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Monday, April 22, 2013
Report: The Start Button Is Coming Back to Windows
Iraqis counting votes from provincial elections
BAGHDAD (AP) ? Iraqis have begun counting votes from the first provincial elections since the last U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011.
Hundreds of ballot boxes stood in counting centers Sunday. Employees of Iraq's independent electoral commission went through the ballot sheets under supervision of political party representatives.
Final results are expected in several days. Voting was mostly peaceful, despite widespread violence in the run-up.
Turnout in Saturday's elections stood at 51 percent. Some eligible voters said they did not find their names in the voting rolls.
The voting took place in 12 of Iraq's 18 provinces. Elections were delayed in two provinces because of unstable security conditions, and the country's three-province northern autonomy region was not included.
Thousands of candidates from 50 electoral blocs were vying for 378 seats on provincial councils.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iraqis-counting-votes-provincial-elections-102513525.html
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Assad's forces kill 85 in Damascus suburb, activists say
By Gregory Blachier MONTE CARLO, April 21 (Reuters) - Current anti-doping measures in tennis are a "disaster" and the introduction of biological passports can only improve matters, world number six Tomas Berdych said. "The system right now... I don't know how it works with the others but with me, it does not work at all," the Czech told Reuters in an interview at the Monte Carlo Masters this week. "You have to say every single day... where you are. I've done this for three or four years already and I had only two tests out of the tournaments," Berdych said. ...
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Marathon bomb suspect eludes police, hunt paralyzes Boston
WATERTOWN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Black Hawk helicopters and heavily armed police descended on a Boston suburb Friday in a massive search for an ethnic Chechen suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, hours after his brother was killed by police in a late-night shootout. The normally traffic-clogged streets of Boston were empty as the city went into virtual lockdown after a bloody night of shooting and explosions. Public transport was suspended, air space restricted and famous universities, including Harvard and MIT, closed after police ordered residents to remain at home.
Pakistani police arrest former president Musharraf
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested former president Pervez Musharraf on Friday to face allegations he overstepped his powers while in office, marking a dramatic break with a political culture in which military rulers have remained untouchable. The one-time army chief had hoped to rekindle a degree of influence by standing in a general election in May, but has instead become ensnared in a showdown with judges who fought bruising battles with him while he was still in office.
Drop in gasoline prices help keep Canada inflation benign
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate in March slowed to 1.0 percent from 1.2 percent in February, further underlining how little pressure there is on the Bank of Canada to raise rates any time soon. The main reason for the drop in the annual rate was lower gas prices, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The March rate was slightly less than the 1.1 percent predicted by economists.
Italy center-left leader Bersani quits after vote debacle
ROME (Reuters) - Center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani announced his resignation on Friday after party rebels sabotaged two separate candidates he had backed for state president, deepening Italy's political chaos. Bersani told a meeting of parliamentarians he would quit as Democratic Party (PD) leader as soon as the election of the next head of state was completed, following two dramatic days of parliamentary voting in which successive center-left candidates were scuppered in secret ballots.
U.S. assures Japan of defense against North Korean threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden assured Japan's deputy prime minister on Friday that the United States is committed to the defense of Japan against the threat posed by North Korea. North Korea in recent weeks has engaged in threatening rhetoric and is believed to have been taking steps toward a missile test launch, actions that have raised tensions in the Asia-Pacific.
Maduro sworn in, Venezuela to review disputed vote
CARACAS (Reuters) - Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela's president on Friday at a ceremony attended by leaders from Iran to Brazil after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out of a dispute over his election. Maduro, a bus driver-turned-foreign minister who became the late Hugo Chavez's chosen successor, narrowly beat opposition challenger Henrique Capriles in the election last Sunday.
Youths and police skirmish in Bahrain before Grand Prix
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain police fired tear gas in clashes with rioting youths after thousands of opposition supporters rallied peacefully for democracy on Friday, two days before a Formula One car race that puts the Gulf Arab kingdom in the global spotlight. An authorized rally attended by men, women and children west of the capital Manama was orderly but as it broke up, dozens of young men skirmished with security forces firing tear gas.
Georgia's Saakashvili holds out olive branch to prime minister
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held out an olive branch to Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Friday, proposing an end to months of friction that threatens stability in the former Soviet republic. Saakashvili struck a conciliatory tone in remarks to thousands of supporters at their first big rally since his party was swept from power by Ivanishvili's opposition movement in a parliamentary election last October.
Rios Montt genocide trial up in air as Guatemalan judges squabble
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was mired in uncertainty on Friday as judges squabbled over who should hear the case following an order to annul nearly a year-and-a-half of proceedings. The trial was suspended on Thursday when Judge Patricia Flores, who was originally assigned to the case, ruled all actions taken since she was recused in November 2011 were void, citing an order from the country's top courts.
Ukraine government beats off no confidence vote
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's government survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday despite its unpopularity over pension reform and charges of corruption - an outcome that reaffirmed President Viktor Yanukovich's grip as he eyes a second term in office. Opposition politician Arseny Yatsenyuk, a former foreign minister and ex-minister of economy, pushed the opposition motion, charging Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's government with pursuing policies that only enriched those in power.
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Saturday, April 20, 2013
Looking back at Boston?s tragic week
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Self-Awareness, Self-Improvement and Self-Empowerment
By Doron Gil, Ph.D. ?
It says about Noah that he brought the animals to the ark in couples. But there are things which come in triples, like Self-Awareness, Self-Improvement and Self-Empowerment. The three go hand in hand (like a couple). The longer you tread the right path, these three will unite and become ONE.
