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Sprint to begin offering Microsoft Office 365 for enterprise clientele

Sprint to begin offering Microsoft Office 365 for enterprise clientele

Suit-and-tie types looking for that virtual office on-the-go experience might want to hitch a ride on Sprint's cloud. Starting today, the wireless operator's introducing an add-on package designed for small to medium enterprise clients that bundles Microsoft's Office 365 with other unnamed "value-added services." The move, which gives power users access to MS' web-based apps, video conferencing and shared calendars from anywhere, is part of the Hesse-led company's Software-as-a-Service portfolio that culls together a suite of remote solutions tailored to the button-down set. According to the carrier's site, plans kick off at $6 per month, but you needn't worry about being nickel-and-dimed, your corporate overlord should be footing this bill. Head past the break for the official presser.

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Long-distance distress signal from periphery of injured nerve cells begins with locally made protein

ScienceDaily (July 30, 2012) ? When the longest cells in the body are injured at their farthest reaches, coordinating the cells' repair is no easy task. This is in part because these peripheral nerve cells can be extremely long -- up to one meter in adult humans -- which is a lot of distance for a molecular distress signal to cover in order to reach the "command center" of the cell's nucleus.

Scientists have believed this process to be even more challenging because their textbook understanding for many years has been that the axons -- the long extensions of nerve cells away from the main cell body containing the nucleus -- do not manufacture the proteins involved in the molecular signal themselves. Yet, in recent years, some scientists have begun to challenge that textbook understanding, with preliminary evidence that one key protein involved in setting off a distress signal for cellular repair, known as importin beta1, was locally produced in the axons. They just weren't sure how.

"Now these textbooks need to be rewritten," said Dr. Jeffery Twiss, a professor and head of the department of biology in Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences. Twiss co-authored new research recently published in Neuron, led by collaborators from the Weizmann Institute of Science. "Our new research is one of the strongest indicators yet of molecular signaling from end to end in peripheral nerve cells."

These researchers have provided strong new evidence that the protein importin beta1 is indeed produced locally in the axons of peripheral nerve cells. They also found that the version of the protein, when found in the axon, is made using a different molecular recipe than the version found in the nucleus, where it performs different essential cell functions. These discoveries may help scientists better understand how subsequent steps operate in the distress signal and in nerve cell repair, so they can eventually control and enhance the process to speed up recovery from nerve injuries.

Finding this evidence was far from simple: Importins are so crucial in the cell's nucleus that even the smallest embryo could not survive without them. But Rotem Ben-Tov Perry, a research student at the Weizmann Institute who was lead author of the new study, found a way to distinguish the importin beta1 in the cell body from that in the axon: The axonal protein was apparently made from a longer version of messenger RNA, the cell's working recipe for building a protein. To see if they could selectively affect just the axonal version of the protein, the Weizmann researchers worked with Drexel's Twiss to take advantage of high precision knock-out technology. Rather than knocking a whole gene out of the system, they managed to remove one little piece of the messenger RNA's recipe for manufacturing importins- just the longer bit that sends the RNA to the axon.

Now they observed plenty of importin beta1 in the cell body, but none in the axons. With the axonal segment of RNA knocked out of the recipe for importin beta1, a mouse embryo still had the importin it needed near the nucleus of its cells to grow and develop into a living animal -- but it took much longer to recover from peripheral nerve injury. Genes that are normally active in response to nerve damage were activated to a lesser degree. All of this suggests that the importin beta1 that normally helps inform the extended nerve cell about injury is, indeed, produced locally in the axon -- and that this protein found in the axon is a key part of the nerve repair signaling process.

"The data shows conclusively that importin beta1 protein is produced in axons, Rotem's work has validated the importins' crucial role in nerve repair," said Dr. Michael Fainzilber, senior author and professor at the Weizmann Institute.

Twiss said that next steps will be to better describe how the signaling process involving importin beta1 delivers a signal to begin nerve cell repair and, ultimately, develop strategies to better control these molecular steps of the repair mechanisms to improve nerve cell regeneration after injury.

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Badminton's rock star: Lin Dan headlines London

China's Lin Dan plays against Ireland's Scott Evans in a men's singles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

China's Lin Dan plays against Ireland's Scott Evans in a men's singles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

China's Lin Dan plays against Ireland's Scott Evans in a men's singles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

China's Lin Dan plays against Ireland's Scott Evans in a men's singles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

(AP) ? The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Spice Girls, Beyonce ... and Lin Dan. Wembley Arena has rocked out to them all.

Lin, the closest thing badminton has to a rock star, turned the famed arena into his own mosh pit when the Chinese standout won one of the greatest finals in world championships history last year.

The thriller ended when he fought off two match points to deny Malaysian archrival Lee Chong Wei. Lin didn't let the drama end there: He ripped off his shirt with a guttural yell, embraced his coaches, pumped the air with two left hooks and saluted the still-applauding crowd.

