BlackBerry Z10 spotted at retailers prior to BB10 event

Looks like retailers might be jumping the gun a bit on the about-to-be-announced BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. Twitter user @bandozer spotted one at a UK Phones4U retailer and managed to snap a pic (after the break), saying that "it looks and feels good," while our own tipster forwarded us the above image that came from another store. Looks like the only thing that'll stop the numerous leaks is when RIM finally announces the darned thing -- sometime in the next hour or two.

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Newman University nursing graduates attain 100 percent pass rate on national licensure exam

Newman University officials were notified recently that December 2012 graduates of the Newman nursing program had a pass rate of 100 percent on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for Registered Nurses.

Newman nursing graduates of May 2012 also achieved a 100 percent pass rate, making this the second time in a row that Newman nursing grads performed perfectly on the national test.

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?This is really a group effort,? said Newman Associate Dean of Nursing and Allied Health Bernadette Fetterolf, Ph.D. ?We have excellent clinical facilities, an excellent team of nursing faculty who truly care about their students, and excellent students who are self-motivated to do their best and excited to join the nursing profession.?

To practice in Kansas, the Kansas State Board of Nursing requires that nurses be graduates of an approved school of nursing and pass the national licensure exam (NCLEX). Kansas institutions of higher education offer 34 professional nursing programs ? 13 baccalaureate nursing programs and 21 associate degree nursing programs.

The number of Newman nursing graduates who pass the NCLEX on their first attempt is consistently above state and national averages. For the year ending Dec. 31, 2011, graduates of the Newman nursing program had a pass rate of 96.36 percent ? the highest pass rate of all first-time registered nurse candidates educated in Kansas who took the exam. The Newman student pass rate was more than 10 percentage points higher than the Kansas pass rate of 85.88 ? an average of all nursing programs in the state ? and almost 9 points higher than the national average pass rate of 87.89 percent.

The NCLEX pass rate for Newman nursing graduates in 2010 was 96.36 percent. In 2009, it was 98.08 percent.

The nursing program at Newman University is highly respected in the region for its dedication to excellence and highly qualified graduates. In addition to teaching students the clinical skills required for nursing, the Newman program provides an ethical framework to help graduates meet the needs of diverse populations in today?s complex healthcare environment.

Get more information on the Newman nursing program, or call 316-942-4291, ext. 2244.

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French troops deployed in last Mali rebel strongholds

DOUENTZA, Mali/PARIS (Reuters) - French troops seized the airport in Mali's northern town of Kidal, the last urban stronghold held by Islamist insurgents, as they moved to wrap up the first phase of a military operation to wrest northern Mali from rebel hands.

France has deployed some 4,500 troops in a three-week ground and air offensive to break the Islamist rebels' 10-month grip on major northern towns. The mission is aimed at heading off the risk of Mali being used as a springboard for jihadist attacks in the wider region or Europe.

The French military plans to gradually hand over to a larger African force, tasked with rooting out insurgents in their mountain redoubts near Algeria's border.

Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said French forces using planes and helicopters defied a sandstorm late on Tuesday to capture the airport but had been prevented by the bad weather from entering the town itself.

"The terrorist forces are pulling back to the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains which are difficult to access," Le Drian told a news conference. "There is support from Chadian and Nigerian troops coming from the south."

The deployment of French troops to remote Kidal puts them in direct contact with pro-autonomy Tuareg MNLA rebels, whose rebellion last year was hijacked by the Islamist radicals. Le Drian said France had established good relations with local Tuareg chieftains before sending in troops.

MNLA leaders say they are ready to fight al Qaeda but many Malians, including the powerful military top brass in the capital Bamako, blame them for the division of the country. They view Paris' liaisons with the Tuaregs with suspicion.

French and Malian troops retook the major Saharan trading towns of Gao and Timbuktu at the weekend.

There were fears that many thousands of priceless ancient manuscripts held in Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage site, might have been lost during the rebel occupation, but experts said the bulk of the texts were safe.

The United States and European governments strongly support the Mali intervention and are providing logistical and surveillance backing but do not intend to send combat troops.

The MNLA rebels, who want greater autonomy for the desert north, said they had moved fighters into Kidal after Islamists left the town earlier this week.

"For the moment, there is a coordination with the French troops," said Moussa Ag Assarid, the MNLA spokesman in Paris.

A spokesman for the Malian army said its soldiers were securing Gao and Timbuktu and were not heading to Kidal.

The MNLA took up arms against the Bamako government a year ago, seeking to carve out a new independent desert state.

After initially fighting alongside the Islamists, by June they had been forced out by their better armed and financed former allies, who include al Qaeda North Africa's wing, AQIM, a splinter wing called MUJWA and Ansar Dine, a Malian group.

RISK OF ATTACKS, KIDNAPPINGS

As the French wind up the first phase of their offensive, doubts remain about just how quickly the U.N.-backed African intervention force can be fully deployed in Mali to hunt down the retreating al Qaeda-allied insurgents. Known as AFISMA, the force is now expected to exceed 8,000 troops.

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France's military operation, codenamed Serval (Wildcat), was planned as a lightning mission lasting a few weeks.

"Liberating Gao and Timbuktu very quickly was part of the plan. Now it's up to the African countries to take over," he told the Le Parisien daily. "We decided to put in the means and the necessary number of soldiers to strike hard. But the French contingent will not stay like this. We will leave very quickly."

One French soldier has been killed in the mission, and Fabius warned that things could now get more difficult, as the offensive seeks to flush out insurgents with experience of fighting in the desert from their wilderness hideouts.

