Mass. Life Sciences Center grant expands Dana-Farber's cancer imaging research

Public release date: 31-Jan-2012
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Bill Schaller
william_schaller@dfci.harvard.edu
617-632-5357
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

BOSTON--The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded Dana-Farber Cancer Institute a $10 million grant to support the expansion of its pioneering cancer imaging research program.

The MLSC grant will help fund the establishment of the Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility, a $20 million research initiative to develop new molecular imaging probes. The facility will ultimately allow physicians to better diagnose and characterize cancer, choose targeted therapies, monitor treatment efficacy, and improve the outcomes of adult and pediatric patients with cancer. The expansion is projected to create more than 100 construction jobs, and 15 jobs to operate the facility. Funding for the grant comes from the state's 10-year, $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, proposed by Governor Deval Patrick in 2007 and approved by the Legislature in 2008.

"Molecular imaging holds tremendous promise for accelerating drug discovery by allowing more rapid assessment of drug efficacy in preclinical and clinical settings," says Barrett Rollins, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber's chief scientific officer. "Moreover, molecular imaging will play a key role in the delivery of personalized medicine, by allowing clinicians to determine whether specific drugs are effective in days instead of months."

"This grant will support Dana-Farber's vital and life-saving work, while creating jobs and advancing scientific knowledge in cancer treatment and personalized medicine," said Governor Deval Patrick. "Together we can strengthen our innovation economy and provide a substantial return on investment in both jobs and treatment."

Non-invasive imaging methods that can visualize, characterize and measure biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels in living systems ("molecular imaging") are a critical step to speeding the pace of new therapies, according to Andrew Kung, MD, PhD, director of preclinical imaging at Dana-Farber.

Dana-Farber made a commitment to developing a world-class cancer imaging research program when it opened the Lurie Family Imaging Center on its Harbor Campus in South Boston in 2009. The Center provides researchers with a wide array of technologies, including a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, a combined positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner, an advanced ultrasound imaging system, and multiple optical imagers for studies that use light-emitting proteins to track disease, with which to conduct pre-clinical studies.

The new Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility will complement and expand several of Dana-Farber's basic and clinical research enterprises that are focused on the development of targeted cancer therapies. This includes the Center for Biomedical Imaging in Oncology, which houses the Lurie Family Imaging Center, the Center for Novel Experimental Therapeutics (C-NExT), and Profile, one of the country's most extensive cancer genomics research projects, done in partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital, which seeks to accelerate the development of personalized cancer treatments. Dana-Farber has committed to making the facility available for use by small businesses conducting related research in Massachusetts.

"I want to congratulate Dana-Farber for this amazing award and their continued efforts to accelerate the development of cancer treatments as well as thank them for selecting our Innovation District to expand their facilities and create more than 100 new jobs in the City of Boston," said Mayor Thomas M. Menino. "I also want to thank the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center for supporting Boston's life sciences cluster and enabling our institutions to continue to improve outcomes for patients."

"We are excited to support the construction of Dana-Farber's groundbreaking Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility in South Boston," said Susan Windham-Bannister, Ph.D., President & CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. "This new facility will advance the development of personalized cancer therapies, improve patient care and enhance Massachusetts' global leadership in this important field of research. Our investment also will increase Dana-Farber's presence in Boston's Innovation District and create jobs."

"This project will contribute to Dana Farber's efforts to realize the promise of personalized medicine by systematically examining patient tumors for mutations with the intent to match targeted therapy to specific molecular changes in patients' cancer cells," said Lydia Villa-Komaroff, a member of the MLSC Board of Directors and Chief Scientific Officer of Cytonome/ST.

"As Senate chair in putting together the life sciences bill several years ago, it was our hope that the Life Sciences Initiative would provide research institutions throughout the Commonwealth the resources to explore fundamental questions about disease, improve methodologies needed for diagnoses, and design effective treatments," said State Senator Jack Hart. "The expansion of Dana-Farber's pioneering cancer imaging research program is exactly what we had envisioned. I am proud to be a part of this initiative and look forward to the successes of Dana-Farber."

"This grant will help Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to remain at the forefront of cancer research and discovery right here on the South Boston Waterfront," said State Representative Nick Collins. "Thanks to the leadership of the Governor and the legislature, the Commonwealth continues to lead the way in research, patient care, and job creation in the life sciences industry."

###

About the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center is a quasi-public agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts tasked with implementing the Massachusetts Life Sciences Act, a ten-year, $1 billion initiative that was signed into law in June of 2008. The Center's mission is to create jobs in the life sciences and support vital scientific research that will improve the human condition. This work includes making financial investments in public and private institutions that are advancing life sciences research, development and commercialization as well as building ties between sectors of the Massachusetts life sciences community. For more information, visit www.masslifesciences.com.

About Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (www.dana-farber.org) is a principal teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School and is among the leading cancer research and care centers in the United States. It is a founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), designated a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute. It provides adult cancer care with Brigham and Women's Hospital as Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center and it provides pediatric care with Children's Hospital Boston as Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center. Dana-Farber is the top ranked cancer center in New England, according to U.S. News & World Report, and one of the largest recipients among independent hospitals of National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health grant funding. Follow Dana-Farber on Twitter: @danafarber and Facebook: www.facebook.com/danafarbercancerinstitute.

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Public release date: 31-Jan-2012
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Bill Schaller
william_schaller@dfci.harvard.edu
617-632-5357
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

BOSTON--The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded Dana-Farber Cancer Institute a $10 million grant to support the expansion of its pioneering cancer imaging research program.

The MLSC grant will help fund the establishment of the Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility, a $20 million research initiative to develop new molecular imaging probes. The facility will ultimately allow physicians to better diagnose and characterize cancer, choose targeted therapies, monitor treatment efficacy, and improve the outcomes of adult and pediatric patients with cancer. The expansion is projected to create more than 100 construction jobs, and 15 jobs to operate the facility. Funding for the grant comes from the state's 10-year, $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, proposed by Governor Deval Patrick in 2007 and approved by the Legislature in 2008.

"Molecular imaging holds tremendous promise for accelerating drug discovery by allowing more rapid assessment of drug efficacy in preclinical and clinical settings," says Barrett Rollins, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber's chief scientific officer. "Moreover, molecular imaging will play a key role in the delivery of personalized medicine, by allowing clinicians to determine whether specific drugs are effective in days instead of months."

