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A special message to our dearest early Funders and Supporters;

We have great news for you! As you already know, CommBadge is an entirely new category of device, and getting the word out is of the upmost importance. After that, the next hurdle is getting the public to understand the product?s concept. This takes time! So, at our request, and because of some website issues, the Indiegogo Team has taken the unusual step and extended our campaign by 30 days. These website issues prevented some important Updates from reaching you, which is an integral part of any campaign. According to the Indiegogo Team, whom are fantastic by the way, the problems have been corrected.

More good news, and some not so good news. We have found a new supplier (in China) that has enabled us to reduce our upfront costs. Therefore, we have reduced our funding goal from $100,000 to $85,000. With thirty more days, a reduced goal, and your help we know we can succeed! In addition, this unique manufacturing technique has allowed us to shave some thickness off of CommBadge, making it even thinner. Stay tuned for more details! One note however, because of this design change the fulfillment times for all Perks have been setback by about 30 days.

We hope you understand, we only want to give CommBadge the best possible fighting chance for success. Again, thanks everyone for your patience, support, cheerleading, and funding! Together, we

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:29:50 -0800 Grand Rapids, Mich., native selected to participate in Presidential Inaugural Parade http://orikugo.posterous.com/grand-rapids-mich-native-selected-to-particip http://orikugo.posterous.com/grand-rapids-mich-native-selected-to-particip

WASHINGTON ? Sgt. Major Timothy Huesgen, a member of the United States Army Band ?Pershing?s Own,? has been selected to participate in the 57th presidential inaugural parade, which is scheduled to take place Jan. 21, 2013.

Huesgen, a Grand Rapids, Mich., native plays percussion with the band.

The United States Army Band ?Pershing?s Own? was founded in 1922 by Army Chief of Staff, General John J. ?Black Jack? Pershing. Its mission is to provide music for official ceremonies and special events throughout the National Capital Region. The U.S. Army Band ?Pershing?s Own? is the premier band of the U.S. Army, the nation?s most senior service. Many of its classically trained members have earned advance degrees from the nation?s most prestigious music schools and conservatories. Since the inauguration of Calvin Coolidge in 1925, ?Pershing?s Own? has been part of the official escort to the president in each inaugural parade.

Assembled for special, major presidential events, such as inaugurals and state funerals, the 99-member band is comprised of members of the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, the U.S. Army Concert Band, and the U.S. Army Blues. The band is led by Leader and Commander Col. Thomas H. Palmatier of Ballston Spa, N.Y., and the Drum Major is Master Sgt. Scott A. Little, of Marshfield, Md.

The U.S. Armed Forces have participated in the inauguration of the president of the United States since April 30, 1789, when members of the U.S. Army, local militia units and Revolutionary War veterans escorted George Washington to his first inauguration ceremony at Federal Hall in New York City. Participation by the armed forces traditionally includes musical units, marching bands, color guards, salute batteries and honor cordons. More than 220 years later, the participation of soldiers, Marines, sailors, airmen and Coast Guardsmen continues to honor our commander in chief, recognize civilian control of the armed forces and celebrate democracy.

Just as military men and women show their commitment to this country while deployed around the globe, participation of service members in this traditional event demonstrates our military?s support to the nation?s commander in chief.


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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:11:33 -0800 'Workaholics' Is Back, And Anthony Anderson Better Be Watching http://orikugo.posterous.com/workaholics-is-back-and-anthony-anderson-bett http://orikugo.posterous.com/workaholics-is-back-and-anthony-anderson-bett

MTV News hits the set of 'Workaholics' for a seriously senior party, some campaigning for guest stars.
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Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:34:27 -0800 Voter turnout push could challenge Israeli leader http://orikugo.posterous.com/voter-turnout-push-could-challenge-israeli-le http://orikugo.posterous.com/voter-turnout-push-could-challenge-israeli-le

JERUSALEM (AP) ? With large numbers of Israelis expected to sit out next week's election, centrist activists have launched a last-ditch appeal to get out the vote, hoping to defy what appears to be a guaranteed victory for a hard-line bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

This grassroots effort could be the moderate camp's only chance. Moderate, secular voters tend to turn out in smaller numbers than ideologically motivated hard-liners. Reversing this trend, experts say, is the surest way to take on the government's handling of major issues like stalled peacemaking with the Palestinians, Iran's nuclear program and a troubled economy.

Polls published in Israeli newspapers over the weekend projected Netanyahu and his traditional right-wing and religious allies winning between 64 and 71 seats, enough to secure a majority in the 120-member parliament, compared to 49 to 56 for centrist and Arab parties.

Pollster Camil Fuchs says those numbers reflect current trends. "But a four to five percentage point change in turnout could change things," he said.

The get-out-the vote campaigners, including television personalities and local celebrities, present their efforts as non-partisan, but many are perceived to be aligned with Netanyahu's opponents.

Netanyahu's opponents say the stakes are especially high in the current election. Critics point to the deadlock in peace efforts with the Palestinians, his repeated run-ins with President Barack Obama and Iran's suspect nuclear program. Without a strong alliance with the U.S., they say, it would be difficult to halt the Iranians or rally international support for Israel's positions toward the Palestinians.

Netanyahu's Likud Party has fielded an especially hawkish slate of candidates who reject concessions to the Palestinians. The rise of "Jewish Home," a pro-settler party that could play a major role in the next coalition government, could further affect peace efforts. Jewish Home's leader, Naftali Bennett, and many inside Likud have advocated annexing parts of the West Bank.

Reflecting his hawkish line Monday, Netanyahu told Israel's Channel 2 TV that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas does not want to negotiate. "We don't have to say that we don't have a future here because Abu Mazen doesn't want to negotiate with us," Netanyahu said, referring to Abbas by his nickname. Abbas blames Israel for a four-year stalemate in peace talks.

The Palestinians claim all of the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, for their hoped-for state. Israeli moderates warn that Israel's continued control of these territories and their millions of Palestinian residents threaten Israel's status as a Jewish democracy.

Despite the pressing issues, turnout in recent elections has been just over 60 percent. Fuchs said turnout among supporters of Netanyahu and his allies is generally higher than among the rest of the population.

According to pollsters, turnout is especially low among several key groups ? political moderates, people under 30 and Israeli Arabs. These constituencies all tend to favor Netanyahu's opponents.

Political parties are conducting classic get-out-the-vote campaigns, with automated phone calls, parlor meetings, transportation to polling stations and specific appeals to groups, like women and young voters.

Other groups not directly affiliated with specific parties are also getting out the message.

Israel's president, Shimon Peres, teamed up with people from Israel's popular TV satire "A Wonderful Country" to produce a get-out-the-vote video clip for his Facebook page. In his largely ceremonial post, Peres, 89, is supposed to avoid politics, but the Nobel peace laureate's dovish leanings are well known.

