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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Chrome 28 for iOS is out: Open links in other Google apps, enhanced voice search, fullscreen on iPad, and more
The Next Web writes, A week after Chrome 28 on the desktop and Chrome 28 for Android, Google today announced the release of Chrome 28 for iOS, adding the option to open links in other Google apps among other new features. You can download the latest version now directly from Apple?s App Store. The full Chrome 28.0.1500.12 for iOS changelog is as follows: Interoperability with other Google Apps. Option to open links for YouTube, Maps, G+ and Drive in the app instead of the browser. Enhancements to voice search. Text-to-speech for all variations of English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Japanese, and Korean.?
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
How quality control works in our cells
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A cellular control mechanism prevents the production of defective proteins in our cells. A team of researchers has now obtained valuable insights into this vital mechanism that could lead to new therapeutic approaches for genetic diseases.
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/p1L5vOf6wo8/130707162803.htm
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
Guam's disabled lack jobs: Island agency spent $1.39M, found work for 20
HELP WANTED
If you're a person with disabilities, apply for services by visiting the DISID offices on the 6th floor of the DNA building in Hag?t?a. For more information about the application process, call 642-0022/23.
You may be considered eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:
??Have a physical or mental impairment which results in a substantial impediment to employment; and
??You require vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, secure, retain or regain employment.
If you're eligible, you will be provided services that are available to assist you in achieving an employment outcome that's consistent with our strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests and informed choice.
??It will take 60 days from the date of your application, except in special circumstances.
As needed, services may include, but aren't limited to the following:
??An assessment for determining eligibility and vocational rehabilitation needs.
??Vocational rehabilitation counseling, guidance, and services to assist you in exercising informed choices.
??Vocational and other training services which can include personal and vocational adjustment, books or other training materials.
??Physical or mental restoration services are available with some restrictions. Items such as prosthesis or orthotic devices, eyeglasses and treatment for mental or emotional disorders are considered under these services.
??In some cases, maintenance for additional costs incurred while participating in rehabilitation.
??Additional services may include interpreter and reader services, rehabilitation teaching services and orientation and mobility services for individuals who are blind, occupational licenses, tools, equipment, rehabilitation technology services, and on-the-job or other related personal assistance services while receiving vocational rehabilitation service.
Source: http://www.guampdn.com/article/20130707/NEWS01/307070028/1002/NEWS01
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Mexico volcano spits 2 mile-high ash cloud
MEXICO CITY (AP) ? The Popocatepetl volcano just east of Mexico City has spit out a cloud of ash and vapor 2 miles (3 kilometers) high over several days of eruptions, and Mexico City residents awoke Saturday to find a fine layer of volcanic dust on their cars.
It has been years since the center of the nation?s capital has seen a noticeable ash fall because prevailing winds usually blow the volcanic dust in other directions. Ash fell earlier this week in some neighborhoods on Mexico City?s south and east sides.
The city?s legion of car washers quickly wiped the fine coating from cars on Saturday with no apparent ill effects.
Claudia Dominguez, spokeswoman for the Mexico City civil defense office, said the very fine ash had probably been floating around the city from eruptions in previous days and had been brought to Earth by a rainfall late Friday. She said no new ash fall had been reported Saturday, despite continuous eruptions of vapor and ash into the air from the 15,000-foot (5,450 meter) volcano.
While city residents were surprised by the talcum-like ash, inhabitants of towns nearer the volcano have had to deal with much thicker accumulations that have coated their crops, homes and sidewalks.
In San Pedro Nexapa, located about nine miles (15 kms) from the volcano, residents swept up small piles of ash from a few square yards (meters) of sidewalk. Some residents wore surgical masks to ward off the dust raised by passing vehicles.
??The ash affects us a lot, because we get our water from the snow melt from Popocatepetl, and right now we can?t use the water for bathing, for cooking, we can?t even give it to our animals,?? said Agustina Perez Gutierrez, a housewife in San Pedro Nexapa. ??The children get sore throats from the ash, and it affects the few vegetables and corn crops we are able to plant.??
Mexico?s National Center for Disaster Prevention raised the volcano alert from Stage 2 Yellow to Stage 3 Yellow, the final step before a Red alert, when possible evacuations could be ordered. A Stage 3 Yellow alert had been in effect during eruptions earlier this year until early June, when it was lowered.
Mexico?s National Center for Disaster Prevention reported there had been three explosive eruptions at the peak late Friday and early Saturday ? events that usually toss glowing-hot rock on the volcano?s flanks. It said that Popocatepetl has also continuously spewed clouds of ash into the air, most of which was headed northwest, toward Mexico City.
U.S. airlines canceled at least one flight at Mexico City?s airport on Friday as a precautionary measure, though airport authorities said the terminal was fully able to operate. Alaska Airlines had cancelled its route to Los Angeles, the airport press office said in its Twitter account.
On Friday, four airlines cancelled a total of 17 flights ??due to climate conditions and in accordance with their own internal policies,?? the airport said in a statement.
The volcano is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) from the airport, which is in turn a few miles east of the city?s center.
The Environment Ministry has urged residents to take preventive measures to deal with the ash, including wearing dust masks, covering water supplies and staying indoors as needed.
Mexico City authorities recommend that people sweep up any ash and put it plastic bags to keep it from mixing with water and forming a concrete-like substance that can block drains.
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Questions and Answers
Feel free to ask any questions here that you may have! I have already received a few, so I'll be answering those right now, for everyone to know.The Classes
Extracurricular
Creative Foods I & II
Spanish I, II, III & IIII
German I, II, III & IIII
Italian I, II, III & IIII
French I, II, III & IIII
Japanese I, II, III & IIII
Chinese I, II, III & IIII
Wood Shop I, II, & III
Band
Choir
Art I, II, III, & IIII
Architect I, II & III
Work Experience I and II
Small Animal Care I & II
Multicultural Art I & II
Pottery I & II
Computer Applications I & II
Accounting I
Computer Programming I & II
Child Development I & II
Teen Decisions I
Life Management I
Housing and Design I
International Food I
Food Innovations I
1.What month is it?
