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Published: 2010-06-25 | ISBN: 1441965386 | PDF | 152 pages | 6 MB
Web Service Mining: Application to Discoveries of Biological Pathways presents the major issues and solutions to mining services on the Web. This book focuses specifically on a reference framework for Web service mining that is inspired by molecular recognition and the drug discovery process; known as a molecular-based approach. Web Service Mining: Application to Discoveries of Biological Pathways applies the service mining framework and techniques back to biological processes for the discovery of biological pathways. It links various processes that are involved in an interaction network, as well as provides performance benchmarks for assessing web service mining techniques and algorithms. About this book: ? Presents in-depth analysis of issues related to service mining on the Web. ? Includes a novel application of service modeling and mining methodologies to the discovery of biological pathways. Web Service and Mining: Application to Discoveries of Biological Pathways is designed for researchers and practitioners working in the web service oriented computing industry. This book is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science and biology as a secondary text or reference book.
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White House correspondents' after-dinner jokes: Best zingers from the 'nerd prom' (+video)
Saturday night was the annual White House Correspondents? Association dinner. Here are some of the best jokes, plus a menu designed especially for Washington and Hollywood celebrities.
President Barack Obama talks with Michael Clemente, Executive Vice President of Fox News, at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel Saturday in Washington.
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EnlargeSaturday night?s ?nerd prom? ? officially known as the White House Correspondents? Association annual dinner ? is best known for the celebrities it attracts, a reminder of Henry Kissinger?s quip: "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."
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But it?s also a comedy slam of sorts as the M.C. ? late-night TV host Conan O?Brien this year ? and other notables trade quips and barbs over dessert.
(In case you?re wondering, that was a concoction called ?The Galaxy? ? rich chocolate truffle mousse layered with chocolate genoise and almond macaroon; ganache truffle center finished in chocolate glaze, garnished with fresh raspberries It had been preceded by an entr?e of Texas-rubbed petite filet with a calvados demi, paired with duo of jump shrimp seasoned with red curry, roasted haricot verts, baby pepper, patty pan squash, and tasso mache choux risotto. We don?t know about you, but Decoder goes absolutely nuts over roasted haricot verts.)
But back to the rhetorical sweets and savories at the dinner. Here are some of the best, according to a variety of sources:
"It's an honor to share this stage with the president," O?Brien said at the start of his set. "When you think about it the president and I are a lot alike. We both went to Harvard. We both have two children and we both told Joe Biden we didn't have extra tickets for tonight's event."
O?Brien had plenty of zingers for the media. Among them:
?The print media are here for two very good reasons: food and shelter?. The print media still has a big star in Bob Woodward. Earlier the waiter asked if he wanted regular or decaf. And he said, ?Stop threatening me??. TIME will outlive Newsweek the way Juliet outlived Romeo?. MSNBC?s Chris Matthews is here. He has the only show where commercials exist just so they can wipe the spittle off the lens.?
And here?s some of what political junkies said were President Obama?s best jokes:
?The media landscape is changing so rapidly you can't keep up with it. I mean I remember when 'buzzfeed' was just something I did in college around 2 a.m."
"Did you know that Sheldon Adelson spent $100 million of his own money on negative ads [in the 2012 presidential campaign]? You've got to really dislike me to spend that kind of money. Sheldon would have been better off offering me $100 million to drop out of the race. I probably wouldn't have taken it, but I would have thought about it. Michelle would have taken it. You think I'm joking."
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Planting time for cold-weather crops
CLEVELAND - You look out your window at the bare ground. Your garden is waiting.
What are you waiting for? Gardening season has begun across northern Ohio, so get out your shovels and start digging.
Northern Ohio sits in what the US Department of Agriculture calls Hardiness Zone 5. It means that winter temperatures don't often get below -15 degrees F. For the vegetable gardener, it means most garden crops can't be planted until April or May.
April is the perfect time to plant those vegetable crops that don't like the heat of summer. Crops like potatoes can be planted as early as St. Patrick's Day and likewise for peas and onions. April is perfect weather to sow radish seeds.
Your local garden center already has flats of broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. These plants also do best in the cooler weather of spring.
As for the tomatoes and peppers, wait a few more weeks. They need warmer ground to thrive. It?s usually safe to plant these out in the garden around May 20. Cucumbers, beans and corn also need the warmer temperatures of May?and June to thrive.
So, here's your checklist of vegetables and the optimum time to plant them outside here in Zone 5 northern Ohio:
March to early April: Potatoes, peas, onions.
Mid to late April: Cauliflower, collards, kohlrabi, cabbage, broccoli, radishes, lettuce, beets, spinach.
Late April to early May: Bush beans
Mid to late May: Pole beans, corn, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, squash, watermelon, cantaloupe, lima beans.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Helen Mirren reigns at London's Olivier awards
LONDON (AP) ? Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the London stage at the Olivier Awards Sunday, while compelling, canine-titled teen drama "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" emerged as best in show with seven trophies.
Mirren, 67, was a popular and expected best actress choice for her regal yet vulnerable Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience," Peter Morgan's behind-palace-doors drama about the relationship between Britain's queen and its prime ministers.
The actress, who won an Academy Award in 2007 for playing Britain's monarch in "The Queen," quipped that it was 87-year-old Elizabeth who deserved an award, "for the most consistent and committed performance of the 20th century, and probably the 21st century."
Backstage, it turned out she wasn't kidding. Mirren, who has been Olivier-nominated three times before, said that finally winning "doesn't mean that I was the best actor. There were so many incredible performances out there."
"I was making a joke about the queen winning, but I think actually it is a reflection of the kind of respect the queen is held in," she said.
Her "Audience" co-star, Richard McCabe, who won the supporting actor trophy for playing 1960s and 70s Prime Minister Harold Wilson, said Mirren was a joy to work with.
"It's important as an actor to be absolutely fearless, and she is," he said.
While the queen herself hasn't been to see the Stephen Daldry-directed show ? rumored to be Broadway-bound ? McCabe said "a lot of people in the royal household have been coming in and watching incognito, and they must be reporting back."
The surprise of the awards ceremony at London's Royal Opera House was "Curious Incident," an adaptation of Mark Haddon's best-selling young-adult novel about a teenage math prodigy with Asperger's Syndrome who sets out to find the killer of his neighbor's dog, with destabilizing results.