Social activists who drew hundreds of thousands of protesters into the streets last year to demonstrate against the gaps between rich and poor have recruited dozens of artists, TV personalities and journalists to take part in an ad campaign called "2013 elections ? this time we're all voting." In ads, they don black shirts that read, "Vote or they'll vote for you."

Israeli film producer Ofir Kedar, who is based in London, is pushing a get-out-the-vote campaign with two YouTube videos he hopes will go viral. One of the clips, produced with the "One Voice" non-profit organization, shows a potential voter having a nightmare in which he is fired from his job and Israel is under attack and isolated internationally. He snaps out of it only when his young son says "wake up," followed by a call to go vote.

"I'm trying to help the center-left bloc, not necessarily a specific party, but those who support a two-state solution," Kedar said.

Under Israel's system of proportional representation, voters cast ballots for parties, not individuals, and parties receive seats in parliament based on the percentage of votes they win. To enter parliament, a party must win at least 2 percent of all votes cast, or about 70,000, giving them a minimum of two seats.

"If two ... parties on the left pass the threshold, that could change the blocs," Fuchs said. "The chance for a big change is small but it exists."

A recent poll by the University of Haifa predicted that just half of Israeli Arabs will vote. Two-thirds of those surveyed said they have no faith that Arab parties will be able to improve the lot of their communities, which suffer from poverty and discrimination.

If the Arab voters were to increase their turnout by 10 percentage points, they could win an additional five or six parliamentary seats, said Ytzhak Katz, of the Maagar Mohot survey service. "They could tap their electoral potential and strengthen themselves, but they don't do it," he said.

Helmi Kittani, executive director of the Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development, has appealed to Arab voters directly, telling them it's not too late to speak up.

"It's not right to sit in your chairs and watch others wage your just struggle," he said. "Elections are an opportunity to change your lives. Don't sit at home."

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Online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-kvsmXvUhU

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/voter-turnout-push-could-challenge-israeli-leader-195155086.html

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Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:47:27 -0800 Team finds gene that promotes drug resistance in cancer http://orikugo.posterous.com/team-finds-gene-that-promotes-drug-resistance http://orikugo.posterous.com/team-finds-gene-that-promotes-drug-resistance [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 14-Jan-2013
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Increased NEK2 gene expression linked to increased drug resistance, faster cancer growth, and poorer patient outcome - The finding may improved diagnostic and prognostic tools for cancer care and could lead to improved cancer therapies

Scientists from the University of Iowa and Brigham Young University (BYU) have identified a gene that may be a target for overcoming drug resistance in cancer. The finding could not only improve prognostic and diagnostic tools for evaluating cancer and monitoring patients' response to treatment but also could lead to new therapies directed at eradicating drug-resistant cancer cells.

Drug resistance is a common problem in many metastatic cancers. It leads to failure of chemotherapy treatments and is associated with poor patient outcomes, including rapid relapse and death.

The research team, including Fenghuang (Frank) Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., and Guido Tricot, M.D., Ph.D., from the UI, and David Bearss, Ph.D., from BYU, initially focused on identifying genes linked to the development of drug resistance in multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer that affects more than 20,000 Americans and causes almost 11,000 deaths annually.

Working with serial biopsied cells from 19 myeloma patients, the researchers analyzed genetic changes in the cells that occurred over the course of treatment with very intensive chemotherapy drugs. This approach identified a gene called NEK2 that is strongly associated with increased drug-resistance, faster cancer growth, and poorer survival for patients. The study was published Jan. 14 in the journal Cancer Cell.

Having established the relationship between high expression of the NEK2 gene and poor patient outcome in myeloma, the team then examined the relationship in other common cancers -- including breast, lung, and bladder cancer -- by analyzing gene expression profiles from 2,500 patients' cells with eight different cancers in Zhan's lab.

"In all cases, an increase in the NEK2 gene was associated with rapid death of the patient," says Tricot, who is director of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center's Bone Marrow Transplant and Myeloma Program at UI Hospitals and Clinics. "So this finding was not unique to myeloma; this is basically seen in every single cancer we looked at."

Taking the findings back to the lab, the team then examined the effect on cancer cells of either enhancing or blocking the expression of the NEK2 gene.

"Our studies show that over-expression of NEK2 in cancer cells significantly enhances the activity of drug efflux proteins to pump chemotherapy drugs out of cells, resulting in drug resistance. Furthermore, silencing NEK2 in cancer cells potently decreased drug resistance, induced cell-cycle arrest, cell death, and inhibited cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo," says Zhan, UI professor of internal medicine.

The research team is now developing compounds to inhibit NEK2 by collaborating with David Bearss, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology and developmental biology at BYU, in the hope that these compounds may overcome drug resistance in cancer cells.

"We were able to show that if we inhibit NEK2, then we can actually restore sensitivity to drugs that we use right now," Bearss says.

Although development and clinical testing of such drugs for use in patients is not imminent, Tricot notes that the findings may have clinical use within the next several years.

"NEK2 expression may be a diagnostic or prognostic marker for drug-resistant cancer," he says. "If NEK2 is high, that would suggest that the prognosis is poorer and the patient might benefit from more aggressive treatment. The other potential use is for monitoring the cancer's response to therapy. If NEK2 levels increase, that would suggest development of increased drug resistance and might indicate that a change of treatment would be helpful."

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In addition to Zhan, Tricot, and Bearss, the team also included researchers in the UI Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and at the University of Utah.

The research was begun by Zhan, Tricot, and Bearss when the three worked at the University of Utah's Huntsman Institute of Cancer.

The study was funded in part by grants from the National Cancer Institute, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.



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Contact: Jennifer Brown
jennifer-l-brown@uiowa.edu
319-356-7124
University of Iowa Health Care

Increased NEK2 gene expression linked to increased drug resistance, faster cancer growth, and poorer patient outcome - The finding may improved diagnostic and prognostic tools for cancer care and could lead to improved cancer therapies

Scientists from the University of Iowa and Brigham Young University (BYU) have identified a gene that may be a target for overcoming drug resistance in cancer. The finding could not only improve prognostic and diagnostic tools for evaluating cancer and monitoring patients' response to treatment but also could lead to new therapies directed at eradicating drug-resistant cancer cells.

Drug resistance is a common problem in many metastatic cancers. It leads to failure of chemotherapy treatments and is associated with poor patient outcomes, including rapid relapse and death.

The research team, including Fenghuang (Frank) Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., and Guido Tricot, M.D., Ph.D., from the UI, and David Bearss, Ph.D., from BYU, initially focused on identifying genes linked to the development of drug resistance in multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer that affects more than 20,000 Americans and causes almost 11,000 deaths annually.

Working with serial biopsied cells from 19 myeloma patients, the researchers analyzed genetic changes in the cells that occurred over the course of treatment with very intensive chemotherapy drugs. This approach identified a gene called NEK2 that is strongly associated with increased drug-resistance, faster cancer growth, and poorer survival for patients. The study was published Jan. 14 in the journal Cancer Cell.