"This grant will support Dana-Farber's vital and life-saving work, while creating jobs and advancing scientific knowledge in cancer treatment and personalized medicine," said Governor Deval Patrick. "Together we can strengthen our innovation economy and provide a substantial return on investment in both jobs and treatment."

Non-invasive imaging methods that can visualize, characterize and measure biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels in living systems ("molecular imaging") are a critical step to speeding the pace of new therapies, according to Andrew Kung, MD, PhD, director of preclinical imaging at Dana-Farber.

Dana-Farber made a commitment to developing a world-class cancer imaging research program when it opened the Lurie Family Imaging Center on its Harbor Campus in South Boston in 2009. The Center provides researchers with a wide array of technologies, including a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, a combined positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner, an advanced ultrasound imaging system, and multiple optical imagers for studies that use light-emitting proteins to track disease, with which to conduct pre-clinical studies.

The new Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility will complement and expand several of Dana-Farber's basic and clinical research enterprises that are focused on the development of targeted cancer therapies. This includes the Center for Biomedical Imaging in Oncology, which houses the Lurie Family Imaging Center, the Center for Novel Experimental Therapeutics (C-NExT), and Profile, one of the country's most extensive cancer genomics research projects, done in partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital, which seeks to accelerate the development of personalized cancer treatments. Dana-Farber has committed to making the facility available for use by small businesses conducting related research in Massachusetts.

"I want to congratulate Dana-Farber for this amazing award and their continued efforts to accelerate the development of cancer treatments as well as thank them for selecting our Innovation District to expand their facilities and create more than 100 new jobs in the City of Boston," said Mayor Thomas M. Menino. "I also want to thank the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center for supporting Boston's life sciences cluster and enabling our institutions to continue to improve outcomes for patients."

"We are excited to support the construction of Dana-Farber's groundbreaking Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility in South Boston," said Susan Windham-Bannister, Ph.D., President & CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. "This new facility will advance the development of personalized cancer therapies, improve patient care and enhance Massachusetts' global leadership in this important field of research. Our investment also will increase Dana-Farber's presence in Boston's Innovation District and create jobs."

"This project will contribute to Dana Farber's efforts to realize the promise of personalized medicine by systematically examining patient tumors for mutations with the intent to match targeted therapy to specific molecular changes in patients' cancer cells," said Lydia Villa-Komaroff, a member of the MLSC Board of Directors and Chief Scientific Officer of Cytonome/ST.

"As Senate chair in putting together the life sciences bill several years ago, it was our hope that the Life Sciences Initiative would provide research institutions throughout the Commonwealth the resources to explore fundamental questions about disease, improve methodologies needed for diagnoses, and design effective treatments," said State Senator Jack Hart. "The expansion of Dana-Farber's pioneering cancer imaging research program is exactly what we had envisioned. I am proud to be a part of this initiative and look forward to the successes of Dana-Farber."

"This grant will help Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to remain at the forefront of cancer research and discovery right here on the South Boston Waterfront," said State Representative Nick Collins. "Thanks to the leadership of the Governor and the legislature, the Commonwealth continues to lead the way in research, patient care, and job creation in the life sciences industry."

###

About the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center is a quasi-public agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts tasked with implementing the Massachusetts Life Sciences Act, a ten-year, $1 billion initiative that was signed into law in June of 2008. The Center's mission is to create jobs in the life sciences and support vital scientific research that will improve the human condition. This work includes making financial investments in public and private institutions that are advancing life sciences research, development and commercialization as well as building ties between sectors of the Massachusetts life sciences community. For more information, visit www.masslifesciences.com.

About Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (www.dana-farber.org) is a principal teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School and is among the leading cancer research and care centers in the United States. It is a founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), designated a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute. It provides adult cancer care with Brigham and Women's Hospital as Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center and it provides pediatric care with Children's Hospital Boston as Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center. Dana-Farber is the top ranked cancer center in New England, according to U.S. News & World Report, and one of the largest recipients among independent hospitals of National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health grant funding. Follow Dana-Farber on Twitter: @danafarber and Facebook: www.facebook.com/danafarbercancerinstitute.

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/dci-mls013112.php

chester mcglockton chester mcglockton arsenic los angeles weather big ten acc challenge scott disick kourtney kardashian

WTO: China unfairly limits export of raw materials

GENEVA (AP) ? The World Trade Organization has affirmed that China unfairly limited exports of nine raw materials to protect domestic manufacturers.

A WTO appeals body largely sided with the United States, European Union and Mexico in a dispute over Chinese materials used widely in the steel, aluminum and chemical industries.

They had complained China drives up prices for raw materials by setting export duties and quotas on them.

The ruling Monday affects exports of certain forms of bauxite, coke, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon carbide, silicon metal, yellow phosphorous and zinc.

It says China must now "bring its export duty and export quota measures into conformity with its WTO obligations."

China had argued its export limits protect the environment.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2012-01-30-EU-WTO-China-Trade/id-1f4374e458244c659a8030675e7c30d8

maker faire the hub the hub pat robertson evan rachel wood i don t know how she does it katamari

Etta James, a Life and Legend (ContributorNetwork)

Etta James's sultry voice provided an entire generation's worth of inspiration to modern songstresses. CNN reports major players in the music industry such as Mariah Carey and Beyonce Knowles were both influenced by her songs and style. The Associated Press reports James passed away Jan. 20 in California from complications related to leukemia.

James was a matriarch for the modern female blues singer throughout her life.

1938: Born

The Biography Channel states James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles on Jan. 25, 1938. By the age of 5, she was singing gospel choir songs in church and on the radio.

1950: Moved North

When James turned 12, she and her family moved north to San Francisco. She formed a trio with two other girls and singing became an even larger part of her life. Very quickly, the girls got noticed and James turned to professional singing.

1954: Return to L.A.

In 1954, James returned to Los Angeles to get more heavily involved in the recording industry. Johnny Otis spotted her two years earlier in San Francisco and the young lady embarked on a singing career, against the will of her mother. She changed her stage name to Etta James, a re-arrangement of her first name and was given a back up group called the Peaches (James's childhood nickname).

