When a talk is just a talk

In academia, before you have a full time position you are often given the cautionary advice, "every talk is a job talk". This is often true, though not always in the short term.Once you have a position, you are also told this, and "every talk is a funding pitch", i.e., to program officers, potential grant reviewers, etc.There are other types of talks too. There are the "I might want to come to your university and am testing you out" talks, and also...

Does insulin block leptin in the brain?

I'm asking my great audience for help answering this.  Does anyone know of any evidence that high circulating insulin blocks leptin action in the brain (hypothalamu...

Another Legal Settlement for Tenet, Another $10 Million Plus for its CEO

Yet another large health care organization has added to its collection of legal settlements.  Reuters briefly noted Tenet Healthcare's latest scuffle with the law:Tenet Healthcare Corp has agreed to pay almost $43 million to settle allegations that it overbilled the federal Medicare healthcare program for treating patients at certain rehabilitation facilities, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.The company was accused of improperly...

Tutorial Hack Widget whos.amung.us

Unik Informatika - Banyak sekali Tips & Trik yang ada dalam sebuah seni teknologi itu, mungkin sobat tau banyak kita akan share-share ilmu itu bisa dimana saja, kali ini saya akan membahas tentang cara hack widget whos.amung.us? anda pernah memakainya di blog atau site sobat? pasti sudah tidak jarang anda mendengar kata itu,baiklah widget who.amung.us itu biasa digunakan untuk mengetahui berapa...

10 Ciri-ciri Calon Istri yang Baik

Unik Informatika - Apakah sobat sudah kepikiran untuk menikah? sudah siap menghadapi liku-liku kehidupan yang sepertinya akan bertambah rumit? saya punya saran buat calon mampelai yang cowok, ane punya nih sob 10 ciri-ciri wanita yang baik yang siap dijadikan istri.Maaf ne sob, bukan lancang sih saya cuma share ilmu yang saya dapatkan di forum, semua itu terserah anda soalnya semua keputusan itu menjadi...

Carnie Wilson: Undergoing second WLS

With all the recent discussion on losing weight, exercise, bariatric surgery etc. here at the Asylum, I was reminded of this short post I intended to make on Carnie Wilson.  I had seen her on Fox & Friends with Wilson Philips promoting their new album.  Her's is a cautionary tale but also goes to show there's more to this obesity thing than many folks seem to want to acknowledge or talk...

Allscripts shares plunge on weak outlook, board changes, unhappy customers - but mostly unhappy customers, I surmise

Glen Tullman is CEO of the health IT seller Allscripts-Misys Healthcare.  He was an advisor to the Obama campaign on health information technology issues.My organization had to sue his company for non-working products a few years ago (link to PDF of civil complaint) .Apparently other customers were unhappy as well.  This from Reuters:Allscripts shares plunge on weak outlook, board changes Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:24am EDT(Reuters) - Allscripts...

i hope y'all have a peaceful weekend......*images courtesy of note to sarah, cote de texas, houzz, my favorite and my b...

#communitysport blog: Matt Page

Our latest blog in our Community Sport series comes from Matthew Page, a professional endurance cyclist for the Wiggle team. The Carmarthenshire athlete was 2011 UK and European 24 hour solo champion, 2010 UK 24 hour solo national champion and 2009 mountain mayhem 24 hour solo champion. Here, he gives his thoughts on growing up with sport and the opportunities he had to take part.Matthew...

#communitysport blog: Ray Williams

Our latest blog in our Community Sport series comes from Ray Williams. The 53-year-old former Royal Welch Guard Fusilier won gold at the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games and now proudly holds the title of Welsh Weightlifting Federation Head Coach. Ray is a pillar of the Holyhead community and his Mill Bank club, that produced London 2012 hopeful Gareth Evans, has enjoyed a considerable ‘beefing up’...

#communitysport blog: Tamsin Jones

Our latest blog in our Community Sport series comes from Tamsin Jones. Tamsin was awarded Welsh Gymnastics’ Participation Coach of the Year in 2011, and her Ruthin and Denbigh Gymnastics was nominated for Club of the Year. The 37-year-old, from Ruthin, somersaulted into gymnastics coaching eight years ago whilst studying a sport degree at Glyndwr University. With an enormous waiting list of keen potential...