Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Rape Of Adopted Ohio Kids Unusual, Haunting Case - KHQ Right Now

TROY, Ohio (AP) - The one-story, brick ranch-style home blends into the working-class neighborhood along Nutmeg Square in this western Ohio city, offering no signs of the terrible secrets it once concealed.

Its former owner will return to court in Dayton on Tuesday to be sentenced for guilty pleas to child rape and related charges in a haunting case that experts call unusual because the perpetrator was an adoptive father and the victims were three boys in his care. The pleas have all but ensured he will spend the rest of his life in prison.

The 40-year-old man, whom The Associated Press isn't naming to protect the children's identities, said in an interview that he had been a foster parent, youth basketball coach and substitute teacher for years without any problems. He said he didn't adopt the boys with bad intentions.

"I always wanted to protect kids," he said during one of two interviews at the Miami County Jail. "Somewhere along the line, things went wrong."

In an era of stunning cases of sexual abuse of young boys by respected authority figures ? priests, Boy Scout leaders, an assistant coach at a famed college football program ? the repeated rapes of boys by an adoptive father who also arranged for two other men to rape one adopted son shocked his unsuspecting neighbors, investigators and children's services officials.

"It was just devastating to hear about. It's really sad for the kids," said April Long, a mother of three who was their next-door neighbor. She and other neighbors say they didn't suspect anything; the children played outside, and the man did neighborly things like pick up their mail or mow their lawn when they were away.

"You think: 'What could I have done? Is there something we missed that we should have seen?'" Long said, gazing at the home from her front porch lined with children's bicycles.

The single man was a foster parent for six other children before he began adopting children in the past three years. He adopted a brother and sister and an unrelated boy, and was in the process of adopting another boy, all ages 9 to 12, when authorities arrested him a year ago Sunday following an undercover sting that began when a detective looked into an online posting about "taboo sex."

Ohio officials don't believe there has been a comparable case in the state in recent years, and media reports over the past five years show only a handful of reported cases nationally in which adoptive fathers sexually abused children in their care. Child abuse by adoptive fathers is much rarer than by biological fathers, or by other male relatives and non-relatives, federal studies have indicated.

"This isn't a typical situation. It certainly isn't typical of people seeking adoption," said David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. "Most abusers of this sort have an interest in a child during a certain period of their development. They are looking for opportunities where they can get access to the kids. They don't want to have custodial responsibility."

Fostering and adopting children meant passing background checks and other scrutiny, with home studies and follow-up visits by social workers.

"There can be terrible, horrific instances that no one at any level of government or the adoption system foresaw," Benjamin Johnson, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, said of the case. "That can be a very difficult thing to reconcile ... and we think about that a lot."

The private adoption agency, Dayton-based Action Inc., has said little about the case other than to deny wrongdoing. The state reviewed its operations and noted some procedural violations but no reason to suspend or revoke the agency's license. All the children had been in Texas foster care before coming to Ohio through the agency, one of many that work through interstate agreements to find homes for some of the more than 100,000 children in foster care awaiting adoption at any given time in the United States.

The adoptive father said the three children appeared to be doing so well, he was asked by an agency employee to take a fourth.

The children were involved in sports, school and church and played with other children. They went trick-or-treating ? snapshots from two Halloweens ago show the boys dressed as Green Lantern and Star Wars' Darth Maul and the girl as a princess. They had Xboxes, Wiis and other games and toys at home.

"I loved my kids and wanted the best for them," the man said.

He said he had been sexually abused as a child by a close family member and blames that for his feeling that he wasn't doing anything wrong when he began taking the boys into his bed in what he claimed was a way of showing love.

"I never forced the boys to do anything," he said. "That might not mean anything to anyone else, but it's important to me."

But his explanation doesn't account for subsequently inviting a man to their Troy home to rape one of the boys, and then taking the same boy to another man's home to be raped. He agreed that was wrong, although he stressed that he didn't prostitute the boy by getting anything in return.

Apparently, no child ever hinted at any problem when separated from him by case workers for interviews.

"I guess they just liked it there," the man said.

Police reported that when they interviewed the boy, then age 10, who had also been raped by the two other men, he began shaking, after initially refusing to confirm that anything wrong had happened.

He told police he "didn't want to be taken from this home and separated from his new brothers and sister," a police report stated.

After the man was arrested, the 9-year-old boy who hadn't been adopted yet was returned to Texas social services authorities, while the other three were placed in foster care in Ohio.

At a pretrial hearing last November, a child psychologist testified about some three dozen therapy sessions he had had with the 10-year-old boy, the Dayton Daily News reported.

"It is so traumatic within the security of my office, when he's laying on a sofa, hugging a bear, to talk about these things," said Gregory Ramey of The Children's Medical Center of Dayton.

The adoptive father has already been sentenced here to at least 60 years in prison. In Dayton, he is expected to be sentenced to at least 50 years, to run concurrently.

He said he agreed to plead guilty in hopes of sparing the children from having to testify, that it "was the last good thing I could do for them." In a jail interview, his eyes teared up and his voice choked as he said he was sorry for the pain he had caused them.

In a letter from jail, he wrote: "I've been able to protect my kids from everything and everyone, except myself."

Source: http://www.khq.com/story/21327751/rape-of-adopted-ohio-kids-unusual-haunting-case

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U-M study challenges notion of using Herceptin only for HER2-positive breast cancer

U-M study challenges notion of using Herceptin only for HER2-positive breast cancer [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 26-Feb-2013
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University of Michigan Health System

Breast cancer stem cells express HER2, even in 'negative' tumors, study finds

ANN ARBOR, Mich. New research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that the protein HER2 plays a role even in breast cancers that would traditionally be categorized as HER2-negative and that the drug Herceptin, which targets HER2, may have an even greater role for treating breast cancer and preventing its spread.

