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Israel's Netanyahu lampooned for failing to fill top central bank job
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his finance minister, Yair Lapid, were pilloried by Israeli media on Sunday for their failure to fill the job of central bank chief and their lack of a proper vetting process, after two candidates withdrew.
In what has become front-page news, headlines called the long-running search to replace highly regarded Stanley Fischer a "circus" and Netanyahu and Lapid "clumsy fools".
Netanyahu and Lapid have had months to find a replacement for Fischer, who said in January that he would step down in June, two years early, after spending eight years in the job.
On Friday, Bank Hapoalim chief economist Leo Leiderman withdrew his candidacy two days after being nominated, citing a preference to stay in the private sector.
Israeli media reports said two anonymous phone calls to the head of a vetting committee for senior civil servants that was to approve his appointment, hinted that when Leiderman left Deutche Bank over a decade ago it was not on good terms.
Jacob Frenkel - who ran the Bank of Israel in the 1990s - pulled out this week, calling reports of his being detained at Hong Kong airport in 2006 a "witch hunt". No charges were ever filed and Frenkel said it had all been a misunderstanding.
Netanyahu and Lapid were angered by the rough treatment Frenkel received in the media and said that could deter qualified people from entering public life.
"This story is more embarrassing than it is amusing," wrote commentator Nahum Barnea in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
"Ultimately, the joke is on our (central) bank, our economy, our government. A miserable combination has been created here between a prime minister who is certain that he knows everything, and a clueless finance minister."
Lapid, a former television presenter who once said he knows nothing about economics, himself joked, "It turns out that economics professors a very colorful and wild bunch."
He told radio stations that choosing a new governor would be done in a considered manner and explained the failure by saying that the state does not employ a private investigator.
Analysts and many lawmakers see Karnit Flug, Fischer's deputy and acting Bank of Israel governor, as the best choice but she said in a letter to bank staff on Sunday: "I intend to serve as acting governor until the appointment of a new and permanent governor and the completion of an overlap period".
Flug, Fischer's choice, has been passed over twice for the top job and resigned after Leiderman's nomination on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Steven Scheer; Additional reporting by Dan Williams; Editing by Louise Ireland)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israels-netanyahu-lampooned-failing-fill-top-central-bank-124455230.html
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APD asking citizens to stuff the bus for Albuquerque students
The Albuquerque Police Department is asking Albuquerque citizens to "stuff the bus" to help students who do not have school supplies. Dream Big representatives are spending Saturday night in the Wal-Mart parking lot on Coors and Interstate 40 until they collect enough school supplies to fill 3,500 backpacks. The school supplies are for the Kutz4Kidz program in which ...
Balloon Fiesta loses world record
Albuquerque?s International Balloon Fiesta no longer holds a world record. The record for launching the most hot air balloons within an hour was set in 2011. That is when 345 balloons lifted off at Balloon Fiesta Park. The Lorraine Mondial Festival in France has set a new record with 408 balloons. Balloon Fiesta organizers are saying they might not try to break the record at ...
UNM athletes hand out school supplies to students
Albuquerque Public School students are a little more prepared for school thanks to the school district and the University of New Mexico. Student athletes helped to hand out a couple thousand sets of supplies to children and a families in need. The event was held at the University Stadium concourse. "That?s a great experience for everybody. Everyone gets help; the community ...
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APD still seeks tips on Westside murder case
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Albuquerque has new police chief
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Albuquerque man arrested for beating up girlfriend
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Interim Police Chief sworn in
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Tax-free weekend a hit in New Mexico
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Task force formed to improve POC
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
University art project with Turner Prize winner shortlisted for ?60,000 award
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An Oxford University art project involving the winner of last year's Turner Prize has been shortlisted for one of the UK's highest-value contemporary art awards.
In partnership with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, the Ashmolean Museum is seeking funding to commission a new piece of work by artist Elizabeth Price to form part of its permanent collection.
The proposal is one of four to have been shortlisted for this year's ?60,000 Contemporary Art Society Annual Award for Museums.
Professor Christopher Brown CBE, director of the Ashmolean Museum, said: 'It is a huge honour for the Ashmolean to be shortlisted for this year's Contemporary Art Society Annual Award for Museums.
'The Ashmolean is a rare place where people can study the history of the world through an encyclopaedic collection from Predynastic Egypt right up to art being made today.
'This prestigious award would give the country's oldest public museum the chance to work with one of the UK's most acclaimed contemporary artists, Elizabeth Price, and to collaborate with Oxford's world-famous Pitt Rivers Museum and the equally celebrated Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. Elizabeth has proposed a work which would open up the archives and collections of Oxford in a radical new way.
'From autumn 2013, the Ashmolean will be expanding its modern and contemporary art programmes with a series of ambitious exhibitions and projects. The opportunity to work with the current holder of the Turner Prize as part of this programme is a truly exciting prospect.'
