| A local Thanksgiving: Your feast can be harvested close to home
After all, most of the traditional dishes associated with the feast are harvest crops here in Western Pennsylvania. But how local is local? When planning this dinner, or any local meal, I make decisions based on my own preferences using the following as a model. When you toss a stone into a pool of still water, you see ripples emanate from the center. Make the innermost ring local and seasonal with perhaps a 100-mile radius. If that is not available, go the next ring, organic and seasonal. Third ring, conventional and seasonal. Fourth ring, artisanal from anywhere (although this could probably be in the first ring, too). Fifth ring, ethnic specialties. Sixth ring, pantry staples. These might include seasonings, spices, flour, sugar, extra virgin olive oil, coffee, chocolate, citrus, nuts and whatever is important to you and your family.
GSK Revises US Labeling for Avandia(R)
LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GlaxoSmithKline announced today that it is implementing changes to the US product label for Avandia(R) (rosiglitazone maleate), based on an extensive and thorough review by the FDA of myocardial ischemia data on Avandia, the most widely studied oral anti-diabetic medicine available. The existing boxed warning has been revised to add the FDA's conclusion that, while an FDA meta-analysis of short-term studies -- mostly against placebo -- showed an association between Avandia and an increase in myocardial ischemic events, that risk was not confirmed or excluded in three long-term clinical trials comparing Avandia against both placebo and other oral anti- diabetes medicines. The box will state that the available data on the risk of myocardial ischemia are inconclusive.
Sports Medicine Emerges as Leading Authority in Field It Helped ...
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of drug and medical information services and content to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, announced that Adis Sports Medicine has achieved the highest Impact Factor ranking in its category, making it the most frequently cited journal by researchers on the subject of sports medicine. Launched in 1984 when sports medicine was still in its infancy, Sports Medicine was the first journal to focus on publishing review articles on the topic of sports science. All during that time -- with the same founding editor at the helm -- its editorial has stayed true to the fast-growing field and, although in the past few years it has been a serious contender, this is the first year it has taken the top Impact Factor slot.
Cosmic's Adventure By Tommy Garrett
Of course, Garrett has a track record to rely on – his previous books on the life of Joan Fontaine, as well as his one-two punch of So You Want To Be In Pictures, and The Making Of Hollywood Stars, thumbnail sketches of the world's best-loved celebrities, were solid sellers. But that Garrett structured his non-fiction debut as a planned four-book series shows his belief in the story of Cosmic – and that readers will go along for the whole sleigh ride. I doubt I will be in the minority opinion to say you can punch my ticket. Cosmic's Adventure builds slowly with great attention to detail – die-hard gastronome Garrett lovingly details nearly every meal the book's protagonist consumes – but ends with a cliffhanger that left me hoping the writer has already inked a contract for a second Cosmic installment.
SocGen reveals how it was duped in trading scam
In a statement on Sunday, the bank said its staffer created fictitious accounts to make it look as though his positions had been covered, when in fact they remained open. It said he also falsified documents to justify his actions. The anomalous trades only came to light on January 18 and SocGen said the trader had acknowledged "committing unauthorized acts and, particular, creating fictitious operations." SocGen's corporate and investment banking chief Jean-Pierre Mustier said there was no evidence of an accomplice, adding just one trader had unbundled the massive exposure. "If one trader can unwind this transaction, one person can make such a transaction," he said in a conference call. The trader used "very simple (financial) instruments" as a vehicle for his deals, which he then hid using high-tech smoke and mirrors, he said.
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