"We have to be careful. We are entering a complicated phase where the risks of attacks or kidnappings are extremely high. French interests are threatened throughout the entire Sahel."

An attack on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria earlier this month by Islamist fighters opposing the French intervention in Mali led to the deaths of dozens of foreign hostages and raised fears of similar reprisal strikes across North and West Africa.

NEED FOR RECONCILIATION

The French operation has destroyed the Islamists' training camps and logistics bases but analysts say a long term solution for Mali hinges on finding a political settlement between the northern communities and the southern capital Bamako.

Interim President Dioncounda Traore said on Tuesday his government would aim to hold national elections on July 31. Paris is pushing strongly for Traore's government to hold talks with the MNLA, which has dropped its claims for independence.

"The Malian authorities must begin without delay talks with the legitimate representatives of the northern population and non-terrorist armed groups that recognize Mali's integrity," French Foreign ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said.

After months of being kept on the political sidelines, the MNLA said they were in contact with West African mediators who are trying to forge a national settlement to reunite Mali.

"We reiterate that we are ready to talk with Bamako and to find a political solution. We want self-determination, but all that will be up to negotiations which will determine at what level both parties can go," Ag Assarid said.

There have been cases in Gao and Timbuktu and other recaptured towns of reprisal attacks and looting of shops and residences belonging to Malian Tuaregs and Arabs suspected of sympathizing with the MNLA and the Islamist rebels.

(Additional reporting John Irish and Emmanuel Jarry in Paris, David Lewis and Pascal Fletcher in Dakar; Writing by David Lewis and Daniel Flynn; Editing by Pascal Fletcher and Rosalind Russell)

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Samsung renames Galaxy Premier as Galaxy Pop for its multi-colored Korean debut

Premier League, Premier Cru, Premier Inn, all names which exude class and distinction, but presumably have little traction in Samsung's home of Korea. It's there that the company has decided to re-brand the Galaxy Premier as the Galaxy Pop, marketing the smartphone in a variety of kid-friendly colors like gray and orange. Samsung's also dialing the CPU down from 1.4GHz, compared to the 1.5GHz chip we saw in the international version -- but otherwise remains the same handset we've already seen. It's priced at 700,000 won (around $645) and comes with a free flip cover thrown in.

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Alberta brings in policy to allow Sikhs to wear kirpan religious knives in court

EDMONTON - Alberta has come up with a policy to allow Sikhs to wear a ceremonial religious dagger called a kirpan in courthouses.

Under the Justice Department policy, a person must tell security officers they have a kirpan and wear it in a sheath, under clothing.

The blade of the kirpan can be no longer than 10 centimetres.

The World Sikh Organization says Alberta is the first province to bring in such a policy, which is partly based on rules developed for courts in Toronto.

The organization says Ontario is now working on a provincewide policy.

The Alberta rules stem from a human rights complaint filed in 2008 where a man wasn't allowed inside a Calgary court because he was wearing a kirpan.

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John Cena declares he will challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 29

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His Excellency John Kufuor: Government Support Is Key to Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases

Africa is often the focus of the global development agenda, from HIV/AIDS to economic growth, yet across the continent millions of people are also suffering from a little known group of parasitic and bacterial infections called neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs.

More than one in six people worldwide, including 500 million children, are infected by NTDs -- and half that burden is here in Africa. Often transmitted through insects, water or soil, NTDs blind, starve and disable. They ostracize people from their communities and prevent them from leading productive lives.

These diseases are called "neglected" for a reason -- despite their impact, they have always been considered secondary health priorities, behind better-known diseases like tuberculosis and malaria.

This is curious because NTDs are easy to treat and prevent, and nearly all of the drugs to fight them have been donated by pharmaceutical companies, which makes them some of the most cost-effective medical solutions available today. Providing pills once a year can treat and protect against several of these diseases at once for approximately $0.50 per person.

For those suffering and at risk, a change has been long overdue -- and I am proud to say that in the past year, that change has come.

One year ago, in an unprecedented display of partnership around these diseases, the global health community -- donor and NTD-endemic country governments, non-governmental organizations, pharmaceutical companies, global health organizations and others -- united to end NTDs as a threat to the world's poorest people.

Launching the landmark London Declaration on NTDs, they pledged to work together to reach the World Health Organization's targets to control and eliminate 10 NTDs by 2020.

This month marks the first anniversary of that commitment -- and a recently released report marking that occasion underscores just how far we've come. Authored by the endorsers of the London Declaration, the report tracks our substantial progress in expanding drug supply and the rise of partnerships in expanding crucial disease treatment efforts.

To me, the most heartening part of the report is that there is great progress in so many sectors. Pharmaceuticals donated almost 200 million more treatments for worm-based diseases like roundworm and elephantiasis. The United States and United Kingdom continued to increase their support, and the emergence of the END Fund galvanized private donations from new sectors.

Most importantly, more NTD-affected countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America, are designing and launching integrated plans that allow governments to align objectives and make the best use of their resources. The full commitment of national governments to the principles of the London Declaration is a key element to success. Four countries launched these programs last year, and 40 more developed plans.

WHO has also released its Second Report on Neglected Tropical Diseases, highlighting similar themes about the need for partnership and country commitment and detailing the steps necessary to address each disease. In the next few days, WHO's executive board is likely to consider a resolution calling on all countries to support the 2020 goals -- a critical next step to attract the world's attention and resources.

