Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Princeton Nuke Detector Could Spot World-Ending Warheads

The US and USSR had more than 60,000 nuclear warheads pointed at each other at the height of the Cold War. While the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970 and START in 1994 have shrunk that figure to around 26,000, nobody is really sure how many still exist?because nobody?s ever actually verified the number of warheads, just the delivery systems. But with a new zero-knowledge protocol, arms inspectors will soon know exactly what they?re dealing with.

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Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting

Sounds like you read the Forbes article [forbes.com] and are just repeating what they said.

Especially fun is that the Rats that they fed the fucking roundup pesticide live longer than any of the other rats.

Just because they didn't get cancer from drinking the pesticide doesn't mean the pesticide-resistant GMO crops are safe.

And that's really the problem with GMO, testing sucks. There are very few, if any, meaningful and rigorous tests. Lots of short term test and tons of grandfathering in genes because they came from other organisms where they were not a problem. But when it comes to comprehensive testing that could reassure the general population of the safety of GMO crops, there just isn't any.

Given the history we have with things like thalidomide, DDT, leaded gasoline, fen-phen, etc it is not unreasonable that people be genuinely concerned about GMO crops, especially given how widespread they've become with such little public notice. Dismissing those concerns as the equivalent of creation science is at least as bad as creationism itself because it is just another misplaced faith.

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Shape-shifting mobile devices

Apr. 28, 2013 ? Prototype mobile devices that can change shape on-demand will be unveiled today [Monday 29 April] and could lay down the foundation for creating high shape resolution devices of the future.

The research paper, to be presented at one of the world's most important conferences on human-computer interfaces, will introduce the term 'shape resolution' and its ten features, to describe the resolution of an interactive device: in addition to display and touch resolution.

The research, led by Dr Anne Roudaut and Professor Sriram Subramanian, from the University of Bristol's Department of Computer Science, have used 'shape resolution' to compare the resolution of six prototypes the team have built using the latest technologies in shape changing material, such as shape memory alloy and electro active polymer.

One example of a device is the team's concept of Morphees, self-actuated flexible mobile devices that can change shape on-demand to better fit the many services they are likely to support.

The team believe Morphees will be the next generation of mobile devices, where users can download applications that embed a dedicated form factor, for instance the "stress ball app" that collapses the device in on itself or the "game app" that makes it adopt a console-like shape.

Dr Anne Roudaut, Research Assistant in the Department of Computer Science's Bristol Interaction and Graphics group, said: "The interesting thing about our work is that we are a step towards enabling our mobile devices to change shape on-demand. Imagine downloading a game application on the app-store and that the mobile phone would shape-shift into a console-like shape in order to help the device to be grasped properly. The device could also transform into a sphere to serve as a stress ball, or bend itself to hide the screen when a password is being typed so passers-by can't see private information."

By comparing the shape resolution of their prototypes, the researchers have created insights to help designers towards creating high shape resolution Morphees.

In the future the team hope to build higher shape resolution Morphees by investigating the flexibility of materials. They are also interested in exploring other kinds of deformations that the prototypes did not explore, such as porosity and stretchability.

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Humane Society reunites displaced West pets with their owners - YNN

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Some of the animals that have been picked up from West are scared, maybe timid, but they're safe.

"We freed up lots and lots of cages to be ready for the worse case scenario," said Don Bland of the Humane Society of Central Texas.

The Humane Society of Central Texas in Waco is temporarily housing some of the animals rescued from West after the blast.

In the first group of dogs to come to the shelter was Wrinkles, a gray Shar Pei mix. Luckily, she didn't have time to settle in.

In less than two hours from her arrival, Celina Montey arrived to take her home. It?s a joyful reunion Montey had no idea would happen.

"They were inside the house at the time and we were really worried that if they didn't get out they'd be stuck,? Montey said. ?Who knows who would have found them or how we would've found them."

She said them because they're still missing another dog.

"We have one and that's better than none," She said.

It?s enough to put a smile on her face, at a time when West residents like Montey are going through so much.

"That was the one thing we were most worried about,? she said. ?Our house is just a house and stuff is just stuff but the dogs are our family."

Now Wrinkles is one less worry as Montey and her family move forward.

"Just go hold her and make sure she's OK and try to be happy through all these tough times."

Anyone who's still looking for a pet displaced by the explosion in West can call the Humane Society of Central Texas at 254-754-1454.

The agency is also posting information on their Facebook page as well as encouraging people to visit www.centexlostpets.org.

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Mom of two Boston Marathon bombing victims who each lost leg: 'Best day of my life'

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Paul Norden (left), shown here with mother Liz and his brother J.P., opened his eyes for the first time since he lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombing. He is being treated at the same hospital where suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was taken after his capture.

By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News

In one room at a Boston hospital, the marathon bombing suspect was under heavy guard. In another, one of the victims was opening his eyes for the first time since losing his leg.