Nearly a year later, he's headlining the arena again for the Olympics in hope of becoming the first man to retain the singles title.

He moved into the last 16 on Monday but he's still downplaying his chances for gold, especially for his 16 million followers on social media. But does the most decorated badminton player ever think about winning the London Games?

"Sometimes before I sleep at night, I would think about winning my second Olympic gold medal," he said. "However, I realized it was more important to remain focused on achieving my goal and not get carried away thinking too far ahead."

There was a time when impatience was his weakness. But training and maturity turned him into a winner of the Olympics, worlds, All England Open, Asian Games, and Thomas Cup ? each marked by a star tattooed on his left arm. When Lin won the Super Series Final last December, he became the first to complete what has been called the Super Grand Slam ? the winner of every major title available to an Asian, including the Sudirman Cup, World Cup and Asian championships. All by the age of 28.

His reputation's not entirely super, however. Lin has blemished his legacy through forfeits and retirements to help teammates: Seven times alone since late 2010. He's been accused of helping Chen Jin qualify for the last two Olympics by throwing the 2008 All England final and this year's Asian championships semifinal.

In fact, he's a bit of a bad boy: At the 2008 Korean Open final, Lin exchanged harsh words with South Korea's Chinese coach Li Mao after a disputed line call, threatening him and raising his racket. Then after losing, Lin scuffled with winner Lee Hyun-il. Three months later, Lin reportedly punched coach Ji Xinpeng in a pre-Olympic training camp.

Lin showed his class in the Beijing Games when he withstood the crush of expectations from home fans by crushing Chong Wei in the gold-medal final. Away from home, he expects to enjoy these London Games more.

"We have huge pressure when we play at home," he said. "All the people hope we can win every match and become champions. 'Champions, champions' is what we hear from them, or thinking about all the time. So the pressure gets bigger and bigger for us. In contrast, when we play abroad, play in a venue far from home, we feel relaxed. All we need to do is focus on the match itself."

Lin has had focus almost since he was born in southeast Fujian Province. The left-hander, who defied his parents' wish that he play piano, started badminton at the age of five. He was accepted into full-time badminton training at nine, and was picked for the national team at 18.

From the start he exhibited a quick-strike boldness, tactical nous and extraordinary footwork. Within three years of his senior international debut, he was ranked No. 1 in the world, in time for the Athens Olympics. He bombed in the first round but wasn't down for long. He became so successful, and one of China's highest-earning sportsmen, he had to register his name as a trademark in 2007 to stop it from being used by manufacturers without permission.

Since the Beijing Games, he's married Xie Xingfang, the retired two-time world champion and Beijing Olympic silver medalist, and concentrated more on titles than being No. 1. Hailed as the greatest badminton player, at least of this generation, he has stayed out of the spotlight in London. He looked relaxed though when he bumped into his friend Chong Wei outside their Wembley hotel and posed for pictures and compared expensive watches.

Their rematch in the final is the dream of fans. And one more chance to rock Wembley Arena.

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Olympics ticket broker to co-host Romney fundraiser

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Olympics ticket broker whose company apologized last week for distribution problems at the London Games is co-hosting a fundraiser for Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Indiana this week.

An invitation to the fundraiser in Evansville, Indiana, scheduled for Saturday, lists Sead Dizdarevic, founder and owner of the ticket-selling companies Jet Set Sports and CoSport, as one of 24 "event co-chairs."

The invitation lists ticket prices for the fundraiser ranging from $2,500 for a "Minute Man contributor" to $75,800 for "Romney Victory Max Out Contributor."

The invitation, for what is described as a reception at the home of Steven Chancellor, a coal mining executive, also lists as hosts Indiana native and former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

Listed as "celebrity guests" for the event are actress Bo Derek and actor Ricky Schroder, both of whom have been active in Republican Party politics.

Precisely how Dizdarevic will be involved in the event is unclear. The Romney campaign did not responded to e-mails requesting comment and a representative of Jet Set and CoSport had no immediate comment.

Last week, a woman who answered the phone at Jet Set Sports' head office in Far Hills, New Jersey, said that Dizdarevic was in London for the Olympics, where his company CoSport was designated by the United States Olympic Committee and several other national Olympic committees, including those of Canada and Australia, as an "authorized ticket reseller" for the Games.

Last week, CoSport apologized for delays that forced some customers arriving in London to spend up to six hours lined up in sweltering heat to collect their tickets. The company also said that it was "very sorry" that some customers had not received the bloc seating ticket arrangements they had requested.

Dizdarevic, the owner of CoSport and Jet Set Sports, was a figure in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics scandal that led to Romney's successful takeover of the running of those games.

The scandal focused on allegations that Salt Lake officials bidding to lure the Olympics there had spent millions of dollars on gifts, cash payments and other benefits for IOC members involved in deciding whether to award the Games to Salt Lake City.

