Security correspondent Frank Gardner prompts crisis by telling how Queen lobbied home secretary for arrest of radical cleri Dan Sabbagh, Peter Walker and Caroline Davies The Guardian, Tuesday 25 September 2012 15.19 EDT Abu Hamza, who faces extradition to the… Read More ›
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Citizens United ruling accounts for 78 percent of 2012 election spending
By Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian Monday, September 24, 2012 19:54 EDT Topics: citizens united ♦ super PACs ♦ the Sunlight Foundation Almost $465m of outside money has been spent on the US presidential election campaign so far, including $365m that… Read More ›
China carrier a show of force as Japan tension festers:”China will never tolerate any bilateral actions by Japan that harm Chinese territorial sovereignty,” Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said on Tuesday. “
China’s first aircraft carrier, which was renovated from an old aircraft carrier that China bought from Ukraine in 1998, is seen docked at Dalian Port, in Dalian, Liaoning province in this September 22, 2012 file photo. China’s first aircraft carrier,… Read More ›
Israeli ex-PM Olmert spared jail in corruption case “I leave court today walking tall,” ?
By Dan WilliamsPosted 2012/09/24 at 9:20 am EDT JERUSALEM, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — An Israeli court spared former prime minister Ehud Olmert a prison term for breach of trust on Monday, opening the door to a political comeback if… Read More ›
AP IMPACT: Tragedy meant big money for NY minister
By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and DAVID B. CARUSO Enlarge Photo Associated Press/Ryan Freeland – In this March 3, 2010 photo, the Rev. Carl Keyes speaks to an audience in Harrisonburg, Va., about his life experiences relating to his organization,… Read More ›
UCLA/Pitt scientists uncover virus with potential to stop pimples in their tracks
Contact: Elaine Schmidt eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2272 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Going viral to kill zits Watch out, acne. Doctors soon may have a new weapon against zits: a harmless virus living on our skin that naturally seeks… Read More ›
Military, Government to Train Using Zombie Crisis Scenario
Sep. 17, 2012 – 03:18PM By GIDGET FUENTES Know how to stop the undead? An October exercise in California will pit military trainees against a horde of role-players exhibiting zombielike behavior. Here, participants in a “zombie walk” in Sweden show… Read More ›
Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy
Posted 2012/09/24 at 6:09 pm EDT CAIRO, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting an anti-Islam video online that ignited Muslim protests around the world will stand trial next Wednesday on charges of insulting… Read More ›
Obama should call China currency manipulator October 15
Posted 2012/09/24 at 6:46 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama’s administration should formally declare China a currency manipulator in a semi-annual Treasury Department report due to be released on October 15, a spokesman for Republican… Read More ›
Sinai of discord: Egypt, Israel growing impatient over border security: “warning Israel against any “provocations.”
Published: 24 September, 2012, 21:38 Edited: 25 September, 2012, 02:23 Egypt “will cut off an arm of any foreign or internal aggressor,” a top military official tells an Egyptian daily, as Cairo boosts military presence in Sinai over militant threat…. Read More ›
Clinton Aide Philippe Reines fires off an angry expletive to reporter Michael Hastings.” Stevens was worried about the security situation in Benghazi for months before the attack”
State Department Aide Tells Reporter to ‘F**k Off’ by Megan McArdle Sep 24, 2012 1:36 PM EDT I’ve never seen a government official get quite this testy with a reporter. According to BuzzFeed, Clinton aide Philippe Reines sent quite… Read More ›
Zombie honeybees discovered in Washington state
By Stephen C. Webster Monday, September 24, 2012 15:53 EDT Topics: dead bees ♦ honeybees ♦ washington state A novice beekeeper in Washington state said this week that he’s found evidence that a parasite which takes control of honeybees much… Read More ›
Facebook denies privacy bug that makes private messages public
Internet awash with rumours of massive privacy bug Facebook claims messages are simply older, public messages users had forgotten about PUBLISHED:13:33 EST, 24 September 2012| UPDATED:13:48 EST, 24 September 2012 Facebook has denied a bug on its site… Read More ›
From the Brixton to the Bristol pound, how towns have turned to printing their own money to beat the High Street crisis
By Dan Atkinson And Vicki Owen PUBLISHED:16:20 EST, 22 September 2012| UPDATED:10:43 EST, 23 September 2012 For anyone fed up with seeing trade and spending power being leached away from their communities – and there seem to be plenty of… Read More ›
Japanese porn star in workbook (school book) angers Indonesian parents
Indonesian authorities are investigating how a picture of a Japanese porn star came to be printed on a junior high school worksheet, media reports say. An English subject worksheet for third-year students at an Islamic school in East… Read More ›
Taiwanese fishing flotilla muddies waters in China, Japan territorial dispute
Japan Coast Guard vessels sail along with Chinese surveillance ship Haijian No.66, left, near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Picture: AP / Kyodo News Source: AP CHINESE ships plied the waters of a disputed island… Read More ›
Facebook has been flooded with complaints from users who say some of their old private messages have been re-published publicly on the social network.
