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Sunday, October 30, 2011
[OOC] College Royale: The Assassination Game
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I am SO joining this!
Awesome! :D I'll be counting on your amazing first-hand knowledge, as I never played Assassin or Humans Vs Zombies.
Sure. I can help you in particular with your character's loadout; tell me their style and I'll build a full weapons set for them.
My character's quick, on the move. doesn't want to carry too much weight. Need any other info?
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I'm a hardcore HvZ player and have an enormous knowledge of Nerf guns and their modification.
Gonna go make a character now...
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Awesome! :D I'll be counting on your amazing first-hand knowledge, as I never played Assassin or Humans Vs Zombies.
?I wish I did, though. :(
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Sure. I can help you in particular with your character's loadout; tell me their style and I'll build a full weapons set for them.
Also, they're both amazingly fun. Although HvZ can be very tiring...
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My character's quick, on the move. doesn't want to carry too much weight. Need any other info?
I can tell. :O
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JayZeroSnake - Member for 1 years
Figures this belongs to Jay. lol
Just like the theme song, I can't decide....if I should join this or not that is. I have a charcter that could easily work for this with some slight modifications. Downfall is that I am not sure if I will be able to stay in with starting college in spring.....hmmmm....Might as well. If nothing else I can have my character transfer out of the school if I have to leave.
So, yeah, I am going to make a character fairly quick-ish.
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Ala. immigration fight recalls civil rights era
MONTGOMERY, Alabama?? The epicenter of the fight over the patchwork of immigration laws in the United States is not Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico and became a common site for boycotts. Nor was it any of the four states that were next to pass their own crackdowns.
No, the case that's likely to be the first sorted out by the U.S. Supreme Court comes from the Deep South state of Alabama, where the nation's strictest immigration law has resurrected ugly images from the state's days as the nation's battleground for civil rights a half-century ago.
And Alabama's jump to the forefront says as much about the country's evolving demographics as it does the nation's collective memory of the state's sometimes violent path to desegregation.
With the failure of Congress in recent years to pass comprehensive federal immigration legislation, Arizona, Georgia, Utah, South Carolina and Indiana have passed their own. But supporters and opponents alike agree none contained provisions as strict as those passed in Alabama, among them one that required schools to check students' immigration status. That provision, which has been temporarily blocked, would allow the Supreme Court to decide if a kindergarten to high school education must be provided to illegal immigrants.
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Its stature as the strictest in the U.S., along with the inevitable comparisons of today's Hispanics with African-Americans of the 1950s and '60s, makes it a near certainty the law will be a test case for the high court.
"It really offers the Supreme Court a broad canvas to reshape what being an immigrant in the United States means," said Foster Maer, an attorney with LatinoJustice in New York, which is challenging the law.
'Different stand in the schoolhouse door'
Alabama was well-suited to be the nation's civil rights battleground because of its harsh segregation laws, large black population, and the presence of a charismatic young minister named Martin Luther King Jr., who led a boycott of segregated buses in 1955-56.
Opponents say the new law's schools provision conjures images of Gov. George Wallace's stand in the schoolhouse door to block racial integration.
"Today we have a different stand in the schoolhouse door. We have efforts to intimidate children who have a constitutional right to go to school," said Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Although no solid numbers exist, schools have reported fewer Hispanic students attending school, with some saying as much as 10 percent of their Hispanic students have withdrawn since the law took effect a month ago.
Illegal immigrants interviewed by The Associated Press have said their children were bullied and told to go back to Mexico, while others have described their intense fears of arrest and deportation.
The lawyer leading the state's defense, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, faults President Barack Obama's Justice Department for stirring the civil rights comparisons by falsely predicting the law would lead to the kind of widespread discrimination and profiling that marked Alabama's past.
"The idea they seem to have is there's a Bull Connor on every corner here in Alabama, which is so widely out of touch with our state," he said, referring to the public safety commissioner who unleashed police dogs and fire hoses on civil rights marchers in Birmingham in the 1960s.
At first glance, Alabama seems ill-suited to be the nation's immigration battleground. It's not a border state and is home to fewer illegal immigrants than several other Southern states.
"Why are we getting all the publicity? I think it has to do with Alabama's past and the perception that people have of Alabama over the years that don't live in our state and really don't recognize the amount of progress we've made in Alabama over the last 50 to 60 years," said Republican Gov. Robert Bentley, who supported the law and signed it into effect.
State's changing political landscape
Alabama's law, pushed through by a new Republican super-majority in the state Legislature, is being challenged in federal court by the Justice Department, about 30 civil rights organizations and some prominent church leaders. Judges have blocked some provisions, but sections still stand that allow police to check a person's immigration status during traffic stops and make it a felony for illegal immigrants to conduct basic state business, like getting a driver's license.
State Rep. Alvin Holmes, the senior black member of the Legislature, said Republicans can't undo the voting rights gains of Democratic-leaning blacks, so they are going after brown-skinned people in hopes they won't gain a voting foothold. "They feel if these Hispanics come in and get registered to vote, they will team up with black voters to take over Alabama politics," he said.
Proponents say the law had nothing to with race. They say it was the result of frustration with the federal government's inaction and an effort to open up jobs for the nearly 10 percent of legal state residents out of work.