The scandal also involved payments that prospective vendors made to Salt Lake Olympics officials. An indictment accused two officials of receiving $130,000 from Jet Set Sports, of which CoSport is a part.

The charges eventually were tossed out by a federal judge, but not before Dizdarevic testified against the suspects after receiving immunity from prosecution.

Afterward, Romney recruited Jet Set as a sponsor after he took over as chief of the Salt Lake Games, according to Mark Lewis, who worked on the Games as an aide to Romney.

Reports filed with the U.S. Federal Election Commission indicate that since last year, Dizdarevic, his wife and their company have contributed $200,000 to Restore Our Future, a political action committee, or PAC, that supports Romney's bid to oust President Barack Obama in the November 6 general election.

(Editing by David Lindsey and Cynthia Osterman)

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Monday, July 30, 2012

SC State University?s Board of Trustees to Meet via Teleconference

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MC&W to begin addressing VI's Infrastructural needs ? Virgin ...

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(L-R) Premier of the Virgin Islands, Hon. D. Orlando Smith, Director of Communications Arliene T. Penn, Chief Economist at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Mr. Carl Howell, Minister of Communications and Works Hon. Mark Vanterpool, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works Arlene Smith-Thompson and the Chief of Infrastructure Planning Research and edvelopment and Project Coordinator in the Ministry of Communications and Works Dr. Drexel M. Glasgow, at the press conference earlier today, July 30, 2012. Photo: VINO

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI ? In response to complaints and concerns raised by the people of the Virgin Islands (VI), the Government of the VI, Ministry of Communications and Works (MC&W), under the supervision of Hon. Mark Vanterpool, has recently introduced a project, with its aim solely to reconstruct and rebuild damages caused by a dreadful storm in October of 2010.

During a press conference held at the Treasure Isle Conference Room, the ?Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project? that was introduced and launched to the public earlier today, July 30, 2012, was attended by the Director of Communications Arliene T. Penn, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works Arlene Smith-Thompson, Premier of the Virgin Islands, Hon. D. Orlando Smith, Chief Economist at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Mr. Carl Howell, Minister of Communications and Works Hon. Mark Vanterpool and the Chief of Infrastructure Planning Research and Development and Project Coordinator in the Ministry of Communications and Works Dr. Drexel M. Glasgow.

Hon. Vanterpool, informed this news site that the project was created to focus on specific areas in the Territory that are very dangerous. ?There are certain areas in the Territory that are very dangerous as a result of the storm, so we were anxiously waiting for this improvement.?

The Minister added that ?now the funds are available the reconstruction of these damages depends on how quickly the project team attacks the project.?

Hon. Vanterpool said that the matter on hand is a very crucial topic and his department will be moving very swiftly to get these projects and damages around Tortola under control and safe for its people. He said that the ?project will take probably a year or two for the works to be done and for the Ministry to pin-point other areas that needs fixing.?

Prior to the work being done around the VI, workers of the Minister?s department will be engaged in a two day session dubbed as ?Procurement workshops?.

During those workshops, he indicated that the workers will be trained on how best to procure materials and services to get the best cost benefits.

With his Ministry previously engaged in energy conservation and now infrastructure rehabilitation, Hon. Vanterpool said they are all according to the plans that were included into the present government?s manifesto. He added that ?it is not what?s next for the Government but for each area the plans are being put in place.?

The Minister assured this news site that the work that will be done during the process of this project, will in no way affect the upcoming emancipation festival celebrations.

He added that any work being done will be put on hold until August 13, after the festival.

?We will work up until this weekend and then stop work until after August 13, 2012, after the festival.?

Role of CDB in Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project

While giving brief remarks at the press conference held this morning, CDB?s Chief Economist Mr. Howell stated that CDB is driven by its mandate to contribute to the harmonious growth and development of the Caribbean region and to reduce poverty. He added that by doing this, the bank has been able to leverage the skills set of its highly motivated staff to support positive development outcomes in the region.

Mr. Howell further stated, that through the provision of loan finance, policy advisory and technical assistance services and support, CDB has been able to support many countries in the region to build economic and social sector resilience and to improve recovery time following an unfortunate natural hazard event.

In reference to discussions between senior management of CDB and the Premier of the Virgin Islands, he added that the bank is in the process of preparing a country strategy for the VI that is forecasted to be introduced to the board in December.

?The country strategy will essentially set out how the bank believes it can best assist the country?s development objectives, over the next three years.?