About 20 percent of women with breast cancer have tumors labeled HER2-positive. And since the drug Herceptin has come on the scene, it has had a tremendous impact on survival for these women, particularly when it is given in the adjuvant setting, after surgery to remove the primary cancer. The new findings have potential implications for an additional 65 percent of women with breast cancer.

A recent study based on new analyses of old data found some tumors were incorrectly categorized as HER2-positive and as a result those women received adjuvant Herceptin. It turns out, they benefited as much from the treatment as woman with actual HER2-positive cancer.

"We now provide a molecular explanation for the surprising finding that adjuvant Herceptin benefited some women with HER2-negative breast cancer. If this is confirmed in clinical trials, it could alter our approach to breast cancer treatment," says study author Max S. Wicha, M.D., distinguished professor of oncology and director of the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center.

At this point, patients with HER2-negative breast cancer are not advised to take Herceptin.

The explanation is that HER2 is selectively expressed in the cancer stem cells of many HER2-negative breast tumors. Because the stem cells represent such a small number of cells in a tumor, the amount of HER2 is not high enough to meet the threshold for a HER2-positive cancer.

The researchers had previously shown HER2 plays an important role in cancer stem cells the small number of cells in a tumor that fuel its growth and spread. These cells represent 1 percent to 5 percent of all the cells in a tumor. They are resistant to current chemotherapy and radiation treatments but since they express HER2, they are effectively targeted by Herceptin.

Further, the researchers in this new study found that for tumors classified as HER2-negative, HER2 levels were higher in bone metastases compared to the primary breast tumor. Bone is the most frequent site to which breast cancer spreads.

The researchers administered Herceptin to mice with these bone lesions and found that it was most effective when given early, when tumors were small or mere "micrometastases." In these cases, Herceptin almost completely blocked the tumors from growing. When the drug was given later, after tumors were established, it had little effect.

"We have shown that the bone microenvironment induces HER2 expression in these tumors. If Herceptin can target bone micrometastases, then administering it to patients before metastases develop could help reduce tumor recurrence," says study author Hasan Korkaya, Ph.D., research assistant professor of internal medicine at the U-M Medical School.

The implications of this finding are that we need cancer treatments that target the small number of cancer stem cells in addition to traditional chemotherapies that eliminate the bulk tumor cells. This means that merely looking at whether a tumor shrinks is not good enough to determine whether the treatment will have long term benefit.

"This work has very significant implications for how we have developed adjuvant therapies. The idea of using drugs that cause tumors to shrink, which has been the accepted paradigm for developing therapies, is flawed. Our work suggests that adjuvant therapies will need to target the cancer stem cell population. Eliminating cancer stem cells by effective adjuvant therapies should prevent tumor recurrence, ultimately resulting in more cures," Wicha says.

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A large randomized clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health is currently open at U-M and other sites across the country to address this question. Patients whose tumors are not considered HER2-positive by classic testing should not receive Herceptin outside of this trial. For information about the trial, call the U-M Cancer AnswerLine at 800-865-1125.

Additional authors: Suthinee Ithimakin, Kathleen C. Day, Fayaz Malik, Qin Zen, Scott J. Dawsey, Tom F. Bersano-Begey, Ahmed A. Quraishi, Kathleen Woods Ignatoski, Stephanie Daignault, April Davis, Christopher L. Hall, Nallasivam Palanisamy, Amber N. Heath, Nader Tawakkol, Tahra K. Luther, Shawn G. Clouthier, Whitney A. Chadwick, Mark L. Day, Celina G. Kleer, Dafydd G. Thomas, Daniel F. Hayes

Funding: National Cancer Institute grants CA129765 and CA101860; Breast Cancer Research Foundation; Komen for the Cure; Taubman Institute at the University of Michigan; Fashion Footwear Charitable Foundation of New York/QVC Presents Shoes-On-Sale; Stand Up to Cancer grant SU2C-AACR DT0409

Disclosure: Max Wicha has financial holdings in OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, receives support from Dompe and MedImmune and serves on the scientific advisory board of Veristem; Hasan Korkaya receives research support from MedImmune; Daniel Hayes has received research support from Pfizer, Novartis and Veridex and holds stock options for his role on the scientific advisory board for OncImmune.

Reference: Cancer Research, published online Feb. 26, 2013

Resources:

U-M Cancer AnswerLine, 800-865-1125
U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, www.mcancer.org
Clinical trials at U-M, www.UMClinicalStudies.org/cancer


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Contact: Nicole Fawcett
nfawcett@umich.edu
734-764-2220
University of Michigan Health System

Breast cancer stem cells express HER2, even in 'negative' tumors, study finds

ANN ARBOR, Mich. New research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds that the protein HER2 plays a role even in breast cancers that would traditionally be categorized as HER2-negative and that the drug Herceptin, which targets HER2, may have an even greater role for treating breast cancer and preventing its spread.

About 20 percent of women with breast cancer have tumors labeled HER2-positive. And since the drug Herceptin has come on the scene, it has had a tremendous impact on survival for these women, particularly when it is given in the adjuvant setting, after surgery to remove the primary cancer. The new findings have potential implications for an additional 65 percent of women with breast cancer.