Even though not validated yet Facebook denies the claim https://engineeringevil.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3008&action=edit&message=6 Facebook flooded with complaints after messages ‘bug’ Some Facebook users said that messages they had sent privately on the social network between 2007 and 2009 were being republished into their public… Read More ›
Republican lawmaker quits after being named as brothel client in racketeering case
By David Edwards Monday, September 24, 2012 14:49 EDT Topics: Florida ♦ Florida law ♦ republican state representative A married Republican state representative in Florida announced on Monday that he will resign from office and not seek re-election after Orange… Read More ›
New study proves that pain is not a symptom of arthritis, pain causes arthritis
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Greg Williams Greg_Williams@urmc.rochester.edu 585-273-1757 University of Rochester Medical Center New treatments will seek to interrupt ‘crosstalk’ between joints and the spinal cord Pain is more than a symptom of osteoarthritis, it is an inherent… Read More ›
Children with MS were 1.74 times more likely to have received a certain type of hepatitis B vaccine, called Engerix B®. Those children with MS developed symptoms three or more years after the vaccine.
Public release date: 25-Sep-2008 Re-Posted for Filing Contact: Rachel Seroka rseroka@aan.com 651-695-2738 American Academy of Neurology Majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis B not at increased risk of MS ST. PAUL, Minn. – The majority of children vaccinated against hepatitis… Read More ›
How does ellagic acid exert anti-cancer effect on pancreatic cancer cells?
Contact: Lai-Fu Li wjg@wjgnet.com 86-105-908-0039 World Journal of Gastroenterology Ellagic acid was previousely shown to have anticarcinogenic, antioxidant and antifibrosis properties. The anticarcinogenic effect of ellagic acid was shown in several types of cancers including skin, esophageal, and colon cancers…. Read More ›
Plant antioxidant may protect against radiation exposure: Acetyl Resveratrol
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Coutney McCrimmon McCrimmonCP@upmc.edu 412-647-3555 University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23 – Resveratrol, the natural antioxidant commonly found in red wine and many plants, may offer protection against radiation exposure,… Read More ›
Honey effective in killing bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis
2008 Study posted for filing Contact: Matt Daigle newsroom@entnet.org 703-535-3754 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery New research released at world’s largest ENT meeting Chicago, IL – Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its… Read More ›
Half of trials supporting FDA applications go unpublished
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Andrew Hyde press@plos.org 44-122-346-3330 Public Library of Science Over half of all supporting trials for FDA-approved drugs remained unpublished 5 years after approval, says new research published in this week’s PLoS Medicine. The most… Read More ›
Statins increase risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients: 28% Increase
Contact: Kristine Galka kristine.galka@ices.on.ca 416-480-4780 Canadian Medical Association Journal The use of statins is associated with a 28% increased risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients, found University of Toronto professor Dr. Donald Redelmeier and colleagues in a retrospective cohort… Read More ›
Taurine has hepatoprotective effects, significantly protected injury form Liver Fibrosis
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Lin Tian wjg@wjgnet.com 86-105-908-0039 World Journal of Gastroenterology Can Taurine be a potent antioxidant drug in the future? Taurine is a potent antioxidant with hepatoprotective effects. Organelle based changes in hepatocytes after taurine treatment… Read More ›
Montreal water treatment plants dumping as much as 90 times the critical amount of estrogen products into the river
2008 study post for filing Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins sylvain-jacques.desjardins@umontreal.ca 514-343-7593 University of Montreal ‘Estrogen flooding our rivers,’ Université de Montréal study The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90 times the critical amount of certain estrogen products into the river. It… Read More ›
