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'Star Wars' Spotlight: Grand Moff Tarkin
By Ryan Rigley While there may not be all that much to go off of for the upcoming "Star Wars VII" as of yet, it seems as if that won't be the case once the film actually goes into production. "I think the whole issue of confidentiality is gonna be fascinating as we move into [...]
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MassMutual Retirement Services Hires Regional Sales Director
29 Apr, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ ? MassMutual?s Retirement Services Division ;is pleased to welcome Mitch Flax as regional sales director to its growing sales and client management organization, led by Hugh O?Toole, senior vice president.
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In his new role, Mr. Flax is partnering with MassMutual managing director Andy Ambrose to support small-plan sales in Central Texas. He joins MassMutual from Wells Fargo Advisors in Austin, Texas, where he was part of the Retirement Plan Advisor Program responsible for business development, education, sales presentations, vendor searches, fee negotiation and plan sponsor annual reviews. Mr. Flax achieved his Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) designation and holds his FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.
Mr. Flax joined the firm effective March 25. He is based in Austin, Texas, and reports to Brian Robb, divisional vice president for MassMutual?s Retirement Services Division. ;
?MassMutual is delighted to welcome Mitch to our sales and client management team,? says Scott Buffington, vice president and national sales manager with MassMutual?s Retirement Services Division. ?He is a highly skilled retirement plan professional and brings nearly ten years of industry experience to his new role. We look forward to leveraging his expertise to meet the needs of our advisors throughout Central Texas,? adds Buffington.
For more information about MassMutual?s Retirement Services Division, please contact your retirement plan advisor or call MassMutual at 1-866-444-2601.
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Founded in 1851, MassMutual is a leading mutual life insurance company that is run for the benefit of its members and participating policyholders. The company has a long history of financial strength and strong performance, and although dividends are not guaranteed, MassMutual has paid dividends to eligible participating policyholders consistently since the 1860s. With whole life insurance as its foundation, MassMutual provides products to help meet the financial needs of clients, such as life insurance, disability income insurance, long term care insurance, retirement/401(k) plan services and annuities. In addition, the company?s strong and growing network of financial professionals helps clients make good financial decisions for the long term.
MassMutual Financial Group is a marketing name for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) and its affiliated companies and sales representatives. MassMutual is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts and its major affiliates include: Babson Capital Management LLC; Baring Asset Management Limited; Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC; The First Mercantile Trust Company; MassMutual International LLC; MML Investors Services, LLC, Member FINRA and SIPC; OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; and The MassMutual Trust Company, FSB.
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Obama and O'Brien Cast Their Versions of D.C. White House Correspondents' Dinner
Both President Barack Obama and Conan O'Brien decided to cast Hollywood versions of D.C. at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this year. Obama's version was directed by Steven Spielberg, O'Brien's starred "Tan Mom" as John Boehner.
With the celebrities having walked the White House Correspondents' Dinner red carpet and the crowd in the Washington Hilton having eaten and schmoozed, it came time for the key parts of the evening: remarks from President Obama and Conan O'Brien. Of particular interest was how the president was going to address the recent bombings in Boston, and, along those same lines, what tone O'Brien will take.
Obama came out swinging with jokes at the ready. One of his opening lines joked about his age: ?I?m not the strapping young Muslim socialist I used to be.? He made light of the frenzy over Michelle Obama's bangs, by explaining his strategy for a second term burst of energy showing a series of pictures with his new hairstyle:
He riffed on topics ranging from his Jay-Z's trip to Cuba ("I?ve got 99 problems and now Jay-Z is one of them") to BuzzFeed ("I remember when Buzzfeed was just something I did at college around 2 a.m.") He even took aim at the much maligned NBC when he talked about how he made only two shots at the Easter Egg Roll: "The executives at NBC asked ?what?s your secret?" But his highlight was a video with Steven Spielberg, about Spielberg's new project: "Obama." Spielberg cast Daniel Day-Lewis as Obama, but in the video shown Obama played Daniel Day-Lewis playing Obama. Tracy Morgan played Joe Biden. Here's that clip:
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But Obama closed on a more serious note. "These have been some very hard days for too many of our citizens," he said. He also complimented the work of journalists during these days, specifically calling out the Boston Globe and NBC's Pete Williams.
Following Obama Conan O'Brien got his fair share of groans?both in the room and on Twitter?when he took aim at a variety of topics ranging from the Hilton, to dying print media, to Kim Jong-Un. He joked that Arianna Huffington made him watch a 30 second ad before he could say hello to her, and that Matt Drudge wasn't there because he had a "he had a prior commitment to teach a web design class in 1997." There were CNN jokes a plenty, including one about how they ?they replaced the popular Larry King with one of the scheming footman from Downton Abbey.? (That's Piers Morgan, of course.) He explained that the media landscape was like a high school cafeteria with NPR as the table for "kids with peanut allergies." There was also a joke about the time Al Roker soiled himself at the White House.
