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For Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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Tsurue Aoki
Feb. 18, 2012
Tsurue Aoki, 95, of Waimea, Hawaii, a homemaker, died in Honolulu. She was born in Waianae. She is survived by son Isamu, daughters Nancy Young and Beverly Muta, 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.
Tony Tsui Brooks
Feb. 16, 2012
Tony Tsui Brooks, 71, of Honolulu, owner of Tony's Repair Service and an Army veteran, died in Honolulu. He was born in Korea. He is survived by wife Mary, sons Tony Jr. and Joseph, daughter Lyanne, brother Gordon and two grandchildren. Visitation: 6 p.m. Friday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary.•Services: 7 p.m. Inurnment: 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Benjamin Wah Lin Chee
Feb. 27, 2012
Benjamin Wah Lin Chee, 89, of Honolulu, a retired Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard engineer and an Army veteran, died in Maunalani Nursing & Rahabilitation Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Florence W., sons Randall B. and Byron K.H., daughter Rhonda C. Atlan, sisters Marjorie I. Koczyk and Jennie Loui, and a grandchild. Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Diamond Head Mortuary. Chinese Buddhist services: 11:30 a.m. Burial: 12:45 p.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park.
Robert Tokuo Chibana
March 10, 2012
Robert Tokuo Chibana, 75, of Honolulu, a retired Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controller, died in the Queen's Medical•Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Rosemae N., sons Peter T. and Michael R., daughter Cecily R.•Swanson and brother Roy M. Oshiro. Visitation: 5 p.m. Thursday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Services: 6 p.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Herbert Chung
Feb. 22, 2012
Herbert "Yobo" Chung, 84, of Lihue, a retired employee of Global Associates in Kwajalein, died in Kauai Hospice. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Herbert A., Michael A., Richard A., Edwin D. and Louis K.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Private services.
Gavino Visco Dancel
March 9, 2012
Gavino Visco Dancel, 74, of Kahului, a Pacific Window Cleaning employee, died in Kahului. He was born in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. He is survived by wife Maximina M.; son Leonard; daughters Victoria Angelo, and Jackeline, Cherry and Luzviminda Dancel; brother Antonio; sisters Felicitas Caalim, Francisca Bulosan, Delia Ganal, Catalina Palma and Teresita Guerrero; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Borthwick Norman's Mortuary. Services:•7 p.m. Additional visitation:•8:30 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Burial to follow at Valley Isle Memorial Park.
Gregorio Ernest Kalani Fontes
Feb. 13, 2012
Gregorio Ernest Kalani "Greg" Fontes, 47, of Wahiawa died in Ewa Beach. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Glenda Johnson-Fontes, son Wayne Johnson-Fontes, daughter Sarah Johnson-Fontes, mother Loida Bevington, brother Richard Jr. and sister Violet Ringor. Visitation: 5:30 p.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, mauka chapel. Services: 6:30 p.m. Casual or aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Doris Harumi Hakoda
Feb. 20, 2012
Doris Harumi Hakoda, 98, of Pearl City, a former Japanese language teacher and sewing instructor, died in Kuakini Medical Center. She was born in Captain Cook, Hawaii. She is survived by sons Harvey N. and Gary G., and two grandchildren. Visitation: 11 a.m. Sunday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. Celebration of life: noon. Inurnment: 11:30 a.m. Monday at National Memorial•Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl. Aloha attire. No flowers. No monetary offerings
Daniel Satoshi Ige
March 6, 2012
Daniel Satoshi Ige, 80, of Hilo, a retired Japan Airlines cargo agent, died in Hilo Medical•Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Thomas, Kenneth and Dan; and two grandchildren. Private services. Donations suggested to Crossnet Ministries International.
Jane Yasuno Kuwata
March 7, 2012
Jane Yasuno Kuwata, 91, of Honolulu, a retired Hamilton Cafe cook, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by husband Masatoshi, son Robert T., daughter Ruby M. Kage, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Private services.
Constance Bo Lin Lau
Feb. 19, 2012
Constance Bo Lin Lau, 72, of Honolulu, a retired tour coordinator, died. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by brothers Stanley, Wilfred and Lawrence; and sisters Irene Knight, Bernice Goldizen and Beatrice Akina. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.
Clarence N. Luczon
March 4, 2012
Clarence N. Luczon, 41, of Kalaheo, Kauai, a King Auto Center employee, died. He was born in Lihue. He is survived by companion Pua Vidinha, daughters Ashlyn and Chanlyn, parents Julian Sr. and Vivianna, brothers Julian Jr. and Norman, sisters Lorna Navarro and Angela Luczon, and a grandchild. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. March 31 at Borthwick Kauai Mortuary. Services: 10:30 a.m. Cremation to follow.
Agnes Ellen Ayala Mercado
March 5, 2012
Agnes Ellen Ayala "Aggie" Mercado, 81, of Hilo, a retired Liberty House warehouse distributor, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband Arcadio "Cadio," son Jeffrey Anduha, daughter Jennifer Arelliano, brother James "Chu" Ayala, 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday at Dodo Mortuary, Hilo. Services: 7 p.m. Graveside services: 10 a.m. Friday at Alae Cemetery. Casual attire.
Afamasaga Pavaiai Sasa'e Paogofie Sr.
Feb. 24, 2012
Afamasaga Pavaiai Sasa'e Paogofie Sr., 69, of Waianae died in Waianae. He was born in Pavaiai, American Samoa. He is survived by wife Ianeta; sons Pa, Pavaiai Jr., Sasa'e and Christopher; daughters Fa'amalie Tiumalu, Fa'atino Veltri and Abcde Paogofie; brothers Elisara, Fiaigoa and To'oolefua; sisters Fa'alelei Soli, Fiatele Muao, Felili Iosefo and Carleen Godfrey; and 24 grandchildren. Visitation: 8 a.m. Friday at Waipahu United Church of Christ, 94-330 Mokuola St. Services: 11 a.m. Burial: 1:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire.
Michael Joseph Reyes
March 3, 2012
Michael Joseph Reyes, 69, of Kailua-Kona, a retired Kailua-Kona Post Office retail clerk and Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, died at home. He was born in Reno, Nev. He is survived by wife Sharon Ball; daughters Kathleen Livathinos, K.C. Texeira and Kim Burnthorn; hanai son Calvin Eckman; hanai daughters Daphne and Kaliko Wingate; three grandchildren; and two hanai grandchildren. Private services.
George Clarence Staudinger
Feb. 14, 2012
George Clarence Staudinger, 73, of Waimanalo died in Waimanalo. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Betty J.; sons George C. Jr., Eric E. and Ernest K.; daughters Anna O. "PeeWee" Hartfook and Doreen K. "Kalani" Liborio; sister Norma Jean Pico; 27 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at St. George Catholic Church, 41-1323 Kalanianaole Highway, Waimanalo. Mass: 10 a.m. Casual attire. No flowers.
Levila Tauvela
March 7, 2012
Levila Tauvela, 56, of Waianae, an Aloha Petroleum store manager, died in the Queen's Medical Center. She was born in Apia, Samoa. She is survived by husband Lipano, sons Joseph and Jordan Lipano, daughters Freida and Inez, brothers Ati So'o and Tiagogo Misa, and sisters Mafutaga Lilo, Tauasi Fuiava, Paepae Toilolo, Luisa Moenoa, Talalelei and Miliama Misa, and Tui Preciado. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Moanalua Mortuary. Services: 9 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.
Guy Yukio Tokunaga
Feb. 5, 2012
Guy Yukio Tokunaga, 53, of Kaneohe died. He was born on Maui. He is survived by daughter Tamra, parents Audrey and Charles, brother Alwin, sister Cheryl Subiono and two grandchildren. Private services.
Filiki Tomanogi
March 3, 2012
Filiki Tomanogi, 85, of Mililani, a retired American Samoa government painter, died in Pali Momi Medical Center. He was born in Lufilufi, Samoa. He is survived by sons Talatonu and Ioane; daughters Narbada Afaese, Senira Iuta, Fa'afetai Pomele and Silia Samu; brothers Magalei P., Fata P. and To'avalu P.; and sisters To'ivao Pisao and Fa'asiasia Seilala. Visitation: 5 p.m. Sunday at Waipahu Samoa Seventh-day Adventist Church. Services: 6 p.m. Additional visitation: 8 a.m. Monday at the church. Services: 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park.
Robert Hisayuki Uesugi
March 1, 2012
Robert Hisayuki Uesugi, 82, of Aiea, an Army veteran, died in Hale Pulama Mau Kuakini. He was born in Ho-nolulu. He is survived by sons Stuart and Duane, daughter Deanna, brother Takeshi Uyesugi and three grandchildren. Private services.