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Defcon 20 visitors get their own 'pirate' cellular network in Ninja Tel, exclusive One V to match

Defcon 20 visitors get their own 'pirate' cellular network in Ninja Tel, exclusive One V to match

The annual Defcon hacking meetup produces its share of unique creations. You know you're in for something special when even your entrance badge is an adventure. Defcon 20 might be winding to a close, but about 650 guests may just have the fondest memory of all: access to a private, ad hoc GSM carrier from Ninja Networks. While the collective's Ninja Tel is really an invitation to a party at the Rio Hotel, where the lone cell site operates out of a van, it lets the privileged few call and text each other to their hearts' content over cellular and WiFi. The network operators can unsurprisingly eavesdrop on any of the completely unencrypted calls -- this is a hacker's convention, after all -- but we don't think guests mind after getting an equally rare, customized HTC One V for free to make the calls in question. The Android 4.0 phone gets unique perks like triggering a nearby vending machine with Qualcomm's AllJoyn or making apps on the spot through Google's Integrated Development Environment. Owners can even reflash the One V to hop on AT&T or T-Mobile afterwards. Just don't expect to see Ninja Tel popping up in your hometown anytime soon; when Defcon shuts its doors, the cellular network shuts down.

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Cell receptor has proclivity for T helper 9 cells, airway inflammation

ScienceDaily (July 29, 2012) ? A research team led by Xian Chang Li, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) Transplantation Research Center, has shed light on how a population of lymphocytes, called CD4+ T cells, mature into various subsets of adult T helper cells. In particular, the team uncovered that a particular cell surface molecule, known as OX40, is a powerful inducer of new T helper cells that make copious amounts of interleukin-9 (IL-9) (and therefore called TH9 cells) in vitro; such TH9 cells are responsible for ongoing inflammation in the airways in the lungs in vivo.

The study will be published online in Nature Immunology on July 29, 2012.

In their studies, the researchers found that mice with hyper-active OX40 activities had signs of tissue inflammation, particularly in tissues lining the airway. A high amount of cells -- as much as 30 percent -- in these tissues were mucin-producing cells. Mucin-producing cells produce gel-like secretions that, when combined with other secretions, can form mucus or saliva.

The results mirrored previous studies of mice who over expressed IL-9 in the lung airways. Results from additional experiments confirmed that OX40 triggers both TH9 cell and IL-9 production, thereby leading to airway inflammation.

"These findings may have broad impact on how to treat chronic inflammation, such as allergic inflammation and chronic allograft rejection after transplantation, since the inflammatory texture organized by TH9 cells tends to be different and ongoing." said Li.

In addition to this translational finding, Li and his team made strides in better understanding OX40's role in the molecular mechanisms of the pathway responsible for TH9 cell induction.

According to Li, the revelation that OX40 promotes TH9 cells through TRAF6 (a protein that mediates cell signaling) and the activation of a non-canonical NF-kB pathway will point to new opportunities in drug discovery and development in treatment of TH9-related diseases.

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London 2012: Mystery woman gate-crashed team India at opening ceremonies

LONDON?A mysterious woman in red has caused an international incident at the London Olympics.

Indian officials are mystified ? and miffed ? after an unknown young woman managed to march with the country?s athletes and officials during the opening ceremony Friday night.

Games organizers on Sunday downplayed security concerns around the unscripted moment, saying the interloper was a ceremony cast member and had screened before entering the Olympic Park.

Images from Friday?s ceremony showed a young woman in turquoise jeans and a red jacket marching alongside Indian flag bearer Sushil Kumar at the head of the delegation of 40 athletes in bright yellow and navy blue.

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?We are totally dazed,? Indian press atttache Harpal Singh Bedi said Sunday. ?How can a person without any accreditation walk past??

Indian officials said they had no idea who the woman was. The country?s Deccan Chronicle newspaper said she was likely Madhura Nagendra, a graduate student from the southern city of Bangalore who had been living in London.

The newspaper said she had displayed her Olympic passes on her Facebook page, which used the name Madhura Honey. It said the page was later deactivated.

The case of the ceremony?s mystery woman dominated Indian media?s coverage of the opening of the games.

?Who?s That Girl?? asked the front page of The Hindustan Times.

?Leaky London: Unaccounted presence in march past,? said a headline in the Times of India. The newspaper said the mystery woman had ?brazenly gatecrashed the party, raising security concerns and adding to the anger over India?s blink-and-miss appearance on global TV screens.?

Bedi said India?s acting chef de mission, P.K.M. Raja, had sent games organizers an official letter of complaint about the intrusion.

?I think this is definitely a security lapse,? Bedi said. ?You cannot have flawless security everywhere, but this is not flawless.?

But London organizing chief Sebastian Coe insisted the woman had not posed a threat to the ceremony. He told reporters she was ?a cast member who clearly got slightly over-excited.?

Some 10,000 volunteers performed alongside professional musicians, actors and dancers in director Danny Boyle?s ceremony.

Coe stressed the woman had been screened to get into Olympic Stadium so there had been no security breach.

?Don?t run away with the idea that she walked in off the street,? Coe said.

Coe said games officials ?will have our own discussions? about the incident.