A recent study based on new analyses of old data found some tumors were incorrectly categorized as HER2-positive and as a result those women received adjuvant Herceptin. It turns out, they benefited as much from the treatment as woman with actual HER2-positive cancer.

"We now provide a molecular explanation for the surprising finding that adjuvant Herceptin benefited some women with HER2-negative breast cancer. If this is confirmed in clinical trials, it could alter our approach to breast cancer treatment," says study author Max S. Wicha, M.D., distinguished professor of oncology and director of the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center.

At this point, patients with HER2-negative breast cancer are not advised to take Herceptin.

The explanation is that HER2 is selectively expressed in the cancer stem cells of many HER2-negative breast tumors. Because the stem cells represent such a small number of cells in a tumor, the amount of HER2 is not high enough to meet the threshold for a HER2-positive cancer.

The researchers had previously shown HER2 plays an important role in cancer stem cells the small number of cells in a tumor that fuel its growth and spread. These cells represent 1 percent to 5 percent of all the cells in a tumor. They are resistant to current chemotherapy and radiation treatments but since they express HER2, they are effectively targeted by Herceptin.

Further, the researchers in this new study found that for tumors classified as HER2-negative, HER2 levels were higher in bone metastases compared to the primary breast tumor. Bone is the most frequent site to which breast cancer spreads.

The researchers administered Herceptin to mice with these bone lesions and found that it was most effective when given early, when tumors were small or mere "micrometastases." In these cases, Herceptin almost completely blocked the tumors from growing. When the drug was given later, after tumors were established, it had little effect.

"We have shown that the bone microenvironment induces HER2 expression in these tumors. If Herceptin can target bone micrometastases, then administering it to patients before metastases develop could help reduce tumor recurrence," says study author Hasan Korkaya, Ph.D., research assistant professor of internal medicine at the U-M Medical School.

The implications of this finding are that we need cancer treatments that target the small number of cancer stem cells in addition to traditional chemotherapies that eliminate the bulk tumor cells. This means that merely looking at whether a tumor shrinks is not good enough to determine whether the treatment will have long term benefit.

"This work has very significant implications for how we have developed adjuvant therapies. The idea of using drugs that cause tumors to shrink, which has been the accepted paradigm for developing therapies, is flawed. Our work suggests that adjuvant therapies will need to target the cancer stem cell population. Eliminating cancer stem cells by effective adjuvant therapies should prevent tumor recurrence, ultimately resulting in more cures," Wicha says.

###

A large randomized clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health is currently open at U-M and other sites across the country to address this question. Patients whose tumors are not considered HER2-positive by classic testing should not receive Herceptin outside of this trial. For information about the trial, call the U-M Cancer AnswerLine at 800-865-1125.

Additional authors: Suthinee Ithimakin, Kathleen C. Day, Fayaz Malik, Qin Zen, Scott J. Dawsey, Tom F. Bersano-Begey, Ahmed A. Quraishi, Kathleen Woods Ignatoski, Stephanie Daignault, April Davis, Christopher L. Hall, Nallasivam Palanisamy, Amber N. Heath, Nader Tawakkol, Tahra K. Luther, Shawn G. Clouthier, Whitney A. Chadwick, Mark L. Day, Celina G. Kleer, Dafydd G. Thomas, Daniel F. Hayes

Funding: National Cancer Institute grants CA129765 and CA101860; Breast Cancer Research Foundation; Komen for the Cure; Taubman Institute at the University of Michigan; Fashion Footwear Charitable Foundation of New York/QVC Presents Shoes-On-Sale; Stand Up to Cancer grant SU2C-AACR DT0409

Disclosure: Max Wicha has financial holdings in OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, receives support from Dompe and MedImmune and serves on the scientific advisory board of Veristem; Hasan Korkaya receives research support from MedImmune; Daniel Hayes has received research support from Pfizer, Novartis and Veridex and holds stock options for his role on the scientific advisory board for OncImmune.

Reference: Cancer Research, published online Feb. 26, 2013

Resources:

U-M Cancer AnswerLine, 800-865-1125
U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, www.mcancer.org
Clinical trials at U-M, www.UMClinicalStudies.org/cancer


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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Best Buy Offers $100 Discount on Windows 8 Touchscreen PCs

Best Buy Offers $100 Discount on Windows 8 Touchscreen PCs

Beginning Sunday, Best Buy will be offering a $100 discount on all touchscreen Windows 8 PCs. Best Buy sales of touchscreens has not been keeping up with national averages and hope to boost sales with the $100 discounted offer to consumers?.. and to make their customers happy of course. big grin

The retailer said Friday it decided to launch the promotion after recent surveys the company conducted showed the consumers who bought touchscreen Windows 8 devices were significantly happier than those who bought PCs with a typical screen.

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Google Is Making Moves To Seriously Disrupt Groupon (GRPN, GOOG)

Business Insider writes, Groupon's stock has been crawling back from the abyss, with the company now worth about $3.8 billion. That's still less than the $6 billion Google offered for the daily-deals site shortly before Groupon went public. And now Google seems like it's moving to kill off Groupon by making ads for discounts and deals easier than ever to buy. Larry Kim, founder and CTO of WordStream, an online-marketing technology company, noticed that Google's Offers ads?deals broadly similar to Groupon's email discounts?were now available to anyone using Google's upgraded AdWords dashboard for managing ads. Rob?

Continue reading Google Is Making Moves To Seriously Disrupt Groupon (GRPN, GOOG) at Business Insider

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Africa Mongolia to Host UN World Environment Day 2013

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    By Sergei Blagov Russia's gas monopoly, Gazprom, has apparently ruled out the possibility of building a subsea Sakhalin-Japan natural gas pipeline. However, the continuation of talks on ...