Rebecca Kaehuaea Werner
Feb. 11, 2012
Rebecca Kaehuaea Werner, 82, of Waianae died in•Waipahu. She was born in Honolulu. She is survived by godsons Butchie F.T. Roe, Keali'i Cardines and Rodney K.K. Kaehuaea; and goddaughter Rachel Martinez. Visitation: 9 a.m. Friday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Services: 10 a.m. Burial: 11 a.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Casual attire. Flowers welcome.
Shigeko Yabe
Feb. 27, 2012
Shigeko Yabe, 97, of Hilo, a retired Kamehameha Garments employee, died in Hilo Medical Center. She was born in Kula, Maui. She is survived by son Ronald, daughters Lillian Matsuda and Ellen Niimi, brother Masaru Nagata, sister Nancy Urami and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Private services. No flowers. No monetary offerings.


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The Journal Sentinel education reporters offer news and notes from their beat
MPS to gauge interest in new Montessori school
Amid the growing interest in public Montessori programs in the city, Milwaukee Public Schools is testing the waters to see if there's enough energy to add yet another such school to the system.
The district is conducting two community meetings this month to see if there's adequate interest in a new Montessori school on the city's northwest side, said Phil Dosmann, principal of the new Howard Avenue Montessori School in Bay View and a long-time advocate for Montessori programs in Milwaukee.
Dosmann said if there's sufficient interest, the administration might bring a proposal for a new Montessori school in that area to the Milwaukee School Board, potentially in December.
The first community meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Lowell P. Goodrich School, 8251 N. Celina St. The second meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at the same location, according to the district.
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Spotify is now available for Windows Phone 8.
Spotify is being released as a beta, and is basically an online streaming radio of music, a service that is very popular in some countries. Ofcourse to use the app you also need to be in a supported country or have Spotify Premium, but you can also download playlists as well if you dont have an internet connection to play off while you're out.
The app is free and so is the service for the first 30 days. After the trial expires, the premium service costs $9.99 a month.
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|Contact: Beth Boustead, Public Information Specialist, 701.328.3039
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North Dakotans Reminded to Apply for Sales Tax Refund
BISMARCK, N.D. Tax Commissioner Cory Fong reminds retailers and shoppers of the three-year deadline to file for a partial refund of the local sales tax they paid on purchases made on or after October 1, 2005. The refund program has been in place since October 2005 when North Dakota joined the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP).
Customers may apply for a refund anytime within three years from the date of the purchase, said Fong. Because this is only the third year of the program, shoppers may not be aware of the three-year deadline that will be here soon. We want to be sure they are aware of the refund program and the three-year time limit for receiving a refund.
The sales tax refund program has been available as part of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project. The refund program replaces the sales tax caps that most North Dakota cities and some counties imposed prior to October 2005.
Since October 1, 2005, the Tax Department has processed 5,131 refunds for a total of $3.6 million with an average refund of $701.
Fong said, The amount of refund a customer may request is equal to the difference between the amount of city and county sales tax paid and the amount that would have been paid if the cap was in place.
- For example, a customer purchases furniture costing $6,000 in a city that previously provided for a $25.00 cap on local tax.
- A 1% city sales tax equals $60.00.
- The customer should request a refund from the Tax Department for $35.00.
- $60.00 less $25.00 cap = $35.00.
To apply for a refund, a shopper simply files a Claim for Refund of City or County Sales and Use Tax Transmittal form, along with copies of invoices, to the Office of State Tax Commissioner. The customer should keep the original invoices for three years from the date of purchase. Fong added that motor vehicles are not subject to a local sales tax, and as such would not qualify for a refund./p>
All local tax collected by the Tax Department is sent to the city or county, said Fong. If a customer does not request the refund, the tax revenue stays with the city or county.
For more information about the refund program or to access the refund claim forms, visit the Tax Departments web site at www.nd.gov/tax, e-mail the department at [email@example.com], or call the Tax Departments Sales Tax Section at (701) 328.1246.
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Dec. 30, 2009 – Research into the genetics of cancer has rapidly expanded in the last few years with the aid of new equipment and new techniques like those pioneered by the the Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this edition of Breakthroughs in Cancer Research, Genome Center director, Richard Wilson, PhD, explains not only the basics of genetic research but also what scientists hope to learn from studying the genetic origins of cancer and how they hope to apply those discoveries to the treatment of patients in the future.
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On this edition of Breakthroughs in Cancer Research, we'll talk about how advances in genome sequencing are helping scientists better understand cancer.
Host: Thanks for downloading this podcast from the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. I'm Gwen Ericson. I'm talking with Richard Wilson, PhD, director of the Genome Center at Washington University. One facet of the Genome Center's research focuses on cancer, and that's what we'll be discussing today. Dr. Wilson, thank you for joining us.
Wilson: My pleasure, Gwen. Thank you.
Host: Before we talk about the impact of genome science on cancer research, give me a little background on the Genome Center.
Wilson: Well, the Genome Center at Washington University has been around since the early 1990s, back at the beginning of the Human Genome Project. Some folks may be saying, "What's a genome?" Well, it's the collection of DNA that you have in pretty much all of your cells, and it carries the information that you inherited from your parents. That collection of DNA is what makes each of us humans very similar and yet different as well. And we'd like to study that to get some idea as to why some folks get sick with certain diseases and other folks are very healthy all their life, why some of us respond well to some medications and others have a bit of difficulty.
Host: I've heard it said that cancer is a disease of genes or that all cancer is genetic. If that's accurate, what would that mean?
Wilson: Cancer is certainly a disease of many factors. It's genetic in some aspects. It's also environmental. There also may be infectious agents involved in some cancers. But basically, it all boils down to genes. If genes are changed during the course of a person's life by some environmental factor like cigarette smoke, cancer can result. It's those changes that we really want to study and try to understand.
Host: Can you tell me the kinds of changes in the genes that result in cancer?
Wilson: I'll give you one very famous example. There is a type of cancer called CML, or chronic myeloid leukemia. In fact, the basketball player Kareem Abdul Jabbar has just told folks that he has CML. One of the causes of CML is that two chromosomes break apart and then come together in a wrong way. They essentially create a new gene, and the product of that gene causes that cancer. Once scientists were able to get a lot of detail about that new gene, exactly where it was and what it was like, it was possible to design a new drug that basically knocks out that new protein caused by that gene, and that destroys those tumors and makes them go away. This is exactly what we'd like to do for a lot of different cancers. We'd like to find those changes to genes that might underlie the disease and see if we can't learn more about the disease, come up with better diagnostic approaches and come up with better treatments.
Host: Is it as simple as a single gene? Is one change enough to cause cancer?
Wilson: I wish that was the case. And actually in some cancers, it may be sort of true, but typically what we believe is that several changes have to occur for a normal cell to become a tumor cell. One of the things that we clearly understand is that we've got pretty good defense systems built in. Our cells are pretty good about going through and finding mutations and repairing many of them. So if our genomes can repair themselves, then it shouldn't be a problem. Or if there are redundant genes that help cover up problems that happened to some, then our cells would stay normal as well. Quite often, it's what we call multiple hits on the genome that actually lead to the disease. So it's a little bit more complex than just a single gene.
Host: So it makes sense that the ability to decipher the sequence of genes and identify mutations will make a significant difference in understanding cancer and treating it. Tell me about some of the ways you're using sequencing technology to study cancer in the Genome Center.
Wilson: Well, one of the methods that we've really pioneered here is the approach of looking at the entire genome. It used to be maybe four or five years ago that researchers would say, "I'm interested in a particular type of cancer (let's say lung cancer), and from all of the research that's been going on for the last decade or two in many labs, I know that there are four or five or six genes that might really be important in lung cancer. Let's go off and sequence those genes from a whole bunch of patients and see if we can find additional mutations." And you start to find some, but you don't ever get the whole picture. We're kind of left with this incomplete picture, and we really don't know what's going on in that particular cancer type. So what we've actually tried to do, instead of going fishing with a rod and a reel and a single lure in the water, is come at it with a very large net and try to throw that net around the entire genome – not just a few genes that we think might be involved but all of the genes in the human genome. Now this hasn't been possible until just the last couple years, when some new technology has come on board and become available to us that really makes this feasible both in terms of the amount of work required for a center such as ours as well as the cost.
Host: Let's talk a little bit about that new technology. How fast can you sequence a genome?