Her first recording, and first hit, came a year later. James sang "Roll with Me Henry" with Richard Berry. The song was renamed "The Wallflower" and it topped the R&B charts in 1955.

1960: Meteoric Rise

James signed a recording deal with Chess Records in Chicago in 1960. From this point, her career took off and never looked back. Hits such as "All I Could Do Was Cry," "Somthing's Got a Hold on Me," and "Trust in Me" were all hits during her run with Chess Records in the 1960s and early 1970s.

1973: Grammy Nomination

Her self-titled album "Etta James" earned James the first of several Grammy nominations in her career.

1984: Olympic Glory

James sang "When the Saints Go Marching In" for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

1993: Hall of Fame

James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 1993. At this point in her career, James was recognized for her wide-ranging vocals and styles that marked her long career.

2003: Grammy

In 2003, James was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Her sassy and no-nonsense singing style was recognized for being open, honest and heart wrenching simultaneously.

2011: Last Album

James's last album entitled "The Dreamer" was released in November 2011, three months before her death. The Associated Press reports her last album was typical James fare as she even rocked out to the Guns 'N Roses song "Welcome to the Jungle."

The audacious songstress died five days short of her 74th birthday.

William Browning is a research librarian.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/celebrity/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120131/en_ac/10862597_etta_james_a_life_and_legend

ayaan hirsi ali rachel uchitel strait of hormuz new years eve party ideas mars needs moms gary johnson gary johnson

Freed Egypt activist says will not stay silent (Reuters)

CAIRO (Reuters) ? An Egyptian activist who became a symbol of resistance to the army's trials of civilians said Saturday he would not be silenced and denounced the army for detaining and mistreating "prisoners of conscience."

Maikel Nabil has been jailed twice since President Hosni Mubarak was toppled from power last February on charges of defaming the army, but was pardoned by the head of the ruling army council earlier this month along with almost 2,000 others.

In his first public appearance since his release from military jail, the 25-year-old said the army had tortured him in prison but he remained defiant.

"We cannot be silent about any violation against us," said Nabil, whose staged a hunger strike during his imprisonment.

Nabil, a Coptic Christian by birth, was jailed after using his blog (www.maikelnabil.com) to accuse the army of attempting to quell the uprising against Mubarak. At the time, most Egyptians saw the army as a neutral force, admired for their role in defending the nation, in contrast to the hated police.

But many Egyptians have since been horrified by images of soldiers dragging, beating and firing tear gas at protesters who were demanding a swift end to military rule.

Nabil said that during his detention he was given drugs that blurred his mind and was also kept in a psychiatric hospital for some of the time, despite being mentally sound.

"This was a tactic to affect my psychological state, to create a kind of hysteria and panic," Nabil told a news conference in Cairo. "It is unthinkable that such tactics are used in 2011."

He said he was confined for some of the time in a cell one meter by one meter in which a lamp continually flickered.

Army sources could not be immediately reached to respond to Nabil's comments.

The rights group 'No To Military Trials' estimates 12,000 people have been referred to military courts since Mubarak's fall, many more than in the whole of Mubarak's 30-year rule when security courts were the favored venue for emergency trials.

When he appeared before a military court, Nabil said he was barred from calling witnesses. He said he had received messages of support from junior army officers who opposed the army's crackdown on dissent, but did not give details.

Nabil described seeing two prisoners being stripped naked and beaten. "It was the first torture incident I witnessed with my own eyes," he said.

It was not possible to independently confirm his account.

Generals who have ruled Egypt since Mubarak's fall have pledged to hand over to civilian rule by July. They routinely deny charges of abuses or of trying anyone because of their opinions.

International rights groups have accused the army of using heavy-handed tactics, reminiscent of techniques use during Mubarak's era, to stifle dissent.

(Editing by Edmund Blair)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120128/wl_nm/us_egypt_activist

pueblo co pineapple express martyn martyn ecri stacey dash the time machine

Romney rejects 'anti-immigrant' label by Gingrich (AP)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Mitt Romney is citing his family's arrival in the United States in rebutting a claim by rival Republican Newt Gingrich that he's "anti-immigrant."

The former Massachusetts governor forcefully rejected the label during Thursday night's debate, noting that his father was born in Mexico and his father-in-law in Wales. Romney says he wants to enforce laws so people who come to the U.S. illegally don't get to stay. He accuses the former House speaker of "over-the-top rhetoric."

Gingrich has been accusing Romney of sounding inhumane for suggesting that people in the country illegally will "self-deport."

The Republican candidates want to appear tough on illegal immigration but not uncompassionate when it comes to long-standing families with deep ties to the United States.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120127/ap_on_el_pr/us_gop_debate_anti_immigrant

powerball winning numbers uc davis pepper spray uc davis pepper spray usc oregon breaking dawn part 2 breaking dawn part 2 big game

PFT: Pagano's hire continues drastic Colts changes

AP

Last week, long-time Browns beat writer Tony Grossi of the Cleveland Plain Dealer inadvertently posted an unflattering message about Browns owner Randy Lerner on Twitter.

?He is a pathetic figure, the most irrelevant billionaire in the world,? Grossi said.? The tweet was later deleted.

As it turns out, Lerner may remain sufficiently relevant to influence the work assignments at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.? According to CleveScene.com, Grossi has been removed from the beat.

Last week, the newspaper addressed the issue at its website, Cleveland.com:? ?Last night, Plain Dealer Browns beat reporter Tony Grossi made an inadvertent, inappropriate post to Twitter concerning Browns owner Randy Lerner.? Grossi has reached out to Lerner to apologize.? The Plain Dealer also apologizes.?

Grossi also addressed the situation in a video podcast:? ?Last night there was a comment attributed to me on my Twitter account.? It was inadvertent, it was inappropriate, and I do apologize for it.? I?ve reached out to Randy Lerner to apologize to him for it and we?ll just leave it at that. It was inappropriate and not meant to be tweeted, but it was inappropriate nonetheless.?

Though no one has explained specifically how it happened that the tweet was posted on Grossi?s page, it appears this is the latest example of someone not understanding how to properly use the ?direct message? function.? Grossi apparently intended to express his opinion privately to one of his Twitter followers, but he accidentally posted it onto his primary Twitter profile, which can be viewed publicly.