~ Mid-October, a month and a half after the school year began.
2.Will each dormitory be shared by two people?
~ Yes; there is a dormitory building for men, and one that's across a little grassy area with pathways, trees, and the like, that houses the women. Teachers share the dormitories with the students, but have a separate wing, sitting room, and kitchen for themselves.
3.What classes are available for seniors?
~ All classes are available for seniors, any ones that they would enjoy taking, aside for the core classes that they have undoubtedly already have had, such as:
Biology
Physical Science
Algebra I
Geometry
English I
English II
United States History
World History
4.Are people allowed to visit?
~ Yes, people are allowed to visit the campus and students, but must contact the Administration Office and get approval first.
5.Are items from outside allowed to be shipped in?
~ Yes, but they are checked by the staff before being given to the students, as a matter for safety due to some of the student's psychopathic manners.
Extracurricular
Creative Foods I & II
Spanish I, II, III & IIII
German I, II, III & IIII
Italian I, II, III & IIII
French I, II, III & IIII
Japanese I, II, III & IIII
Chinese I, II, III & IIII
Wood Shop I, II, & III
Band
Choir
Art I, II, III, & IIII
Architect I, II & III
Work Experience I and II
Small Animal Care I & II
Multicultural Art I & II
Pottery I & II
Computer Applications I & II
Accounting I
Computer Programming I & II
Child Development I & II
Teen Decisions I
Life Management I
Housing and Design I
International Food I
Food Innovations I
These involve Remedial, Normal, and Advanced Classes
Freshman Required Classes
English I
Algebra I & II
United States History
Physical Science
Physical Education {Does not involve Remedial, Normal, and Advanced}
Sophmores Required Classes
World History
Biology
Geometry
English 10
Health
Speech {Does not involve Remedial, Normal, and Advanced}
Physical Education {Does not involve Remedial, Normal, and Advanced}
Juniors Required Classes
English 11
Calculus I & II
Chemistry I & II
American Government
Seniors Required Classes
Economics
More to be Added
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Dendritic cell therapy improves kidney transplant survival, team finds
June 28, 2013 ? A single systemic dose of special immune cells prevented rejection for almost four months in a preclinical animal model of kidney transplantation, according to experts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Their findings, now available in the online version of the American Journal of Transplantation, could lay the foundation for eventual human trials of the technique.
Organ transplantation has saved many lives, but at the cost of sometimes lifelong requirements for powerful immunosuppressive medication that can have serious side effects, said senior investigator Angus Thomson, Ph.D., D.Sc., distinguished professor of surgery and of immunology, Pitt School of Medicine. Scientists have long sought ways to encourage the organ recipient's immune system to accept or tolerate the donor organ to reduce the need for drugs to stave off rejection.
"This study shows it is possible to prepare the patient's immune system for a donor kidney by administering specially treated immune cells from the donor in advance of the transplant surgery," Dr. Thomson said. "This could be very helpful in the context of planned kidney donations from living relatives, and could one day be adapted to transplantation from deceased donors."
For the project, the research team generated immune cells called dendritic cells (DCs) from the blood of rhesus macaques that would later provide a kidney to recipient monkeys. Dendritic cells are known to be key regulators of the immune system by showing antigens to T-cells to either activate them against the foreign protein or to suppress the T-cell response. The researchers treated the donor DCs in the lab to prevent them from fully maturing and having the capacity to trigger an immune reaction against foreign proteins.
One week before having a kidney transplant, recipient monkeys received a single infusion of treated DCs obtained from their respective donor animals. Another group of monkeys was transplanted without receiving the cells, but both groups were given the same regimen of immunosuppression drugs, a modified protocol for experimental purposes that eventually results in donor organ rejection. The researchers found that the donor kidney was rejected in about 40 days among animals that got only the drugs, but survived for about 113 days in the group that had a prior infusion of treated DCs.
The modified donor DCs sent signals to the recipient immune system to stay quiet and not launch an attack against the donor organ, explained lead author Mohamed Ezzelerab, M.D., research assistant professor, Department of Surgery, Pitt School of Medicine.
"The results indicate that we achieved immune system regulation without side effects of the DCs, but better yet, the monkeys were healthier from a clinical perspective," he said. "They maintained a better weight, had less protein in the urine and fewer signs of kidney damage than the other group. Ultimately, all these factors played a role in prolonging organ survival in the group that received DC therapy."
Co-authors of the paper include other researchers from the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, and the departments of Surgery, Immunology, Medicine and Pathology, Pitt School of Medicine. The project was funded by National Institutes of Health grant AI051698.
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/R_OkREoSSY4/130628113214.htm
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Engadget's laptop buyer's guide: spring 2013 edition
You asked; you got it. When we ran our first-ever laptop buyer's guide earlier this year, many of you wrote in, requesting that we include more affordable picks (not just, you know, twelve-hundred-dollar Ultrabooks). So with this latest seasonal guide, we've added budget and mid-range options, some with touchscreens, some without. The only unfortunate thing? We're expecting Intel to drop its new Haswell chips sometime this summer, so it should go without saying that it might be worth waiting for the various PC giants to refresh their lineups before committing to anything. If you absolutely can't wait, though, we've picked our favorites, with a particular emphasis on models we don't think will be going anywhere anytime soon.
Filed under: Laptops, Samsung, Sony, ASUS, HP, Dell, Acer, Lenovo
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Campaigners call for ban on "killer robots"
LONDON |
LONDON (Reuters) - Machines with the ability to attack targets without any human intervention must be banned before they are developed for use on the battlefield, campaigners against "killer robots" urged on Tuesday.
