Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:08 GMT Source: reuters * Mali descended into chaos after soldiers toppled president * Ashton sees Mali as risk to region if unchecked * Move follows U.N. urging plan for intervention By Sebastian Moffett LUXEMBOURG, Oct… Read More ›
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Solyndra Claims Chinese Conspiracy Ruined It
By PHILIP A. JANQUART OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – Solyndra, whose 2011 bankruptcy set off political howls in the United States, sued three Chinese companies in Federal Court, claiming they violated antitrust law by dumping solar panels in the United… Read More ›
It’s not easy being a Yakuza boss
By Jake Adelstein — Oct 15 These days the price of a standard civilian hit-job can run as high as $2 million. That’s not the price to get the job done — that’s the price if one of your underlings… Read More ›
Revealed: Children’s jewelry that contains toxic cadmium which causes cancer STILL on sale after federal crackdown
By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED:23:07 EST, 14 October 2012| UPDATED:23:53 EST, 14 October 2012 Federal regulators failed to pursue recalls after they found cadmium-tainted jewelry on store shelves, despite their vow to keep the toxic trinkets out of children’s… Read More ›
The new ‘epigenetics:’ Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Cody Mooneyhan cmooneyhan@faseb.org 301-634-7104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology New research study in the FASEB Journal explains how poor maternal nutrition passes health risk across generations The new science of epigenetics explains… Read More ›
How big business cashes in on breast cancer: Junk food, Barbie dolls and even power tools are jumping on this month’s pink ribbon bandwagon
By Linda Kelsey PUBLISHED:16:40 EST, 14 October 2012| UPDATED:18:00 EST, 14 October 2012 Most people must be aware that we’re in the middle of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since the beginning of October, I’ve been accosted by women (and men)… Read More ›
Aspirin and similar drugs may be associated with brain microbleeds in older adults: Causes amyloid accumulation often related to Alzheimer’s disease
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Monique M.B. Breteler, M.D., Ph.D. m.breteler@erasmusmc.nl JAMA and Archives Journals Individuals who take aspirin or other medications that prevent blood clotting by inhibiting the accumulation of platelets appear more likely to have tiny, asymptomatic… Read More ›
Broccoli sprouts may prevent stomach cancer by defeating Helicobacter pylori
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA – Three-day-old broccoli sprouts, a widely available human food, suppressed Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infections, according to a report in Cancer Prevention Research, a… Read More ›
Einstein scientists propose new theory of autism: Symptoms of the disorder may be reversible: Fever may hold clues
Contact: Deirdre Branley dbranley@aecom.yu.edu 718-430-2923 Albert Einstein College of Medicine 2009 study posted for filing Symptoms of the disorder may be reversible: Fever may hold clues April 1, 2009 — (BRONX, NY) — Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine… Read More ›
Omega-3 kills cancer cells: Docosahexanoic acid (DHA)
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Graeme Baldwin graeme.baldwin@biomedcentral.com 44-020-319-22165 BioMed Central Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy… Read More ›
Physical activity may strengthen children’s ability to pay attention
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Melissa Mitchell melissa@illinois.edu 217-333-5491 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As school districts across the nation revamped curricula to meet requirements of the federal “No Child Left Behind” Act, opportunities for… Read More ›
54th Health Research Report 14 APR 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. The new ‘epigenetics:’ Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring 2. Einstein scientists propose new theory of autism 3.Soybean component reduces menopause effects 4. Omega-3 kills cancer cells 5.Aspirin and similar… Read More ›
Business defections hit Greece amid recovery effort
14Oct2012 ATHENS (AFP) Efforts to restore investor confidence in Greece’s struggling economy took a double blow this week when a major European bottler and a prominent dairy company announced relocation plans. Coca-Cola’s second biggest bottler worldwide, Athens-based… Read More ›
David Axelrod blames State Department for security issues at Benghazi consulate
Posted By Gregg Re On 4:57 PM 10/14/2012 @ 4:57 PM In DC Exclusives,DC Exclusives – Blurb,Politics,World,Yahoo! Linkbox | President Barack Obama’s chief re-election campaign strategist David Axelrod told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace that the State Department —… Read More ›
Japan, U.S. troops consider drill to retake island
National Oct. 15, 2012 – 07:10AM JST TOKYO — Japan and the United States are mulling a joint military drill to simulate retaking a remote island from foreign forces, reports said Sunday, amid a festering row between Tokyo and Beijing over… Read More ›
Study: Moon water may come indirectly from the sun
By Agence France-Presse Sunday, October 14, 2012 16:39 EDT Topics: Moon water ♦ solar system ♦ water molecules Scientists on Sunday said they had found water molecules in samples of lunar soil, and their unusual signature points to the Sun… Read More ›
Euroland’s debt strategy is an economic and moral disgrace
The International Monetary Fund has demolished the intellectual foundations of Europe’s debt crisis strategy. A demonstration against austerity measures near the Spanish Parliament. Photo: AP By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 4:52PM BST 14 Oct 2012 Drastic fiscal tightening in a string… Read More ›
IMF needing more Donations..Obama administration is waiting till after elections to donate tax payer money
Finance leaders back EU, U.S. to-do list to shield growth Sat, Oct 13 2012 By Anna Yukhananov and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – World finance leaders on Saturday endorsed a checklist of policy reforms aimed at pressuring Europe and the… Read More ›
Algeria caught in quandary over Mali crisis
Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:15 GMT Source: reuters * UN calls for dialogue as well as military preparations * Algeria opposes foreign intervention in Mali and elsewhere * Advocates talks, but not with “terrorists, criminals” By Alistair Lyon ALGIERS, Oct… Read More ›
