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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Evolution on the inside track: How viruses in gut bacteria change over time
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The digestive tract is home to a vast colony of bacteria, as well as the myriad viruses that prey upon them. Because the bacteria species vary from person to person, so does this viral population, the virome. By closely analyzing the virome of one individual over two-and-a-half years, researchers have uncovered new insights on the virome can change and evolve ? and why the virome of one person can vary so greatly from that of another.
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Mysterious giant magnet attracts rock-star status
A worker walks underneath the electromagnet as it moves down Butterfield Road in Glen Ellyn, Ill., Thursday, July 25, 2013 enroute to its new home outside Chicago on Friday. The electromagnet is 50 feet wide, weighs more than 15 tons and has taken a month to transport 3,200 miles from New York to Illinois. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
A worker walks underneath the electromagnet as it moves down Butterfield Road in Glen Ellyn, Ill., Thursday, July 25, 2013 enroute to its new home outside Chicago on Friday. The electromagnet is 50 feet wide, weighs more than 15 tons and has taken a month to transport 3,200 miles from New York to Illinois. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
In this undated photo provided by Brookhaven National Laboratory, a bird?s-eye view of the Muon g-2 ring, 50-foot electromagnet, is ready to be transported across the Brookhaven National Laboratory site on New York's Long Island. The gigantic electromagnet ended its tedious journey early Friday, July 26, 2013, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, near Chicago, where it will be used to study blazing-fast particles. (AP Photo/Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Onlookers watch and take photos as the electromagnet passes by on Butterfield Road in Glen Ellyn, Ill., Thursday, July 25, 2013 enroute to its new home outside Chicago on Friday. The electromagnet is 50 feet wide, weighs more than 15 tons and has taken a month to transport 3,200 miles from New York to Illinois. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
The electromagnet moves down Interstate 88 in Naperville, Ill., Friday, July 26, 2013 on its way to Batavia?s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The electromagnet is 50 feet wide, weighs more than 15 tons and has taken a month to transport 3,200 miles from New York to Illinois. The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will use the gadget to study blazing-fast particles. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
The electromagnet moves down Interstate 88 in Naperville, Ill., Friday, July 26, 2013 on its way to Fermilab. The electromagnet is 50 feet wide, weighs more than 15 tons and has taken a month to transport 3,200 miles from New York to Illinois. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP) ? It skipped tolls. It had a Twitter hashtag and a GPS tracker. It even posed for photos with groupies.
The 50-foot-wide, 15-ton electromagnet attracted a sensation wherever it went during its slow, delicate 3,200-mile journey from New York to suburban Chicago. The land-and-sea trip culminated when scientists threw a rock star's welcome for the mysterious, shrink-wrapped cargo on Friday as arrived at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to help study blazing-fast particles.
"'Oh look, they found a flying saucer!'" retired software developer Chris Otis recalled thinking when he saw the massive, disc-shaped device when it made a pit-stop in a Costco parking lot.
Otis used his cellphone to take photos as he and others marveling the contraption wondered what would happen if it suddenly went live.
"I figure somebody at Fermilab is going to plug the damn thing in, turn it on and my watch is going to stop running, everybody's hearing aides are going to sail across the room," Otis said with a laugh. "I have no idea. Turn it on and the Martians will hone in on it."
Fermilab officials, however, plan to use the magnet in a physics experiment called Muon g-2 that will study subatomic particles at their lab in Batavia, outside Chicago. The experiment will study the properties of muons, subatomic particles that live only 2.2 millionths of a second.
The results of the experiment could create new discoveries in the realm of particle physics, said Chris Polly, manager of the Muon g-2 project at Fermilab.
The hulking magnet is a hand-me-down from New York, where it was built in the 1990s with aluminum and steel by scientists at the Brookhaven National Lab on eastern Long Island. It has superconducting coils inside and, at the time it was built, was the largest electromagnet in the world.
Brookhaven scientists no longer had a need for the electromagnet, and shipping it out to the Midwest for about $3 million was cheaper than the alternative. Constructing an entirely new electromagnet could have cost as much as $30 million, Polly estimated.
In any case, at least they didn't have to pay tolls on the parts of the journey that took it over land.
"We've been assured that we don't have to pay tolls, but we're waiting to see if we get the violation notice in the mail. It'd be pretty hard to dispute," said Fermilab spokesman Andre Salles, who was among the magnet's traveling companions for about 10 days of the trip.
Moving the thing, however, was in some ways as complicated and as delicate a maneuver as building it. It could not be taken apart or twisted more than about an eighth of an inch without irreparably damaging the coils, Polly said.
It started its trip in late June, floating by barge down the East Coast into the Gulf of Mexico ? where it outran a tropical depression ? then up the Mississippi River, where it was photographed drifting past St. Louis' arch on its way into Illinois.
"We had to hurry up and get going through the Gulf of Mexico and really have the tugboat pour it on," Terry Emmert Jr., vice president of Emmert International, said while recalling the race to avoid the storm. His company moved the magnet across the country.