Wilson: When we started sequencing the human genome back in the early 90s, it was very slow and very expensive. That first genome sequence took us about 10 years and cost about a billion dollars. Now with this new technology, we're actually able to sequence genomes in a much shorter time frame. The first cancer genome that we sequenced a couple years ago took us a matter of months and cost about $1.5 million. And now we're at the point where we can sequence cancer genomes in a few weeks, and the cost is down around $50,000.
Host: Tell me what you mean by cancer genome?
Wilson: Well that's a great question. If you are a cancer patient, you likely have a tumor. So what we'd like to do is to biopsy that tumor and take some of those tumor cells and isolate the version of your genome that is present in those tumor cells. We also like to take a little bit of normal tissue, and we'd sequence both of those genomes and then compare and look for the differences that have become present in the tumor DNA – the cancer genome, if you will – that aren't present it in your normal genome. Those typically are the suspects that we look at as the cause of your disease, and they might help us to understand how best to treat you.
Host: So I understand one of the latest projects you're working on is comparing this genome of an AML tumor to the genome of normal tissue in a single patient. Tell me about that research.
Wilson: Well that was actually the first cancer genome to be sequenced. It was a patient who had acute myeloid leukemia, which is a very deadly disease. And what we did was to take a little bit of her tumor sample as well as a little piece of skin and sequence both the DNA from her skin, which represented the normal genome, as well as DNA from her tumor. We found 10 genes that were mutated in the tumor. It was very interesting because all of these were in genes that are known to have some relationship to the formation of cancer. So that gives us some initial clues about how this disease may have been caused. Now we have since gone on to sequence genomes from additional AML patients, and we've found quite a few similarities to the first patient. So we think through this type of analysis, by actually sequencing these cancer genomes from a great many AML patients, we're really going to learn what the basis of the disease is. I think it's really exciting because very early on we're going to be able to use this information to better utilize the drugs that we already have to treat leukemia. And that's really going to have an impact soon.
Host: Explain that a little bit further: How does that information help you better utilize available drugs?
Wilson: So we've actually found in some of our sequencing some gene mutations that would allow us to take patients and say, aha, here's a mutation in a gene, and we know that correlates with a poor outcome. So these are patients that we're going to want to treat much more aggressively, where maybe we'll want to do a bone marrow transplant, for example. Bone marrow transplants can be difficult for the patient, difficult for the family, and if we knew that we didn't have to go to that extreme, if we could simply treat with the chemotherapy drugs that we have, that would make a big difference just in terms of the quality of life for those patients.
Host: Give me a sense of the size of the human genome.
Wilson: The genome is three billion letters of code. It takes a tremendous amount of time and tremendous skill and a huge amount of computing infrastructure. We actually had to build a building across the street from the Genome Center to house all the computational hardware. Right now we have a lot of different sequencing projects going on here at the Genome Center, but if we said OK, we're going to take this one genome and get it through our pipeline as quickly as we can, we could basically sequence a person's genome in about a week and then probably take another couple of weeks and do the analysis and come up with every single interesting base in that genome in that time. It is just amazing.
Host: So that's the present. In the future, how are things going to change?
Wilson: Well, I have this idea of a sequencing machine that is so easy anybody can use it. I'd envision it looking like a desktop computer with a little CD drive or door that pops open. And I basically have some sort of a chip that I pipetted a DNA sample on, and when I push it back into my computer, in 15 to 20 minutes, it does all the chemistry and all the analysis and pops out an answer that says mutations in this gene, this gene and this gene and here's what it means. That's not going to happen in the next couple of years, obviously, but that's really the goal is to have some sort of gene machine that gives us real medically relevant answers. This is a 15 to 20 years down the road sort of thing, but I think it's going to happen.
Host: Dr. Wilson, thank you for joining us.
Wilson: It's been my pleasure, thank you.
Host: The Genome Center is widely known for its prominent role in sequencing the human genome, and it now has ongoing sequencing projects in many species, including bacteria, fungi, plants and primates. Recently, the Genome Center received funding for a project to generate cancer genomes for 20 different types of cancer. If you're interested in learning more about the Genome Center, visit its Web site at genome.wustl.edu.


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- Spa tub
- Golfing nearby
Working away
- 24-hour business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 13
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- Conference space size (feet) - 18,000
- Conference space size (meters) - 1672
- Conference center
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 2006
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Fireplace in lobby
- Television in common areas
- Disabled parking
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
Home comforts
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
Freshen up
- Bathtub only
- Hair dryer
Be entertained
- 32-inch flat-screen TV
Stay connected
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
Food and drink
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- In-room safe
Special features
DiningGreat American Grill - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Hilton Garden Inn Champaign/Urbana's small print
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Optional extras
Cooked-to-order breakfast is offered for an extra charge of USD 9.95 per person (approximately)
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text: Former Players Sue NFL Over Brain Injuries Three ex-athletes want league to monitor all ex-players By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff Posted Dec 21, 2011 4:04 PM CST STORY COMMENTS (11) (Newser) – Three retired football players are suing the NFL because they say they got banged up so much in their playing days it left them with brain injuries. They want the league to set up a program to monitor the problem among all former players, reports Bloomberg. The three former athletes—Harry Jacobs, Jerome Barkum, and Tommy Mason—each suffer from brain injuries caused by frequent tackles during their careers, according to the federal lawsuit. They're also seeking unspecified personal-injury compensation. The three men argue that the NFL is responsible because it knew or should have known what toll the brutal collisions would take on players in retirement. A spokesman for the league responded via e-mail: "The NFL has long made player safety a priority and continues to do so. Any allegation that the NFL intentionally sought to mislead players has no merit." San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith (94) recovers a fumble by Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Detroit Lions running back Kevin Smith (30) is stopped for no gain on fourth down by the Oakland Raiders. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco rolls over after being sacked. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) ADVERTISEMENT(Click Prev or Next to continue viewing images.) « Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow Bloomberg (Source Grid ») Sports • Health sports • NFL • football • injury • concussions • National Football League CLICK BELOW TO VOTE 29% 5% 39% 9% 14% 4% RETURN TO THE STORY To report an error on this story, notify our editors.


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The life insurance sector in India has gone through a major uplift in the recent years. The biggest boost in this area came during the year 2000, when the government allowed 26% to Private Companies and Foreign Direct Investment. The Life Insurance Corporation, which took over all the private life insurance companies at that time, was adopted in the year 1956 which led to a sudden upsurge in the life insurance sector naturally. The Government appointed RN Malhotra Committee to chalk out a plan for the privatization of the Life Insurance industry. After a number of discussions and formalities the IRDA was formed. The IRDA, or The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, was responsible for issuing licenses to private life insurance companies.
Without a doubt, the LIC is the insurance giant in the country. But apart from the Life Insurance Corporation, there are 22 other private insurance providers in the company which include purely Indian firms and firms with global tie-ups. Some of them are as follows:
Foreign companies have been allowed to enter into the Indian life insurance sector, although with a set of regulations. The FDIs, or the Foreign Direct Investment firms, are allowed to hold a total of 26% share in the firm with the balance being filled by single/multiple Indian companies. This has been done keeping in minfd the benefit of the Indian companies and is aimed to help them sustain their business and profits successfully. Although, the foreign investment firms have requested to pass an amendment to the law and allow them to hold a 49% share in the equity. A bill regarding the same is under supervision.
The Indian life insurance companies have to strictly abide by the rules of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority. Unit Linked Investment Plans are an outcome of the endeavors of the private firms which offer investment options in the firm as well as provide insurance cover to its buyers. These plans are naturally subject to strict terms.
Life Insurance is now one of the fastest growing sectors in India. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) is the regulator of life insurance in India. Thanks to the strict regulations set by the Authority, opting for insurance policies from private insurers is now safe. The collaboration of Indian finance companies with overseas insurance companies has now led to the Insurance sector to become more comprehensive with life protection norms extending to those followed overseas. Some examples of such Insurance companies are:
With changing times come changing financial and economic conditions. The cost of medical treatment has been on a continuous rise over the past few years. Keeping these factors in mind, insurance companies have come up with life insurance plans that are extremely competitive in their rates. Some financial institutions also allow existing clients to personalize their life insurance schemes after a certain period of time lapses.
Life insurance being provided only by life insurance agents is now a thing of the past. The Life insurance sector has evolved by allowing the field to expand into the internet and also allowing banks to deal with life insurance schemes. Thanks to the growing scope of the internet, a maximum number of insurance companies have gone online. Policies are now being sold to customers directly on the internet. This allows you to gain access to the different kinds of life insurance policies and allows you to choose a policy that best suits your requirements.