Global warming stopped 16 years ago, reveals Met Office report quietly released… and here is the chart to prove it
The figures reveal that from the beginning of 1997 until August 2012 there was no discernible rise in aggregate global temperatures This means that the ‘pause’in global warming has now lasted for about the same time as the previous period… Read More ›
Moriguchi broadly admits to lying about trailblazing stem cell trial
News On Japan via Mainichi — Oct 14 Hisashi Moriguchi, a Japanese researcher who had said he implemented the world’s first clinical trial using a trailblazing stem cell technology, admitted Saturday most of what he claimed in an academic… Read More ›
SOPA the computer virus terrorizes file-sharers
Published: 12 October, 2012, 20:37 SOPA is back – now as a computer virus Security experts are cautioning computer users that they could be targeted by a malicious SOPA “ransomware” virus that rekindles the witch-hunt targeting information sharing introduced… Read More ›
The Worst Debt Collector in the World?: Debt collector told the vet he was “living off social security while the rest of us honest Americans work our a– off. Too bad; you should have died,”
The Worst Debt Collector in the World? By JAMIE ROSS PHOENIX (CN) – After garnishing exempt disability payments from a 100% disabled Army veteran’s wife, a debt collector told the vet he was “living off social security… Read More ›
Biofuels Benefit Billionaires
ScienceDaily (Oct. 11, 2012) — Biofuels will serve the interests of large industrial groups rather than helping to cut carbon emissions and ward off climate change, according to research to be published in the International Journal of Environment and Health… Read More ›
Eat your way to a facelift: Watercress is the latest wonder food in battle against ageing
Study showed 10 out of 11 females experienced visible improvements to their skin 7 out of 11 saw an improvement in their wrinkles Watercress contains more vitamin C than oranges, four times more beta-carotene and vitamin A than apples, tomatoes… Read More ›
Billionaire Koch brother ‘imprisoned and interrogated executive who had concerns over the company’s tax evasion scheme’
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED:17:57 EST, 13 October 2012| UPDATED:19:22 EST, 13 October 2012 Tycoon: William Koch, the CEO of the Oxbow Group with a personal worth of $4billion, is accused of imprisoning and interrogating one of his executives Billionaire and… Read More ›
Melatonin may be served as a potential anti-fibrotic drug
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Lai-Fu Li wjg@wjgnet.com 86-105-908-0039 World Journal of Gastroenterology In China, the incidence of liver cirrhosis is still high. Liver cirrhosis results from fibrosis. If treated properly at fibrosis stage, cirrhosis can be prevented. However,… Read More ›
Common fragrance ingredients in shampoos and conditioners are frequent causes of eczema
Contact: Elin Lindstroem Claessen elin.lindstrom@sahlgrenska.gu.se 46-317-863-869 University of Gothenburg Considerably more people than previously believed are allergic to the most common fragrance ingredient used in shampoos, conditioners and soap. A thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden… Read More ›
Long-term L-carnitine supplementation prevents development of liver cancer
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Lin Tian wjg@wjgnet.com 86-105-908-0039 World Journal of Gastroenterology A study will be published on March 21, 2009 in World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses the question. A research group in King Saud University, Kingdom of… Read More ›
Omega-3 fatty acids reduce risk of advanced prostate cancer
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Jeremy Moore Jeremy.moore@aacr.org 267-646-0557 American Association for Cancer Research PHILADELPHIA – Omega-3 fatty acids appear protective against advanced prostate cancer, and this effect may be modified by a genetic variant in the COX-2 gene,… Read More ›
Licorice extract blocks colorectal cancer in mice
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Karen Honey press_releases@the-jci.org 215-573-1850 Journal of Clinical Investigation Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin and ibuprofen, and drugs that selectively target a protein known as COX-2 prevent the development of intestinal polyps, the… Read More ›
Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Katherine Morales katherine.morales@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-3404 UT Southwestern Medical Center This is Dr. Robert Haley from UT Southwestern Medical Center. DALLAS – March 20, 2009 – A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is… Read More ›
Cognitive Decline Begins in Late 20s, U.Va. Study Suggests
2009 study posted for filing March 18, 2009 — A new study indicates that some aspects of peoples’ cognitive skills — such as the ability to make rapid comparisons, remember unrelated information and detect relationships — peak at about… Read More ›
Exposure to insecticide may play role in obesity epidemic among some women: DDE, DDT
Contact: Jason Cody codyja@msu.edu 517-432-0924 Michigan State University Researchers study fish-eater cohort along Lake Michigan EAST LANSING, Mich. — Prenatal exposure to an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s may play a role in the obesity epidemic in women,… Read More ›
53rd Health Research Report 31 MAR 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Common fragrance ingredients in shampoos and conditioners are frequent causes of eczema 2. Frankincense oil — a wise man’s remedy for bladder cancer 3. Review of probiotic trial research finds only Bifantis able to claim… Read More ›
Frankincense oil — a wise man’s remedy for bladder cancer
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Charlotte Webber charlotte.webber@biomedcentral.com 44-207-631-9980 BioMed Central Originating from Africa, India, and the Middle East, frankincense oil has been found to have many medicinal benefits. Now, an enriched extract of the Somalian Frankincense herb Boswellia… Read More ›
Mali Islamists tell France they will open doors of hell
Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:11 GMT Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) This is a requested re-post from 13 OCT 2012. It will be up until 15 NOV 2015 ” Due to new circumstances, I will now keep this post highlighted… Read More ›
Scientific fraud: a sign of the times?