The weapons, which could be ready for use within the next 20 years, would breach a moral and ethical boundary that should never be crossed, said Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, of the "Campaign To Stop Killer Robots".
"If war is reduced to weapons attacking without human beings in control, it is going to be civilians who are going to bear the brunt of warfare," said Williams, who won the 1997 peace prize for her work on banning landmines.
Weapons such as remotely piloted drones are already used by some armed forces and companies are working on developing systems with a greater level of autonomy in flight and operation.
"We already have a certain amount of autonomy," said Noel Sharkey, professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Sheffield.
"I think we are already there. If you asked me to go and make an autonomous killer robot today, I could do it. I could have you one here in a few days," he told reporters.
But the technology is a long way off being able to distinguish between a soldier and a civilian.
"The idea of a robot being asked to exercise human judgment seems ridiculous to me," Sharkey told Reuters.
"The whole idea of robots in the battlefield muddies the waters of accountability from my perspective as a roboticist," he added.
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The British government has always said it has no intention of developing such technology.
"There are no plans to replace skilled military personnel with fully autonomous systems," a Ministry of Defense spokesman told Reuters.
"Although the Royal Navy does have defensive systems, such as Phalanx, which can be used in an automatic mode to protect personnel and ships from enemy threats like missiles, a human operator oversees the entire engagement," the spokesman added.
But the organizers of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots say Britain's rejection of fully autonomous weapons is not yet watertight.
"We're concerned that there is a slide towards greater autonomy on the battlefield and unless we draw a clear line in the sand now, we may end up walking into acceptance of fully autonomous weapons," said Thomas Nash, director of non-governmental organization Article 36.
Rapid advancements in technology have allowed countries such as the United States, China, Russia, Israel and Germany to move towards systems that will soon give full combat autonomy to machines, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
"We think that these kinds of weapons will not be able to comply with international humanitarian law," Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch executive director, told Reuters.
(Additional reporting by Georgina Cooper; Editing by Jon Hemming)
Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/AofpBfoo2lY/story01.htm
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Use of anti-epileptic drug during pregnancy associated with increased risk of autism
Apr. 23, 2013 ? Maternal use of valproate (a drug used for the treatment of epilepsy and other neuropsychological disorders) during pregnancy was associated with a significantly increased risk of autism in offspring, according to a study in the April 24 issue of JAMA. The authors caution that these findings must be balanced against the treatment benefits for women who require valproate for epilepsy control.
"Anti-epileptic drug exposure during pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk for congenital malformations and delayed cognitive development in the offspring, but little is known about the risk of other serious neuropsychiatric disorders," according to background information in the article.
Jakob Christensen, Ph.D., of Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, and colleagues evaluated the association between maternal use of valproate during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder and childhood autism in offspring. The population-based study included all children born alive in Denmark from 1996 to 2006. National registers were used to identify children exposed to valproate during pregnancy and diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (childhood autism [autistic disorder], Asperger syndrome, atypical autism, and other or unspecified pervasive developmental disorders). Data were analyzed and adjusted for potential confounders (factors that can influence outcomes) such as maternal age at conception, paternal age at conception, parental psychiatric history, gestational age, birth weight, sex, congenital malformations, and parity. Children were followed up from birth until the day of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, death, emigration, or December 31, 2010, whichever came first.
The analysis included 655,615 children born from 1996 through 2006. The average age of the children at end of follow-up was 8.8 years. During the study period, 5,437 children were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, including 2,067 with childhood autism. The researchers identified 2,644 children exposed to antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy, including 508 exposed to valproate. The authors found that use of valproate during pregnancy was associated with an absolute risk of 4.42 percent for autism spectrum disorder and an absolute risk of 2.50 percent for childhood autism.
"In this population-based cohort study, children of women who used valproate during pregnancy had a higher risk of autism spectrum disorder and childhood autism compared with children of women who did not use valproate. Their risks were also higher than those for children of women who were previous users of valproate but who stopped before their pregnancy," the researchers write.
"Because autism spectrum disorders are serious conditions with lifelong implications for affected children and their families, even a moderate increase in risk may have major health importance. Still, the absolute risk of autism spectrum disorder was less than 5 percent, which is important to take into account when counseling women about the use of valproate in pregnancy."
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Reese Witherspoon's Mug Shot Pose Explained
There's something strange about Reese Witherspoon's mug shot -- besides the fact that it exists in the first place. After being arrested for disorderly conduct in Atlanta, the actress, who has admitted to having "one drink too many," posed for the obligatory photo. Her husband Jim Toth, who was arrested for DUI, stares straight ahead in his photo. But Reese isn't even looking at the camera. Isn't that a little odd?
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
International Business Machines (IBM) Acquires UrbanCode ...
(By Balachander) International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has acquired UrbanCode Inc., which helps businesses quickly deliver mobile, social, big data and cloud software.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
"With UrbanCode's technology, businesses can reduce the cycle time it takes to get updates or new applications into market, from months to minutes," IBM said.
By combining UrbanCode software with the IBM Worklight technology, businesses can now author and deploy an application for any mobile device in hours, versus a previous multi-day timeline, the company noted.?
UrbanCode claims its DevOps toolchain enables organizations to deliver to production faster, more often, and with fewer errors. UrbanCode's thousands of users from organizations including Wells Fargo, Fidelity, Walmart, Disney, and Expedia, benefit from integrated best practices consulting, deployment, and training services.
Founded in 1996, UrbanCode is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio
IBM shares traded 1.10% lower at $187.91 on Monday.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
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In this chaotic globe that we reside in, the most preferred type of recreation is observing one's favourite sport. It is a thing to glimpse ahead to passionate followers of any unique game will constantly find time in their occupied schedules to view their favourite team playing a important game. These sports can involve cricket, baseball, tennis, golf, all kinds of athletics and so on. Considering that these are worldwide video games, most often than not, they are watched around television, nonetheless, there are numerous ardent followers who always travel to destinations where their favorite team is playing.