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Teething Baby? Avoid Benzocaine, FDA Says

SUNDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Parents should not use benzocaine products to relieve teething pain in babies except under the advice and supervision of a health care professional, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.

Benzocaine is a local anesthetic found in over-the-counter products such as Anbesol, Orajel, Baby Orajel, Orabase and Hurricane.

The use of benzocaine gels and liquids to relieve gum and mouth pain can lead to a rare but potentially deadly condition called methemoglobinemia, in which the amount of oxygen carried through the bloodstream is greatly reduced. Children under 2 years old are at particular risk for the condition, the FDA said in a news release.

The agency first warned about the potential dangers of benzocaine in 2006 and has since received 29 reports of benzocaine gel-related cases of methemoglobinemia. Nineteen of those cases occurred in children, 15 of them under 2 years of age.

The FDA also noted that parents may have difficulty recognizing the symptoms of methemoglobinemia, which include: pale, gray or blue-colored skin, lips and nail beds; shortness of breath; fatigue; confusion; headache; light-headedness and rapid heart rate.

Symptoms can occur within minutes to hours after benzocaine use, and after using the drug for the first time or after several uses. Parents should immediately call 911 (or the local emergency number outside the United States) if a child has symptoms of methemoglobinemia after being given benzocaine, the FDA said in the news release.

Instead of using benzocaine to ease teething pain, the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that parents give a child a teething ring chilled in the refrigerator, or use a finger to gently rub or massage the child's gums.

More information

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Deadly Ebola outbreak in Uganda, health officials confirm

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ? The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease that had many people fleeing their homes.

The officials and a World Health Organization representative told a news conference in Kampala Saturday that there is "an outbreak of Ebola" in Uganda.

"Laboratory investigations done at the Uganda Virus Research Institute...have confirmed that the strange disease reported in Kibaale is indeed Ebola hemorrhagic fever," the Ugandan government and WHO said in joint statement.

Kibaale is a district in midwestern Uganda, where people in recent weeks have been troubled by a mysterious illness that seemed to have come from nowhere. Ugandan health officials had been stumped as well, and spent weeks conducting laboratory tests that were at first inconclusive.

On Friday, Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, told The Associated Press that investigators were "not so sure" it was Ebola, and a Ugandan health official dismissed the possibility of Ebola as merely a rumor. It appears firm evidence of Ebola was clinched overnight.

Health officials told reporters in Kampala that the 14 dead were among 20 reported with the disease. Two of the infected have been isolated for examination by researchers and health officials. A clinical officer and, days later, her 4-month-old baby died from the disease caused by the Ebola virus, officials said.

Officials urged Ugandans to be calm, saying a national emergency taskforce had been set up to stop the disease from spreading far and wide.

There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola, and in Uganda, where in 2000 the disease killed 224 people and left hundreds more traumatized, it resurrects terrible memories. There have been isolated cases since, such as in 2007 when an outbreak of a new strain of Ebola killed at least 37 people in Bundibugyo, a remote district close to the Congolese border, but none as deadly as in 2000.

Ebola, which manifests itself as a hemorrhagic fever, is highly infectious and kills quickly. It was first reported in 1976 in Congo and is named for the river where it was recognized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A CDC factsheet on Ebola says the disease is "characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain. A rash, red eyes, hiccups and internal and external bleeding may be seen in some patients."

Scientists don't know the natural reservoir of the virus, but they suspect the first victim in an Ebola outbreak gets infected through contact with an infected animal, such as a monkey.

The virus can be transmitted through direct contact with the blood or secretions of an infected person, or objects that have been contaminated with infected secretions. During communal funerals, for example, when the bereaved come into contact with an Ebola victim, the virus can be contracted, officials said, warning against unnecessary contact with suspected cases of Ebola.

In Kibaale, some villagers had started abandoning their homes in recent weeks to escape what they thought was an illness that had something to do with bad luck, because people were quickly falling ill and dying, and there was no immediate explanation, officials said.

Officials said now that they've verified Ebola in the area they can concentrate on controlling the disease. Ebola patients were being treated at the only major hospital in Kibaale, said Stephen Byaruhanga, the district's health secretary.

"Being a strange disease, we were shocked to learn that it was Ebola," Byaruhanga said. "Our only hope is that in the past when Ebola broke out in other parts of Uganda it was controlled."

The challenge, he said, was retaining the services of all the nurses and doctors who are being asked to risk their lives in order to look after the sick.

"Their lives are at stake," he said.

Officials also worry that other villagers suffering from other diseases might be afraid to visit the hospital for fear of catching Ebola, he said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/officials-ebola-breaks-uganda-123309607.html

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Family Game Day! : MikeWo's Musings

Brian Prince and I are putting together a game day on Saturday, August 4th.? That?s this coming Saturday!? What?s a game day?? Well, if you like board games, card games, dice games, or games played with small lettered tiles then this will be for you.? The event is family friendly, so bring your spouse and kids too.? This is not an organized tournament or anything like that, it?s just people getting together to play games.