While results so far have been impressive, more needs to be done. Research and development into new ways of treating, preventing and diagnosing NTDs still has far to go: a lack of adequate diagnostics delays the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in some areas; and a long, risky treatment regimen makes eliminating sleeping sickness more difficult. Along with a global annual funding gap of $300 million, there are still inadequate human resource and technical capacities.

I know that the path is not always easy. Ghana, my home country, suffers from five of these diseases, and as recently as 1989 recorded nearly 190,000 cases of Guinea worm. In 2007, we committed ourselves to eliminating several NTDs -- and with strong political commitment, increased resources and international support, we conquered blinding trachoma in 2009 and Guinea worm in 2011. Ghana's work continues, but its future is bright.

There is no silver bullet remedy to helping a country break the cycle of poverty, but investing in the health of its population offers one of the best options for unlocking economic potential. With full support both from national governments and from the global community, we can build on this year's progress and put an end to NTDs on the African continent.

The author is the former president of Ghana (2001-2009) and the NTD Special Envoy for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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Sarah Palin Interview After Fox News Departure Addresses Mitt Romney Election Loss, Tea Party 'Fight'

Despite parting ways with Fox News, Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (R) said she's not done sharing "the message of the beauty of freedom and the imperative of defending our republic" in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News.

The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee emphasized the 2014 elections, calling focus on the upcoming races "imperative."

"It?s going to be like 2010, but this time around we need to shake up the GOP machine that tries to orchestrate away too much of the will of constitutional conservatives who don?t give a hoot how they do it in D.C.," Palin said. "D.C. is out of touch, obviously."

Palin also reflected on the most recent presidential election, comparing Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan's 2012 loss to the own defeat she and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) faced in 2008.

"Conservatism didn?t lose. A moderate Republican candidate lost after he was perceived to alienate working class Reagan Democrat and Independent voters who didn?t turn out for him as much as they did for the McCain/Palin ticket in 2008," Palin said. "Granted, those same voters also didn?t turn out for Obama as strongly either."

When asked about her reaction to the media declaring "both you and the Tea Party dead and buried," Palin said she was "raised to never retreat and to pick battles wisely, and all in due season."

"When it comes to defending our republic, we haven?t begun to fight!" Palin said. "But we delight in those who underestimate us."

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Real Clear Politics was the first to report that Palin ? who reportedly signed a $1 million-a-year contract with the network in 2010 ? will not be renewing it. The New York Times' Brian Stelter later confirmed the news with Fox News.

A "source close to Palin" told RCP that she had turned down a new offer. Fox News merely told the New York Times in a statement that it wished her the best.

Click here to read the full Palin interview with Breitbart News, and watch a video of some of Palin's best Fox News moments above.

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Ask QTP: What Are The Best Online Services For Free Music ...

Love music? Want to listen music while working? Fearing of?piracy? Here is a note from?Economic?times ?that give you best options for your computer and web

Check out here what wikipedia says about the online music
You can get the ET based free music system here

Here is my observation and comparison between online music?streaming sites

Site Name	Advantages	Disadvantages
Spotify	Free version is very user friendly Generate radio-like playlists based on your preferences Facebook sharing option Quick load and streaming	Too much of add in the free version Limited amount of music can be played in the free version
Pandora	The entire Pandora library has been cataloged by music qualities, allowing you plug in a title or artist and hear songs in the same vein without any effort on your part. You can refine your playlist any point of time Simple thumbs up and thumbs down Based on your choice and taste the playlist gets generated	Not available in India Only available if you are listening through US proxy
The hype Machine	unparalleled?when searching hot tunes Supports the music blogs You can also check out what people are doing with new tracks Good?customization?features	Few blogs are not present something like 404 error Few links do not open from India Buffering time takes a lot of time.
DHINGANA	Large database of?Indian?regional songs You can share data through social networking site. Audio quality can be controlled. Control can be done on locked screen	Buffering takes lot of time lot of adds in the free version
Gaana	Instant songs playback Good music search Supports third party app	Buffering of songs take lot of time No audio quality control bar Controls does not work in locked screen
HUNGAMA MYPLAY	Fast playback and fast buffer Supports video as well as audio High quality video streaming Good?search?functionality	Again lot more add in the free version No audio control So customized songs control
RAAGA	Good regional content but not international content Easy user interface On Screen volume control Shake to skip feature	No content except sign in No Facebook login option and facebook integration Bit slow Bit old content Not a great search functionality
SAAVN	Higher audio quality Great syncing between app and web portal Buffer indicator	Lot more adds in the free version Not a great browse functionality No?International?content No Social integration
Slacker	Great selection of pre defined station based on musical genere You'll hear pretuned mixes of songs in that genre or by that artist, but the station will also play tracks by similar groups.? you'll discover less and recognize more. Next track information	No Mp3 download functionality Sells?ringtone. More adds in free version Buffering time is high
FineTune	Choose one of your?favorite?artists and listen to?radio?station that plays their music Great choice of?favorite?radio station and tunes Popular radio Station Listen pop,rock and many more App is?also?available for iPhone	Bit lesser add but present buffering is bit slow Content is not that huge like pandora Search is slow Over all a ?slow?experience

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Guild gold: Actors gather for SAG's big night