O'Brien then turned his attention to Republicans, saying that the party refers to Marco Rubio as "our black guy" and joking about Reince Priebus' name. (He was sitting between brothers "Lather Priebus and Repeat Priebus.") He went fairly easy on the president, asking why he was still asking for money, and joking about how old he looks.
Before his final joke he took a moment to address Boston, his hometown, and thank the president for going there, but he ended by casting his version of a dramatized version of the Beltway. There Joe Biden will be played by Bob Barker, Paul Ryan by Mr. Bean, and John Kerry by an Easter Island Head:
O'Brien's performance?in which he talked very loudly into the microphone and occasionally banged a gavel?did not go over entirely well on Twitter.
Note to #WHCD: Maybe we just forget about a "headliner" for the next couple years?
? aarongell (@aarongell) April 28, 2013
Watch Obama's speech here and O'Brien's here.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-obrien-cast-versions-d-c-white-house-234708035.html
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LG Optimus F5 mid-range LTE smartphone hits France April 29, global dispersion to follow
LG's F-series handsets may not be in the same class an HTC One or GS4, but we can't help to appreciate the solid specs and LTE-goodness baked into these mid-range devices. Following a debut alongside its F7 sibling at MWC, the F5 will begin trickling out to retail April 29th in France. While there's no mention of US availability -- despite a recent leak pegging it for Verizon -- LG will also be soon pushing it out to parts of Asia and Central / South America as well. Aimed at markets new to LTE, the smartphone packs a beefy 2,150mAh battery, five-megapixel camera, 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a 4.3-inch screen to display LG's skinned version of Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2. If you're curious to give LTE a go with LG, you'll find the full press release after the break.
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Twitter?s Vine video sharing app coming soon to Android
(Reuters) - This year's U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania has attracted a record total of 9,860 entries, the United States Golf Association (USGA) said on Thursday. The number of applicants for the June 13-16 tournament eclipsed the previous best of 9,086 for the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. "The fact that we have a record number of entries, from across the world, is a testament to both the great appeal of the U.S. Open and the historic nature and grandeur of Merion Golf Club," USGA Executive Director Mike Davis said in a statement. The U.S. ...
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Possible new treatment for dry eye syndrome - Boots WebMD
A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may one day provide relief for people with a painful eye condition called dry eye syndrome, a study has found.
By Grant Stewart
BMJ Group News
What do we know already?
Dry eye syndrome, also known as keratoconjunctivitis sicca, is one of the most common reasons people seek help from eye specialists ( ophthalmologists). It happens when the eyes don?t make enough tears or when the tears dry too quickly because the oil glands that help to keep the eyes moist are blocked or don?t work properly. It can cause symptoms such as pain, blurred vision, burning, watering, and the feeling that you have something in your eye. For some people these symptoms can be so severe as to affect their work and other aspects of their lives.
Dry eye syndrome affects about 3 in 100 people overall, but it is more common among middle-aged and older people. It can be caused by a number of things, including being in a hot or windy climate, hormonal changes in the body, getting older, or as a side effect of some medicines.
Dry eye syndrome is often treated with anti-inflammatory eye drops that help reduce swelling in the eyes and the oil glands. But these don?t suit everyone, and can cause side effects such as burning, pressure in the eyes, and even cataracts. So researchers are looking at other medicines that could treat the symptoms without causing so many problems.
In one study, researchers looked at a medicine called anakinra, which is often used by people with rheumatoid arthritis to reduce swelling in painful joints. The researchers wanted to see whether it could also reduce the swelling and other symptoms of dry eye syndrome. They randomly divided 75 people with dry eye syndrome into three groups. People in the first two groups were given eye drops containing different strengths of anakinra, while the third group was given plain eye drops containing no medicine (called ?vehicle? drops). None of the people in any of the groups knew which drops they had been given.
What does the new study say?
After 12 weeks, people in both of the groups given anakinra said that their symptoms had been reduced on average by 30 percent to 35 percent (about a third). People given the plain ?vehicle? drops said their symptoms had improved by only five percent (one twentieth). Side effects with anakinra were no worse than with the ?vehicle? drops.
How reliable is the research?
This type of study, called a randomised controlled trial, is the best kind of research for finding out how well treatments work when compared with each other. When neither the people in the trial nor the researchers know who has taken what, no one can influence the results.
But this was a very small trial - far too small to say for sure whether this treatment really works. It also only compared anakinra against a dummy treatment (the ?vehicle? drops), so we don?t know how well it might work compared with other medicines.
What does this mean for me?
For the moment you won?t be able to try anakinra if you have dry eye syndrome. But that could change if more trials find that it works well. In the meantime there are other treatments. You can also do things to help yourself, such as keeping your eyes clean and protecting them from dry, windy conditions. If you have symptoms such as sensitivity to light, very red or painful eyes, or worsening vision, you should see your doctor straight away.