No wonder all these three concepts begin with SELF. No-one can tread the path for you. You are responsible to doing ?the work?, to tread the triple path.
These are ?good news?. There can be no Self-Empowerment without Self-Improvement, and none of the two without Self-Awareness. One leads to the other and feed each other at the same time. Therefore, the minute you embark on the path to any of the three, you?re actually embarking on the path to all three together.
What is Self-Awareness?
This is a journey to your inner-self; getting to know and understand yourself better; being honest and true regarding who you are, how you handle your life, how you sabotage yourself and your relationships, how you limit and imprison yourself. It?s realizing which factors affect your emotions, attitudes, reactions and behaviours throughout your life.
What is Self-Improvement?
It?s taking the necessary steps to de-activate the role different factors have exerted over you and prevented you from being ?who you really are?. It?s a process of ?becoming a better person? in the way you perceive yourself and in the ways you motivate yourself to ?do better? in your life (?doing better? according to your definition of its meaning).
What is Self-Empowerment?
It?s your ability to support yourself to do things you haven?t had the courage to do before; it?s becoming more assertive; it?s having a clearer vision of where you want to go (professionally and personally); how you want to get there; which ways you intend to apply in order to succeed and to change whatever you feel needs change.
As you walk this triple path you get closer and closer to becoming whole. In touch with yourself, your needs, fears and desires, strengths as well as weaknesses. You expand your authenticity, your ability to speak out your mind, do what feels right for you and not do what doesn?t feel right (which others want you to do).
The triple SELF is actually one whole
What?s really nice about this process of getting closer to ?yourSELF?, is that the minute you embark on the journey to Self-Awareness, Self-Improvement or Self-Empowerment ? you have begun a process of improving who you are and the life you have. This will no doubt empower you to have better personal and professional interactions.
To learn more about how to develop Self-Awareness, improve and empower yourself, visit:
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Doron Gil, Ph.D., is a university teacher, workshop leader, counsellor and consultant, specialized in the interplay between Self-Awareness and Relationships. Dr. Gil has taught this subject to thousands of students and trained physicians, managers, school teachers and parents on how to develop Self-Awareness in order to expand their personal and professional skills. Dr. Gil has lectured widely on these and related subjects at conferences world-wide.
In his recently-published book: ?The Self-Awareness Guide to a Successful Intimate Relationship? Dr. Gil explains how being unaware sabotages relationships and teaches how to develop Self-Awareness.
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Class of 2013 Pop Culture Cheat Sheet
Public Enemy, Rush, Donna Summer and Heart are being inducted on Thursday.
By Gil Kaufman
Public Enemy in 1988
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Eye expo at UH offers resources to the visually impaired
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Center for Sight Enhancement collaborates with Houston Area Visually Impaired Network
HOUSTON, April 17, 2013 A daylong vision expo will be held Saturday, April 20 at the University of Houston (UH), offering information on rehabilitation and resources for the blind and visually impaired to live independent and productive lives. The event is free and open to the public, and there will be door prizes and light refreshments.
The Houston Area Insight Expo will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., offering workshops, speakers, panel discussions, information and resources for the visually impaired. Presented by the Houston Area Visually Impaired Network (HAVIN), the event is hosted by the University Eye Institute's Center for Sight Enhancement (CSE) in the UH College of Optometry.
Workshops include tips on adjusting to blindness that will address such things as cooking in the dark and guide dogs, an introduction to iPhone accessibility and apps for the visually impaired, and a class on basic self defense.
Meant to encourage collaboration and sharing of resources, in addition to the workshops, a variety of vendors and organizations serving the visually impaired community will be displaying their information and products for attendees. Door prizes also will be given.
A keynote address will be given on the latest treatments for retinal disease, such as gene and stem cell therapies, by Stephen P. Daiger, a professor of genetic and environmental genetic sciences at UTHealth's School of Public Health.
While walk-ins are welcome, advance registration is preferred. To register, send an email to havin2013registration@yahoo.com with attendee name, address, phone and email.
Using the latest technology, training and techniques, the CSE strives to help visually impaired patients achieve independence and an improved quality of life through vision rehabilitation. HAVIN is comprised of various volunteer support groups from across Houston. Its vision is to educate, provide peer support and unify the visually impaired community in the Greater Houston area.
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Houston Area Insight Expo 2013
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9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 20
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University of Houston
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Center for Sight Enhancement collaborates with Houston Area Visually Impaired Network
HOUSTON, April 17, 2013 A daylong vision expo will be held Saturday, April 20 at the University of Houston (UH), offering information on rehabilitation and resources for the blind and visually impaired to live independent and productive lives. The event is free and open to the public, and there will be door prizes and light refreshments.
The Houston Area Insight Expo will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., offering workshops, speakers, panel discussions, information and resources for the visually impaired. Presented by the Houston Area Visually Impaired Network (HAVIN), the event is hosted by the University Eye Institute's Center for Sight Enhancement (CSE) in the UH College of Optometry.
Workshops include tips on adjusting to blindness that will address such things as cooking in the dark and guide dogs, an introduction to iPhone accessibility and apps for the visually impaired, and a class on basic self defense.
Meant to encourage collaboration and sharing of resources, in addition to the workshops, a variety of vendors and organizations serving the visually impaired community will be displaying their information and products for attendees. Door prizes also will be given.
A keynote address will be given on the latest treatments for retinal disease, such as gene and stem cell therapies, by Stephen P. Daiger, a professor of genetic and environmental genetic sciences at UTHealth's School of Public Health.