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
The After Math: Intel's revenue billions, Android's active millions and a few new Earth-like planets
Welcome to The After Math, where we attempt to summarize this week's tech news through numbers, decimal places and percentages
As we scratch our head and puzzle over the almost-daily financial results for the last quarter, this week's missive takes a slightly sentimental look at how two tech companies were faring a decade earlier. Is it unfair to compare the yesteryear Nokia to Google? Possibly. But it was the same year that a certain Engadget regular claimed a best-selling album -- so it wasn't all bad. Toshiba also unveiled a new pin-sharp Ultrabook to stand up to Apple's Retina displays, and NASA continued the search for habitable planets.
Filed under: Laptops, Alt, Nokia, Google, Intel
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Texas town at center of blast shifts to recovery
WEST, Texas (AP) ? Finally with a firm body count, the Central Texas town torn and bruised by a crater-making fertilizer plant explosion shifted toward recovery.
Residents moved ahead with what they could ? a contractor to rebuild, a funeral home to arrange a service ? but continued to wait for authorities to let them back in their neighborhoods and release the remains of the 14 dead.
Many among West's 2,800 residents felt stuck. Unable to direct their full energies to recovery while the investigation into what caused Wednesday's explosion at West Fertilizer Co. began in earnest, the displaced and mourning made do with what remained in their control.
Bill Killough, 76, paced the lobby of a local hotel Friday, planning how to make the most of whatever time authorities grant him to visit his house 2 ? blocks from the site.
"Once they get through totally going over that fertilizer plant that blew up and they are satisfied that it is no danger to anybody, there is no reason why we shouldn't be allowed to go back to our houses," said Killough, who used to restore classic cars.
Killough said his handyman could help him grab his guns, wrapping the rifles in blankets while he focused on his wife's list of items, mostly documents that will be important in the recovery stage.
He briefly was able to sneak back in shortly after the blast and said the damage was bad, but not much worse than when they stripped it back to its frame to renovate a couple years ago. The blast ripped homes, schools and a nursing home within a four- to five-block radius, injuring more than 200.
Killough had talked to a contractor who promised he would be first on his list, but he fretted about how hard it will be to get materials, especially windows, in a town with so many blown out.
The fertilizer facility stores and distributes anhydrous ammonia, a fertilizer that can be injected into soil. It also mixes other fertilizers.
Plant owner Donald Adair released a statement saying he never would forget the "selfless sacrifice of first-responders who died trying to protect all of us."
One of the plant employees also was killed responding to the fire, Adair said.
Federal investigators and the state fire marshal's office began inspecting the blast site Friday to collect evidence that may point to a cause. Franceska Perot, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said investigators still were combing through debris and would continue Saturday.
Residents cannot return to their homes until investigators are finished, Perot said. She did not have a timetable on when that might be.
Perry said the "search and rescue phase is now complete" and the "recovery side" had begun.
Asked if additional oversight was needed for fertilizer plants, Perry said "those are legitimate, appropriate questions for us to be asking."
"If there's a better way to do this, we want to know about it," he said.
There is only one funeral home in West and like much of the town Aderhold Funeral Home hasn't been operating under full power since Wednesday.
Even fully staffed, 14 funerals would overwhelm the staff, but on top of that it's down a funeral director.
Brothers Robert and Larry Payne share that responsibility. But Robert Payne, who as a volunteer firefighter was on the scene when the explosion occurred, remains in intensive care.
The state and national associations are organizing other funeral homes that have offered to supply staff and vehicles once services are arranged for the dead.
That hadn't started yet though. Robbie Bates, president elect of the National Funeral Directors Association, said that the medical examiner's office had not yet released the bodies to the families.
Bates said Aderhold was doing all it could to assist families in the midst of dealing with its own travails.
"They don't intend to charge the families," Bates said.
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Associated Press writer Will Weissert in West, Texas, contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/texas-town-center-blast-shifts-recovery-071408839.html
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Saturday, April 20, 2013
Lore'l Goes From 'Love & Hip Hop' To Billboard With Mixtape
Reality TV star talks about Billboard Bytch and her future in rap.
By Rob Markman
Lore'l
Photo: MTV News
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1706004/love-and-hip-hop-lorel-billboard-bytch.jhtml
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Bilbo Baggins Beats Snow White For Best Hero At MTV Movie Awards
Martin Freeman's hobbit got more than 1.6 million votes on social media to take home the coveted Golden Popcorn at Sunday's show.
By Katie Calautti
Martin Freeman as Bilbo in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Photo: Warner Bros. Entertainment
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1705658/bilbo-baggins-best-hero-movie-awards-2013.jhtml
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Sorted Pivots From A TaskRabbit Clone To Become A Profile-Driven Marketplace For Local Labour
Sorted, the UK startup that originally soft-launched as a reverse marketplace for local jobs akin to TaskRabbit in the U.S. (or a number of local "clones", such as Sooqini, and TaskPandas), has relaunched today after rejigging its model. Instead of users having to post what is essentially a classified ad for each job they want done, and then wait for a response, the new site turns the user-path on its head by having the task-doers (or "Sorters", of which there are already 12,000 signed up) do the upfront work by creating a detailed and structured profile which forms the basis for matching the task-doers with those searching?for a specific task to be carried out.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/kG0ouCF6cps/
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Antarctic ice samples: What do they say about global warming?
Antarctic ice core samples, up to 150,000 years old, may help scientists estimate whether it will take 50 years - or 500 years - for the Ross Ice Shelf to collapse at the current rate of climate change.