The show, which premiered at the state-subsidized National Theatre last year before transferring to a commercial West End playhouse, has won praise for its creative use of movement and technology to make the leap from page to stage.
The Simon Stephens-scripted drama was named best new play, and 28-year-old Luke Treadaway was crowned best actor, beating a strong list of contenders including Rupert Everett, Mark Rylance and James McAvoy.
Treadaway said the "Curious" company knew they had created "something really special" with the show about a teenager "who sees the world differently to a lot of people."
"I think people could kind of see themselves in him," Treadaway said.
"This is not even necessary," he said, holding his trophy, a bust of the late actor Laurence Olivier. "I enjoy doing it so much anyway."
The play also won prizes for director Marianne Elliott and supporting actress Nicola Walker, as well as for set, lighting and sound.
Walker said the play had, through some "magic," succeeded in creating an onstage world as seen through the eyes of a teenage hero with autism.
"You start out thinking (it) is completely different to our world, and you end up thinking 'No, there are parts of this world I understand.'"
The Olivier awards honor achievements in London plays, musicals, dance and opera. Winners in most categories are chosen by a panel of stage professionals and theatergoers.
Founded in 1976, the Oliviers have been laying on the glitz in recent years, with glossy ceremonies modeled on Broadway's Tony Awards.
"Downton Abbey" actor Hugh Bonneville and West End star Sheridan Smith ? an Olivier winner in 2011 and 2012 ? hosted a sparky ceremony that included performances by "Glee" star Matthew Morrison, Tony-winning "Wicked" diva Idina Menzel and 60s songstress Petula Clark.
The best new musical category had a retro feel, with the trophy going to "Top Hat" ? a tap-dancing, tail-coated homage to Hollywood's Golden Age based on the 1935 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie. It also won awards for costume design and choreography.
Blood-soaked musical "Sweeney Todd" took the prize for best musical revival, with its stars Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball named best actress and actor in a musical.
"I'm not sure I deserve this," Ball said. "But I've also got sciatica, and I don't deserve that either."
Royal Ballet principal dancer Marianela Nunez took the prize for outstanding achievement in dance, while the same company's "Aeternum" was named best new dance production.
An immersive staging of the Philip Glass opera "Einstein on the Beach" at London's Barbican Centre was named best new opera production. American tenor Bryan Hymel won the outstanding achievement in opera prize for performances at the Royal Opera House.
Special achievement awards went to choreographer Gillian Lynne ? best known for her work on Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals including "Cats" and "The Phantom of the Opera" ? and playwright Michael Frayn, whose classic backstage farce "Noises Off" is still going strong 30 years after its debut.
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Fire breaks out at collapsed factory in Bangladesh
SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) -- A fire broke out late Sunday in the wreckage of the garment factory that collapsed last week in Bangladesh, with smoke pouring from the piles of shattered concrete and some of the rescue efforts forced to stop.
The fire came four days after the collapse, as rescuers were trying to free a woman they found trapped in the rubble. The flames broke out when sparks were generated by those rescuers trying to cut through a steel rod to reach the woman, said a volunteer rescuer, Syed Al-Amin Roman. At least three rescue workers were injured in the fire, he said.
Rescuers have retreated from the part of the wreckage where the fire erupted, but were still trying to reach any possible survivors in other parts of the destroyed eight-story building.
Firefighters were frantically hosing down the flames.
"Hopefully we will be able to control it," said Brig. Gen. Mohammed Siddiqul Alam Shikder, who is overseeing rescue operations.
It wasn't immediately clear what happened to the trapped woman.
The fire came hours after the owner of the illegally-constructed building was captured Sunday at a border crossing with India.
Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested in Benapole in western Bangladesh, just as he was about to flee into India's West Bengal state, said Jahangir Kabir Nanak, junior minister for local government. Rana was brought back by helicopter to the capital Dhaka where he faced charges of negligence.
Rana's capture brought cheers and applause when it was announced on a loudspeaker at the site of the collapsed building in the Dhaka suburb of Savar.
At least 377 people are confirmed to have died in the Wednesday collapse. Three of the building's floors were built illegally. The death toll is expected to rise but it is already the deadliest tragedy to hit Bangladesh's garment industry, which is worth $20 billion annually and is a mainstay of the economy. The collapse and previous disasters in garment factories have focused attention on the poor working conditions of workers who toil for as little as $38 a month to produce clothing for top international brands.
Bangladesh's garment industry was the third largest in the world in 2011, after China and Italy, having grown rapidly in the past decade. The country's minimum wage is the equivalent of about $38 a month.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fire-breaks-collapsed-factory-bangladesh-165955376.html
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Wall St Week Ahead: Central banks, data to steer investors
By Wanfeng Zhou
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With signs of a slower economy mounting, the near-term outlook for U.S. stocks isn't rosy, but investors may find comfort next week from the world's major central banks.
The Federal Reserve will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the report of weaker-than-expected, first-quarter growth could reinforce expectations the Fed will keep purchasing bonds at a pace of $85 billion a month.
Low interest rates and ample liquidity provided by the Fed and other central banks have buoyed global equity markets because low borrowing costs for businesses and consumers lead to richer corporate profits. Major U.S. stock indexes hit record highs earlier this month.
"As long as it looks like central banks are on your side and on investors' side as far as providing more liquidity, that's going to help improve sentiment," said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
"I don't think (Fed officials) have got enough data since the last meeting to really justify changing policy. I really don't think they're going to look at slowing the pace of purchases until probably September."
A strong commitment from the Fed to continue its stimulative policy, coupled with corporate earnings that have mostly exceeded lowered forecasts, could help Wall Street extend a rally despite signs that the U.S. economic recovery is losing momentum.
Even though the market ended flat on Friday, its performance for the week was positive. The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 1.7 percent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.1 percent and Nasdaq Composite Index rose 2.3 percent
The economy expanded at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said on Friday, short of expectations of 3.0 percent and setting a cautious tone.
A heavy slate of key economic indicators will be released next week, including personal income and spending, the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing and services activity indexes, pending home sales, the Chicago purchasing managers' index and consumer confidence from the Conference Board.
The highlight of the week will come on Friday when the Labor Department releases its employment report for April.
Economists polled by Reuters are looking for job growth of 150,000, up from 88,000 in March. The unemployment rate is likely to remain unchanged at 7.6 percent.