The event will be open from 10 AM till about 8 PM and is hosted at the Microsoft Office in Mason, OH.? The address is 4605 Duke Drive, Suite 800, Mason, OH 45040.? It?s basically going to be running all day, but you can drop in and out as you have the time to do so.? The Cincinnati .NET Users Group (CINNUG) will be donating some drinks (while supplies last), but you?ll be on your own for food.? There are a metric ton of restaurants nearby so you?ll have plenty to choose from.?

If you have games you enjoy playing, please bring them in to share.? You?ll want to mark them or keep track of them in some manner.? Also, remember this is family friendly, so if you have a Leisure Suit Larry special edition card game you?ll need to leave that at home or play in one of the side huddle rooms away from the younglings.?

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Fred Willard Explains Arrest, Adult Movie Theater Adventure


At least Fred Willard is able to laugh at himself.

Appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon yesterday, a week after being arrested for allegedly having his pants down inside an adult movie theater in Los Angeles, the veteran comedian kicked off his interview with one question for the host:

"What do you want to talk about first?"

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From there, the actor made a few more jokes (“It’s the last time I’m gonna listen to my wife when she says, ‘Why don’t you go out and see a movie?’”) before admitting he did stop by an "exotic" looking theater and it felt like "a trip down Alice in Wonderland and down the rabbit hole," where he was the "only awake and sober and conscious” person in the theater.

But seriously, folks.

“It’s very embarrassing,” Willard said. “It’s embarrassing as hell! But let me say this: nothing happened. I did nothing wrong, everything’s being sorted out as we speak.”

The actor has been fired from his gig at PBS, but is unlikely to face prosecution

“I have great respect for the authorities,” Willard added. “I mean, when we need a policeman, God bless ‘em, they’re there. But, if you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time, everything seems suspicious.

“But it’s very embarrassing. Very painful. And I’m trying to laugh it off. But my summary of the evening is that it’s an interesting theater, boring movie, and a great place to take a nap.”

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

U.S. pipeline agency probes Enbridge oil spill in Wisconsin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. pipeline safety agency launched an investigation on Saturday into an oil spill in Wisconsin on Enbridge Inc's network that forced the partial shutdown of a main artery carrying light sweet Canadian crude to Chicago-area refineries.

Enbridge's 318,000 barrel per day Line 14 pipeline, part of the Lakehead system, was shut after an estimated 1,200 barrels of oil were leaked. This happened almost two years to the day after another major spill in a different section of the line, in Michigan.

Enbridge Energy Partners said on Friday there was not yet a time frame for when flows would resume, and the cause of the spill had not yet been determined.

"(The U.S. Transportation Department's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) is investigating the cause of the Enbridge crude oil pipeline failure in Wisconsin," spokesman Damon Hill said in an email on Saturday, adding that an inspector had been sent to the location of the pipeline failure.

Line 14 is one of four lines that ship mainly Canadian crude via Lakehead, a 2.5 million bpd network that is the principal route for Canadian exports.

The news will not help Enbridge build public trust in its network, which has come under scrutiny following several high-profile incidents, including a spill in Alberta last month and the massive leak in Michigan two years ago.

Just weeks ago, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board delivered a scathing report of Enbridge's handling of the July 2010 rupture of its Line 6B near Marshall, Michigan, which led to more than 20,000 barrels of crude leaking into the Kalamazoo River.

The NTSB said it found a complete breakdown of company safety measures, and that Enbridge employees performed like "Keystone Kops" trying to contain it. The rupture went undetected for 17 hours.

U.S. pipeline regulators fined it $3.7 million for the spill, their largest ever penalty.

The incidents have caused furor just as the company seeks approval for its C$6 billion Northern Gateway pipeline to Canada's West Coast from Alberta amid staunch opposition from environmental groups and native communities that warn against oil spills on land and in coastal waters.

Enbridge said Line 14 was a 24-inch diameter pipe that was installed in 1998, making it a relatively new line.

In most cases, smaller pipeline leaks can be repaired quickly allowing operations to resume pumping, although regulators may require significant work if they find any cause for alarm. Following the leak two years ago, the line was shut for over two months.

No injury was reported on Friday at the line, which is near Grand Marsh, Wisconsin, Enbridge said.

(Reporting by Timothy Gardner in Washington and Jeffrey Jones in Calgary; Editing by Vicki Allen, Matthew Robinson and Russ Blinch)

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Special Education Law Blog: Bullting of Children With Disabilities ...

In the first installment of this series, I explained the early cases
laying the conceptual groundwork for the proposition that failure to
react to bullying can constitute a denial of FAPE under IDEA.? In later installments, I have discussed the seminal decision of TK & SK ex rel LK v. New York City Dept of Educ 779 F.Supp.2d 289, 56 IDELR 228 (E.D.N.Y. 4/25/2011).? This case is important not just because it analyzes special education law principles involving bullying, but also because it provides a thorough review of the social science literature on bullying. You should read this case and you can do so here.