Elizabeth, who was born in Bradford and received a BFA from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in 1988, has recently returned to Oxford to take up a permanent University lectureship. The winner of the 2012 Turner Prize, Elizabeth wishes to make a new film that explores the photographic archives and collections of the University's museums, focusing particularly on the Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers.
The winner of this year's Contemporary Art Society Annual Award for Museums will be announced in November following deliberation by a judging panel comprising artist Brian Griffiths, arts journalist Charlotte Higgins, gallery director Elizabeth Neilson and curator Kirsty Ogg.
Source: http://www.ox.ac.uk/go.rm?id=32638
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
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Brooklyn Bowl Wedding Band All Stars ft. Slammer & The Pogs
There's this new thing in town called the Brooklyn Bowl Wedding Band All Stars that's about to rock Williamsburg. The new monthly party will be two hours of New York's finest musicians performing cover songs, the perfect marriage of beloved classics and our favorite local heroes. The first unofficial All Stars party on April 1st was such a sold-out success of shameless '90s covers that we couldn't help but expand it into a regular event. Imagine it - a wedding at Brooklyn Bowl with all of your friends, minus the annoying in laws and with the added bonus of some Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken.The core house band will be composed of talented artists who have played and toured with the likes of French Horn Rebellion, Penguin Prison, Savoir Adore, Passion Pit, Lissie Trullie, and more. On top of that, there will be a rotating cast of special guest vocalists (or wedding singers, you choose) at each party. So come one, come all, and don't forget to bring your party gear and dancing shoes because as the wise Juicy Jay would say, WEDDING BANDZ A MAKE HER DANCE
**8/3 special guests include members of Savoir Adore, Wakey! Wakey!, Snowmine, Ron Pope, Akudama, Jenny Owen Youngs, SSION, Emmy Wildwood, Ido Vs. The World, and MANY MORE.**
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Search In Pics: Googlers At Apple & Microsoft Stores, Designer Glass & The Simpsons On Google Street View
In this week?s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the Web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
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Topless activists enter Russian embassy in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) ? Two topless activists climbed over a fence into the Russian embassy in Stockholm on Thursday to protest against the country's anti-gay bill and stigmatization of homosexuals.
Police were called to the embassy in the morning to remove the activists, who are now suspected of trespassing. They were released after confessing to trespassing.
The two women, linked to the Ukrainian feminist group Femen, waved a rainbow flag at the embassy's grounds and carried a sign saying "homosexual propaganda on Russian ground."
They were supported by two other activists outside the embassy, who shouted "Gay Rights are Human Rights."
One of the activists, Jenny Wenhammar, said the group was protesting against a recently enacted Russian law which imposes hefty fines for holding gay pride rallies or providing information about the gay community to minors.
Later Thursday a group of 150 to 200 people gathered outside the embassy for a peaceful demonstration against the same law.
The activities coincide with Stockholm Pride festival, which is being held this week and which has put special focus on gay rights in Russia.
Earlier this week, Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt also reacted to the deteriorating situation for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Russia.
"Hate-mongering against LGBT persons on the rise in Russia after recent law," he wrote on Twitter. "Repulsive. Inhuman."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/topless-activists-enter-russian-embassy-sweden-095541345.html
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen gets a lifeline as EU signs off on debt issuance
State aid: the Commission approves the restructuring plan for the PSA Peugeot Citro?n group
Following an in-depth investigation (see IP/13/392), the European Commission has concluded that restructuring aid of EUR 571.9 million granted by France to the PSA group is compatible with the internal market. In particular, the updated structuring plan will help to restore the group to viability while limiting the distortions of competition caused by State aid.
?Following an in-depth investigation, we have arrived at a formula which allows PSA to restructure in accordance with clear limits, reducing to a minimum the damaging effects for competitors who have not received support from public funding. This is a balanced result which offers the PSA group the chance to make a new start on a sound basis?, said Joaqu?n Almunia, Vice-President of the Commission with responsibility for competition policy.
The aid will take the form of a State guarantee covering bond issues by the Banque PSA Finance until 31 December 2016 up to a maximum of EUR 7 billion for the principal (a gross subsidy-equivalent of EUR 486 million) on the one hand, and a repayable advance of EUR 85.9 million for the implementation of the ?50CO2Cars? R&D project on the other. This brings the total amount of restructuring aid to EUR 571.9 million.
The updating of the group?s restructuring plan based on recent trends on the vehicle market in Europe has eased the Commission?s concerns regarding the group?s return to viability. Should the group?s results be considerably below those envisaged by the plan, the group has undertaken to take additional corrective action so as not to exceed a certain level of net debt during the restructuring period. The group?s return to viability will also help the situation of the Bank, whose present difficulties are due to its organic links with the rest of the group. The Commission also felt that the ?50CO2Cars? R&D project to develop a ?mild-hybrid? diesel engine, which is part of the restructuring plan, will make a positive contribution to the viability of the group.