"Oh my God, it's the best day of my life," said Liz Norden, keeping vigil at her son Paul's bedside in the intensive care unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, on Saturday morning.

"I can't even tell you...I was ecstatic."

The 31-year-old roofer was rushed to Beth Israel after Monday's bombing in grave condition. His older brother, J.P., 33, who also lost a leg, was at Brigham & Women's Hospital.

All week, their mother had been shuttling back and forth between the two as they underwent multiple surgeries to repair the traumatic injuries.

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Paul Norden (left), seen here with his brother J.P., opened his eyes for the first time since being wounded in the Boston Marathon bombing. Each brother lost a leg, and Paul is recovering at the same hospital where wounded suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being treated.

She had barely registered the fast-breaking developments in the hunt for brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev: the release of their photos, the execution of a campus police officer, a wild bomb-tossing chase, the death of one suspect in a firefight, and the discovery of the second hours later.

But one detail about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev weighed heavily on her: he was now in the same building as her son, who was still fighting for his life.

"I don't understand why they would bring him where my son is," she said, then acknowledged that there was hardly a hospital in the area that didn't have a victim from the two blasts that killed three and injured 176.

The mother of five was unloading groceries at her Wakefield, Mass., home on Monday when Paul called her from an ambulance to say he was "hurt real bad."

Then came the second dose of horrific news: J.P., who had gone with Paul to cheer on a friend running the race, also had a leg amputated.

"I can't even tell you how devastating it's been," she said. "Those two [the bombers] shattered my world."

Since arriving at Beth Israel, Paul had suffered some setbacks, she said without going into specifics. J.P. was in better shape, though he was back in surgery on Saturday.

"All J.P. has done is ask for Paul. He just wants to know if his brother is OK," she said. "We had to be careful about what we told him. And when you'e trying to talk to him and he's sad and crying and just keep asking for Paul, you're dying inside."

But Saturday brought a glimmer of hope. Liz Norden was able to look Paul's eyes and speak to him.

"It was the best," she said, her voice breaking.

When Tsarnaev was brought to the hospital Friday night, wounded from a gun-battle with cops, Norden said she was "angry." The improvement in Paul's condition had calmed her fury.

"As long as my son is alive...," she said. "And today he opened his eyes."

Born just 14 months apart, Paul and J.P. are extremely close. She said her daughter Caitlin called them "tough kids with soft hearts."

"They're amazing boys. "J.P. is preppy and witty and Paul is laid back. Both of them, they would do anything for anybody."

The mom said she didn't want to think about the two other brothers, who were born in Kyrgyzstan and moved to the Boston area with their family a decade ago. She said nothing she learned about them or their motive would change her new reality.

Her goal, she said, was to stay focused on her kids and remain positive. Family and friends had rallied around, and she was confident Paul and J.P. would pull through.

"They will have each other," she said.

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Doctor: Dead bomb suspect had wounds 'head to toe'

In this Feb. 17, 2010, photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, accepts the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship from Dr. Joseph Downes, right, in Lowell, Mass. Tsarnaev, 26, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon Explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight on Friday, April 19, 2013, officials said. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie)

In this Feb. 17, 2010, photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, accepts the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship from Dr. Joseph Downes, right, in Lowell, Mass. Tsarnaev, 26, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon Explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight on Friday, April 19, 2013, officials said. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie)

Una foto divulgada por el FBI en la madrugada del viernes el 19 de abril del 2013, muestra a los hermanos Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, de 19 a?os (izquierda) y Tamerlan Tsarnaev, de 26, (derecha) durante la marat?n de Boston antes de las explosiones que dejaron tres muertos y m?s de 180 heridos el lunes 15 de abril del 2013. (Fotos AP/FBI)

(AP) ? A doctor involved in treating the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police says he had injuries head to toe and all limbs intact when he arrived at the hospital.

Dr. David Schoenfeld said 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev was unconscious and had so many penetrating wounds when he arrived at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center early Friday that it isn't clear which ones killed him, and a medical examiner will have to determine the cause of death.

The second bombing suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was in serious condition at the same hospital after his capture Friday night. The FBI has not allowed hospital officials to say any more about his wounds or condition.

Schoenfeld lives in the Boston suburb of Watertown and heard explosions from the shootout between the two brothers and police early Friday. He called the hospital to alert staff they likely would be getting injured people, then rushed in to coordinate preparations.

"We had three or four trauma teams in different rooms set up and ready," unsure of whether they would be treating a bombing suspect, injured police or bystanders, Schoenfeld said.

The older Tsarnaev's clothes had been cut off by emergency responders at the scene, so if he had been wearing a vest with explosives, he wasn't by the time he arrived at the hospital, the doctor said.

"From head to toe, every region of his body had injuries," he said. "His legs and arms were intact ? he wasn't blown into a million pieces" ? but he lost a pulse and was in cardiac arrest, meaning his heart and circulation had stopped, so CPR, or cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, was started.

