Socialist party rejected an offer to head a &quot;super ministry.&quot;
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341877/20120516/france-government-cabinet-minister-ayrault-hollande.htm

Forex: What Happens If Greece Leaves The Euro? :: The growing possibilities of an imminent Greek exit from the single currency bloc could drive up the value of safe-haven currencies such as the U.S. dollar and the British pound, while hurting a number of emerging Asian currencies that are sensitive to investors&#039; risk appetite.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341870/20120516/forex-greece-leave-euro-dollar-currency.htm

Richemont defies the crisis :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/k8CD-qBURyE/

Apps tackle travel expenses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1VA8vM-Rbys/index.html

Glimmer of hope on UK jobs :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/7793PqdwTv0/

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

UK unemployment falls by 45,000 :: UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084679#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Merkel: Sacrifices had to be made :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vTIB-WrDJXM/

Flight delay payments move closer :: Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084849#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Report card: Earth 'going downhill' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QWWlDY2woxU/index.html

Tapping a corporate hidden agenda :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TLMv1NlGPzA/index.html

Mortgage lending 'jumps in March' :: There was a big rise in mortgage lending in March, as the stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers came to an end, lenders say.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084844#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

18-May-2012 03:13 Facebook

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

Place your orders: Facebook IPO shares set at $38 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Or--arlOcEI/

Facebook prices shares at $38 each :: Facebook will vault into the ranks of top 25 most valuable public companies in the US after pricing its offering at the top of the range
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7b43504-a051-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Facebook PricesIPO Shares At $38; Values Company At Record $104 Billion :: Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network raised $16 billion in its initial public offering, the biggest in Internet history, valuing its shares at $38.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342414/20120517/facebook-ipo-shares-priced-zuckerberg-social-network.htm

Facebook overvalued? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/FIjeRZ3isN4/

VIDEO: Spain pays high price for selling debts :: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the sharp rise in interests rates Spain has to pay for selling its debts - and Facebook gets ready for its stockmarket debut.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18107262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Can Facebook crack China? :: Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18082900#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Facebook: Journalism must-buy ? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/zRVBxtsp9UY/index.html

Facebook co-founder's Singapore allure :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KcYERYWrW7k/index.html

VIDEO: Ad boss on Facebook's power :: Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18095061#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations: CMS and ONC :: You too can submit your opinion on the official public comment site. They even allow uploading attachments.

As I just told a friend on Facebook: "How often, before this administration, did Washington make it truly easy for anyone to tell their story, from home? This administration is really open to this, and I have it on close first-hand authority that they actually read every one of these things, and the people in charge making the rules actually do care."
Participate!


At bottom, I listed my personal highlights from these two short letters.

From David Harlow JD MPH, policy chair for our Society for Participatory Medicine:
Click to open letter to CMS (PDF, 183k)

Click to open letter to ONC (PDF, 183k)

I've uploaded SPM's comment letters for Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations,...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid`24409&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid9028&url=http%3A%2F%2Fparticipatorymedicine.org%2F2012%2Fspm%25e2%2580%2599s-comment-letters-for-meaningful-use-stage-2-regulations-cms-and-onc%2F

Why 900M isn't the only number that matters to Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JhwPgvUqSUw/

Facebook shares valued at $100bn :: Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18105608#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

18-May-2012 02:13

Primary domestication and early uses of the emblematic olive tree: palaeobotanical, historical and molecular evidence from the Middle East :: Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from prehistory through antiquity to modern times derives from diverse sources, spanning the biological sciences to the humanities. Nonetheless, it lacks a robust overview that may lead to floating interpretations. This is especially true in the Middle East, considered as the cradle of agriculture, and where the evolutionary history of this emblematic tree is intertwined with that of civilizations. Olive fruit, oil and wood have been, since Prehistoric times, characteristic products of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. In the domestic economy of these countries, the olive tree gradually became a traditional tree crop...
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY44077&cid=ct_15_62_f&fid7715&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1111%252Fj.1469-185X.2012.00229.x

The high costs of vulvodynia are personal&mdash;and public :: In addition to the high personal costs to women who have vulvodynia, the disorder levies a financial
burden on the US economy. (Source: Modern Medicine)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridY42019&cid=ct_15_22_f&fid8164&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernmedicine.com%2Fmodernmedicine%2FModernMedicine%2BNow%2FThe-high-costs-of-vulvodynia-are-personalmdashand-%2FArticleStandard%2FArticle%2Fdetail%2F769574%3Fref%3D25

Tribunal rejects Rangers appeal :: Rangers have their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo and a £160,000 fine rejected by a Scottish FA tribunal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18099048

GM Ditches Facebook Ads Ahead of IPO, Rest of Auto Industry Stands By :: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site&#039;s monster IPO.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341939/20120516/gm-facebook-ipo-fb-stock-ads-auto.htm

Fed Minutes Suggest Further Easing More Likely :: Federal Reserve policymakers seemed more likely Wednesday to recommend further monetary easing than just a month ago, as minutes of a Fed rate-setting panel detailed shaky faith in recent indicators of economic recovery.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341935/20120516/federal-reserve-minutes-qe3.htm

Global Losses From Greek Euro Zone Exit Could Reach €1 Trillion :: The financial markets appear to have already priced in Greece's departure from the euro bloc.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341922/20120516/greece-exit-euro-zone-losses-france-germany.htm

Auf Wiedersehen Athens? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/rJBgr7Chs4E/

Fed Keeps Bond-Buying Door Open: Minutes :: U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers kept the door open to a fresh round of monetary stimulus, citing downside risks to a moderately expanding economy, according to minutes for the central bank&#039;s April meeting.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341882/20120516/federal-reserve-bernanke-bonds-quantitative-easing.htm

France's New Socialist Government Names Cabinet :: Interestingly, Martine Aubry, the leader of the Socialist party rejected an offer to head a &quot;super ministry.&quot;
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341877/20120516/france-government-cabinet-minister-ayrault-hollande.htm

Forex: What Happens If Greece Leaves The Euro? :: The growing possibilities of an imminent Greek exit from the single currency bloc could drive up the value of safe-haven currencies such as the U.S. dollar and the British pound, while hurting a number of emerging Asian currencies that are sensitive to investors&#039; risk appetite.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341870/20120516/forex-greece-leave-euro-dollar-currency.htm

Greece: Syriza Leader Attacks EU And Merkel, As Caretaker Government Takes Shape :: Tsipras has said he wants Greece to remain in the euro zone, but has demanded that bailout agreements be renegotiated by providing more favorable terms.
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341863/20120516/greece-election-debt-tsipras-eu-syriza-germany.htm

Richemont defies the crisis :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/k8CD-qBURyE/

Apps tackle travel expenses :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1VA8vM-Rbys/index.html

Bank warns of euro crisis 'storm' :: The Bank of England warns that the eurozone is "tearing itself apart" with the "storm" threatening the UK recovery, as it cuts its forecast for growth this year.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084700#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Glimmer of hope on UK jobs :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/7793PqdwTv0/

Facebook boosts IPO size :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/IJ0baFkBN18/

UK unemployment falls by 45,000 :: UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084679#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Merkel: Sacrifices had to be made :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/vTIB-WrDJXM/

Flight delay payments move closer :: Airlines are likely to be told they must pay compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed by three hours or more.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18084849#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Report card: Earth 'going downhill' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QWWlDY2woxU/index.html