"There are people who try to make racism a cottage industry and profit off it, but I would put the harmony in Alabama up against any place in the country," said Republican Sen. Scott Beason, one of the law's sponsors.
Beason, the powerful chairman of the state Senate's Rules Committee, has prompted some of the comparisons with the civil rights era by telling one group that the Legislature needed to "empty the clip" on the immigration issue. And in tapes played during the federal trial of several lawmakers and lobbyists accused of buying and selling votes on gambling legislation, he referred to customers of a dog track in a predominantly black county as "aborigines."
Opponents of the law have fueled the comparisons by holding rallies at historic civil rights sites and drawing support from civil rights organizations.
Population draws controversy
No one in the Alabama Legislature was talking about immigration laws a decade ago because the Hispanic population was so small. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates the number of illegal immigrants in Alabama has grown from 25,000 in 2000 to 120,000 in 2010 ? a nearly fivefold increase ? though it's only a fraction of the 11 million or so estimated in the country.
That rapid rise drew complaints from residents who blamed Hispanics for knocking them out of jobs by working for cheaper wages and no benefits.
"They were coming in here like thieves in the night and taking our jobs and tax revenue," said Republican Rep. Micky Hammon, who also sponsored the new law.
To be sure, construction businesses and farms say Hispanic workers they have relied upon have fled the state. So far, they haven't been able to find legal residents willing to take on what is usually backbreaking work.
The governor said lawmakers in other states are eyeing Alabama's law as a blueprint for their own, but some fear that notoriety could come at a steep price: The state's image as an international automotive hub.
In 1993, a few months after state officials quit flying the secessionist Confederate Civil War battle flag on the Capitol dome, Mercedes selected Alabama for an assembly plant. Then came Honda, Toyota and Hyundai, and many auto suppliers.
The CEO of the state pension system, David Bronner, helped recruit those plants and now fears Alabama has hurt its ability to recruit.
"You are giving the image, whether it's valid or not, that you don't like foreigners, period," he said, adding that state leaders frequently seize on bad publicity to knock other states out of competition for new jobs.
That bad publicity has made its way to Hillsboro, Wisconsin, where information technology businessman Charles Manser and 11 of his buddies have canceled a 10-day golfing vacation to Alabama.
Manser said one friend was born in Puerto Rico and another is a British citizen. They were concerned about being hassled over their legal status.
"Whether it's legitimate or not, that's the message seen by people who might come to Alabama," he said.
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner To Reveal 'Breaking Dawn' Clip On MTV!
'Twilight' stars will stick around for lengthy Q&A after clip, which premieres November 3 at 7:56 p.m.
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Calling all "Twilight" fans! MTV has got a triple-layer treat for you in the form of exclusive interviews with your favorite three stars during our "MTV First: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."
On Thursday, November 3, at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV, we will premiere a never-before-seen clip from the hugely anticipated new film live on-air, to be introduced by megastars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
Immediately following the introduction and premiere of the clip, Stewart, Pattinson and Lautner will be sticking around for a lengthy Q&A session with MTV News' Josh Horowitz — a chat that begins on air and continues on MTV.com. Who knows what will happen when the three stars actually get together in one room, because separately they've had some very intriguing things to say about one another. In recent conversations, RPattz has compared his sex scenes to "playing Twister," while KStew has revealed that Taylor began one of their fight scenes by confessing to his co-star, "You're so cute."
Fans can get in on the anything-might-happen conversation immediately by submitting video or text questions beginning Thursday (October 27) via MTV.com or via Twitter (using @MTVNews, plus the hashtags #AskTwilight and #MTVFirst).
Also launching today is our fan-voted poll of the Top Five Favorite "Twilight Saga" Moments thus far, including Edward and Bella's first kiss in "Twilight," the infamous Jacob abs-reveal in "New Moon," Edward and Jacob in the tent in "Eclipse," the fan-favorite "leg hitch" scene in "Eclipse" and Edward proposing to Bella in "Eclipse." Beginning on Monday, October 31, the clips will be revealed in order of popularity.
So mark your calendars and set your alarms to tune in to our "MTV First: Breaking Dawn - Part 1," which kicks off Thursday November 3 on MTV at 7:56 p.m.
Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."
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Science & the Public: Infected bats can recover . . . with lots of help
Infected bats can recover . . . with lots of help
Unfortunately, there aren?t enough people to nurse more than a tiny number back to health.
Web edition : Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
A paper?published October 26 release in Nature confirms what everyone had come to assume: that?a fungus is responsible for killing vast numbers of North American bats. (Proving the link took some fancy lab work to nail down). But that's not the only bat news. Some authors of the new report also reported?data today establishing that with enough coddling, many heavily infected bats can recover.
The rub: Federal scientists pointed out that there really aren?t sufficient resources to save more than a handful of bats this way.
Their marginally encouraging news emerges from a study of 30 little brown bats, all of whom bore visual evidence of a severe white-nose infection. Those new data show that if infected bats are provided warmth, food and water, ?they actually can mount a rapid recovery,? notes David Blehert of the U.S. Geological Survey?s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisc. He?s an author of the study.