While walk-ins are welcome, advance registration is preferred. To register, send an email to havin2013registration@yahoo.com with attendee name, address, phone and email.
Using the latest technology, training and techniques, the CSE strives to help visually impaired patients achieve independence and an improved quality of life through vision rehabilitation. HAVIN is comprised of various volunteer support groups from across Houston. Its vision is to educate, provide peer support and unify the visually impaired community in the Greater Houston area.
WHAT:
Houston Area Insight Expo 2013
WHEN:
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 20
WHERE:
University of Houston
Health and Biomedical Sciences Building
4811 Calhoun Road
Map: http://tinyurl.com/bnz4zw5
Parking: http://tinyurl.com/cmnfeaf
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Where are the best windows into Europa's interior?
Apr. 15, 2013 ? The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa exposes material churned up from inside the moon and also material resulting from matter and energy coming from above. If you want to learn about the deep saltwater ocean beneath this unusual world's icy shell -- as many people do who are interested in possible extraterrestrial life -- you might target your investigation of the surface somewhere that has more of the up-from-below stuff and less of the down-from-above stuff.
New analysis of observations made more than a decade ago by NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter helps identify those places.
"We have found the regions where charged electrons and ions striking the surface would have done the most, and the least, chemical processing of materials emplaced at the surface from the interior ocean," said J. Brad Dalton of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., lead author of the report published recently in the journal Planetary and Space Science. "That tells us where to look for materials representing the most pristine ocean composition, which would be the best places to target with a lander or study with an orbiter."
Europa is about the size of Earth's moon and, like our moon, keeps the same side toward the planet it orbits. Picture a car driving in circles around a mountain with its left-side windows always facing the mountain.
Europa's orbit around Jupiter is filled with charged, energetic particles tied to Jupiter's powerful magnetic field. Besides electrons, these particles include ions of sulfur and oxygen originating from volcanic eruptions on Io, a neighboring moon.
The magnetic field carrying these energetic particles sweeps around Jupiter faster than Europa orbits Jupiter, in the same direction: about 10 hours per circuit for the magnetic field versus about 3.6 days for Europa's orbit. So, instead of our mountain-circling car getting bugs on the front windshield, the bugs are plastered on the back of the car by a "wind" from behind going nearly nine times faster than the car. Europa has a "leading hemisphere" in front and a "trailing hemisphere" in back.
Earlier studies had found more sulfuric acid being produced toward the center of the trailing hemisphere than elsewhere on Europa's surface, interpreted as resulting from chemistry driven by sulfur ions bombarding the icy surface.
Dalton and his co-authors at JPL and at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., examined data from observations by Galileo's near infrared mapping spectrometer of five widely distributed areas of Europa's surface. The spectra of reflected light from frozen material on the surface enabled them to distinguish between relatively pristine water and sulfate hydrates. These included magnesium and sodium sulfate salt hydrates, and hydrated sulfuric acid. They compared the distributions of these substances with models of how the influxes of energetic electrons and of sulfur and oxygen ions are distributed around the surface of Europa.
The concentration of frozen sulfuric acid on the surface varies greatly, they found. It ranges from undetectable levels near the center of the leading hemisphere, to more than half of the surface materials near the center of the heavily bombarded trailing hemisphere. The concentration was closely related to the amount of electrons and sulfur ions striking the surface.
"The close correlation of electron and ion fluxes with the sulfuric acid hydrate concentrations indicates that the surface chemistry is affected by these charged particles," says Dalton. "If you are interested in the composition and habitability of the interior ocean, the best places to study would be the parts of the leading hemisphere we have identified as receiving the fewest electrons and having the lowest sulfuric acid concentrations."
Surface deposits in these areas are most likely to preserve the original chemical compounds that erupted from the interior. Dalton suggests that any future spacecraft missions to Europa should target these deposits for study from orbit, or even attempt to land there.
Dalton said, "The darkest material, on the trailing hemisphere, is probably the result of externally-driven chemical processing, with little of the original oceanic material intact. While investigating the products of surface chemistry driven by charged particles is still interesting from a scientific standpoint, there is a strong push within the community to characterize the contents of the ocean and determine whether it could support life. These kinds of places just might be the windows that allow us to do that."
The study was funded by NASA's Outer Planets Research Program. NASA's Galileo mission, launched in 1989, orbited Jupiter, investigating the planet and its diverse moons from 1995 to 2003. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, managed Galileo for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
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Boston Marathon: Defending champ now holds seat in Kenya's parliament
Wesley Korir returns to defend his title in today's running of the 117th Boston Marathon, weeks after winning an election back in Kenya. ?
Runners start the 115th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass., April 2011. Last year's winner Wesley Korir returns to defend his title in today's running of the 117th.
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Last year, Wesley Korir stormed through the Boston Marathon course to win the race, adding his name to the list of Kenya?s celebrated long-distance runners. In 2010 and 2009, he won the Los Angeles Marathon, and in 2010, he was second in the Chicago Marathon.
Today in Boston, when the starting gun sounds at 10:00 am for the elite male runners, Mr. Korir will become the first-ever sitting Kenyan legislator to compete in an international marathon. He shows no signs of resting on his laurels, vowing to keep running in races ? athletic and political.?
?I am a different guy. I am two in one. Politics or leadership is my calling and athletics is my talent. I am trying to use both to serve the people of Kenya. I want to use leadership or politics ? and athletics ? to help the people of Cherangany,? Korir, referring to his constituency, told Kenya?s Citizen TV.
