Re: Olympus Corp in financial trouble? We certainly hope not!
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Alison J. North |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Hey Michael, There is no question that Olympus has been going through hell this year - starting with the tsunami, and who could have guessed that things could have got even worse because of a few crooks (worst case) or idiots (best case) at the top.... Given that we own several high-end Olympus microscopes, we obviously have a vested interest in the company staying afloat and are understandably all concerned. More than that though, I have worked with the same Olympus team for over 11 years now and they have not only proved to be great colleagues but also good friends - we have caught wild mice on our hands and knees in my lab together, I have played despicable April Fool's jokes on them (well truthfully, only once - they have refused to visit my lab on April 1st ever since), and they have proved themselves such wizards at solving the most mysterious and intractable microscope problems that we nicknamed the two local guys Dumbledore and Gandalf. At this point I think any discussion of what will happen is just pointless speculation, and one which they cannot possibly enter into, so the best we can do is to trust this will all blow over eventually and offer the microscope guys our support, saying: we're rooting for you, and here's to 2012 being a far better year for you than 2011! Best, Alison P.S. Sorry if I'm gushing to the confocal listserver - blame the glass of wine in my hand and the fact that I just came back from the movies :-). ________________________________________ From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Cammer, Michael [[hidden email]] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:28 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Olympus Corp in financial trouble? ***** To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** "Japanese officials say that at least $4.9 billion is unaccounted for in a financial scandal at Olympus<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/olympus_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org> and are investigating whether much of that money went to companies with links to organized crime." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/business/global/japanese-police-investigate-olympus.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=olympus&st=cse ________________________________________________________ Michael Cammer, Assistant Research Scientist Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine Lab: (212) 263-3208 Cell: (914) 309-3270 </PRE> <html> <body> ------------------------------------------------------------<br /> This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message. Please note, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The organization accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.<br /> ================================= </body> </html> <PRE> |
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Axel Kurt Preuss |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** While Olympus kindly ruins itself ( company and microscopes will survive) , the European Central Bank is set out to ruin everybody ( failure to apply school book macroeconomic Keynesian common sense ( I learnt these things as a 16 year old at school, btw :) ) So while we fret about Olympus, the ECB's failure to use text book knowledge is nuclear and potentially much more destructive for global economy and research. Worse than even certain house majorities in the US ever can dream of being :) ) Blame my Pomegranate juice for this comment ( disclaimer: comment made as private person not in my role as ivory tower remote of it all scientist) Axel On Nov 19, 2011, at 12:08 PM, "Alison J. North" <[hidden email]> wrote: > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > Hey Michael, > > There is no question that Olympus has been going through hell this year - starting with the tsunami, and who could have guessed that things could have got even worse because of a few crooks (worst case) or idiots (best case) at the top.... Given that we own several high-end Olympus microscopes, we obviously have a vested interest in the company staying afloat and are understandably all concerned. More than that though, I have worked with the same Olympus team for over 11 years now and they have not only proved to be great colleagues but also good friends - we have caught wild mice on our hands and knees in my lab together, I have played despicable April Fool's jokes on them (well truthfully, only once - they have refused to visit my lab on April 1st ever since), and they have proved themselves such wizards at solving the most mysterious and intractable microscope problems that we nicknamed the two local guys Dumbledore and Gandalf. At this point I think any discussion of what will happen is just pointless speculation, and one which they cannot possibly enter into, so the best we can do is to trust this will all blow over eventually and offer the microscope guys our support, saying: we're rooting for you, and here's to 2012 being a far better year for you than 2011! > > Best, > Alison > P.S. Sorry if I'm gushing to the confocal listserver - blame the glass of wine in my hand and the fact that I just came back from the movies :-). > > > ________________________________________ > From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Cammer, Michael [[hidden email]] > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:28 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Olympus Corp in financial trouble? > > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > "Japanese officials say that at least $4.9 billion is unaccounted for in a financial scandal at Olympus<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/olympus_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org> and are investigating whether much of that money went to companies with links to organized crime." > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/business/global/japanese-police-investigate-olympus.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=olympus&st=cse > > > ________________________________________________________ > Michael Cammer, Assistant Research Scientist > Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine > Lab: (212) 263-3208 Cell: (914) 309-3270 > > </PRE> > <html> > <body> > ------------------------------------------------------------<br /> > This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message. Please note, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The organization accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.<br /> > ================================= > </body> > </html> > <PRE> Note: This message may contain confidential information. If this Email/Fax has been sent to you by mistake, please notify the sender and delete it immediately. Thank you. |
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Stephen C. Kempf |
Re: Olympus Corp in financial trouble? We certainly hope not!