"Today's (GDP) data suggests maybe the momentum is much weaker that what was priced in," said John Praveen, chief investment strategist at Prudential International Investments Advisers in Newark, New Jersey.
"We have had a very strong rally, so people are looking for any trigger for profit-taking," he said. Praveen said the market could see a 5 percent pullback in the months ahead should upcoming data prove weaker than expected.
Stocks have had a wild run over the past week after hackers attacked the website of stock broker Charles Schwab Corp
On Thursday, a software glitch shut down the Chicago Board Options Exchange for half the day, preventing trading in options on two of the stock market's most closely watched indexes and delivering the latest blow to confidence in the way U.S. financial markets operate.
EUROPE, EARNINGS
The European Central Bank meets on Thursday and investors will watch to see if it delivers an interest-rate cut as the euro zone economy deteriorates further. Further monetary easing would encourage investors to buy riskier assets and boost stocks.
"The market has been rallying on the fact the ECB might actually start to do something; if the U.S. market reacts in the same way, that might get the market rallying," said John Canally, investment strategist and economist for LPL Financial in Boston.
With earnings reporting now half over, investors will look to see if companies can continue to exceed profit estimates despite lackluster revenue.
According to Thomson Reuters data, of the 271 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings for the first quarter, 69 percent have beaten analysts' expectations, above the 63 percent average since 1994.
However, only 43.9 percent have topped analysts' revenue forecasts, well below the 62 percent average since 2002 and the 52 percent rate for the last four quarters.
Analysts now see earnings growth of 3.8 percent this quarter, up from expectations of 1.5 percent on April 1.
Next week Dow components reporting results will be Pfizer
David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial, based in Boston where he helps oversee about $700 billion in assets, said the lackluster figures suggest the second quarter may not be as robust as hoped.
"Right now, markets are going through an adjustment process, trying to figure out just how robust the economy is here and overseas as well," Joy said. "You have investors sort of biding their time. They are invested, but not with complete conviction."
(Reporting By Wanfeng Zhou; Editing by Kenneth Barry)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-week-ahead-central-banks-data-steer-225054879.html
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Italian government could be settled on Saturday: sources
By Paolo Biondi
ROME (Reuters) - Italian prime minister-designate Enrico Letta could announce a new government on Saturday and go before parliament to spell out its program early next week, political sources said on Friday.
Letta, deputy leader of the center-left Democratic Party, has been in discussions to iron out remaining differences with Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party following an initial round of talks on Thursday.
After two months of political stalemate following an inconclusive general election in February, Letta is under pressure to move quickly and form a government capable of leading Italy out of recession.
He met both President Giorgio Napolitano and outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday but is unlikely to announce any government until Saturday, several people close to Letta said.
They said he would take Sunday to prepare an initial speech to parliament on Monday, which would be followed by confidence votes in the two houses of parliament.
Among the big issues remaining to be dealt with is the PDL's demand for the abolition and repayment of the IMU housing tax introduced last year by the technocrat government of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti.
Scrapping the tax for 2013 and repaying last year's contribution would blow an 8 billion euro ($10.40 billion) hole in this year's budget plans and create further problems for medium-term finances in the years ahead.
However in an interview with Italian newspapers, Berlusconi expressed optimism that a solution could be found
"I think things are coming into place well," he told La Stampa.
Letta has declared his chief priorities will be measures to create jobs and help small business and to reform ineffective political institutions, including an electoral law that was a leading cause of the deadlocked vote.
He has also joined the chorus of voices calling for a change to the European Union's austerity mantra to put more emphasis on economic growth and investment, a line that Berlusconi's PDL has also pushed strongly.
MINISTERS
Behind the policy issues, the appointment of ministers will be a main point of discussion, with the PDL insisting that the government be made up mostly of politicians from the main parties rather than technocrats.
Berlusconi pressed for Renato Brunetta, a combative former economics professor who is currently the PDL's lower house leader, to be given the economy ministry, ruling out Bank of Italy official Fabrizio Saccomanni, who had been mooted.
Other possible candidates include former prime minister Giuliano Amato, while either Monti or former prime minister Massimo D'Alema are considered possible foreign ministers.
For himself, Berlusconi claimed a role in a group deciding institutional reforms and urged a transformation of the electoral system to include a directly elected head of state along the lines of the French model.
The horse-trading around the formation of a new government represents a cooling off after the hostilities of the post-election period but big problems remain, including securing the support of Letta's own divided party.
The Democratic Party has come close to breaking apart following last week's mutiny over the election of the president of the republic which forced Pier Luigi Bersani to resign as party leader.
Many in the party refuse to accept any coalition accord with the scandal-plagued Berlusconi, their enemy for almost 20 years, who is appealing against a four-year sentence for tax fraud and fighting charges of paying for sex with a minor.
Younger party activists have protested loudly against any deal and already there has been speculation that some rebels may refuse to support Letta in confidence votes in parliament.
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, Berlusconi's former allies in the Northern League and the PD's own former allies in the leftist Left Ecology Freedom party have already declared they will not be in a government dominated by the PD and PDL. ($1 = 0.7689 euros)
(Writing by James Mackenzie; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/italys-letta-moves-forward-shape-government-103551907.html
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How Many People Have Really Been Killed by Chernobyl?
A Greenpeace activist carries several of 3,000 wooden crosses to be set up in front of the Soviet-built nuclear power plant in Bohunice on April 25, 1991, to commemorate the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl five years earlier. Photo by Thomas Szlukovenyi/Reuters
When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, experts predicted as many as 40,000 extra cancer deaths from the radiation spewed onto parts of what was then the Soviet Union. Friday is the 27th anniversary of the disaster. How many people has Chernobyl killed so far?
We?ll probably never know. That?s partly because even 40,000 cancer deaths are less than 1 percent of the cancer mortality expected in the affected population. Statistically, the deaths are undetectable. Even if they weren?t, science usually can?t say that a particular cancer was induced by radiation rather than something else.
One exception is thyroid cancer, a very rare disease in children that skyrocketed to nearly 7,000 cases in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine by 2005. There is no doubt that radioactivity from Chernobyl caused them, including about a dozen fatalities. We also know that two people died in the explosion and more than 100 people, mostly firefighters ignorant of the dangers, received doses high enough to cause acute radiation syndrome. Of them, 29 died within a few months, followed by 18 more deaths over the years. The group seems to be at higher risk for blood cancers.