Cherangany?is an area in the Rift Valley region, the?hub of Kenya?s long-distance running, where as a boy he ran five miles to school and back each day.
For Korir, joining politics had come as an afterthought. He said he could not stomach the suffering of the people which he believed resulted from poor leadership. He had attempted to make the leaders address the problems with little success. This prompted him to join the race for parliament.
Amid training for the Boston Marathon, Korir campaigned among the people, highlighting their problems and suggesting solutions. He had told the people with good leadership, their problems, such as poverty, could be ended.?
?I was born in poor family, I struggled with school fees. My brother died of snake bite because of lack of emergency medical services,? he said to Citizen's TV.
Analysts say the fame and celebrity status that Kenyan international runners are accorded back home helped Korir?s election last month.
?After winning Boston and Los Angeles marathons, he became visible. Athletes in Kenya are big heroes and I think the people were rewarding him for his performance. He also promised to help the youth,? says Ben Ocheing, Kenya?s Sports Monthly magazine editor.?
?Everyone gets to know the?athletes. So, for Korir, 50 percent of the work was already done,? says Col. Benjamin Muema, the party secretary of the New Ford Kenya party.
For Douglas Wakiihuri, a retired marathoner, Korir has done more for the community than putting them on international map as an athlete.?Korir founded, along with his Canadian wife, a children's charity called the Kenyan Kids Foundation to improve education and healthcare in his region.?
?I think [there] is another bigger contribution" to his political success than the marathon, says?Mr. Wakiihuri, "but?I am happy the young runner is using athletics to become a leader."
In Cherangany, people are upbeat about Korir?s participation. On Twitter and Facebook, some are posting prayers and words of encouragement.
?We need gold for our 11th parliament,? posted John Lopem on Facebook. Another poster, Irene Mungai, wrote: ?Our prayers are with you. Do Kenya proud Mheshimiwa (MP)."
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Vodafone to cut 500 jobs in Germany
Apr 15 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $4,139,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $3,137,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,442,389 4. Adam Scott (Australia) $2,100,469 5. Steve Stricker $1,935,340 6. Phil Mickelson $1,764,680 7. Dustin Johnson $1,748,907 8. Jason Day $1,659,565 9. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965 10. Keegan Bradley $1,430,347 11. Charles Howell III $1,393,806 12. John Merrick $1,375,757 13. Russell Henley $1,331,434 14. Michael Thompson $1,310,709 15. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343 16. Bill Haas $1,271,553 17. Billy Horschel $1,254,224 18. ...
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Monday, April 15, 2013
PFT: Harrison reportedly nearing deal with Bengals
ReutersWith the NFL Draft approaching, we?re taking a team-by-team look at the needs of each club. Up next is the team with the No. 14 overall selection, the Carolina Panthers. They?re short a third- and a seventh-rounder from trades made before he got there, so new general manager Dave Gettleman needs to make every pick count.
Offensive tackle: If Marty Hurney was still the general manager, you could probably bank on an offensive lineman with one of their first two picks, as he leaned heavily toward building a strong line. But since Gettleman doesn?t have background of his own, his history with the Giants points away from using first-rounders on tackles.
The Panthers restructured left tackle Jordan Gross?s contract to make it effectively a one-year deal, and there?s no one on the roster close to being able to replace him. Right tackle Byron Bell is a try-hard guy who has filled in admirably, but they could upgrade there without much effort.
But even if you?re not thinking long-term, they have a quarterback in Cam Newton that needs protecting now, and they could do better.
Cornerback: The Panthers have more nickels than a third-grade math problem, but no one on the roster you trust to point at Julio Jones and say ?sic him.?
They brought back Captain Munnerlyn, and signed Drayton Florence and D.J. Moore. That gives them a bunch of competitive, hard-working effort guys who are going to get thrown over the top of with great regularity.
After cutting the under-appreciated Chris Gamble, they need someone who can step up and play man coverage, and using the first-rounder on someone such as Xavier Rhodes from Florida State makes as much sense as anything else they?d do.
Safety: Finances have tied them to the OK Charles Godfrey at one spot, but there?s a vacancy next to him. They tried bringing in veteran Haruki Nakamura to push former second-rounder Sherrod Martin, but all that yielded was Falcons highlights.
They?ve taken a long look at the top safeties during the pre-draft process, and using one of their first two picks on one shouldn?t be a surprise.
Defensive tackle: This is a popular pick for them, but they just re-signed Dwan Edwards. That?s the same Dwan Edwards they signed last September, after the Bills cut him. The Panthers need help at the position, but the bust rate on drafted DTs is historically high, and they can?t afford to miss without a full deck of picks.
Wide receiver: The perpetual search for a complement to Steve Smith has become a search for an eventual replacement for the Panthers star.
Smith?s still good enough to be the guy, and frankly, Brandon LaFell is good enough to be the second option (his three-year stats are nearly identical to former Panthers wideout Muhsin Muhammad at the same stage).
But if they draft a receiver in the first round, it will begin the end of the Smith era in Charlotte, as the last wave of contracts given out by the previous administration start to be culled by the new guy.
The Panthers are in an interesting spot, because their finish showed they?re good enough to compete, if not necessarily contend.
But 2-8 starts the last two years under coach Ron Rivera (along with being 2-12 in games decided by a touchdown or less) has created an uncertain environment, where almost every player and coach in the building?s on a de facto one-year contract.
If they deliver on potential, the current core of players could have a few more years. If they don?t, a year from now you?ll recognize Cam Newton, Ryan Kalil, Luke Kuechly and not much else.