Source: http://www.webmd.boots.com/eye-health/news/20130425/new-treatment-dry-eye-syndrome
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No more protection for gray wolves in Lower 48? Draft rule proposes that
Macneill Lyons / AP file
An image provided by Yellowstone National Park, Mont., shows a gray wolf in the wild.
By John Flesher and Matthew Brown, The Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. --?Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range.
The draft U.S. Department of Interior rule obtained by The Associated Press contends that roughly 5,000 wolves now living in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes are enough to prevent the species' extinction. The agency says having gray wolves elsewhere ? such as the West Coast, parts of New England and the Southern Rockies ? is unnecessary for their long-term survival.
A small population of Mexican wolves in the Southwest would continue to receive federal protections, as a distinct subspecies of the gray wolf.
The document was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday the rule was under internal review and would be subject to public comment before a final decision is made.
If the rule is enacted, it would transfer control of wolves to state wildlife agencies by removing them from the federal list of endangered species.
Wildlife advocates warn that could effectively halt the species' expansion, which has stirred a backlash from agricultural groups and some hunters upset by wolf attacks on livestock and big game herds such as elk.
Some biologists have argued wolves will continue spreading regardless of their legal status. The animals are prolific breeders, known to journey hundreds of miles in search of new territory. They were wiped out across most of the U.S. early last century following a government sponsored poisoning and trapping campaign.
In an emailed statement, the agency pointed to "robust" populations of the animals in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes as evidence that gray wolf recovery "is one of the world's great conservation successes."
Wolves in those two areas lost protections under the Endangered Species Act over the last two years.
In some states where wolves have recovered, regulated hunting and trapping already has been used to drive down their populations, largely in response to wolf attacks on livestock and big game herds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently reported that wolf numbers dropped significantly last year in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana for the first time since they were reintroduced in the mid-1990s.
Federal officials have said they are monitoring the states' actions, but see no immediate threat to their survival.
In Oregon and Washington, which have small but rapidly growing wolf populations, the animals have remained protected under state laws even after federal protections were lifted in portions of the two states.
Between 1991 and 2011, the federal government spent $102 million on gray wolf recovery programs and state agencies chipped in $15.6 million. Federal spending likely would drop if the proposal to lift protections goes through, while state spending would increase.
John Flesher reported from Traverse City, Mich.
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Battery and Memory Device in One
Apr. 24, 2013 ? Conventional data memory works on the basis of electrons that are moved around and stored. However, even by atomic standards, electrons are extremely small. It is very difficult to control them, for example by means of relatively thick insulator walls, so that information will not be lost over time. This does not only limit storage density, it also costs a great deal of energy. For this reason, researchers are working feverishly all over the world on nanoelectronic components that make use of ions, i.e. charged atoms, for storing data. Ions are some thousands of times heavier that electrons and are therefore much easier to 'hold down'. In this way, the individual storage elements can almost be reduced to atomic dimensions, which enormously improves the storage density.
In resistive switching memory cells (ReRAMs), ions behave on the nanometre scale in a similar manner to a battery. The cells have two electrodes, for example made of silver and platinum, at which the ions dissolve and then precipitate again. This changes the electrical resistance, which can be exploited for data storage. Furthermore, the reduction and oxidation processes also have another effect. They generate electric voltage. ReRAM cells are therefore not purely passive systems -- they are also active electrochemical components. Consequently, they can be regarded as tiny batteries whose properties provide the key to the correct modelling and development of future data storage.
In complex experiments, the scientists from Forschungszentrum J?lich and RWTH Aachen University determined the battery voltage of typical representatives of ReRAM cells and compared them with theoretical values. This comparison revealed other properties (such as ionic resistance) that were previously neither known nor accessible. "Looking back, the presence of a battery voltage in ReRAMs is self-evident. But during the nine-month review process of the paper now published we had to do a lot of persuading, since the battery voltage in ReRAM cells can have three different basic causes, and the assignment of the correct cause is anything but trivial," says Dr. Ilia Valov, the electrochemist in Prof. Rainer Waser's research group.
The new finding is of central significance, in particular, for the theoretical description of the memory components. To date, ReRAM cells have been described with the aid of the concept of memristors -- a portmanteau word composed of "memory" and "resistor." The theoretical concept of memristors can be traced back to Leon Chua in the 1970s. It was first applied to ReRAM cells by the IT company Hewlett-Packard in 2008. It aims at the permanent storage of information by changing the electrical resistance. The memristor theory leads to an important restriction. It is limited to passive components. "The demonstrated internal battery voltage of ReRAM elements clearly violates the mathematical construct of the memristor theory. This theory must be expanded to a whole new theory -- to properly describe the ReRAM elements," says Dr. Eike Linn, the specialist for circuit concepts in the group of authors. This also places the development of all micro- and nanoelectronic chips on a completely new footing.