These were bats that had recently ? and naturally ? emerged from winter hibernation, explains his colleague, wildlife pathologist Carol Meteyer; she also works at the Madison center. The animals had been traveling in and out of caves during late spring and were captured by hand in May and then transported by car to a rehabilitation facility run by Bat World New Jersey.
Nurtured in the lab, the animals? immune systems ? which basically turn off during hibernation ? revved up again. The first seven weeks of protective custody proved critical. During that time, the bats were individually taught to eat lab-administered meal worms. The researchers also treated visibly infected wing tissue on two-thirds of the bats using a dilute vinegar solution. In the end, that acid test offered no additional advantage.
Twenty-six of the animals survived 70 days (at which point they were sacrificed for further study). By that time, all had recovered and their wings were fungus-free. Meteyer and her team detail their findings in the current (July) issue of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
As the bats? immunity moved into full gear, wing lesions where the fungus had been eating through the animals? skin, began to scab over. Their bodies ?tend to wall off that fungus and lift it away from the bat wing,? Meteyer says. ?I call it ?bat magic.??
Eventually, the wings (which are the structures most vulnerable to white-nose syndrome) ?look entirely normal,? she says ? both to the naked eye and upon microscopic investigation. Somehow, wings regenerate fungus-savaged tissue to the point that recovered bats cannot be distinguished from uninfected ones, she says.
That?s the good news. The bad: More than one million bats have succumbed to white nose syndrome in the past five years and there?s no sign this infection is slowing. It?s actually continuing to radiate throughout North America. And insect-eating bats aren?t interested in the idea of a lab rehab. Most don?t cotton to eating the meal worms they?re offered and may need to be painstakingly and individually coerced before they readily eat this grub.
Meteyer says only a few Northeast facilities have been licensed to treat wild bats. Offering palliative care to affected bats can require round-the-clock attention and tends to evolve into a labor of love.?Clearly, she observes, the logistics of trying to gear this up for widescale nursing of sick bats ?isn?t feasible at this point.?
Adds Blehert, once a site where bats congregate for hibernation becomes infected with the white-nose pathogen (Geomyces destructans), viable fungus can persist on the walls and floors ? ready to claim a new host.
Some people have been investigating a possible vaccine for white nose syndrome, but Meteyer is dubious about its potential.
The vaccine might be functional during the summer, she says, when the animals? immune system is up and running. But ?that?s not when this fungus is most infectious,? she explains. It loves the near-freezing cold of the caves where northern bats hibernate. So it?s likely that any vaccine-triggered immunity would take a hiatus along with the rest of the animals? infection-fighting apparatus during hibernations ? precisely when bats are most likely to encounter the pathogen.
For now, ?there?s no magic bullet,? says Jeremy Coleman, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist in Cortland, N.Y., and coordinator of white-nose syndrome programs for his agency. That?s why the Fish and Wildlife Service has started contemplating a new captive management strategy, he says.
?It doesn?t include rehabilitation,? he told reporters during a briefing, ?and [Meteyer] indicated how difficult a large-scale rehab would be.? But the Fish and Wildlife Service has begun working with experts internationally to explore possible options for eight species of North American bats being hammered by white nose syndrome. A report detailing potential recommendations should be out by New Year?s, Coleman says. ?We?re looking at the potential for a full-on captive propagation program similar to what has been done successfully with the black-footed ferret and California condor.?
But make no mistake, bat biologists warn: Captive rearing is easier to contemplate than to accomplish. ?So far as I know, there are no sustaining populations of insectivorous bats in captivity,? says Alison Robbins of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton, Mass. Various research groups have maintained such bats in captivity, she notes ? ?but not to the point where they can properly reproduce.?
She knows the pitfalls well. Robbins took in 120 infected little-brown bats last year for a treatment trial. Each was hand fed for two weeks before they began chowing down on meal worms without assistance. But within three months, every one had died. Her suspicion: The stress of handling did them in.
Meanwhile, each winter, North America?s bat pandemic grows.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Boys should get HPV vaccine too, panel says (AP)
ATLANTA ? The controversial HPV shot given to girls should also be given to boys, in part to help prevent the spread of the virus through sex, a government medical panel said Tuesday.
The expensive vaccine, which protects females against cervical cancer, hasn't been popular. And doctors admit it will be a tough sell to parents of 11- and 12-year-old males, too.
For males, the vaccine is licensed to prevent genital warts and anal cancer. Experts say another key benefit of routinely vaccinating boys could be preventing the spread of the human papilloma virus to others through sex ? making up somewhat for the disappointing vaccination rate in girls.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made the recommendation Tuesday. Federal health officials usually adopt what the panel says and asks doctors and patients to follow the advice.
The vaccine has been available to boys for two years but Tuesday's vote was the first to strongly recommend routine vaccination. Officials acknowledged the disappointing rate in girls encouraged them to take a new, hard look.
Just 49 percent of adolescent girls have gotten at least the first of the recommended three HPV shots, which have been recommended for girls for five years. Only a third had gotten all three doses by last year.
"Pretty terrible," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administrator who oversees the agency's immunization programs.
She attributed the low rates for girls to confusion or misunderstanding by parents that they can wait until their daughter becomes sexually active. It works best if the shots are given before a girl begins having sex.