The State guarantee for bond issues by the Banque PSA Finance will enable it to refinance more cheaply. This advantage must be proportionate to the objective of the group?s return to viability, but must not allow it to offer credit for the purchase of vehicles, which would increase the PSA group?s sales artificially and harm its competitors. The French authorities therefore undertake to increase the price of the guarantee paid by PSA (currently 260 basis points a year on the amounts issued) based on the penetration rate of Banque PSA Finance, that is to say the proportion of Peugeot and Citro?n vehicles sold with financing from Banque PSA Finance. If the penetration rate increases substantially, the price may increase to 491 basis points, corresponding to the market price estimated by the Commission.
In addition, the PSA group has promised to maintain the margin for loans granted by Banque PSA Finance to dealers and to refrain from making major acquisitions during the period covered by the restructuring plan. Lastly, the EUR 24.5 million in subsidies initially provided for 50CO2Cars will be converted into recoverable advances so that, if the technology is successful, the advances will be repaid to the State in full.
An independent expert will be appointed, with the prior approval of the Commission, to ensure that these measures are complied with.
Finally, the PSA group will contribute to the costs of its restructuring through the setting up of a major plan for the sale of assets.
The Commission concluded that the restructuring plan, together with the undertakings from the French authorities, will enable the PSA group to return to viability, while at the same time protecting in a balanced way the interests of competitors who have not had public funding.
Background
Rescue and restructuring aid is highly distortive of competition as it artificially keeps companies in the market that, without such aid, would not have been able to remain there. The EU Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines therefore set out a number of criteria to ensure that such aid goes only to companies that have a realistic prospect of viability and that take measures to alleviate the distortions of competition brought about by the state support (see IP/04/856 end MEMO/04/172).
In particular, the guidelines require a sound restructuring plan that enables the beneficiary to become viable in the long-term on the basis of realistic assumptions, so that it does not have to continue to ask for public support rather than competing on its own merits. As public funding gives a company an economic advantage that its competitors do not have, the plan must include measures to reduce the distortions of competition caused by the state support, such as the reduction of capacity or market share. Furthermore, the beneficiary must make a significant own contribution to the costs of restructuring. Finally, restructuring aid may be granted only once over a period of ten years ('one time, last time' principle).
In February 2013, the Commission gave temporary approval for the guarantee granted by France, covering bond issues by the Banque PSA Finance S.A., up to a nominal amount of EUR 1.2 billion (see IP/13/106). In May 2013, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the restructuring of the PSA group, mainly because it had doubts about the return to long-term viability of the group and whether the notified compensatory measures were sufficient (see IP/13/392).
The non-confidential version of the decision will be made available under the case number SA.35611 in the State Aid Register on the DG Competition website once any confidentiality issues have been resolved. New publications of state aid decisions on the internet and in the Official Journal are listed in the State Aid Weekly e-News.
Source: http://www.worldcarfans.com/113073160920/psapeugeot-citroen-gets-a-lifeline-as-eu-signs-off-on
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Big NFL Pro Bowl changes: Draft format coming
Posted July 31, 2013
The upcoming Pro Bowl will eliminate the AFC-NFC divide and kickoffs. (Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
The Pro Bowl continues to haul in substantial TV ratings for the NFL, year after year, but the tedious AFC-vs.-NFC format and a constant stream of players backing out of the game has left the league searching for a way to upgrade the experience.
What it?s come up with is this:
Starting with the upcoming Pro Bowl, to be held on Jan. 26 in Hawaii, the NFL will scrap the conference setup in favor of a ?fantasy-like draft,? ESPN?s Adam Schefter reported. NFL Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders each will captain a team, with the selection process airing Jan. 22 on NFL Network. (The NHL All-Star Game has televised its ?fantasy All-Star draft? since it moved to this format in 2010.)?Each team will consist of 43 players (same number as previously allotted to the AFC and NFC), but kickoffs no longer will be a part of the game itself.
Other modifications:
??Defenses will be allowed to use Cover Two and press coverage. In previous years, only man coverage was allowed outside of goal-line situations.
? A two-minute warning will be added to the first and third quarter and the football will change hands after each quarter. The NFL is hoping this increases the frequency of two-minute drills.
? A 35-/25-second play clock will be used instead of the typical 40-/25-second clock.
These are drastic changes for the NFL?s All-Star Game, but it is at least an attempt to spice up what has become a rather monotonous affair. So far, it sounds as if this will be a one-time change, with the NFL gauging the success of the adjustments before deciding whether to make a permanent switch.
The game again falls the week before the Super Bowl, meaning that any players participating in that game will be excluded from the festivities, even if they are named to the roster. These updates also do nothing to stop players from backing out of the game due to nagging injuries, either, be they serious or not.
But the lead-up to the game will have a little more juice now, even if the product on the field itself still constitutes little more than a glorified practice.
Source: http://nfl.si.com/2013/07/31/pro-bowl-changes-fantasy-draft/?xid=si_topstories
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Jurnee Smollett-Bell to join cast of NBC drama 'Parenthood'
Jurnee Smollett-Bell will appear as a campaign manager on the NBC drama, according to TVLine. Jurnee Smollett-Bell has recently been seen on the HBO show 'True Blood.'