Schoenfeld did not address police's assertion that Tsarnaev was run over by a car driven by his brother as he fled the gunfire.

The doctor said he couldn't discuss specific treatments in the case except to say what is usually done in such circumstances, including putting a needle in the chest to relieve pressure that can damage blood vessels, and cutting open the chest and using rib-spreaders to let doctors drain blood in the sac around the heart that can put pressure on the heart and keep it from beating.

"Once you've done all of those things ... if they don't respond there's really nothing you can do. You've exhausted the playbook," he said.

After 15 minutes of unsuccessful treatment, doctors pronounced him dead.

"We did everything we could" to try to save his life, Schoenfeld said.

How did the medical team react to treating the bombing suspect?

"There was some discussion in the emergency room about who it was. That discussion ended pretty quickly," Schoenfeld said. "It really doesn't matter who the person is. We're going to treat them as best we can."

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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

The After Math Intel's revenue billions, finances from ten years ago and 15 million Android activations a day

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.

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Pass Any Filetype Between Android Devices Via Bluetooth

Android: You have two devices, one file, and zero connection to the internet. If that file is a common filetype, you can use bluetooth to pass it along however that only works with a small subset of filetypes (think jpg, gif...). Your file isn't one of the accepted filetypes. What's a user to do?

I recently ran into this issue because I have two devices, a Nexus 4 and Nexus 7, and one saved game file that I wanted to pass in between (Final Fantasy Dimensions, for the curious). I was on a plane and since I didn't want to pony up $15 to access the in-flight wifi, I couldn't use apps like Carbon, Dropbox, or any of the other cloud based file transfer options. One of my devices was running out of battery and I needed to transfer the game file to the other if I wanted to keep playing.

Instead of giving up, I simply used my file explorer to rename the required game file to a .jpg. I used the file explorer's share menu to transfer it to my other device and then remove the .jpg and move it to the right spot on the SD card. It required root on both devices because of where this particular game stores the save file, but this hack would work for any file, really. I used a similar method on my PC to get around my work email server restricting .exe and .zip attachments.

Now, it should be noted that on flights, I believe you're not supposed to use bluetooth at all, though in a brief google search, I didn't come back with a 100% definitive answer if this was accurate or not. I chose to ignore and do it anyways, but you may feel differently.

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Twitter #Music Depends Upon, But Also Pales In Comparison To, Other Music Discovery Services

twitter-musicTwitter #Music got its big public debut today, and at first blush the service is visually impressive, well-designed and features smart, opportunistic integrations. Those integrations, with Rdio and Spotify, completely change how the app works for users who have active accounts with either service, vs. those who don't. And the biggest winners here might just be Rdio and Spotify, since the app experience reinforces just how strong they and other discovery services like Songza really are.

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Friday, April 19, 2013

Who's really behind 'I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher'?

Thatcher opponents have driven the song 'Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead' to the top of Britain's pop charts. Was the 'retaliatory' promotion of a 1979 punk song fanned by fans - or a good capitalist moment?

By Jason Walsh,?Correspondent / April 13, 2013

Two songs are battling to the top of the British music charts in memory of Margret Thatcher. One is, her supporters say, in bad taste, but the one adopted by fans of the late Conservative prime minister isn't quite what it seems, either.

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Opponents of Thatcher have campaigned successfully to have "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead", a song from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" composed by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, to reach the top spot Britain's official charts.

The response from Conservative Party supporters was swift, with newspapers including The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph demanding that the BBC refuse to play the song. The BBC has said it will play a five-second clip of the song along with a news item explaining why during its official chart rundown on Radio One, Sunday.

Equally irritated, though less outraged, Tories had another plan: counter Ding Dong with a song of their own. They chose the little-known 1979 punk number "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher" by the Notsensibles.

The British press loved it ? and why not? It's a good story, in a silly sort of way: a bit of political argy-bargy in a fun and digestible package.

The media didn't exactly work hard to uncover the truth of the story, such as it is. A phone call to the band's former frontman, Michael Hargreaves, was all it took to discover that the campaign predated the Tories' adoption of it.

Hargreaves himself started the campaign with a Facebook page on Wednesday that soon garnered 8,000 likes. Surprisingly, though, by Friday it had been adopted by Conservative Party supporters as a counter to "Ding Dong." Facebook, Twitter and Tory blogs lit-up with requests that people buy the song in order to keep the anti-Thatcher song from reaching the top spot in the hit parade.

Former Conservative lawmaker Louise Mensch, now based in New York, was among those who urged her Twitter followers to buy the song twice: once from Amazon and once from Apple's iTunes.

Would Maggie be proud?

In some press interviews, Hargreaves has implied, rather unconvincingly, that he is a supporter of Mrs. Thatcher. But if the song is a hit, the royalty checks may represent some private enterprise Margaret Thatcher would approve of.