Scientist Nancy Bertler holds the final section of ice she collected from a half-mile under Antarctica's surface in a laboratory freezer, near Wellington, New Zealand. Antarctica's pristine habitat provides a laboratory for scientists studying the effects of climate change.
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EnlargeNancy Bertler and her team took a freezer to the coldest place on Earth, endured weeks of primitive living and risked spending the winter in Antarctic darkness, to go get ice ? ice that records our climate's past and could point to its future.
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They drilled out hundreds of ice cores, each slightly longer and wider than a baseball bat, from the half-mile-thick ice covering Antarctica's Roosevelt Island. The cores, which may total 150,000 years of snowfall, almost didn't survive the boat ride to New Zealand because of a power outage.
Bertler hopes the material will help her estimate how long the Ross Ice Shelf would last under the current rate of climate change before falling apart.
Evidence from the last core her team hauled out needs further study, but it contains material that Bertler said appeared to be marine sediment that formed recently ? at least in geological terms measured in thousands of years.
That would bolster scientists' suspicions that the shelf could collapse again if global temperatures keep rising, triggering a chain of events that could raise sea levels around the world.
"From a scientific point of view, that's really exciting. From a personal point of view, that's really scary," said Bertler, a senior research fellow at the Antarctic Research Centre at the Victoria University of Wellington.
The ice shelf acts as a natural barrier protecting massive amounts of ice in West Antarctica, and that ice also could fall into the ocean if the shelf fell apart. Scientists say West Antarctica holds enough ice to raise sea levels by between 2 meters (6.5 feet) and 6 meters (20 feet) if significant parts of it were to collapse.
Ted Scambos, the lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, said that even under the worst case scenario he thinks it would take at least 500 years for West Antarctica's ice to melt.
However, he said a discovery of sediment would indicate a significant portion of the ice shelf is under threat of becoming unstable again, and that the implications were "huge."
Bertler hopes the material she recovered will help her to estimate by the end of this year whether it will take 50 years or 500 years for the ice shelf to collapse at the current rate of climate change. Those answers should prove important for policymakers who, she said, may need to decide whether to build sea walls or move populations to higher ground.
Bertler's project is one of scores that take place on Antarctica every Southern Hemisphere summer. To scientists, the continent's pristine habitat offers a unique record of the planet's weather and a laboratory for studying the effects of climate change.
Studies indicate that while the Arctic has suffered what scientists consider to be alarming rates of ice loss in recent years, the Antarctic ice shelf has remained relatively stable despite having have lost ice in recent decades.
Research in Antarctica creates huge logistical and personal challenges.
Bertler's camp on Roosevelt Island is a three-hour flight from the nearest permanent Antarctic outposts, Scott Base and McMurdo Station. The island is surrounded by the Ross Ice Shelf, the world's largest mass of floating ice, covering an area the size of Spain.
Even during the spring and summer months when Bertler's team was working there, the temperature sometimes dropped to minus 25 C (minus 13 F) and there were frequent storms and thick fog.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Freezing nerves knocks pain out cold
Apr. 14, 2013 ? Using a tiny ball of ice, a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment called cryoneurolysis safely short circuits chronic pain caused by nerve damage, according to data being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans.
"Cryoneurolysis could have big implications for the millions of people who suffer from neuralgia, which can be unbearable and is very difficult to treat," said William Moore, M.D., medical director of radiology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in Stony Brook, N.Y. "Cryoneurolysis offers these patients an innovative treatment option that provides significant lasting pain relief and allows them to take a lower dose of pain medication -- or even skip drugs altogether," added Moore, an interventional thoracic radiologist at Stony Brook.
More than 15 million Americans and Europeans suffer from neuralgia, in which nerves are damaged by diabetes, surgery or traumatic injury, Moore noted. Sufferers often rely on pain medications, which have side effects and may not provide enough relief. Cryoneurolysis uses a small probe that is cooled to minus 10 to minus 16 degrees Celsius, creating a freezer burn along the outer layer of the nerve. This interrupts the pain signal to the brain and blunts or eliminates the pain while allowing the damaged nerves to grow over time, explained Moore.
In the study, 20 patients received cryoneurolysis treatment for a variety of neuralgia syndromes and were evaluated using a visual pain scale questionnaire immediately after treatment during one-week, one-month and three-month follow-ups after the initial procedure. Prior to treatment, patients' pain plummeted from an average of 8 out of 10 on the pain scale to 2.4 one week after treatment. Pain relief was sustained for about two months after the procedure. Pain increased to an average of 4 out of 10 on the scale after six months due to nerve regeneration, Moore said. He recommends repeat cryoneurolysis treatments as needed per patient, however, some patients will receive up to a year of pain relief from a single treatment, he said.
In the treatment, an interventional radiologist makes a nick in the skin near the source of pain and inserts a small probe about the size of an IV needle that is used to draw blood. Under imaging guidance, the probe is advanced through the skin to the affected nerves. Cooled with pressurized gas, the probe creates ice crystals along the edge of the nerves. "The effect is equivalent to removing the insulation from a wire, decreasing the rate of conductivity of the nerve. Fewer pain signals means less pain, and the nerve remains intact," he explained. Additional comparative studies are needed, said Moore.
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
High wattage couples on course at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) ? Think of it as power couples instead of Fred Couples.
Some of the talk Thursday at the Masters wasn't just about what was happening on the tees and greens, but who was outside the ropes looking in. The No. 1 and No. 2-ranked players in the world, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, had entourages that included girlfriends with some pedigree of their own.
For Woods it was Lindsey Vonn, the Olympic ski champion and now his very public companion. She watched from the clubhouse lawn as Woods teed off on No. 1, and lingered around to see him after he came off the 18th green.
In between, she drew a crowd of photographers who gathered around her while Woods played the ninth hole.