"The new findings will help to solve a central puzzle of international ReRAM research," says Prof. Rainer Waser, deputy spokesman of the collaborative research centre SFB 917 'Nanoswitches' established in 2011. In recent years, these puzzling aspects include unexplained long-term drift phenomena or systematic parameter deviations, which had been attributed to fabrication methods. "In the light of this new knowledge, it is possible to specifically optimize the design of the ReRAM cells, and it may be possible to discover new ways of exploiting the cells' battery voltage for completely new applications, which were previously beyond the reach of technical possibilities," adds Waser, whose group has been collaborating for years with companies such as Intel and Samsung Electronics in the field of ReRAM elements. His research group has already filed a patent application for their first idea on how to improve data readout with the aid of battery voltage.
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Missing Brown student's body found in Providence River
By Richard Weizel
BOSTON (Reuters) - A body found floating in the Providence River was that of a 22-year-old Brown University student who had been missing for more than a month, Rhode Island officials confirmed on Thursday.
The body of Sunil Tripathi, who had been missing since March 16, had been found by the university's men's crew team late on Tuesday.
"We have been able to conclusively determine the body is that of Sunil Tripathi, but will not be able to determine the cause of death for several months," said Dara Chadwick, a spokeswoman for the Rhode Island Department of Health.
The case received national media attention after social media websites last week lit up with a false rumor that Tripathi, who was on an approved leave from Brown, was one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.
The actual suspects have been identified as brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
While Tripathi's family blasted those reports last week, they posted a statement of thanks on Thursday on a special website which had been set up to help find the missing student.
"As we carry indescribable grief, we also feel incredible gratitude," the family said. "To each one of you - from your hometown to many distant lands - we extend our thanks for the words of encouragement, for your thoughts, for your prayers and for the love you have generously shared."
Brown University President Christina Paxson said on Thursday: "We extend our deepest condolences to Sunil's family for their loss and for the immeasurable pain they have endured during this period."
The university plans a memorial service for Tripathi on Saturday afternoon.
(Reporting by Richard Weizel in Milford, Connecticut; editing by Scott Malone, G Crosse)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/body-found-providence-river-identified-missing-student-172807069.html
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Contact killing of Salmonella by human fecal bacteria
Apr. 23, 2013 ? Our gut is home to trillions of bacteria, numbering more than the cells in the rest of our body, and these bacteria help us to digest our food, absorb nutrients and strengthen our immune system. This complex bacterial ecosystem, called the gut microbiota, also helps to prevent bad bacteria from colonising our bodies and making us ill.
As part of the symbiotic relationship between the gut microbiota and our bodies, the bacteria derive nutrition from our food and convert it into compounds that we can't make ourselves. Some of these compounds are part of the arsenal that combats harmful bacteria. To date, these are the only identified defense mechanisms associated with gut bacteria.
Dr Carmen Pin, and PhD student Gaspar Avenda?o-Perez at the Institute of Food Research, which is strategically funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, have recently found a novel mode of interaction between Salmonella, a foodborne pathogen, and the gut bacteria that leads to the inactivation of Salmonella. This interaction relies on Salmonella and the gut bacteria being in close proximity, or through cell to cell contact. This new way of interaction between the "good" and the" bad" bacteria may contribute to prevent intestinal colonization and infection by foodborne pathogens.
The researchers collected faecal samples from several healthy human donors and used the experimental colon model facility of the Institute of Food Research to culture faecal bacteria together with Salmonella under conditions that mimicked those in the human colon. Gut bacteria effectively inactivated Salmonella in mixed culturesbut only when cell contact between both populations was possible. Salmonella inactivation was not observed when a membrane was included into the system to prevent cell contact between populations.
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Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, the powerful Senate Finance chairman who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but broke with his party on gun control, has decided to retire, Democratic officials said Tuesday.
Baucus, 71, of Montana, has been a fixture in the Senate since 1979 and has been the top Democrat on the Finance panel since 2001. He faced a tough re-election bid next year, with opposition to the health care law in his state taking a toll on his approval ratings.
A Democrat with an independent streak, Baucus supported the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and Obama's signature 2010 health care law. He broke with his party this year to oppose both the Senate Democratic budget blueprint and a hotly fought effort to beef up background checks for gun purchases.
The officials spoke about his retirement decision on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly disclose the senator's intentions.
Baucus, who helped write Obama's health care law, stunned administration officials last week when he told the president's health care chief that he thought the law was headed for a "train wreck" because of bumbling implementation.