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Kerry says U.S. ready to "reach out" to North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday stressed the United States is willing to engage with North Korea as long as it takes steps to give up nuclear weapons. He also vowed the United States would protect its Asian allies against any provocative acts by the North, but said Washington wants a peaceful solution to rising tensions in the region.
Venezuelans vote on future of "Chavista" socialism
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans lined up on Sunday to vote whether to honor Hugo Chavez's dying wish for a longtime loyalist to continue his hardline socialism or hand power to a young challenger vowing business-friendly changes. Acting President Nicolas Maduro had a double-digit lead in most polls heading into election day, buoyed by Chavez's public blessing before he died from cancer last month. But the gap had narrowed in the final days, with one survey putting it at 7 percentage points.
Bombs and gun battles kill at least 19 in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed in the Somali capital on Sunday in bomb attacks carried out by militants linked to al Qaeda and subsequent gun battles with the al Shabaab fighters, breaking a fragile return to peace in Mogadishu. A bomb exploded outside law courts in the city as gunmen stormed the compound. Security forces then arrived and battled the fighters inside. Later, a bomb exploded near an African Union and Turkish Red Crescent convoy on the way to the airport.
China says bird flu death toll rises to 13
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two people in the central Chinese province of Henan have been infected by a new strain of avian influenza, the first cases found in the region, while the death toll has risen to 13 from a total of 60 infections after two more deaths in Shanghai. One of the Henan victims, a 34-year old man in the city of Kaifeng, is now critically ill in hospital, while the other, a 65-year old farmer from Zhoukou, is stable. The two cases do not appear to be connected.
Iraq election candidates slain before local vote
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two Iraqi Sunni Muslim candidates were killed less than a week before local elections that are considered a major test of the country's political stability after U.S. troops left more than a year ago. The election on Saturday to select provincial council members will measure Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's political muscle against Shi'ite and Sunni rivals before the parliamentary election in 2014.
Turkey's Erdogan says to visit Gaza at the end of May
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he will visit the Palestinian Gaza Strip at the end of May after an official trip to the United States in the middle of the month. Erdogan did not give a specific date for the visit but said during a televised speech in Ankara it would be "around the end of May". He will travel to Washington to meet President Barack Obama on May 16.
Seven killed in gun battle in Central African Republic capital
BANGUI (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed in the capital of Central African Republic on Sunday during heavy fighting between forces who seized power last month and armed youths loyal to the president they ousted, a doctor and a resident said. A Reuters correspondent said heavy and small arms fire rang out in Bangui's Boy-Rabe neighborhood on Sunday morning before easing off just after 0900 EST. Three of the dead were killed when a shell landed on a church.
Palestinian PM's resignation complicates U.S. plan
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian officials voiced optimism on Sunday the resignation of U.S.-backed Prime Minister Salam Fayyad would not hinder Washington's planned development initiative for the West Bank. Fayyad quit on Saturday after months of tension with President Mahmoud Abbas, leaving the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in confusion just as the United States tries to revive peace talks with the Jewish state.
Bus carrying young Russians crashes in Belgium, killing five
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A bus carrying young Russians crashed through the guardrails of a Belgian motorway and plunged down a ravine on Sunday, killing five people. Five others were critically injured in the accident on the E34 motorway near Antwerp in northern Belgium, the council of the nearby town of Ranst said on its website.
Egypt wavers on brink of IMF deal
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is close to an agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a $4.8 billion loan that would help it fight a deepening economic crisis but is still bristling at the conditions, diplomats said. An IMF program could help stabilize Egypt's economy in the rocky transition to democracy since the 2011 overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak, unlocking up to $15 billion in aid and investment to improve a dismal business climate.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Swallowed ring recovered by NH police
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) ? Police say they've got the $3,200 engagement ring a New Hampshire allegedly swallowed during an attempted jewelry store theft.
Authorities charged 52-year-old Ronald Perley with theft and falsifying physical evidence after they say X-rays showed the 14-karat white-gold ring with princess-cut diamonds inside him.
WMUR-TV (http://bit.ly/15cl7n3 ) reports Manchester police had recovered the ring as of Saturday.
Perley allegedly went into Bellman's Jewelers on Thursday asking about engagement rings. Workers said he grabbed a ring then swallowed it after being confronted.
Police say surveillance footage shows Perley taking the ring and putting his hand to his mouth.
Perley was being held on $50,000 bail. It's not clear if he has an attorney.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/swallowed-ring-recovered-nh-police-041648625.html
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Vinny Does Movie Awards Seat Swapping For 'Girlfriend' Zoe Saldana: Watch Here!
'Who ever heard of Samuel L. Jackson?' MTV's Pre-Show co-host jokes during a sneak peek at Sunday night's seating chart.
By Driadonna Roland
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Photo: MTV News
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
'Pitch Perfect' 'Cups' Video Debuts Just In Time For MTV Movie Awards!
Anna Kendrick will reunite with her 'Pitch Perfect' co-stars and host Rebel Wilson for a performance at Sunday's show.
By Jocelyn Vena
Anna Kendrick in "Cups - Pitch Perfect's, "When I'm Gone"
Photo: UME Direct
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Package for Sheriff Joe Arpaio posed a serious threat, authorities say
A postal carrier collected the suspicious package, which was addressed to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, on Thursday evening. The FBI and other agencies are investigating the case.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks with the media in Phoenix in January. Authorities say law officers in Arizona have intercepted an explosive device that was earmarked for Arpaio.
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EnlargeA package addressed to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-described ?toughest sheriff in America,? could have caused serious injury or death if opened, Arizona authorities say.