Other than those sad cases, controversy rages about Chernobyl?s death toll. For the vast majority of the most affected populations, the disaster delivered doses equivalent to a handful of CAT scans. At such low levels, radiation?s health effects are considered long-term and stochastic, or essentially random.
Like the atomic decay that creates radiation, which is impossible to predict for any individual atom, the health effects radiation causes are random, too. A given person who lived in the fallout zone might or might not possess a cesium-137 atom that is quietly mimicking potassium in some innocent cell. The atom might or might not release radiation that hits DNA and mutates it in such a way that might lead to cancer.
The predictions of Chernobyl cancer mortality were based on formulas derived from studies of Japanese atomic bomb survivors. The formulas take the total amount of radiation the Chernobyl disaster released, smear it across the entire affected population, and multiply by a risk factor to come up with a number of deaths.
Experts differ in the risk factors they use, but all the formulas assume that radiation?s long-term health effects?primarily leukemia, the cancer most commonly caused by the atom bombs?are directly proportional to the dose. They also assume there is no minimum threshold dose below which there is no danger. In the radiation exposure jargon, that?s called the linear no-threshold theory.
As Slate?s Darshak Sanghavi has pointed out, the true health effects of low-level radiation can?t be known because any study to identify them would have to include an impossibly large number of people. Additionally, it isn?t clear that the effects of the intense, immediate radiation exposure from the atomic blasts pose the same dangers as do the low but chronic doses from Chernobyl. There is some evidence that cellular repair mechanisms can compensate for lower doses of exposure. For whatever reason, a predicted spike in leukemia cases in people exposed to Chernobyl fallout has not been detected.
Given all the uncertainty, current estimates of the number of deaths caused by Chernobyl differ widely. In 2005, the United Nations predicted 4,000 deaths. Three years later, its committee on atomic radiation abandoned the linear no-threshold model for predicting Chernobyl cancer deaths from doses below the lifetime equivalent of four abdominal CAT scans because of ?unacceptable uncertainties.? Critics such as Greenpeace responded with new predictions of 93,000 cancer deaths caused by Chernobyl.
When evidence is lacking, people make a judgment call about whether to believe something that is theoretically possible but can?t be detected. In the case of cancer deaths from low-level Chernobyl radiation, the U.N. has decided that they don?t exist and linear no-threshold adherents have decided that they do. Neither can be proved right or wrong.
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Belief in God Can Improve Mental Health Outcomes | Psych Central ...
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on April 26, 2013
A new study suggests belief in God may significantly improve the outcome of those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness.
Researchers followed patients receiving care from a hospital-based behavioral health program to investigate the relationship between patients? level of belief in God, expectations for treatment and actual treatment outcomes.
In the study, published in the current issue of Journal of Affective Disorders, researchers comment that people with a moderate to high level of belief in a higher power do significantly better in short-term psychiatric treatment than those without.
?Belief was associated with not only improved psychological well-being, but decreases in depression and intention to self-harm,? says David H. Rosmarin, Ph.D., an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
The study looked at 159 patients, recruited over a one-year period. Each participant was asked to gauge their belief in God as well as their expectations for treatment outcome and emotion regulation, each on a five-point scale.
Levels of depression, well-being, and self-harm were assessed at the beginning and end of their treatment program.
Of the patients sampled, more than 30 percent claimed no specific religious affiliation yet still saw the same benefits in treatment if their belief in a higher power was rated as moderately or very high.
Patients with ?no? or only ?slight? belief in God were twice as likely not to respond to treatment as patients with higher levels of belief.
Investigators believe the study demonstrates that a belief in God is associated with improved treatment outcomes in psychiatric care.
?More centrally, our results suggest that belief in the credibility of psychiatric treatment and increased expectations to gain from treatment might be mechanisms by which belief in God can impact treatment outcomes.?
Investigators hope that the study will lead to additional investigation on the clinical implication of spirtual life as more than 90 percent of the U.S. population hold religious beliefs.
Source: McLean Hospital
APA Reference
Nauert PhD, R. (2013). Belief in God Can Improve Mental Health Outcomes. Psych Central. Retrieved on April 26, 2013, from http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/26/belief-in-god-improves-mental-health-outcomes/54121.html
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Friday, April 26, 2013
US-MUSIC Summary
Psy knocked from top of Korean charts by 63-year-old singer
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean rapper Psy, whose latest video "Gentleman" tracked global megahit "Gangnam Style" by going viral on the Internet, has been knocked from the top of the music charts in his native country by a 63-year-old easy listening pop singer. "Gangnam Style", which holds the YouTube record for most views with more than 1.5 billion, catapulted the sunglassed Korean with the garish jackets to world stardom and made him one of the best-known faces to grace the growing K-pop music scene.
Documentary about deceased British singer Amy Winehouse in the works
(Reuters) - A documentary is in the works about the late British soul singer Amy Winehouse and it features previously unseen material, the film's distributor said on Wednesday. The film, which will include archival footage never seen by the public, will be directed by Briton Asif Kapadia, whose 2010 film "Senna," about Brazilian auto racer Ayrton Senna, won a BAFTA for best documentary.
Kurdish singer sparks identity debate on Arab talent show
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A singer from Iraq's Kurdistan region has made it through to the semi-final of an Arab talent contest, igniting heated debates over Iraqi identity and politicizing the popular TV show. A panel of judges praised 24-year-old Parwaz Hussein and she was voted through to the next round of "Arab Idol", in which aspiring popstars from Morocco to Bahrain compete for a recording contract.
Michael Jackson wrongful death trial set to get underway Monday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The civil trial over the death of Michael Jackson is set to get formally underway next week after jury selection was completed on Tuesday in the $40 billion case that pits the pop star's mother against concert promoters AEG Live. Six alternate jurors were chosen on Tuesday following the selection a day earlier of a jury of six men and six women for what is expected to be an emotional three-month trial.
Fall Out Boy outsells Kid Cudi for top spot on Billboard chart
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. rock band Fall Out Boy topped the Billboard 200 weekly best-selling album chart for the second time in their five-album career, besting rapper Kid Cudi. "Save Rock and Roll" sold 154,000 copies in its debut week, according figures on Wednesday from Nielsen SoundScan, outpacing Kid Cudi's "Indicud," which sold 136,000 copies in its first week.