"I just see a huge train wreck coming down," Baucus told Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Baucus was the first top Democrat to publicly voice fears about the rollout of the new health care law, designed to bring coverage to some 30 million uninsured people through a mix of government programs and tax credits for private insurance. Polls show that Americans remain confused by the complex law, and even many uninsured people are skeptical they will be helped by benefits that start next year.
Republican campaign officials immediately seized upon Baucus' comments.
Baucus' retirement opens up an opportunity for Republicans to claim a Senate seat in a state where GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney easily defeated Obama by 12 percentage points last year. But Democrats have proved resilient in Montana, with Sen. Jon Tester winning re-election last year. The election of Steve Bullock last year is the third term in a row in which Democrats have held the governorship.
Former two-term Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer would be a top candidate should he choose to run to replace Baucus.
Democrats in the Senate will be defending 21 seats next year to Republicans 14, with several Democrats running for re-election in GOP-leaning states that Romney won handily. Among the Democrats facing tough challenges next year are Sens. Mark Begich of Alaska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas.
Democrats also have more retirements than the GOP. Five Democrats in addition to Baucus have announced they will not seek another term: Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, Carl Levin of Michigan and Tim Johnson of South Dakota.
Among Republicans, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Mike Johanns of Nebraska have decided to retire.
Despite his standing as a top Democrat in Capitol Hill, Baucus sometimes bucked the party line in recognition of Montana being a fundamentally conservative state with voters who want someone willing to base votes on more than party lines.
"I don't focus on labels," he has said. "For me, Montana comes first and partisan labels are a distant second."
He was an architect of the President George W. Bush's prescription drug plan in 2003, one of the few Democrats to back a GOP-led effort to provide prescription drug coverage under Medicare. The law is now widely popular with Republicans and Democrats.
Baucus is from a wealthy Helena ranching family. He practiced law in Montana in the early 1970s until he was elected to the state House in 1973. He first won election to the U.S. House as part of the huge 1974 Watergate class and easily moved up to the Senate in 1978. He has had only one close race since, when he defeated then Lt. Gov. Denny Rehberg with less than 50 percent of the vote in 1996.
Baucus became an advocate for the residents of the Montana town of Libby after news reports in 1999 linked asbestos contamination from a vermiculite mine there to deaths and illnesses. He helped deliver money to those who fell sick and became a vocal critic of both the W.R. Grace Co., and the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing enough to clean up the town.
He also worked to protect the land bordering Glacier National Park by advocating energy companies to retire their leases in the North Fork watershed of Montana's Flathead River.
Baucus voted in favor of invading Iraq, but said later that his vote was a mistake based on faulty intelligence delivered to Congress. After his nephew was killed while deployed in Iraq, Baucus said in later years that the troops should come home as soon as possible.
Baucus ran afoul of his constituents during President Bill Clinton's administration when he supported a handgun-control law and a ban on the sale of some assault-style weapons. Gun ownership is widespread in Montana, and Baucus later supported allowing those laws to expire in 2004.
Baucus came under criticism in February 2009 when he recommended Melodee Hanes for Montana's U.S. attorney post when he was dating her. Hanes withdrew her name from consideration in March and was hired in June as a top official in the Justice Department.
She and Baucus married in June 2011 at the historic Montana ranch north of Helena run by his family.
Baucus attended Stanford University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1964 and a law degree in 1967. He worked as an attorney with the Civil Aeronautics Board from 1967 to 1968, and with the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1968 to 1971. He practiced law in Montana from 1971 to 1974.
He and his ex-wife, Wanda, have one son, Zeno.
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Associated Press writer Andrew Taylor and Carson Walker in Phoenix contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/officials-democratic-sen-baucus-retire-141808164--finance.html
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Day after cracks were found, Bangladesh factory collapse leaves 125-plus dead
Concerns about safety conditions in garment factories sourced by Western retailers were revived when a factory collapsed after serious cracks were found in the building yesterday.
People and rescuers gather after an eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 24. Dozens were killed and many more are feared trapped in the rubble.
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EnlargeEleven-year-old Taslima asked her mother not to go to her job at a local factory this morning after workers there noticed large cracks inside the building.?
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But where would the money come from if she did not go to work? Taslima's mother asked her before heading off to work like normal.
This evening, Taslima is in tears, sitting by her mother?s body in a makeshift mortuary. Her mother was one of the more than 125 killed when the eight floor building collapsed on the outskirts of Bangladesh?s capital, Dhaka. Some 800 more were injured.?As search-and-rescue efforts continue, those numbers are likely to rise, say witnesses, who report that hundreds of people may still be trapped in the rubble.
An inspection team visited Rana Plaza, where the factory building is located in the suburb of Savar, the day before the collapse and asked the owner to keep the building closed after they identified cracks in it. That instruction, however, was ignored.