And while we know nothing about any other issues or circumstances between Grossi and his bosses, the reaction seems more than a little harsh.? Though the not-intended-for-publication message raises potential questions about Grossi?s objectivity when it comes to Lerner, it?s not as if Lerner is actively involved in the management of the team.? In many respects, Lerner is an absentee landlord, with little or no interest in doing the things that so many other NFL owners love to do.

But while Lerner takes a hands-off approach to the Browns, he has shown a willingness to respond to indignities with aggressive action.? In 2008, the Browns ended a preseason partnership with WOIO-TV after the station broadcast a portion of a 911 call made by Lerner?s sister when her daughter drowned.

?The recent coverage of the Lerner family tragedy is but the latest, albeit the most shocking and insensitive example of this destructive behavior,? Browns vice president Michael Keenan wrote in a letter to WOIO terminating the contract for ?irresponsible journalism.?

It?s currently unknown whether Lerner or the Browns requested, suggested, or demanded that Grossi be reassigned.? Regardless of how this all came to be, Grossi?s only wrongdoing, in our view, was his failure to properly navigate the Twitter application on his smartphone.

Besides, the substance of Grossi?s comments don?t come off to us as objectively offensive or inappropriate.? He referred to Lerner as ?pathetic? and called Lerner an ?irrelevant billionaire.?? (I?ve been called much worse than an ?irrelevant billionaire,? and I aspire to be much less.)

If it turns out that Lerner indeed pushed the Plain Dealer to dump Grossi from the beat for his accidental expression of a private opinion he?s entitled to have, it definitely will be evidence, in our opinion, of a pathetic act by the billionaire owner of a largely irrelevant team.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/25/with-pagano-colts-continue-dramatic-shift/related

martin luther king jr quotes martin luther king jr i have a dream speech packers score ricky gervais napoleon dynamite michelle williams the descendants

House bills promote religion at war memorials (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The House on Tuesday passed two bills endorsing the use of religious symbols at military memorials. One writes into law the propriety of displaying religious markers at war memorials while the other orders that the Interior Department add to the World War II Memorial in Washington a plaque with Franklin Roosevelt's prayer to the nation on D-Day.

The first bill would codify the existing practice of allowing religious symbols at military monuments established or acquired by the federal government. It was introduced by San Diego Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter in response to a 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling a year ago that a cross placed on Mount Soledad in nearby La Jolla, Calif., in 1913 was unconstitutional.

The bill, Hunter said, "ensures that Mount Soledad and any other war memorial will withstand these attacks by allowing the inclusion of all symbols of religion and personal faith on war memorials established and under the control of the federal government." The 43-foot cross, which became a memorial to Korean War veterans and now honors all veterans, has been the center of legal challenges for more than two decades. In 2006, Congress passed a law transferring the property to the Defense Department.

The second bill would install at the World War II Memorial on the Mall a plaque or inscription with Roosevelt's prayer on June 6, 1944, when Allied forces invaded Normandy. It passed 386-26.

The prayer begins: "With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances."

Bureau of Land Management Director Robert Abbey, in congressional testimony last November, said that while the administration did not judge the merit of the new commemoration, it could not support it. He said it was contrary to law that bars adding new commemorative work that encroaches on an existing one.

The addition, he said, "will necessarily dilute this elegant memorial's central message and its ability to clearly convey that message to move, educate and inspire its many visitors."

Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, the bill's sponsor, said he didn't see "how a nondenominational prayer that gave solace and comfort and strength to our nation during one of the most pivotal days of World War II and one of the most memorable days in our nation's history, would dilute the central message of the memorial."

The bills now go to the Senate.

Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, urged the Senate to ignore the bills, saying those who give their lives for the country should be honored "by respecting America's great tradition of religious diversity, not by allowing Congress to hijack the language and symbols of one faith and impose them on all."

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/religion/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120124/ap_on_go_co/us_war_memorials_religion

60 minutes oobleck justin timberlake marine corps ball frank gore injury frank gore injury makana makana

Rams officially announce Jeff Fisher as new head coach

KMOV.com

Posted on January 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM

Updated today at 3:56 AM

(KMOV.com) -- It is official. ?The Rams management announced the hiring of former Tennessee Titan head coach, Jeff Fisher, as the new head coach of the St. Louis Rams.

?

The Rams management made the announcement at a press conference Tuesday afternoon at Rams park. ?Fisher said the decision to take the job was very simple. ?He said he felt he could contribute to the Rams' new vision. ?Fisher did not outline the vision, but said he hoped he could contribute.

?

Fisher and the Rams inked the deal earlier on Tuesday. ?The length of the contract was not discussed. ?Fisher added that he still has faith in the Rams and wants to restore the franchise back to a place of significance, but stressed that doing that will be a collective effort.

?

Download the FootballStL app for the Rams news on your phone

Source: http://www.kmov.com/home/Rams-officially-announce-Jeff-Fisher-as-new-head-coach-137502678.html

aortic aneurysm syracuse basketball minnesota timberwolves jr martinez melasma jimmy rollins jimmy rollins

Romney can take risks. He's rich.

Mitt Romney is casting his campaign as a defense of free enterprise, hard work, and risk-taking. Easy for him to say: the higher you go on the economic ladder, the easier?it is?to make money without taking any personal financial risk at all. The lower you go, the bigger the risks.

Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as ?free enterprise on trial? ? defining free enterprise as achieving success through ?hard work and risking-taking.? Tea-Party favorite Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina says he?s supporting Romney because ?we really need someone who understands how risk, taking risk ? is the way we create jobs, create choices, expand freedom.? Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donahue, defending Romney, explains ?this economy is about risk. If you don?t take risk, you can?t have success.?

Skip to next paragraph Robert Reich

Robert is chancellor's professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Clinton. He has written 13 books, including 'The Work of Nations,' 'Locked in the Cabinet,' and his most recent book, 'Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future.' His 'Marketplace' commentaries can be found on publicradio.com and iTunes.

Recent posts

Wait a minute. Who do they think are bearing the risks? Their blather about free enterprise risk-taking has it upside down. The higher you go in the economy, the easier?it is?to make money without taking any personal financial risk at all. The lower you go, the bigger the risks.