Woods and Vonn acknowledged their relationship last month in posts on social media, complete with studio pictures of the couple. The last time Woods won the Masters, he was married to Elin Nordegren. They divorced in 2010 after Woods admitted numerous marital indiscretions.
Caroline Wozniacki, once the No. 1 tennis player in the world, has been linked to McIlroy for nearly two years. She's now No. 10 in world standings.
Wozniacki put on a caddie's bib Wednesday for the Par 3 contest, and McIlroy even had her hit a shot, which she topped in the water. On Thursday, she was in the crowd following the Irish player during the first round.
McIlroy and Wozniacki were prominently featured on television coverage of the Par 3 contest, an informal outing for players and their families.
As far as lingering camera shots on celebrities during the tournament, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said:
"The focus of our coverage remains on the competition."
Celebrity couples aren't new to golf. Sergio Garcia once dated tennis player Martina Hingis, while Dustin Johnson currently dates Paulina Gretzky, daughter of hockey great Wayne Gretzky and actress Janet Jones.
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London Heathrow's March traffic up 3.9 percent
LONDON (Reuters) - Passenger traffic at London's Heathrow airport rose 3.9 percent in March, boosted by strong growth on European and Chinese routes, Heathrow Ltd said on Friday.
Of the 5.9 million people who passed through the London hub last month, passenger numbers to China rose 15.1 percent year-on-year with India also delivering good growth, the British airport operator formerly known as BAA said.
European traffic rose 7.4 percent, despite the continuing weakness of the European economy, with especially strong growth on routes to Italy, France and Norway.
Heathrow said the growth was also driven by a record March average load factor, a measure of how full flights are, of 75.8 percent, up 2.4 percentage points.
It added that Heathrow's cargo activity was down 2.3 percent in March, In line with slower world trade trends.
(Reporting by Rhys Jones; editing by Kate Holton)
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Actors, others gather at Chicago service for Ebert
CHICAGO (AP) ? Actors, directors and film critics have gathered in Chicago to honor the late movie critic Roger Ebert.
The movie reviewer's widow, Chaz Ebert, welcomed her husband's fans to the Chicago Theatre on Thursday, and remembered him as a father, friend, humanitarian and journalist.
A choir began the memorial by singing "Roger Ebert, we will always love you."
Actors John Cusack and Chris Tucker were to speak at the event, called "Roger Ebert: A Celebration of Life," along with Ebert's friends and family.
The acclaimed critic died April 4 at age 70 after a years-long battle with cancer. The day before his death, Ebert wrote in a post on his blog that he was taking a break from his schedule of almost-daily movie reviewing because the cancer had recurred.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
More than 50 charged in illegal online gambling scheme | KFOR.com
Posted on: 3:41 pm, April 10, 2013, by KFOR-TV and A. Edwards, updated on: 03:51pm, April 10, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY ? Thirty-four people, including eight Oklahomans, and 23 corporations have been indicted and accused of operating a $1 billion illegal sports bookmaking business.
According to the indictment unsealed Wednesday, since 2003, the defendants ran an illegal sports gambling site that operated under the name Legendz Sports.
More on full indictment seeking forfeiture of $1 billion
If convicted, the defendants face up to 55 years in prison on the multiple charges including racketeering, money laundering and for operating an illegal gambling business.
The indictment is also seeking the forfeiture of the at least $1 billion in profit, an airplane and other vehicles.
All defendants listed in Legendz Sports lawsuit:
1. BARTICE ALAN KING (a/k/a ?Luke? ?Cool?) 42 Spring, TX
2. SERENA MONEEQUE KING 43 Spring, TX
3. SPIROS ATHANAS (a/k/a ?The Greek?) 53 Gilford, NH
4. ROBERT JOSEPH ROLLY (a/k/a ?Bob?) 79 Key West, FL
5. KASSANDRA BATES 43 Panama
(a/k/a ?Sandra? ?Sandra Teresita Vargas Farrier?)
6. WILLIAM JAMES BATES 59 Panama
(a/k/a ?Bill? ?Billy? ?Wild Bill?)
7. EDWARD LOUIS BUONANNO 50 Spring, TX
(a/k/a ?Gooch? ?Bubbles?)
8. KORY ELWIN KORALEWSKI (a/k/a ?Ski?) 42 Parker, CO
9. MAXIMILLIAN MCLAREN MANGUS (a/k/a ?Max?) 34 Panama
10. MARIA ROJAS 36 Panama
(a/k/a ?Mary North? ?Mary Isabel Rojas Mata?)
11. ARTURO GARCIA JIMENEZ 41 Panama
12. RIGOBERTO NOLAN (a/k/a ?Rigoberto Nolan Forbes?) 53 Panama
13. JAVIER ESPINOSA (a/k/a ?Javier Espinosa Jimenez?) 37 Panama
14. DAVID GORDON 75 Canada
15. JAMES FRANKLIN ACKER, III, 54 Moore, OK
(a/k/a ?Frank? ?Frank The Bank?)
16. TERRY LEE CAMPBELL (a/k/a ?Top Cat? ?Gato?) 70 Lake Ozark, MO
17. RALPH GEORGE HERNANDEZ 73 Pleasanton, CA
(a/k/a ?Georgie??Rico?)18. DEREK EDWARD HEWITT (a/k/a ?D?) 52 Altamonte Springs, FL
19. MICHAEL CASEY LAWHORN 47 Longwood, FL
(a/k/a ?Fat Mikey? ?Big Mike?)
20. JOSEPH MICHAEL MCFADDEN 56 Longwood, FL
(a/k/a ?Joe? ?Roll Tide?)
21. BRUCE LANDEN MIDDLEBROOK 44 Edmond, OK
(a/k/a ?Jose? ?Jose C?)