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A postal carrier collected the suspicious package Thursday evening from a parcel locker in rural Coconino County, near Flagstaff, Ariz., which was addressed to Arpaio at his office in downtown Phoenix, said Jerry Sheridan, chief deputy of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, at a news conference Friday.
The carrier brought the package to the Flagstaff post office, where postal officials X-rayed it and found an improvised explosive device. The Flagstaff Police Department bomb squad used a water cannon to neutralize the explosives, said US Postal Inspection Service spokesman Keith Moore.
Arpaio told reporters that this is not the first time he has been threatened.
?That?s the nature of the business,? he said at the news conference, citing the recent killings of Colorado?s corrections director, two Texas prosecutors, and a West Virginia sheriff.
"Of course you worry. I'm a victim, I'm a witness,? he said. ?When you convict people, the victim has to be somewhat concerned. I'm a little concerned about my family. I didn't ask for all these threats."
Sheridan said the Maricopa County Sheriff?s Office had endured ?years of threats? against Arpaio, including $4 million bounties on his head, but the bomb package raised the threats to a new "height of seriousness."
?What evidence we have indicates that had someone opened that package, it would have created a major explosion and caused serious physical injury, burns, and maybe death,? Sheridan said. ?That is a very serious threat.?
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Gunman holding firemen hostage killed
SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) ? Authorities say a gunman holding four firefighters in suburban Atlanta has been shot dead by SWAT members and that all the hostages are slightly injured but should be OK.
Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter said Wednesday evening that a SWAT officer has been shot in the hand.
Minutes before the police announcement, one big explosion followed by several smaller ones or gunshots were heard in the Suwanee neighborhood about 35 miles northeast of Atlanta.
Police and fire officials say five firefighters responded to what seemed like a routine medical call in Suwanee and were eventually taken hostage by an unidentified suspect inside the house. They say one was let go to move the fire truck.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Four firefighters who responded to what seemed like a routine medical call were being held hostage Wednesday by a gunman who has barricaded himself in a home in suburban Atlanta, authorities said.
Five firefighters responded to the call in Suwanee and were eventually taken hostage by an unidentified suspect inside the house, Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin Ritter said. The gunman released one of the firefighters to move a fire truck.
Authorities were not releasing information on what happened inside the home, but did say it doesn't appear any of the firefighters has been hurt.
The gunman's motive was unclear to police and fire officials, and a SWAT team and negotiator have made contact with the suspect.
Fire department Capt. Tommy Rutledge said the medical call seemed routine and firefighters did not believe there was any danger. One engine and one ambulance responded.
"Right now we just want our firefighters to be released. We want them to be able to go home safe to their families," Rutledge told WSB-TV.
Television helicopter footage showed police and fire trucks surrounding the neighborhood of mostly two-story homes and well-kept lawns about 35 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Residents were not being allowed in to their neighborhood. About 50 bystanders gathered outside the subdivision while police and SWAT officials surrounded the house. According to public records, the home is in foreclosure and has been bank-owned since mid-November.
The firefighters are cross-trained as emergency medical technicians, said Rutledge, who would not speculate on whether there was a real emergency at the home.
"Our firefighters responded to a call they respond to hundreds of times, and that's a medical emergency," he said.
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Lucas reported from Atlanta.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gunman-holding-firemen-hostage-killed-hostages-ok-235424953.html
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Why Obama's Environmental Pick Drives Some Republicans Crazy
Thursday's confirmation hearing for President Obama?s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency became the latest forum for an ongoing argument over global warming, jobs, the future of the U.S. coal industry, and the role of the federal government. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
This will continue over the course of Obama?s second term, as EPA looks set to become the president?s biggest weapon in his efforts to take on climate change.??
In his February State of the Union speech, Obama said that if Congress won?t pass climate-change legislation?a virtual certainty given partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill?his administration will do as much as it can using its existing authority. One likely course of action will be to have EPA mandate cuts in air pollution from coal-fired power plants and oil refineries.
That will put Gina McCarthy, the woman he has tapped to run the agency, at the heart of a fight over a priority that Obama views as a cornerstone of his legacy?and that the fossil-fuel industry views as a threat to its very existence.
Appearing Thursday?before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, McCarthy said,? ?As the president made clear, we must take steps to combat climate change. This is one of the greatest challenges of our generation and our great obligation to future generations. I am convinced that those steps can and must be pursued with common sense.?
McCarthy, who has worked as an environmental regulator at the state and federal levels for over 20 years, is currently EPA?s top clean-air official. Over the course of Obama?s first term, she was the chief architect of a series of controversial regulations restricting toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants, rules that were attacked during Obama?s reelection campaign as a ?war on coal.? During the president's second term, it?s expected that she will oversee far more sweeping climate-change regulations, which would restrict greenhouse-gas emissions from new and existing coal-fired power plants, which are the nation?s top contributor to global warming pollution. Depending on how they?re structured, the rules could effectively freeze construction of new coal plants and lead to closures of existing plants.
That?s made McCarthy a top target for Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member John Barrasso of Wyoming ? the nation?s biggest producer of coal. ?
?I?m not sure the nominee is aware of how many people have lost their jobs due to the EPA,? Barrasso said to McCarthy. He cited stories of Wyoming miners who have struggled and lost their jobs as a direct result of EPA coal regulations. ?
?The EPA is making it impossible for coal miners to feed their families.?
Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions cited concerns about the environmental agency?s agenda, tapping into conservative ire about the size and scope of government.?I don?t think there?s any agency in government today?that has such reach, touching all the way down to people?s lives,? he said. ?EPA has extraordinary powers. It?s a massive reach in the pure sense of federal power, in areas never before contemplated and never legislated by the U.S. Congress.?