The vaccine is approved for use in boys and girls ages 9 to 26; but it is usually given to 11- and 12-year olds when they are scheduled to get other vaccines.
The committee also recommended the vaccination for males 13 through 21 years who have not been vaccinated previously or who have not completed the three-dose series.
Tuesday's vote follows recent studies that indicate the vaccine prevents anal cancer in males. A study that focused on gay men found it to be 75 percent effective. But while anal cancer has been increasing, it's still a fairly rare cancer in males, with only about 7,000 cases in the U.S. each year that are tied to the strains of viruses targeted in the HPV vaccine. In contrast, about vaccine-preventable 15,000 cervical cancers occur annually.
Some feel it's unlikely that most families will agree to get their sons vaccinated primarily to protect girls. An estimated 50 percent to 80 percent of men and women are infected with HPV in their lifetimes, although most clear the infection without developing symptoms or illness, according to the CDC.
The threat of genital warts hasn't been persuasive yet, either: Some data suggest that less than 1.5 percent of adolescent males have gotten the vaccine.
Its use against anal cancer may not be much of a selling point, said Dr. Ranit Mishori, a family practice doctor in Washington, D.C., and an assistant professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Some parents may say "`Why are you vaccinating my son against anal cancer? He's not gay! He's not ever going to be gay!' I can see that will come up," said Mishori, who supports the committee's recommendation.
There are two vaccines against HPV, but Tuesday's vote applies only to Merck & Co.'s Gardasil, which costs $130 a dose. The other vaccine wasn't tested for males.
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Pens' Malkin returns to lineup vs. Islanders
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) ? Penguins center Evgeni Malkin returned to Pittsburgh's depleted lineup against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night after missing five games because of a knee injury.
Malkin skated with his teammates Tuesday morning, and coach Dan Bylsma said it would be a game-time decision whether he would play that night. Malkin got the green light, and even took part in the ceremonial pregame faceoff at center ice.
Malkin had sat out seven of eight games because of an injured right knee. He had season-ending surgery after tearing two ligaments in the knee against Buffalo in February. Malkin played the first two games of this season, sat out a pair, and then returned on Oct. 13 against Washington and had two assists. He hadn't played since.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is still sidelined, recovering from a concussion that has kept him out of action since January. Crosby didn't make the trip to Long Island for the start of the home-and-home series with the Islanders that ends Thursday in Pittsburgh.
In addition to Crosby, the Penguins are also without forward Tyler Kennedy (concussion) and defensemen Zbynek Michalek (broken finger) and Brian Strait (hyperextended elbow).
Michalek was set to miss his first game on Tuesday after he broke a finger on his right hand in Pittsburgh's 4-1 win over New Jersey on Saturday. He is expected to be sidelined for four to six weeks, but Bylsma said the defenseman won't need surgery.
Heading into Tuesday, the Penguins' NHL-high 11th game of the season, Pittsburgh had already lost 39 man-games to injury. The club had the seventh-highest total last season when it lost 350 man-games.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Can Nokia + Microsoft?s new Lumia give iPhone a run for its money?
Dan from WPCentral is over in London getting his formerly slab-hating hands on the first steel and glass tech to run Windows Phone 7.5 Mango… from Nokia. It’s dubbed Lumia and Dan wants one. Badly.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Warren claims credit for Occupy Wall St. protests (AP)
WASHINGTON ? Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is taking some credit for the Occupy Wall Street protests.
The Democrat and longtime consumer advocate says her work over the years against Wall Street abuses created much of the intellectual foundation for the demonstrators. In an interview posted Tuesday on The Daily Beast website, Warren said she supports what the protesters are doing.
Republicans pounced on Warren's remarks, saying she was praising them at the same time that the Boston police have arrested at least 141 protesters after they threatened to tie up traffic downtown and refused to abide by their protest permit limits.
Warren has emerged in recent polls as the leading Democratic challenger against GOP Sen. Scott Brown for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's former seat.
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Android 101: Change how quickly your phone locks
So you want to use Android's built-in security -- either the pattern, pin or password lock. Good for you. We highly recommend it. But maybe you don't want it to lock every time you hit the power button. (Can't blame you there.)
Go to Settings>Security>Lock phone after and you'll have options as for how much time you want to pass before you have to unlock the phone. If you're going to be picking it up every couple minutes, perhaps "Immediately" isn't the best choice. But even 15 minutes is better than no security, right?
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Obama: Libyans can celebrate 'new era of promise'
A man photographs the body of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi on a mattress in a commercial freezer at a shopping center in Misrata, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. A military spokesman says Libya's transitional government will declare liberation on Sunday after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime leader Gadhafi. (AP Photo/David Sperry)
A man photographs the body of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi on a mattress in a commercial freezer at a shopping center in Misrata, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. A military spokesman says Libya's transitional government will declare liberation on Sunday after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime leader Gadhafi. (AP Photo/David Sperry)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama hailed the declaration of freedom in Libya on Sunday, saying "a new era of promise" is under way in the African nation. He also urged its new leaders to turn their attention to the political transition ahead.
The leader of Libya's transitional government, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, declared the country liberated Sunday, three days after the capture and death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
In a statement issued by the White House, Obama congratulated the Libyan people and said, "After four decades of brutal dictatorship and eight months of deadly conflict, the Libyan people can now celebrate their freedom and the beginning of a new era of promise."
