The civil war-torn nation of Syria has seemingly disappeared from the internet. In a sign that the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is trying to limit the flow of information and possibly increase its violent crackdown on opposition forces, all 84 blocks of IP addresses used by the nation have gone offline. The blackout was first reported by Renesys this morning at around 5:26am ET and the #SyriaBlackout hashtag has started picking up steam on Twitter as others have noticed. While it's unclear exactly what has happened and investigations are on going, and a nationwide outage is highly suspicious. The Associated Press is reporting that rebels are laying blame for the blackout at the feet of the government and that cellphone service has also been severed. We'll update as more information rolls in, but we wouldn't expect good news.
Update: Akamai has provided more confirmation of the outage. As you can see in the image above, at some point this morning the amount of data coming out of Syria simply dropped to zero.
Brad Pittisn't sharing the specifics of his Save the Date card -- but he will say that his wedding day to Angelina Jolie isn't too far off, especially if their six children have anything to say about the subject.
>>>tonight we get to hear something for the first time. audiotape being released by the
library of congress
for all to hear. for music fans it amounts to something of a
rosetta stone
on tape. these tapes were recorded by a
record executive
named
joe smith
who once ran
warner records
while working on a book in the '80s, he conducted over 200 hours of interviews on tape. as you'll hear from the stars, they helped fill in some blank spots in
modern music
history.
>>for starters, we get to hear
ray charles
explain why he can never sing the same song the same way twice. especially when people want to hear it exactly the way it is on the record.
>>i sing, i can't stop loving you, georgia -- there ain't no way i can sing georgia the same way --
>>a lot of the newly released independent views have to do with the stones and the
beatles
.
>>i think it's very competitive. it's a very competitive business.
>>the two bands actually got along in a sweet way. then goes on to talk about the fab four. mccartney who admits to a strong sense of commercialism gives a candid assessment to his mate. saying john and ringo had natural wit. then mccartney talks about something else, drugs and
sergeant pepper
, the album that became to define the
beatlespsychedelic era
.
>>sergeant pepper
owes a lot to us getting into pop. compared to what you talk about these days, you're never sort of out of it on the floor.
>> reporter: finally we hear from
yoko ono
,
john lennon
's widow, who takes on a long lingering rumor once and for all.
>>i didn't break up the
beatles
. the
beatles
were getting very independent. john, in fact, was not the first one who wanted to leave the
beatles
. paul was the only one who was trying to hold the
beatles
together. but then again, the other three felt that paul was going to hold the
beatles
together as his band. it was an incredible period of unpleasantness for john. he was delighted that he was out of it.
>>yoko says ringo was the first one who wanted out. and as time goes by, consider this, the stones
50th anniversary
tour is underway. and today would have been
jimi hendrix
70th birthday.
TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2012 /CNW/ ? The Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries (?CSCS?) announces the launch of the Excellence in Governance Awards/Prix d?excellence en gouvernance (EGs). The inaugural awards ceremony will be held on August 18, 2013 in Halifax Nova Scotia at the opening dinner of the CSCS 15th annual conference.
The CSCS EG awards recognize the important contribution governance professionals make in terms of best practices that build and sustain shareholder and stakeholder value. The awards underscore the critical role that good governance plays in sustaining the value of Canada?s public companies, crown corporations, government agencies and not-for-profit organizations, contributing to the competitiveness of Canada?s economy and its capital markets.
CSCS is committed to support and enhance the role of the corporate secretary and governance professionals in Canada. The Society?s members work on the front lines of governance and the organization is well positioned through reputation, influence and representation, to celebrate the practice of good governance in Canada.
The Excellence in Governance Awards jury panel is composed of seasoned and well-respected governance experts from across Canada. CSCS will announce the membership of the jury in a separate public statement and will be seeking nominations in early 2013.
Candidates eligible for nomination include individuals who play a role in the governance of their organizations, and those who have made a significant contribution to governance in other capacities, including public service.
CSCS will seek nominations from the public in the following award categories:
Best sustainability, ethics and environmental governance programs
Best use of technology in governance, risk and compliance
Best approach to board and committee support
Best shareholder or stakeholder engagement by a governance team
Best overall corporate governance
Best approach to board diversity
Joyce Borden-Reed CSCS distinguished contribution award
Peter Dey Lifetime achievement award
CSCS expects that the recognition winners and nominees alike will gain from these awards will further their careers, raise awareness for the key role played by governance professionals and inspire others to follow their example.
About the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries (CSCS)
The Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries is recognized as the most important organization for corporate governance professionals in Canada.
As the principal advocate for those who work in corporate governance, CSCS strives to enhance the public?s awareness of the importance of good governance. CSCS is the voice of corporate governance professionals in Canada and participates with other stakeholders, including capital markets participants, government bodies and regulators, in fostering a governance environment that sets Canada apart in the world. CSCS supports its membership with continuing education and networking opportunities that are second to none.
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The Marlins have stated that they?re not shopping young slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who is still inexpensive and the last consistent source of offensive production on their active roster.
Of course, that hasn?t stopped teams from calling.
A major league source told Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe this weekend that ?the Phillies, Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Cubs and many more? have inquired about Stanton since that blockbuster trade with the Blue Jays was made public. But Cafardo notes that?commissioner?Bud Selig is ?watching the Marlins closely? and ?may not look to fondly upon a deal for the Marlins? biggest draw.?
Stanton, who just turned 23 years old, batted .290/.361/.608 with 37 home runs and 86 RBI in 123 games this past season for Miami. If the Fish do deal him, they?ll want a loaded package of prospects in return.