Wall Street has become the center of?riskless free enterprise. Bankers risk other peoples? money. If deals turn bad, they collect their fees in any event. The entire hedge-fund industry is designed to hedge bets so big investors can make money whether the price of assets they bet on rises or falls. And if the worst happens, the biggest bankers and investors now know they?ll be bailed out by taxpayers because they?re too big to fail.

But the worst examples of?riskless free enteprise are the CEOs who rake in millions after they screw up royally.

Near the end of 2007, Charles Prince resigned as CEO of Citgroup after announcing the bank would need an additional $8 billion to $11 billion in write-downs related to sub-prime mortgages gone bad. Prince left with a princely $30 million in pension, stock awards, and stock options, along with an office, car, and a driver for five years.

Stanley O?Neal?s five-year tenure as CEO of Merrill Lynch ended about the same time, when it became clear Merrill would have to take tens of billions in write-downs on bad sub-prime mortgages and be bought up at a fire-sale price by Bank of America. O?Neal got a payout worth $162 million.

Philip Purcell, who left Morgan Stanley in 2005 after a shareholder revolt against him, took away $43.9 million plus $250,000 a year for life.

Pay-for-failure extends far beyond Wall Street. In a study released last week, GMI, a well-regarded research firm that monitors executive pay, analyzed the largest severance packages received by ex-CEOs since 2000.

On the list: Thomas E. Freston, who lasted just nine months as CEO of Viacom before being terminated, and left with a walk-away package of $101 million.

Also William D. McGuire, who in 2006 was forced to resign as CEO of UnitedHealth over a stock-options scandal, and for his troubles got pay package worth $286 million.

And Hank A. McKinnell, Jr.?s, whose five-year tenure as CEO of Pfizer was marked by a $140 billion drop in Pfizer?s stock market value. Notwithstanding, McKinnell walked away with a payout of nearly $200 million, free lifetime medical coverage, and an annual pension of $6.5 million. (At Pfizer?s 2006 annual meeting a plane flew overhead towing a banner reading ?Give it back, Hank!?)

Not to forget Douglas Ivester of Coca Cola, who stepped down as CEO in 2000 after a period of stagnant growth and declining earnings, with an exit package worth $120 million.

If anything, pay for failure is on the rise. Last September, Leo Apotheker was shown the door at Hewlett-Packard, with an exit package worth $13 million. Stephen Hilbert left Conseco with an estimated $72 million even though value of Conseco?s stock during his tenure sank from $57 to $5 a share on its way to bankruptcy.

**

But as economic risk-taking has declined at the top, it?s been increasing at the middle and below. More than 20 percent of the American workforce is now ?contingent? ? temporary workers, contractors, independent consultants ? with no security at all.

Even full-time workers who have put in decades with a company can now find themselves without a job overnight ? with no parachute, no help finding another job, and no health insurance.

Meanwhile the proportion of large and medium-sized companies (200 or more workers) offering full health care coverage continues to drop ? from 74 percent in 1980 to under 10 percent today. Twenty-five years ago, two-thirds of large and medium-sized employers also provided health insurance to their retirees. Now, fewer than 15 percent do.

The risk of getting old with no pension is also rising. In 1980, more than 80 percent of large and medium-sized firms gave their workers ?defined-benefit? pensions that guaranteed a fixed amount of money every month after they retired. Now it?s down to under 10 percent. Instead, they offer ?defined contribution? plans where the risk is on the workers. When the stock market tanks, as it did in 2008, the 401(k) plan tanks along with it. Today, a third of all workers with defined-benefit plans contribute nothing, which means their employers don?t either.

And the risk of losing earnings continues to grow. Even before the crash of 2008, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics at University of Michigan found that over any given two-year stretch about half of all families experienced some decline in income. And the downturns were becoming progressively larger. In the 1970s, the typical drop was about 25 percent. By late 1990s, it was 40 percent. By the mid-2000s, family incomes rose and fell twice as much as they did in the mid-1970s, on average.

What Romney and the cheerleaders of risk-taking free enterprise don?t want you to know is the risks of the economy have been shifting steadily away from CEOs and Wall Street ? and on to average working people. It?s not just income and wealth that are surging to the top. Economic security is moving there as well, leaving the rest of us stranded.

To the extent free enterprise is on trial, the real question is whether the system is rigged in favor of those at the top who get rewarded no matter how badly they screw up, while the rest of us get screwed no matter how hard we work.

The jury will report back Election Day. In the meantime, Obama and the Democrats shouldn?t allow Romney and the Republicans to act as defenders of risk-taking free enterprise. Americans need to know the truth. The only way the economy can thrive is if we have more risk-taking at the top, and more economic security below.

The Christian Science Monitor has assembled a diverse group of the best economy-related bloggers out there. Our guest bloggers are not employed or directed by the Monitor and the views expressed are the bloggers' own, as is responsibility for the content of their blogs. To contact us about a blogger, click here. This post originally ran on www.robertreich.org.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/1p8Z_QHhCcs/Romney-can-take-risks.-He-s-rich

mythbusters miami marlins hanley ramirez blago mumia abu jamal mumia abu jamal pearl harbor

WATCH: 'Bethenny Ever After' Season 3 Trailer

Much ado has already been made about season 3 of Bethenny Ever After (which premieres on Monday, Feb. 20, at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo). Now that the network has released the trailer, Bethenny Frankel's fans and detractors alike (and she has many of both) can get a sneak peek for themselves. Watch here: 

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/bethenny-ever-after-season-3-trailer-shows-marriage-trouble-lost-sea/1-a-419658?dst=iv%3AiVillage%3Abethenny-ever-after-season-3-trailer-shows-marriage-trouble-lost-sea-419658

brady quinn brady quinn nick fairley tim allen enlightened enlightened stand and deliver

Reddit?s Alexis Ohanian On SOPA: ?The Fight Isn?t Over?

Supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) may be on the run in the face of growing online protests, but SOPA and its Senate counterpart, PIPA, is not dead yet. "The fight isn't over," Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian tells me in the TCTV video interview above.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EGblC2eWgao/

courtney stodden drake take care herman cain accuser herman cain accuser election day joe frazier where do i vote

Thousands bid farewell to Turkish football star

updated 6:34 a.m. ET Jan. 15, 2012

ANKARA, Turkey - About 10,000 people, including fans from several Turkish clubs, bid farewell on Sunday to Lefter Kucukandonyadis, one of Turkey's top football players, who has died at 86.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egemen Bagis, Turkey's EU minister, atended the funeral ceremony at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium. Kucukandonyadis died of pneumonia Friday in Istanbul.