Having established the relationship between high expression of the NEK2 gene and poor patient outcome in myeloma, the team then examined the relationship in other common cancers -- including breast, lung, and bladder cancer -- by analyzing gene expression profiles from 2,500 patients' cells with eight different cancers in Zhan's lab.

"In all cases, an increase in the NEK2 gene was associated with rapid death of the patient," says Tricot, who is director of Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center's Bone Marrow Transplant and Myeloma Program at UI Hospitals and Clinics. "So this finding was not unique to myeloma; this is basically seen in every single cancer we looked at."

Taking the findings back to the lab, the team then examined the effect on cancer cells of either enhancing or blocking the expression of the NEK2 gene.

"Our studies show that over-expression of NEK2 in cancer cells significantly enhances the activity of drug efflux proteins to pump chemotherapy drugs out of cells, resulting in drug resistance. Furthermore, silencing NEK2 in cancer cells potently decreased drug resistance, induced cell-cycle arrest, cell death, and inhibited cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo," says Zhan, UI professor of internal medicine.

The research team is now developing compounds to inhibit NEK2 by collaborating with David Bearss, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology and developmental biology at BYU, in the hope that these compounds may overcome drug resistance in cancer cells.

"We were able to show that if we inhibit NEK2, then we can actually restore sensitivity to drugs that we use right now," Bearss says.

Although development and clinical testing of such drugs for use in patients is not imminent, Tricot notes that the findings may have clinical use within the next several years.

"NEK2 expression may be a diagnostic or prognostic marker for drug-resistant cancer," he says. "If NEK2 is high, that would suggest that the prognosis is poorer and the patient might benefit from more aggressive treatment. The other potential use is for monitoring the cancer's response to therapy. If NEK2 levels increase, that would suggest development of increased drug resistance and might indicate that a change of treatment would be helpful."

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In addition to Zhan, Tricot, and Bearss, the team also included researchers in the UI Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and at the University of Utah.

The research was begun by Zhan, Tricot, and Bearss when the three worked at the University of Utah's Huntsman Institute of Cancer.

The study was funded in part by grants from the National Cancer Institute, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.



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Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:12:24 -0800 FOOTBALL: Davis, Helepiko join NFLPA Bowl rosters http://orikugo.posterous.com/football-davis-helepiko-join-nflpa-bowl-roste http://orikugo.posterous.com/football-davis-helepiko-join-nflpa-bowl-roste

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SMU's Aaron Davis, from Elsinore, will be one of six Inland players in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. (SMU photo.)

SMU?s Aaron Davis, from Elsinore, will be one of six Inland players in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. (SMU photo.)

SMU defensive end Aaron Davis, from Elsinore High, and Fresno State center Richard Helepiko, from Moreno Valley High, have been added to the rosters for Saturday?s NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, a showcase for draft-eligible players at the Home Depot Center in Carson.

Davis, who began his collegiate career at Fresno State, had 35 tackles, 18 solo, with 3.5 tackles for losses and a blocked kick . Helepiko started all 13 games for the Bulldogs, who finished 9-4 after losing to SMU in the Hawaii Bowl.

Davis will play for the National team, along with UCLA linebacker Damien Holmes (Colton). That team also includes two other UCLA players, safety Andrew Abbott and defensive tackle Donovan Cater.

Helepiko becomes the fourth Inland player on the American team, joining Southern Utah quarterback Brad Sorensen (Colton), Incarnate Word cornerback Devan Avery, who grew up in Moreno Valley before moving to Texas, and New Mexico Highlands linebacker Jordan Campbell (Norco).

Complete rosters are available here. Additional information, including a link to ticket info, is here.

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:03:25 -0800 A disconnect between violence and television http://orikugo.posterous.com/a-disconnect-between-violence-and-television http://orikugo.posterous.com/a-disconnect-between-violence-and-television

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn't readily apparent.

All say the horrors of Newtown and Aurora, Colo., rocked them. But during a series of meetings with reporters here over the last 10 days, none offered concrete examples of how it is changing what they put on the air, or if that is necessary.

"I'm not a psychologist, so I'm not sure you can make the leap (that) a show about serial killers has caused the sort of problems with violence in our country," said Robert Greenblatt, who put "Dexter" on the air when he ran Showtime and is now overseeing development of a series on the notorious creep Hannibal Lecter for NBC. "There are many, many other factors, from mental illness to guns."

All of those points are being considered by Vice President Joe Biden as he prepares to make recommendations Tuesday to President Obama on ways to curb violence. When entertainment executives met with Biden in Washington on Friday, makers of blood-spurting video games like "Call of Duty" and "Mortal Kombat" dominated attention. In theaters, "Texas Chainsaw 3-D" dominated box office receipts during its first week.

Television's biggest influence is its omnipresence; the average American watches more than four hours of TV a day.

In recent days, only FX President John Landgraf said he was in favor of further study about any correlation between entertainment and real violence. Previous studies have been mixed.

Landgraf has sons aged 15, 12 and 9 and said he doesn't let them play video games in which the player is shooting.

Everything the entertainment industry does should be fair game in a discussion about violence, he said. But he pointed out that the zombie series "Walking Dead" and brutally violent "Sons of Anarchy" are both very popular in England and that country has far fewer gun murders than the United States. The availability of powerful assault weapons and ammunition are most responsible for the difference, he said.

The Newtown shooting was heartbreaking, said Paul Lee, ABC entertainment president. "We welcome the conversation as to how we as a culture can make sure that we don't let these events happen again," he said.

He said ABC has strong standards for what it broadcasts, stronger than its competitors.

"We talk about it all the time," he said. "We are storytellers. We have to tell stories that are vibrant and passionate, but we want to make sure that the stories that we tell are done with integrity, you know, there's no gratuitous action that goes out there, that it's driven through the stories and the characters, and that we have a moral compass in what we do."

The appetite for "Walking Dead" and "Texas Chainsaw 3-D" among young viewers is not lost on any TV executive, and bottom line pressure speaks most loudly to them. Broadcast networks feel a particular need to push the envelope when they see cable programs making noise with an ability to show more explicit scenes.

The same week that Lee talked about ABC's standards, the network's hit "Scandal" had a scene depicting waterboarding.

Fox has a highly anticipated series due later this month, "The Following," about a serial killer who recruits deadly disciples, and its gruesome scenes include a woman who commits suicide by gouging her eye and piercing her skull with an ice pick, and a man set on fire at a coffee stand.

Kevin Reilly, Fox entertainment chairman, said that given all of the media choices, the impact on real life is a broad and complex conversation. "It trivializes it to try and link it to television, or broadcast television in particular," he said.

"Part of entertainment, part of what we do on television, is to provide escapism," Reilly said. "Escapism comes in many forms. It could be laughter. It could be fantasy. It is also your worst nightmare come to life. And it makes our palms sweat and it moves us emotionally and puts us on the edge of the seat. We are engrossed in it and we forget ourselves for an hour."

When a network is putting a thriller on the air, it has to be able to compete on an intensity level, he said.