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Interesting, the tact that this discussion of Olympus has taken. Since we've wandered into the world of global economics, I have to pass on the following web link that discusses what is really the crux of our global problems today and most certainly in the future. That is, a failure to understand simple mathematical concepts. Too our extreme misfortune, most government leaders and politicians, as well as most people, don't understand the information the videos on this weblink present These are things I've thought about for years, as I'm sure some others on this list have, but I've never heard such a cogent explanation. The person presenting the lecture is Dr. Albert Bartlett who is (or was) a Physics professor and professor emeritus at University of Colorado. The lecture was given about 2000, so 11 years ago. Dr. Bartlett is one of the best lecturers I have ever encountered. I can only wish that I could give such lucid and engaging lectures. I hope you will all look at this series. I can't emphasize how critically important this information is to every aspect of our modern and future lives, as well as the lives of those in less fortunate third world countries. The YouTube link will take you to a playlist. Just start the first video. The next will begin at the end of each one you're watching. There are 8 videos and each is about 10 min long. You can stop and restart as you please. If you leave the website and then go back to it, just click the next video in the series. This series of videos so impressed me when I watched it that I send it to everyone I know who might have an interest. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A1FD147A45EF50D I apologize for the off topic post, but it seemed to be an appropriate response to the direction our current discussion has taken. Steve ______________________________________________________________________________ Stephen C. Kempf E-mail: [hidden email] Associate Professor Tel: 334-844-3924 Department of Biological Sciences 331 Funchess Hall Fax: 334-844-9234 Auburn University, AL 36849 Lab Web site - http://gump.auburn.edu/kempflab/ Course web sites: Vert. Dev. - http://www.auburn.edu/academic/classes/zy/vert_embryo/index_vert_embryo.html Histology - http://www.auburn.edu/academic/classes/zy/hist0509/index_histology.html On Nov 19, 2011, at 12:58 AM, Axel Kurt Preuss (IMCB) wrote: > ***** > To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy > ***** > > While Olympus kindly ruins itself ( company and microscopes will > survive) , the European Central Bank is set out to ruin everybody > ( failure to apply school book macroeconomic Keynesian common sense > ( I learnt these things as a 16 year old at school, btw :) ) > So while we fret about Olympus, the ECB's failure to use text book > knowledge is nuclear and potentially much more destructive for > global economy and research. Worse than even certain house > majorities in the US ever can dream of being :) ) > Blame my Pomegranate juice for this comment > ( disclaimer: comment made as private person not in my role as ivory > tower remote of it all scientist) > > Axel > > > On Nov 19, 2011, at 12:08 PM, "Alison J. North" <[hidden email] > > wrote: > >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy >> ***** >> >> Hey Michael, >> >> There is no question that Olympus has been going through hell this >> year - starting with the tsunami, and who could have guessed that >> things could have got even worse because of a few crooks (worst >> case) or idiots (best case) at the top.... Given that we own >> several high-end Olympus microscopes, we obviously have a vested >> interest in the company staying afloat and are understandably all >> concerned. More than that though, I have worked with the same >> Olympus team for over 11 years now and they have not only proved to >> be great colleagues but also good friends - we have caught wild >> mice on our hands and knees in my lab together, I have played >> despicable April Fool's jokes on them (well truthfully, only once - >> they have refused to visit my lab on April 1st ever since), and >> they have proved themselves such wizards at solving the most >> mysterious and intractable microscope problems that we nicknamed >> the two local guys Dumbledore and Gandalf. At this point I think >> any discussion of what will happen is just pointless speculation, >> and one which they cannot possibly enter into, so the best we can >> do is to trust this will all blow over eventually and offer the >> microscope guys our support, saying: we're rooting for you, and >> here's to 2012 being a far better year for you than 2011! >> >> Best, >> Alison >> P.S. Sorry if I'm gushing to the confocal listserver - blame the >> glass of wine in my hand and the fact that I just came back from >> the movies :-). >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] >> On Behalf Of Cammer, Michael [[hidden email]] >> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:28 PM >> To: [hidden email] >> Subject: Olympus Corp in financial trouble? >> >> ***** >> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy >> ***** >> >> "Japanese officials say that at least $4.9 billion is unaccounted >> for in a financial scandal at Olympus<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/olympus_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org >> > and are investigating whether much of that money went to >> companies with links to organized crime." >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/business/global/japanese-police-investigate-olympus.