Earlier in the journey, it spent almost a week docked in Norfolk, Va., because of bad weather, but the team traveling with it found a welcome diversion.
"The port happened to be across the street from a minor league baseball stadium so the barge crew spent the whole week there," Salles said.
Just south of Chicago, it was hauled out of the water and strapped onto a specially made 16-axel flatbed truck for its final leg. It traveled at a mere 5 to 15 mph, with a behemoth bumper sticker informing puzzled onlookers that it was "Driving discovery in particle physics."
It was a night owl that traveled after dark when roads weren't as crowded, staging during the day at a Costco parking lot in suburban Bolingbrook and at a forest preserve.
Thankfully, no damage was done along the way.
"The whole thing went as smoothly as we could have wanted it too," Salles said.
The magnet had its own Twitter hashtag (#bigmove) so fans could keep up. And a specially built website with GPS to track the magnet became Fermilab's most popular page.
As word spread, thousands of people came out to watch it inch along. Some of them sat in lawn chairs. Others came to chat with the scientists. Television news helicopters swirled overhead.
With a police escort, it finally rolled into the suburban Chicago lab shortly after 4 a.m. Friday with an "oversize load" sign and a waving American flag.
During Friday evening's celebration, Fermilab planned a community open house and magnetic experiments and lessons for children.
The building where the magnet will ultimately be used is still under construction, so the magnet should be operational sometime in 2014.
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Keyser reported from Chicago. Associated Press reporter Ashley Heher contributed to this report from Chicago.
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Friday, July 26, 2013
The Outcasters; Third generation
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
What College Students Should Know About Retirement
College students and recent graduates face particular challenges in saving and planning for retirement. Daunting student loans, a still-uncertain job market and competition for jobs among fellow graduates may all seem far more pressing than a retirement decades down the line, but that doesn't mean post-career planning should be put to the wayside. Here's what college students should know about retirement:
Start saving young. Saving early and capitalizing on years of compounding interest is key to retiring comfortably. "[The] most important thing to remember is that [students] will, in fact, retire someday," says Mark Helm, a certified financial planner in Falls Church, Va. "They can either get one of the great forces of nature ? compound interest ? to work for them, or they can get started late and fight that beast for 30 years."
One of the initial steps toward a successful retirement is one many students feel they've had enough of: education. Most students haven't learned to deal with their finances properly, according to Robert Fragasso, CEO of Fragasso Financial Advisors in Pittsburgh, and that's the first hurdle to a healthy retirement.
Students looking to fill the gaps in their financial education may want to ask trusted family and friends or consider heading back to the classroom. "I would look for adult financial education courses at the college level," Fragasso says. "View those courses with an open mind to become a sponge, but also with a good filter to understand what's truly academic and sound, and what is somebody's bias."
[See: 10 Industries With the Best Retirement Benefits.]
Make a plan to pay down debt. Student loans are likely a part of recent or future grads' finances and factor strongly into their retirement planning. Grads will likely have to pay off that debt bit by bit. Trying to pay down loans as fast as possible may work in some cases, but this can tighten an already small budget, Helm says. "[Students] have to have some money that's not in a retirement account, or at least that's flexible that they can get at."
Recent grads should factor the cost of their loans into their calculations, and pay off the highest-interest debts, such as credit card debt, first. Borrowers can pay down loans with the lowest interest rates more slowly, Fragasso says.
An emergency fund is essential. Students and recent grads should have an emergency fund that can be used for incidental expenses or as a savings account for an eventual down payment on a home. Younger students should be more focused on building up a cash reserve than putting money in a retirement account, Fragasso says.
Factor in Social Security. Social Security is yet another component of retirement that students should get familiar with early on. "Social Security is more than a retirement program," says Kia Anderson, a Social Security Administration spokeswoman. "It is important for young people to know that Social Security is here for them right now in the form of disability and survivors insurance."
Social Security payments are based on the average of the 35 years when you have the most reported earnings. Zeros are averaged in if you don't work for 35 years. Current students can expect to claim full Social Security benefits at age 67, although partial benefits become available at age 62. Keeping track of your income over time will help ensure full benefits will be available upon retirement, Anderson adds.
However, Social Security isn't the only source of retirement income students should plan to rely on. "A person will need other savings, investments, pensions or retirement accounts to make sure they have enough money to live comfortably when they retire," Anderson says.
[Read: 10 Financial Tips for College Grads.]
Get a retirement account. College graduates presented with the option of retirement benefits through their first employer should look for a variety of investment choices, low fees on the investments provided and retirement education opportunities, Fragasso says. "There should be at least an annual education class ... [or] availability of 401(k) representatives to help council the individual employees on their choices."