Singer Lauryn Hill gets reprieve on tax evasion sentencing
NEWARK (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning singer Lauryn Hill was given a two-week reprieve on her sentencing for federal tax evasion on Monday as a federal judge admonished her defense counsel for failing to come up with most of the tax money promised prior to her scheduled hearing. Hill, a solo artist and a member of the Fugees rap trio, pleaded guilty in June 2012 to failure to file federal tax returns from 2005-2007, when she earned $1.8 million. She faces up to a year in prison for each charge.
Backstreet Boys get Hollywood star ahead of world tour
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Boy band the Backstreet Boys - now all grown men - on Monday marked their 20th anniversary and their upcoming world tour by getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "Backstreet is Back ... and we aren't going anywhere," Nick Carter, 33, told fans as all five members of the 1990s band gathered to unveil their star - located right next to another popular boy band, Boyz II Men.
Folk musician Richie Havens dead at 72
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. folk musician Richie Havens, who opened the historic 1969 Woodstock musical festival and energized the crowd with his version of "Motherless Child/Freedom," died of a heart attack on Monday at the age of 72, his talent agency said. Havens, who emerged from the New York folk scene in the 1960s and went on to sing for the Dalai Lama and President Bill Clinton, died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, Roots Agency President Tim Drake told Reuters.
Stranglers break out of punk mould with classical and ballet
LONDON (Reuters) - For a band that thrives on taking risks, moving The Stranglers' music from the mosh pit to the orchestra pit was an easy decision. The fact that the punk veterans, more used to fans thrashing around to their songs, are also working on a ballet based on of one their albums just adds to the spirit of adventure.
Bollywood singer Shamshad Begum dies aged 94
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian singer Shamshad Begum, whose lilting voice charmed fans of Bollywood films for more than 60 years, has died at the age of 94. The singer's daughter Usha Ratra told local media that Begum died in Mumbai on Tuesday after a period of declining health.
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New grass hybrid could help reduce the likelihood of flooding
Apr. 25, 2013 ? A collaboration of plant and soil scientists from across the UK has shown a grass hybrid species could help reduce the impact of flooding.
The BBSRC-funded scientists, from Rothamsted Research, the James Hutton Institute, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, Lancaster University and the University of Nottingham, used a hybridised species of grass called perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) with a closely related species called meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis).
They hoped to integrate the rapid establishment and growth rate of the ryegrass with the large, well developed root systems and efficient water capture of the meadow fescue.
Over two years of field experiments in the south west the team demonstrated that the hybrid, named Festulolium, reduced water runoff from agricultural grassland by up to 51 per cent compared to a leading UK nationally-recommended perennial ryegrass cultivar and by 43 per cent compared to meadow fescue.
It is thought the reduced runoff is achieved because Festulolium's intense initial root growth and subsequent rapid turn-over, especially at depth, allows more water to be retained within the soil.
The hybrid grass also provides high quality forage with resilience to weather extremes, making the grass doubly useful to farmers.
Dr. Kit Macleod, catchment scientist at the James Hutton Institute and one of the authors of the paper, said: "Hybrid grasses of this type show potential for reducing the likelihood of flood generation, whilst providing pasture for food production under conditions of changing climate.
"In areas with similar climate and soils, then there is potential for reducing the likelihood of flood generation based on increased soil water storage within a river's catchment."
Professor Douglas Kell, Chief Executive of BBSRC, said: "We usually think of improving food crops solely in terms of traits such as the yield and quality of the food itself, and apart from root crops such as potatoes and carrots these are easily visible, above-ground traits. However, there is increasing recognition that the health and utility of plants can be greatly enhanced by improving below-ground traits such as root growth.
"This is a superb example of that reasoning, and a hugely important advance resulting from decades of fundamental BBSRC-supported work on the hybridisation of Lolium and Festuca (Fescue) species. I am sure that we shall see a continuing resurgence of interest in root biology, which findings such as this are sure to promote. The enormous savings that will be possible by mitigating flooding through planting grasses such as these dwarf any possible cost of producing them."
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If you're a fan of Kate McKinnon's impression of Ellen DeGeneres on Saturday Night Live -- and boy, is it spot on! -- then you'll love this. On yesterday's Ellen, McKinnon gamely accepted DeGeneres' offer to impersonate her right there on the show. Watch below, as the jaunty pair squirm in their seats and dance through the audience together:
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What's New On The Fitness Front? | Women's Web: Online ...
Bored of your routine workouts? Check out these latest fitness trends in India ?that promise to make fitness more fun for Indian women!
By Nisha Salim
Remember the good old days when Doordarshan introduced us to Aerobics? We have come a long way from there; now words like Zumba, Pilates, Hot Yoga and Boot Camp roll easily off our tongues. With a reminder that consistency is key no matter what fitness routine you have chosen for yourself, here is a look at the latest fitness trends in India:
26 year old Nidhi Garg is the quintessential modern Indian woman who is keenly aware of her body and understands the value of fitness for women?s health. ?I love working out. I routinely practice Pilates, Yoga, Dance, Sports and Crossfit. Sometimes I practice Yoga with my guruji at home, or I may do Crossfit, Pilates, sports or dancing,? says Nidhi. Being a Pilates instructor herself, Nidhi finds it easy to keep herself updated about the latest fitness trends in India.
Enjoy your workouts with Bokwa Fitness
Bokwa Fitness is a relatively new entrant in India. Created by California based Paul Mavi, it is a new approach to group exercise where participants draw letters and numbers on the floor with their feet while performing a cardio workout routine set to energetic music tracks.
37 year old Shanthi Priya Dronamraju mixes Bokwa with other routines such as studio cycling and Zumba. ?I mix and match my cardio activities so as not to lose interest,? says Shanthi.
People with two left feet who find themselves unable to follow the highly choreographed moves of Zumba may find this a more doable alternative. Bokwa steps are structured as letters and numbers, so it can be relatively easier to follow.
Aditi Kulkarni, a certified Bokwa Trainer in Pune, suggests that people try this out to break the monotony of other routines. ?This dance form keeps me energetic even after an hour of training. My advice would be to just enjoy Bokwa as a new dance form and the results will speak for themselves,? says Aditi.
Zumba and Sh?bam: Teaching Indian women the moves!
Zumba is a Latin music inspired dance fitness program which helps burn calories while having fun dancing. The hip-swiveling Zumba moves can work up a sweat and in a group setting, it can be great fun.