Workers set up signage on the red carpet before the 19th annual SAG Awards on Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 in Los Angeles. The SAG Awards will be held Jan. 27, 2013. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Workers set up signage on the red carpet before the 19th annual SAG Awards on Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 in Los Angeles. The SAG Awards will be held Jan. 27, 2013. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Seating placards for the 19th annual SAG Awards are seen inside the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 in Los Angeles. The SAG Awards will be held Jan. 27, 2013. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Rico Rodriguez, left, and Nolan Gould roll out the red carpet for the 19th annual SAG Awards on Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 in Los Angeles. The SAG Awards will be held Jan. 27, 2013. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

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FILE - Dick Van Dyke, left, and Mary Tyler Moore co-stars of The Dick Van Dyke Show pose backstage at the Palladium with the Emmys won in the Television Academy's 16th annual awards show, in Los Angeles, Calif. They won the Emmy Award for best actor and actress in a series. Van Dyke is the recipient of the Life Achievement Award at the upcoming 19th Annual SAG Awards ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A puzzling Academy Awards season will sort itself out a bit more on Sunday with the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where top performers gather to honor their own in what often is a prelude for who'll go home with an Oscar.

Among nominees for the 19th annual guild awards are Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones for the Civil War epic "Lincoln"; Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway for the Victor Hugo musical adaptation "Les Miserables"; and Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Oscar recipient Robert De Niro for the oddball romance "Silver Linings Playbook."

De Niro and Jones are in an exclusive supporting-actors group where all five nominees are past Oscar winners. The others are Alan Arkin for the Iran hostage-crisis thriller "Argo," Javier Bardem for the James Bond adventure "Skyfall" and Philip Seymour Hoffman for the cult drama "The Master."

Honors from the actors union, next weekend's Directors Guild of America Awards and Saturday night's Producers Guild of America Awards ? whose top honor went to "Argo" ? typically help to establish clear favorites for the Oscars.

But Oscar night on Feb. 24 looks more uncertain this time after some top directing prospects, including Ben Affleck for "Argo" and Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty," missed out on nominations. Both films were nominated for best picture, but a movie rarely wins the top Oscar if its director is not also in the running.

Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" would seem the Oscar favorite with 12 nominations. Yet "Argo" and Affleck were surprise best-drama and director winners at the Golden Globes, and then there's Saturday's Producers Guild win for "Argo," leaving the Oscar race looking like anybody's guess.

The Screen Actors Guild honors at least should help to establish solid front-runners for the stars. All four of the guild's individual acting winners often go on to receive the same prizes at the Academy Awards.

Last year, the guild went just three-for-four ? with lead actor Jean Dujardin of "The Artist" and supporting players Octavia Spencer of "The Help" and Christopher Plummer of "Beginners" also taking home Oscars. The guild's lead-actress winner, Viola Davis of "The Help," missed out on the Oscar, which went to Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady."

The guild also presents an award for overall cast performance, its equivalent of a best-picture honor. The nominees are "Argo," ''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," ''Les Miserables," ''Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook."

Yet the cast prize has a spotty record at predicting the eventual best-picture recipient at the Oscars. Only eight of 17 times since the guild added the category has the cast winner gone on to take the best-picture Oscar. "The Help" won the guild's cast prize last year, while Oscar voters named "The Artist" as best picture.

Such past guild cast winners as "The Birdcage," ''Gosford Park" and "Inglourious Basterds" also failed to take the top Oscar.

Airing live on TNT and TBS, the show features nine television categories, as well.

The SAG ceremony also includes awards for film and TV stunt ensemble. The film stunt nominees are "The Amazing Spider-Man," ''The Bourne Legacy," ''The Dark Knight Rises," ''Les Miserables" and "Skyfall."

Receiving the guild's life-achievement award is Dick Van Dyke, who presented the same prize last year to his "The Dick Van Dyke Show" co-star, Mary Tyler Moore. Van Dyke's award will be presented by his 1960s sitcom's creator and co-star, Carl Reiner, and Alec Baldwin.

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Can kids outgrow autism? | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Is it possible for children to outgrow autism?

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Autism has always been considered a lifelong diagnosis, but a new study might just refute that claim.

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According to a study published recently in the?Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, some young children who were diagnosed as autistic might outgrow both their symptoms and their diagnosis as they get older. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health included children, teens, and young adults who were diagnosed as autistic as children but then moved off the autism spectrum as they grew older. ?

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For the study,?Dr. Deborah Fein from the University of Connecticut and her research team evaluated 34 children who had been diagnosed with autism in early childhood as well as 34 other children in their classes at school. These children were then compared with?another group of 44 children who were the same age and sex and had the same non-verbal IQ scores but were diagnosed as having "high-functioning" autism, in other words, they were less severely affected by their condition.

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Using both cognitive and observation tests, researchers found that children who were originally diagnosed as autistic no longer had distinguishable symptoms of the condition. These children showed no sign of problems with language, face recognition, communication or social interaction.

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So, did these children outgrow autism? It's possible, but researchers urge caution when interpreting these results. Another possibility is that the children had learned how to expertly compensate for their autistic symptoms.

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In either case, it's potentially good news for children who are diagnosed with autism, and the families who love them.

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Unexpected passenger: Car thief steals sleeping baby

FORT WORTH - A man stole a car with a sleeping toddler inside Thursday afternoon.

Fabiola Garcia said the thief jumped into her still-running car when she stopped at a garage sale at about 3:30 p.m. in South Henderson Street in Fort Worth, Texas.

Her son, 2-year-old Ricardo Calderon, was sleeping inside the car.

"They came across the street and told me the little boy was in the car, and I called the police back and told them it was a kidnapping," witness Bobby Duncan said.

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Police say the car thief didn't go very far before stopping the car and letting little boy out about 15 minutes later.