ScienceDaily (Nov. 25, 2012) ? Pathological changes typical of Alzheimer's disease were significantly reduced in mice by blockade of an immune system transmitter. A research team from Charit? -- Universit?tsmedizin Berlin and the University of Zurich has just published a new therapeutic approach in fighting Alzheimer's disease in the current issue of Nature Medicine. This approach promises potential in prevention, as well as in cases where the disease has already set in.
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. In Germany and Switzerland alone, around 1.5 million people are affected, and forecasts predict a doubling of the number of patients worldwide within the next 20 years. The accumulation of particular abnormal proteins, including amyloid-? (A?) among others, in patients' brains plays a central role in this disease. Prof. Frank Heppner from the Department of Neuropathology at Charit? and his colleague Prof. Burkhard Becher from the Institute for Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich were able to show that turning off particular cytokines (immune system signal transmitters) reduced the Alzheimer's typical amyloid-? deposits in mice with the disease. As a result, the strongest effects were demonstrated after reducing amyloid-? by approximately 65 percent, when the immune molecule p40 was affected, which is a component of the cytokines interleukin (IL)-12 and -23.
Relevant for human therapy
Follow-up experiments also relevant for humans showed that substantial improvements in behavioral testing resulted when mice were given the antibody blocking the immune molecule p40. This effect was also achieved when the mice were already showing symptoms of the disease. Based on the current study by Prof. Heppner's and Prof. Becher's team, the level of p40 molecules is higher in Alzheimer's patients' brain fluid, which is in agreement with a recently published study by American colleagues demonstrating increased p40 levels in blood plasma of subjects with Alzheimer's disease, thus showing obvious relevance for human therapy.
The significance of the immune system in Alzheimer's research is the focus of current efforts. Prof. Heppner and Prof. Becher suspect that cytokines IL-12 and IL-23 themselves are not causative in the pathology, and that the mechanism of the immune molecule p40 in Alzheimer's requires additional clarification. However, they are convinced that the results of their six-years of research work justify the step toward clinical studies in humans, for which they plan to collaborate with a suitable industrial partner.
IIn the context of other illnesses, such as psoriasis, a medication that suppresses p40 in humans has already been applied. "Based on the safety data in patients," comment Profs. Heppner and Becher, "clinical studies could now be implemented without delay. Now, the goal is to bring the new therapeutic approach to Alzheimer patients quickly."
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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
In preparation for the coming December holidays, Inhabitat just launched its annual green holiday gift guide, offering tips for everything ranging from green gadgets to DIY gifts. Got a hideous Christmas sweater that you wish you could un-knit? No problem: London-based product and furniture designer Imogen Hedges developed an amazing pedal-powered "un-knitting" machine that unravels sweaters so the yarn can be recycled. That's just one of the many great green inventions featured on Inhabitat this week.
Andy Ihnatko takes the big chair this week, as Leo Laporte is still cruising down under, and talks iMultitouch on MacOS, how iCloud is working out, how committed we are to Mac, and more, with Chris Breen, Tonya Engst, and yours truly.
GOMA, Congo (AP) ? A rebel group in Congo said Monday it is retreating from its position near the crucial provincial capital of Goma to give talks a chance after publishing a list of demands to the government.
The M23 rebel spokesman Col. Vianney Kazarama said he had ordered his fighters to retreat to Kibumba, a village around 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Goma, after having come within 3 kilometers (2 miles) of the city. On Sunday the group had marched within a hair of the provincial capital, a major population center as well as the home of an international airport and a large United Nations base.
The demands set forth by the M23 rebel group calls for the immediate demilitarization of the city and the airport in Goma. It also calls for the opening of the frontier at the town of Bunagana within the next 48 hours.
The rebels also want the government based in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, to make a declaration on state TV and radio within the next 24 hours announcing the start of negotiations with the M23 rebel group.
Contacted by telephone, Kazarama said that his men were on their way back to Kibumba in order to give the talks a chance. On Sunday morning, he had vowed to take Goma by nightfall, saying that he and his soldiers planned to spend the night inside the city limits.
"We are moving back to Kibumba. Goma is not our priority anymore," he said on Monday morning. "We want political negotiations with the government." He added: "This is a political matter."
The sequence of events mirrors what happened in 2008, when a now-defunct rebel group known as the National Congress for the Defense of the People, or CNDP, advanced to the gates of Goma. The CNDP, which was financially and militarily backed by Rwanda, stopped just short of taking the city, and the rapid military advance forced the government to enter into serious negotiations with the rebel group. The peace deal brokered a year later on March 23, 2009, called for CNDP fighters to be integrated into the national army, even though many of them were believed to be Rwandan nationals.
Congo felt that its hands were bound and even integrated rebel leaders like Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, one of the chiefs of the CNDP, who was the subject of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court.
This April, hundreds of men believed to be led by Ntaganda defected from the army, creating a new rebel group dubbed M23, in reference to the peace deal. Their members include many of the fighters of the ex-CNDP and this weekend, in a move from the CNDP playbook, they fought their way to the outskirts of Goma, advancing over 10 kilometers (6 miles) in a single day in a massive show of force. Neither the Congolese army nor U.N. peacekeepers appeared able to stop their advance, and when they called for a halt in the fighting on Sunday afternoon, the M23 checkpoint was just 100 meters (yards) away from the Congolese checkpoint on the edge of Goma.
Numerous reports by Human Rights Watch as well as by the United Nations Group of Experts indicates that the M23, like the CNDP before them, are being actively supported by Rwanda, which is providing arms, logistical help and even soldiers. Over the weekend, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to ask him to intervene and stop the offensive, according to a statement issued at U.N headquarters in New York.
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Associated Press writer Saleh Mwanamilongo contributed to this report from Kinshasa, Congo.