22. GREGORY WILSON ROBERTS (a/k/a ?Patchman?) 54 Gadsden, AL
23. CHRISTOPHER LEE TANNER 56 Sarasota, FL
(a/k/a ?CT? ?Limo? ?Tan? ?Magic? )
24. PAUL FRANCIS TUCKER (a/k/a ?Paul?) 48 Mount Dora, FL
25. ROBERT C. VANETTEN, JR. 51 Moore, OK
(a/k/a ?Bob? ?Fbobv? ?Bingo Bob?)
26. ROBERT PAUL WILSON (a/k/a ?Big Dog? ?Cliff?) 65 Rancho Murieta, CA
27. LEON MARK MORAN, II 52 Kingsburg, CA
(a/k/a Makavelli? ?Mastiff?)
28. NEIL JOHN MYLER (a/k/a ?Bono?) 53 Houston, TX
29. LUIS ROBLES (a/k/a ?Big Lou?) 48 St. Beach, FL
30. DAVID LYNN ROSS (a/k/a ?OB? Obie?) 51 Choctaw, OK
31. JAMES LESTER ACKER (a/k/a ?Les?) 30 Moore, OK
32. KELLY JAMES DORN 51 Oklahoma City, OK
33. TODD WILLIAM HOSS 47 Norman, OK
34. ROBERT ANTHONY LAY (a/k/a/ ?Tony?) 48 Moore, OK
35. MAGNA TOURS, INC. Registered in Panama
36. DATA SUPPORT SERVICES, S.A. Registered in Panama
37. LEGENDZ GAMING CORP. Registered in Panama38. GRUPO LEGENDZ, S.A Registered in Panama
39. OMNI GROUP INTERNATIONAL CORP. Registered in Panama
40. GLOBAL DATA PAYMENT SERVICES, S.A. Registered in Panama
41. JR GROUP, INC. Registered in Panama
42. DSS INTERNATIONAL CORP. Registered in Panama
43. UDS INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE, INC. Registered in Panama
44. INVESTMENT CONSULTING SERVICES (ICS), S.A. Registered in Panama
45. OLMOS OVERSEAS, LTD. Registered in Panama
46. REGENCY COMMERCIAL LIMITADA Registered in Costa Rica
47. STARTING 5, LLC Registered in Texas
48. INTERNATIONAL GOLDSTORE CORP. Registered in Panama
49. TEN GRANDCHILDREN FOUNDATION _________________
50. DIGILUME, INC. Registered in Panama
51 PROGRAM ADVISORS, INC. Registered in Panama
52. ZAPT ELECTRICAL SALES, INC. Registered in Florida
53. PLPA AND ASSOCIATES, INC. Registered in Florida
54. CAN-AM, LLC Registered in Colorado
55. ZIMA HOLDINGS, LLC Registered in Texas
56. 6 MONKEYS S. DE R. L Registered in Belize
57. STARLINK INVESTISSEMENTS, INC. Registered in Panama
The public is reminded that the indictment is merely an accusation and that the defendants are each presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Source: http://kfor.com/2013/04/10/more-than-50-charged-in-illegal-online-gambling-scheme/
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Russian journalist brain-damaged after attack dies
MOSCOW (AP) ? Mikhail Beketov, a Russian journalist who suffered brain damage and lost a leg after a brutal assault that followed his campaign against a highway project outside Moscow, died Monday. He was 55.
His lawyer, Stalina Gurevitch, told the Rapsi news agency that Beketov died in a hospital Monday after choking on food.
Beketov was part of a group fighting against the construction of a highway through the Khimki forest near Moscow. The founder and editor of a Khimki newspaper, he was among the first to raise the alarm about the destruction of the forest and suspicions that local officials were profiting from the project.
He refused to back down, even after his dog was left dead on his doorstep and his car was set on fire.
Several people with high-profile political connections reportedly stood to profit from the highway's construction, including Arkady Rotenberg, a billionaire who once taught judo to President Vladimir Putin. Road construction is one of the most corrupt sectors of Russia's economy, with numerous opportunities for kickbacks and bribes.
In November 2008, Beketov was beaten so viciously that he was unable to speak. He was in a coma for several months and spent more than two years in hospitals.
His attackers were never identified.
Several other journalists and environmentalists who campaigned against the project have been attacked.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/russian-journalist-brain-damaged-attack-dies-152855087.html
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Twelve Afghan civilians dead in air strike: Afghan officials
By Mohammad Anwar
SHIGAL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Eleven children and a woman were killed by an air strike during a NATO operation targeting Taliban commanders in eastern Afghanistan, officials in the region said Sunday.
Civilian deaths have been a long-running source of friction between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his international backers. Karzai has forbidden Afghan troops from calling for air strikes and NATO advise crews not to fire at or bomb in populated areas.
Six insurgents - two of them senior Taliban leaders - were killed during the operation in a village in Shigal district in Kunar province, which is on the Pakistani border, on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The Interior Ministry did not mention any civilian casualties but Wasefullah Wasefi, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said civilian homes had been hit during an air attack.
"Eleven children and a woman were killed when an air strike hit their houses," Wasefi said.
The deaths came on the same day that a car bomb killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers, a young diplomat and a U.S. Defense Department contractor, in the southern province of Zabul.
Mohammad Zahir Safai, the Shigal district chief, said the woman and the children were killed when the houses collapsed on them.
A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Captain Luca Carniel, said they were aware of reports of civilian casualties and was assessing the incident.
Carniel said ISAF had provided "air support" during the operation but he said there had been no ISAF troops on the ground. The air strike had been requested by coalition forces, not their Afghan allies, he said.
A Reuters journalist saw bodies of 11 children when they were taken to Safai's office in protest by their families and other villagers on Sunday.
The journalist did not see the body of a women and Safai said residents told him of the death. Women's bodies are not displayed, according to custom.