Garcia said she thanks God that Ricardo was not harmed.

The stolen car was still missing late Thursday. Police were searching for the thief.

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Gene sequencing project mines data once considered 'junk' for clues about cancer

Friday, January 25, 2013

Genome sequencing data once regarded as junk is now being used to gain important clues to help understand disease. The latest example comes from the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ? Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, where scientists have developed an approach to mine the repetitive segments of DNA at the ends of chromosomes for insights into cancer.

These segments, known as telomeres, had previously been ignored in next-generation sequencing efforts. That is because their repetitive nature meant that the resulting information had defied analysis and the data were labeled as junk. But researchers have now traced changes in the volume of telomeric DNA to particular types of cancer and their underlying genetic mistakes. Investigators found that 32 percent of pediatric solid tumors carried extra DNA for telomeres, compared to just 4 percent of brain tumors and none of the leukemia samples studied. The findings were published recently in the journal Genome Biology.

Using this new approach, the investigators have linked changes in telomeric DNA to mutations in the ATRX gene and to longer telomeres in patients with a subtype of neuroblastoma, a cancer of the sympathetic nervous system. Telomere length limits how many times cells can divide. Mechanisms that maintain or lengthen telomeres contribute to the unchecked cell division that is a hallmark of cancer.

"This paper shows how measuring the DNA content of telomeres can enhance the value of whole- genome sequencing," said Matthew Parker, Ph.D., the paper's first author and a St. Jude postdoctoral fellow. "In the case of the ATRX mutation, the telomere findings gave us information about the mutation's impact that would have been hard to get through other means."

The results stem from the largest study yet of whole-genome sequencing to measure the content of telomeric DNA. The effort involved whole-genome sequencing of normal and tumor DNA from 235 pediatric patients battling 13 different cancers. For comparison, normal DNA from 13 adult cancer patients was included in the research.

"There's been a lot of interest among cancer researchers into telomere length," said Richard Wilson, Ph.D., director of The Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "While more research remains, we think it's important to begin to characterize the genetic sequences that make up the telomeres. That's a crucial first step to understanding more precisely any role they may play in cancer."

The Pediatric Cancer Genome Project sequenced the complete normal and cancer genomes of more than 600 children and adolescents with some of the most aggressive and least understood cancers. Investigators believe the project's findings will lay the foundation for a new generation of clinical tools. Despite advances, cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease of U.S. children age 1 and older.

The human genome is stored in the four-letter chemical alphabet of DNA, a molecule that stretches more than 3 billion characters in length and provides the instructions for building and sustaining life. Those instructions are the genes that are organized into the 46 chromosomes found in almost every cell.

Each chromosome ends with the same six-letter DNA sequence that is associated exclusively with telomeres. The DNA sequence does not vary, but the number of times it is repeated does, affecting the length of the telomeres. Telomeres shorten each time cells divide, which explains why their length declines naturally with age.

Researchers have known cancer cells use several mechanisms to circumvent the process and keep dividing. But until now the repetitive nature of the telomeric DNA sequence meant they had little to offer researchers using whole-genome sequencing to map the human genome. Other genes can be assigned to a particular spot on a particular chromosome; telomeres cannot.

"For scientists analyzing whole-genome sequencing data the telomeres were just a headache," said the study's corresponding author Jinghui Zhang, Ph.D., an associate member of the St. Jude Department of Computational Biology. "We could not properly map them to a position on the human genome, so we didn't really use them."

Then listening to a colleague's presentation, Parker had an idea: "Why not just count the telomeric DNA and look for changes between the normal and cancer cells of patients?"

Zhang said the question was a conceptual leap in thinking about how to use whole-genome sequencing data to study telomeres and cancer. "This is the classic story of how one person's problem is another person's gold," she said.

Parker and his colleagues developed an approach that correctly distinguished between older and younger individuals based on the amount of telomeric DNA in their blood or bone marrow cells. Researchers used three other methods to confirm that whole-genome sequencing could be used to reliably capture telomeric DNA differences between normal and cancer cells. Additional supportive evidence came when investigators found that the method yielded similar estimates of the telomeric DNA content of twins with leukemia who shared similar genetic alterations.

When investigators used the method to study pediatric cancer patients, they found tumors that gained telomeric DNA were also more likely to contain chromosomal abnormalities, including rearrangements within and between chromosomes. Researchers also found that different cancers had distinct patterns of telomeric DNA change. In some cases, the change offered clues about the mechanism responsible for lengthening the telomeres, pointing to a process called alternative lengthening of telomeres.

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Thanks to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for this article.

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Business Promotion in 60 Second Snippets - Credit Card and ...

Time is of the essence in this work-a-day world. No one has enough time to spare to listen to a complicated business plan or to a strategic campaign designed to improve other people?s finances. It takes too much time and not too many people have the luxury of providing it. The company that discovers how to get their point across the fastest is going to be at a distinct marketing advantage. The best way to achieve this swift method of conveyance is through the commercial and it is an approach done best by the people at JG Wentworth.

Even early on in the company?s existence, they already realized just how important a smart marketing campaign can be. The company understood that one of the main challenges for any corporation is to get people to listen to what they had to say. Corporations are not always very popular and making people listen seemed to be a monumental task. Instead of going the conventional route, the firm opted to get creative and the result is a marketing campaign that can be best described as brilliant. The company introduced the public to Mr. Wentworth, an engaging new personality that spoke on behalf of the company. They featured him in various marketing ads, giving the company a face that people could immediately recognize. The marketing campaign gave the company a personality to latch onto and they discovered the power that exists within an effective commercial.