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=olympus&st=cse >> >> >> ________________________________________________________ >> Michael Cammer, Assistant Research Scientist >> Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine >> Lab: (212) 263-3208 Cell: (914) 309-3270 >> >> </PRE> >> <html> >> <body> >> ------------------------------------------------------------<br /> >> This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use >> of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is >> proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under >> applicable law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or >> distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in >> error please notify the sender by return email and delete the >> original message. Please note, the recipient should check this >> email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The >> organization accepts no liability for any damage caused by any >> virus transmitted by this email.<br /> >> ================================= >> </body> >> </html> >> <PRE> > > Note: This message may contain confidential information. If this > Email/Fax has been sent to you by mistake, please notify the sender > and delete it immediately. Thank you. |
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Peter Gabriel Pitrone |
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To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy ***** Steve Thank you!! I will send this out to as many people I can... Pete On Sat, November 19, 2011 3:52 pm, Stephen Kempf wrote: | ***** | To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: | http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy | ***** | | Interesting, the tact that this discussion of Olympus has taken. Since | we've wandered into the world of global economics, I have to pass on | the following web link that discusses what is really the crux of our | global problems today and most certainly in the future. That is, a | failure to understand simple mathematical concepts. Too our extreme | misfortune, most government leaders and politicians, as well as most | people, don't understand the information the videos on this weblink | present These are things I've thought about for years, as I'm sure | some others on this list have, but I've never heard such a cogent | explanation. | | The person presenting the lecture is Dr. Albert Bartlett who is (or | was) a Physics professor and professor emeritus at University of | Colorado. The lecture was given about 2000, so 11 years ago. Dr. | Bartlett is one of the best lecturers I have ever encountered. I can | only wish that I could give such lucid and engaging lectures. | | I hope you will all look at this series. I can't emphasize how | critically important this information is to every aspect of our modern | and future lives, as well as the lives of those in less fortunate | third world countries. | | The YouTube link will take you to a playlist. Just start the first | video. The next will begin at the end of each one you're watching. | There are 8 videos and each is about 10 min long. You can stop and | restart as you please. If you leave the website and then go back to | it, just click the next video in the series. This series of videos so | impressed me when I watched it that I send it to everyone I know who | might have an interest. | | http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A1FD147A45EF50D | | I apologize for the off topic post, but it seemed to be an appropriate | response to the direction our current discussion has taken. | | Steve | | ______________________________________________________________________________ | Stephen C. Kempf E-mail: [hidden email] | Associate Professor Tel: 334-844-3924 | Department of Biological Sciences | 331 Funchess Hall Fax: 334-844-9234 | Auburn University, AL 36849 | Lab Web site - http://gump.auburn.edu/kempflab/ | Course web sites: | Vert. Dev. - | http://www.auburn.edu/academic/classes/zy/vert_embryo/index_vert_embryo.html | Histology - | http://www.auburn.edu/academic/classes/zy/hist0509/index_histology.html | | | | On Nov 19, 2011, at 12:58 AM, Axel Kurt Preuss (IMCB) wrote: | |> ***** |> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: |> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy |> ***** |> |> While Olympus kindly ruins