In the next parts of this series, I will take a look at some of the points and issues raised by participants during my recent half day presentation on Bullying at the Seattle U conference. Some big issues were discussed there.

In the meantime, here is more from the TK court...these are not my words:

Bullies typically operate in front of a crowd, and the students who act as onlookers do not escape the effects of bullying. These students, who often watch, or even step away from the bullying actions, are more likely to feel powerless and to be fearful at school. Macklem, supra, at 91-92. Bystanders feel as though they are incapable of controlling the situation, and thus are not themselves safe. Id. at 91.

Students may go along with the group in the bullying behavior out of fear that if they were to speak up they might lose their space within the peer group and open themselves up to be the next victim. Id. As time goes on, if bullying persists at a high level, bystanders become desensitized and are less willing to step in to prevent the harassment. Id.

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Mixed News From the Housing Market Signals an ... - RealEstate.com

Home Values Rising

Things are heating up in the housing market. A spring awakening lifted the market from a deep slumber and the summer months are keeping the momentum going.

uneven housing market recoveryFor the first time since 2007, the Zillow Home Value Index, a measure for home prices, climbed 0.2 percent to $149,300. This is the fourth consecutive month of increase, the company said. That?s a sign that things finally may be moving upward after hitting the absolute bottom.

But full recovery is still far away.

Of the 167 metros covered by the index, 53 reported annual increases in home values. Phoenix, one of the worst hit markets by the downturn, reported the largest increase with home values skyrocketing 12.1 percent.

?After four months with rising home values and increasingly positive forecast data, it seems clear that the country has hit a bottom in home values,? said Zillow Chief Economist Dr. Stan Humphries in a release. ?The housing recovery is holding together despite lower-than-expected job growth, indicating that it has some organic strength of its own.?

But, there?s no uncorking of the champagne yet. Celebrations may still be a bit premature considering the pipeline of foreclosed inventory.

?This will translate into more homes on the market by the end of the year,? Humphries said in the release. ?But we think demand will rise to absorb that, particularly in markets where there are acute inventory shortages now.?

In the next year, 67 of the 156 markets are expected to experience gains in home value, Zillow said.

Rising Prices Cools off Foreign Interest

For a while now, low prices and attractive and abundant home inventory lured buyers from offshore. But, with the market slowly picking up and some areas reporting bidding wars and multiple buyers for the same property, things are changing.

A recent report by Trulia shows that foreign interest in the U.S. housing market is tapering off. When the housing bust happened, buyers from Canada, Australia, Germany and the U.K. made a beeline for the U.S. shores, buying up investment properties in places such as Miami and Los Angeles. Year over year, foreign search of U.S. homes fell by nearly 10 percent. Searches have dropped the most in markets where prices have climbed, Trulia said. Buyers from Eurozone crisis countries have also slipped, declining 15 percent in the first half of 2012. While falling interest isn?t a positive in most cases, in this case it?s an indication that things are really improving on the housing front.

New Home Sales Drop

While existing home sales have climbed in some areas, even triggering bidding wars, new home sales plummeted. According to the Commerce Department, prices for single-family homes dropped 8.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 350,000 units. That?s the lowest pace in five months.

The biggest dip was in the Northeast where prices fell 60 percent.

?Housing will continue to recover gradually throughout the year but fundamentals are not supportive of a fully fledged housing market recovery,? Yelena Shulyatyeva, an economist at BNP Paribas in New York told Reuters.

Last month existing home sales also suffered a dip. Despite low mortgages, economic issues at home and abroad have prevented buyers from jumping into the real estate market. The going may be slow for awhile. But, the silver lining is, home values have risen and new home construction rose to the highest level since 2008.

Sale Agreements Drop

There were fewer contracts signed to buy existing homes last month, according to the National Association of Realtors?. According to NAR, the sale agreements index dropped 1.4 percent to 99.3. Economists consider a reading of 100 to be the sign of a healthy market.

Contract signing is an important indicator of where the industry is headed. Usually it takes one to two months from the time an agreement is signed to when a deal is completed.

Source: http://www.realestate.com/advice/mixed-news-from-the-housing-market-signals-an-uneven-recovery-24382

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Terminator termites have unique technique

Older workers vanquish foes in toxic, self-sacrificial burst

Web edition : Thursday, July 26th, 2012

The likelihood of a worker exploding in a burst of toxins increases with age, at least in a species of tropical termite.

Sudden, toxic self-rupture is a mutually destructive move in fights with enemies of the South American termites Neocapritermes taracua, reports ethologist Robert Hanus of the Universit? Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Biologists have described some other termite species with an explosively self-sacrificing caste. But the N. taracua workers blow up in a way researchers have never seen before, Hanus and an international team report in the July 27 Science.