Ashita Kaul, 36, enjoys the Zumba classes which are held at her apartment complex. ?I piled on nearly 25 kg during pregancny and Zumba helped a lot in shedding some of that weight. I am able to concentrate on my work and responsibilities after a good workout. It leaves me feeling refreshed. I also sleep better after a Zumba routine,? says Ashita.
Sh?bam is another latin hip-hop based dance workout module which is a recent entrant in India. A typical Sh?bam class will kick off with a basic warm up, and then dance combinations which are set to chart-topping hits. Sh?bam is offered at VivaFit centres in India.
Get fit with Pilates
Pilates is a great way to stay fit for Indian women of all ages. Even people with pre-existing conditions such as back and joint pains can enjoy its benefits under the guidance of a qualified instructor.
Namita Agarwal, who runs Fitness Fusion in Delhi, has developed a more relaxing variant of Pilates, which she calls Aura Pilates. ?You can say that Pilates is a dynamic form of Yoga. With Aura Pilates, I combine traditional Pilates with an individual?s distinct aura or vibrations. While performing Pilates, the person visualizes colorus and listens to music according to the chakras that are in focus.?, ?says Namita.
?Equipment Pilates can help those who might otherwise find it too strenuous to exercise, even for people in the 50+ age group. Youngsters usually prefer mat pilates, but remember that the level of difficulty of the exercise can be modified to suit individual requirements,? she adds.
Pilates involves deep breathing and thoracic breathing exercises as well, which can help those who suffer from diseases like asthma.
Try new forms of Yoga
Yoga is evergreen. It has always been considered as a great way to improve overall fitness as well as flexibility.?Ashita says, ?My mother is exceptionally well-maintained for her age, and I believe it is because she has been practising yoga right from when she was young. She is also extremely energetic. I follow her example.?
Many fitness studios teach Yoga alongside other routines. Basic Yoga or one of the new variants can improve women?s health in many ways; for example, Hot yoga is any kind of yoga which is done inside a room with a temperature high enough to make you sweat.?Do ?check with your local fitness centre.
But if you are a serious practitioner looking to master yoga, you may want to check out yoga institutes such as Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Trivandrum, or Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh. These institutes offer a deeper look into yoga while bringing together different streams of yoga and healing arts such as Shinto yoga, Power yoga, Reiki and Ayurveda.
Get serious about fitness with Boot Camp
Yet another latest fitness trend in India is Boot Camp. It involves a series of cardio, strength and flexibility exercises using trampolines, dumbbells, kettlebells as well as unconventional tools such as sandbags, ropes, tires etc. Through a combination of various techniques such as calisthenics, speed and agility training, cardio and strength training, boot camp promises great improvement in endurance, mobility, body fat loss, and overall women?s health and fitness.
Namita offers a Boot Camp package at her Fitness Fusion studio in Delhi. Those in the south may want to check out The Quad in Chennai.
With a whole load of interesting fitness options available to Indian women now, it is time to get moving indeed!
*Photo credit: Lululemon Athletica (Used under the Creative Commons Attribution License.)
Source: http://www.womensweb.in/articles/latest-fitness-trends-in-india/
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Financial Aid Help for First-Gen College Students
Navigating the waters of college financial aid is tricky business. Just ask Daniel Madzelan, a retired U.S. Department of Education official of more than three decades. Madzelan readily admits the federal financial aid process could be much simpler.
"Earlier this year I completed my 13th - and last - Free Application for Federal Student Aid," he said last week at a congressional committee hearing on federal student aid. "We still ask applicants too many questions that are too complicated."
Filling out the FASFA is only one piece of the puzzle. Students and their families must then decipher financial aid award letters and determine which college is the best fit for their interests - and their budgets.
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This challenge is often compounded for students who are the first in their family to attend college. Without a parent or sibling to shepherd them, these first-generation students often flounder through the financial aid process, making missteps and missing opportunities.
"Most of my friends were only considering in-state schools for two reasons. One, our high school only had information and brochures about in-state schools. Two, they seemed so much cheaper than private institutions," Seanna Leath wrote in a recent blog post for I'm First, an online community for first-generation students. The Arkansas native now attends Pomona College in California.
"For first-generation, low-income, underrepresented students like me ... private institutions can actually be significantly cheaper than in-state, public universities," she wrote, noting that generous scholarships and grants mean she'll graduate virtually debt free, despite attending a private liberal arts college with a sticker price of just over $57,000 per year.
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But too often first-gen students like Leath don't know how to move past the sticker price. Luckily, there is an array of options, including scholarships, nonprofits and support sites, to help these students finance their college education.
FirstGenerationStudent.com: The name says it all. Devoted to helping first-in-their-family students navigate the college process from beginning to end, this website has step-by-step FAFSA instructions, a reference guide that translates financial aid acronyms into real words and a guide for students who are undocumented, homeless or in foster care. First Generation Student also has information to help students find, apply to and succeed in college.
Center for Student Opportunity: As the national nonprofit behind I'm First - which features blogs and videos from first-gen students and graduates - CSO funds an annual scholarship for students who aspire to be the first in their family to earn a degree from a four-year institution. The center also partners with schools to foster on-campus support for these students and works to connect first-gen students with schools via the I'm First community.
Mytonomy: This social networking site for high schools and college students houses video testimonials and advice from students and experts. The section dedicated to first-generation students includes tips for financing college, as well as dealing with financial challenges after students enroll. Parents going through the process for the first time can also get advice from other parents and students via the videos posted to the site, several of which are in Spanish.
[Learn how one first-gen student tackled college.]
In addition to these sites, college counselors can give face-to-face guidance on financial aid and scholarships. Students can seek these experts out at a local college, even if it's not the school they plan to attend, said Heather McDonnell, associate dean of financial aid and admission at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, adding the majority of questions she gets can be answered by any college.
"Spend an afternoon at your neighboring college, even if you have no intention of applying. Go to one of their Saturday tours. Go to one of their information sessions ... so at least you're exposed," said McDonnell. "I wholeheartedly recommend that, particularly for those students who are first generation."
Trying to fund your education? Get tips and more in the U.S. News Paying for College center.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/financial-aid-help-first-gen-college-students-143254006.html
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EA Closing Facebook Games; Microsoft's Smart Watch; Apple's Highest Paid Execs
Topping tech headlines on Monday, Electronic Arts announced that it will close three of its Facebook-based games on June 14.