The incident is not an aberration for Bangladesh. It comes on the heels of a series of factory disasters, the latest just five months ago, when a fire ripped through the Tazreen factory in Dhaka while workers were trapped inside:?More than 100 died. The collapse?revives concerns about the poor working conditions, code violations, and garment owner negligence that has racked the world's second-largest garment-exporting country, where firms produce clothing for high-profile brands including Gap, H&M, and?Wal-Mart.?
?This is an example of the most irresponsible and insensible work by the authority,? says Selim Newaj Bhuiyan, former deputy director of Fire Service and Civil Defense. Mr. Bhuiyan has attended to some of the deadliest factory fires and collapses in Dhaka. ?When the building was warned, how could the authorities ask the workers to come to work?? he asks. Bhuiyan places the blame on building and factory authorities.
One worker at the factory, Sumi, described coming to work at 8:00 a.m., despite what she calls a subconscious fear in her mind.
When debris began falling from the ceiling of the fifth floor where she worked, it was already too late for her to escape. She was trapped inside along with hundreds of others as the floors collapsed one after another. Firefighters pulled her out five hours later. She was receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.
On the seventh floor, right after meeting with production managers and supervisors, Shariful Islam was returning to his work when suddenly he heard a loud noise.
?Immediately we fell several stories down faster than an elevator?s speed,? says Mr. Islam, a quality checker at New Wave Bottoms, one of the factories that rented the building (the others included New Wave Style, Ether Tex, and Canton Tech Apparel, according to CNN).
?I closed my eyes as the entire place was engulfed with dust. A stitching machine fell on my left leg,? says Islam, who later managed to escape the building with the help of two co-workers. ?All I could see were dead bodies all around me.?
Flouting standards
At least 630 people have died in more than 30 incidents since 1990, according to the Bangladesh Institute of Labor Studies.?Eight years ago, another factory collapse outside Dhaka killed about 70 workers.?In most cases factory owners have been identified flouting safety standards, but very few of them are brought to court.
Former President of the?Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA)?Abdus Salam Murshedy told The Christian Science Monitor that since the Tazreen fire last November officials are working to inspect and identify the many buildings not up to code.
It takes time, he says, to look into the licenses of all of Bangladesh's factories.
According to a fact-finding report of Bangladeshi human rights organization Odhikar, the Chief Inspector of Bangladesh?s Factories and Establishment renewed Tazreen?s safety inspection without even visiting the premises. A token sum of money was enough for the factory authorities to ?get the application [for factory operations] approved on mobile phone,? according to Odhikar?s report.
?Only compensation [for the victims and their families] and mourning such incidents are not enough. There are many vulnerable factories that are not looked into,? says Babul Akhter, president of Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers? Federation. Mr. Akhter urges international buyers to be more cautious while placing orders to the suppliers and ensure that the suppliers comply with the standards.
Bangladesh?s garment industry, the second largest garment exporter in the world, makes up 80 percent of country?s export revenue. The garment sector earned $19 billion from exports in the financial year that ended in June 2012.
?We will investigate this incident jointly with the government and make it public,? says the current president of the BGMEA, Atiqul Islam.
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International Business: Gerstacker works with French partners ...
April 18, Elkin Isaac day, is a big deal at Albion. Faculty, students and parents gather to watch students present months of work and research. Because the event is held at Albion College, no one has to travel too far to watch the presentations ? except the French participants,?that is.
Last week, Albion College hosted a group of 16 French students as they joined with eight Gerstacker members to present months of work of international business development plans at the Elkin Isaac Symposium.
?The French guests seemed really excited to be here,? said Megan Wickens, Livonia sophomore and tour guide. ?They wanted to see?everything?on campus.?
Wickens gave a tour to the French students from the Ecole Superieure de Vente, a business and communications school in Saint-Germain, France. These students began work with the Gerstacker students at the beginning of the school year to develop business plans.
?The primary goal for the student teams is to create a business plan that takes into account both cultures, has a focus on technology, sustainability and a business-to-business focus,??said Vicki Baker, economics and management professor and advisor for the program.
Project topics ranged from developing a smart phone app that supports fitness on-the-go to creating usable energy just from walking.
?This has been an amazing experience,? said Kimmy Leverenz, Grosse Point senior. ?I know I have learned a lot about international business and communication. Not many places offer programs like this, and I am thankful for this opportunity.?
The eight Alboin students traveled to France in October to meet with the French students for the first time. All other work was done via Skype. Last week, it was Albion?s turn to play host. With a busy week of preparation ? and maybe a short break to see Timeflies ? the students were kept busy and entertained before presenting at the Symposium.
?I am proud to be a part of the group that secured this partnership,? Baker said. ?It helps us bring the world to Albion and to show other schools the amazing talent we have here and in the Gerstacker Institute.?
