| Personalized Medicine Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk
ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2008) The time has come for breast cancer risk assessment, counseling and genetic testing to move from cancer specialists to the realm of primary care, according to a presentation at the AAAS annual meeting, held this year in Boston. .
Facing Backlash, Blackwater Has a New Business Pitch: Peacekeeping
The beauty of an airship is you don't need big runways and airports," Wrenn says. "You can use them to deliver supplies where airplanes can't go." Doug Brooks, president of International Peace Operations Association, which represents private security contractors (though not Blackwater, which pulled out of the group in October), says in many parts of the world, "private companies are in fact holding peace operations together." The industry, in Brooks' view, is in part a natural consequence of the West's unwillingness to commit its military forces to troubled regions, leading to what he calls "Westernless peacekeeping." Globally, such contracting is a $20 billion industry, and growing, he contends. Critics, however, note that the Blackwater name is a huge obstacle to its plans for expanded peacekeeping.
Alexander Anolik Signs on as Travel Law Counsel for Platinum One ...
San Diego, CA (February 14, 2008) Alexander Anolik, widely recognized as one of the pre-eminent travel attorneys in the world and president of the largest U.S. law corporation focusing on the practice of travel law, registrations and travel industry consultation and litigation, has become the travel law counsel for Platinum One Destinations (P1D) and he will share his insights on the state of the travel business as a featured guest in an online presentation hosted by P1D and the Synergy Marketing Group (SMG) on February 19, 2008. P1D is an exclusive membership site, the first to offer travel to members at the companys cost, along with five-star service. With this High Touch, High Tech experience, P1D exclusive members discover a single travel solution with the 24/7 convenience of the internet, true wholesale pricingthe equivalent of company cost--unavailable to the general public, access to virtually anywhere in the world and five-star service whenever they desire or expect it.
UPI Sports Calendar for Friday, Feb. 22
New Jersey at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Denver at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Boston at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.
Utah at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
NCAA
No Top 25 games scheduled
Hockey
NHL
Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Detroit at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
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