Being publicly questioned about the level of violence on the air clearly annoyed Reilly, however. Asked if Fox had made any changes to the promotion or content of "The Following" after the Newtown school shooting last month, he snapped, "No," and said he wouldn't address any more questions on the topic.

He was wrong, by the way: Fox later said it had replaced a billboard showing a woman with an ice pick with an image of series star Kevin Bacon, and combed its on-air promos to make sure there was no gunplay.

Reilly wasn't alone in his impatience. CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler also called a halt to questions on the topic Saturday after being asked several. Tassler was unhappy with NBC's Greenblatt, who said that CBS' "Criminal Minds" was worse than "Dexter" ever was in terms of content. She said it was a mistake to allow the discussion "devolve into my show versus your show."

CBS is on pace to be the nation's most-watched television network for the 10th time in 11 years, and has done so with a huge fictional body count. The network's prime-time schedule is dominated by procedurals that usually involve solving violent crimes. Tassler said CBS would begin promoting on the Super Bowl a summer series based on a Stephen King book about a town trapped under an invisible dome, the promo clip shown to reporters included drawings of body parts dropping from the sky, a pacemaker bursting out of a man's chest and a bloody hammer being cleaned in a sink.

NBC illustrated a similar disconnect. As its executives said NBC wasn't a "shoot 'em up" network, a highlight reel of "Revolution" was shown that that included a swordfight, a standoff between two men with guns, a gunfight and a building blown up with a body flying through the air.

Tassler said CBS will show "awareness and sensitivity" as it moves the process of making pilots and selecting series that will run on the network in coming years.

"Nothing that is on the air is inappropriate," she said. "And our attention is always to continue to be a broadcaster that creates content for a vast, diverse audience."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/disconnect-between-violence-television-180812100.html

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:17:56 -0800 Iran's Revolutionary Guards hold exercises in Strait of Hormuz http://orikugo.posterous.com/irans-revolutionary-guards-hold-exercises-in http://orikugo.posterous.com/irans-revolutionary-guards-hold-exercises-in

DUBAI (Reuters) - The naval force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has held exercises to test new equipment and battle tactics in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported on Sunday.

The drills tested the IRGC naval force's combat-readiness, speed in responding to natural disasters and familiarity with new weapons, the Fars news agency reported.

They were the fifth such tactical exercises held by the force and took place near Bandar Abbas, a Gulf port on Iran's southern coast, Fars said. It did not say when they took place.

Iran's regular navy, separate from the IRGC's naval branch, held drills in the Gulf in late December and early January meant to showcase the country's military capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 percent of the world's seaborne oil exports passes.

Iranian officials have often said Iran could block the strait if it came under military attack over its disputed nuclear program, and a heavy Western naval presence in the Gulf is meant to deter any such move.

(Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; editing by Andrew Roche)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/irans-revolutionary-guards-hold-exercises-strait-hormuz-134010679.html

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:31:27 -0800 USA Today publishes misleading editorial on Windows 8 security http://orikugo.posterous.com/usa-today-publishes-misleading-editorial-on-w http://orikugo.posterous.com/usa-today-publishes-misleading-editorial-on-w


A new article by USA Today claims Windows Store apps could potentially include viruses.

For the second consecutive month, a major news outlet has published a misleading article about the security of Microsoft's latest Windows releases, Windows 8 and Windows RT.

USA Today has published an editorial stating the Windows 8 is susceptible?to potentially infected "widely available, consumer smartphone apps" that Windows system administrators need to worry about. The?editorial follows an Inc.com article last month that incorrectly stated?Surface with Windows RT was vulnerable to traditional Windows viruses.

The editorial, written by Mark Austin, co-founder of Windows privilege management company Avecto, states the app store in Windows 8 and Windows RT could lead to "a whole new set of vulnerabilities" that organizations using Windows haven't had to face before. Part of Austin's argument revolves around the fact that viruses have been distributed to Android users through apps. Austin's editorial fails to mention that these apps are obtained through third-party locations???not the Google Play Store???and require users to change their settings to allow the installation of unsigned apps.

As with the Google Play Store, apps in the Windows Store are reviewed by Microsoft and scanned for viruses prior to being certified; these apps also?require a digital signature from Microsoft. As explained in a Building Windows 8 blog post by John Hazen, a Microsoft program manager for its developer experience team, the digital signature prevents fraudulent?apps from running on Windows 8 devices.

"Windows uses digital signatures to ensure the integrity of your app all the way from the Store to installation and even when the app is loaded and running on your customer?s computer," Hazen wrote in the blog post. "If Windows detects that the app no longer matches its digital signature, it guides the customer to download a corrected version from the Store."

According to Austin, however, Microsoft could let "malicious applications to slip through the cracks, ultimately infecting a company's entire network," although he gives nothing to support his assertion. Austin also argues that an app being approved by Microsoft for the app store "does not necessarily make it suitable for business use."

Another aspect of Austin's argument is the recent release of a tool that enabled users to pirate paid apps from the Windows Store. That tool also allowed users to sideload unsigned apps to Windows 8 devices but must be performed each time the machine is booted, as the bypass is only temporary.?

Again, however, Austin fails to mention that users would have to use a tool to allow the installation of these unsigned apps that could theoretically be infected with a virus?? something that's unlikely for most users, especially business users.

Source: USA Today?| Image via Microsoft

Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/usa-today-publishes-misleading-editorial-on-windows-8-security

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:26:28 -0800 Academics share copyrighted journal articles on Twitter to honor Aaron Swartz - @verge http://orikugo.posterous.com/academics-share-copyrighted-journal-articles http://orikugo.posterous.com/academics-share-copyrighted-journal-articles

This morning, hundreds of links to copyright-protected journal articles have appeared on Twitter in remembrance of Aaron Swartz, posted by members of the academic community. The call to the protest appears to have started on Reddit, where researcher Micah Allen said, "a fitting tribute to Aaron might be a mass protest uploading of copyright-protected research articles. Dump them on Gdocs, tweet the link. Think of the great blu-ray encoding protest but on a bigger scale for research articles." Early this morning the Anonymous Twitter account also announced its support for the action.

Swartz, who hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment this past Friday, had been under federal indictment since 2011. He was charged with illegally downloading more than 4 million documents from the academic journal database JSTOR on the campus of MIT in late 2010. Although JSTOR refused to pursue the matter, the prosecutors in Massachusetts did not, resulting in a federal case against Swartz which, if found guilty, could have resulted in up to 35 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines. In the wake of Swartz's suicide his family and mentor Lawrence Lessig have at least partially blamed his death on the government's relentless pursuit of the 26-year old, and one expert witness who was going to testify on his behalf has argued that Swartz's actions hardly called for the criminal charges brought against him.

An expert witness has argued that Swartz's actions hardly called for the criminal charges brought against him.