Obama said the U.S. looks forward to working with officials as they prepare for free and fair elections.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she supported calls for an investigation into Gadhafi's death as part of Libya's transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Gadhafi was captured wounded but alive in his hometown of Sirte. Bloody images of Gadhafi being taunted and beaten by his captors have raised questions about whether he was killed in crossfire, as suggested by government officials, or was executed.
Clinton told NBC television's "Meet the Press" in an interview aired Sunday that she backs a proposal for the United Nations to investigate Gadhafi's death and for Libya's Transitional National Council to look into the circumstances.
Clinton said a democratic Libya should begin with the rule of law and accountability, as well as unity and reconciliation. She called investigating Gadhafi's death a part of that process.
Clinton issued a statement later Sunday congratulating Libyans on their liberation, saying the U.S. was proud to have supported "the work of ordinary, brave Libyans who demanded their freedoms and dignity."
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"Man-flu" is real to a fifth of British women (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) ? One in five British women believe that the debilitating "man-flu" disease which temporarily leaves sufferers prostrate on the sofa watching televised sports is real, according to a new study.
The survey, which questioned 2,000 British adults about health and wellbeing, showed that misconceptions and old wives' tales, including the myth that eating carrots improves night vision, prevail among the population when it comes to beliefs about common illnesses.
"Unbelievably, there are still a lot of misconceptions around how minor illnesses and conditions are caused or prevented," study leader Mike Smith, said in a statement.
The top 10 health myths ranged from the theory that eating carrots will aid night vision to the belief that too much stress will turn your hair grey, both subscribed to by one in 10 of the population.
More than a third of people said that sugar makes children hyper, and 37 percent said they believed we lose most of our body heat through our heads -- the most popular misconception of the survey.
While the face, head and chest are more sensitive to temperature change than the rest of the body, covering one part of the body has as much effect as covering any other, researchers said.
"The Contagion study suggests that a large majority of the population are still under the illusion that they can, for example, get square eyes from watching too much television, or get better night vision from eating more carrots," Smith said.
"These are just not true, but do go to show that no matter how many millions are spent on health and education, some medical myths still prevail," he said.
When illness strikes, almost half of people agreed that men exaggerate their symptoms to get attention, with 38 percent also believing that men take longer to recover from illness than women.
Over half of respondents admitted to self-diagnosis, using the internet to research their symptoms.
"Old wives' tales are just that -- tales that should not be listened to or abided by. If the public are in any real doubt as to how to treat a condition, they should always refer to their GP (family doctor) or professional medical adviser," Smith said.
The study was specially commissioned to mark the release of Hollywood thriller "Contagion" starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law.
(Editing by Paul Casciato)
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Germany arrests two Russians for spying since Cold War (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) ? German authorities have arrested two Russians suspected of espionage since the closing days of the Cold War, according to a report to be published in Der Spiegel news magazine on Monday.
Germany's Federal Prosecutor confirmed that two people suspected of espionage activities for a foreign country had been arrested on Tuesday in the states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Hesse by Germany's elite GSG-9 special operations commando.
The prosecutor's office, based in the southwestern town of Karlsruhe, did not identify the suspects as Russian spies.
"The accused are suspected of having worked in Germany over a long period of time for a foreign intelligence agency," the federal prosecutor said in a statement. "The Federal Crime Office (BKA) is investigating."
Der Spiegel magazine reported that the GSG-9 commandos arrested a Russian couple, who were identified as Heidrun A. and Andreas A.. It said authorities believe the two have worked for Russia's intelligence agency since 1988.
The report, in an advance released on Saturday, said the two suspects have denied the accusations.
West and East Germany were hotbeds of espionage during the Cold War with governments and industry on both sides of the Iron Curtain infiltrated by spies. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was a former KGB spy who was stationed in Dresden, in Communist East Germany from 1985 to 1990.
But the intensity of spying abated after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and German unification.
The arrests, which Der Spiegel said was the first such case since German unification in 1990, could cause tensions in relations between Germany and Russia, which have become close over the last two decades.
The magazine said that Heidrun was caught listening to a coded radio message when the commandos swooped in. They were arrested in separate locations, in the towns of Marburg and Balingen.
The authorities also confiscated Austrian passports that contained false information. The documents showed that Andreas was born in Argentina and Heidrun in Peru. But German investigations in South America determined those claims were not accurate.
Der Spiegel said that German authorities believed the two began spying on West Germany near the end of the Cold War in 1988.
Another German magazine, Focus, reported on Saturday that Andreas had been working undercover at a car parts supplier and had been gathering intelligence on the company.
In a 2010 government report, German authorities said they believed Russia and China are engaged in massive espionage activities against Germany. Their focus was in the fields of industry, science and technology.
It said they were particularly interested in obtaining information about modern drive systems as well as satellite and IT technology.
(Editing by Rosalind Russell)
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Labor talks break off putting more games in doubt (Reuters)
(Reuters) ? Marathon talks between NBA players and owners to resolve a long-running labor dispute that has put the entire season on hold broke off on Thursday with little sign of progress toward a deal, raising the likelihood of more games being canceled.