Jurnee Smollett-Bell (l., with Nelsan Ellis) currently stars on the HBO drama 'True Blood.'
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Smollett-Bell will be playing a character named Heather Hall who becomes Kristina (Monica Potter)?s campaign manager. On the show, Kristina running for political office will reportedly be a large part of the fifth season.
TVLine described the part as a ?major recurring role.?
Smollett-Bell is currently appearing on ?True Blood? as Nicole Wright, a member of a group that wants to protect vampires and other supernatural beings like shapeshifters and werewolves from those who believe them dangerous. Nicole has also become a love interest for bartender Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell).
The actress guest-starred on the recent TV series ?The Mob Doctor? and starred on the NBC drama ?Friday Night Lights? near the end of the show?s run. She has also guest-starred on shows such as ?The Defenders,? ?Grey?s Anatomy,? and ?House.?
?Parenthood,? which is based on the 1989 film starring Steve Martin, has aired on NBC since 2010 and revolves around an extended family, the Bravermans. It stars ?Coach? actor Craig T. Nelson, ?Six Feet Under? actor Peter Krause, ?Hit and Run? star Dax Shepard, and ?Gilmore Girls? star Lauren Graham.
The show has been well-received by critics and was nominated once for an Emmy award, for actor Jason Ritter?s guest turn on the show. It has often placed on reviewers? list of the best shows of the year since it began airing.
As noted by TVLine, many other former ?Friday Night Lights? actors have guest-starred on ?Parenthood,? including Minka Kelly, Derek Phillips, and Michael B. Jordan. ?Friday Night Lights? head writer and executive producer Jason Katims is the head writer for and developed ?Parenthood.?
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'Duck Dynasty' duo will renew wedding vows
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Miss Kay and Phil Robertson in A&E's 'Duck Dynasty' returning for season 4 August 14 at 10PM ET/PT.
Save the date: You're invited to attend the wedding-vow renewal ceremony of 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch Phil and "Miss Kay" Robertson! The duck-tastic event will take place during the premiere of the show's four season on Aug. 14.
The episode, which is entitled "Till Duck Do We Part," will feature Phil, dressed in his finest camouflage pants and bandana, renewing his wedding vows to Kay, his wife of 49 years. Kay, who was only 16 when she wed Phil the first time around, wore a white dress and veil, while the couple's sons all donned suits for the fancy affair.
According to the network's description, the entire Robertson clan will be present at the festivities, including Phil's wacky brother, fan favorite Si.
Everyone comes together to plan a surprise wedding for Phil and Kay, setting up a special ceremony on their land, which the whole family attends. Si distracts Phil and Kay by taking them on a "trip down memory lane" to different places that were meaningful in their relationship.
The high school sweethearts will say "I do" again underneath an altar of flowers and animal antlers, in a ceremony officiated by their unbearded pastor son, Alan, who we will meet for the first time this season.
According to the network, "Duck Dynasty" was the highest-rated non-fiction series on cable last year. Nearly 8.5 million people tuned in on average to watch the hi-jinks of Louisiana's most famous bearded brothers.
The new season of "Duck Dynasty" premieres on Aug. 14 at 10 p.m. on A & E.
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China orders 'urgent' audit of debts after IMF warnings
Andy Xie, a financial commentator at news website Caixin, said reliance on land sales to fund regional spending was an accident waiting to happen. ?While household income may have tripled in a decade, the average land price has risen by over 30 times. Income growth to come cannot justify the current price of land. Nor can a supply shortage. China has no shortage of land. The sustainable land value is probably 70pc to 80pc below current levels,? he said.
The IMF said these deficits ?raise questions about local governments? ability to continue financing the current level of spending and service their debts, which has implications for financial system asset quality. Further rapid growth of debts would raise the risk of a disorderly adjustment in local government spending. Financial distress would lead to a contraction in credit, a fall in domestic demand, and lower growth, which would make it more difficult for highly leveraged borrowers to grow out of their debt. The timing and coincidence of events that would trigger such an adverse feedback loop are difficult to predict,? it said.
An audit of the regions two years ago found that liabilities had mushroomed to $1.7 trillion (?1.1 trillion), but the full figure is already higher and rising fast as officials turn to the shadow banking system. Ma Xiaofang, a senior audit officer, said the chief worry is reliance on land sales to pay off half of all past debts.
The new audit comes weeks after a ?stress test? of Chinese banks caused interbank lending to seize up. SHIBOR lending rates have fallen back from extreme levels in late June, but borrowing costs remain high and there are signs of capital flight. Fitch Ratings said investors withdrew an ?unprecedented? $42bn from Chinese money market funds last month, many fearing the funds would run dry.
Richard Koo from Nomura said Beijing itself pushed regions into taking on more debt to keep growth going after the Lehman crash.