This is just one in a flood of online reactions to Swartz's death. A large file of JSTOR articles is currently on the torrent site the Pirate Bay in his memory, and early Saturday evening several petitions were posted to the White House's online system We the People. One of them calls for the removal of District Attorney Carmen Ortiz (the prosecutor who pursued Aaron's case), and one which calls for a White House pardon for Swartz, though he was never tried or convicted of any crimes. Swartz's family has also created a website for remembrances of Aaron.

At 26, Swartz already had a long list of achievements in wide-ranging fields. He was one of the early participants in Y Combinator, and was instrumental in the early days of Reddit, when his small company Infogami merged with the founders of the internet giant we know today. He also co-authored the RSS 1.0 specification at the age of 14, and in 2010 founded Demand Progress, a non-profit dedicated to fighting the bills which would become SOPA and PIPA. Demand Progress' work fighting SOPA is widely seen as being instrumental to the internet protests which resulted in its defeat. The case against Swartz and the circumstances of his death has lead at least one academic to suggest a copyright reform act named in Swartz's honor.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/13/3872648/academics-share-links-to-copyrighted-journals-to-honor-aaron-swartz

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Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:35:27 -0800 India's Narendra Modi draws business praise, avoids talk of higher office http://orikugo.posterous.com/indias-narendra-modi-draws-business-praise-av http://orikugo.posterous.com/indias-narendra-modi-draws-business-praise-av

GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Fresh off his re-election as chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat and amid expectations he could contend to be the next prime minister, Narendra Modi avoided talk of a bigger political future during a state investment event.

Still, Modi, one of India's most popular and divisive politicians, was the star of his "Vibrant Gujarat Summit," which featured a parade of corporate heavyweights as well as foreign officials who extolled the business-friendly state and Modi's leadership even as they mostly kept clear of politics.

"In Gujarat, we see a culture of implementation, reflecting the qualities of the chief minister," Cyrus Mistry, who recently succeeded Ratan Tata as head of the Tata Group, India's biggest business house, said from a stage he shared with Modi.

In one of Modi's biggest wins, in 2008 he convinced Tata Motors to build a factory in the state for its low-cost Nano after its plans to make the car in West Bengal were disrupted by farmers.

Last month, Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 115 of the state assembly's 182 seats against 61 for the Congress party, which heads a national government that has been beset by corruption scandals and presided over an economy on track this fiscal year for its slowest growth in a decade.

Modi appeared to downplay ambitions for higher office, making a point of inviting delegates to the next edition of the event in 2015. "When I gave a similar invitation in 2011, the media had mocked me saying I was yet to be re-elected and was already issuing invitations. This time, there is no such problem," he said in his closing remarks, delivered in Hindi.

Modi canceled a press conference planned for Saturday due to "urgent work," according to a text message from organizers.

INVESTMENT MAGNET

Gujarat, with a long tradition of entrepreneurship, has been a magnet for industrial investment thanks in part to what is widely regarded as efficient state government, which stands in contrast to the red tape and unpredictability elsewhere in India that frustrate businesses and investors.

While Modi, 62, wins praise for that, critics have accused him of not doing enough to stop - or of even quietly encouraging - religious riots in 2002 that saw as many as 2,000 killed, most of them Muslims, which makes him a controversial choice for the BJP despite his star power.

India is due to hold national elections by 2014.

One of the few major executives in attendance to speak openly of Modi as candidate for prime minister was Sanjay Lalbhai, chairman of Arvind Ltd, a textile maker based in nearby Ahmedabad.

"We are dealing with him as the chief minister of Gujarat as of now, but I am sure he has the skills required at the national level also, the decisiveness, the leadership," he told Reuters.

Others lauding Modi included the billionaire Ambani brothers, whose Gujarat-born father founded Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company and operator of the world's biggest refinery, in the Gujarat city of Jamnagar.

"Gujarat has been the birthplace of India's greatest leaders. What all these men have said about leadership, Narendrabhai has practiced in his 10-year tenure as chief minister," Anil Ambani said, stopping short of expressing support for Modi as a potential prime minister, which he did in 2009.

Shekhar Iyer, senior associate editor at the Hindustan Times, said the presence of corporate heavyweights was a demonstration of industry support for Modi as a potential prime minister.

"That underlying support is always there for him, because he is seen as a kind of person who can get things done, and he understands industry," Iyer said.

($1 = 54.79 Indian rupees)

(Writing by Tony Munroe; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/indias-narendra-modi-draws-business-praise-avoids-talk-155451025.html

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Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:05:20 -0800 Armstrong to admit doping in Oprah interview http://orikugo.posterous.com/armstrong-to-admit-doping-in-oprah-interview http://orikugo.posterous.com/armstrong-to-admit-doping-in-oprah-interview

FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photos/File)

FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photos/File)

(AP) ? Lance Armstrong will make a limited confession to doping during his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey next week, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Armstrong, who has long denied doping, will also offer an apology during the interview scheduled to be taped Monday at his home in Austin, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no authorization to speak publicly on the matter.

While not directly saying he would confess or apologize, Armstrong sent a text message to The Associated Press early Saturday that said: "I told her (Winfrey) to go wherever she wants and I'll answer the questions directly, honestly and candidly. That's all I can say."

The 41-year-old Armstrong, who vehemently denied doping for years, has not spoken publicly about the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report last year that cast him as the leader of a sophisticated and brazen doping program on his U.S. Postal Service teams that included use of steroids, blood boosters and illegal blood transfusions.

The USADA report led to Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and given a lifetime ban from the sport.

Several outlets had reported that Armstrong was considering a confession. The interview will be broadcast Thursday on the Oprah Winfrey Network and oprah.com.

A confession would come at a time when Armstrong is still facing some legal troubles.

Armstrong faces a federal whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former teammate Floyd Landis accusing him of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service, but the U.S. Department of Justice has yet to announce if it will join the case. The British newspaper The Sunday Times is suing Armstrong to recover about $500,000 it paid him to settle a libel lawsuit.

A Dallas-based promotions company has threatened to sue Armstrong to recover more than $7.5 million it paid him as a bonus for winning the Tour de France.

But potential perjury charges stemming from his sworn testimony denying doping in a 2005 arbitration fight over the bonus payments have passed the statute of limitations.

Armstrong lost most of his personal sponsorship ? worth tens of millions of dollars ? after USADA issued its report and he left the board of the Livestrong cancer-fighting charity he founded in 1997. He is still said to be worth an estimated $100 million.

Livestrong might be one reason to issue an apology or make a confession. The charity supports cancer patients and still faces an image problem because of its association with its famous founder.

Armstrong could also be hoping a confession would allow him to return to competition in elite triathlon or running events, but World Anti-Doping Code rules state his lifetime ban cannot be reduced to less than eight years. WADA and U.S. Anti-Doping officials could agree to reduce the ban further depending on what new information Armstrong provides and his level of cooperation.

Armstrong met with USADA officials recently to explore a "pathway to redemption," according to a report by "60 Minutes Sports" aired Wednesday on Showtime.