The two sides met for five hours on the third straight day of talks with federal mediator George Cohen but emerged without a breakthrough, nor any schedule to re-convene.
"Ultimately, we were unable to bridge the gap that separates the two parties," NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver told NBA TV. "We understand the ramifications of where we are. We're saddened on behalf of the game."
NBA Commissioner David Stern was unable to attend Thursday's meeting with the flu, but the outstanding differences between the parties will likely see him scrap more games.
The pre-season and the first two weeks of the regular season had already been canceled due to the protracted lockout that began on July 1 after the players and owners failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.
NBA owners contend the league lost $300 million last season with 22 of 30 teams in the red and initially demanded players cut their share of basketball-related income from 57 to 47 percent from the previous collective bargaining agreement, along with a firm salary cap and shorter contracts.
The players offered to reduce their share from 57 to 53 percent, and lowered that to 52.5 percent on Thursday.
The owners have formally proposed a 50-50 split but the players union rejected the offer and both sides remain divided on the core issues.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Ian Ransom)
(This story removes reference to NBA's re-start date in sixth paragraph)
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Friday, October 21, 2011
AT&T revenue falls short, iPhone sales start strong (Reuters)
(Reuters) ? AT&T Inc's (T.N) quarterly revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates, as wireless customers spent less than expected in the quarter ahead of the latest Apple Inc (AAPL.O) iPhone launch.
Shares in the No. 2 U.S. mobile provider fell slightly early on Thursday on concerns about a slowdown in wireless revenue growth, despite strong iPhone sales early in the fourth quarter.
While AT&T's wireless profit margin was better than expected, its average monthly revenue per user (ARPU) for subscribers who pay monthly bills fell short.
Stifel Nicolaus analyst Chris King said that investors will be anxious to hear whether ARPU was brought down by customers from acquired assets or from price pressure from rivals.
"If they say its a trend and they're getting competitive pressure that's not a good thing," said King, adding that AT&T's ARPU of $63.69 missed his $64.50 expectation.
But AT&T's 43.7 percent profit margin from wireless services was well ahead of his expectation for 41.9 percent.
Better than expected wireless profits could likely be attributed to lower smartphone sales as customers held off on buying smartphones this quarter as they waited for the new iPhone, Mizuho analyst Michael Nelson said.
"In this quarter what you're going to see not just from AT&T but from other carriers is purchase delays ahead of the iPhone launch," Nelson said.
AT&T activated 1 million customers of the latest Apple phone, the iPhone 4S, as of Tuesday. Orders for the device started on October 7, after the end of the third quarter.
This marked the most successful iPhone launch yet, according to AT&T, which has been heavily dependent on iPhone sales for customer additions since 2007.
AT&T, which is looking for regulatory approval to buy T-Mobile USA, was the first of the big U.S. operators to report third-quarter results. AT&T once had exclusive rights to sell iPhones, but it now shares the market with Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel (S.N).
AT&T added 319,000 subscribers in the quarter, compared with the average expectation for more than 382,000 from nine analysts. Most estimates were clustered in the 300,000-400,000 range, but one analyst forecast 800,000, lifting the average. The median was 311,000.
It reported a drop in operating revenue to $31.48 billion from $31.58 billion in the year-ago quarter, and was shy of analyst expectations for revenue of $31.60 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
AT&T's profit of $3.6 billion, or 61 cents per share that was in line with Wall Street expectations. It compared with a profit of $12.32 billion or $2.07 per share in the same quarter the year before, when it had a big gain from an asset sale.
AT&T shares were down 13 cents at $28.96 in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew; editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Derek Caney)
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
'Avengers' Action Is 'Ginormous,' Tom Hiddleston Promises
Actor who plays Loki tells MTV News that director Joss Whedon 'has his own artistic fingerprint.'
By Kevin P. Sullivan
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Photo: MTV News
With the release of "The Avengers" this May, Marvel will finally succeed in bringing together all of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. But few anticipated that in the wake of the first "Avengers" trailer and the panel at New York Comic Con so much of the fan attention would focus on one man: Tom Hiddleston and his character, the villainous Loki.
Hiddleston sat down with MTV News the day before his appearance at NYCC and talked about what we can expect from what is arguably the most anticipated film of 2012.
As you more than likely saw in the most downloaded trailer in history, Loki arrives on Earth in a big way, and we finally get to see not only our heroes but their rival in action for the first time since this summer's "Thor." Hiddleston said he was excited "just to see the camera in motion because, of course, my memory of the film is it's all fairly static because the world tends to be quite static."
Hiddleston explained that when he finally did see footage, he realized just how "dynamic" director Joss Whedon's work behind the camera had been. "Joss absolutely has his own artistic fingerprint. Clearly, the action in this film is going to be ginormous and spectacular," the actor said.
The camera work isn't the only element of "The Avengers" that is getting ratcheted up from "Thor." Hiddleston promises a renewed, focused and ultimately more dangerous Loki. "If the Loki in 'Thor' was about a spiritual confusion — 'Who am I? How do I belong in this world?' --— the Loki in 'Avengers' is, 'I know exactly who I am, and I'm going to make this world belong to me,' " Hiddleston said.