A third of local government debt cannot be repaid, yet officials are split over the wisdom of a central government bail-out.
The IMF said China will have to extricate itself from debt boom excess with great care, otherwise there could be a ?severe credit crunch? and eventually ?a systemic threat to financial stability?.
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Star Wars Celebration flees Orlando for California
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A Stormtrooper with Mickey Mouse ears poses for photographs during Star Wars Celebration VI at the Orange County Convention Center on August 24, 2012. (Jacob Langston, Orlando Sentinel /August 24, 2012)
There will be no Star Wars trilogy for Orlando. The Star Wars Celebration fan convention that descended on the Orange County Convention Center in 2010 and 2012 is heading to Anaheim in 2015.
Star Wars Celebration VII will take place April 16-19, 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California to coincide with cinematic release of Star Wars: Episode VII. The announcement was made Sunday at the conclusion of Star Wars Celebration Europe.
The official Disney-owned Lucasfilm event celebrating all things Star Wars brought its fifth and sixith U.S. gatherings to the Sunshine State, and many thought the seventh would follow suit.
Instead, Disneyland will benefit from the convention that Orange County Convention Center officials estimated brought $28 mllion to the region in 2012.
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Putin dismisses head of Russia's troubled Dagestan region
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the head of Russia's southern Dagestan province, the Kremlin said on Monday, signaling concern over mounting insurgency violence and political rivalries in the mainly Muslim region.
Putin appointed Magomedsalam Magomedov to a role in the presidential administration, the Kremlin statement said, removing him from the post of provincial head that he had held since being appointed in 2010.
Ramzan Abdulatipov, a ruling United Russian party deputy from the region in Russia's lower house of parliament, was named to replace him as acting head.
Throughout the 12 years since Putin rose to power and crushed a separatist revolt in Chechnya, Russia has battled a simmering insurgency across its mainly Muslim Caucasus mountain provinces.
Dagestan is now the epicenter of militant violence in region, where suicide bombings, sniper attacks on officials and shootouts at road checkpoints area near daily occurrence.
(Reporting by Alissa de Carbonnel; Editing by Alison Williams)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/putin-dismisses-head-russias-troubled-dagestan-region-121948744.html
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Patients' own skin cells are transformed into heart cells to create 'disease in a dish'
Jan. 27, 2013 ? Most patients with an inherited heart condition known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) don't know they have a problem until they're in their early 20s. The lack of symptoms at younger ages makes it very difficult for researchers to study how ARVD/C evolves or to develop treatments. A new stem cell-based technology created by 2012 Nobel Prize winner Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D., helps solve this problem. With this technology, researchers can generate heart muscle cells from a patient's own skin cells. However, these newly made heart cells are mostly immature. That raises questions about whether or not they can be used to mimic a disease that occurs in adulthood.
In a paper published January 27 in Nature, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and Johns Hopkins University unveil the first maturation-based "disease in a dish" model for ARVD/C. The model was created using Yamanaka's technology and a new method to mimic maturity by making the cells' metabolism more like that in adult hearts. For that reason, this model is likely more relevant to human ARVD/C than other models and therefore better suited for studying the disease and testing new treatments.
"It's tough to demonstrate that a disease-in-a-dish model is clinically relevant for an adult-onset disease. But we made a key finding here -- we can recapitulate the defects in this disease only when we induce adult-like metabolism. This is an important breakthrough considering that ARVD/C symptoms usually don't arise until young adulthood. Yet the stem cells we're working with are embryonic in nature," said Huei-Sheng Vincent Chen, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor at Sanford-Burnham and senior author of the study.
To establish this model, Chen teamed up with expert ARVD/C cardiologists Daniel Judge, M.D., Joseph Marine, M.D., and Hugh Calkins, M.D., at Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is home to one of the largest ARVD/C patient registries in the world.
"There is currently no treatment to prevent progression of ARVD/C, a rare disorder that preferentially affects athletes. With this new model, we hope we are now on a path to develop better therapies for this life-threatening disease," said Judge, associate professor and medical director of the Center for Inherited Heart Disease at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Disease in a dish
To recreate a person's own unique ARVD/C in the lab, the team first obtained skin samples from ARVD/C patients with certain mutations believed to be involved in the disease. Next they performed Yamanaka's technique: adding a few molecules that dial back the developmental clock on these adult skin cells, producing embryonic-like induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The researchers then coaxed the iPSCs into producing an unlimited supply of patient-specific heart muscle cells. These heart cells were largely embryonic in nature, but carried along the original patient's genetic mutations.
However, for nearly a year, no matter what they tried, the team couldn't get their ARVD/C heart muscle cells to show any signs of the disease. Without actual signs of adult-onset ARVD/C, these young, patient-specific heart muscle cells were no use for studying the disease or testing new therapeutic drugs.