Midfielder Emre Belozoglu and other Fenerbahce players carried his coffin, draped in Turkish and Fenerbahce flags, to the pitch before the crowd observed a minute of silence in his memory.

Kucukandonyadis was the captain of Turkey's national team, making 46 appearances for his country. His club career included Fenerbahce, where he scored 423 goals in 615 games.

Fenerbahce fans who had no doubt that Lefter could turn every opportunity into a goal, often shouted: "give it (the ball) to Lefter, let him write it (the score) down in the book," Fenerbahce said on its website.

Born in 1925 in Istanbul to a fisherman father from Turkey's minority Greek community, Kucukandonyadis was the first player from Turkey to play abroad. He transferred to Italy's Fiorentina in 1951 followed by a spell with Nice in France.

After his retirement in 1966, Kucukandonyadis coached clubs in Greece, South Africa and Turkey.

Kucukandonyadis was buried in the island of Buyukada near Istanbul, where he was born.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

advertisement

More news

Arsenal's slim hopes take hit

??Arsenal's slim chance to contend for the Premier League title took a serious blow on Sunday when the Gunners lost 3-2 at newcomer Swansea.

Convincing

Roundup: Paul Scholes scored his first goal since ending his short-lived retirement to help Manchester United to a 3-0 Premier League win over Bolton on Saturday.

Source: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/46003997/ns/sports-soccer/

jodie fisher zooey deschanel michael jordan ryan braun yvette prieto hypertrophic cardiomyopathy maurice sendak

PFT: Tebow shows how far he has to go

Getty Images

Though the script isn?t quite identical, what with the Giants launching their postseason run at home against a team they should have beaten, the 2007 Road Warriors storyline is in full bloom, thanks to a 37-20 trouncing of the Packers in Green Bay.

And it could have been worse, especially with referee Bill Leavy?s crew failing to give the Giants possession of a ball that clearly had been fumbled by Packers receiver Greg Jennings and later extending the home team?s final scoring drive by calling the Giants for a blow to the head of quarterback Aaron Rodgers ? when Rodgers actually fell into the chest of a defender.

The Giants outgained the Packers, 420 to 388, thanks in large part to 330 passing yards and three touchdowns from quarterback Eli Manning.? Green Bay, which had 13 turnovers all season, had four on Sunday, including two from Rodgers.

Peyton?s kid brother has climbed onto the upper echelon of quarterbacks with his play in the clutch, consistently converting third downs and generally making big plays.

For the Packers, the big plays were too few and far between.? And so the Giants, by winning the first playoff game in Wisconsin since the 2007 NFC title game, have a two-game postseason winning streak at Lambeau Field.

The Giants? win broke a 7-0 start to the postseason for the home teams.? It marks the second NFC upset of the weekend, with 36 and 37 points being the winning sum and neither the Saints nor the Packers ringing up those numbers.

Next up for the Giants, who lost to the Packers during the regular season by three, is a return to San Francisco, where the Giants fell by seven.? And if the Giants can turn the tables on the Niners, and if the Patriots can beat the Ravens, the rematch of Super Bowl XLII would also be a rematch of New York?s stirring November win, 24-20, at New England.

Of course, the Harbaugh brothers may have something to say about a Giants-Pats rematch.? Jim and John likely have dreams (or maybe nightmares) of a brother vs. brother return bout on the biggest stage in sports.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/15/tebow-shows-how-far-he-has-to-go/related/

dexter facebook timeline kim jong il kim jong il vaclav havel vaclav havel kim jong ii dead

OK, MG, I Take It Back

A few weeks ago, I wrote: A couple weeks ago, MG wrote: Android development itself remains a huge pain in the ass. I hear this again, and again, and again. Which took me a bit aback. I?ve developed numerous Android and iOS apps (though not games, so I can?t speak to the differences there) over the last few years, and neither set of developer tools seems to me to be hugely superior: both have their strengths and their really irritating failings. Oh, the irony. Up until recently all the Android apps I'd worked on had had fairly vanilla graphics requirements. But for the last few weeks I've been in crunch mode developing an Android app with moderately elaborate graphics -- and. Well. I stand by what I said, to a point: the developer tools for the two platforms are comparable. But Android's fragmentation has become a giant millstone for Android app development, leaving it far behind its iOS equivalent. It's not the panoply of screen sizes and formats on devices running Android; the Android layout engine really makes that annoying, but no big deal. It's not the frequent instances of completely different visual behavior on two phones running exactly the same version of Android; again, annoying, but relatively minor. Device fragmentation is just an irritation. OS fragmentation, though, is an utter disaster.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9-5vrqIz2vo/

regenesis fanboys ucla usc ucla usc sean taylor usc football cybermonday

Growing Catholic divide over Mexico drug war (The Christian Science Monitor)

Saltillo, Mexico ? Bishop Jos? Ra?l Vera L?pez of Mexico has never shied away from controversy, defending unpopular minorities ranging from illegal migrants to prostitutes.

Now, as violence between Mexican drug traffickers and security forces pushes the drug war's five-year death toll over 45,000, the Roman Catholic bishop is taking on the government. He claims that corrupt officials are allying with criminals to skim drug profits and using the military to murder criminals who might reveal any collusion.

RELATED: 5 facts about Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel

"The use of the army was the worst mistake of [President Felipe Calder?n]," Bishop Vera says in a recent interview at his diocese in Saltillo, set in the desert mountains of northern Mexico. "This strategy is covering the corrupt people in government, the people washing the money. Organized crime is growing. The destruction of the criminals is impossible if you don't put the justice of the people first."

It is a stinging rebuke from a cleric in the Catholic church, whose collective stance has been more ambiguous.

The church hierarchy initially remained largely silent on the gore that has thrust Mexico's drug war into the international spotlight.

While it is now increasingly condemning drug-gang violence and more vocally supporting Mr. Calder?n's military-led strategy, the church's stance remains less clear when it comes to innocent victims of the drug-war crackdown by the military. The ambiguity is driving a wedge between priests and human rights activists within the church and the Catholic hierarchy ? a divide likely to grow leading up to Pope Benedict XVI's planned visit in March.