The actor was less eager to comment on the rumors circulating about who Loki turns to for help when fighting the Avengers. "Where are the snipers? Which window are they aiming at?" he jokingly asked MTV News.
Hiddleston has been steadfast in his reluctance to drop any hints and remained tight-lipped about Loki's so-called "army." The important piece of information that Hiddleston did give away about the secret bad guys, however, is that when they are finally revealed this spring, they will ultimately please fans.
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400 at private Elizabeth Taylor memorial service (AP)
BURBANK, Calif. ? Colin Farrell, Michael Caine and Elton John joined family and friends of Elizabeth Taylor during a private memorial service for the Oscar-winning star.
Son Michael Wilding told the 400 people gathered Sunday in a theater at the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank that it was especially meaningful to have so many friends on hand to celebrate his mother's spirit.
The Academy Award-winning star of "Butterfield 8" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" was 79 when she died on March 23 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles.
Spokeswoman Sally Morrison says Farrell hosted a service, which featured memories of the violet-eyed beauty.
"Virginia Woolf" director Mike Nichols put together a touching video message, grandson Rhys Tivey played "Amazing Grace" on the trumpet and John performed "Blue Eyes."
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
UK orders asset freeze over assassination plot (AP)
LONDON ? Britain's Treasury said Tuesday it had ordered the assets of five men frozen in connection with the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.
The finance ministry confirmed that it had acted under the Terrorist Asset Freezing Act, after ministers pledged action in response to the purported plan to kill Saudi envoy Adel Al-Jubeir in a bomb attack.
The decision does not necessarily mean that the five men hold assets in Britain.
Two men have been charged by U.S. authorities, who accused them of attempting to hire an alleged Mexican drug cartel member to carry out the killing.
U.S. officials have described the plot as a clumsy but serious operation by Iran's elite foreign action unit, the Quds Force.
A spokesman for Britain's Treasury, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with policy, said the ministry had imposed asset freezes against five men.
They include both men charged in the case ? Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old U.S. citizen who also holds an Iranian passport, and Gholam Shakuri, an alleged member of Iran's Quds Force, who is at large in Iran.
Britain also froze the assets of three other men ? Hamed Abdollahi, a senior Quds officer alleged to have helped coordinate the plot, Abdul Reza Shahlai and Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds force who allegedly oversaw the plot. The U.S. last week acted against the same five men.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the House of Commons last week that the alleged plan "would appear to constitute a major escalation in Iran's sponsorship of terrorism outside its borders."
He said talks were ongoing between the United States, Britain, Saudi Arabia and the European Union over whether to impose additional sanctions, which could include measures against Iran's regime, or specific entities.
"We are in close touch with the U.S. authorities and will work to agree an international response," Hague said.
U.S. President Barack Obama said last week that officials at the "highest levels" of the Iranian government must be held accountable.
Iran has strongly denied any involvement in the alleged plot.
U.S. National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said he welcomed Britain's decision to impose the sanctions.
"This sends yet another message that the international community rejects this flagrant violation of international law," Vietor said in a statement.
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Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Occupy Wall Street shows muscle, raises $300K
Occupy Wall Street protester clash with police as they arrive at Times Square for a rally Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Occupy Wall Street protester clash with police as they arrive at Times Square for a rally Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street rally in New York's Times Square, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Supplies fill a storage space housed in an unused space donated by the United Federation of Teachers to support the camp of Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/David Karp)
Protesters in Juneau, Alaska braved the rain and wind, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2011 with cardboard signs and rain gear to participate in an Occupy Juneau protest they plan to repeat next Saturday as well. (AP Photo/Juneau Empire, Melissa Griffiths)
Nicholas Molinuevo, left in tree, works on his tent in the park around City Hall Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 in Philadelphia. The demonstration at City Hall is one of many being held across the country in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NEW YORK (AP) ? The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. It stared down city officials to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle Saturday with a big Times Square demonstration and found legions of activists demonstrating in solidarity across the country and around the world.
Could this be the peak for loosely organized protesters, united less by a common cause than by revulsion to what they consider unbridled corporate greed? Or are they just getting started?
There are signs of confidence, but also signs of tension among the demonstrators at Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the movement that began a month ago Monday. They have trouble agreeing on things like whether someone can bring in a sleeping bag, and show little sign of uniting on any policy issues. Some protesters eventually want the movement to rally around a goal, while others insist that isn't the point.
"We're moving fast, without a hierarchical structure and lots of gears turning," said Justin Strekal, a college student and political organizer who traveled from Cleveland to New York to help. "... Egos are clashing, but this is participatory democracy in a little park."
Even if the protesters were barred from camping in Zuccotti Park, as the property owner and the city briefly threatened to do last week, the movement would continue, Strekal said. He said activists were working with legal experts to identify alternate sites where the risk of getting kicked out would be relatively low.
Wall Street protesters are intent on hanging on to the momentum they gained from Saturday's worldwide demonstrations, which drew hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in the U.S. and Europe. They're filling a cavernous space a block from Wall Street with donated goods to help sustain their nearly month-long occupation of a private park nearby.
They've amassed mounds of blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, cans of food, medical and hygienic supplies ? even oddities like a box of knitting wool and 20 pairs of swimming goggles (to shield protesters from pepper-spray attacks). Supporters are shipping about 300 boxes a day, Strekal said.