Hargreaves, an ex-punk rocker who now works with adults with learning disabilities, is an unlikely figure for adoption by Conservative Party members, though he did say "Ding Dong" was disrespectful. (Read a in-depth profile of Margaret Thatcher here.)

"My grandfather was [both] a Christian and a communist. I'm a fat, 50-year-old punk. You make your mind up about my political sensibilities," he says.

Hargreaves, who is due to perform with his old band on BBC television news in Manchester on Monday, says he doesn't really mind how high the song charts in the end, but that the experience has been fun.?"We dunked a pebble in the lake and there seems to be a few ripples."

Eighty-five seconds of the song were previously featured in the 2011 biopic movie "The Iron Lady," starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher.

"I find it hilarious that Tories have adopted it," he says. "The song is a sort-of tribute and sort-of not."

The official chart will be announced on Sunday afternoon, but by today it had already reached No. 6 in the iTunes chart.

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Thursday, April 18, 2013

War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims

An injured person is helped on the sidewalk near the Boston Marathon finish line following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/MetroWest Daily News, Ken McGagh) MANDATORY CREDIT

An injured person is helped on the sidewalk near the Boston Marathon finish line following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/MetroWest Daily News, Ken McGagh) MANDATORY CREDIT

FILE - In this Monday, May 28, 2012 file photo, U.S. Army Capt. Dan Berschinski, foreground, uses prosthetic legs to stand on the field before a baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves in Atlanta. Berschinski lost both legs to an IED blast while serving in Afghanistan in 2009. Nearly 2,000 American troops have lost a leg, arm, foot or hand in Iraq or Afghanistan, and their sacrifices have led to advances in the immediate and long-term care of survivors, as well in the quality of prosthetics that are now so good that surgeons often chose them over trying to save a badly mangled leg. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, U.S. Marine Cpl. Daniel Riley, 21, navigates the steps outside his apartment on his prosthetic legs in San Diego, Calif. Riley lost both legs to an IED in Afhganistan. Learning to walk on his prosthetic legs was "like kicking a soccer ball in a swimming pool." Nearly 2,000 American troops have lost a leg, arm, foot or hand in Iraq or Afghanistan, and their sacrifices have led to advances in the immediate and long-term care of survivors, as well in the quality of prosthetics that are now so good that surgeons often chose them over trying to save a badly mangled leg. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has sharpened skills and scalpels, leading to dramatic advances that are now being used to treat the 13 amputees and nearly a dozen other patients still fighting to keep damaged limbs after Monday's attack.

"The only field or occupation that benefits from war is medicine," said Dr. David Cifu, rehabilitation medicine chief at the Veterans Health Administration.

Nearly 2,000 U.S. troops have lost a leg, arm, foot or hand in Iraq or Afghanistan, and their sacrifices have led to advances in the immediate and long-term care of survivors, as well as in the quality of prosthetics that are now so good that surgeons often choose them over trying to save a badly mangled leg.

Tourniquets, shunned during the Vietnam War, made a comeback in Iraq as medical personnel learned to use them properly and studies proved that they saved lives. In Boston, as on the battlefield, they did just that by preventing people from bleeding to death.

Military doctors passed on to their civilian counterparts a surgical strategy of a minimal initial operation to stabilize the patient, followed by more definitive ones days later, an approach that offered the best chance to preserve tissue from large and complex leg wounds.

At the same time, wartime demand for prosthetics has led to new innovations such as sophisticated computerized knees that work better than a badly damaged leg ever would again.

"This is a clear case where all of the expertise that was gained by prosthetic manufacturers was gained from the wars. It's astonishing how well they function and the things people can do with these prostheses," said Dr. Michael Yaffe, a trauma surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

The hospital has performed amputations on three blast victims so far. A few other patients there may yet need them. Yaffe is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, and many other doctors treating Boston blast victims also have had military training.

The military partnered with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons to train doctors throughout the United States on advances learned from the wars, said Dr. Kevin Kirk, an Army lieutenant colonel who is chief orthopedic surgeon at San Antonio Military Medical Center.

Help, too, has come from Israel, which for decades has dealt with the aftermath of Palestinian bombs, like the ones in Boston, often laden with nails, ball bearings and other metals.

"Unfortunately, we have great expertise," said Dr. Pinchas Halpern, director of emergency medicine at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center.

Halpern, who gave lectures in 2005 at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General about responding to attacks, has been in email contact with doctors in Boston this week.

Among the topics he covered in his lectures were how to coordinate ambulances to distribute the wounded to area hospitals according to their type of injury, performing more CT scans than usual to locate deep shrapnel wounds and ways to identify and classify wounds.

Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General's emergency department said the hospital took much of Halpern's advice.

"We improved our plans for triage, site security, reassessment and inter-specialty coordination" following Halpern's visit, Biddinger said.

