Slaterville-Springs News Archives

“We're offering careers here and the response has been great. They're coming in and talking.”

It was a get together born of necessity on both sides. Hundreds of people looking for work met with companies looking for workers. via Niagara Gazette

“I'm just curious whether you're going to do anything about these attacks on your profession.”

Jennifer Jacquet is a Ph.D. candidate with the Sea Around Us Project at the UBC Fisheries Centre. via ScienceBlogs

“We make absolutely no guarantees about a job; we can't. When you graduate from college, the goal is you have accomplished the terms of graduation the school has set forth. But what you do with that knowledge is up to you.”

Straying far afield from its core business of reporting the news, NBC News is getting into the education business. via New York Times

“The images show the Saturn system as we had never seen it before. They perfectly blend exploration, science and beauty”

A selection of the best images from Saturn, its rings and moons will appear in an exhibition opening on April 26 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City . via RedOrbit

“I'm laying on my back and I see a highhat where the light's out”

Kenneth G. Langone , a billionaire financier and a founder of Home Depot, is giving another $100 million donation to New York University Medical Center , matching the one that he made anonymously in 1999. via New York Times

Fed up with the flaws of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain? Here's your chance to set things right. via Independent Online

The Daily Star ONEONTA, N.Y. - Students argued about sincerity, genetics, free-will, No Child Left Behind law, Christianity and common-sense morality. via Niagara Gazette

Editor's Note: The excitement over the Pulitzer win by Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz is reverberating in the Dominican community. via News.ncmonline.com

ALBANY - Gov. David Paterson and his wife earned $269,815 in 2007, yet claimed giving only $150 to charity, a donation of clothing to the Salvation Army, according to his tax returns released Monday. via Ithaca Journal

ITHACA, NY- The Ithaca College Office of Public Safety is continuing to investigate an armed robbery that occurred in a campus residence hall on Sunday. via Ithaca Journal

“Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking substance in an age of style.”

Jennifer Jacquet is a Ph.D. candidate with the Sea Around Us Project at the UBC Fisheries Centre. via ScienceBlogs

“This has opened up a whole new direction in hydrogen research. With technology improvement, sugar-powered vehicles could come true eventually.”

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Public Health Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 11 Apr 2008 Special National Meeting Edition April 9, ... via MediLexicon

“Statins also improve retinal [eye] blood flow in diabetics and may deter diabetic eye disease. These effects are currently under investigation, however, and are not current indications for statin use.”

New research indicates that the fatty plaques that harden arteries may also harm vital organs. via HealthDay

There is a lot in the new $121.7 billion state budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year that will pinch New Yorkers' wallets, help their communities, and likely puzzle a few taxpayers as the state heads toward ... via WKBW

“If catechins [such as EGCG] are in fact the primary compounds responsible for anticancer activity rather than the breakdown products, you want to maintain and absorb as many catechins [as possible]”

Caffeine, green tea and tart cherries may guard against multiple sclerosis, cancer and cardiovascular troubles, respectively, new research suggests. via HON

By HARRY R. WEBER Associated Press Writer ATLANTA Apr 7, 2008 The Associated Press 1 comment Women say the pay-off for carrying another couple's baby is more than financial. via ABC News

“I'll teach them a couple of techniques that are helpful in imagining their hands getting warmer and actually creating more blood flow to the periphery to their hands”

Some people will do anything to get a good night's sleep. It turns out, the answer could lie in their hands. via WABC

Jacob L. Mueller* ,1 , Jon R. Linklater , Kristipati Ravi Ram* , Tracey Chapman and Mariana F. Wolfner*,2 * Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, Department ... via Genetics current issue

Pittsford accounting and business consulting services provider, The Bonadio Group, is ranked among the nation's top 100 CPA firms. via R News

“The rust pathogens recognize no political boundaries and their spores need no passport to travel thousands of miles in the jet streams”

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Wheat is among the planet's most important food crops, but it has a natural enemy that can turn the crop into a black tangle of broken stems. via KSTP

“It enables early ambulation and, potentially, early discharge from the hospital following the procedure.”

Main Category: Medical Devices Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 02 Apr 2008 - 6:00 PDT newsletters A new bioabsorbable plug that seals the arterial puncture site used for threading ... via Medical News Today

The Daily Star ONEONTA, N.Y. - We're learning once again that the best way to get Americans to pay attention to an issue is to raise prices. via Niagara Gazette