Capitalizing on their newfound audience thanks to their Mr. Wentworth commercials, the company decided to become more ambitious with their ads. In 2008, the company launched a new commercial known as Opera and the result was a downpour of positive JG Wentworth reviews and even more people to which they could promote to. The success of the ad stemmed from its great use of characters. By employing a cast of talented singers, the company not only had a great platform for their business, they also had a viral video that became a sensation online. By being able to condense their message into a neat commercial package, the company was able to promote itself effectively and expertly.

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Opera about Nazi atrocity shown in Austria

TO GO WITH STORY BY GEORGE JAHN Robert Holzer and Katerina Beranova, from left, perform during the opera 'Spiegelgrund' by Austrian composer Peter Androsch in the imperial council hall of the Austrian parliament in Vienna, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Androsch goes where few others have dared, with an opera depicting how Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children. The performance premieres to mark International Holocaust Day in the parliament of Austria _ a nation still atoning for its role in atrocities committed by the Nazis. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

TO GO WITH STORY BY GEORGE JAHN Robert Holzer and Katerina Beranova, from left, perform during the opera 'Spiegelgrund' by Austrian composer Peter Androsch in the imperial council hall of the Austrian parliament in Vienna, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Androsch goes where few others have dared, with an opera depicting how Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children. The performance premieres to mark International Holocaust Day in the parliament of Austria _ a nation still atoning for its role in atrocities committed by the Nazis. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

TO GO WITH STORY BY GEORGE JAHN Katerina Beranova, Robert Holzer, Karl M. Sibelius and Silke Doerner, from left, perform during the opera ' Spiegelgrund' by Austrian composer Peter Androsch in the imperial council hall of the Austrian parliament in Vienna, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Androsch goes where few others have dared, with an opera depicting how Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children. The performance premieres to mark International Holocaust Day in the parliament of Austria _ a nation still atoning for its role in atrocities committed by the Nazis. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

TO GO WITH STORY BY GEORGE JAHN Katerina Beranova and Silke Doerner, from left, perform during the opera 'Spiegelgrund ' by Austrian composer Peter Androsch in the imperial council hall of the Austrian parliament in Vienna, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Androsch goes where few others have dared, with an opera depicting how Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically defficient children. The performance premieres to mark International Holocaust Day in the parliament of Austria _ a nation still atoning for its role in atrocities committed by the Nazis. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

TO GO WITH STORY BY GEORGE JAHN - Katerina Beranova, Robert Holzer and Silke Doerner, from left, perform during the opera 'Spiegelgrund ' by Austrian composer Peter Androsch in the imperial council hall of the Austrian parliament in Vienna, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Androsch goes where few others have dared, with an opera depicting how Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children. The performance premieres to mark International Holocaust Day in the parliament of Austria _ a nation still atoning for its role in atrocities committed by the Nazis. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

TO GO WITH STORY BY GEORGE JAHN -Speaker of the Austrian Parliament Barbara Prammer smiles during an interview with the Associated Press about Austrian composer Peter Androsch's opera "Spiegelgrund" at the parliament in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. Androsch goes where few others have dared, with an opera depicting how Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children. The performance premieres to mark International Holocaust Day in the parliament of Austria _ a nation still atoning for its role in atrocities committed by the Nazis. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

VIENNA (AP) ? Thousands of children were murdered by the Nazis because they fell short of the Aryan ideal. On Friday, a hushed audience gathered in Austria's Parliament to watch the world premiere of an opera depicting how the Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children at a Vienna hospital during World War II.

The killings were part of a greater campaign that led to the deaths of about 75,000 people ? homosexuals, the handicapped, or others the Nazis called "unworthy lives" ? and served as a prelude to the Holocaust.

Austrians played a huge role in these and other atrocities of the era ? nearly 800 children were killed at Vienna's Spiegelgrund psychiatric ward ? and Friday's premiere of the opera "Spiegelgrund" was the latest installment of a national effort to atone for such acts in word and deed.

The timing was picked to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, which will be observed worldwide Sunday, and the performance was streamed live on the Internet for international audiences. But the parliamentary venue was chosen for a particularly Austrian reason: as a reminder of how the country's politicians fomented the atmosphere of intolerance and authoritarianism that allowed Hitler's troops to walk in in 1938, and a determination to not let history repeat itself.

Composer Peter Androsch said his focus on the era was in part born of his own family's history. His great grandfather died in a Nazi concentration camp. Androsch said the fact that that was hidden for generations "says a lot about conditions in totalitarian regimes and should serve as a reminder for me and many others."

At the premiere ? a hauntingly effective hour-long performance ? legislators were joined in the audience by diplomats, Holocaust survivors, former Spiegelgrund patients and other invited guests in an ornate chamber lined with Ionic columns and used for special legislative sessions.

Spiegelgrund survivor Friedrich Zavel was in the audience. He was brought to the clinic in 1940 after being accused of homosexuality. Now 83, he still shudders when he speaks of his ordeals: humiliation, solitary confinement and torture.

The "Wrap Treatment" consisted of orderlies binding a child first in two sheets soaked in ice water, then two dry sheets, followed by waiting for days without food and drink until the body warmth dried the sheets. There also were beatings and injections that either made the child vomit or left him unable to walk for days.

Asked Friday how he felt about the wrongs done to him, Zavel said: "I know neither revenge nor hate."