A drop in user activity forced EA to close Playfish titles The Sims Social, SimCity Social, and Pet Society. The relatively new games mark the last of the Playfish titles still standing; the rest have been shut down already, or are scheduled for closing. The company is urging users to spend their remaining balance of in-game currency over the next two months, before it is rendered useless. EA is still developing new titles for Facebook, often in partnership with PopCap, which helped build Bejeweled Blitz, Solitaire Blitz, and the recently announced Plants vs. Zombies Adventures.
In other social network news, Facebook and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) partnered for a new campaign intended to promote privacy and safety online. Beginning today, 20 AGs and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg are circulating state-specific public service announcements, as well as an Internet safety tip sheet answering questions about privacy, bullying prevention, and overall Internet safety.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is reportedly prepping a touch-based, smart watch, and has placed orders for 1.5-inch displays. However, a source who spoke with the Wall Street Journal was unable to confirm whether or not this activity means that Microsoft plans to offer the supposed smart watches commercially anytime soon.
In financial news, a new report proves that it's a good time to be an Apple executive. Four of the five highest-paid employees at Standard & Poor's 500 companies last year were senior execs at Apple, according to Bloomberg, which examined fiscal 2012 compensation figures filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Also making headlines:
- Cell Service Still Up in Boston After Deadly Bombings: Police reportedly shut down cell phone service to prevent remote detonations of more bombs after the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, but Sprint and Verizon said service was still "operating normally" in the city.
- Adobe Releases Lightroom 5 Beta: The popular pro photo workflow application gets better local adjustments and more efficient preview editing.
- YouTube Gets Nostalgic With 'VHS Mode': In honor of the 57th anniversary of the first commercial video cassette recorder, YouTube is offering "VHS mode" on several of its videos.
- Microsoft, Lionsgate Partner for 'Hunger Games Explorer': Microsoft and Lionsgate have teamed up to bring the interactive world of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie directly to Internet Explorer.
- Dish Makes $25.5 Billion Bid for Sprint: Dish Network made a bid for Sprint Nextel in an effort to derail the mobile carrier's deal with SoftBank.
- Report: Foxconn Ramps Up Hiring Ahead of New iPhone: Foxconn has reportedly reversed a hiring freeze it imposed in February as the manufacturer ramps up to produce Apple's new iPhone.
- Anonymous Targets North Korea (Again): Anonymous found its way back to North Korea, less than two weeks after the "hacktivist" group disrupted several of the country's social media accounts.
- Comcast Rolls Out Basic Cable Encryption: Several months after the FCC approved an order that allows cable companies to encrypt basic cable tiers, Comcast has moved ahead with plans to do just that.
- Kobo Reveals Aura HD, 'Porsche of eReaders': Kobo announced its limited-edition Aura HD e-ink reader, which it said includes the highest resolution e-ink display currently on the market.
- Video: Granny Gives Oculus Rift the Thumbs Up: A viral video turned up of a 90-year-old grandmother test-driving the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and apparently having her mind good and blown.
- 7 (Fictional) Computers That Changed Our World: With Google reportedly prepping its own version of the Star Trek computer, here's a look back at 7 fictional supercomputers that shaped our culture.
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Google Glass distribution begins this week
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) ? Google is starting to distribute its new Internet-connected glasses, something seen as the next breakthrough in mobile computing.
Google has picked 8,000 people in the U.S. who entered a contest. The winners will have to pay $1,500 apiece for a test version of Google Glass. The company also took an unspecified number of orders from computer programmers.
Google said Wednesday it started making the glasses available Tuesday, though it may take weeks for recipients to get them.
The excitement stems from a belief that Google Glass is at the forefront of a new wave of technology known as "wearable computing." Published reports say that Google, Apple Inc. and others also are working on Internet-connected wristwatches.
Google hopes to lower prices by the time it's on the mass market next year.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/google-glass-distribution-begins-week-211934184--finance.html
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04.20.13 // Nest Fest 2013: Psalm One w/ KRS-One in Chicago, IL @ Northeastern Illinois University
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Colbert, Stewart salute Boston, mock 'maniacs'
Comedy Central
By Ree Hines, TODAY contributor
On Monday, many late-night hosts took to their usual forums to share reactions to the Boston Marathon tragedy, but two of the most notable late-night voices couldn't chime in at the time.
Both "The Colbert Report" and "The Daily Show" were in reruns on Monday night, but hosts Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart more than made up for delayed reactions on Tuesday by delivering heartfelt homage to the people of Boston and condemning those who attacked the city.
"Whoever did this obviously did not know sh-- about the people of Boston, 'cause nothing these terrorists do is going to shake them," Colbert said at the top of his show. "For Pete's sake, Boston was founded by the pilgrims, a people so tough, they had to buckle their god---- hats on. It is the cradle of the American Revolution; a city that withstood an 86-year (Red Sox) losing streak; a city that made it through the Big Dig -- a construction project that backed up traffic for 16 years."
And as Colbert stressed, the Boston Marathon featured the toughest of the tough.
"Here's what those cowards really don't get: They attacked the Boston Marathon, an event celebrating people who run 26 miles on their day off, until their nipples are raw -- for fun," he said. "And when those bombs went off, there were runners, who after finishing a marathon, kept running for another two miles to the hospital to donate blood."
In the end, Colbert concluded that "these maniacs may have tried to make life bad for the people of Boston, but all they can ever do is show just how good those people are."
That was a sentiment Stewart couldn't have agreed with more.
"I'm just going to say this to Boston: Thank you! Thank you for, once again, in the face of gross inhumanity, inspiring and solidifying my belief in humanity and the people of this country," Stewart said as he opened "The Daily Show."
Stewart then spoke to the people of Boston not just as a sympathetic and inspired TV host, but as a New York native.
"Oftentimes the two cities are accusing each other of various levels of suckitude," he joked. "But it is in situations like this that we realize that it is clearly a sibling rivalry, and that we are your brothers and sisters in this type of event. As a city that knows the feeling of confusion, anger, and grief, and chaos that comes with these events, I can tell you from personal experience, you?ve got a hell of a city going there. And you?ve done an incredible job in the face of all of this."
Which is, of course, a point no one can deny.