itself ( company and microscopes will |> survive) , the European Central Bank is set out to ruin everybody |> ( failure to apply school book macroeconomic Keynesian common sense |> ( I learnt these things as a 16 year old at school, btw :) ) |> So while we fret about Olympus, the ECB's failure to use text book |> knowledge is nuclear and potentially much more destructive for |> global economy and research. Worse than even certain house |> majorities in the US ever can dream of being :) ) |> Blame my Pomegranate juice for this comment |> ( disclaimer: comment made as private person not in my role as ivory |> tower remote of it all scientist) |> |> Axel |> |> |> On Nov 19, 2011, at 12:08 PM, "Alison J. North" |> <[hidden email] |> > wrote: |> |>> ***** |>> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: |>> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy |>> ***** |>> |>> Hey Michael, |>> |>> There is no question that Olympus has been going through hell this |>> year - starting with the tsunami, and who could have guessed that |>> things could have got even worse because of a few crooks (worst |>> case) or idiots (best case) at the top.... Given that we own |>> several high-end Olympus microscopes, we obviously have a vested |>> interest in the company staying afloat and are understandably all |>> concerned. More than that though, I have worked with the same |>> Olympus team for over 11 years now and they have not only proved to |>> be great colleagues but also good friends - we have caught wild |>> mice on our hands and knees in my lab together, I have played |>> despicable April Fool's jokes on them (well truthfully, only once - |>> they have refused to visit my lab on April 1st ever since), and |>> they have proved themselves such wizards at solving the most |>> mysterious and intractable microscope problems that we nicknamed |>> the two local guys Dumbledore and Gandalf. At this point I think |>> any discussion of what will happen is just pointless speculation, |>> and one which they cannot possibly enter into, so the best we can |>> do is to trust this will all blow over eventually and offer the |>> microscope guys our support, saying: we're rooting for you, and |>> here's to 2012 being a far better year for you than 2011! |>> |>> Best, |>> Alison |>> P.S. Sorry if I'm gushing to the confocal listserver - blame the |>> glass of wine in my hand and the fact that I just came back from |>> the movies :-). |>> |>> |>> ________________________________________ |>> From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] |>> On Behalf Of Cammer, Michael [[hidden email]] |>> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:28 PM |>> To: [hidden email] |>> Subject: Olympus Corp in financial trouble? |>> |>> ***** |>> To join, leave or search the confocal microscopy listserv, go to: |>> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=confocalmicroscopy |>> ***** |>> |>> "Japanese officials say that at least $4.9 billion is unaccounted |>> for in a financial scandal at |>> Olympus<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/olympus_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org |>> > and are investigating whether much of that money went to |>> companies with links to organized crime." |>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/business/global/japanese-police-investigate-olympus.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=olympus&st=cse |>> |>> |>> ________________________________________________________ |>> Michael Cammer, Assistant Research Scientist |>> Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine |>> Lab: (212) 263-3208 Cell: (914) 309-3270 |>> |>> </PRE> |>> <html> |>> <body> |>> ------------------------------------------------------------<br /> |>> This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use |>> of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is |>> proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under |>> applicable law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or |>> distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in |>> error please notify the sender by return email and delete the |>> original message. Please note, the recipient should check this |>> email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The |>> organization accepts no liability for any damage caused by any |>> virus transmitted by this email.<br /> |>> ================================= |>> </body> |>> </html> |>> <PRE> |> |> Note: This message may contain confidential information. If this |> Email/Fax has been sent to you by mistake, please notify the sender |> and delete it immediately. Thank you. | -- Peter Gabriel Pitrone - TechRMS Microscopy/Imaging Specialist Prof. Dr. Pavel Tomancak group Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics Pfotenhauerstr. 108 01307 Dresden "If a straight line fit is required, obtain only two data points." - Anon. |
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