Tensions over human rights

Roderic Ai Camp, an expert on Mexican institutions, says the church's lack of clarity comes from leaders' desire to shore up government institutions in a young democracy, even when they might be abusing their authority.

"The church is trying to pursue a fine line between condemning violence generally, while not delegitimizing the security institutions by condemning these human rights violations," says Dr. Camp, a professor at Claremont McKenna College in California.

From 2006, when Calder?n began his efforts against drug trafficking, through 2010, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has received more than 5,300 complaints of human rights abuses committed by the army.

According to a Human Rights Watch report from November, Mexican security forces may have participated in more than 170 cases of torture, as well as disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

Not speaking out for these victims could ultimately undermine the church, say some scholars.

"If the church is not providing adequate attention to the violence issues and they haven't demonstrated to people that, 'You matter as a Catholic,' I think that could be a factor [in maintaining influence]," says Joseph Palacios, a sociology professor and Catholic priest at Georgetown University.

Whereas churches elsewhere in the region have long aligned with the government, in Mexico there has been a firmer separation of church and state ??? though the drug war has changed that somewhat.

"There has been a coming together of the church hierarchy and government in recent years on the issue of violence," says Victor Ramos Cortes, a religion expert at the University of Guadalajara, in Mexico. He says the government has lobbied the church for support in its efforts, especially as Mexico has wearied under surging violence.

Culture wars, particularly over abortion and gay marriage in Mexico's liberal capital, have also brought the church and Calder?n's conservative administration closer together.

But that closeness is causing rifts within the church, says Mr. Ramos. While the hierarchy underlines its support for Calder?n, activists are demanding a change in the strategy of the drug war.

Ties between churches, traffickers?

Some churches have benefited from the criminal underworld, receiving hefty donations from members who sit in their pews on Sundays but work as traffickers during the week. Mr. Palacios says the church needs to address the local financial relationships between clergy and drug traffickers. He says priests should discourage donations from drug traffickers, not allowing them to pay for church festivals or repairs to buildings, for example.

But priests and their congregations have also been the target of violence. Masses have been interrupted by gunfire, and some priests have been shot. Many priests have reported being victims of extortion.

Despite such challenges, though, Vera has forged ahead as a priest and human rights activist. Among those he helps are the hundreds of disappeared victims of the state.

"Vera's leadership has been exceptional in helping the families of the disappeared in [the Mexican state of] Coahuila fight back fear, get organized, and find a voice," says Nik Steinberg of Human Rights Watch. "These families are demanding justice from government officials, who often find it easier to pass off victims as criminals than to conduct real investigations into their cases."

In 2010 Vera's work was recognized internationally: He was awarded the prestigious Rafto Prize in Norway, given for human rights work.

Pushback from church superiors

But outspokenness can carry a cost; Vera has faced opposition from within the church since transforming from a theological conservative to an advocate for gays and other marginalized minorities.

This summer, an anonymous group hung banners on the Saltillo cathedral criticizing Vera's theology. "We want a Catholic bishop," read one. The Vatican then summoned him to explain his support of gay rights advocates.

His words rile the government, too, but he has forged ahead nevertheless.

"There are very few men of the cloth in Mexico who speak out on any issue, left or right," says Palacios. "But Vera is also a public intellectual who has the capacity to engage non-Catholic influentials in Mexico ? academics, [nongovernment organization] staff, human rights advocates, the press."

Asked about risks to his safety, Vera waves his hand: "I am inspired by the sufferings of the people," he says.

? Staff writer Sara Miller Llana contributed to this report from Mexico City.

Get daily or weekly updates from CSMonitor.com delivered to your inbox. Sign up today.

RELATED: 5 facts about Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120113/wl_csm/445898

yellow cab japan earthquake bosom buddies andrew bynum anderson cooper rodney atkins diplo

Regis Philbin sells Conn. house for $3M (omg!)

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) ? Television host Regis Philbin and his wife, Joy, have sold one of their Connecticut homes for $3 million.

The Greenwich Time reports (http://bit.ly/ye4QCb ) that town records show the Colonial home in Greenwich was placed on the market for $3.8 million in July and sold for $3 million in September.

The buyer, Raymond LaChance, told the newspaper that the fact that Philbin is the former owner is "kind of neat," but that did not influence his and his wife's decision to purchase the house.

The home has nearly 6,000 square feet of space and sits on six acres near a state park. It also includes a pool, a tennis court and a gazebo.

The Philbins own another home less than two miles away and an apartment in Manhattan.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http%3A//us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/omg_rss/rss_omg_en/news_regis_philbin_sells_conn_house3m_202854991/44188022/*http%3A//omg.yahoo.com/news/regis-philbin-sells-conn-house-3m-202854991.html

michael jackson trial carlos the jackal namibia namibia hell on wheels hell on wheels new york city marathon

West Virginia Gets a Pair of Rematches (Taegan Goddard's Political Wire)

Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, RSS Feeds and Widgets via Feedzilla.

Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/186316538?client_source=feed&format=rss

badgers badgers nbc sports network mendenhall demarcus cousins savannah brinson mount rainier

Ainovo $79 Novo7 Paladin Ice Cream Sandwich tablet hands-on

Nope, that's not a typo -- we just got our hands on a $79 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet. The folks from MIPS popped by the Engadget stage to talk about the budget device. The Ainovo Novo7 Paladin is available now in China, so if you actually want to get your hands on the thing here in the US, it will likely cost you a bit more when you actually factor in, you know, air fare and such, but the company assures us that something along the same lines ought to be coming to the States in the near future, with a similar price point.

As expected, this isn't the sexiest tablet we've seen on the show floor -- you're not getting a Galaxy Tab here -- but the build quality is quite solid. The seven-inch screen is 800 x 480 -- again, not high-end specs we're dealing with, but it does the trick for casual gaming and YouTube videos, and the MIPS folks mention to us plans to bump up the res for a US release. Along the top of the device, you'll find three buttons: power, back and menu -- the placement on the latter two are a bit counterintuitive when first picking up the tablet, but you'll get used to it pretty quickly. Along the right side, you'll find a headphone jack, miniUSB port (yes, mini), volume buttons and a microSD slot for expanding the already decent 8GB of storage.