Lipitor drug mismarketed to women
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Amy Molnar journalnews@bos.blackwellpublishing.com 201-748-8844 Wiley-Blackwell Ithaca, N.Y. – September 17, 2008 – Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales. It has been… Read More ›
40th Health Research Report 30 SEP 2008 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Higher urinary levels of commonly used chemical, BPA, linked with cardiovascular disease, diabetes 2. Top-selling prescription drug mismarketed to women 3. ‘Estrogen flooding our rivers,’ Université de Montréal study … Read More ›
Vietnam bloggers ‘anti-state propaganda’ trial open
By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 24, 2012 7:25 EDT Topics: Dieu Cay ♦ Nguyen Van Hai Hundreds of police surrounded a court in Vietnam on Monday for the opening of the trial of three bloggers, including one whose case has… Read More ›
Understanding the brain by controlling behavior
Contact: Peter Reuell preuell@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-8070 Harvard University Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms’ brains and take control of their behavior In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a… Read More ›
Workers beg Romney to stop latest Bain outsourcing ” US flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived “
Engineering Evil: Is there any other credible confirmation of the US flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived? By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 24, 2012 11:52 EDT Topics: bain capital ♦ romney Being told to train his replacement… Read More ›
Viruses Help MU Scientists Battle Pathogenic Bacteria and Improve Water Supply
Newly developed technique can kill antibiotic-resistant germs Sept. 24, 2012 Story Contact(s): Timothy Wall, walltj@missouri.edu, 573-882-3346 COLUMBIA, Mo. — Infectious bacteria received a taste of their own medicine from University of Missouri researchers who used viruses to infect and… Read More ›
Obama describes murder of U.S. ambassador to Libya and Mid East violence as ‘bumps in the road’
PUBLISHED:08:55 EST, 24 September 2012| UPDATED:09:59 EST, 24 September 2012 President Barack Obama referred to recent events in the Middle East, including violent attacks on embassies and the terrorist murder of a US ambassador and three other Americans, as ‘bumps… Read More ›
NZ spy agency under investigation over Kim Dotcom case
Published: 24 September, 2012, 08:20 Edited: 24 September, 2012, 08:22 New Zealand’s prime minister has ordered an inquiry into “unlawful interception of communications” by the country’s intelligence agency in the case of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. The country’s Prime Minister… Read More ›
Brokers lobby for authority to control clients accounts when they are concerned with their mental capacity
Rising dementia among U.S. clients seen risky for brokers Fri, Sep 21 2012 By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) – Taking direction from elderly clients whose mental capacity is on the decline causes some sticky problems for Wall Street’s brokers. Among them:… Read More ›
Japan protests as Chinese ships enter Japanese territorial waters
1:25am EDT By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO | Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:25am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Three Chinese ships entered what Japan considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday,… Read More ›
Higher urinary levels of commonly used chemical, BPA, linked with cardiovascular disease, diabetes
2008 post for filing Contact: David Melzer, M.B., Ph.D. david.melzer@pms.ac.uk JAMA and Archives Journals Higher levels of urinary Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound commonly used in plastic packaging for food and beverages, is associated with cardiovascular disease, type 2… Read More ›
Common bronchodilator linked to increased deaths
2008 Post for filing Contact: Marla Paul Marla-Paul@northwestern.edu 312-503-8928 Northwestern University CHICAGO — A common bronchodilator drug which has been used for more than a decade by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been linked to a one-third… Read More ›