As Republicans piled up attacks, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., shot back, ?This is not a debate about Gina McCarthy.? It is a debate about global warming and whether we are going to listen to the leading scientists of this country who are telling us that global warming is the most serious planetary crisis we face.?
McCarthy, who is known for her pragmatic, no-nonsense style and her ability to work well even with the heads of polluting industries she regulates, defused some of the heat from her attackers. ?
To Barrasso and Sessions she responded, ?The Clean Air act requires us to regulate, and it is appropriate to regulate, given the law and the science,? but she added,? ?I believe coal has been and will continue to play a role in the U.S. energy mix?. We?re going to have to be sensitive of the impact of every rule. We don?t want to have unintended consequences on small businesses.?
While Republicans continued a steady barrage of attacks, none threatened to block her confirmation. Even Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, who describes global warming as a ?hoax,? told McCarthy, ?If you are confirmed, I want to develop same relationship with you I had with [previous Administrator] Lisa Jackson. While I didn?t agree with her on policy, we got along well.?
The committee's top Republican, David Vitter of Lousiana, also launched a barrage of criticism at EPA, but he barely mentioned climate change. ?
Vitter?s home state is one of the biggest oil producers in the U.S.?although it?s also one of the states most vulnerable to economic destruction from rising sea levels and extreme hurricanes, which climate scientists link to global warming. ??
Vitter focused his questioning on transparency, accusing EPA of concealing information as it prepares controversial regulations that could have profound impacts on the economy.
?I am concerned that the?central?functions of the agency have been obfuscated by ideology, frustrated by a severe lack of transparency, undermined by science the agency keeps hidden, and implemented without regard for economic consequences,? Vitter said. ?The EPA eschews at all costs economic modeling that would verify the true impacts of the regulatory agenda that now provides this country with the lowest workforce participation rate since the Carter administration. Cost/benefit analyses as required under various executive orders and as required by the Clean Air Act ? yet EPA remains intransigent in its opposition to having a transparent economic analysis process.?
Vitter has sent letters to the agency asking for details about e-mails sent by Jackson from a private account with the username ?Richard Windsor.?
?There?s been a pattern of abuse of using personal e-mails at EPA,? he said. ?it?s clear that this practice was used to hide information from the public,?
Senate Environment Chairwoman Barbara Boxer told Vitter that due to the high volume of e-mails received by the EPA administrator, it has become common practice for the agency head to create private e-mail accounts ? the practice was also followed by George W. Bush EPA chiefs Christine Todd Whitman and her deputies. Previous EPA chiefs' e-mail usernames have included ?Tofu? and ?ToWhit,? she said.
Of usernames most appropriate for an EPA chief, Vitter said, ?Richard Windsor sounds pretty monarchist. I thinks that?s appropriate. But my vote is for Tofu.?
McCarthy told Vitter, ?I share your concern for transparency and accountability. I do not conduct business with personal e-mail. There are times when I?ve gone home to Boston and I?ve used my personal e-mail to send documents from EPA home for printing, but those have never left the government e-mail systems. Those would comply with [Freedom of Information Act] requests.?
Vitter also pressed McCarthy on the use of instant messaging, as another way agency officials could communicate without leaving a traceable record. ?
McCarthy responded, ?One good thing about being 58 is that I don?t know how to use that. I?ve never used that and I don?t know how.?
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Dominion Finance Trial: Split Verdict Paul Cropp... | Stuff.co.nz
Former Dominion Finance chief executive Paul Cropp has been remanded on bail until he is sentenced in May after being found guilty on four theft charges.
Fellow director Robert Barry Whale has been found not guilty on five counts of theft and another man, who has name suppression, was found not guilty of three charges.
Whale walked out the front door of the High Court at Auckland this morning saying he was happy and relieved at the result.
An extension of the third man's name suppression is now being considered by the judge.
Dominion founder and majority shareholder Terry Butler was also supposed to stand trial on similar charges but died of cancer on March 28.
The charges relate to breaches of Dominion Finance's trust deed which prohibited related-party lending without prior approval from the company's trustee.
The breaches stemmed from loans and security-sharing agreements from Dominion Finance and its subsidiary North South Finance to related parties and between each other.
Justice Graham Lang said Cropp had been the "architect" of transactions which had not been signed off by Dominion Finance's credit committee or its board of directors.
Cropp's lawyers had argued that he believed he could ask for approval from the trustee after the loan had been made.
"I do not consider for a moment that Mr Cropp believed he was able to obtain retrospective consent to any transaction - in any event he didn't do so," the judge said.
Justice Lang said he believed Whale had no knowledge of the trust deed rules relating to related-party lending, but that Cropp did and he acted to keep the transactions secret from directors who did know.
The transactions, including a loan on a Remuera property development started by former Kiwi rugby league star Matthew Ridge but which Butler and Whale became involved in, were imprudent and would not have been entered into, were they at arms-length, the judge said.
"Related-party transactions are a particular threat because if two entities are governed by the same people then the interests of one can be subjugated to the other," he said.
However Justice Lang said Cropp's actions were not taken to line his own pockets.
"They never acted out of a desire to obtain personal gain from these transactions, rather the transactions were designed to enable Dominion to survive in what were very difficult and challenging times for a finance company," he said.
Justice Lang said there was a reasonable possibility that Whale could have relied on his staff to administer such lending according to the rules.