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8 Reasons to Invest in Newest ALVEO Nuvali Village: Mirala
Located in NUVALI, the country?s first and largest masterplanned eco-city development, thriving in Laguna with a sustainable mix of residential, commercial, educational and recreational uses all within minutes of your home.
Integrated within the vibrant masterplan for NUVALI South District, a predominantly residential district in NUVALI supported by premier educational institutions , like Miriam College and Everest Academy, an active leisure destination in Republ1c Wakepark and the future 10-ha. mixed-use commercial and retail area.
Assured value appreciation as NUVALI further evolves into the country?s largest and most environmentally-sustainable CBD, taking off from the Ayala Land heritage of developing large-scale master-planned townships like Makati CBD, BGC, Ayala Alabang, and the Cebu Business Park.
An intimate, low-density neighborhood of only 360 lots within a 29.5 hectare expanse, ensuring an engaging community with rich affinities.
Large lot cuts of 430 sqm. in average, allowing more living space for home & garden.
A pervasive park environment where the central park and pocket parks branch out through the entire village, creating unique opportunities for backyard extensions and picnic areas to more than 50% of units for that premium parkside living.
A modern statement clubhouse designed by Ed Calma, seamlessly flows out onto The Great Lawn for great views and lasting memories with the closest families and friends.
The Alveo brand image and Ayala Land heritage, creating the fastest growing and most desirable address south of Metro Manila.
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Location of Mirala in Nuvali Laguna
Location of Mirala in Nuvali Laguna
Mirala is located beside Venare and adjacent to Mirala is Miriam College and across is Everest Academy in Nuvali.
Mirala Nuvali Gate 5 Entrance via SLEX Silangan Exit
Residents may enter Nuvali South faster via Gate 5 from the Silangan Exit of the South Luzon Expressway, or they may enter via the usual exits: 1) Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road Exit or 2) Verdana Mamplasan Exit.
Neighborhood Park Living in Mirala NUVALI
Bigger lot cuts:
?Low density community
?More living space for one?s home and garden
Engaging neighborhood
?Fewer residents
?Residents are more familiar of each other
?Various activities with neighbourly interaction (e.g. block dinners, gardening, kids playing in multiple parks, chats on park benches, etc.)
Park-side Living
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?Lying on a hammock or on the grass under trees enjoying the fresh air
?Sitting on a bench and see kids playing or birds flying
Mirala Nuvali Amenities
Mirala Nuvali Pervasive Park System
The Clubhouse
?Modern statement clubhouse designed by Ed Calma
?Multiple alfresco lanais with views of the infinity pool and The Grand Lawn
?Function rooms with spill-over areas
?Fitness Gym
?Infinity Lap and Lounge Pools
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The Grand Lawn
?Garden Nooks
?Hammock Grove
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?Picnic Grounds
Mirala Nuvali Elevation Map and Availability of Lots
Elavation Map of Mirala Nuvali
Alveo?s MIRALA Ayala ALVEO Laguna Available Lots For Sale (as of November 19, 2012)
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The 26th annual WWE Survivor Series?an event that began in 1987?will continue the tradition today, Nov. 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET.?
CM Punk, John Cena and Ryback will face off in a three-way battle to determine the champion of the WWE.?
The Survivor Series is a familiar event for CM Punk, who won his championship belt at the 2011 Survivor Series and has retained the belt for approximately one year.?
Who wins the Survivor Series?
Who wins the Survivor Series?
CM Punk
John Cena
Ryback
Cena, a WWE superstar and 10-time belt holder, has gone over a year without the belt. He had a chance to win the belt during?Night of Champions last September, but he failed to do so after the match ended in a draw.?
As for Ryback, he gained his way into championship contention after Cena backed out of Hell in a Cell last October, which allowed Ryback to challenge Punk for the belt?resulting in a defeat for Ryback.
As a result, the three wrestlers will compete with each other and determine the WWE champion in what should be an exciting pay-per-view event.?
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Twitter Updates
Donald Wood of Bleacher Report and Ring Rust Radio points out that the event should entertain, regardless of the questionable buildup.?
John Cena missed multiple weeks with an arm injury following Night of Champions, but Cena is determined to move on and compete for the belt.?
Though Cena is physically prepared, the challenge of taking on Ryback is a daunting task.?
As for updates on other events, it has been confirmed that Lilian Garcia, who was injured in an auto accident last October, will in fact miss the Survivor Series. ?
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WWE Championship Prediction
CM Punk has held the belt for nearly a year and the general perception is that nothing will change in that regard following the Sunday-night event.?
John Cena is the superstar of WWE and has gone through a lengthy drought without the championship belt, but his desire for the belt will have to be put on hold for the time being.?
WWE will preserve Punk's lengthy champion status to build up to WrestleMania, which will presumably feature Punk and The Rock as the main event.?
That scenario would provide more drama and would make for a more appropriate end to Punk's tenure.
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak said he would resign from the government after unexpectedly losing a battle for the leadership of the junior coalition partner on Saturday, but there was no threat to the stability of the coalition.
Janusz Piechocinski, a 52-year-old member of parliament who beat Pawlak by 547 to 530 votes in the election at the PSL congress, said he wanted to keep the coalition with the Civic Platform (PO) intact.
Pawlak, who is also the economy minister in Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government, had led the PSL for seven years. Serving twice as a prime minister in the past two decades, he has been PSL's most prominent politician. He said he would hand his resignation to Tusk on Monday.
"PSL will be a rational coalition partner, a rational and wise participant of the parliamentary debate," Piechocinski told reporters after the vote, adding he wanted Pawlak to retain his position in government.
"Nothing that happened is a challenge to the government, to the coalition."
The party hit the headlines in July after media released recordings that showed suspected corruption among its party members. It led to the resignation of Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki.