Drinking chamomile tea daily with meals may help prevent the complications of diabetes, which include loss of vision, nerve damage, and kidney damage
2008 Post for filing Drinking chamomile tea may help fight complications of diabetes Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Drinking chamomile tea daily with meals may help prevent the complications of diabetes, which include loss of vision, nerve damage, and… Read More ›
Sulforaphane, which occurs naturally in broccoli restores certain functions in COPD
2008 Post for filing Contact: Keely Savoie ksavoie@thoracic.org 212-315-8620 American Thoracic Society COPD? Eat your veggies You know it’s good for you in other ways, but could eating your broccoli also help patients with chronic lung disease? It just might…. Read More ›
Calcium during pregnancy reduces harmful blood lead levels: 1200mg –>31% Reduction
Contact: Laura Bailey baileylm@umich.edu 734-764-1552 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Pregnant women who take high levels of daily calcium supplements show a marked reduction in lead levels in their blood, suggesting calcium could play a critical role in reducing fetal… Read More ›
Diet may eliminate spasms for infants with epilepsy: Low Carbohydrate Diet
2008 re-post for filing Contact: Sean Wagner swagner@wiley.com 781-388-8550 Wiley-Blackwell Treatment shown to be effective without side effects in children before trying drugs Baltimore, Md. – September 08, 2008 – Infantile spasms are a severe and potentially devastating epilepsy condition… Read More ›
Oxidative stress: Mechanism of cell death clarified: ” this cell death could be completely prevented by Vitamin E, but not by water-soluble antioxidants”
2008 Posted for filing Contact: Heinz-Jörg Haury presse@helmholtz-muenchen.de 49-893-187-2460 Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health Life processes in cells require a reducing environment that needs to be sustained with the help of a large number of… Read More ›
39th Health Research Report 16 SEP 2008 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Substance found in fruits and vegetables reduces likelihood of the flu 2. New study will make criminals sweat 3. Common bronchodilator linked to increased deaths 4. Higher urinary levels of commonly used chemical, BPA, linked with… Read More ›
New Study of Political Defections Identifies ‘Personality Type’ Prone to Switch Sides
ScienceDaily (Sep. 24, 2012) — A new study on political defections from the University of Leicester has identified an ‘archetype’ for someone who is likely to break political ranks. The research, published in the week following Lord Stevens’ defection to… Read More ›
Obama’s Shaky Libya Narrative: Libyan Politician may have asked Libyan security to stand down for a pending attack
by Eli Lake Sep 21, 2012 4:45 AM EDT Sources say the attack on the Libyan ambassador was pre-meditated, with the possible collaboration of a Libyan politician. Eli Lake on the continuing collapse of the official U.S. line. Ten… Read More ›
Iran claims Siemens sold it sabotaged nuclear equipment: Wired with Explosives
By Agence France-Presse Sunday, September 23, 2012 17:00 EDT Topics: Aladin Borujerdi ♦ nuclear activities ♦ Siemens A prominent MP, Aladin Borujerdi, has accused German firm Siemens of having sold Iran equipment for its nuclear activities laced with mini-explosives, which… Read More ›
Gary Johnson files anti-trust lawsuit to appear in presidential debates
By Jonathan Terbush Sunday, September 23, 2012 13:17 EDT Topics: gary johnson ♦ presidential debates ♦ the White House Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson filed an anti-trust lawsuit suit in federal court Friday alleging that the Democratic and Republican parties… Read More ›
China surveillance ships enter waters near disputed islands: In Japanese territorial waters
TOKYO | Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:35pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Two Chinese marine surveillance ships entered what Japan considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, the Japanese Coast Guard said, a move… Read More ›
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