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Buffer Adds Custom Social Media Scheduling, Claims 850,000 Users, $1.5M Annual Revenue
Despite plenty of demand from users since it launched 2.5 years ago, one feature social media scheduling service Buffer has resisted adding is custom scheduling; the ability to manually program when those buffered social media updates -- Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin -- will go live. Until today that is.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/kdORMBfISxM/
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Bullock makes Comic-Con debut with 'Gravity'
SAN DIEGO (AP) ? Sandra Bullock has landed at Comic-Con.
The actress came to the pop-culture convention for the first time Saturday to discuss the new film "Gravity," in which she and George Clooney play astronauts floating through space.
Director Alfonso Cuaron said the two Oscar winners comprise the entire cast.
Bullock spent more than six months physically preparing for the role, which required her to spend dozens of hours in a 9-by-9 foot cube that simulated zero gravity. Other shots required her to be "strung up from 12 wires 18 hours a day."
Cuaron said, "It was a very intense experience for Sandra."
After promoting the film, Bullock said she planned to stroll the Comic-Con convention floor trying to "get free stuff."
"Gravity" opens in October.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Social Analytics Startup Awe.sm Rolls Out A Dashboard Just For Marketers
Social media analytics startup Awe.sm is getting serious about making its product available to different types of clients. The company, which provides a platform for measuring the effectiveness of their social media campaigns, has refined its technology to create a new product that is aimed at brands and marketers.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/F8o9YJ06YE0/
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Bombs in Iraqi Shi'ite provinces kill 24
By Aref Mohammed
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A string of bomb blasts in predominantly Shi'ite Muslim provinces of Iraq killed at least 24 people on Sunday, police and medics said.
The violence is part of a sustained campaign of militant attacks this year that has prompted fears of wider conflict in a country where ethnic Kurds and Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable power-sharing compromise.
A suicide bomber killed at least four people in a Shi'ite mosque in the town of Mussayab, and in Kut city, a car bomb went off in a busy market, killing five, police and medics said.
Three bombs exploded in quick succession near the headquarters of a Shi'ite political party in the southern oil hub of Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, killing at least eight people, police said.
"When the first explosion happened, I ran to evacuate the victims. I saw two or three burned bodies before police asked me to step back," said a man who gave his name only as Alaa. "When police forced me to move away, the second explosion happened."
Two car bombs went off in a market in Nassiriya, 300 km (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad, killing two people. Another car bomb killed four at a busy market in the Shi'ite shrine city of Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.
It was not clear who was behind Sunday's explosions, but Sunni Islamist insurgents, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, have been regaining strength in recent months, security sources say.
Sectarian tensions have been inflamed by the civil war in neighboring Syria, which is fast becoming a region-wide proxy war, drawing in Shi'ite and Sunni fighters from Iraq and beyond to fight on opposite sides of the conflict.
On Saturday, two bombings near Sunni mosques in Baghdad killed at least 23 people who had come to pray after breaking their daily fast for the holy month of Ramadan.
More than 300 people have been killed so far in July, according to the violence monitoring group Iraq Body Count.
The bloodshed has stoked fears that Iraq is sliding back into all-out conflict, though it has yet to match the sectarian carnage of 2006-07 when monthly death tolls sometimes topped 3,000.
(Additional reporting by Ali al-Rubaie in Hilla; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Alistair Lyon)
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Washington?s push against Egyptian, Israeli go-it-alone military steps. US marines deployed off Suez, Sinai
Washington?s push against Egyptian, Israeli go-it-alone military steps. US marines deployed off Suez, Sinai
The Obama administration is signifying its strong disapproval of Israel and Egypt taking matters in their own hands in the last two weeks, debkafile?s military and Washington sources report: Israel was accused of independent military action against Syria, and the Egyptian army of persecuting the?Muslim Brotherhood after deposing President Mohamed Morsi.??
Washington is also highly displeased with the campaign the Egyptian army launched after the coup, with Israel?s active support, to root out the Islamist terror blighting the Sinai Peninsula. US warships and marines are now parked off Egypt?s Red sea coast as a deterrent to the generals in Cairo.
For whipping Israeli into line, the administration used another method, i.e., Pentagon leaks naming Israeli air strikes as responsible for the explosions at the Syrian weapons depot outside the port town of Latakia on July 5, which demolished a fresh stock of Russian Yakhont (NATO codenamed SS-N-26) shore-to-ship missiles along with their advanced radar.
Although CNN ran this leak Friday, July 7, sourcing it to three separate unnamed US officials, the New York Times repeated the story Saturday and it was picked up by more US media for the third day running on Sunday.
Israel declined to comment on the report.
This over-exposure of alleged Israeli culpability certainly risked prodding Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Syrian ruler Bashar Assad into retaliating for the Latakia bombardment.
Our sources find a second US motive behind this tactic ?- this one relating to the standoff between Washington and Moscow over Edward Snowden, who has been holed up for three weeks in a hotel in the transit area of Moscow international airport tin defiance of US demands for his extradition to face trial for espionae.
Putin has steadily refused to hand him over?to America.