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AP Sports Columnist Jim Litke contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:39:21 -0800 Straitjacket drug halts herpes virus's escape stunt http://orikugo.posterous.com/straitjacket-drug-halts-herpes-viruss-escape http://orikugo.posterous.com/straitjacket-drug-halts-herpes-viruss-escape

As anyone who suffers from recurrent cold sores knows, herpes is a master escapist. This family of viruses ? including strains that cause lesions on the genitals, infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever) and, in some cases, blindness and birth defects ? is able to wriggle free of the body's defences, reactivating after lying dormant for long periods. Now a new drug that denies the virus its means of escape could lead to treatments that keep herpes locked up for good.

When the virus infects cells, the body defends itself by wrapping up the viral genome in a structure that blocks its genes from being expressed. The virus can escape this straitjacket, though, by hijacking some of the cell's own enzymes to unwrap itself. Once freed, the virus takes hold and spreads.

Thomas Kristie at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues have developed a drug that inhibits the enzymes the virus uses to free itself ? stopping it from escaping. "The virus becomes silent," says Kristie.

The team tested their treatment on mice infected with either Cytomegalovirus, a herpes virus which can cause birth defects, or herpes simplex type 1, which causes lesions on the mouth and eye.

About a month after infection, once the virus had entered its dormant stage, the researchers removed neurons from a brain region behind the eye where herpes lurks, and cultured the cells. They found they were unable to reactivate the virus. "You don't ever get the virus coming back," says Kristie. The drug also appears to limit the spread of the initial infection.

New drug arena

This approach of inhibiting the enzyme that the virus hijacks could lead to new treatments that shut down the herpes family of viruses at an early stage of infection. It might even work on other viruses that take over cells in a similar way, such as HIV. "This could open up a new arena of antiviral drugs that hit a number of viruses," says Kristie.

"It's neat that they got such a potent effect," says Robert White at Imperial College London, UK, who was not involved in the study. But more work is needed to investigate possible side effects, he says, since the drug is likely to be knocking out more than just the host enzymes used by the virus. "It's a bit of a sledgehammer."

Journal reference: Science Translational Medicine, doi.org/j64

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Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:49:28 -0800 Report: UK's Savile abused hundreds over six decades http://orikugo.posterous.com/report-uks-savile-abused-hundreds-over-six-de http://orikugo.posterous.com/report-uks-savile-abused-hundreds-over-six-de

LONDON (Reuters) - The late British TV presenter Jimmy Savile physically abused hundreds of people over six decades, according to a police-led report on Friday which said he carried out attacks at the BBC and at hospitals where he did voluntary work.

Of his victims, 73 percent were under 18 and 82 percent were female. The oldest was 47 and the youngest just 8.

"Savile's offending footprint was vast, predatory and opportunistic," Commander Peter Spindler told reporters.

Savile, one of the BBC's biggest stars of the 1970s and 80s received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth for charity work. He died in 2011, aged 84, a year before allegations about his abusive behavior emerged in a TV documentary.

Friday's report said he had committed 214 criminal offences including 34 rapes or serious sexual assaults across the country.

His offending first occurred in 1955 in the northern English city of Manchester and the last attack was in 2009, the report said. He abused people at the BBC from 1965 including in 2006 at the last recording of popular weekly show Top of the Pops.

He also targeted people at hospitals over 30 years from 1965, including at the renowned Great Ormond Street children's hospital in London.

"It is now clear that Savile was hiding in plain sight and using his celebrity status and fund-raising activity to gain uncontrolled access to vulnerable people across six decades," the report said.

In all, 600 people had come forward to police with information of which 450 related to Savile.

The report, issued jointly by London police and the NSPCC children's charity, said it was likely there would be more victims who did not feel able to come forward.

Friday's report is one of 14 launched since the allegations about Savile emerged, including four at the BBC.

The revelations about Savile plunged the BBC into weeks of turmoil and led to resignation of the publicly funded broadcaster's director general just 54 days into his job.

OTHER STARS QUESTIONED

Detectives have also been looking into allegations against Savile acting with others and into related sex crimes which had no direct link to Savile.

They have since questioned 10 men, including Jim Davidson, a comedian who hosted prime time shows on the BBC in the 1990s, former BBC radio DJ Dave Lee Travis, and Max Clifford, Britain's most high-profile celebrity publicist.

They all deny any wrongdoing.

A one-time professional wrestler, Savile became famous as a pioneering DJ in the 1960s before becoming a regular fixture on TV hosting prime-time pop and children's shows until the 1990s.

He also ran about 200 marathons for charity, raising tens of millions of pounds for hospitals, leading some to give him keys to rooms where victims now allege they were abused.

While many colleagues and viewers thought the cigar-chomping Savile was weird, with his long blonde hair, penchant for garish outfits and flashy jewellery, he was considered a "national treasure", honored not just by the queen but also by the late Pope John Paul II who made him a papal knight in 1990.

Despite rumors and suspicions, his sex crimes only came to light when rival broadcaster ITV aired allegations against him.

That prompted allegations the BBC had covered up allegations of sex abuse after it was revealed it had dropped its own expose shortly after Savile's death and had run tribute shows about him instead.

A lengthy report last month cleared of the BBC of any cover-up but said it had missed numerous warnings and proved incapable of dealing with the scandal when it finally broke.

(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/uks-savile-abused-hundreds-over-six-decades-report-102238598--finance.html

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Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:51:14 -0800 Venezuela's VP in Havana to see Chavez, family http://orikugo.posterous.com/venezuelas-vp-in-havana-to-see-chavez-family http://orikugo.posterous.com/venezuelas-vp-in-havana-to-see-chavez-family

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up a painting of him during a symbolic inauguration rally for Chavez outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The government organized the unusual show of support for the cancer-stricken leader on the streets on what was supposed to be his inauguration day. Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that even though it wasn't an official swearing-in, Thursday's event still marks the start of a new term for the president following his re-election in October. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up a painting of him during a symbolic inauguration rally for Chavez outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The government organized the unusual show of support for the cancer-stricken leader on the streets on what was supposed to be his inauguration day. Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that even though it wasn't an official swearing-in, Thursday's event still marks the start of a new term for the president following his re-election in October. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with members of his cabinet in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Maduro said he will travel to Cuba on Friday to visit ailing President Hugo Chavez and his family. Maduro announced his trip on television, saying he would also meet with Chavez's medical team. The government says the Venezuelan leader is fighting a severe respiratory infection a month after he underwent cancer surgery in Havana. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez gestures to journalists as she arrives to Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba, early Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Fernandez is in Cuba to visit Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from cancer surgery. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Argentine tourists who support Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez welcome her outside the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba, early Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Fernandez arrived to Cuba to visit Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from cancer surgery. The sign reads in Spanish "Long live Nestor! Be strong Cristina," referring to her late husband, Argentina's former President Nestor Kirchner. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Peru's President Ollanta Humala speaks with journalists after arriving to the Jose Marti international airport in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Humala arrived to Cuba to visit Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from cancer surgery. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

(AP) ? Venezuela's vice president flew to Cuba on Friday to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also traveled to Havana saying they hoped to ask about the Venezuelan president's condition.