Inside you'll find that MIPS-based 1GHz single core processor and 512MB of RAM -- again, not the greatest, but it should get the job done for most the paces you'd expect to put a $79 tablet through. There's no cameras or GPS on the thing, though we didn't really miss either one. If you're looking for something that can do video and stills, however, $20 more will get you the $99 Novo7 basic.

Gallery: Ainovo $79 Novo7 Paladin ICS tablet hands-on

Myriam Joire contributed to this report.

Continue reading Ainovo $79 Novo7 Paladin Ice Cream Sandwich tablet hands-on

Ainovo $79 Novo7 Paladin Ice Cream Sandwich tablet hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/12/ainovo-79-novo7-paladin-ice-cream-sandwich-tablet-hands-on/

adrian peterson darlene love free kindle books roasted potatoes turkey recipes turkey recipes happy holidays

Panasonic carpet bombs CES with nine new Blu-Ray players

It's that time again, folks. Panasonic has (figuratively) taken to the streets of Las Vegas in a ticker tape parade that's full of press releases. As part of the announcement, the company launched three 3D Blu-Ray players for home theater systems, four stand-alone 3D models and two traditional Blu-Ray units. The home theater group -- which includes the SC-BTT490, SC-BTT195 and SC-BTT190 -- each offer WiFi connectivity and DLNA certification, compatibility with the company's smartphone remote control app, and a new version of VIERA Connect that's replete with more online content. Notably, the SC-BTT490 features two HDMI inputs in addition to the traditional HDMI out. Each of the home theater models will be available in April.

Meanwhile, the four remaining 3D Blu-Ray players -- the DMP-BBT01, DMP-BDT500, DMP-BDT320 and DMP-BDT220 -- each support Panasonic's VIERA Connect, while the 2D models, the DMP-BD87 and DMP-BD77, are limited to Netflix, Vudu, CinemaNow and YouTube. Of this group, the 500, 320 and 220 each feature a 192kHz/32bit audio DAC, although the 500 ultimately makes it to the top of the pile with high quality terminals and capacitors. If you're curious to learn more about this heapin' pile of Panasonic wares, be sure to check the PR after the break.

Continue reading Panasonic carpet bombs CES with nine new Blu-Ray players

Panasonic carpet bombs CES with nine new Blu-Ray players originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/panasonic-intos-nine-bluray-players-at-ces/

2012 nfl draft order georgia bulldogs football rashard mendenhall rachel zoe nfl playoff schedule 2012 mt rainier national park penn state football

French stalker of Kirsten Dunst ordered to stay away (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ? A French fan accused of stalking "Spider-Man" actress Kirsten Dunst was ordered on Monday to stay at least 100 yards away from her until 2015.

Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, is accused of sending more than 50 love letters to Dunst, 29, and of flying to the United States to meet her. According to court papers, Prudhon confronted Dunst's mother on the doorstep of her home.

Los Angeles Superior Court judge Carol Boas Goodson granted a temporary restraining order in December against Prudhon, and extended it on Monday to 2015. Prudhon was also ordered to stay away from Dunst's mother and to stop trying to contact the actress.

"Tell Ms. Dunst we're doing the most we can for her,'' Goodson told Dunst's attorneys. "It's one of the costs of being a celebrity but it shouldn't have to be."

Neither Dunst not Proudhon were present for Monday's hearing.

On Saturday, Dunst was named best actress by the National Society of Film Critics and her apocalyptic psychological drama "Melancholia" was named the best film of 2011.

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant, editing by Christine Kearney)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120109/film_nm/us_kirstendunst

nfl playoff schedule tim howard scores nick cannon kidney failure consumer financial protection bureau casey anthony video recess appointment eastman kodak

US raises outreach to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (AP)

CAIRO ? The number two diplomat in the U.S. State Department met Wednesday with leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the highest-level contact between Washington and the once-banned group poised to dominate the country's first parliament chosen after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.

Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met with the head of the Brotherhood's political party, which has won more than 40 percent of the seats in elections that ended Wednesday. The parliament is scheduled to convene on Jan. 23.

Its main task is to appoint a 100-member panel to write a new constitution. With its election victory, the Islamist group could have significant influence over its content.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Burns' meeting with the Brotherhood leaders was a chance to reinforce U.S. expectations that Egypt's parties will support human rights, women's rights and religious tolerance.

Mohammed Morsi, head of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, told Burns that there is a consensus on civic freedoms and rights for the new constitution, according to a party statement.

The meeting was part of an effort by the U.S. government to reach out to the Brotherhood after decades of shunning the movement, which was outlawed under Mubarak's regime. Thousands of its members were arrested during his 30-year old rule, though its members were allowed to run as independent candidates in parliamentary elections.

Noting his movement's success, Morsi said the first elections after Mubarak stepped down in February were an expression of Egyptians' "ability to create change."

"The large participation of the people in the three stages of the elections were a translation of the people's choice for the democratic path as the beginning of change, development and stability in Egypt," he said, according to the statement.

Morsi urged the United States to "reconsider" its policies in the region, favoring people's choices as reflected by the Arab Spring uprisings instead of dictatorial regimes, because that proved to be "not in its best interest."

Morsi said his party understands the importance of U.S.-Egyptian relations, which he said must be based on "a balance" between the two sides.

The party statement said Burns expressed interest in the movement's views about economic and political developments in Egypt and the region. It also said Burns repeated U.S. interest in promoting investment in Egypt, but also urged Egypt to cooperate with the International Monetary Fund.

Egyptian media report that a delegation from the IMF is expected in Egypt soon to discuss the possibilities of a $3 billion loan to help the country's economy. which has suffered from instability in the wake of the uprising.

Burns met with other political groups but not Egypt's more radical Islamist Salafi parties, which finished second in the election.

___

Additional reporting by Bradley Klapper in Washington.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_us

leona lewis carlos beltran air jordan 11 concord unemployment extension the thin man republic wireless space ball drops on namibia

B'Cast News Wednesday (TIME)

Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, RSS and RSS Feed via Feedzilla.

Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/185634976?client_source=feed&format=rss

dish network cbs news manny pacquiao fight pacquiao marquez pacquiao marquez penn state game radiohead tour