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In China, Questions About Cancer Care as Rates Rise - NYTimes.com
BEIJING ? China has many dedicated oncologists who care deeply about their patients, and as cancer rates rise ? partly as the result of environmental pollution, but also other factors such as an aging society ? they have their work cut out for them.
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Unfortunately, that work is being done within a system that isn?t easy for doctors to negotiate, is a main message of a new article in The Journal of Oncology Practice, published by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, as my latest?s Letter from China explores.
Hospitals may be quick to blame an individual doctor if controversy arises, such as over a ?bad outcome,? or death.
?Chinese patients, thinking they have or are diagnosed with cancer, will demand that certain tests be performed,? write the authors, Dr. David H. Garfield of the United States and Dr. Harold Brenner of Israel, and a Chinese oncology nurse, Lucy Lu. ?Physicians, rather than argue necessity, will acquiesce instead of having these patients complain to hospital administrators, when they must then defend their case.?
Why?
?In this regard, it must be pointed out that hospitals have two administrators: first, a conventional one, as in the West, and second, a Communist party member. A physician must take care. A bad outcome is felt to put physicians, particularly surgeons, at risk for administrative admonishment, lawsuits, or, worse, bodily harm,? the authors write.
The authors said they based their observations on the experience, in 2011, of being in a group that set up the first of several planned outpatient cancer centers in China, the article said.
China?s medical profession enjoys an often tense relationship with patients, who may distrust physicians, suspecting them of being motivated by personal gain.
Another key aspect of the trust problem: the country does not have a system of general practitioners who can get to know a patient well over a long period of time, ?resulting in no long-standing, physician-patient relationships,? the authors write. To make medical care more affordable, the government has kept it relatively cheap; but, tied to that, a doctor may need to see very many patients each day and time for examination is extremely limited, they write.
?During those few minutes, rarely is a physical examination performed. Several questions are asked and answered, with a brief look at images and laboratory tests, tumor markers, and so on; that is it,? the authors write.
And they offered a vivid story: a woman who stopped taking medication for fear of side-effects. ?Our Western oncologist convinced her, after much discussion, to continue tamoxifen by telling her the most important thing was to be alive for her 4-year-old daughter,? the article said. ?She called back later and said she really appreciated what we did for her because her Chinese physician had just given her the pills, not caring whether she risked her life by not taking them.?
Source: http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/in-china-questions-about-cancer-care-as-rates-rise/
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Feds raid apartment after Boston bombing
Boston was battered but vigilant on Tuesday as an army of federal agents raced to find out who attacked the city?s historic marathon, leaving three dead and more than 100 injured amid a war zone of shattered glass and bomb debris on Patriots Day.
As of Tuesday morning, no persons or group had claimed credit for twin explosions at the finish line near Boston?s Copley Square. The Pakistani Taliban, a group that has threatened the United States in the past, denied participation, according to the Associated Press.
Law enforcement officials questioned an injured Saudi national at a local hospital, but news stories indicated that the individual appears to have no connection to the case. The Boston Globe reported that he was simply a frightened spectator who had tried to flee but was tackled and restrained by bystanders.
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On Monday night agents from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and other law enforcement agencies raided a unit in a high-rise apartment on Ocean Drive in the seaside Boston suburb of Revere, according to information posted online by a participating local fire department. Several bags, including what appeared to be a large duffel bag, were removed from the scene. Authorities were mum as to the specifics of their suspicions but confirmed that the Revere search was related to the case.
Rep. William Keating (D) of Massachusetts, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told a local CBS reporter that the two bombs at the finish line, which exploded seconds apart, had been stashed in trash receptacles and were clearly a ?coordinated attack.? Authorities have discovered two other unexploded devices, he told Boston?s WBZ News.
Other reports said no unexploded devices had been found. A reported fire at Boston?s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library turned out to be the result of an electrical problem and was unrelated to the marathon bombs, according to Boston police.
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NBC News reported that the explosive devices near the finish line had been packed with ball bearings to enhance their lethality. Doctors treating some of the 126 wounded at local hospitals said many had been hurt by metal shrapnel, though they added it was unclear whether the metal in question had simply been part of the environment or was the result of a shredded trash receptacle.
Police have issued an alert for a rental van that may have tried to gain access to the finish line area and for a man in dark clothing and a hood seen leaving the scene shortly before the blast, reported NBC. Surveillance video shows a hooded figure carrying two backpacks at about that time.
Among the dead is 8-year-old Martin Richard, whose father was running in the race. The boy's mother and sister were also gravely injured, according to a Boston Globe report. The family had gathered at the finish line for cheers and celebrations.
Although President Obama did not use the word ?terrorism? in remarks to the nation Monday evening, other US officials made it clear that the bombing is being treated as a terrorist attack. That would make it the first such strike on US soil since Sept. 11, 2001, and a deadly reminder that it is impossible to armor all national activities against a terrorist threat.
One thing is clear: The bomber or bombers were not highly skilled. The explosive devices were relatively crude compared with those produced overseas by Al Qaeda or other radical Islamist terrorist groups, RAND Corp. terror expert Brian Jenkins told Los Angeles television. They were much smaller than the powerful truck bomb that Timothy McVeigh used to devastate the federal building in Oklahoma City in April 1995.
In that sense they were analogous to the pipe bombs that killed two and injured 100 in 1996 at Atlanta?s Centennial Park during the Olympics.
The fact that the target was an event of great significance to Boston but not particularly significant to the wider world could indicate that the bomber was a local or at least a native of the United States. The explosions occurred on April 15, tax day, which could be a further indication of a domestic connection.
But the bombs were not directed against a government building or institution, which is often a hallmark of disaffected, lone-wolf domestic terrorists, noted some terrorism analysts. And the style of the attack, in which one explosion was closely followed by another, mimics that used by numerous groups in the Middle East.
One government official told the Los Angeles Times that his guess would be ?self-radicalized Islamic extremists from the area.?
Meanwhile, a large area of Back Bay Boston remained sealed off as an enormous outdoor crime scene. Police were working their way through a mountain of bags and other debris left by the fleeing crowd in an effort to ensure that no further explosives will detonate. Cities across the US tightened security, just in case ? New York City dispatched police critical response teams to guard sensitive sights, while in Washington the Secret Service expanded the security perimeter around the White House.
In London, authorities were reviewing security plans for Sunday?s London Marathon, the next such major international race.
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