Wasefi also said an American civilian adviser to the Afghan intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, had also been killed in the operation. He said it had lasted several hours.
The Ministry of Interior said the two dead Taliban commanders, Ali Khan and Gul Raouf, planned and organized attacks in Kunar.
(Writing by Katharine Houreld; Editing by Robert Birsel)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/twelve-afghan-civilians-dead-air-strike-afghan-officials-131304012.html
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Sweeping anti-abortion bill goes to Kansas gov.
Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, right, a Stilwell Republican, watches the chamber's electronic tally board as it approves a sweeping anti-abortion bill, Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. To Merrick's left is Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, a Louisburg Republican. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, right, a Stilwell Republican, watches the chamber's electronic tally board as it approves a sweeping anti-abortion bill, Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. To Merrick's left is Majority Leader Jene Vickrey, a Louisburg Republican. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas state Sen. David Haley, left, a Kansas City Democrat, debates anti-abortion legislation with Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, a Shawnee Republican, Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Haley opposes the bill's new restrictions on abortion providers, while Pilcher-Cook supports them. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas abortion-rights lobbyists Elise Higgins, left, and Holly Weatherford, watch the Senate's debate on anti-abortion legislation from the gallery, Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Higgins represents the Kansas chapter of the National Organization for Women and Weatherford, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas state Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, right, a Shawnee Republican, confers with state Rep. John Rubin, left, another Shawnee Repulbican, in the House chamber, Friday, April 5, 2013, in the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. Pilcher-Cook is a leading advocate of a bill banning sex-selection abortions, and Rubin also supports it. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas state Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, right, a Shawnee Republican, talks to state Rep. John Rubin, left, another Shawnee Republican, in the House chamber, Friday, April 5, 2013, in the Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. Pilcher-Cook is a leading advocate of a bill blocking tax breaks for abortion providers, and Rubin supports it as well. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ? Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins "at fertilization" while blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and banning abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex.
The House voted 90-30 for a compromise version of the bill reconciling differences between the two chambers, only hours after the Senate approved it, 28-10. The Republican governor is a strong abortion opponent, and supporters of the measure expect him to sign it into law so that the new restrictions take effect July 1.
In addition to the bans on tax breaks and sex-selection abortions, the bill prohibits abortion providers from being involved in public school sex education classes and spells out in more detail what information doctors must provide to patients seeking abortions.
The measure's language that life begins "at fertilization" had some abortion-rights supporters worrying that it could be used to legally harass providers. Abortion opponents call it a statement of principle and not an outright ban on terminating pregnancies.
"The human is a magnificent piece of work at all stages of development, wondrous in every regard, from the microscopic until full development," said Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, a Leavenworth Republican who supported the bill.
Abortion opponents argue the full measure lessens the state's entanglement with terminating pregnancies, but abortion-rights advocates say it threatens access to abortion services.
The declaration that life begins at fertilization is embodied in "personhood" measures in other states. Such measures are aimed at revising their constitutions to ban all abortions, and none have been enacted, though North Dakota voters will have one on the ballot in 2014.
But Kansas lawmakers aren't trying to change the state constitution, and the measure notes that any rights suggested by the language are limited by decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. It declared in its historic Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that women have a right to obtain abortions in some circumstances, and has upheld that decision while allowing increasing restrictions by states.
Thirteen states, including Missouri, have such language in their laws, according to the National Right to Life Committee.
Sen. David Haley, a Kansas Democrat who opposed the bill, zeroed in on the statement, saying that supporters of the bill were pursuing a "Taliban-esque" course of letting religious views dictate policy limiting women's ability to make decisions about health care and whether they'll have children.
And in the House, Rep. John Wilson, a Lawrence Democrat, complained that the bill was "about politics, not medicine."
"It's the very definition of government intrusion in a woman's personal medical decisions," he said.
Brownback has signed multiple anti-abortion measures into law, and the number of pregnancies terminated in the state has declined 11 percent since he took office in January 2011.
The governor said he still has to review this year's bill thoroughly but added, "I am pro-life."
This year's legislation is less restrictive than a new North Dakota law that bans abortions as early as the sixth week of pregnancy and a new Arkansas law prohibiting most abortions after the 12th week. But many abortion opponents still see it as a significant step.
"There is a clear statement from Kansas with respect to the judgment on the inherent value of human life," said Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Chairwoman Mary Pilcher-Cook, a Shawnee Republican and leading advocate for the measure.
The bill passed despite any solid data on how many sex-selection abortions are performed in Kansas. A 2008 study by two Columbia University economists suggested the practice of aborting female fetuses ? widespread in some nations where parents traditionally prefer sons ? is done in the U.S. on a limited basis.
But legislators on both sides of the issue said the practice should be banned, however frequent it is.
The bill also would require physicians to give women information that addresses breast cancer as a potential risk of abortion. Advocates on both sides acknowledge there's medical evidence that carrying a fetus to term can lower a woman's risk for breast cancer, but doctors convened by the National Cancer Institute a decade ago concluded that abortion does not raise the risk for developing the disease.
The provisions dealing with tax breaks are designed to prevent the state from subsidizing abortions, even indirectly. For example, health care providers don't have the pay the state sales tax on items they purchase, but the bill would deny that break to abortion providers. Also, a woman could not include abortion costs if she deducts medical expenses on her income taxes.
"Every taxpayer will be able to know with certainty that their money is not being used for abortion," Pilcher-Cook said.
But Jordan Goldberg, state advocacy counsel for the New York City-based Center for Reproductive Rights, called the tax provisions "appalling and discriminatory."
"It's probably, if not definitely unconstitutional, and it's incredibly mean-spirited," she said.
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The anti-abortion legislation is HB 2253.
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Associated Press Writer Maria Fisher in Kansas City, Mo., also contributed to this report. Follow John Hanna on Twitter at www.twitter.com/apjdhanna
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