The opera itself was more of an oratory. Backlit in gloomy purple and red, and accompanied by strings, flute, percussion and a harpsichord, a trio slipped into each other's roles in an allegorical depiction of how all are victims and perpetrators.

Thus a white-coated doctor embodying "The Law" switched from vocalizing about Sparta's doctrine of letting weak newborns die to singing a child's ditty before moving to the role of "Memory" ? singing broken phrases that harken back to the horrific experiences of the victimized children. The two other singers shifted roles accordingly as a narrator dryly recited facts reflecting the atrocities committed.

"On some days, so many children were killed that the orderlies had to pile the little bodies on a wheelbarrow," narrator Karl Sibelius intones in one sequence before reading a letter from a mother addressed to an institute doctor and pleading for the return of her son.

Bass Robert Holzer was "The Law," and sopranos Katerina Beranova and Alexandra Diesterhoeft sang "Memory" and "Children's Song" respectively. All were very solid.

Parliament President Barbara Prammer said the nation could no longer focus only on glorifying its past.

"We can't choose our history," she told The Associated Press.

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AP video journalist Philipp Jenne contributed.

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Prince Harry: Killing Taliban 'a job' that needed to be done

By Laura T. Coffey, TODAY

Upon returning home to Britain Wednesday after a 20-week tour of duty in Afghanistan, Prince Harry began making headlines yet again ? this time for his comments about killing Taliban fighters.

Prince Harry addressed frank comments he made while still in Afghanistan about his role in taking the enemy ?out of the game? and the need to ?take a life to save a life.?

?I think for the thousands of guys that are on operations at the moment, we are continuing, essentially, to try and do a job ??a job for ourselves, a job for the guys left and right of us, and from my point of view, especially for the guys on the ground,? the royal told reporters Wednesday at Royal Air Force Station Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England.

The 28-year-old Apache co-pilot gunner spoke has now completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan. He spoke?with pride about Britain?s military role there.

"We are supporting the Afghan people, supporting the Afghan army,? he said. ?The way that things are going are fantastic. ...?Everything seems to be going in the right direction. It's very different to when I was last out there.?

Meanwhile, members of the Taliban are outraged by comments the prince made earlier this week likening shooting insurgents to playing video games. On Monday, Prince Harry told reporters that "I am one of those people who like playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I would like to think that I am quite useful."

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Prince Harry walks after disembarking from a transport aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in England on Wednesday.

A Taliban spokesperson told Agence France-Presse that he suspected the prince may have ?mental problems.?

"This is a serious war, a historic war, resistance for us, for our people," the Taliban spokesperson reportedly said. "And now this prince comes and compares this war with his games, PlayStation or whatever he calls it."

For his part, Prince Harry said he's grateful for the experiences he's been able to gain while serving in the military.

"You get asked to do things that you would expect to do wearing this uniform, and it's a simple as that, really," he said Wednesday. "It's a hell of an experience."

He added that he enjoyed his 24-hour stopover in Cyprus on the way home from Afghanistan and said he is ?thrilled to be back.? He said he?s looking forward to turning his attention toward charity work and spending time with his brother, Prince William, and sister-in-law, Duchess Kate.

?I really am longing to catch up with people behind closed doors,? Prince Harry said. ?You guys [the media] are not invited.?

Connect with TODAY.com writer Laura T. Coffey on?Facebook, follow her on?Twitter?or read more of her stories at?LauraTCoffey.com.

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Keepod, The Desktop That Fits In Your Wallet, Takes On Israel ...

Credit cards, key cards, identification cards, but what about computer cards? Wouldn?t it be great if you could carry all your computer information with you on a card that fits nicely into you wallet? And wouldn?t it be even greater if on top of computer information, this card could store all your digital information?

Israeli company Keepod calls the information stored on the aforementioned devices our ?digital souls? and aims to store it all on one card ? the Keepod. After launching in Italy, the company is now aiming for a new market ? Israel, with the opening of their new branch in Bnei Brak.

With Keepod (Hebrew for hedgehog), we will no longer depend on a specific hardware, computer or port to access our personal data, says CEO Nissan Bahan. He tells NoCamels that his company wants to ?separate the digital body from the digital soul.?

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So what is the Keepod? Essentially, it?s a small, yellow, friendly-looking card, just a tiny bit larger than a credit card, with a small USB connector at one end. It might not look very sturdy, but in a near future it might be the only thing we need to grab as we leave the house.

Take your desktop with you wherever you go

In development since early 2010, Keepod aims to unify and simplify the way we access our digital information and allows up to 16 GB of secure storage in a single card. NoCamels held an interview with managing director of Keepod Israel, David Chouraqui, in Bnei Brak, outside Tel Aviv. We connected simultaneously via webcam with Keepod?s founder and CEO in Milan, Nissan Bahar.

Keepod?s Managing Director, David Chouraqui pointed at the screen displaying Bahar?s face: ?We are currently using Keepod on this computer.? There was, indeed, a Keepod plugged into the USB port. ?If I took this Keepod out and plugged it into any other computer be it a Mac, a PC, even a wreck with burned-out hardware, it would open the exact same desktop layout.?

The trick is that a Keepod card carries its own operating system: Keepod OS. On the screen, where there would usually be a Windows or Apple logo on the taskbar, there was a spiky black hedgehog, Keepod?s icon.

Keepod works as a physical key through which you obtain access to your digital data, be it access to your bank balance or to open the door to your office. When plugged into a computer, it unlocks the personal part of a network?s information. In other words, it opens a desktop layout which exclusively contains your documents of an internal network (such as a company?s or a household with various computers). Once connected to the internet through the device?s integrated wired LAN connection, Wi-Fi or 3G cellular data connection, users can also store or download information using cloud technology.