Acting Serious Fraud Office (SFO) chief executive Simon McArley said outside the court that his office was pleased to have brought another finance company case to an end.
"These prosecutions deliver a strong deterrent to future offending," McArley said.
"The finance company experience has also taught us valuable lessons. A key to reducing the cost and impact of economic crime is early detection and intervention.
"SFO can only achieve this with strong inter-agency collaboration and the support of the community in reporting suspect and unethical behaviour."
The SFO opened its investigation into Dominion and North South following a referral from the Securities Commission (now FMA).
Dominion Finance collapsed into receivership on September 9, 2008, owing more than 5900 public debenture investors $176.9 million, and a further $56m to ASB and Bank of Scotland International.
Receivers estimate investors could receive between 10 cents and 25c in each dollar they invested but with no prospect of recovery of any interest owed.
- ? Fairfax NZ News
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8542534/Split-verdict-for-Dominion-Finance-trio
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Clinging to crevices, E. coli thrive
Apr. 10, 2013 ? New research from Harvard University helps to explain how waterborne bacteria can colonize rough surfaces -- even those that have been designed to resist water.
A team of materials scientists and microbiologists studied the gut bacterium Escherichia coli, which has many flagella that stick out in all directions. The researchers found that these tails can act as biological grappling hooks, reaching far into nanoscale crevices and latching the bacteria in place.
The scourge of the health care industry, bacteria like E. coli are adept at clinging to the materials used in medical implants like pacemakers, prosthetics, stents, and catheters, spreading slimy biofilm and causing dangerous infections. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on March 18, suggest that antibacterial materials should incorporate both structural and chemical deterrents to bacterial attachment.
E. coli are equipped with two types of appendages: pili, which are short, sticky hairs, and the whip-like flagella, which are often twice as long as the bacterium itself. Pili had previously been recognized as playing a critical role in the formation of biofilms. These short hairs, up to only a micron in length in E. coli, can stick to surfaces temporarily, while the bacteria secrete a thick slime that holds them permanently in place.
Flagella, on the other hand, typically play a propulsive role, helping bacteria to swim and steer in liquid environments. As it turns out, though, when it's time to settle in one place, flagella also contribute to adhesion on rough surfaces, where the pili would have access to fewer attachment points.
Nanoscale crevices, such as those deliberately built into superhydrophobic materials, often trap air bubbles at the surface, which initially prevent E. coli from attaching at all. The new research shows that the bacteria can gradually force these bubbles to disperse by, essentially, flailing their arms. Once the cracks and crevices are wet, although the cell bodies can't fit into the gaps, the flagella can reach deep into these areas and attach to a vast amount of new surface area.
"The diversity of strategies and methods by which bacteria can adhere reflects their need to survive in a huge variety of environments," says lead author Ronn S. Friedlander, a doctoral student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. "Of course, if we could prevent biofilms from forming where we didn't want them to, there would be immense benefits in medicine."
Friedlander studies in the lab of Harvard professor Joanna Aizenberg, who holds a joint appointment as Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and as Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB). Aizenberg's laboratory group has been working to develop extremely slippery surfaces that repel water, dirt, oil, and bacteria.
The surface chemistry of antibacterial materials appears to be just as important as the topography. E. coli flagella have previously been known to adhere to certain proteins on the surface of cells in the gut wall, indicating that the bacteria are capable of bonding with specific molecular matches. But in the 1970s, biologists observing E. coli on microscope slides had also seen something curious: bacteria wheeling about under the coverslip, as if tethered to the glass by a single flagellum. This ability to stick to any surface at all -- termed nonspecific adhesion -- is part of what makes it easy for bacteria to survive on the surface of medical implants.
Rather than having to find a perfect molecular match, the flagella of E. coli appear to cling to surfaces using a combination of many weak bonds.
"The ideal antibacterial material would be topographically patterned with tiny crevices to limit the amount of surface area that was immediately accessible to bacteria via their pili, but also engineered in terms of its surface chemistry to reduce the ability of the flagella to make bonds within those crevices," says Aizenberg. "Surface structuring alone will not achieve this goal."
In 2012, Aizenberg's group demonstrated a material they call SLIPS (for Slippery, Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces). It was patterned with nanoscale pores, which were filled with a fluorinated lubricant that was shown to prevent biofilms from attaching.
The findings from this line of research are relevant beyond the field of medicine, as biofilms also pose problems for the food industry, water treatment, ship maintenance, and other industries where slime can clog pipes and filters, corrode metal, or cause contamination. But this latest work also helps to explain, on a basic level, how bacteria succeed at colonizing such a wide variety of environments, including the human gut. Having many flagella, the authors note in their paper, "may be particularly important in an intestinal environment coated with microvilli."
In addition to her appointments at Harvard SEAS and CCB, Aizenberg is Director of the Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology at Harvard; a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard; and Director of the Science Programs at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; among other roles at the University.
Coauthors included Hera Vlamakis, an instructor in microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School; Philseok Kim, a researcher at the Wyss Institute; Mughees Khan, a staff scientist in nanofabrication at the Wyss Institute; and Roberto Kolter, Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School.
The research was supported in part by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (N00014-11-1-0641), the BASF Advanced Research Initiative at Harvard University, and a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The researchers also benefited from the facilities of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Microsystems Technology Laboratories and the Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems, a member of the NSF-supported National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (ECS-0335765).
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- R. S. Friedlander, H. Vlamakis, P. Kim, M. Khan, R. Kolter, J. Aizenberg. Bacterial flagella explore microscale hummocks and hollows to increase adhesion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013; 110 (14): 5624 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219662110
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