Blast victims can be challenging to treat because they typically have multiple complex physical injuries that may include loss of limbs, fractures, brain damage, and vision and hearing impairment, said Dr. Paul Pasquina, chairman of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

"It's very important that during their acute medical and surgical care that rehabilitation is applied early on, to get them up as soon as possible" to reduce risks from being immobile, including blood clots, deconditioned muscles and other problems that will make recovery more difficult," he said.

A multidisciplinary approach that involves everyone from plastic and orthopedic surgeons to therapists is important, said Dr. James Ficke, chairman of the department of orthopedics and rehabilitation at San Antonio Military Medical Center. He also advises the U.S. Army Surgeon General on orthopedics.

"As a doctor, one of the lessons I learned most dramatically is, I don't have any preconceptions of what they can or can't do as a patient. There was a patient who lost his leg completely and had no hip joint and recently did a marathon in Austin in 4:33."

John Fergason, chief prosthetist at Center for the Intrepid, an outpatient rehab center that is part of Brooke Army Medical Center, said advances include computerized knees that allow amputees with above-the-knee amputations to walk down steep ramps, to walk up steps and go from a walk to a run.

After every war, "you see a tremendous spike in prosthetic innovation," largely because of increased research money, said Hugh Herr, a prosthetic expert at MIT and a double-amputee himself. Federal funds let his MIT lab do basic research on a bionic foot-ankle-calf system, and he founded a company that has commercialized that device.

If Boston victims are generally healthy and motivated, and their legs are amputated below the knees, or perhaps even above the knees, "it's possible they could run the marathon a year from now," he said. "It would take a lot of effort, but it's indeed possible with today's technology."

One amputee's story is encouraging.

Dan Berschinski, 28, used to run marathons but now works with the Amputee Coalition, an advocacy and support organization based in suburban Washington, D.C. He was an infantry officer in Afghanistan when he stepped on an IED in August 2009. The blast blew off his entire right leg and most of his left leg. After treatment in the field and in Germany, he was sent to Walter Reed.

His biggest initial challenge was intense pain, treated with narcotic painkillers, and phantom leg and foot pain. Doctors used to consider phantom pain a psychological problem but now consider it real, physical pain. Treatment includes nerve blockers.

Recovery and rehab took about three years, including 10 months of daily physical therapy to strengthen his arms and core ? muscle power he'd need to learn to walk on prosthetics.

The bionic legs he uses cost $60,000 apiece, are hydraulically operated and equipped with microchips and a gyroscope that sense when to relax and stiffen to help him walk. Walter Reed was involved in developing the legs, said Zach Harvey, former prosthetics chief at Walter Reed.

Berschinski used to run marathons but now competes in triathlons ? swimming, biking with his arms and racing in a wheelchair.

"I'm very happy with my progress," he said.

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Associated Press writers Malcolm Ritter in New York, Lindsey Tanner and Sharon Cohen in Chicago, and Daniel Estrin in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

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Preliminary tests show letter to Obama contains poison ricin

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A letter addressed to President Barack Obama contained a substance that preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, authorities said on Wednesday.

News that the letter to Obama was being investigated came as a flurry of other reports of suspicious letters and a package caused the evacuation of parts of two Senate buildings and set nerves in Washington on edge.

The letter contained "a granular substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin," an FBI statement said. But the statement added: "There is no indication of a connection to the attack in Boston," where three people were killed in bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

The U.S. Secret Service said the letter to Obama was received at a mail screening facility on Tuesday.

The mail facility that received the letter was not located near the White House itself, Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said in a statement.

"The Secret Service is working closely with the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI in this investigation," Donovan said.

Parts of the Russell and Hart Senate office buildings were cleared while officials investigated suspicious letters and a package, a Capitol Police spokesman said.

CNN read a statement from a spokesman to Senator Richard Shelby, saying that Capitol Police were investigating a suspicious package that had been delivered to their office.

Senator Carl Levin said one of his Michigan regional offices had received a suspicious-looking letter, but it was not opened. Authorities are investigating, Levin said in a statement.

On Tuesday U.S. authorities intercepted a letter sent to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker that preliminary tests showed contained the deadly poison ricin.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Vicki Allen and Jim Loney)

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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Identity Theft Lawyer Massachusetts + Charges, Laws & Convictions ...

About Identity Theft Charges, Laws & Convictions

As the rise of the internet and web-based financial transactions and business continue to become a more popular way to transact in our modern world, the occurrence of identity theft has also risen. The legal and regulatory agencies of the United States as well as the state governments, such as Massachusetts, have pursued additional protections that can be put into place for the consumers using these new systems to make purchases and pay bills.

The most common types of identity theft include fraudulent abuse of:

  • credit cards

  • phone/utilities

  • banks

  • employment-related

  • government benefits

  • loans

By presenting themselves as another person without the express authorization of that person, a person is engaging in identity theft. That includes offering that person?s personal identifying information as a means of obtaining money, credit, goods, services, or anything of value.