PSL members quoted by local media said Piechocinski won largely because of a campaign that targeted delegates from outside Warsaw and other larger cities.
(Reporting by Maciej Onoszko; Editing by Alison Williams)
Books aren?t just for reading. They are for speaking. Paid speaking.
You see, a book establishes your authority and credibility like nothing else. Writing a blog is great, but it doesn?t have the same punch as a book. Tweeting is good, but it can?t compare to a book. Posting articles is all right, but nothing like having a book to your name.
All of these are great ways to create and distribute content, but when it comes to putting some heft to your name, a book stands alone as the best way to do that if you aspire to earn money speaking or sharing your expertise. That is because a book says, ?This person knows what he/she is talking about.? Even though anybody who wants to can publish a book these days, thanks to technology, the value of authoring a book has not been watered down to reflect this. Adding a book to your name still means something.
And because technology has leveled the playing field so you don?t have to wait around for some New York publisher to choose to publish you ? or not ? you can take full control of your book-publishing aspirations. You can develop your concept, write your manuscript, hire an editor, hire a designer, buy your ISBN, and slap that book on your website or Amazon.com. Easy. Or, if you don?t have the time to do even that, you can hand off your ideas and notes to a ghostwriter and let that person write the book for you and then hire a designer to design it, then put it on your website, Amazon.com or wherever you want to sell those books.
Books boost your income
As an editor and a ghostwriter, I?ve helped clients both ways. I?ve massaged rough drafts into polished manuscripts, and I?ve taken clients? ideas and helped them think through their concepts and turn them into finished books. In this way, I?ve written books for clients that have helped them share their messages, experiences, research, and concepts to build their names, brands, and businesses. Many clients use books to launch, build, or enhance their speaking careers. And because our company can handle an entire book project: writing , editing, design, technical details including ISBN, and print project management, clients turn to us for an easy, one-stop solution.
But I don?t have to look only to my clients to see examples of people successfully using books to build or enhance speaking careers. I?ve done it myself. I started out speaking for free, as many people do. But I moved into being paid to speak, largely due to my books. Whether it was a speaking fee for $2,500 or one for $5,000, I doubt I would have been able to get those rates without books behind my name. I love being able to include information about being an author on my speaking one-sheet. That immediately sets me apart. I?m not just someone who has something to say but hasn?t bothered putting it in a book. I?m someone who has taken the time to put something in a book, and that says to meeting planners that I am serious.
Imagine using a book to land speaking engagements that pay you $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, or more to speak? That book can pay for itself and become an income-generating tool in a way few other things you spend money on can.
Books help you focus your brand
Books also help you land paid speaking gigs by allowing you to focus your efforts in a particular area, if you choose. For instance, if you write a book on business, then this may help you focus on getting speaking engagements with business groups, companies, etc. If your book is about diet and nutrition, then this may help you focus on getting speaking engagements with weight loss and wellness centers, health associations, lifestyle conventions, etc. And don?t think this only applies to nonfiction writers. Fiction writers can use their books to get paid speaking engagements, too. You can speak at literary events, of course, but since your speaking at some of these events may be free, a better place may be at events that focus on a theme related to your book. As an example, if you write about sex addiction in your novels, then maybe you?ll focus on getting paid speaking engagements at addiction centers, psychology conventions, etc.
I used to speak a lot more than I do now. When I had my son, I realized I didn?t want to live my life on the road or depend heavily on speaking, so I scaled back. I prefer occasional speaking engagements. So this isn?t something only for people who aspire to speak full-time. Using your books as a credibility-building tool to enhance your speaking career works whether you want to speak occasionally or you want to use speaking as the primary means of generating income. Your book is a tool that allows you to expand your income potential, brand, and opportunities. With a book, you can immediately boost your speaking fees and get better engagements.
DENVER (AP) ? LeBron James had 27 points and 12 assists, and the short-handed Miami Heat ended a decade-long drought in Denver with a 98-93 win over the Nuggets on Thursday night.
Shane Battier added 18 points ? all on 3-pointers ? in the Heat's first win at Denver since Jan. 29, 2002, a streak of 10 straight losses. Every other NBA team has won at the Pepsi Center during that span.
The Heat nearly blew a 19-point second-half lead but held on despite being without Dwyane Wade (foot) and Mario Chalmers, who went to the bench after just 7? minutes with a strained right triceps.
Andre Miller had 19 points and Kenneth Faried led the Nuggets with 16 points and a career-high 20 rebounds. Ty Lawson, who is averaging 13.5 points, didn't score.
Lawson would have given Denver its first lead of the night with 5:35 remaining, but his basket was waived off when he was whistled for an offensive foul for running over Battier.
Coming off a loss to the Clippers 24 hours earlier, the Heat looked primed for a letdown at altitude but instead never trailed in beating Denver for the second time in two weeks.
Ray Allen, who had the go-ahead four-point play with 6.7 seconds left in a 119-116 win over Denver in Miami on Nov. 3, sank a 3-pointer just before halftime that gave the Heat a 54-42 lead at the break after committing just two turnovers.
The Heat went up 70-51 on back-to-back 3s by Mike Miller and Battier and still led 79-66 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets cut the Heat's lead to one point on a couple of occasions ? but kept blowing chances to go ahead.
JaVale McGee had 18 points, including a hook shot after getting the inbounds with just 0.4 seconds left on the shot clock that made it 79-74, and the Nuggets chipped away until Andre Miller's three-point play pulled Denver to 85-84.
That's when Lawson had a breakaway and as the crowd cheered what it thought was Denver's first lead of the night, his foul negated the bucket and James scored at the other end.
After missing two free throws, Faried made two, pulling Denver to 92-89. Andre Iguodala's two foul shots at 1:37 made it a one-point game again.