The idea in Washington was to put the Russian president?s credibility on the line and embarrass?him by showing Moscow as having "lost"?a large consignment of Russian missiles for Syria.
When Putin appeared inclined to?offer?the young American political asylum, Washington seems?have decided to use the Latakia incident to apply the screws and, at the same time, teach him a lesson: If the Russians want Washington to keep the Israeli military on a leash, they must stop disregarding US views on the Syrian question and start playing ball with Obama.
For teaching the Egyptian generals a lesson, the administration resorted to tangible military steps: two amphibious assault ships carrying 2,600 Marines were moved to the southern Egyptian Red Sea coast.
Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, reported Thursday that the huge USS Kearsarge (1,800 Marines) and the USS San Antonio (with 800 Marines) had ?moved up into the Red Sea and parked off Egypt,? a couple of nights ago, ?because we don?t know what?s going to happen.?
debkafile?s military sources report that the two vessels also carry a fleet of helicopters for ferrying the Marines to distant ground arenas.
The US has placed additional Marine units at Signonella base in southern Italy and Moron in Spain on the alert with orders to be ready to move at 60 minutes? notice.
To calm the tension, the US Embassy in Egypt said on its website Saturday: "We deny false claims in the Egyptian press that US naval ships are in the vicinity of the Arabian Peninsula and the Suez Canal to militarily invade Egypt."
According to our sources, the US flotilla was brought in to warn Egyptian strongman Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his generals that if they took their persecution of the Muslim Brotherhood too far, American Marines stood ready to step in.
They are also on hand for two additional contingencies:
1. ?Should shipping through one of the world?s major world arteries, the Suez Canal, be imperiled ?? as in case of sabotage by the Muslim Brotherhood or the armed Salafists of Sinai, a menace raised repeatedly by debkafile - the US military would be there to take charge of securing international shipping in the waterway.
2. The US maintains 1,000 army personnel in Sinai, most members of the 1st Cavalry Division, as part of the multinational force which monitors the 1979 Egyptian-Israel peace treaty provisions. The Obama administration is keeping a close eye on the mounting Islamist violence in the peninsula and the Egyptian military campaign which was mounted,?in close intelligence cooperation with Israel and the IDF, against two terrorist elements ?the armed Salafist Bedouin associated with al Qaeda and the Palestinian Hamas of Gaza, whose operations have spilled out into Sinai.
US strategists see the fighting in Sinai escalating and spreading and allow that?American military intervention may be called for ? especially if US MFO service personnel are in harm?s way.
Source: http://www.debka.com/article/23118/
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Scottsdale's Skinz Golf teams with Ernie Els to raise money for autism research
Scottsdale-based Skinz Golf, which last fall launched a golf game application for smart phones, has found a niche in nonprofits looking for unique ways to raise money.
Els for Autism, a Jupiter, Fla.-based nonprofit, organized a golf tournament in Los Angeles on July 15, but added Skinz Golf as an extra way to raise money.
Basically, the Skinz Golf app is used as a virtual tournament before, during and after the event?s traditional tournament.
Participants can donate $25 or more, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Els for Autism to help build the Els for Autism Center of Excellence. Then they downloaded the Skinz Golf app on their smartphones or tablets.
Ernie Els, a professional golfer who won last year?s British Open, founded the nonprofit to raise money for autism, after his son Ben was diagnosed with it.
May Kay Wilson, tournament director for Els for Autism, said she had hoped to raise $13,000 from the Skinz Golf game alone.
As of this week, the Skinz Golf tournament raised nearly $1,400.
?They?ve just been a pleasure to work with so far,? she said. ?It?s been wonderful coming up with this idea with them and seeing where they can take it.?
She said she would recommend adding the golf game to other nonprofits.
?My kids are addicted to it,? she said. ?They keep taking my phone away from me.?
Amer Tadayon, co-founder and CEO of Skinz Golf, said his app can help nonprofits extend their donor base.
?There are a lot of variables that keep a donor from getting to an event or donating to a cause,? he said. ?What we?re saying is we can fill the gap. We?re virtual. Donors can participate from their home or on the road. They don?t have to be in a certain location.?
Angela Gonzales covers health, biotech and education.
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite launching on July 28th for $800
Last month, Samsung gave us a look at two new ATIV Book 9 Ultrabooks, both of which will replace the company's famed Series 9 lineup. While the ATIV Book 9 Plus, with its QHD+ display and brand-new Haswell chip, may be a tad more exciting than the Book 9 Lite with its unspecified quad-core processor, it's the latter machine that's getting US pricing info today. At the end of the month, Samsung will offer the Book 9 Lite for $800. That relatively affordable sum gets you a 13.3-inch, 1,366 x 768 capacitive touchscreen, 128 gigs of SSD storage, AMD Radeon graphics and up to 5.5 hours of battery life.