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    Azerbaijan can produce UMTAS and OMTAS anti-tank missiles with Turkey, Turkish defence industry delegation told APA at 11th International Defence Exhibition (IDEX - 2013) exhibition. Azerbaijan is ...

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    Azerbaijan has turned into one of the world sport centers able to host major sport events. The statement came from Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov speaking at the ...

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    Four Azerbaijani boxers have qualified for the semifinal of the Strandja tournament in Bulgaria. On the way to the final, Elvin Isayev weighing in at 64kg, Munasib Mammadov at 49kg, Javid ...

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    Saturday, February 23, 2013

    Vicksburg mayor appears in court wearing handcuffs, jumpsuit

    Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield appeared in a federal court room Thursday in handcuffs and an orange inmate jumpsuit.

    Winfield is facing federal bribery charges and is accused of seeking a $10,000 payment for a city contract.

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    Apple pulls 'Prop 2' from upcoming proxy vote, says disappointed with court decision

    After a U.S. federal judge sided with David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital in a lawsuit seeking the injunction of proposal vote scheduled to be held at Apple's upcoming shareholders meeting, the Cupertino, Calif., company removed the contentious "Prop 2" item from the docket.


    Apple announced in a statement on Friday that it will be pulling Prop 2 from its annual meeting slated to take place on Feb. 27, reports AllThingsD. Einhorn sought to block a vote on the proposal as it contained an article which revokes the ability of Apple's board members to issue preferred stock, instead putting that power into the hands of shareholders.

    Apple's statement:

    We are disappointed with the court?s ruling. Proposal #2 is part of our efforts to further enhance corporate governance and serve our shareholders? best interests. Unfortunately, due to today?s decision, shareholders will not be able to vote on Proposal #2 at our annual meeting next week.

    With the announcement, Apple is conforming to Judge Richard Sullivan's decision issued earlier today.

    Einhorn wants Apple to issue so-called "iPrefs," or perpetual preferred stock that would pay out a quarterly 50 cents dividend equating to $2 per year. He suggests Apple could extend and enhance the program over time to ultimately offer five iPrefs per share of common stock, doubling the current dividend rate to return some $47 billion of company's swelling $137 billion cash hoard.

    While Prop 2 has been removed from next week's annual meeting, Apple is not obligated to issue the iPrefs. It is unclear what the company plans to do regarding Einhorn's pressure, but thus far it has been loath to give in to the hedge fund manager's demands.

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    Friday, February 15, 2013

    Microsoft Lets Skypers Leave Face Mail

    Microsoft announced on Friday that Skype users will now be able to leave video messages via the Voice over IP service. This new messaging service, which is now undergoing a beta test, will allow users to send video recordings to contacts even if they're offline or on another call.

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    Nokia rumored to join Apple in dumping Samsung as a supplier

    With Apple known to be working overtime in its efforts to reduce its dependance on Samsung as a component supplier, word comes that other companies, including Nokia, are also considering plans to do the same thing, for similar reasons.

    Apple's tight business partnership with Samsung became severely strained after the Korean electronics conglomerate initiated efforts to closely duplicate the success of the iPhone 3GS in 2010, followed by Samsung's subsequent cloning of the iPad and iPod touch under its "Galaxy" brand.

    While Apple remains Samsung's largest customer (and Samsung a critical source of Apple's components), there are clear indications that the iPhone maker is seeking to shift its business to other component manufacturers and chip fabs, the same way that Apple has worked to divorce itself from dependance on Google for maps and other online services.

    And just as Apple isn't the only company that has left behind Google Maps, "Apple isn't the only one moving away from Samsung," a well connected hardware industry source tells AppleInsider.

    Supplier turned competitor

    Among the companies evaluating their alternatives is Nokia, the world's second largest phone maker after Samsung. Gartner credits Nokia with selling 85 million phones in Q4 2012, nearly twice the number of iPhones Apple sold (43.5 million) and about 80 percent of the almost 107 million phones Samsung sold.

    Together, Apple, Nokia and Samsung built just over half of the world's phones sold in the quarter, and Samsung accounted for almost half of that number. Samsung not only builds the most phones, but it also builds much of the memory chips, processors, displays and other components that other vendors use, albeit making far more of its profits from finished phones compared to its component sales.

    Samsung's interest in entering the much more profitable smartphone business explains why its System LSI subsidiary (which builds chips, and is distinct and removed from the company's phone development operations) launched an "iPhone effect analysis," in September 2007, observing that the "hardware portion" of Apple's iPhone would offer "easy imitation."

    Samsung's System LSI had access to Apple's confidential semiconductor orders, but wasn't in charge of designing or building Samsung's phones, a fact highlighted in Apple's case against Samsung.

    "Samsung copied Apple's four years of work without taking any of the risks," Apple's attorney stated, directing attention to another internal document from March 2010 that presented 100 pages of "detailed instructions of what to copy," several of which were Apple's patented features, including its double tap to zoom utility patent and a icons with a 3D lighting effect.

    Samsung's "Firewall of Kimchi"

    While the evidence that Samsung was methodically copying its largest customer's products only became public after Apple sued to stop Samsung, sources within other companies indicate that Samsung has behaved similarly with its other customers.

    Fearing potential consequences to its component business, Samsung has made efforts to emphasize the presence of a "strict internal firewall" between its component fabrication operations and its its smartphone business.