Allen missed a 3, but Danilo Gallinari rushed a long-range 3-pointer with about 15 seconds left on the shot clock that missed the basket by several feet.
Norris Cole made the Nuggets pay with a 3-pointer at the other end for a 95-91 lead with under a minute left.
Gallinari then mistakenly let the ball go out of bounds at midcourt, giving possession back to Miami, and James sank two free throws with 23 seconds left to ice it.
Wade was held out because of a sprained left foot a night after scoring just six points ? well below his 18.4-point average ? in Miami's 107-100 loss to the Clippers.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the move was cautionary, emphasizing, "It's not anything major. He has a bunch of little, minor, nagging injuries, so we'll continue to take it day by day."
Notes: Several Denver Broncos were in attendance. Champ Bailey was sporting a LeBron sweat shirt at team headquarters. "Oh, dang. Don't call me out like that," he said. "I'm always rooting for the Nuggets. I like LeBron, don't get me wrong. He's a great player. But I'm Nuggets all the way." Not so Miami native Elvis Dumervil, but even he declined to disparage Denver. "That's a tough question," he said when asked if he had split loyalties. How about this: Excited to see LeBron? "Yeah, let's put it that way," Dumervil said. ... The Nuggets hit the road again now, travelling to San Antonio, Memphis and Minnesota. ... Faried's previous best was 17 rebounds, accomplished twice, including Saturday against Golden State.
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MIDLAND, Texas (AP) -- Authorities say four people are dead and 17 others are injured after a train slammed into a parade float headed to a West Texas event honoring wounded veterans.
Union Pacific spokesman Tom Lange says the eastbound train was sounding its horn before it hit the float Thursday as it approached a railroad crossing in Midland. He says the crossing gate and lights were working at the time.
Lange didn't know if the train crew saw the float approaching.
City of Midland spokesman Ryan Stout says 10 of those injured are in critical condition at Midland Memorial Hospital, while the seven others are in stable condition. He says the crash happened around 4:30 p.m.
The parade was set to end at a "Hunt for Heroes" banquet.
Recent studies have hinted at a potential role for functional MRI (fMRI) in the diagnosis of children and adolescents with autism. However, researchers may be putting the cart before the horse by focusing on imaging rather than biology, according to a Health Imaging interview with Nicholas Lange, PhD, a biostatistician at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
?Until its solid biological basis is found, any attempts to use brain imaging to diagnose autism will be futile,? Lange wrote in an editorial published in the November issue of Nature, in which he outlined several issues with the fMRI-based approach.
The first stumbling block is the lack of clinical knowledge about the biology of autism. Historically, in medicine, great advances are made when there is a breakthrough on the biological basis of the disorder, Lange said. Currently, there is no blood test, genetic test or other physical measurement tool that provides information about the biological basis of autism. fMRI observations can not be linked to a biological reference point.
Another issue relates to the difference between fMRI and other imaging modalities, such as PET, CT and MR spectroscopy. Other modalities provide results in units of physical measurement, such as diffusion rates of water, uptake of tracers or concentrations of metabolites.
In contrast, fMRI results are based on the percentage difference between an active state and an empirically determined baseline characterized by a lack of activity. The difference between those percentages is relatively small, or on the order of 1 to 3 percent, says Lange.
Another complicating factor relates to the multitude of possible interpretations of fMRI hot spots. One part of the brain can have several functions. The posterior temporal gyrus, for example, might be interpreted as the seat of music or the seat of language, depending on a researcher?s scientific bias, says Lange.
On a related note, multiple disorders?autism, dyslexia, learning disabilities?share common symptoms. ?It isn?t surprising that any child with a language problem will show lower activity in the superior temporal gyrus because that is where language reception and expression are oriented. But scanning a child and showing low activity does not indicate the child is autistic. A child with dyslexia or other language problems would show similar phenomenology.?
Despite the shortcomings of fMRI, Lange sees a role for brain imaging in understanding autism. He cited several examples, including:
Carrie (Claire Danes) talks to Brody (Damian Lewis) in Homeland
Photograph by Kent Smith/Showtime.
Never has an episode of Homeland garnered such contrasting responses. For some, like Esquire?s Alex Berenson, it was a disappointment: Berenson reckoned it ?featured some of the lousiest dialogue?Homeland?has had, flat speeches with painfully obvious subtexts.? (Vulture?s Matt Zoller Seitz said the ?episode felt a bit like 90210 with security clearance,? though, as he noted, that might be a realistic portrayal of the CIA these days.) Meanwhile, Grantland?s Andy Greenwald called it his favorite episode of the season. He noted that like ?The Weekend,? Episode 7 of Season 1, which was also written by Meredith Stiehm, ?Carrie and Brody found themselves Frenching amid foliage, turning each other on by toying with the truth. ? And once again Saul accompanied Aileen Morgan on a critical, one-way journey.?
Hitfix?s Alan Sepinwall spotted some similarities among the show?s characters:?
Brody and Aileen are both all-American types who, for different reasons and under different circumstances, wound up working with Abu Nazir. Both have suffered great loss as a result of that decision: Aileen's husband was gunned down by the very organization they were a part of, Brody endured years of physical and mental torture and later had to murder his partner (for the second time, as far as he was concerned). And both are now deeply unhappy with who and what they've become as a result of their choices: one a literal prisoner of the government, one figuratively.
Slate commenter Kristen Roupenian also focused on those characters? odd connection:
[T]he most powerful part of the hour, was the parallel between Aileen and Brody: both locked for years in a box underground and both broken by the experience, but Brody, unlike Aileen, holding on, at least, to the courage to live. He says that doesn't make him a hero, but by the end of the episode, I started thinking it did. ?