In our brief hands-on time, we found both the Plus and Lite models to be comfortable; the main differences are the Plus' superior processor, higher-res display and slightly sleeker design. While both machines seem like solid options, we'd be remiss not to mention that the Plus will likely get a US launch date of its own very soon -- and its higher-end specs could make it worth the wait. If you're already set on the ATIV Book 9 Lite, though, you can get your pre-order on now at Samsung's site, or look for the machine in stores starting on July 28th.
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New global research shows GBP 5.9bn incremental new business for UK sports marketing and consultancy services in wake of London 2012 success
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 15 July 2013
The UK's professional and business services (PBS) sector is a global success story and the growing UK sports marketing and consultancy services segment is set to be worth in excess of GBP 1bn over the next decade in the wake of the phenomenal success of London 2012.
Ardi Kolah's independent report - 'Evolving capabilities of sports marketing and consultancy services in the UK and the opportunities in global markets for these services to 2022' (July 2013) has been referenced by the British Government and has influenced the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) strategy for supporting PBS sector in the UK.
Overview of the Report
1. Sports marketing and consultancy services are an important and fast growing part of the UK?s professional and business services sector.
2. UK sports marketing and consultancy services are forecast to be on course to surpass GBP 1 billion in revenues by 2022.
3. There is large scale and growing global market opportunities and the research identified and evaluated 55 non-recurring major global sports events scheduled to 2022. These offer the prospect of an estimated GBP 5.9 billion worth of expenditure opening new business opportunities.
4. The UK sector is well placed to compete for these opportunities. The phenomenal success of London 2012 provides an unrivalled ?shop window? for our excellence in sports and event-related services.
5. The UK sector forms an eco-system of business services with sports and entertainment content at its heart. It?s highly fragmented and mainly comprises small and medium-sized businesses in three broad areas: sports marketing agencies and advisors, marketing services providers, and infrastructure, technology/media and logistics providers.
6. The UK sector is growing strongly: currently valued at an estimated GBP 500-750m, its forecast to surpass GBP 1bn in revenue by 2022 and is looking increasingly beyond mature European markets to opportunities in fast growing economies in Asia and the Middle East.
7. Business interviewees for this research were uniformly positive about future growth prospects for the UK industry to 2022.
8. The large scale operational and infrastructure budgets associated with forthcoming major global sports events are expected to open incremental business opportunities for the UK sector.
9. Growing economies are using sport as a catalyst to significant inward investment and tourism, e.g. FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
10. Sports sponsorship is seen as a powerful vehicle for global brands to advertise and connect with consumers - especially in growing economies like China, India, Russia and Qatar.
11. The success of London 2012 - the best showcase for the UK sector in a generation.
12. The impact of new technologies ? opportunities and challenges in the ?entertainment economy?, e.g. engagement of users via mobile devices and ?second screen? viewing opportunities.
13. There is increasing recognition of the contribution of women consumers in sports marketing.
14. There are 55 non-recurring major global sports events to 2022 offering an estimated GBP 5.9 billion worth of expenditure in incremental business opportunities.One third of these events will be hosted in Western and Northern Europe.
15. The top five national markets, ranked by the estimated values of events they will host, are: Qatar ? GBP 1.7bn, e.g. FIFA World Cup 2022; Russia ? GBP 1.4bn, e.g. Winter Olympics & Paralympics 2014; FIFA World Cup 2018; Brazil ? GBP 1.3bn, e.g. FIFA World Cup 2014; Olympics & Paralympics 2016; South Korea ? GBP 0.5bn, e.g. Asian Games 2014, Winter Olympics & Paralympics 2018; France- GBP 0.3bn, e.g. UEFA European Football Championship 2016.
16. Research contributors to the Report identified the following issues which impact on the growth of UK sports marketing and consultancy businesses: the challenges of establishing local partnerships when targeting new overseas markets; getting to grips with unfamiliar legal frameworks in overseas markets, e.g. contract law, intellectual property; the challenge for smaller businesses to find the resources for exploratory visits to potential clients overseas; and growing international competition for the supply of services to major events, included some based on subsidy.
17. The UK sector is encouraged to make the most of the ?London 2012 effect? as a catalyst for securing new business overseas.
18. It is important that the British Government ensures that the UK continues to host large sports events to showcase our experience and expertise to international markets.
19. The UK sector must continue to build relationships with potential overseas clients to unlock new business at forthcoming global sports events.
20. The UK sector must secure and sustain local partnerships in targeted overseas markets and deliver incremental services value by partnering with clients on their terms, e.g. to transfer knowledge/skills to them.
21. The UK sector needs to achieve a stronger collective marketing approach in order to target new business in overseas markets.
22. The UK sector needs to work alongside the Government that has a cohesive enabling/facilitation function that includes co-ordinating trade promotions, advice and mission activities.
23. A new standard industry code (SIC) should be considered for the UK sports marketing and consultancy services segment given its importance to the PBS.