Insurance agents have always and will always be a constant source of knowledge and advice pertaining to life insurance. Even so, the sale of insurance policies by banks is a trend that also has picked up drastically over the last few years. The concept of 'bancassurance' – that is, the sale of insurance policies managed by banks has become a common feature. The advantage of receiving insurance AND financial advice all under one roof is now an offer to hard to refuse. So, before you narrow down on an insurance dealer, it'd be a good idea to check with your own bank to see if they provide any kind of life insurance coverage for existing customers. Being an existing customer, you could possibly be eligible for certain kinds of benefits like reduced premium or interest rates.
It is always advisable to be completely truthful while applying for a life insurance policy. Such polices are designed to help the insured in times of need. Lying on an insurance application could jeopardize the chances of receiving full claim. Therefore to avoid any kind of mistakes, it is advisable that the applicant fills out his form personally and provides the insurance company complete details of his or her medical history.
Some of the largest companies in the Life insurance sector in India are:
Panasonic, the Japanese electronics and consumer durables major, is entering the purifier business in India, joining a
host of companies including Hindustan Unilever and Tata Chemicals which have forayed into the largely untapped segment.
By the end of June, Panasonic India will start selling its water purifiers in top cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad.
Manish Sharma, director, (sales marketing), Panasonic India, said the strategy is to grow horizontally by entering different sectors and the water purifier market is apt considering the low penetration levels at present coupled with rising awareness about health.
"The product will be customised for India, taking into consideration the level of hardness and impurities that need to be corrected," said Sharma.
The company, which is aiming at closing financial year 2011-12 with a turnover of Rs5,500 crore in India, has a presence in multiple categories like healthcare, personal and beauty care, air conditioners, DVDs, audio systems, cameras, kitchen appliances, LEDs, plasma TVs.
Priced between Rs15,900 and Rs30,000, the purifiers would be in the medium to premium range in the over Rs1,600 crore water purifier market.
At the lower end would be the basic purifiers, while the higher-end range would come with RO and UV technologies. RO, or reverse osmosis, and UV, or ultra-violet, are features that play a crucial role in disinfecting water.
Firms like Eureka Forbes, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Chemicals and Kent are key players in this segment, alongside new entrants like LG Electronics.
Water purifiers currently sell at Rs1,200 onwards, with some of the cheapest being sold for as low as Rs749. While at the higher-end, those in the super-premium range cost upwards of Rs40,000 and can even reach Rs47,000.
Industry experts say given the number of firms there will be intense competition in this category and aspects such as installation and servicing will play a major role in determining market shares.
"How quick and effective servicing for any problems which arise after the product is installed will be a criterion that will decide sales. This is a category where word-of-mouth plays a role in purchase decisions," said an expert from a consulting firm.
Sharma conceded there will be competition, but said the penetration is small as currently households in non-metros generally use water-filters.
Industry estimates state that annually about 2 million water purifiers are sold across India.
"This is very small considering the scale of the country. Low penetration would lead to rapid growth."
After consolidating its presence in the metros, the company would gradually look at launching the purifier in Tier II cities like Jaipur, Chandigarh and Indore. On the distribution side, the purifiers would be available in different retail formats like hypermarkets, malls, stores, as well as the 127 Panasonic brand shops.
Tata Chemicals, the fertilisers and chemicals flagship of Tata Group, sees revenues from the non-bulk product segment doubling in the current fiscal.
Bulk segment is the business that does not get any subsidy from the government.
The company, which announced third-quarter performance on Friday, saw a major growth in the non-subsidised segment such as customised fertiliser, specialty fertiliser, seeds, pesticides and services business portfolios.
"Our specialty product segment grew 40% and as a result the total non-bulk segment will see the revenues shoot up to Rs600 crore by this fiscal-end," said R Mukundan, managing director, said.
He said the next fiscal, however, will not see a repeat of the performance owing to a higher base.
"Next year would still be moderate-to-good and we expect the segment to grow at over 30%," he said.
Tata Chemicals posted an 15% rise in net profit for the third quarter ended December at Rs153.04 crore as against Rs132.71 crore posted in the same period of the previous fiscal. Net sales rose 33% to Rs2,331.89 crore.
On soda ash, which contributes about 45% to revenues, Mukundan said the US and European markets are still stable and the company has been able to tie up almost all its capacity on a long-term basis.
"We have been successful in contracting with customers at an average higher cost of $15 per tonne, but our concern in the Chinese market which has started showing sign of a slowdown," he said.
The income tax (I-T) department on Thursday carried out search operations at 18 premises of Bodal Chemicals Ltd. The BSE listed company is involved in manufacture of dye intermediates, dye stuff and other chemicals.
Sources in the department said of the 18 premises that were searched, five to six were factories situated in phase-I of Vatva GIDC. Four factories in Vadodara, a bungalow in Bopal and offices in Prahladnagar were also searched. An office of the company in Kolkata was also searched. Sources said some of the chemical traders dealing with the company were also under scanner of the department.
The company, which has an annual turnover of Rs400 crore, gets 70% of its business from exports. The chemicals it manufactures are used in textile, plastic, leather and paper manufacturing industry.
It exports its products to the US, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, the UK and Italy among others. The company also has offices in some of these countries. It had also entered into eight MoUs worth Rs700 crore with Gujarat government during the last VGGIS.
Prefer water charged with nutrients?
NourishCo, an equal-stake joint venture between Tata Global Beverages (formerly Tata Tea) and the Indian arm of PepsiCo, on Thursday launched Tata Water Plus, India's first nutrient water.
"There is a growing trend towards health and wellness in the beverages category," said Ashok Namboodiri, chief of sales and marketing at NourishCo Beverages Ltd. "We believe there is immense potential, which will evolve over a period of time."
'Nutrient water' generally contain externally added vitamins and minerals and also sugar for taste.
Priced at a premium of Rs16 for a 750 ml PET bottle (a litre of normal water costs Rs12-15), Tata Water Plus has been launched in Tamil Nadu with 'Zinc' and 'Chromium' variants, and will be rolled out across the country over the next few months.
PepsiCo said NourishCo will continue to focus on non-carbonated, ready-to-drink products in the hydration category that will be sold in India and could be taken to other parts of the world.
By 2016, the venture is likely to generate revenues of Rs700 crore, R K Krishna Kumar, vice chairman, Tata Global Beverages, said. "But the company won't see real impact from the joint venture until 2014," said Mehul Desai, a Mumbai-based analyst at K R Choksey Shares and Securities.
"Even in the urban markets, health products haven't penetrated because the knowledge of the product is not there," he said. "NourishCo would take time to gain penetration."
India's soft-drink market is expected to double to 12.9 billion litres in 2015 from 6.2 billion litres in 2010, Euromonitor International predicts.
Meantime, in another development, PepsiCo which had launched a Rs5 glucose-based drink — Gloco+ — under the Leher brand in May last, mainly to cater to the bottom-of-the-pyramid consumers who couldn't afford some of its higher-priced colas and juices, has been renamed Tata Gluco Plus — though the launch was part of the NourishCo agreement.
The manufacturing and licensing of Himalayan, Tata's mineral water brand, too, is a part of NourishCo. The venture now has three wellness products in its portfolio that serve the top and bottom ends of the pyramid.
Meanwhile, Krishna Kumar said Tata Global's sales may grow 7-8% in the year ending March 31, 2012. This compares with a 3.5% increase to Rs5,980 crore a year earlier.
Snapping a two-session rally, the BSE benchmark index Sensex today fell by 82 points to close at 17,748.69, on disappointing industrial output growth.
The Sensex, which had gained over 208 points in the last two trading sessions, fell by 82.06 points, or 0.46%, to 17,748.69, after dismal industrial production hit the investor sentiment.
Factory output as measured by the Index of Industrial production grew by a mere 1.8% in December, 2011, due to contraction in mining and capital goods sectors and a lower manufacturing sector growth.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee described the industrial output growth as disappointing and expressed hopes that the figures would show some improvement in the coming months.
Global markets also exhibited weak trends after European leaders held back a debt bailout for Greece pending a parliamentary vote on an austerity plan. Traders said companies cutting their earnings forecasts also weighed down on the sentiment.
The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty also fell by 30.75 points, or 0.57, to 5,381.60 as investors booked profits from recent gains.
The two heaviest stock on the benchmark with a combined weightage of 20% — Reliance Industries and Infosys –dropped by 1.23% to Rs 842.15 and by 0.87% to Rs 2,782.70, respectively.
However, Tata Steel gaining the most in more than a week surging 5.30% to Rs 475 and Bajaj Auto by 2.10% to Rs 1,736.55, saved the makret from any major fall.
Prominent losers in the index kitty sector were Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, Gail India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Larsen and Toubro, BHEL, Cipla and Hindalco Industries.