    Samsung's "'firewall' between component sales and smartphones is about as sturdy as a pile of kimchi"An unnamed Samsung executive told Reuters last fall that Samsung considered its supply contract with Apple a "separate issue from the litigation," and noted that this "strict internal firewall" had been erected to "avoid potential conflicts of interest" with its major customers like Apple. However, Apple isn't alone in being skeptical of the security of Samsung's "internal firewall."

    "The 'firewall' between component sales and smartphones [at Samsung]," individual familiar with Nokia's component orders from Samsung states, is "about as sturdy as a pile of kimchi."

    The individual stated that Samsung has "a record of getting orders for next-gen components, then canceling the orders. And then they show up in a Samsung phone. When you see a Samsung (certain specialized new design for) OLED phone as you surely will, you are looking at something that was stolen from Nokia."

    In January, Samsung said it will not reduce capital investments this year, despite concerns around losing Apple's business. The company also warned that "the furious growth spurt seen in the global smartphone market last year is expected to be pacified by intensifying price competition."

    Samsung has been recently portrayed as if it were actually a scrappy young underdog to Apple, and new to the smartphone and tablet markets rather than representing the status quo of the stagnant smartphones market that existed before the iPhone. The increasing visibility of Samsung's public relations efforts appears to highlight a growing concern within the company of losing its component customers.

    Source: http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/155969/nokia-rumored-to-join-apple-in-dumping-samsung-as-a-supplier

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    Thursday, February 14, 2013

    2-gallon a day cola habit linked to woman's death

    A New Zealand food industry association on Wednesday rejected a coroner's call to add health warnings to soft-drink labels following the 2010 death of a woman who drank about 2 gallons of Coca-Cola a day.

    Coroner David Crerar issued a final report Tuesday into the death of 31-year-old Natasha Harris, concluding that the mother of eight died from a heart attack. He said the large amount of Coca-Cola she drank likely led to metabolic imbalances that gave rise to her heart problems, adding that Coke was likely a "substantial factor" in her death.

    But New Zealand Food & Grocery Council Chief Executive Katherine Rich said "there isn't a labeling regime in the world" that could have prevented the death of somebody who chose to drink Coke in such large quantities.

    The New Zealand branch of the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company, the world's largest beverage maker, disputed the coroner's findings, noting that experts could not agree on the most likely cause of Harris' death.

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    Crerar recommended that soft-drink makers consider including caffeine levels on the labels and warnings about the ill health effects if the drinks are consumed in excessive quantities.

    Under New Zealand's food labeling system, warnings are mandatory on drinks with caffeine levels higher than 145 milligrams per kilogram. That covers many energy drinks, but not most soft drinks.

    Rich said the coroner's recommendations were well-intentioned but ill-informed. She said that coffee, tea and chocolate also contain significant amounts of caffeine and that New Zealanders are unlikely to support the notion of health warnings every time they walk into a cafe or buy a chocolate bar.

    She said the huge volume of Coca-Cola that Harris drank meant she couldn't receive adequate nutrients from other food sources.

    "It doesn't matter what the food is. If it's consumed in excess, there will be ill health effects," Rich said. "It's clearly a very tragic and complex case, but not one that provides a strong argument for changes to labeling."

    At a 2011 inquest into Harris' death, Vivienne Hodgkinson, the mother of Harris' boyfriend, said that Harris always needed to have Coca-Cola available, and that if she ran out she would "get the shakes, withdrawal symptoms; be angry, on edge and snappy."

    The coroner also heard evidence that Harris was of normal weight, didn't eat much or drink any alcohol, and smoked about 30 cigarettes a day. She drank only regular Coke, preferring the taste over diet or caffeine-free varieties. The coroner heard that Harris had no energy in the months leading up to her death, felt ill all the time and often vomited and experienced a racing heart.

    The coroner said it was hard to be certain about how much Coke Harris drank, but after reviewing evidence from her partner and friends, as well as 51 supermarket receipts, he estimated it was between 6 and 10 liters (1.6 and 2.6 gallons) per day.

    The pathologist who examined Harris found that she likely suffered from hypokalemia, or low potassium, which contributed to her health problems, and that she had an enlarged liver from excessive sugar consumption.

    Another pathologist giving expert testimony said that excessive cola consumption "can be dramatically symptomatic, and there are strong hypothetical grounds for this becoming fatal in individual cases."

    But a third pathologist giving evidence for Coca-Cola said that Harris' health problems could have been caused by anemia or diabetes, and that genetic factors may also have played a role.

    In a statement, Coca-Cola Oceania said it was disappointed the coroner chose to focus on "the combination of Ms. Harris' excessive consumption of Coca-Cola, together with other health and lifestyle factors, as the probable cause of her death. This is contrary to the evidence that showed the experts could not agree on the most likely cause."

    Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

    Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50796346/ns/health-health_care/

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    Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Worth $195 Billion, Space Miners Say

    The space rock set to give Earth a historically close shave this Friday (Feb. 15) may be worth nearly $200 billion, prospective asteroid miners say.

    The 150-foot-wide (45 meters) asteroid 2012 DA14 ? which will zoom within 17,200 miles (27,000 kilometers) of Earth on Friday, marking the closest approach by such a large space rock that astronomers have ever known about in advance ? may harbor $65 billion of recoverable water and $130 billion in metals, say officials with celestial mining firm Deep Space Industries.

    That's just a guess, they stressed, since 2012 DA14's composition is not well known and its size is an estimate based on the asteroid's brightness.