Source: http://uk.prweb.com/releases/sports_marketing/London_2012/prweb10926924.htm
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
UK joins the search for aliens ahead of Roswell anniversary
The British team joins a group of mostly American projects known collectively as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Nearly 66 years to the day after a mysterious object crashed near Roswell, N.M., setting off speculations about a possible alien landing on Earth, a team of scientists in the United Kingdom has announced that they are throwing their own hats in the ring to search for extraterrestrial life.
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Joining an array of mostly American projects known collectively as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), the UK SETI Research Network (UKSRN) will rent time on British radio telescopes such as the eMerlin array to listen for extraterrestrial signals and back research into new ways to locate alien life-forms.
"Ask astronomers do they think ET exists and most will tell you yes," said Tim O'Brien, deputy director of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, which runs eMerlin, in an interview with the Guardian. "We don't know what the nature of life would be, or whether it wants to communicate with us, but since we're collecting all this data anyway, it seems rather remiss not to search for ET signals."
The UKSRN held its first meeting at the National Astronomy Meeting in Scotland Friday, announcing that it would apply for 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) in government funding to rent time on UK radio telescopes and analyze the data it collects. That?s a contrast with SETI efforts in the United States, which are backed by private donors, reports Wired.
The announcement came just three days before the anniversary of the 1947 ?Roswell incident,? when an unknown flying object crash-landed in the New Mexico desert. Witnesses and some later researchers claimed it was an alien ship, while the US government has maintained it was a surveillance balloon that was part of a classified cold war spying program known as Mogul.?
The new British SETI program has not yet been approved for public funding, but its leadership is hopeful the government will see the value of their project.
?If we had ? half a percent of the money that goes into astronomy at the moment, we could make an amazing difference. We would become comparable with the American effort,? said Alan Penny, an astronomer at the University of St. Andrews and one of the leaders of the British SETI network, in an interview with the BBC. ?I don?t know whether [aliens] are out there, but I?m desperate to find out. It?s quite possible that we?re alone in the universe. And think about the implications of that: If we?re alone in the universe then the whole purpose in the universe is in us. If we?re not alone, that?s interesting in a very different way.?
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Crane to clear train tracks in deadly French crash
BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (AP) ? A powerful crane on Saturday lifted the carcass of the most damaged of four train cars that derailed, killing six people and injuring nearly 200 south of Paris in what investigators believe may have been a case of equipment failure on a line some claim is neglected.
Authorities had feared more victims would be found under the wreckage but none was discovered, said the governor of the Essonne region, Michel Fuzeau.
"We are now assured that there are no more victims," Fuzeau said after the start of the delicate operation by the 700-ton crane. The machine is to remove the cars damaged from the tracks at the small Bretigny-Sur-Orge station. On Friday, four cars slid off the tracks there as the train sped through town, which was not a stop on its journey to central France.
Human error has been ruled out by France's transport minister and the focus of the investigation is on a detached piece of metal in a switching joint on the tracks. The national rail company, SNCF, has already taken blame for Friday evening's crash, which occurred at the start of a busy holiday weekend.
"The SNCF considers itself responsible," rail company chief Guillaume Pepy said. "It is responsible for the lives of its clients."
The packed train, carrying around 385 passengers, was traveling below the speed limit at 137 kph (85 mph) when it derailed, skidded and slammed into the station platform in the small town outside the capital. It was 20 minutes into a scheduled three-hour trip to Limoges in central France.
The crane, sent from northern France, towered over the small buildings that surround the railway station. A smaller crane initially removed benches, street lamps and other urban furnishings to make place for the larger crane outside the station.
The operation is an "extraordinarily difficult technique given that we are in a train station," Pepy said. "For the moment, we don't know how long it could take." He said the operation could last through Sunday, which is the July 14 Bastille Day holiday, and into Monday, stressing the crane's operators will be careful and slow in lifting the cars.
It was not immediately clear whether the damaged cars would be lifted over buildings onto trucks as authorities had indicated ? or whether the debris would be taken away by rail. There was no immediate sign that the damaged car that was lifted to check for victims had left the tracks.
Pepy, the train authority chief, said investigators found that a 10-kilogram (22-pound) piece of metal he compared to a staple between two rails in a switching system, which guides trains from one track to another, seems to have "detached itself from the rails, lifted and constituted the initial cause of the derailment."
Investigators were looking into how this happened since another train had traveled safely through the station about 30 minutes before. In addition, they were trying to determine why the train's third car was the first to derail.
Pierre Izard, another SNCF official, said the metal piece "moved into the center of the switch and in this position it prevented the normal passage of the train's wheels and it may have caused the derailment."
Although for now it appears track failure was the cause of the crash, Pepy added: "There can be no (definitive) answer in a few minutes, in a few days." He also said that all of the approximately 5,000 metal pieces on switching systems around France will be checked.
The train was about 12 miles (20 kilometers) into its 250-mile (400-kilometer) journey to Limoges.