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Now may land on Google's home page, come to the web
While everyone else speculates about new Nexii and what sweet treat the next version of Android will be named after, we're anticipating some exciting news about Now at Google I/O. Specifically, that it might be coming to both iOS and the desktop. We've already seen quite a bit of evidence that the virtual assistant app will eventually land on Apple's mobile platform and maybe even Chrome. Newly discovered code in a Google page hints that it might just become part of the standard web search interface -- provided you opt to turn it on, of course. Source code for the page in testing encourages you to, "get started with Google Now," because it provides, "just the right information at just the right time." It also offers you the opportunity to change you home and work locations because, as the explanation goes, "Google Now uses your Home location to show relevant information like weather, traffic conditions, and nearby places." As you dig through you'll also find plenty of references to "now_card."
If Now becomes a standard part of the Mountain View lineup, regardless of platform, it could be huge for a company which already dominates the search market. Not to mention, it might satiate those seven people out there still mourning the loss of iGoogle. We won't know anything for sure until the wraps are taken off and have reached out to the company for comment, but we anticipate the response will be predictably non-committal.
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Reese Witherspoon 'Deeply Embarrassed' About Disorderly Conduct Arrest
Actress was arrested on disorderly conduct charge on Friday after husband pulled over on suspicion of DUI.
By Gil Kaufman
Reese Witherspoon's booking photo provided by the City of Atlanta Department of Corrections
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CSN: Phillies rally late to top Cardinals
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Ben Revere had an audience of reporters in stitches as he recounted his personal low point in Sunday night?s game.
Revere had come to the plate with one out, the bases loaded and the game tied in the bottom of the sixth inning. It was his chance to do some damage, to give the Phillies a lead. He grounded into a deflating inning-ending double play.
?I was really ticked,? Revere said. ?I thought that sucker was up the middle but it just stuck there and the shortstop grabbed it.?
Revere was still upset when he came back to the dugout after the next half inning so he retreated to the clubhouse and remembered some advice his mother had given him: When things aren?t going well, find a quiet place, ?your happy place,? Revere said, and re-focus.
?I gave myself a time out,? he said. ?I came to my happy place and it helped me.?
Two innings after grounding into that double play, Revere lined a pitch up the middle to break a tie and help propel the Phillies to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals (see Instant Replay).
The Phillies, still spinning their wheels 19 games into the season, are 8-11.
Clutch hits haven?t been easy to come by for this Phillies team, but they were plentiful in the late innings of this game.
The Phils fell behind, 3-2, in the top of the seventh when a two-base error by Chase Utley led to an unearned run.
Number-eight hitter Erik Kratz started a string of big hits late in the game when he opened the bottom of the seventh with a single off Cardinals starter Jake Westbrook. Pinch-hitter Laynce Nix then had a terrific, 10-pitch at-bat against reliever Fernando Salas that culminated with Nix driving a game-tying double to left-center. Kratz, not the fleetest runner on the roster, scored in a mad first-to-home dash.
The hits kept coming in the eighth ?- six of them to be exact.
It all started with Michael Young?s infield hit off reliever Mitchell Boggs? glove. The hit improved Young?s hitting streak to 12 games. The next batter, Domonic Brown, singled, and Revere followed with his tie-breaking hit. One pitch later, Kratz pounded a fastball deep into the night for a three-run homer as the Phillies won going away.
The bottom of the order really keyed the Phillies? comeback. Young, hitting fifth, had an important infield hit. Brown, hitting sixth, had a couple of walks and an important hit in the eighth. Revere, hitting seventh, had the tie-breaking hit. Kratz, hitting eighth, had two huge hits in the seventh and eighth. And pinch-hitters Nix and Kevin Frandsen came through in the nine-hole.
?It was a good team win,? Revere said.
Manager Charlie Manuel hoped a win like this, where the Phils overcame an error and turned it on late, would get his team moving in the right direction.
?We have to put all phases of our game together and let it run like a machine,? he said. ?We?re not there yet. Hopefully tonight will get us started.?
Starting pitcher Kyle Kendrick struggled to keep his pitch count down, but he still managed to give his club six innings on a night when he didn?t have his best stuff. Kendrick stranded runners at second and third in the second and did some nifty escape work in the fourth and sixth innings. He got big outs with runners in scoring position in both innings.
?He hung in there and did a really good job,? Manuel said.
?On nights you don?t have your good stuff you have to battle and keep your team in the game,? Kendrick said. ?I was able to keep the damage at a minimum. It was a nice win for us.?
The eighth-inning rally sent the crowd of 35,115 home happy. Earlier in the game, the fans were a little upset. Maybe it was an early base-running blunder by Utley or a ball falling in front of Brown in left field. Some fans thought Brown should have made the play and they let him hear about it. When Brown did make a catch later that inning, he earned some mockapplause.
By the end of the night, the applause was real. The Phillies got some clutch hits and everyone left happy.