    The company has no plans to go after 2012 DA14; the asteroid's orbit is highly tilted relative to Earth, making it too difficult to chase down. But the space rock's close flyby serves to illustrate the wealth of asteroid resources just waiting to be extracted and used, Deep Space officials said. [Deep Space Industries' Asteroid-Mining Vision in Photos]

    "While this week's visitor isn't going the right way for us to harvest it, there will be others that are, and we want to be ready when they arrive," Deep Space chairman Rick Tumlinson said in a statement Tuesday (Feb. 12).

    Deep Space Industries wants to use asteroid resources to help humanity expand its footprint out into the solar system. The company plans to convert space rock water into rocket fuel, which would be used to top up the tanks of off-Earth satellites and spaceships cheaply and efficiently.

    Asteroidal metals such as iron and nickel, for their part, would form the basis of a space-based manufacturing industry that could build spaceships, human habitats and other structures off the planet.

    The idea is to dramatically reduce the amount of material that needs to be launched from Earth, since it currently costs at least $10 million to send 1 ton of material to high-Earth orbit, officials said.

    "Getting these supplies to serve communications satellites and coming crewed missions to Mars from in-space sources like asteroids is key if we are going to explore and settle space," Tumlinson said.

    Deep Space Industries is just one of two asteroid-mining firms that have revealed their existence and intentions in the past 10 months. The other is Planetary Resources, which has financial backing from billionaires such as Google execs Larry Page and Eric Schmidt.

    Deep Space aims to launch a phalanx of small, robotic prospecting probes called Fireflies in 2015. Sample-return missions to potential targets would occur shortly thereafter, with space mining operations possibly beginning around 2020.

    Planetary Resources also hopes its activities open the solar system up for further and more efficient exploration. The company may launch its first low-cost prospecting space telescopes within the next year or so.

    Follow SPACE.com senior writer Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall?or SPACE.com @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook?and?Google+.?

    Copyright 2013 SPACE.com, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/earth-buzzing-asteroid-worth-195-billion-space-miners-040837560.html

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    Qualcomm details Quick Charge 1.0, available on more than 70 devices

    Qualcomm

    Exisiting technology helps supported devices charge up to 40 percent faster

    Qualcomm today in a blog post detailed a feature we haven't talked much about -- Quick Charge 1.0. It's part of a Snapdragon-powered phone's power management and, on paper, allows it to "charge up to 40 percent faster than older phones."

    It's all done with existing USB hardware on supported phones -- nothing new to buy. So if you've noticed that a Snapdragon-powered phone you bought in 2012 is charging faster than one from 2011, Quick Charge 1.0 is part of the reason why.

    We've got a list of supported devices after the break, and be sure to hit the source link for Qualcomm's full post.

    Source: Qualcomm

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    Wednesday, February 13, 2013

    Cain Velasquez vs. Bigfoot Silva II, Junior dos Santos vs. Alistair Overeem


    Apparently Dana made this official today for UFC 160

    UFC President Dana White was in Ireland on Tuesday, speaking at Trinity College in a Q&A format. While there, he let news out of a couple of major fights coming to UFC 160 this May.

    According to @SeanSheehanBA on Twitter, in attendance at White's speaking engagement today, White confirmed rumors that Cain Velasquez will face Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva for a second time in the night's main event, and Junior dos Santos will fight Alistair Overeem in the night's co-main event.

    Velasquez and Silva fought last May at UFC 146, with Velasquez demolishing him in the first round with a vicious ground and pound attack. But Silva bounced back in a big way in his last two fights, knocking out Travis Browne and Overeem in succession.

    The JDS-Overeem bout has been brewing for some time, and many expected it to come as the title fight this summer. However, dos Santos was defeated by Velasquez in their rematch, and with Overeem getting knocked out by Bigfoot, they'll square off in a three round fight instead.

    Source: http://forums.mmaweekly.com/showthread.php?56541-Cain-Velasquez-vs.-Bigfoot-Silva-II-Junior-dos-Santos-vs.-Alistair-Overeem&goto=newpost

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    Risk of cardiovascular death doubled in women with high calcium intake: High risk only in those taking supplements as well

    Feb. 12, 2013 ? High intakes of calcium (corresponding to diet and supplements) in women are associated with a higher risk of death from all causes, but cardiovascular disease in particular, compared with women with lower calcium intake, a new study suggests.

    Experts recommend a high calcium intake (as it plays a pivotal role in human physiology) and as such, more than 60% of middle-aged and older women in the USA now take supplements.

    However, recent trials have indicated a higher risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke with calcium supplements but this was not observed in another trial and few studies have examined this association.

    Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden therefore studied 61,443 Swedish women (born between 1914 and 1948) for an average of 19 years to test this association.

    Data were taken from the Swedish Cause of Death Registry and data on diet were taken from the Swedish Mammography Cohort. Total calcium intake included supplemental calcium. The mean intake in the lowest quartile was 572mg/day (the equivalent of five slices of cheese ) and in the highest 2137mg/day.

    Information was obtained from the women on menopausal status, postmenopausal estrogen therapy, parity information, weight and height, smoking habits, leisure-time physical activity and educational level.

    Results showed that during 19 years of follow-up, 11,944 women (17%) died: 3,862 of these (32%) died from cardiovascular disease, 1932 (16%) heart disease and 1100 (8%) from stroke. Highest rates of all-cause, cardiovascular and heart disease were observed among those with a dietary calcium intake higher than 1400mg/day.

    In addition, researchers observed higher death rates among women with an intake below 600mg/day.

    Women who had a higher dietary intake of calcium exceeding 1400mg/day and also used supplements had a higher death rate compared to those not taking supplements. Women with a high dietary calcium intake (>1400 mg/day) were more than twice as likely to die compared with women with a 600-999mg/day calcium intake.