Are dodgy lab dealings a modern day dilemma or business as usual? The infamous Piltdown Man skull. Photograph: Rischgitz/Getty If you read about scientific fraud in the recent news, it would seem that there is much to worry about. It’s… Read More ›
Council breached rules by setting up secret cameras in house
A council breached surveillance rules after it set up hidden cameras in a home using controversial “snooping powers”. Cambridge City Council used the powers – designed to tackle terrorism – to put secret cameras in the home of a woman… Read More ›
Auditor: EU agencies may pose threat to safety : No oversight, serious conflicts of interest and corruption
12.10.12 @ 09:22 Conflicts of interest in four EU agencies authorising food, medicines, chemicals and aviation security standards might be putting people’s safety at risk, an audit has shown. “None of the four agencies under review manage conflicts of interest… Read More ›
Greek unemployment rate hits 25.1 percent in July as recession heads for sixth year
By Associated Press, Published: October 11 ATHENS, Greece — Unemployment in Greece hit a record high of 25.1 percent in July as the country’s financial crisis continues to exact its heavy toll, official figures showed Thursday. All indications are that… Read More ›
Anti-Islam film prompts Saudi call for net censorship body
Saudi Arabia has called for a new international body to censor the internet, in the wake of the anti-Islam YouTube clip that recently sparked violence in the Middle East. The US consulate in Benghazi in flames after the attack that… Read More ›
The beautiful ARE the damned: Attractive women more likely to be seen as guilty of murdering their husbands, study shows
Findings contradict generally held opinion that attractive people are treated more leniently by the legal system Spanish researchers also find that women who fit ‘prototype of a battered woman’ more likely to have self defence story accepted By Damien Gayle… Read More ›
Rothschild fears Bumi ‘divorce’ will lead to cheap asset sale
Financier Nat Rothschild fears a £750m “divorce” deal proposed by his partners in FTSE 250 coal group Bumi could offer them a backdoor way to acquire all of the company’s assets. The plan was the Bumi would bring great Indonesian… Read More ›
Mother Nature, Version 2.0
Welcome to the world of synthetic biology, where micro-organisms can be programmed to invade and destroy cancer cells By SCOTT GOTTLIEB It once seemed that the most profound feats stemming from DNA-based science would spring from our ability to read… Read More ›
Futurist Ray Kurzweil Wants to Move Your Brain Into the Cloud
Oct 11, 2012 10:34 AM EST By Michael J. Miller Above: Futurist Ray Kurzweil Ray Kurzweil, author of The Age of Spiritual Machines and a pioneer of artificial intelligence software, has always been one of the most provocative thinkers on… Read More ›
UN Security Council asks for a specific plan for military intervention for Mali within 45 days
UN Security Council asks for Mali plan within 45 days Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:39 GMT * Northern Mali rebellion hijacked by Islamist extremists * Mali wants international help to reclaim the north * United Nations concerned crisis could spread… Read More ›
FBI in Philly reports theft of new $100 notes
Associated Press – 3 mins 22 secs ago Associated Press/FBI – This undated image provided by FBI shows the newly designed $100 bill. The FBI is reporting an unusual heist of some of the bills, which aren’t going into circulation… Read More ›
Lagarde warns of ‘wartime level’ debt
News On Japan via Japan Times — Oct 13 Cutting public debt while encouraging economic growth will be vital in stabilizing the global economy, which is showing a slower than expected recovery, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde… Read More ›
China denies visa to 3 Japanese in Taiwan orchestra
NationalOct. 13, 2012 – 06:20AM JST TAIPEI — China has denied visas to three Japanese members of a Taiwanese symphony orchestra ahead of a planned mainland tour, an official said Friday, linking the move to a simmering territorial row. The… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 