Passengers and officials in train stations throughout France held a minute of silence at noon to commemorate the accident. Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to take trains this weekend to the coast and mountains and to see family. Summer weekends are always busy on France's extensive rail network, but this one is typically one of the busiest because of Bastille Day.
Fuzeau gave the latest casualty figures, saying that in addition to the dead, 22 people remained hospitalized, two of them in a life-threatening state. Nearly 200 people had initially been treated for injuries, either at the scene or at hospitals.
The crash was the country's deadliest in years, but Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier said it could have been worse and praised the driver who sent out an alert quickly, preventing a pileup. However, Cuvillier acknowledged that there was some criticism that France hasn't invested enough in maintaining infrastructure.
Willy Colin of the Rail Users Association was among those who claimed the Paris-Limoges inter-city line was neglected in favor of more high-profile fast-train lines. He said on BFM-TV that trains on the line were among the oldest, calling them "garbage trains."
The transport minister said no link can immediately be made between the state of the line and the accident.
"For the moment we have no information that allows us to confirm that the dilapidation of the network was the cause of this derailment," he said on French television.
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Ganley reported from Paris. Associated Press writer Sarah DiLorenzo also contributed to this report from the French capital.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/crane-clear-train-tracks-deadly-french-crash-164150352.html
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Sharapova hires Jimmy Connors as coach
Maria Sharapova hired former world number one and eight-time Grand Slam title winner Jimmy Connors as her new coach on Saturday, just a day after splitting with Thomas Hogstedt.
Tennis great Jimmy Connors is pictured in the Queens borough of New York City on September 6, 2012. Maria Sharapova has hired the former world number one and eight-time Grand Slam title winner as her new coach, just a day after splitting with Thomas Hogstedt.
"I am happy to announce that Jimmy Connors will be my new coach. I have known Jimmy for many years and we briefly worked together in 2008 just before the Australian Open," said world number two Sharapova on her website.
"I am really excited about our new partnership and looking forward to the upcoming tournaments."
Sharapova had been working with Swedish 49-year-old Hogstedt since 2010 when the former world number one completed a career Grand Slam with victory at the 2012 French Open.
But at Wimbledon two weeks ago, she crashed out of the second round, losing to Portuguese qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito, the world number 131.
Connors, 60, previously coached fellow American Andy Roddick, but their 19-month relationship ended in March, 2008.
"Excited to be working with 4 time GS champion @MariaSharapova Adding to that number is the goal. Looking forward to some fun & hard work," tweeted Connors.
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Another state bans Google Glass from casinos
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin, left, wears Google Glass glasses, at a February event.
Delaware has joined several other states in banning Google Glass at its casinos.
The Delaware State Lottery announced on Friday that it was banning Google Glass and similar devices from the state's three casinos.
The agency said any patron wearing Google Glass or similar devices must remove them or be subject to eviction.
Google Glass, developed by Google, is the tiny eyeglasses-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the Internet.
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Demi Lovato Twitter Rants About Being 'Disgusted' Over Celeb Privacy!
Someone's got their ranty panties on!
Demi Lovato went on a Twitter tirade Friday morning in a series of angry tweets about her privacy, that have since been deleted!
Oooh scandalous!
Demz started off by exclaiming:
"Completely and utterly disgusted at the absolute lack of any privacy or respect whatsoever in this world today. None. So disappointed. Artists don't owe anyone ANYTHING. We choose to be open and honest in our music with others? Yet this is how we are thanked?"
The 20-year-old star went on to say she'd give up everything to maintain some sort of privacy in her life:
"The entitlement that society has today over the lives of artists today is absolutely PATHETIC. I don't do this for money. In fact, I'd give back all the money in the world I've ever made if I could buy my privacy back."
Whoaaaa!
Demi is definitely ticked off at something!
Maybe it has to do with the recent death of her biological father? Or could the X Factor judge be stressed at work?
Either way, anger doesn't solve anything!
Breathe, breathe?relax, Demi!
[Image via WENN.]
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Here's What NBA Stars Looked Like When They Played In The Summer League
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The NBA Summer League is a glorified basketball camp.It is exclusively for young, talented players.
While most of the participants will never step foot on any NBA court, some?of the NBA's biggest stars played in the Summer League at one time.
A Reddit user had the great idea to make a gallery of some of these stars, and we followed suit.
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Coach's Corner with Concord's Glen Padgett
There will be a new look in the South Piedmont Conference in 2013; as A.L. Brown, Robinson and Mt. Pleasant will no longer compete in the SPC. Among those joining the SPC: East Rowan, South Rowan, West Rowan and Carson.
For the defending 3A state runner up, the Concord Spiders, a new conference won't be the only thing shaking it up. Coach Glen Padgett will be replacing 17 starters from the 2012-13 squad.
Coach Padgett talks about the changes, key players,?among other things in this segment of Coach's Corner. The video is attached.