    The researchers explain their findings by suggesting that diets very low or very high in calcium can override normal homeostatic control causing changes in blood levels of calcium.

    The researchers conclude that high calcium is associated with "higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates" and so to prevent fractures in the elderly emphasis should be placed on individuals with a low intake of calcium rather than increasing the intake of those already consuming satisfactory amounts.

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    Shelter sees rise in animal shootings

    By RICHARD D. OXLEY
    Bainbridge Island Review Staff Writer
    February 10, 2013 ? Updated 11:46 AM?

    Officials with the West Sound Wildlife Shelter are startled and distressed at the rise in patients coming in with gunshot wounds.

    ?There is a trend in shootings,? said Mike Pratt, director of wildlife services for the West Sound Wildlife Shelter. ?It?s very disturbing.?

    Pratt said that when he started working in wildlife rehab 20 years ago, shootings of animals weren?t uncommon, but with education the occurrences became rare.

    But in 2012 the shelter treated 52 patients with gunshot wounds, considerably higher than the normal, according to Pratt.

    ?We might have taken in two animals a year with shootings in past years,? he said. ?Over the last two years it has just sky rocketed.?

    The shelter is taking in a range of animals such as ones that might be considered nuisances like coyotes, raccoons and even squirrels. But what?s more troubling to Pratt is that animals that aren?t normally in conflict with humans are also being shot, such as songbirds, by a variety of firearms.

    ?It ranges everything from pellets to a .22 to a shotgun. I had an owl in recently that was just peppered by a shotgun,? he said. ?A turkey vulture came in that was shot. Who is he hurting??

    Pratt is also concerned because of where the animals are showing up injured.

    ?You are finding

    them residential areas

    where you shouldn?t

    even be target practicing,? he said.

    The shootings could also tie into another problem the shelter deals with; orphaned animals. People will often trap or kill an animal perceived as a nuisance or threat such as coyotes, opossums or rats. It is then not uncommon to find a nest of babies left without a parent. It?s the second highest reason animals come into the shelter.

    ?A lot of times people think a raccoon is nuisance and trap the mom and later discover that there is a nest and the baby is orphaned,? Pratt said. ?We get a lot of orphans.?

    Contact Bainbridge Island Review Staff Writer Richard D. Oxley at roxley@bainbridgereview.com or (206) 842-6613.

    Source: http://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/birnews/~3/2xIoFZ9igw8/190296851.html

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    Tuesday, February 12, 2013

    Mexican Wolf Population in US Grows for 3rd Year

    For the third year in a row, the population of endangered Mexican gray wolves has grown in the U.S. ?Southwest, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

    There are at least 75 Mexican gray wolves, also known as lobos, roaming the wilds of Arizona and New Mexico, by the agency's count. That's up from 58 animals in 2011.

    However, the survey found there were only three breeding pairs among the 13 known wolf packs, down from six pairs in 2011. The small number of breeding pairs, and slow growth of the population, has led some conservationists to urge the FWS to release more lobos into the wild. There are currently only about 300 of the animals kept in captivity, according to Defenders of Wildlife, an environmental group.?

    The Mexican gray wolf ? a subspecies of the gray wolf ? is one of North America's rarest mammals, according to the FWS. They once ranged throughout Mexico and the Southwest, but due to widespread hunting and trapping were driven to extinction in the United States by the mid-1900s. A small number remained in Mexico, and now, in captivity.

    The latest survey of wild Mexican wolf numbers was conducted by biologists using a fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter. Pups born in the summer must survive through the end of the year to be counted. The latest count includes 20 wild-born pups that met that criterion, the FWS reported.

    For the first time in four years, one male wolf was released by the FWS on Jan. 7, to replace an alpha male lost to a criminal shooting in July 2012, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, a conservation group. ?However, that male wandered outside the established territory of his intended mate, an alpha female, and was recaptured on Jan. 29, the group reported.?

    Reach Douglas Main at dmain@techmedianetwork.com. Follow him on Twitter @Douglas_Main. Follow OurAmazingPlanet on Twitter?@OAPlanet. We're also on?Facebook?and Google+.

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    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-wolf-population-us-grows-3rd-182059153.html

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    JK! Paper fooled by fake story about Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin (ABC News)

    Fake news fools again.

    Another journalist fell prey to a fake story on a satirical website, and reported it as news. This time, a blogger for the Washington Post reported?wrongly?that Sarah Palin, the former Republican candidate for vice president who recently parted way with Fox News, had moved on to the Al-Jazeera network to reach millions of "devoutly religious people."

    Oops.

    As surfaced by Politico, Washington Post blogger Suzi Parker cited the Daily Currant as her source for a ?She the People? column under the headline ?Sarah Palin tries to stay relevant.?

    Parker even pulled a quote from the story supposedly from the maverick herself:

    ?As you all know, I?m not a big fan of newspapers, journalists, news anchors and the liberal media in general,? Palin said. ?But I met with the folks at Al-JaJizzraa (sic) and they told me they reach millions of devoutly religious people who don?t watch CBS or CNN. That tells me they don?t have a liberal bias.?

    Al-Jazeera recently made news when it bought the network Current TV, owned partly by Al Gore. The network plans to launch Al-Jazeera America later this year, but not, as Politico confirmed, with Sarah Palin on board.

    The Washington Post later posted a correction:

    An earlier version of this post incorrectly reported that Sarah Palin had signed on as a contributor to the Al Jazeera America news network. The blogger cited a report on the Daily Currant Web site as the basis for that information without realizing that the piece was satirical.