Among the many plaudits for Mandy Patinkin?s performance as Saul Berenson, Time?s James Poniewozik was particularly perceptive:
The events of last season have left Saul in his own form of solitary confinement, alone without his wife; has he been kidding himself to believe he could survive that? The episode shows off Mandy Patinkin?s brilliant, understated character work; he manages to show what effort it takes for Saul to maintain his constant front of unflappability, which makes it all the more effective when it fails him.
Finally, commenter BriefWit asks a question I?ve pondered myself:
Why can't the show bring interesting characters and/or actors back and keep them for more than one episode? First, the tailor, now Aileen Morgan. There was much more potential for her. A Caucasian American wife who becomes a zealous acolyte of Islamic fundamentalism begs for exposition almost as much as an American POW does. Plus the actress who plays her is quite good.?
Marin Ireland is indeed a wonderful actress. It?s a shame there?s now no chance of her returning?except, perhaps, in a flashback.
There are some technically impressive games for the Apple iPad?. Some titles show off rendered graphics comparable to a home gaming system, but the platform is held back by touch screen controls. Without physical buttons and sticks, action games feel somewhat unresponsive and unsatisfying. Stick-on joysticks and pads like the ThinkGeek Joystick-It and the Logitech Joystick for iPad? offer some control, but don't quite hit it. Physical controls like the ThinkGeek iCade 8-Bitty and Discovery Bay Games Atari Arcade? go a little further. And Discover Bay Games' Duo Gamer gets closer offering the same dual analog control you find in a game system controller in a package that works with the iPad. Like other physical iPad controls, though, it's limited in the games it supports (in this case, a handful of Gameloft games), which make its $79.99 (list) price tag hard to swallow.
Chunky Controller The Duo Gamer is a two-part device consisting of a controller and a stand for your iPad. The stand is a wedge-shaped piece of plastic with a lip for an iPad, a hole in the center to run a charging cable, and the Gameloft logo front and center. It's a fairly light but solid stand that will hold your iPad in place easily, though running the charging cable through the stand is only useful if you use the iPad in portrait mode. Since most games use landscape mode, you'll either disconnect the cable or run the cable to the side, away from the stand when playing a game. It works with all current iOS devices, including all versions of the iPad, the iPhone 3GS and later, the iPod Touch 4th edition and later, and the iPad Mini.
The controller is a chunky, flat plastic slab that takes two AA batteries and connects to the iPad via Bluetooth (pairing is simple). You get a direction pad, two analog sticks, four face buttons, two shoulder buttons, and a light-up connection button in the middle, giving it all the controls you'll need for most games. The controller is large and feels relatively comfortable in my big hands, but it feels slightly more angular than it should be, with its acute edge digging into my palms.
Gameloft Only Like the Gameloft logo on the stand implies, the Duo Gamer is made primarily for Gameloft games, and a limited selection of them at that. Gameloft has many some impressive action games that show off what the iPad can do, but it's still a small sampling of the total number of games available for the tablet. Currently, the only games compatible with the Duo Gamer are Asphalt 7, N.O.V.A. 3, Order & Chaos Online, Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front, and Modern Combat 3. That's a racing game, an MMORPG, and three first-person shooters. Gameloft promises other games will be released with Duo Gamer compatibility in the future, but it's still a small collection that offers few choices.
I tested the Duo Gamer with Gameloft's Asphalt 7 and N.O.V.A. 3 games, a racing game and a first-person shooter. The controller worked excellently with both, and the analog sticks gave me console-quality control. In N.O.V.A. 3 I easily picked off aliens with multiple weapons, assisted only slightly by the game's auto-aim through iron sights. Asphalt 7 similarly played well, with the analog sticks letting me steer my car with precision, without the frustration of motion or touch-screen controls. It felt like playing an arcade racer on my Sony PlayStation Vita? more than playing a tablet game.
For games that support it, the Discovery Bay Games Duo Gamer makes your iPad feel like a real game system. Unfortunately, that's a very short and focused list, which makes the controller and stand set fall short of justifying its hefty $80 price tag. If you want better controls in your iPad games, the ThinkGeek iCade 8-Bitty has fewer buttons and no analog sticks, but a longer list of supported games and a much smaller price tag at $29.99, and the Logitech Joystick for iPad works with any game with on-screen controls (even if it does block part of the screen). If you're a Gameloft-only gamer, the Duo Gamer is a good choice for a few games, but besides that small selection it's worthless as a gamepad.
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A find in South Africa suggests that humans had mastered the skill of producing small stone blades ? and could pass on the know-how ? as early as 71,000 years ago.
By Pete Spotts,?Staff writer / November 7, 2012
Small stone blades found in a cave along a rugged stretch of South Africa's coast have pushed back by thousands of years evidence for persistent, advanced stone-toolmaking skills in early modern humans, according to a new study.
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The results suggest that by 71,000 years ago, these people had long since developed the mental horsepower to tackle production problems and pass their manufacturing techniques to subsequent generations ? a lot earlier than some researchers had thought.
Indeed, to some scientists the find supports the idea that mental abilities associated with modern humans emerged when anatomically modern humans did, about 200,000 years ago, rather than resulting from a genetic mutation cropping up between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago, as others have posited.
The evidence comes in the form of a large number of stone blades that average about one inch long. The blades were excavated from successive layers in soil deposits some 46 feet thick in a cave at Pinnacle Point, on the coast some 210 miles east of Cape Town. The deposits span some 18,000 years.
The oldest bladlets were found in a layer dated to 71,000 years ago and continued to appear in layers representing the ensuing 11,000 years. The same technique was used to prepare the parent stones throughout the period, but the designs evolved over time according to the international team reporting the results in Thursday's edition of the journal Nature.