The 58-year-old president is fighting a severe respiratory infection a month after he underwent cancer surgery in Havana, his government says.

"I'm leaving for Havana to continue that work of visiting the family, meeting with his medical team, visiting our commander president," Vice President Nicolas Maduro said on television in Caracas.

Cuba's nightly TV news show reported that Maduro had arrived, but did not say whether he made any comments. The Venezuelan was met at the airport by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, the show said.

Chavez hasn't spoken publicly or been seen since before his Dec. 11 operation, his fourth cancer-related surgery since June 2011 for an undisclosed type of pelvic cancer.

The government revealed this week that Chavez is receiving treatment for "respiratory deficiency." Medical experts say that might mean he is breathing with the help of a ventilator.

Maduro was making his second trip to Cuba since Chavez's surgery. He said he would meet with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, who also was visiting Havana, and hoped to meet with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, who arrived Friday in the Cuban capital.

Fernandez arrived at the Hotel Nacional along Havana's waterfront on Friday morning. Authorities have characterized the Argentine leader's trip as a private visit and her foreign minister said Thursday that she intended to meet with Chavez.

She told The Associated Press in Friday afternoon that she would lunch with Cuban President Raul Castro and his retired brother Fidel. "And then surely I will meet with the family of my companion and dear friend Hugo Chavez," Fernandez said.

Arriving at the Havana airport, Humala did not say if had confirmed plans to meet with Chavez.

"Obviously I will ask, I will see, how is President Chavez's situation," Humala told reporters, saying he wishes Chavez a "quick recovery."

Presidents Rafael Correa of Ecuador and Evo Morales of Bolivia have also visited Havana during Chavez's current stay there.

Peruvian analyst Nelson Manrique said Humala's trip was a reflection of the president's personal friendship with Chavez, as well as political.

"There is a sector that would like Peru to be unconditionally aligned with the United States, but this is more prudent politically to develop a multilateral policy," Manrique said. "It doesn't seem probable that Hugo Chavez will continue governing, but in any of the scenarios 'Chavismo' will be a very strong force in Venezuela.

"It's convenient for the Peruvian government to maintain a relationship, leave the door open, and balance the geopolitical relationship with Venezuela as well," the analyst added.

Maduro was designated by Chavez last month as his chosen successor. Maduro said that while he is in Cuba, Electricity Minister Hector Navarro will remain in charge of affairs as acting vice president. The vice president didn't say when he would return.

Maduro's announcement came a day after the government gathered foreign allies and tens of thousands of exuberant supporters to celebrate the start of a new term for Chavez on Thursday, even as he was too ill to return home for a real inauguration.

Despite opposition claims that the constitution demands a Jan. 10 inauguration, the pro-Chavez congress approved delaying the inauguration and the Supreme Court on Wednesday endorsed the postponement, saying the president could be sworn in before the court at a later date.

Jailed former defense minister Raul Baduel urged his countrymen, especially the military, to resist what he called a "new constitutional coup" by Chavez's allies. The former military chief, who is in prison after being convicted of embezzlement and abuse of power, made the remarks in a vaguely worded letter that was released Friday.

Baduel has insisted he is innocent and dismissed the case against him as a politically motivated reprisal for his opposition to Chavez.

Though he didn't give details about what action he hoped the military would take, Baduel appeared to echo the argument by opposition politicians that Maduro and other Chavez allies are violating the constitution by remaining in office beyond the formal swearing-in date.

The Supreme Court has dismissed that argument, saying the date in the constitution isn't binding if an inauguration is performed before the court rather than the congress, where presidents usually take the oath of office.

Baduel also urged the governments of other countries "not to validate the constitutional coup d'etat that has been set in motion."

A high-ranking military chief, Maj. Gen. Wilmer Barrientos, said the military will respect and obey the Supreme Court's decision. He told the station Union Radio that those who question the court's decision should make their case through legal channels.

National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, a former military officer who is thought to have close ties to the armed forces, warned in a message on Twitter that Chavez's supporters should be "on alert for actions of violence" similar to bloodshed that preceded a failed 2002 coup against Chavez.

Chavez was briefly ousted in that coup, then was restored to power within two days with the help of military loyalists amid large protests in the streets by his supporters.

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Associated Press writers Andrea Rodriguez in Havana and Carla Salazar in Lima, Peru, contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:48:16 -0800 AppSpy's Top 10 iOS Games of 2012 - Part 2 | iPhone Game ... http://orikugo.posterous.com/appspy39s-top-10-ios-games-of-2012-part-2-iph http://orikugo.posterous.com/appspy39s-top-10-ios-games-of-2012-part-2-iph

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2012 was the first full year of reviewing Apps that I experienced since working at AppSpy, and as a year of gaming in general it was quite impressive. We had a number of developers successfully port their games over by adapting their control schemes (like The World Ends With You: Solo Remix and Bastion), and on the complete other side of the spectrum we had engaging quick to play Indie titles like Super Hexagon, and Catch-22.

The game to copy and clone this last year was definitely Temple Run with a glut of 3D imitators. Meanwhile the 2D endless runner genre continued on strong with many titles trying to be the next Jetpack Joyride. We saw sequels and follow-ups from studios that released their debut titles years ago (and for the most part, both categories had success with these releases).

The playing field is becoming a lot more crowded, but there are still plenty of interesting and enjoyable titles coming out every month. 2012 was a fantastic year for gaming, and I am very optimistic that 2013 might be even better.

Let's find out what AppSpy Dave's 'Top 5 iOS Games for 2012' has in store!

Mikey Shorts by BeaverTap Games

I came to Mikey Shorts a little late, but I am glad I did. I started playing video games in the 80s and my two favorite genres have always been adventure games and platformers. The thing about platformers is that after you've started with Super Mario Bros, you won't accept a platformer that doesn't feel right when you're playing it. Mikey Shorts feels right... which is a difficult task on a touch screen, especially with virtual buttons. There's a flow to the game, where you can slide through, leap to a high platform and then hop with a feather touch across the heads of a series of bots, and the only break is when you mistime a leap or reach the end of a level.

Rayman Jungle Run by Ubisoft

Rayman Origins is an extremely beautiful and engaging game. When an iOS game was announced, I'll admit I was skeptical. Rayman Jungle Run absolutely nails the look and feel of its console counterparts while adapting its control scheme to benefit the touch screen, and with its short levels and trails of Lums to follow, it may be a linear guided experience, but an incredibly fun one, and that's what matters.

Run Roo Run by 5TH Cell

When you want to discuss bite-sized levels and one touch gameplay, Run Roo Run could be considered a template. Each world introduces a new game element, and then all the levels revolve around that element (sometimes incorporating previous elements) that help to create a game that you can't put down, and due to that is over before you know it. Luckily they were clever enough to release some weekly challenge packs after the game's release. I think a lot of people forgot about this title because it was released in January but you shouldn't, and that's part of the reason why it's here.