    The Washington Post joins a growing group that has fallen for a fake story. Recently, a radio host in Minnesota was tricked by a doctored photo showing drones flying in formation over President Barack Obama?s inauguration.

    And the Onion crowed that it had fooled China?s main daily newspaper, People's Daily Online, which ran its story announcing that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been named Sexiest Man Alive.

    The former Alaskan governor, however, who likes to make her own news, tweeted her own fake scoop in response:

    "Hey @washingtonpost, I'm having coffee with Elvis this week. He works at the Mocha Moose in Wasilla."

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/washington-post-fooled-fake-story-sarah-palin-joining-184633093.html

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    Mailbox Review: Your Bad Email Redemption

    Anything promising to simplify a ubiquitous, and often frustrating, activity—like email—is sure to have people salivating. For the new iOS app Mailbox, this promise was effectively hyped with the help of a lovely video back in December. The app has finally dropped, and you know what? It might just live up to the hype. More »


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    Sunday, February 10, 2013

    First lady among guests at Chicago teen's funeral

    CHICAGO (AP) ? First lady Michelle Obama will join some of Illinois' most recognizable politicians and clergy Saturday to mourn a 15-year-old honor student whose death has drawn attention to staggering gun violence in the nation's third-largest city.

    But Hadiya Pendleton's family says her Saturday funeral service won't be about politics, but about remembering a girl who loved to dance, once appeared in an anti-gang video and died just days after performing at one of President Barack Obama's inauguration events.

    None of the dignitaries are slated to speak during the service. The teen's pastor and brother will talk, and the musical group Pendleton was a member of will perform.

    "Everything is about Hadiya," said Shatira Wilks, one of Pendleton's cousins and a family spokeswoman.

    Pendleton was shot and killed while she talked with friends after school at a park not far from the Obamas' Chicago home. Police have said the Jan. 29 shooting appears to be a case of mistaken identity involving gang members who believed the park was their territory. Police say Pendleton was an innocent victim. No charges have been filed.

    Her death brought new attention to Chicago's homicide rate and the national debate over gun violence. Pendleton's murder came in a January that was the city's deadliest in a decade. In 2012, Chicago recorded 506 homicides.

    Others expected to attend the service are Gov. Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett ? all of whom are from Chicago.

    Quinn mentioned Pendleton's death in his State of the State address earlier this week as he called for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

    "There are no words in the English language . or any language . to relieve the pain of parents who lose a child," said Quinn, who said he spoke with Pendleton's family two days before his speech.

    On Friday, mourners lined up outside a funeral home for Pendleton's wake. Some said they didn't know the young girl, but were moved to pay their respects out of a show of support.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/first-lady-among-guests-chicago-teens-funeral-080954303.html

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    Steve Salton's Tigers, Leopards at His Home Are ... - AOL Real Estate

    Steve Salton home, Mayfield, N.Y.

    The house next door can bring down your own home's value in all kinds of ways. If it's foreclosed-on and sitting vacant, falling into disrepair and attracting blight, that'll definitely do it. But that's not the issue homeowners on a quiet cul-de-sac in Mayfield, N.Y., are citing as a reason that their homes' values may be plummeting. They're pointing the finger at their neighbor, Steve Salton -- who has tigers and leopards as pets at his home.

    Steve Salton

    Salton (pictured at left) keeps three tigers and two leopards in his backyard, where he has created an "escape-proof" sanctuary for the animals with high fences, the Times Union newspaper in Albany reported. Neighbors say that tigers and leopards have no place in a residential neighborhood, and the animals are scaring off prospective homebuyers, making nearby properties suffer value depreciation. One 3,500-square-foot home on the block had been listed for more than $400,000, but it has remained vacant with no buyers for years, the Times Union said. It suggests that the animals could be affecting the sale of the home.
    Salton said that he keeps the large cats because he's passionate about caring for endangered species. "This is a 24-7 job," Salton, who has lived at his home since 1994, told the Times Union. He began taking in the cats in 2007. "I made a commitment, and I won't back away from it." The cats often roam freely within an animal enclosure in Salton's backyard, but there are large cages they can be kept in from time to time. "These animals shouldn't be caged," he added.
    However, neighbor Richard Travis, who moved to Salton's neighborhood in 2006 -- a year before Salton began housing his animals -- said that his friends won't come within throwing distance of his home because they're afraid of the animals in Salton's nearby yard. He now worries that the animals are dragging down the value of his home. "I bought what I think is a beautiful house, and I'm on a street where there should be other homes of this character," Travis told the Times Union. "But there can't be because of what is there. ... Would you live here?"

    Salton has permits from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to house the tigers and leopards on his property. The departments inspect his property several times a year to ensure compliance of the permits. Part of the deal is to make the animals available for public viewing.

    But the town of Mayfield is attempting to have the animals evicted from the neighborhood after receiving complaints from neighbors, including Travis, the Times Union reported. Mayfield doesn't have laws on the books specifically banning exotic animals from residential areas, but town officials have decided Salton needs a local permit to keep the animals at his home -- and they won't grant him one. The developer of Salton's subdivision has filed a lawsuit against him, claiming his animals are preventing home sales in the area.

    CLARIFICATION: Steve Salton began acquiring his cats in 2007, a year after neighbor Richard Travis bought his home.

    See also:
    Dozens of Exotic Animals Found in Abandoned Home
    Sinkholes and Roaches and Snakes, Oh My!
    Don't Let Dead Animals Kill Your Home Sale


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