The ways that identity theft are committed can be one of three options.

  • Shoulder surfing-watching victim from nearby and seeing or hearing personal data

  • Dumpster diving-obtain personal data through papers discarded into garbage cans

  • Internet spamming-sending unsolicited emails requesting identifying data

About Identity Theft Charges in Massachusetts

The charges for the identity theft in Massachusetts depends on the specific components of the case. Any theft involving more than $250 in value is considered a felony. That puts the charges under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, who prosecutes all violations of federal law as well as felonies under state and local law. Any cases involving values under $250 would be sentenced within the state of Massachusetts court system.

Sentencing for Identity Theft Charges in Massachusetts

The sentencing for identity theft include the possibility of imprisonment of up to two and one half years in a house of correction and the possibility of fines that can be up to $5,000. Modern law has added the restitution element whereby the person convicted of identity theft must make restitution to the victim for any financial costs incurred by them as a result of the crime, including legal costs and fees.

Lesser charges of identity theft rely less on imprisonment and rely more on fines and restitution for any damage done.

Statistics for Identity Theft in Massachusetts

According to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, the number of victims of identity theft increases as more people conduct financial transactions online. They estimate that one of every 23 consumers was a victim of identity theft in the year 2012. As a nation, the Federal Trade Commission estimates that as many as 27 million consumers in the United States have endured some form of crime against their personal identifying information over the previous several years.

Conclusion

If currently looking at charges of identity theft, it is important to seek out professional legal assistance to come up with the strongest defense possible. It can make all the difference in presenting alternatives for reduced sentences or plea arrangements that reduce the impact that this crime can have on your life and your future. With the increased interest by governmental agencies at all levels, the crime of identity theft will continue to see more scrutiny as time goes on.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Flowers trump angry rhetoric as North Koreans celebrate former leader's birth

Alexander F. Yuan / AP

A man, center, supervises a dancing group during a mass folk dance in front of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 15, 2013. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets Monday to celebrate a major national holiday, the birthday of their first leader, Kim Il Sung.

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A child covers the eyes of her father as she sits on his shoulders watching mass folk dancing in front of Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on April 15, 2013.

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Singers gesture on the stage while a photo of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, right, and his son Kim Jong Il is projected in the background during a performance held on the eve of the birthday of the former at a theater in Pyongyang on April 14, 2013.

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North Korean soldiers offer flowers for late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 15, 2013.

Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets Monday to celebrate the birthday of their first leader, Kim Il Sung, The Associated Press reported.

Girls in red and pink jackets skipped along streets festooned with celebratory banners and flags and parents pushed strollers with babies bundled up against the spring chill as residents of the isolated, impoverished nation began observing a three-day holiday.

Many Pyongyang watchers had expected a big military parade to showcase the country's armed forces, but the "Day of the Sun"?was marked instead with a festival of flowers named after Kim. In contrast to weeks of tirades against its enemies, North Korean state media made hardly a mention of conflict, Reuters reported.

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North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, center, visiting a mausoleum for his deceased father and grandfather at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on April 15, 2013.

On Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry called on China to do more to help resolve the North Korean missile crisis, saying the country provided the Pyongyang regime with a ?lifeline.?

In Seoul, the capital of neighboring South Korea, protesters burned effigies of Kim Jong Il and his son, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, while soldiers conducted a security drill at a subway station.?

Jeon Heon-Kyun / EPA

Effigies of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L), and his father Kim Jong Il (R), which were later burnt, are seen during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, on April 15, 2013.

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A South Korean soldier aims his machine gun as a passenger passes through a ticket barrier during an anti-terrorism drill at a subway station in Seoul on April 15, 2013.

Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters

A man takes a photo with his iPad as South Korean soldiers take their positions during an anti-terror and security drill at a subway station in Seoul on April 15, 2013.

On Sunday, soldiers lined the streets of Pyongyang as?runners took part in a marathon to mark the 1912 birth of Kim Il Sung. 600 athletes from countries including Ukraine, Italy, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia took part in the race, according to state news agency KCNA.

David Guttenfelder / AP

Marathon runners pass by a long row of North Korean soldiers as they cross a bridge in Pyongyang on April 14, 2013. North Korea hosted the 26th Mangyongdae Prize Marathon to mark the upcoming birthday of Kim Il Sung.

Alexander F. Yuan / AP

North Korean military officers watch a marathon runner at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang on April 14, 2013.

Wrapping up his six-nation tour, Secretary of State John Kerry told NBC's Andrea Mitchell he's open to direct talks between the U.S. and North Korea, if Pyongyang stops testing nuclear weapons and issuing threats.

The youngest son of Kim Jong Il succeeded his late father in 2011, becoming the third member of his family to rule the unpredictable and reclusive communist state.