Pinnacle Point boasts "a very impressive record" of advanced cognitive abilities in early modern humans at the time period the site covers, says Rick Potts, director of the human origins program at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History in Washington.
Fleeting snapshots of such creativity appear in east Africa dating back far earlier, he explains. That creativity appears in the manufacture and use of pigments for symbolic and decorative purposes, groups separated by long distances exchanging raw materials, as well as shifts from hand axes to stone-tipped projectiles for hunting.
"You get things that fly through the air. The world has never been the same," he quips.
From disparate sites spanning different, far earlier periods than Pinnacle Point, the evidence suggests that "cognitive capacities and the social capacities had already evolved earlier on," he says. But invention can fizzle if populations are dispersed, making it hard for the innovation to spread, or the inventor gets eaten by some animal along the way as he heads home with his new invention.
The finds at Pinnacle Point, he suggests, highlight the role a persistent regional population with readily available shelter can play in perpetuating and improving a technology.
Pinnacle Point's blades required following some critical steps, according to the international team led by the University of Cape Town's Kyle Brown and Curtis Marean with Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins.
People would have had to hunt for the right kind of rock, called silcrete. They would have to gather fuel for heat-treating the rock, a process that by then had been used for 91,000 years at the site. Then comes the preparation of cores from the rock, which would be shaped into blades, chipping to make the blades themselves, then reshaping them yet again. Then comes making the wood or bone handles or shafts that would become tools or weapons. Finally, the small blades would have to be affixed to the handles or shafts.
Maintaining know-how like this over an 11,000-year span, along with the skills needed to execute the various steps, would require accurate instructions to be handed down from generation to generation and over a fairly wide region, the team says.
These days, the ability to organize and perpetuate these skills over long periods and across a region would be dubbed "executive function," notes Sally McBrearty, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.
Executive function "is an essential component of the modern mind," she writes in an assessment for Nature that accompanied the new results from Pinnacle Point.
The tiny stone blades like those at Pinnacle Point could have affected the success modern humans had as they migrated out of Africa beginning a bit earlier than the oldest dates for the Pinnacle Point blades, she writes. The research team notes that the stone mini-blades could have been used as tips for arrows or spear-thrower darts ? either of which have far greater range than a hand-thrown spear. That would allow hunters, or warriors, to operate at a safer distance from their targets.
If the migrants "were armed with the bow and arrow, they would have been more than a match for anything or anyone they met," Dr. McBrearty notes.
Allied Minds and The George Washington University partner to form LuxCath LLCPublic release date: 12-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Anne Banner abanner@gwu.edu 202-994-2261 George Washington University
A medical technology company developing real-time lesion visualization technology
This medical innovation, based on collaborative research by Drs. Marco Mercader, M.D., a cardiologist; Matthew Kay, D.Sc., a biomedical engineer; and Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., a physiologist, at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the GW School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), has immediate groundbreaking potential in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF), the most common irregular heartbeat affliction in the U.S.
BOSTON/WASHINGTON The George Washington University (GW) and Allied Minds, Inc., a premier U.S. investment firm, are pleased to announce the formation of LuxCath LLC, a medical technology company that is developing real-time lesion visualization technology based on breakthrough research from the university.
LuxCath's technology for directly visualizing tissue and lesions in real time has initial application in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF). AF is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, in the U.S., affecting more than 2 million people, or about 1 in every 150 individuals. The relatively new but minimally invasive procedure used to restore the heartbeat to a normal pace, known as Radio Frequency Catheter Ablation (RFCA), optimally requires a real-time, lesion-identifying, direct visualization tool in order to be performed consistently, effectively, quickly and safely.
"We formed LuxCath to ensure that electrophysiologists are treating the right parts of the heart in atrial fibrillation patients quickly and effectively," said Dr. Omar Amirana, M.D., Managing Director for Life Sciences at Boston-based Allied Minds. "LuxCath's technology should significantly improve procedural outcomes for patients, speed up procedures, as well as minimize costly and burdensome follow-up re-treatments."
This medical innovation is based on collaborative research by Drs. Marco Mercader, M.D., a cardiologist at the GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) and SMHS professor; Matthew Kay, D.Sc., a biomedical engineer at the GW SEAS ; and Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., a physiologist, at the GW SMHS. This collaboration represents GW's growing interest in investing in research programs that may become the basis of corporate partnerships like this one with Allied Minds.
"Such partnerships are crucial to bring the benefits of collaborative research and the development of innovative technologies to those who need them; and to provide an opportunity to fully develop and provide products in the commercial market," said University Vice President for Research Leo Chalupa.
"We were impressed with the collaboration across multiple disciplines and amongst multiple schools at GW in this arena. Bringing new thinking to problem solving and cross-fertilizing ideas to optimize and apply an innovative technology to a real-world problem was particularly compelling to us. We commend GW's efforts here," commented Dr. Amirana.
Drs. Mercader, Kay and Sarvazyan have focused their research for many years on AF because effectively treating the condition is one of the biggest problems hospitals face, not just in the U.S., but around the world.
To date, monitoring tissue injury in real time remains a major limitation of current ablation approaches," said Dr. Mercader. "Detection of viability gaps between the lesions and closure of these gaps during a single radio frequency ablation would increase both the safety and efficacy of therapy. We are very excited to develop products that will significantly enhance the lives of patients."
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More information about LuxCath can be found on the web at http://alliedminds.com/subsidiaries/luxcath, or by calling 617.419.1800.
About Allied Minds, Inc.
Allied Minds, Inc. is a U.S. investment firm that deploys private equity to form, fund, manage and build start-ups based on early-stage technologies developed at renowned U.S. universities and federal research institutions. Allied Minds serves as a diversified holding company that supports its businesses with capital, management and shared services, and is the premier investment firm to utilize this novel and fully integrated approach to technology commercialization. More information about the Boston-based company can be found at www.alliedminds.com.