The realty sector index suffered the most by losing 0.93 % to 1,887.49, followed by oil and gas index by 0.80 to 8,770.65. Healthcare index lost 0.71% to 6,347.10 and Banking index by 0.68% to 11,986.92.
Deutsche Bank has got a 55% return on its Rs1,640 crore placement in Lodha Developers, despite having invested at the peak of 2007-08. The lender got back Rs2,542 crore — including fresh debt of Rs825 crore and Rs1,720 crore from internal accruals — from Cowtown Land Development Ltd, a Lodha subsidiary.
Lodha, which has earlier provided exits to JP Morgan and HDFC Venture Fund from its other projects, currently has investments from the likes of ICICI Ventures and Old Lane, besides HDFC Venture Fund.
Earlier this year, private equity firm Kotak Realty Fund took the promoter buyback route to exit its stake in 3C Company's information technology park project in Noida. The investment firm said it earned a return of less than 30% from this exit.
With most funds nearing expiry of their term and investments getting matured over the years, industry experts feel 2012 and 2013 will see a good number of transactions in the real estate space.
"When the fund expires, private equity (PE) firms have to return a significant amount of money to investors. Besides, demonstrating returns is very crucial if one is raising a new fund. Given the current market situation, deliberated and negotiated exits will be more in number as compared to natural exits, wherein the latter (natural exits) would see superior returns," said Amit Bhagat, chief executive officer and managing director, ASK Property Investment Advisors.
Jones Lang LaSalle said in a report recently that 2012 will be a big year for real estate exits by private equity players. It sees PE exits worth $2.5-3 billion (around Rs15,840 crore) this year — that's equivalent to the total quantum of PE exits in the last four years.
According to Shobhit Agarwal, joint managing director – capital markets, Jones Lang LaSalle India, multiple investments took place in the 2005-2008 period involving both domestic and foreign funds.
I want to buy a diesel SUV with a budget of Rs22-30 lakh. Should I opt for BMW X1? Or, do you have any other suggestion?—Saurabh Chordiya
In a couple of months, the Audi Q3 will be launched. If nothing else, that will give you more choice in the premium entry-level segment. If you can go beyond the badge, the Renault Koleos is a fantastic option; it looks good, drives like a car and has good mileage. It costs around Rs26 lakh. You can also look at the Hyundai Santa Fe, which is also good.
I am planning to buy a car. My budget is up to Rs12 lakh. I am opting for a petrol variant since my usage is very less with an occasional long drive. I am looking for a spacious car that's reliable, is comfortable in city traffic with good mileage, resale value and good looks. I read about new cars in the DNA Drive which were unveiled at the Auto Expo 2012. Kindly advise.
— Vijay Kumar Mannava
Since you are looking at only petrol models, at the top of our list is the Honda City. It fits all your criteria very well. If you want to wait, however, there will be a couple of launches over the next few months like the Hyundai Elantra.
I want to buy a 150cc engine bike with good fuel efficiency, low maintenance and very good looks. My budget is Rs70,000-75,000. Please help me as I don't know much about bikes.
—Rahul Gede, Mumbai.
The bike that satisfies all your parameters is the Honda Unicorn. It's got a very refined engine, great mileage and Honda reliability. If you find the waiting period a bit long, then the Hero Hunk and the CBZ Xtreme should fit the bill too.
In my cars, I see that even when the accelerator is not pressed and the vehicle is going on a downward gradient, the engine still shows a minimum 1,000 rpm which means fuel is still being fed into the engine. Why aren't the engines designed to cut off fuel 100% when the accelerator is not pressed?
Well, if 100% fuel were cut off, the engine would stall in the middle of the road. In some cars, there is cylinder deactivation but even that doesn't cut off all the fuel. Rather than stressing the internals with erratic fueling, they keep the fuel flow at a minimum level when coasting.
I have difficulty in choosing one among the Bajaj Discover 135, Discover 100 and the new TVS Sport. My budget is between Rs60,000 and Rs75,000. I am looking for good mileage in city and low maintenance. Kindly advise.
—Rohit Supekar
Our suggestion is to wait a little. Bajaj is making huge changes to its line-up and it makes sense to wait for the latest model rather than be stuck with an older one. Honda, too, is going to come out with the 100cc Dream Yuga soon, which will do everything you want.
I am a college student and I wish to buy a bike for around Rs75,000. The bike should have good looks, power and a decent mileage. Please suggest some bikes other than the Impulse.
—Ashwin Bhide
If you want something other than the Impulse, then there are the Hero Hunk and CBZ from the Hero stable, which are both quite reliable and frugal. From Bajaj, there's the Pulsar 135LS, which is also great on mileage and low on maintenance.
Among the Honda Stunner, Bajaj Pulsar 135, Suzuki Sling Shot, Honda Shine and the Hero Honda Passion Pro, which bike is the best, in terms of looks and mileage?
—Shravan Thorat
Our order of preference: first, the two Hondas; then, Bajaj, followed by Hero and Suzuki. That's taking into account looks, reliability, frugality and ownership experience. The Honda bikes look good and come with brilliant engines and gearboxes. The Pulsar looks great but the engine loses out a little in terms of refinement. The Hero looks a little dated now, but comes with a buttery smooth engine-gearbox combo. As for the Suzuki, there isn't a major fault, per se, but the others are just as good if not better.
How much fun can you have in a drop-top Merc? DNA Drive finds out…
A roadster is defined as a small, two-door, two-seater car with an open top and manual transmission. So going by the traditional definition, the Mercedes SL 350 misses just a little. Nevertheless, it does fulfil three of the four criteria, so we're willing to go with the flow and just call it a roadster.
The SL-class, which stands for Sport Leicht – German for light weight and sporty — has been around for a long time now.
Traditionally based on a slightly heavy platform, the roadster doesn't have the sportiest of bases to start from, but then again, it's meant to cross continents, not set lap records.
Moving right on to the looks of the beast, the SL doesn't have any in-your-face styling elements, rather it's a more subdued car. It lets the clean lines and good proportions speak for themselves. Our test model was a brilliant black one, which turned heads everywhere it went. We tried hard to look like owners, keeping a poker-yet-casual visage throughout, looking through agape people.
The growl of the V6 only added to the awe.
There's one thing about the SL that will absolutely floor the observer and that is the folding hardtop. You don't even need to be in the car to operate it either. Just pull up close and using the key-fob, press and hold the unlock button and presto-foldo!
Criminal proceedings will continue against Yahoo India which had moved the Delhi High Court against a lower court order summoning it for allegedly hosting objectionable content.
Refusing to stay the criminal proceedings against the website, Justice Suresh Kait today declined to pass any order at this stage and fixed the matter for March 1, saying he will hear the case before the trial court hears it on March 13.
Appearing for Yahoo India Pvt Ltd, senior advocate Arvind Nigam claimed that the company's name did not figure in the complaint and submitted that the high court should stay the proceedings.
The court deferred the matter after Vinay Rai, the complainant before the lower court, submitted that he has not received a copy of the petition as yet and it would be difficult for him to file the reply.
Earlier on January 20, the high court had issued notice to the Delhi Police on a plea by Yahoo India Pvt Ltd challenging the summons issued to it by the magisterial court for allegedly hosting objectionable content.
The court had then allowed Yahoo India's plea that its case be heard separately.
Yahoo India had said the the complaint and the order of the magistrate dealt with alleged objectionable material retrieved from various websites including Zombie, Orkut, Youtube, Facebook, Blogspot and none of them pertained to Yahoo.
Referring to Rai's complaint, it had said no material in the complaint was downloaded from Yahoo India which forms part of the case in which 20 other websites have also been summoned.
"I am not a social networking site like other accused in the case. I only provide email and chat services. Moreover, no objectionable material has been attributed to me and hence my case is different from others," Nigam had said during the last hearing.
The magisterial court had on December 23 issued summons to 21 websites for allegedly committing offences of criminal conspiracy, sale of obscene books and obscene objects to young persons.
The Centre had earlier filed a report before the lower court saying, there was sufficient material to proceed against the 21 websites for alleged offences of promoting enmity between classes and causing prejudice to national integration.
Out of the 21 websites, Google India and Facebook India had also moved the high court against the magistrate's order, saying the summons be quashed as they did not commit any offence.
After Telenor, UAE-based Etisalat, a shareholder in new telecom operator Etisalat DB, on Thursday said that it has has written off USD 827 million worth value of its Indian operations by way of an impairment charge as an after effect of Supreme Court order cancelling 122 2G licences.