The space was donated by the United Federation of Teachers, which has offices in the building.
Close to $300,000 in cash also has been donated, through the movement's website and by people who give money in person at the park, said Bill Dobbs, a press liaison for the movement. The movement has an account at Amalgamated Bank, which bills itself as "the only 100 percent union-owned bank in the United States."
Strekal said the donated goods are being stored "for a long-term occupation."
"We are unstoppable! Another world is possible!" Kara Segal and other volunteers chanted in the building lobby as they arrived to help unpack and sort items, preparing them to be rolled out to the park.
While on the streets, moments of madness occasionally erupt in the protest crowd ? accompanied by whiffs of marijuana, grungy clothing and disarray ? order prevails at the storage site.
It doubles as a sort of Occupy Wall Street central command post, with strategic meetings that are separate from the "general assembly" free-for-alls in the park. One subject Sunday was data entry: protesters are working to get the names and addresses of donors into a databank.
The movement has become an issue in the Republican presidential primary race and beyond, with politicians from both parties under pressure to weigh in.
President Barack Obama referred to the protests at Sunday's dedication of a monument for Martin Luther King Jr., saying the civil rights leader "would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing those who work there."
Many of the largest of Saturday's protests were in Europe, where protesters involved in long-running demonstrations against austerity measures declared common cause with the Occupy Wall Street movement. In Rome, hundreds of rioters infiltrated a march by tens of thousands of demonstrators, causing what the mayor estimated was at least euro1 million ($1.4 million) in damage to city property.
U.S. cities large and small were "occupied" over the weekend: Washington, D.C., Fairbanks, Alaska, Burlington, Vt., Rapid City, S.D., and Cheyenne, Wyo. were just a few. In Cincinnati, protesters moved their demonstration out of a park after hearing that a couple was getting their wedding photos taken there ? but the bride and groom ended up seeking them out for pictures.
More than 70 New York protesters were arrested Saturday, more than 40 of them in Times Square. About 175 people were arrested in Chicago after they refused to leave a park where they were camped late Saturday, and there were about 100 arrests in Arizona ? 53 in Tucson and 46 in Phoenix ? after protesters refused police orders to disperse. About two dozen people were arrested in Denver, and in Sacramento, Calif., anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan was among about 20 people arrested after failing to follow police orders to disperse.
Activists around the country said they felt that Saturday's protests energized their movement.
"It's an upward trajectory," said John St. Lawrence, a Florida real estate lawyer who took part in Saturday's Occupy Orlando protest, which drew more than 1,500 people. "It's catching people's imagination and also, knock on wood, nothing sort of negative or discrediting has happened."
St. Lawrence is among those unconcerned that the movement has not rallied around any particular proposal, saying "policy is for leaders to come up with."
"I don't think the underlying theme is a mystery," he said. "We saw what the banks and financial institutions did to the economy. We bailed them out. And then they went about evicting people from their homes," he said. He added that although he is not in debt and owns his own home, other people in his neighborhood are suffering and "everyone's interests are interconnected."
In Richmond, Va., about 75 people gathered Sunday for one of the "general assembly" meetings that are a key part of the movement's consensus-building process. Protester Whitney Whiting, a video editor, said the process has helped "gather voices" about Americans discontent, and that she expects it will eventually take the movement a step further.
"In regards to a singular issue or a singular focus, I think that will come eventually. But right now we have to set up a space for that to happen," Whiting said.
Some U.S. protesters, like those in Europe, have their own causes. Unions that have joined forces with the movement have demands of their own, and on Sunday members of the newly formed Occupy Pittsburgh group demanded that Bank of New York Mellon Corp. pay back money they allege it overcharged public pension funds around the country.
New York's attorney general and New York City sued BNY Mellon this month, accusing it of defrauding clients in foreign currency exchange transactions that generated nearly $2 billion over 10 years. The company has vowed to fight the lawsuit and had no comment about the protesters' allegation about pensions.
Lisa Deaton, a tea party leader from southern Indiana, said she sees some similarities between how the tea party movement and the Wall Street protests began: "We got up and we wanted to vent."
But the critical step, she said, was taking that emotion and focusing it toward changing government.
The first rally she organized drew more than 2,500 people, but afterward, "it was like, 'What do we do?'" she said. "You can't have a concert every weekend."
The Wall Street protesters' lack of leadership and focus on consensus-building has help bring together people with different perspectives, but it's also created some tension.
"Issues are arising ? like who is bringing in sleeping bags without permission," said Laurie Dobson, who's been helping a self-governed "working group" called "SIS" ? for Shipping, Inventory and Supplies.
Sleeping bags were among items cited by Zuccotti Park's owner, Brookfield Properties, as not allowed on the premises ? along with tents, tarps and other essentials for the encampment. By Sunday, all those items were back.
Strekal didn't see that as a problem. Protesters could do it, he said, "because we're winning the PR war."
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Associated Press writers Suzette Laboy in Miami, Steve Szkotak in Richmond, Va., Kevin Begos in Pittsburgh, Laurie Kellman and Stacy A. Anderson in Washington, Tom LoBianco in Indianapolis, Sophia Tareen and Carla K. Johnson in Chicago contributed to this report.
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