About the George Washington University
In the heart of the nation's capital with additional programs in Virginia, the George Washington University was created by an Act of Congress in 1821. Today, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. The university offers comprehensive programs of undergraduate and graduate liberal arts study, as well as degree programs in medicine, public health, law, engineering, education, business and international affairs. Each year, GW enrolls a diverse population of undergraduate, graduate and professional students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 130 countries.
About the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Founded in 1825, the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) was the first medical school in the nation's capital and is the 11th oldest in the country. Working together in our nation's capital, with integrity and resolve, the GW SMHS is committed to improving the health and well-being of our local, national and global communities. www.smhs.gwumc.edu
About the GW School of Engineering and Applied Science
GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science prepares engineers and applied scientists to address society's technological challenges by offering outstanding undergraduate, graduate, and professional educational experiences and by providing innovative, fundamental, and applied research activities. The school has five academic departments, 11 research centers, 90 faculty, and 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students. Core areas of academic excellence include biomedical engineering, cybersecurity, high performance computing, nanotechnologies, robotics, and transportation safety.
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Allied Minds and The George Washington University partner to form LuxCath LLCPublic release date: 12-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Anne Banner abanner@gwu.edu 202-994-2261 George Washington University
A medical technology company developing real-time lesion visualization technology
This medical innovation, based on collaborative research by Drs. Marco Mercader, M.D., a cardiologist; Matthew Kay, D.Sc., a biomedical engineer; and Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., a physiologist, at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the GW School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), has immediate groundbreaking potential in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF), the most common irregular heartbeat affliction in the U.S.
BOSTON/WASHINGTON The George Washington University (GW) and Allied Minds, Inc., a premier U.S. investment firm, are pleased to announce the formation of LuxCath LLC, a medical technology company that is developing real-time lesion visualization technology based on breakthrough research from the university.
LuxCath's technology for directly visualizing tissue and lesions in real time has initial application in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF). AF is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat, in the U.S., affecting more than 2 million people, or about 1 in every 150 individuals. The relatively new but minimally invasive procedure used to restore the heartbeat to a normal pace, known as Radio Frequency Catheter Ablation (RFCA), optimally requires a real-time, lesion-identifying, direct visualization tool in order to be performed consistently, effectively, quickly and safely.
"We formed LuxCath to ensure that electrophysiologists are treating the right parts of the heart in atrial fibrillation patients quickly and effectively," said Dr. Omar Amirana, M.D., Managing Director for Life Sciences at Boston-based Allied Minds. "LuxCath's technology should significantly improve procedural outcomes for patients, speed up procedures, as well as minimize costly and burdensome follow-up re-treatments."
This medical innovation is based on collaborative research by Drs. Marco Mercader, M.D., a cardiologist at the GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) and SMHS professor; Matthew Kay, D.Sc., a biomedical engineer at the GW SEAS ; and Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., a physiologist, at the GW SMHS. This collaboration represents GW's growing interest in investing in research programs that may become the basis of corporate partnerships like this one with Allied Minds.
"Such partnerships are crucial to bring the benefits of collaborative research and the development of innovative technologies to those who need them; and to provide an opportunity to fully develop and provide products in the commercial market," said University Vice President for Research Leo Chalupa.
"We were impressed with the collaboration across multiple disciplines and amongst multiple schools at GW in this arena. Bringing new thinking to problem solving and cross-fertilizing ideas to optimize and apply an innovative technology to a real-world problem was particularly compelling to us. We commend GW's efforts here," commented Dr. Amirana.
Drs. Mercader, Kay and Sarvazyan have focused their research for many years on AF because effectively treating the condition is one of the biggest problems hospitals face, not just in the U.S., but around the world.
To date, monitoring tissue injury in real time remains a major limitation of current ablation approaches," said Dr. Mercader. "Detection of viability gaps between the lesions and closure of these gaps during a single radio frequency ablation would increase both the safety and efficacy of therapy. We are very excited to develop products that will significantly enhance the lives of patients."
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More information about LuxCath can be found on the web at http://alliedminds.com/subsidiaries/luxcath, or by calling 617.419.1800.
About Allied Minds, Inc.
Allied Minds, Inc. is a U.S. investment firm that deploys private equity to form, fund, manage and build start-ups based on early-stage technologies developed at renowned U.S. universities and federal research institutions. Allied Minds serves as a diversified holding company that supports its businesses with capital, management and shared services, and is the premier investment firm to utilize this novel and fully integrated approach to technology commercialization. More information about the Boston-based company can be found at www.alliedminds.com.
About the George Washington University
In the heart of the nation's capital with additional programs in Virginia, the George Washington University was created by an Act of Congress in 1821. Today, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. The university offers comprehensive programs of undergraduate and graduate liberal arts study, as well as degree programs in medicine, public health, law, engineering, education, business and international affairs. Each year, GW enrolls a diverse population of undergraduate, graduate and professional students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and more than 130 countries.
About the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Founded in 1825, the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) was the first medical school in the nation's capital and is the 11th oldest in the country. Working together in our nation's capital, with integrity and resolve, the GW SMHS is committed to improving the health and well-being of our local, national and global communities. www.smhs.gwumc.edu
About the GW School of Engineering and Applied Science
GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science prepares engineers and applied scientists to address society's technological challenges by offering outstanding undergraduate, graduate, and professional educational experiences and by providing innovative, fundamental, and applied research activities. The school has five academic departments, 11 research centers, 90 faculty, and 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students. Core areas of academic excellence include biomedical engineering, cybersecurity, high performance computing, nanotechnologies, robotics, and transportation safety.
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