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Justin Bieber apologizes for presidential antics
CHICAGO (AP) ? Justin Bieber apologized by phone to Bill Clinton, the former president's office said Thursday, for cursing Clinton and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York City restaurant kitchen earlier this year.
The pop star also had repercussions from a tour stop in Chicago earlier this week when city officials said Bieber was listed as an underage guest on a citation that police issued to a nightclub.
Clinton's office said Thursday the pop star called and "he apologized and offered to help the Clinton Foundation." Clinton's office declined to provide any other details.
A video released Wednesday by TMZ.com shows the 19-year-old Bieber urinating in a mop bucket as he and others race through the restaurant kitchen. Before exiting, Bieber sprays the Clinton photo and drops the F-bomb in reference to the former president.
Bieber tweeted to his more than 41 million followers Wednesday night, thanking Clinton "for taking the time to talk." Bieber tweeted: "Your words meant alot. #greatguy."
Separately, Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection spokeswoman Jennifer Lipford confirmed Thursday that the 19-year-old Bieber was listed as an underage guest on a citation of Bodi nightclub. Police cited the club early Wednesday for admitting and knowingly having an underage person in the establishment, she said.
Bieber performed in a concert at Chicago's United Center on Tuesday evening.
The next step is for the citation to go to an administrative hearing. The club faces a fine of up to $1,000. A date hasn't been set.
Bodi issued a statement saying Bieber made a brief appearance to support a friend who is a DJ and was performing at the nightclub. The club said Bieber was not served alcohol.
"Neither Justin nor anyone affiliated with Bodi broke any laws," the statement said. "We believe this matter amounts to a simple misunderstanding with local police officers."
A representative for Bieber did not immediately have comment.
In California, the rapper known as Lil Twist was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence after being stopped while behind the wheel of Bieber's luxury sports car.
Christopher Moore, 20, was pulled over around 3:30 a.m. Thursday on a Calabasas road leading to a gated community where Bieber lives, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Moore was driving a 2012 Fisker registered to the pop star and going between 60 and 70 mph in an area that has a 30 mph speed limit because of construction, authorities said.
Investigators think Moore might have been under the influence of marijuana. Bail was set at $5,000 for the misdemeanor offense. Moore is signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment label imprint. An email seeking comment was sent to his record label.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/justin-bieber-apologizes-presidential-antics-184755777.html
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Travel Insurance in Canada ? A Smart Choice | .:: I NeeD MoRe ::.
Travel Insurance in Canada ? A Smart Choice
Not everyone is given the opportunity to travel abroad, especially to a beautiful place like Canada. Now, a trip to Canada can happen only once in your life since a trip like that is very costly. With everything in the market soaring high in terms of the price, every decision you make should be the wisest. You?re only human so you can?t possibly expect the whole trip to go your way. What if something bad happens, like accidents or medical emergencies? You can?t control everything and the answer to this having travel insurance in Canada.
The insurance industry is under very tough competition. Most of the insurance companies are willing to offer people with the best travel insurance that suits their particular preferences and needs. Traveling is considered an investment and in order to protect that investment, you must get the appropriate travel insurance.
You can surf the net for useful information that you can use in the selection process. As mentioned earlier, there is a stringent competition among leading insurance companies. Choosing only one travel insurance provider can be very difficult. Browse the internet and while you?re doing that, determine the coverage you like. You should consider certain factors like health conditions, age, destination (in this case, Canada), and the journey duration. If you have any pre-existing condition, ask the insurance provider if it can be covered.
Travel insurance nowadays is considered a necessity just like the other types of insurance. There are many unpredictable circumstances that you can encounter in Canada. That can include travel delays, trip cancellations, loss of personal belongings and luggage, medical expenses, emergency evacuation, and even accidental death.
Make sure that you get a travel insurance that is suited for Canada travel. This is the largest country in the world and you can visit a wide range of geographical and cultural features. You can visit untamed landscapes and for this reason, safety precautions are advised and that includes the purchase of a travel insurance policy.
Ask the insurance company if they offer additional features such as probable medical benefit, document loss, and accidental death. These are unexpected situations but in reality, they can happen to anyone. Get complete travel insurance so that you?re prepared no matter what happens. Make sure that you arrive at an informed decision and in order to do so, try to conduct an online search so that you can compare the benefits and the different prices. To make it easier, canvas and then compare.
Finding the appropriate travel insurance quote is a bit tricky. Go online and find the free quotes offered by the different insurance providers. Compare figures and consider the policy benefits. Before you can get quotes, you should first fill up a form online and after doing so, several companies will send their quotes. You can check out the insurance options, coverage, deductibles, exclusions, and other important details. Now, you can pick the plan that best suits your preferences and needs.
Make sure that you visit only the reputable websites. There are leading Canadian insurance companies that you can check out. Rest assured that these Canadian insurance companies continue to meet the demands of a diversified population. After purchasing the best and most appropriate travel insurance in Canada, you can now create lasting memories during your travel there. Don?t be skeptical, purchase your travel insurance now.
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