Speeding up time
Eventually, the team experienced the big "aha!" moment they'd been looking for. They discovered that metabolic maturity is the key to inducing signs of ARVD/C, an adult disease, in their embryonic-like cells. Human fetal heart muscle cells use glucose (sugar) as their primary source of energy. In contrast, adult heart muscle cells prefer using fat for energy production. So Chen's team applied several cocktails to trigger this shift to adult metabolism in their model.
After more trial and error, they discovered that metabolic malfunction is at the core of ARVD/C disease. Moreover, Chen's team tracked down the final piece of puzzle to make patient-specific heart muscle cells behave like sick ARVD/C hearts: the abnormal over-activation of a protein called PPAR?. Scientists previously attributed ARVD/C to a problem in weakened connections between heart muscle cells, which occur only in half of the ARVD/C patients. With the newly established model, they not only replicated this adult-onset disease in a dish, but also presented new potential drug targets for treating ARVD/C.
What's next?
Chen's team was recently awarded a new grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to create additional iPSC-based ARVD/C models. With more ARVD/C models, they will determine whether or not all (or at least most) patients develop the disease via the same metabolic defects discovered in this current study.
Together with the Johns Hopkins team, Chen also hopes to conduct preclinical studies to find a new therapy for this deadly heart condition.
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Celts top Heat 100-98 in 2 OT; Rondo out for year
Boston Celtics shooting guard Courtney Lee, left, tries to drive past Miami Heat point guard Norris Cole (30), right, in the first half of an NBA basketball game at the TD Garden in Boston, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Celtics shooting guard Courtney Lee, left, tries to drive past Miami Heat point guard Norris Cole (30), right, in the first half of an NBA basketball game at the TD Garden in Boston, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Celtics forward Jeff Green (8), left, looks for an opening around Miami Heat forward Shane Battier (31), right, in the first half of an NBA basketball game at the TD Garden in Boston, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo, right, drives to the basket against New York Knicks guard Jason Kidd during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo (9) drives to the basket as Kevin Garnett blocks out New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, right, during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
BOSTON (AP) ? Paul Pierce hit a go-ahead jumper with 31 seconds left and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 100-98 in double overtime Sunday then learned that All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.
Rondo will have surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He was hurt late in Boston's 123-112 loss, also in two overtimes, to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.
The postgame mood in the locker room "was good" before he told his players the extent of the injury, coach Doc Rivers said, "and then it went down."
This game was the first in Boston for Ray Allen since he left the Celtics after five seasons and signed as a free agent with Miami. He scored 21 points.
Kevin Garnett had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and Pierce added 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for the Celtics, who ended a six-game losing streak, their longest in six seasons. LeBron James had 34 points for the Heat, whose winning streak stopped at four.
"As much as I've been a rival with Boston over the years, I never want to see anyone go down," James said. "It's terrible, not only for their team but for the league."
Pierce's basket gave the Celtics a 99-98 lead. James had a chance to put the Heat ahead but missed a 12-foot jumper with 6.8 seconds to go from the left with defender Jeff Green jumping out at him. Pierce got the rebound and was fouled.
He sank the first shot. Then, as a fan shouted, "This one's for Rondo," he missed the second.
Miami had one last chance, but Shane Battier missed a long jumper at the buzzer.
The Heat also could have won in the first overtime, but Dwyane Wade, who had 17 points, missed a long jumper as the buzzer sounded. They had led 93-89 after consecutive baskets by James, but Garnett hit a layup with 1:45 remaining and a shot from the right baseline with 1:14 to go.
Boston could have avoided the first overtime when Pierce inbounded from behind his backboard with two seconds left to Jason Terry. But Terry's shot from the top of the key was short. The Heat had tied it on a 3-pointer by James with seven seconds remaining in regulation after Allen missed a 3-pointer from the left corner with 15 seconds to go.
Rondo arrived at TD Garden on Sunday for a pregame shootaround but was taken to a hospital after complaining of knee pain. Courtney Lee started in Rondo's place.
The initial report was a hyperextended knee, but the team announced during the game that tests showed the ACL tear. His teammates didn't find out until after the final buzzer.
Allen was part of the Big Three with Pierce and Garnett starting in 2007-08. In their first season together, Boston won its 17th NBA championship. He played against the Celtics once before this season, a 120-107 Heat win in Miami in the opener.
The crowd gave Allen a standing ovation when highlights of his career with the Celtics were shown on the video board above center court during a timeout with 5:33 left in the first quarter. At the Miami bench, he raised his left hand in recognition.
Allen entered the game about a minute later and was booed when he touched the ball. The boos came down again when he took two free throws ? missing the first, making the second ? three minutes into the second quarter.
Allen went back into the game with 30 seconds left in the first half with the score tied at 43 and made a layup with 16 seconds to go. But Pierce sank a driving layup with 4.3 seconds remaining to tie it 45-45 at halftime.
It was Miami's first game in Boston since it won Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals behind James' 45 points.
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Turkish PM criticizes pre-trial detentions of military officers
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the lengthy pre-trial detention of hundreds of military officers, suggesting it was sapping army morale just as Ankara vows to keep up pressure on Kurdish militants.