Score! Classic Goals by First Touch

This one surprised me. I'm not really a fan of soccer (exhibit A, I call it soccer, not football), but there was just something about nailing down the exact lines and curves of the ball passes in order to achieve a goal that actually happened in the real game. Having a look at the play mapped out with lines and markers, and then translating that to a 3D environment where the opposing team actually react to your execution of the play, be it good or bad, and well... I was hooked.

And my Pick of the Year - Catch-22 by Mango Down!

One of the constants when putting together my games of the year list is how long I kept the title on my phone after either reviewing it myself, or watching the review on AppSpy before purchase. Catch-22 is my go-to App. Yes, it's simple and elegant, but its real magic is how quickly you can lose yourself with those two orbs, and the random decisions that are sometimes made to play either risky or conservative this time around. With all the high end graphics, 3D worlds and narratives out there, sometimes we forget how beautiful a pure gaming experience can be (Super Hexagon for instance), and that is Catch-22 in a jumping, weaving, colored orb of a nutshell.


Source: http://www.appspy.com/toplist/6624/appspys-top-10-ios-games-of-2012-part-2

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Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:20:14 -0800 Pompeii "Wall Posts" Reveal Ancient Social Networks http://orikugo.posterous.com/pompeii-wall-posts-reveal-ancient-social-netw http://orikugo.posterous.com/pompeii-wall-posts-reveal-ancient-social-netw

Ancient Pompeii?s political elite vied for advertising space on the ?private walls? of wealthy citizens


Grafitied Tomb A tomb in Pompeii covered in red graffiti. Wall scribblings were common all over the city, both on public buildings and inside and outside private homes. Research presented in 2012 at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. Image: Allison Emmerson, University of Cincinnati

Think of it as the earliest version of the Facebook wall post: Ancient Pompeii residents revealed their social networks through graffiti on actual walls.

Now, a new analysis of some of these scribbled messages reveals the walls of the wealthy were highly sought after, especially for political candidates hoping to drum up votes. The findings suggest that Pompeii homeowners may have had some control over who got artistic on their walls, said study researcher Eeva-Maria Viitanen, an archaeologist at the University of Helsinki.

"The current view is that any candidate could have chosen any location and have their ad painted on the wall. After looking at the contexts, this would not seem very likely," Viitanen told LiveScience. "The facades of the private houses and even the streetwalks in front of them were controlled and maintained by the owner of the house, and in that respect, the idea that the wall space could be appropriated by anyone who wanted to do it seems unlikely."

Ancient graffiti

Pompeii, which was famously destroyed and frozen in time by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, was a city of "avid scribblers," Viitanen told LiveScience. People scratched messages into the city's stucco walls or wrote them in charcoal. They copied literary quotes, wrote greetings to friends and made notes of sums.

Amid all these amateur "wall posts" were political campaign ads, most of which were done by professional painters, Viitanen said. It was these posts that she and her colleagues focused on, mapping out each message and noting its context. The researchers wanted to know where candidates put their messages ? near bars and other high-traffic areas, or on the walls of private houses? And where did certain candidates focus their campaigns?

Pompeii's political ads

To narrow down the enormous amount of graffiti, the researchers focused on three regions of the city: two residential areas on opposite sides of town and one business district. There were more than 1,000 electoral messages scrawled on the walls in these regions, most dating from the last three centuries of Pompeii's existence.

Most of the messages are simple, containing just a name and the office the person was running for, Viitanen said.

"Sometimes there are some simple attributes such as 'a good man,' 'worthy of public office,'" she said. One candidate even bragged about his bread-baking abilities on his campaign-wall post, Viitanen said.

Other ads were sponsored by groups supporting a particular candidate, including such unsavory fraternities as pickpockets, late-night drinkers and petty thieves.

"Makes you wonder whether their candidates were really worth voting for!" Viitanen said.

Campaigning in Pompeii

The first find was that politicians wanted an audience. The campaign ads were almost invariably on heavily trafficked streets, Viitanen reported Friday (Jan. 4) at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Seattle.

The second, more surprising, discovery, was that the most popular spots for ads were private houses rather than bars or shops that would see a lot of visitors.??

"Bars were probably more populated, but could their customers read and would they vote?" Viitanen said.

Some 40 percent of the ads were on prestigious houses, she said, which is notable because there were only a third as many lavish homes as there were bars, shops and more modest residences. Clearly, candidates were vying for space on the homes of the wealthy.

That discovery makes Viitanen and her colleagues think the ads reveal early social networking. It seems likely that candidates would need permission from the homeowner to paint their ads, suggesting the graffiti is something of an endorsement.

Source: http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=b713fd5822122cdbc69c193502a95a32

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Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:32:21 -0800 Practical management of sudden cardiac arrest on the football field http://orikugo.posterous.com/practical-management-of-sudden-cardiac-arrest http://orikugo.posterous.com/practical-management-of-sudden-cardiac-arrest Editor's Choice
  1. Efraim Benjamin Kramer1,
  2. Martin Botha1,
  3. Jonathan Drezner2,
  4. Yasser Abdelrahman3,
  5. Jiri Dvorak4
  1. 1Division of Emergency Medicine, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  2. 2Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
  3. 3Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt
  4. 4FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland
  1. Correspondence to Professor Efraim Benjamin Kramer, Division of Emergency Medicine, Witwatersrand University, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2123, South Africa; efraim.kramer{at}wits.ac.za
  • Accepted 4 July 2012
  • Published Online First 3 August 2012

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) remains a tragic occurrence on the football field. The limits of preparticipation cardiovascular screening make it compulsory that prearranged emergency medical services be available at all football matches to immediately respond to any collapsed player. Management of SCA involves prompt recognition, immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation. Any football player who collapses without contact with another player or obstacle should be regarded as being in SCA until proven otherwise. An automated external defibrillator (AED), or manual defibrillator if an AED is not available, should be immediately accessible on the field during competitions. This study presents guidelines for a practical and systematic approach to the management of SCA on the football field.

Source: http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/short/46/16/1094?rss=1&ssource=mfr

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Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:37:30 -0800 Offcampus4u?: SoftTact Technologies Hiring Software Developer ... http://orikugo.posterous.com/offcampus4u-softtact-technologies-hiring-soft http://orikugo.posterous.com/offcampus4u-softtact-technologies-hiring-soft

1) Design and develop software as per client?s specifications
2) Implement image processing algorithms

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JOB DESCRIPTION / DESIRED CANDIDATE PROFILE

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2) Please apply only if you meet following criteria
i) At least 80% marks in SSC, 70% marks in HSC, 60% in Final Year
ii)Candidates Located between Borivali to Andheri .

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Soft-Tact is a software development firm with expertise in Medical Image Processing, Geometric Optimization, Tomography, 3D scanning, GPU computing and DICOM. We have extensive expertise in developing Thin client technology to view medical images.

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