"Etisalat's management has decided to recognize an impairment charge in its 2011 consolidated financial statements amounting to an aggregate of AED 3,044 million (about $820 million)…," the company said in a statement.
Etisalat owns about 45 per cent stake in Etisalat DB, a joint venture between Indian player DB Realty and Etisalat of UAE.
The net impact of this charge on "our consolidated net profit after Federal Royalty amounts to AED 1,020 million (about USD 280 million)," it said.
Last week Norway-based Telenor, a majority shareholder in Uninor, had written off about USD 721 million worth value from its Indian operations.
The Supreme Court had revoked 122 UAS licenses that were issued by the Government of India in January 2008, Etisalat said, adding the ruling was against the process the Indian government adopted to issue licences and the pricing method adopted for awarding the spectrum.
The Supreme Court's decision took the entire industry by surprise and significantly alters the competitive landscape in India's telecommunications market, it said.
Etisalat further said that it expects the Government of India to bring about a rapid and just solution and to fairly compensate investors and Etisalat's senior management is fully engaged to safeguard its investment.
Etisalat is also continuing to assess the legal consequences of the Supreme Court's decision and company's strategic options in India.
The move comes a day after Bahrain Telecom (Batelco) decided to exit from Indian operations by selling its entire stake in new operator STel in the aftermath of the Supreme Court order.
Etisalat reiterated that its investment in Swan took place long after the 2G licenses were awarded and that Etisalat has always conducted itself according to the highest standards and according to the law.
"Etisalat is a prudent and mature investor that respects its shareholders and follows strategies in full compliance to local and international laws and best practice," the company statement said.
This is the strategy that was followed in India throughout the legal process and because of this the Etisalat Group remains in a strong position to continue its global expansion strategy whenever and wherever opportunities arise with due regards to risk and international best practice.
Greek political leaders have clinched a deal on austerity measures needed to secure a bailout to keep the country afloat, two government sources said on Thursday.
"Yes, there is a deal," one government official said.
US prosecutors expanded a criminal case over the alleged theft of industrial secrets from chemical giant DuPont, securing an indictment against a Chinese company on economic espionage-related charges.
A Northern California grand jury indicted Pangang Group for conspiracy to commit economic espionage and other charges including conspiracy to steal trade secrets, according to court documents unsealed on Wednesday.
Pangang, a state-owned steel manufacturer in Sichuan province, allegedly worked with a California businessman and others to obtain several valuable trade secrets from DuPont, the indictment says.
Separately, a former engineer for Motorola Inc was found guilty on Wednesday of stealing trade secrets from the company but cleared of economic espionage for China.
The latest developments in the two cases come as Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit the United States next week on a range of economic, trade, regional and global issues.
Xi, considered China's president-in-waiting, will meet President Barack Obama at the White House next Tuesday.
The US visit will be a major step in signalling Xi's readiness to take over as China's next top leader and run Beijing's complex and sometimes vexed relationship with Washington. The United States has identified industrial spying as a significant and growing threat to the nation's prosperity.
In a government report released last November, authorities cited China as "the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage."
California businessman Walter Liew has already been in custody for several months on witness tampering charges related to the DuPont allegations. Liew and his wife, Christina, also face charges of conspiracy to commit economic espionage and other counts in the latest indictment.
Lawyers for Walter and Christina Liew could not be reached for comment.
Tom Nolan, a lawyer for Walter Liew, has previously maintained that his client only possessed publicly available information, not trade secrets from DuPont. The Pangang Group, named in the Dupont case, is based in Panzhihua city in the far south of China's Sichuan province and is western China's largest steelmaker. It was formally known as Panzhihua Iron and Steel (Group) Co Ltd.
Three of Pangang's subsidiaries are also named in the indictment, along with a Chinese citizen who worked for that company.
In 2010 authorities Pangang's merger with Angang Steel Co Ltd, which would make Angang the country's largest steel mill. Phone calls to Pangang's headquarters on Thursday went unanswered, and company officials did not respond to faxed queries.
Liew, a US citizen, allegedly paid former DuPont engineers for assistance in designing chloride-route titanium dioxide, also known as TiO2, according to the indictment.
DuPont is the world's largest producer of the white pigment used to make a range of white-tinted products, including paper, paint and plastics. Two former DuPont engineers were also indicted on Wednesday.
DuPont general counsel Thomas Sager said the company is disappointed that former DuPont employees allegedly stole technology. The company filed a civil suit against Liew and referred the theft to law enforcement, Sager said.
Separately, former Motorola employee Hanjuan Jin has been charged with illegally possessing thousands of the firm's trade secrets on her computer and in other forms of digital storage, and prosecutors said she intended to pass the information to the Chinese military. Jin was found guilty by a Chicago federal judge on three counts of theft of trade secrets after a bench trial, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on each count.
However, California businessman Liew's continued detention has angered one Chinese-American advocate.
Ling-Chi Wang, a professor at the University of California, said spying between countries and companies is a regular occurrence, and law enforcement should have allowed DuPont's civil suit to develop before arresting Liew.
Chinese targets might be more attractive in an election year, Wang said, due to concerns about being called soft on China.
"I just find that to be very, very troublesome," said Wang, who has previously spoken out against espionage-related prosecutions of ethnic Chinese scientists.
In a statement on Wednesday, San Francisco US Attorney Melinda Haag said authorities will "aggressively pursue anyone, anywhere" who tries to steal from the United States.
Prosecutors detailed Liew's alleged links with the Chinese government in a court filing last week. They named, as one of the Chinese representatives who once met with him, a high-ranking Communist Party official who later became a member of the Politburo.
In another development, Timothy Spitler, a former DuPont employee who consulted for Liew, took his own life last week, say multiple people familiar with the situation.
Spitler supplied material information to prosecutors in the investigation, these people say. A lawyer for Spitler did not respond to inquiries on Wednesday.
The case is United States of America vs. Walter Liew, Christina Liew et al., US District Court, Northern District of California, No. 11-cr-573.
—Additional reporting by Matt Spetalnick in Washington and Terril Yue Jones and David Stanway in Beijing; Editing by Bernard Orr and Sanjeev Miglani


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Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3 – 0 at Anfield last night to move up to 8th spot on the English Premier League's table and ruin Gerard Houllier's return to the Kop.
Early goals from David Ngog and Ryan Babel turned the game into a procession, with Maxi Rodriguez adding a third soon after half-time.
"We shot ourselves in the foot early (in the season)," Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson said, "but the limp's getting better. Our shape was good tonight."
The defeat means Villa have gone four games without a win and lie two places and two points above the relegation zone.
Liverpool were without Fernando Torres, who withdrew to be with his wife after she went into labour, which gave Babel his first Premier League start of the season.
Manchester United striker scored his 200th English Premier League goal to salvage a point for his team in a 2 – 2 draw against Bolton Wanderers on Sunday.
Former Liverpool and England star Owen glanced in a 74th-minute header to give United a share of the points at the Reebok Stadium after Bolton had twice taken the lead through Zat Knight and Martin Petrov.
The draw saw United leapfrog Arsenal into second place in the table, three points behind league leaders Chelsea.
In a later kick-off, new Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier's first league match in charge of the Birmingham club saw them move up into fifth place as they won 2-1 away to Midlands rivals Wolves.
Houllier was indebted to Emile Heskey for the second time in a week as the former England striker's late goal sealed victory after he inspired a midweek comeback League Cup win over Blackburn Rovers.
Former French coach Gerard Houllier have agreed to join Aston Villa on a two-year deal, according to a report on the website of French sport daily L'Equipe on Tuesday.
Houllier, who coached Villa's Premier League rivals Liverpool between 1998 and 2004, has not taken charge of a team since leaving Lyon in 2007.
The 63-year-old – who stepped down as France coach when they failed to reach the 1994 World Cup finals – is currently employed as the French National Technical Director, which means he oversees football policy in the country.
"According to our information, Gerard Houllier has given his agreement to join the English club Aston Villa," read the report on the L'Equipe website.
"The current DTN (National Technical Director) was in England last weekend and he left on Monday evening.
The troubled English club Aston Villa's woes continued as they were dumped out of the Europa League with Scottish hopes also suffering a triple wipeout.
Villa, who saw Martin O'Neill quit as coach on the eve of the Premier League kick-off and James Milner sold to Manchester City, were beaten 3-2 by Rapid Vienna in their play-off second leg.
That gave the Austrians a 4-3 aggregate win to follow up their victory over the Midlanders in last season's tournament.
Villa twice led on Thursday and also missed a penalty as they joined the Scottish trio of Celtic, Dundee United and Motherwell in being forced to write off their European hopes for another season.