Source: http://www.csnphilly.com/phillies/clutch-hits-propel-phillies-late-win-over-cardinals
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A new analysis has found that the loss or amplification of particular DNA regions contributes to the development of prostate cancer, and that patients with two of these DNA changes have a high likelihood of dying from the disease. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on the genetics of prostate cancer and offers insights into which patients should be treated aggressively.
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Boston bomb suspect's defense will likely focus on his youth
By Jessica Dye
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect will likely accentuate his youth and mental state in fighting charges expected against him in civilian court, possibly including a death penalty request, legal experts said on Saturday.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was arrested late on Friday after an extensive manhunt and remains hospitalized under guard. He and his brother, Tamerlan, 26, are suspected of setting off bombs at the crowded finish line of the marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring 176.
Tamerlan died early on Friday after a shootout with police. His brother has not yet been charged.
Some congressional Republicans, including Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John McCain of Arizona, urged Democratic President Barack Obama to hold Tsarnaev under the law of war as an "enemy combatant," like detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
Such a designation would severely limit his legal protections and potentially allow him to be tried by a military commission instead of a civilian court.
But defense attorneys said this was political grandstanding and would be extraordinary treatment for a U.S. citizen arrested on U.S. soil. Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen who emigrated from Russia as a boy, is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
"Our federal courts have proven to be more effective in dispensing speedy justice in terrorism cases than secret tribunals," said Robert Gottlieb, a New York criminal defense attorney.
"There's absolutely no need or justification to declare him an enemy combatant and to deprive our justice system of the opportunity to render a fair verdict."
The U.S. Federal Public Defender Office in Boston said on Saturday it will represent Tsarnaev, once charges are filed.
DEATH PENALTY?
A first step in the case will be for federal prosecutors to decide what charges to bring, which could open the door to seeking the death penalty, lawyers said.
Given the brutality and high-profile nature of the bombings, there is a strong likelihood the death penalty will be sought, said Edward MacMahon, a Virginia defense attorney who represented Zacarias Moussaoui in connection with the September 11, 2001, conspiracy.
The U.S. attorney general must authorize the decision to seek the death penalty.
Possible factors in Tsarnaev's favor may be "whether or not he played a major or minor role," MacMahon said.
For instance, proof that someone else took the lead in the plot, like his older brother, might mitigate against a death penalty request.
Another factor could be Tsarnaev's age. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individuals under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes cannot be executed, and at 19 years old, Tsarnaev is just one year above that cut-off.
From a defense perspective, "you have to develop a case where the jury might spare his life," MacMahon said.
COOPERATE AND INFORM?
Prosecutors might be more lenient if Tsarnaev had valuable information and was willing to share it with the government, said attorney Donald Stern, a former U.S. attorney for Boston.
"That would depend on whether he has any information that the government couldn't get on its own," Stern said. "If his cooperation is, ?I did it, nobody else helped me,' that's not much."
Experts said Tsarnaev's attorneys probably will ask the court to consider moving the trial out of Boston, given how extensively the crime resonated there.
"It's going to be a tremendous challenge to select an impartial jury," said Jamie Sultan, criminal defense attorney in Boston.
It is also possible state prosecutors will bring charges of their own, even though Massachusetts does not have the death penalty, Sultan said.
"It's very rare, but it does happen. Given the rather unique nature of the case and the incredible notoriety, and the politics involved, state prosecutors might feel they want to vindicate state law," Sultan said. "It's going to be very complicated and go on for a long time."
(Additional reporting by Ross Kerber; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh, Mary Milliken and Xavier Briand)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/boston-bomb-suspects-defense-likely-focus-youth-003953435.html
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App Smart Extra: Say It, and It Will Be Written - NYTimes.com
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HTC One available on T-Mobile's website today, arriving in stores April 24th
We've had a feeling the date was quickly and quietly approaching, but T-Mobile has finally handed out details on when (and where) the HTC One will be available. Beginning today, you'll be able to head to the network's site and order your very own, but the brick-and-mortar stores won't be receiving them until April 24th -- the same exact day T-Mobile launches the Samsung Galaxy S 4. As expected, the pricing of the device will be $100 with the UnCarrier's installment plan and $580 at full retail. Behold T-Mobile's statement on the exciting news after the break.
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The After Math: Intel's revenue billions, Android's active millions and a few new Earth-like planets
Welcome to The After Math, where we attempt to summarize this week's tech news through numbers, decimal places and percentages
As we scratch our head and puzzle over the almost-daily financial results for the last quarter, this week's missive takes a slightly sentimental look at how two tech companies were faring a decade earlier. Is it unfair to compare the yesteryear Nokia to Google? Possibly. But it was the same year that a certain Engadget regular claimed a best-selling album -- so it wasn't all bad. Toshiba also unveiled a new pin-sharp Ultrabook to stand up to Apple's Retina displays, and NASA continued the search for habitable planets.
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