An exploding termite?s body suddenly bulges, ripping open two pouches riding like packs on its back. Their contents, blue nuggets of a copper-containing protein, mix with a product of termite salivary glands that?s released as the inner flesh splits open. The combination turns into a toxin that can quickly immobilize and kill an attacker. ?It?s a question of minutes, sometimes seconds,? Hanus says.

Workers don?t start out with dangerous backpacks but develop a pair of blue spots that grow as the termites get older and build up their protein reserves. Younger workers that are spotless, or minimally spotted, do rupture, Hanus says, but it isn?t as effective in killing enemies. And it takes a lot more provocation than it does for the older nest mates.

The likelier sacrifice of the older workers makes sense in the save-the-queen, save-the-colony world of termites, the researchers note. Individual workers can?t reproduce. Their value to the colony is in their foraging and other chores.

Their mouthparts gradually go dull with wear and tear, and their efficiency at feeding decreases. The more worn the mouthparts, the bigger the reserve of the toxin ingredient, Hanus and his colleagues found. So as their other contributions to the colony dwindle, older workers? likelihood for self-sacrifice in battle increases.

?In contrast, humans are sending the young men to war,? Hanus says. From the termite perspective, ?old men should go to war, or old women.?

These termites do have a soldier caste, but its members aren?t numerous enough for all emergencies, Hanus says. The soldiers have such specialized mouthparts that they can?t eat on their own. Workers have to feed them, a limitation on the proportion of soldiers in the colony.

This new study ?falls into the ?amazing natural history? category, in which social insects have many examples,? says entomologist Francis Ratnieks of the University of Sussex in England. The exploding termites? suicidal attack is akin to one so familiar that people may forget how self-sacrificing it is: the honeybee sting.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Study Table - Top Home Products that Homeowners Prefer for Better ...











There is no limit to the home improvement products that can add convenience to the lifestyles of homeowners. From a sofa set and a coffee table in the living room to the kitchen and bathroom appliances, there is no dearth of choices available. Investment in these products is usually need-based, while the desire to lead a luxurious life can't be ignored.

Different homeowners have different tastes and preferences. Some of them may prefer steel sofa set over leather couches. They may choose a wrought iron wardrobe over a wooden design. You can expect more number of visitors to your home product store, if you offer the most important products and in huge varieties. Here are the top home products that should find space in your store.

Induction Cook-tops
Induction cooking is a highly preferred choice over tradition cooking methods these days. Induction cookers and cook tops have gained popularity for offering numerous benefits like better heat efficiency and clean cooking. These products cook the food faster and in much safer way. Most importantly, induction cooking is quite cheaper as compared to traditional cooking practices. Homeowners are fast getting attracted towards a variety of designs these products are available in.

Modern Sofa Sets
A sofa set is the heart of a living room. Their availability in a large number of designs, shapes, sizes and colors entertain the diverse expectations of the buyers. As far as the basic frame of these products is concerned, wood remains the most preferred choice. However, steel sofa set is another choice that is fast catching up with the homeowners. A number of additional features like armrests, backrests and upholstery fabrics are considered by the buyers while purchasing these furniture items.

Designer Wardrobes
With designer sofa set and luxury furniture in living room, the homeowners leave no stone unturned to make their bedroom products equally lavish. An important piece of furniture is the bedroom wardrobe that helps in storing and organizing clothes and footwear. Designer wardrobes with excellent finish and attractive patterns attract the buyers. Homeowners usually consider factors like durability, storage space and overall appeal of these products. Wood continues to be the top material choice for wardrobes.

Garden Coffee Table
The trend of spending relaxing evenings in the home gardens or backyards will never go extinct. This is the reason that coffee tables for outdoor areas are among the top purchased products. While factors like size, shape and available space matters, the most important consideration is the weather-resisting design of these products. Low maintenance cost is another factor that will help you attract more number of garden furniture buyers.

Shower Filters
Chlorine and other chemicals can be absorbed by the skin while taking shower. The homeowners pay special attention on buying shower filters. These products filter out the harmful chemicals from the water and make it clean for healthy bath.

The products described above should help you have an idea about what your customers might expect from you. Look for quality home products in different categories with top manufacturers and suppliers from around the world.

Author has wide knowledge of B2B Marketplace and Business industries. For business updates on various home furniture products like study table and steel sofa set, visit online business directory Dir.IndiaMART.com

Hi! I'm Vaiv, a marketing professional from India. Over the past couple of years South Asia has slowly emerged as the heart of the new international economic order. With India being one of the economic front-runners of the region, I believe that it has a lot to offer to the world's business community. Through this blog, it will be my endeavor to provide useful information to anyone and everyone that wants to source products and services from India, and help them realize their business potential.

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