Liverpool and Manchester City were left as Britain's only representatives in Friday's draw for the group stages of Europe's second tier tournament.
Martin O'Neill resigned from his post as Aston Villa's manager five days before the start of the Premier League season.
The 58-year-old Northern Irishman announced his decision in a joint statement with chief executive Paul Faulkner on the club website (www.avfc.co.uk).
"I have enjoyed my time at Aston Villa immensely. It's obviously a wrench to be leaving such a magnificent club," O'Neill said.
"I pay tribute to the Villa players, my coaching staff and the Villa supporters for all the support and encouragement they have given both the club and me personally during my time as manager."
Reserve team manager Kevin MacDonald will take caretaker charge for the club's opening game of the season at home to West Ham United on Saturday.
Former Villa striker Gary Shaw criticised O'Neill's decision to quit.
"I don't know what has happened but the timing is not great. It's a bit naughty of Martin to leave the club in this situation, just a few days before the start of the season," Shaw told Reuters.
Manchester United took home the Carling Cup last by beating Aston Vila 2-1 in the 50th League Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
Rooney, who came on as a substitute for United's other scorer Michael Owen, struck with a superbly executed header after 74 minutes, for his 20th goal in his last 20 matches, as United became the first team since Nottingham Forest (in 1989 and 1990) to win the cup in successive seasons.
Rooney, who started on the bench as he had a sore knee, told reporters: "It's great to have this cup again, it means a lot to win a Wembley final and I am delighted to score the winner, but it's another great day for the club and the fans."
Aston Villa, the first winners of the trophy in 1961, and victors over Manchester United in 1994, took the lead after five minutes when James Milner scored from the penalty spot, but were often second best against a dominant United, who also hit the post twice.
Chelsea's lead at the top of the Premier League was cut to one point on Wednesday when they lost 2-1 at Everton with Louis Saha continuing his scoring jinx over them.
Second-placed Manchester United drew 1-1 at Aston Villa while Arsenal stayed in the hunt after beating Liverpool 1-0.
Saha, who scored against Chelsea in the FA Cup final last season and in the 3-3 draw against them in December, cancelled out Florent Malouda's 17th minute opener for Chelsea with a header in the 33rd.
He then had a penalty saved by Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech on the stroke of halftime before scoring the winner after 75 minutes when he chested the ball down, turned and fired home.
That sent Chelsea to their first defeat in 11 matches and gave Everton manager David Moyes his first victory over the London side on the night he celebrated his 300th Premier League game.
Chelsea remain top with 58 points, but are just one point ahead of Manchester United, who drew at Villa despite playing for more than an hour with 10 men after Nani was sent off for a ragged two-footed challenge on Stilian Petrov.


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|Surgical treatment of dysplastic and isthmic spondylolisthesis.
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|PMID: 17611428 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|Background. Dysplastic spondylolisthesis results from a congenital malformation of the vertebral processes, sometimes accompanied by spina bifida; its progression causes subluxation or dislocation in the intervertebral joints and an anterior repositioning of the entire vertebra. Isthmic spondylolisthesis, on the other hand, most often results from a spinal fissure. The body and part of the arch are dislocated, while the intervertebral joints are normal. Treatment is indicated when there is pain, neurological symptoms, or radiological signs of progression of the slippage. Material and methods. Twenty-five patients with spondylolisthesis (14 with dysplastic and 11 with isthmic) were treated surgically using in situ fusion, the Harrington method with posterolateral fusion, or transpedicular instrumentation with posterolateral fusion. Grade III or IV spondylolisthesis was reduced with traction screws. Decompression of the spinal canal and intervertebral foramina was performed in patients with neurological deficits. Results. Complete pain relief was achieved in 72% of the patients, partial in 24%, none in 4%. Neurological deficits subsided in the majority of patients. Complete recovery was achieved in 87.5% of the transpedicular patients, 72.7% of the in situ fusion patients, and 50% of the Harrington patients. Transient neurological complications occurred in 2 patients after complete reduction of the displacement, mechanical complications (hook dislocation, rod or screw failure) in 2 patients. Conclusions. Complete reduction of the slippage proved to be a riskier procedure than partial reduction.
|Andrzej Pucher; Roman Jankowski; Andrzej Szulc; Piotr Stryczyński; Wojciech Strzyzewski
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|Title: Ortopedia, traumatologia, rehabilitacja Volume: 7 ISSN: 1509-3492 ISO Abbreviation: Ortop Traumatol Rehabil Publication Date: 2005 Dec
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An elegant and modern chess set has been created by London designers Ian Flood and Chris Prosser, with pieces crafted to represent the architecture of their home city.
In our London set Pawns are terraced houses, Big Ben is the Rook, with the London Eye playing the Knight. The Gherkin is cast as the Bishop, and the Shard lends its elegance and might to the role of the Queen. No other building than Canary Wharf would be better suited to play the King, and this piece stands at four and a half inches tall.
As you'll see in the photos, the set is quite a stunner, and I wonder, where has this concept been? Given the symbolic value cities put on buildings, it seems like such a natural idea, but for the most part, niche chess sets currently seem to be marketed largely at geek culture—there are Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR, and Doctor Who sets. And Monopoly knockoffs that appeal to regional vanity by representing cities other than Atlantic City, NJ do quite well, so it's sort of strange that the notion hasn't been applied to chess. (That said, Monopoly is kind of way out of control with the licensed editions—Who's buying the Seinfeld Monopoly board? WHO?)
This could be taken so far it's ridiculous—what about sets that reflect sports rivalries? Manchester vs Liverpool? Pittsburgh vs Cleveland? (I'm envisioning a Cleveland set with crumbling, foreclosed houses for pawns, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for bishops, Dennis Kucinich for knights, so what if he's not a building…) Per an article on If It's Hip It's Here, Prosser and Flood have New York and Paris sets in the works. If you like what you see here and would like a set of your city, the pair offer customization.
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London – Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez has dismissed a suggestion from his Manchester United counterpart Alex Ferguson that the Blues stand no chance of winning the Premier League title.
Chelsea trailed leaders United by 10 points ahead of the weekend's fixtures, with Manchester City seven points above them in second place, leading Ferguson to declare that this season's championship is a two-horse race.
However, with City and United set to meet in the Manchester derby on Sunday, Benitez says it is too early to dismiss Chelsea's challenge.
Ahead of his side's trip to Sunderland on Saturday, Benitez said: "I'm not worried about the distance (in points). It's important we win so we are close, but all we can do is think about one game at a time.
"We have to improve the team and be mentally strong enough to compete in the second part of the league.
"At Valencia we were eight points (note: actually six points) behind in January (2002, before going on to win the Spanish league title).
"If we have to do the same here, we will do it. But we have to show the same character we have.
"The main thing is about the evolution of our team. If we're stronger, we'll be able to win games in a row. We have to find form." – Sapa-AFP
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DVD review: 'World's End' a dry, funny alien comedy
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DVD • If you haven't already partaken of the dry humor of director Edgar Wright and stars/writers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, it's long past time to catch them at their best in "The World's End."
Pegg plays Gary King, determined to round up his high-school pals, now pushing 40, and relive the epic pub crawl they never finished as callow youth. When they go to their old small town, they discover that everything has turned homogenized and boring. It's as if the town has been taken over by aliens, which, in fact, it has.
Wright ("Scott Pilgrim vs. The World") and his mates Pegg and Frost (who plays Gary's former best friend) pay clever homage to the alien-invasion genre, and plant enough sly jokes that repeated viewings are a must. (Also out this week on DVD is the whole "Cornetto Trilogy" "Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz" and "The World's End" in one box.)
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As delicious as Merl Salsbury's doughnuts, apple fritters and long johns were, his Six-0-One Donut Shop offered far more to many loyal customers.
It was also a place to hang out, connect with friends and with Salsbury, a calm man who never seemed to get upset and enjoyed visiting with customers.
As delicious as Merl Salsbury's doughnuts, apple fritters and long johns were, his Six-0-One Donut Shop offered far more to many loyal customers.
It was also a place to hang out, connect with friends and with Salsbury, a calm man who never seemed to get upset and enjoyed visiting with customers.
After today, those customers will have to find someplace else to go. Salsbury is closing up shop after more than 50 years in the doughnut business.
Dean Powell and Lynn Ferrell organized a surprise party Friday at the shop, which was filled with regulars.
"We all come in here about every day, six to 12 guys," said Dan Rodabaugh. "We've got pictures on the walls, and some of the guys have passed away."
"A lot of prominent people in the community would come, including Don Widner, Bob Bath, Jack Templin and Paul Hill," Powell added. "We'd get some in-depth conversations going once in a while."