During his 10 years in power, Erdogan, whose party has moderate Islamist roots, has brought to heel the once all-powerful armed forces, which see themselves as guardians of secularism and regularly intervened in politics and carried out coups in previous decades.
Hundreds of serving and retired officers, including 20 percent of military generals, have been jailed pending trial since 2005 on conspiracy charges and plotting to overthrow the government.
But as initial public support for the investigations dwindles, with critics and even sympathizers saying cases have spiraled out of control, Erdogan has distanced himself from the trials.
"There are now close to 400 retired and serving officers inside. The most serious are accused of forming organizations or belonging to one. If the provisions for these are certain, then finish the job," Erdogan said late on Friday.
"But if there isn't certainty, then the hundreds of officers should be treated accordingly. This disrupts the entire morale of the Turkish armed forces. How can these people then fight terror?" he said in an interview with Turkish television.
While Erdogan has received praise for bringing the military under civilian control, the years defendants are spending in prison without conviction has raised fears the trials are a political witch hunt aimed at silencing opposition.
The first large-scale convictions came last September after a 21-month trial when more than 300 officers were handed prison sentences for plotting to topple Erdogan's government almost a decade ago. Hundreds more are still in jail awaiting trial.
Around 100 journalists are also in prison, as well as thousands of activists, lawyers, politicians and others. Most are accused of plotting against the government or supporting outlawed Kurdish militants.
Parliament voted to abolish the special courts used in coup conspiracy cases last July after Erdogan criticized prosecutors for acting as if they were "a different power within the state".
But the end of the special courts, established by Erdogan's government in 2005, will not affect existing prosecutions of the hundreds of military officers already in jail.
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Erdogan's latest comments also come after one of the most violent summers in three decades, with security forces locked in almost daily battles with militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and at a time of heightened tension with Syria.
Turkey has been one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's fiercest critics and has seen violence from the war in its southern neighbor spill into its own territory. While Ankara does not want to get sucked further into the conflict, it has threatened cross-border military action if needed.
Turkey's conscript army is the second largest in NATO.
The PKK, designated a terrorist group by Ankara, the United States and the European Union, took up arms in 1984 and more than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have been killed since then.
The state-run Anatolian news agency reported on Saturday the military killed more than 1,500 "terrorists" inside and outside Turkey last year, citing the country's general staff. Turkish warplanes regularly launch air strikes on PKK targets in northern Iraq, where the guerrillas have bases.
Reuters could not independently verify the militant death tolls and Turkey's military rarely talks to the media.
Security forces, including army and police, have taken heavy casualties over the past year with PKK militants stepping up attacks on convoys and outposts.
Hopes of an end to the conflict grew, however, after the government acknowledged state intelligence officials were talking to jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.
While backing moves toward peace, Erdogan has vowed military operations will continue until the PKK disarms, a stance Kurdish politicians say undermines efforts to build trust.
(Writing by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Jason Webb)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/turkish-pm-criticizes-pre-trial-detentions-military-officers-191645332.html
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Recreation Calender - The Sports Desk
Feb. 1?3: Washington Golf Show, Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly. Over 100 vendors and demonstrations planned. Hours: Friday, noon?7 p.m., Saturday 9?6, Sunday 10?4. Cost: $10 for adults (good all three days), free for children 12-under. Information: washingtongolfshow.com or 330/963-6963.
Feb. 10: Sweethearts 4Ever 4-Mile Run, 10 a.m. at Massad YMCA in Falmouth. First race in 2013 Coldwell Banker Grand Prix. Cost: $24 ($30 after Jan. 26), Subtract $6 for no T-shirt. Register online at racetimingunlimited.org.
Feb. 24: Dahlgren Trail Half Marathon, 8 a.m. at Route 605 Trailhead on Heritage Trail in King George. Cost: $45 ($55 after Feb. 9). Register online at racetimingunlimited.org.
March 3: FASA 5K Run for The Dream, 8 a.m. at Spotsylvania Village. (One-mile run for ages 6?12 at 9.) Cost: $20 for 5K, $15 for 1-mile ($25/$18 after Feb. 14). Visit fasasoccer.org or register at racetimingunlimited.org.
March 10: Organ Donor 8K, 8 a.m. at 1701 Fall Hill Avenue, Fredericksburg. Cost: $20 ($22 after Feb. 25, $25 on race day). Register at racetimingunlimited.org.
March 17: Feet for Seats 5K, 8 a.m. at Spotsylvania Courthouse Village. Cost: $25 ($30 after Feb. 1, $35 on race day). Register at racetimingunlimited.org.