It is strictly for individual use: one key accesses one desktop, allowing no interaction with the rest of the network. Therefore, there?s no danger of spreading virus or malware from your home computer to the rest of your office. What?s more, it makes it much harder to access your information after you leave a computer. ?Companies can?t tap or watch your data in any way,? says Bahar. The only key to access that information will be safely tucked into your wallet.

Israel ? a natural habitat for the Keepod

The decision to open a branch in Israel, Chouraqui explains, is due to the Israeli market?s highly competitive nature: ?It?s very natural for the Israeli market to adapt a product like Keepod.?

Recent studies by Keepod have shown up to 70 percent reduction in Desktop TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) among Keepod users. ?Keepod actually reduces the technology costs, increases security and replaces obsolete infrastructures,? Chouraqui claims.?So far, Keepod Israel?s managing director is satisfied with Israel: ?It?s a very demanding market but can be very rewarding when the technology is appreciated.?

One card to rule them all

One card for your digital soul

Keepod?s multi-facetious technology allows it to store the most diverse types of data. Apart from the aforementioned OS, it also includes a smartcard (the small, square, golden chips common on most payment cards); hardware encryption of military caliber and, an NFC chip. So the Keepod can be used as a credit card, a public transport voucher and even to open the door to your office.?On the screen, Nissan Bahar held up a Keepod in one hand and a smartphone in the other: ?When I go to work, I only take these two things with me. The Keepod is the only card I have to carry in my wallet.?

Isn?t it dangerous, however, to carry all that information on just one single card? According to Chouraqui, the Keepod?s incorporated smartcard is designed to preventing that hazard. The encrypted data can only be accessed by inserting some personal credentials, like a password. But there?s more than that: should you lose your Keepod, you?d have to act just like when you lose your credit card. Only instead of contacting your bank, you?d have to urgently call your IT department. They would then remove your device from the network?s directory and redirect it to a new device. Your ?soul? will be fully transported from one card to another.

A revolution in digital philosophy

Another question that might arise is whether we really need dozens of GB of hardware storage when we have cloud technology? Bahar explains that Keepod is simply a DNA copy of your desktop, meaning you can essentially ?walk around with your computer in your pocket.

Keepod is also pursuing more surprising markets. Every year, hundreds of thousands of computers are being thrown away from homes and offices in order to acquire the latest software and the latest hardware to run it. Keepod is currently working on a program that redirects these unwanted terminals to schools. By giving each teacher and student their own Keepod, they will be able to bring these ?carcasses? back to life ? even if the original OS is dead. The determent of hardware will no longer be an excuse for buying a new PC. Computers will be a tool to access your Keepod data. In Nissan Bahar?s words, ?the PC will be an accessory of the Keepod.?

Keepod is also manufacturing hardware-empty screens and stations: cheap, convenient ?empty shells? to be bought independently or alongside a Keepod card.

Keepod for the family and on the go

Keepod will be present at the World Expo 2015 in Milan with the ?Keepod Experience,? an interactive display in which every participant will have a Keepod in his hands for interacting with different state services.

Keepod has only commercialized the enterprise version of the product. But Keepod plans to start seeping into our daily lives this year. The company is currently testing the private-use Bahar?says Keepod would be ideal for families who share one or two computers: ?For instance, every family member could have their own Keepod, increasing privacy and encouraging responsibility in children, but parents won?t have to bicker with their children over what programs they install or download onto a computer?s hard-drive.?

The next big hurdle for Keepod will be to unite its product with smartphones, so the next time NoCamels comes across Nissan Bahar, he?ll only need to lift one hand when showing which items he takes with him when leaving the house.

Photos courtesy of Keepod

Source: http://nocamels.com/2013/01/keepod-the-desktop-that-fits-in-your-wallet-takes-on-israel/

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GOP moves to delay debt-ceiling showdown 3 months

FILE - This Jan. 15, 2013 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican leaders scramble for votes on a stopgap debt-limit measure that would let the government keep borrowing until at least mid-May, giving up for now on trying to win spending cuts from Democrats in return. But the respite would be only temporary, with major battles still to come between the GOP and President Barack Obama over taxes, spending and deficits. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - This Jan. 15, 2013 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican leaders scramble for votes on a stopgap debt-limit measure that would let the government keep borrowing until at least mid-May, giving up for now on trying to win spending cuts from Democrats in return. But the respite would be only temporary, with major battles still to come between the GOP and President Barack Obama over taxes, spending and deficits. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - This Dec. 28, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. Republican leaders scramble for votes on a stopgap debt-limit measure that would let the government keep borrowing until at least mid-May, giving up for now on trying to win spending cuts from Democrats in return. But the respite would be only temporary, with major battles still to come between the GOP and President Barack Obama over taxes, spending and deficits. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Republicans controlling the House are moving quickly to try to defuse a potential debt crisis. They're offering legislation to prevent a first-ever default on U.S. obligations for three months or more.

The Republicans are giving up for now on trying to extract spending cuts from Democrats in return for an increase in the government's borrowing cap. The respite promises to be only temporary, with the stage still set for major battles between the GOP and President Barack Obama.

The first step comes with a House vote on legislation that will give the government enough borrowing leeway to meet three months' worth of obligations. That will delay a showdown that Republicans fear they would lose.

The legislation is disliked by Democrats, but the administration says it won't oppose it.

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