Rodabaugh said he had been coming to the shop at 601 S. Broadway for coffee since around 2004, but claimed to have been eating Salsbury's doughnuts longer than any other customer in the room.
"I was eating his doughnuts before 1960, when he was still in Fort Scott," he said. "Merl was delivering doughnuts in Pittsburg, and my grandparents had the Fieldcrest Superette on South Joplin."
Salsbury remembers that well.
"Your grandmother always went through my change and saved the buffalo nickels," he told Rodabaugh.
Salsbury was born in Wisconsin, and reminisced with one customer about his school days there.
"There wasn't a road to the school, and the teacher had to walk there," he said. "When we got to school in winter, the first thing the teacher did was check us for frozen heels and toes. We used to have to go to the neighboring farmer's field and dip water out of his tank for our drinking water."
The family moved to Fort Scott from Wisconsin in 1950.
"My father had a grocery store on the east side of Fort Scott and I was the butcher," he said. "There was a man who delivered doughnuts there, and one day he said he'd like to sell his shop and go to Alaska. That was when they were building that first pipeline. I said, 'I'll buy the shop,' and I didn't even know where it was."
He started in the doughnut business in the last week of February 1955 and worked in Fort Scott for 10 years.
"My brother Floyd was with me in the shop and I delivered doughnuts to Mulberry, Arma, Arcadia and Pittsburg, and Floyd delivered them to Bronson, Moran, Iola, as far west as Humboldt."
One of their Fort Scott customers was car dealer Ray Shepherd, who might order as many as 125 dozen doughnuts if he was having a big sale.
Page 2 of 2 - "Once he had a Ford sale and a Chevrolet sale on the same day and we couldn't keep up making doughnuts," Salsbury said.
After a time, Salsbury's children needed to find jobs, and so did his brother's family.
"Floyd kept Fort Scott, and I moved to Pittsburg in 1965 because I'd delivered here for 10 years," Salsbury said.
His first Pittsburg store was at 2210 N. Broadway, a temporary location until he was able to buy property on South Broadway and build a new shop. He has been at 601 S. Broadway since 1993.
Salsbury said he had stayed in the business so long because he was stubborn.
"I worked harder and tried to make the best product I could," he said. "I was born and raised on a farm. That and making doughnuts is all I've ever known."
He never advertised in the newspaper, on radio or TV, but gave away whatever he had left over at the end of the day, to churches, businesses, banks, City of Pittsburg offices, etc.
"That was my advertising," he said.
Now it's time to quit.
"I said a year ago that when my wife was in a rest home, I'd quit," Salsbury said. "She's in a rest home now."
He and wife Dorothy were married June 26, 1948, in Wisconsin.
He's got no special plans for his retirement, except maybe to stay up a little later and sleep a little later.
"I go to bed at 5 p.m. and get up at 11:30 p.m.," Salsbury said. "I'll try to change that."
As his customers left the shop Friday, one of them wished him good luck.
"I've had good luck," Salsbury said.
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Why Human Rights Advocates are Opposed to East Timor's Draft Media Law
Written by Mong Palatino On 2 June 2014 @ 9:09 am | 4 Comments
In East Asia, English, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Law, Media & Journalism, Politics, Protest, Quick Reads, Timor-Leste
Various human rights groups, journalists, and scholars have signed a letter opposing East Timor's proposed [1] media law which was recently approved by the Parliament. One of the issues they cited is the broad powers given to the Press Council [2]:
…we are concerned that the Press Council with legal authority, funding and members chosen by political officials and commercial media, should not have the power (under Articles 43 and 44) to prevent anyone from exercising his or her freedom of expression.
They added that the 'defective law' is not the solution to the problems besetting the media sector:
We believe that there is no urgency for Timor-Leste to create a press law, especially a defective one like this, which will reverse our society's advances toward using social and other media to exchange ideas without limitation. We recognize that journalists' capacity, misinformation and lack of experience sometimes make people unhappy with published articles, but state regulation is not the solution.
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Questions arise over convicted killer MacNeill's competency
Provo • Since he attempted suicide in December, Martin MacNeill has not been the same man, according to his attorney, Randall Spencer.
His unshaven face is drawn. His eyes are red. He is gaunt.
According to Spencer, the measures taken at the Utah County jail to ensure that MacNeill doesn't hurt himself again may be actually harming the former doctor, who was recently convicted of murdering his wife.
"The manner in which he is being housed is slowly killing him," Spencer wrote in a motion filed Thursday, adding that MacNeill's mental health has deteriorated to where Spencer questions his client's ability to help in preparing for trial.
Spencer filed the motion Wednesday in 4th District Court, asking for MacNeill's mental competency to be evaluated before an upcoming trail on a sexual abuse charge.
In the motion, Spencer said MacNeill has been kept in isolation since he attempted to cut his femoral artery at the Utah County jail on Dec. 5. He is not allowed to shave, and is given only a robe to wear and a thin mat to sleep on. Spencer said his client also is not being given proper nutrition as part of his vegetarian diet.
Because of these conditions, Spencer said his client's mental and physical health have deteriorated.
"I believe his mental illness is flaring up," Spencer told Judge Samuel McVey on Thursday. "I don't believe he can rationally engage with me in planning the trial."
Spencer said his client has suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder since his late teens. The attorney argued in the motion that MacNeill can not assist in his defense in the sex abuse case, and no longer cares about the proceedings in the case.
Deputy Utah County Attorney David Sturgill told the judge that while MacNeill is likely not "100 percent" rational, he argued that state statute requires only that a defendant have a "reasonable degree" of rationality.
"He's looking at a long prison term," Sturgill said. "He's been convicted of murder. He's been on suicide watch in lousy conditions. Does that mean he can't operate with a reasonable degree of rationality? I don't think this petition reaches that threshold."
McVey scheduled a hearing for Jan. 28, where evidence will be presented about MacNeill's alleged deteriorating mental health. Afterward, the judge will decide whether a competency evaluation by medical professionals is required.
Outside of court, Sturgill said he could not comment about whether Spencer's claims had merit, because he has not had the time to investigate them.
"I think the timing is very suspect," Sturgill said. "We are a little frustrated."
If the competency evaluation is granted, it will most likely delay MacNeill's upcoming trial, scheduled to begin Feb. 4, where is charged with one count of forcible sexual abuse, stemming from allegations that in 2007 he put his hands down an adult female relative's pants.
MacNeill's daughter, Alexis Somers, told reporters outside of court that their family is frustrated with the recent motion, and said they want to resolve the manner and put it behind them.
"I think he uses the mental health card when it suits him," said Somers, who testified against her father at his murder trial last year.
Sentencing in the murder case where a jury found MacNeill guilty of murder and obstruction of justice in his wife's 2007 death was put on hold after Spencer filed a motion asking Judge Derek Pullan to arrest judgment in the case or grant a new trial.
MacNeill's attorneys argue in the 30-page motion that a federal inmate lied on the stand about a possible early release he received in exchange for his testimony, and that prosecutors did not disclose that a deal was in the works.
Arguments in that case will be held on Feb. 20.
The federal inmate testified during MacNeill's four-week trial that the former doctor confessed to him that he drugged his wife, 50-year-old Michele MacNeill, and then drowned her a bathtub at their Pleasant Grove home on April 11, 2007.
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Meizu M9 hits China early, still takes cues from Apple
updated 01:00 pm EST, Sat December 18, 2010
Meizu M9 on sale in China
Meizu on Saturday began shipping the M9 to China a few days ahead of its original Christmas deadline. The purported iPhone clone is already in the hands of first buyers and has already received some early tests comparing it to other Android devices. It runs an 800MHz processor, not 1GHz, and as a result scores above the Nexus One with Android 2.1 but trails the Google phone with 2.2 as well as the Samsung Galaxy S and Motorola Droid X.
The CNbeta hands-on also confirmed that, while the M9 hardware is different, its custom Android 2.2 still borrows some visual elements from the iPhone that spurred it to design the M8. The phone dialer, music player, browser and messaging interfaces all are based loosely on Apple's iOS template. Meizu keeps the Android keyboard mostly stock but uses small touches like showing the currently pressed key.
Meizu has been relatively popular in China and has exported its phones to some countries, but the company has lately been challenged by Apple for allegedly copying its designs too closely. the company earned at least a temporary reprieve last month when it challenged the validity of Apple's patents and is believed to have won, clearing at least the original M8 and making it difficult for Apple to block sales of the M9.
Apart from OS elements, the closest similarity between the M9 and iPhone is the display, which at 3.5 inches and 640x960 is near-identical to Apple's and unique in the Android world outside of some Sharp phones.