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Dozens reported killed in Venezuela prison riot
Relatives of inmates react outside the Uribana prison in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. A bloody riot erupted at the Uribana prison in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto Friday when National Guard troops clashed with inmates. Venezuelan media reported that dozens were killed. It was the latest in a series of bloody riots in the country's prisons.(AP Photo/Rafael Rodriguez/El Informador)
Relatives of inmates react outside the Uribana prison in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. A bloody riot erupted at the Uribana prison in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto Friday when National Guard troops clashed with inmates. Venezuelan media reported that dozens were killed. It was the latest in a series of bloody riots in the country's prisons.(AP Photo/Rafael Rodriguez/El Informador)
Relatives of inmates react outside the Uribana prison in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. A bloody riot erupted at the Uribana prison in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto Friday when National Guard troops clashed with inmates. Venezuelan media reported that dozens were killed. It was the latest in a series of bloody riots in the country's prisons.(AP Photo/Rafael Rodriguez/El Informador)
Injured prison inmates arrive to the hospital in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. A bloody riot erupted at the Uribana prison in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto Friday when National Guard troops clashed with inmates. Venezuelan media reported that dozens were killed. It was the latest in a series of bloody riots in the country's prisons.(AP Photo/Alexander Sanchez/El Informador)
An injured prison inmate is carried into the hospital in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. A bloody riot erupted at the Uribana prison in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto Friday when National Guard troops clashed with inmates. Venezuelan media reported that dozens were killed. It was the latest in a series of bloody riots in the country's prisons.(AP Photo/Rafael Rodriguez/El Informador)
An injured prison inmate is carried into the hospital in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. A bloody riot erupted at the Uribana prison in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto Friday when National Guard troops clashed with inmates. Venezuelan media reported that dozens were killed. It was the latest in a series of bloody riots in the country's prisons.(AP Photo/Rafael Rodriguez/El Informador)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Venezuelan authorities promised a high-level investigation Saturday into a deadly prison riot that reportedly left dozens of people dead when National Guard soldiers clashed with armed inmates.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro called the violence tragic while speaking on television early Saturday and said Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega Diaz and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello would lead the investigation. He and other officials didn't give a death toll from the riot Friday at Uribana prison in the central Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto.
"The prisons have to be governed by law," Maduro said.
Humberto Prado, an activist who leads the watchdog group Venezuelan Prisons Observatory, said inmates' relatives and media accounts put the toll at 55 killed and 88 injured.
The Venezuelan newspaper Ultimas Noticias and the television channel Globovision reported more than 50 killed, both citing Ruy Medina, the director of Central Hospital in the city.
Relatives wept outside the prison during the violence, and cried at the morgue Saturday as they waited to identify bodies.
Penitentiary Service Minister Iris Varela said Friday that the riot broke out when groups of inmates attacked National Guard troops who were attempting to carry out an inspection.
Varela said the violence had affected a number of prisoners and officials, but said the authorities would hold off until control had been re-established at the prison to confirm the toll. She said the government decided to send troops to search the prison after receiving reports of clashes between groups of inmates during the past two days.
The death toll provided by Medina rose late Friday after he had initially reported four killed and dozens injured. Ultimas Noticias reported that the victims included a Protestant pastor and a member of the National Guard, as well as inmates.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles condemned the government's handling of the country's overcrowded and violent prisons.
"Our country's prisons are an example of the incapacity of this government and its leaders. They never solved the problem," Capriles said on his Twitter account. "How many more deaths do there have to be in the prisons for the government to acknowledge its failure and make changes?"
The Venezuelan Prisons Observatory said in a statement that in 2007 the Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights had ordered the government to seize weapons that inmates had in their possession at Uribana prison and to take measures to avoid deaths in the facility. The group called for the government to release a list with the names of the dead and wounded in Friday's violence, as well as details about weapons seized in the search.
"No one doubts that inspections are necessary procedures to guarantee prison conditions in line with international standards, but they can't be carried out with the warlike attitude as (authorities) have done it," Prado told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It's clear that the inspection wasn't coordinated or put into practice as it should have been. It was evidently a disproportionate use of force."
Prado's group says Uribana prison was built to hold up to 850 inmates but currently has about 1,400.
It was the latest in a series of bloody riots in the country's severely overcrowded prisons where inmates often freely obtain weapons and drugs with the help of corrupt guards. Venezuela currently has 33 prisons built to hold about 12,000 inmates, but officials have said the prisons' population is about 47,000.
In April and May, a prison uprising in La Planta prison in Caracas blocked authorities from going inside for nearly three weeks. One prisoner was killed and five people were wounded, including two National Guard soldiers and three inmates.
Two months later, another riot broke out at a prison in Merida, and the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory reported 30 killed.
In August, 25 people were killed and 43 wounded when two groups of inmates fought a gunbattle inside Yare I prison south of Caracas.
Chavez's government has previous pledged improvements to the prison system, but opponents and activists say the government hasn't made progress.
Varela, the prisons minister, said news media including Globovision and a local newspaper had done reports on the inspections, which she said had in fact been a "trigger for the violence."
Prado denied that, saying: "The problem isn't the work of the media. The problem is that the government hasn't disarmed the prison population."
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