David Guttenfelder / AP

As chief Asia photographer for the Associated Press, David Guttenfelder has had unprecedented access to communist North Korea. Here's a rare look at daily life in the secretive country.

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Marathon bombing kills 3, injures over 140

BOSTON (AP) ? Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.

A White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.

President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will "feel the full weight of justice."

As many as two unexploded bombs were also found near the end of the 26.2-mile course as part of what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack, but they were safely disarmed, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation.

The fiery twin blasts took place about 10 seconds and about 100 yards apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending dense plumes of smoke rising over the street and through the fluttering national flags lining the route. Blood stained the pavement, and huge shards were missing from window panes as high as three stories.

"They just started bringing people in with no limbs," said runner Tim Davey of Richmond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to shield their children's eyes from the gruesome scene inside a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners, but "they saw a lot."

"They just kept filling up with more and more casualties," Lisa Davey said. "Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed."

As the FBI took charge of the investigation, authorities shed no light on a motive or who may have carried out the bombings, and police said they had no suspects in custody. Officials in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

WBZ-TV reported late Monday that law enforcement officers were searching an apartment in the Boston suburb of Revere. Massachusetts State Police confirmed that a search warrant related to the investigation into the explosions was served Monday night in Revere but provided no further details.

Some investigators were seen leaving the Revere house early Tuesday carrying brown paper bags, plastic trash bags and a duffel bag.

Police said three people were killed. An 8-year-old boy was among the dead, according to a person who talked to a friend of the family and spoke on condition of anonymity. The person said the boy's mother and sister were also injured as they waited for his father to finish the race.

Hospitals reported at least 144 people injured, at least 17 of them critically. The victims' injuries included broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums.

At Massachusetts General Hospital, Alasdair Conn, chief of emergency services, said: "This is something I've never seen in my 25 years here ... this amount of carnage in the civilian population. This is what we expect from war."

Some 23,000 runners took part in the race, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious marathons.

One of Boston's biggest annual events, the race winds up near Copley Square, not far from the landmark Prudential Center and the Boston Public Library. It is held on Patriots Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, at Concord and Lexington in 1775.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis asked people to stay indoors or go back to their hotel rooms and avoid crowds as bomb squads methodically checked parcels and bags left along the race route. He said investigators didn't know whether the bombs were hidden in mailboxes or trash cans.

He said authorities had received "no specific intelligence that anything was going to happen" at the race.

The Federal Aviation Administration barred low-flying aircraft within 3.5 miles of the site.

"We still don't know who did this or why," Obama said at the White House, adding, "Make no mistake: We will get to the bottom of this."

With scant official information to guide them, members of Congress said there was little or no doubt it was an act of terrorism.

"We just don't know whether it's foreign or domestic," said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

A few miles away from the finish line and around the same time, a fire broke out at the John F. Kennedy Library. The police commissioner said that it may have been caused by an incendiary device but that it was not clear whether it was related to the bombings.

The first explosion occurred on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the finish line, and some people initially thought it was a celebratory cannon blast.

When the second bomb went off, spectators' cheers turned to screams. As sirens blared, emergency workers and National Guardsmen who had been assigned to the race for crowd control began climbing over and tearing down temporary fences to get to the blast site.

The bombings occurred about four hours into the race and two hours after the men's winner crossed the finish line. By that point, more than 17,000 of the athletes had finished the marathon, but thousands more were still running.

The attack may have been timed for maximum carnage: The four-hour mark is typically a crowded time near the finish line because of the slow-but-steady recreational runners completing the race and because of all the friends and relatives clustered around to cheer them on.

Runners in the medical tent for treatment of dehydration or other race-related ills were pushed out to make room for victims of the bombing.

A woman who was a few feet from the second bomb, Brighid Wall, 35, of Duxbury, said that when it exploded, runners and spectators froze, unsure of what to do. Her husband threw their children to the ground, lay on top of them and another man lay on top of them and said, "Don't get up, don't get up."

After a minute or so without another explosion, Wall said, she and her family headed to a Starbucks and out the back door through an alley. Around them, the windows of the bars and restaurants were blown out.

She said she saw six to eight people bleeding profusely, including one man who was kneeling, dazed, with blood trickling down his head. Another person was on the ground covered in blood and not moving.

"My ears are zinging. Their ears are zinging," Wall said. "It was so forceful. It knocked us to the ground."

Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they fled the chaos. Authorities went onto the course to carry away the injured, while race stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site.

Roupen Bastajian, a state trooper from Smithfield, R.I., had just finished the race when he heard the blasts.

"I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor," he said. "We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing."

The race honored the victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting with a special mile marker in Monday's race.

Boston Athletic Association president Joanne Flaminio previously said there was "special significance" to the fact that the race is 26.2 miles long and 26 people died at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Associated Press writers Jay Lindsay, Steve LeBlanc, Bridget Murphy, Rodrique Ngowi and Meghan Barr in Boston; Julie Pace, Lara Jakes and Eileen Sullivan in Washington; and Marilynn Marchione in Milwaukee contributed to this report.

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Coup leader elected president in Central African Republic

BANGUI (Reuters) - The rebel leader who seized power in Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia, was elected president on Saturday by an acting parliament.

Djotodia led thousands of rebel fighters from the Seleka coalition into the riverside capital of the mineral-rich country on March 24, toppling President Francois Bozize.

African heads of state and Western powers had refused to recognize him as the country's legitimate leader and called for the creation of the transitional council to lead the nation to elections within 18 months.

The 105-member transitional council, meeting in parliament in Bangui on Saturday, confirmed Djotodia, the only candidate, by acclamation - paving the way for recognition.

Djotodia has agreed not to seek re-election at the end of the transition.

"I will do as you instruct me to do, and not according to my wishes," Djotodia told the delegates of the council, selected by consensus from political parties and civil society organizations.

Djotodia said the worsening security in the ramshackle capital and across the impoverished nation would be his main concern during the transition period.

International aid organizations have said uncontrolled armed groups including members of the Seleka movement continue to loot, spread chaos and recruit children into their ranks.

"The new Seleka government should assume their responsibility and re-establish control over these armed groups," French aid organization MSF said in a statement.

Seleka, a grouping of five rebel movements, launched its insurgency in early December, accusing former president Bozize of reneging on a 2007 peace deal.

The insurgents came close to capturing the capital before accepting another peace deal in January under which some of their leaders joined the central government.

But they relauched their offensive and seized the capital in March, accusing Bozize of not respecting the deal.

(Reporting by Paul Marin Ngoupana; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Alison Williams)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/coup-leader-elected-president-central-african-republic-213331427.html

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Podcast: Video marketing made easy | Flying Solo

Chris Savage is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wistia ? a smart and simple video marketing and hosting service.?

His Twitter profile outlines his obsessions as: marketing, analytics, IPAs, coffee, and ping pong. But what he?s known for is his passion for video marketing. As he says ?Every business that I have seen that has invested in video, has done better for it.?

In this episode of the?Small Business Big Marketing Show, Tim Reid?asks Chris why the small business owner should invest in video an how to go about creating engaging video so your business reaps the rewards.

In this fireside chat with Chris, Tim finds out whether video killed the radio star, how small business owners can implement a killer content-marketing strategy and in short, all things Wistia.

Chris answers the following questions:

  • How can I create a video for my small business?
  • What sort of content should I put in my video?
  • Is it for everyone?
  • Does it have to be high quality?
  • Would I really build authority & trust?
  • Do I need a dedicated space or studio? And plenty more.

The key tips are:

  • Include a call to Action
  • Utilise the Custom Designed Holding Frame
  • Make it short, 1-3 minutes
  • Have one message per video
  • Get Yourself on Camera
  • Focus on making content about stuff you teach

Remember: ?Advertising is what you do when you can?t go and see someone?. ? Fairfax M Cone

Video is an emotional medium ? it replaces the interaction that used to be a normal part of business before the days of online, e-commerce shopping carts. Video is an absolutely fantastic way to build relationships and emotional connections with your customers.

OK team, keep your content radar on, grab your smartphone and make some videos!

About these podcasts: The Small Business, Big Marketing?podcasts are characterised by plenty of chit chat from Tim who'll typically kick off with nuggets of advice and tell shaggy dog stories before diving in to the episode's topic. Sit back, relax and enjoy!?

Duration:?46:59 minutes?

Links to resources mentioned in the show:?http://smallbusinessbigmarketing.com/video-marketing-wistia/

To subscribe to this show in iTunes, please head here.

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Emma Watson Prepares Her MTV Trailblazer Award Acceptance Speech

'It just really makes me want to keep doing great work and not let anyone down,' 'Perks' actress says of her MTV Movie Award.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Josh Horowitz


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TextScrub Removes Unwanted Formatting from Your Clipboard

TextScrub Removes Unwanted Formatting from Your ClipboardOS X: When you copy text, sometimes?if not most times?you don't want to copy the font choice, color, and other formatting options. You just want the text. TextScrub gives that to you, taking away annoying styles and even replacing commonly-occurring words or characters you don't desire.

Although some applications support a paste without formatting shortcut (usually Command+Shift+V), many do not. If you want to scrub formatted text easily, TextScrub provides a user-definable hot key that'll get rid of any styles you don't want. It'll even remove bullet points from lists and empty lines if you'd prefer to have one big block of text. On top of that, you can provide substitutions. For example, if you wanted to automatically scrub out your name any time it appeared in a paragraph you could tell TextScrubber to eliminate it automatically or just change it to something else. While I'd like the option to have these operations performed automatically when copying and have to press a hotkey to copy with formatting, TextScrubber solves an annoying problem with little hassle.

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