text: Politics 16 February 2010 Isogenica partners UK Ministry of Defence agency Isogenica has entered into an agreement with the Ministry of Defence agency and the Defence Science Sign up for our weekly email * The agreement concerns the development of antimicrobial peptide drugs and follows a successful collaboration to identify highly effective antimicrobial peptides, which are active against a broad spectrum of bacteria. Under the agreement, Dstl has assigned all patent rights and know-how associated with the antimicrobial peptides for commercial use to Isogenica. Isogenica will exclusively market and distribute the products globally, paying royalty fees on sales to Dstl. Potential application areas include the treatment of resistant bacteria, such as MRSA and C Difficile, which have proven to be a major problem in hospital acquired infections. Kevin Matthews, CEO of Isogenica, said: "We have very much enjoyed working with Dstl and are delighted that they have the confidence in Isogenica to take the next step and commercialise the technology. As a company we are focused on servicing the protein engineering needs of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries and as a result of such partnerships we are discovering highly active lead candidates for drug development. Our focus now is to identify channels to market for these new and potent therapeutic peptides." Dstl joins an increasing number of leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies that have already partnered with Isogenica in the discovery of novel peptides for therapeutic and non-therapeutic applications or licenses. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


text: SourceINDIA, January 4, 2013 (Live Mint): Rakhigarhi is a cluster of two sprawling villages --Rakhikhas and Rakhi Shahpur--in Haryana, around 106 miles from Delhi. That Rakhigarhi was a large Harappan town was known in 1963, when the area was first surveyed. What archaeologists are finding out now is that it is the biggest ever Harappan city, larger and more extensive than the massive Mohenjo Daro."The whole site is around 1.55 sq. miles, which is nearly double that of Mohenjo Daro," says Vasant Shivram Shinde, professor of archaeology and joint director of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune. "It's in critical condition because of encroachment and construction."About 40% of the Rakhigarhi site is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)--which translates to a fenced boundary wall and a guardroom with no guard. The wall is broken in several places, and the protected area is used by the villagers as a place to dry cow dung. The unprotected areas have houses and farmland. The ancient Harappan city lies buried under."People pick up Harappan objects from their fields and sell them for as little as Rs.100," says local villager Wazir Chand Saroae. "They don't mean to do anything illegal; it's just that they have little awareness about it."All of this is set to change. The Global Heritage Fund (GHF), a non-profit organization based in the US that works to preserve the world's most endangered heritage sites, put Rakhigarhi on its project in 2012. This makes the Harappan site one of GHF's 13 projects worldwide.GHF will not only coordinate an ambitious excavation and conservation project at the site, led by Prof. Shinde, beginning this month, it will also work with the local community to develop home stays, train tour guides, and establish an on-site lab and museum with the help of the ASI, Deccan College, and other government agencies to turn Rakhigarhi into a heritage tourism hot spot.Even though the Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization is one of the three oldest urban civilizations, along with Egypt and Mesopotamia, it is the least understood. Its script is yet to be deciphered, and the knowledge of social structures and life during that period is scant. Rakhigarhi promises to change this too. It is one of the few Harappan sites which has an unbroken history of settlement starting with the early Harappan farming communities from 6000 to 4500 BC, to the mysterious collapse of the civilization around 1800 BC.Read much more of this lengthy article at source.

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Published: December 30, 2009 at 1:50 PMVery cool. I already do most of that (3-8). But this year, I resolve to do 1, 2, 9 and 10. It's actually what we're planning on doing. We're trying to get in twenty new coasters we've never ridden before to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. :)
Published: December 30, 2009 at 2:13 PMThese should be the golden rules of Theme Park Fans, not just for new years.
Great list Robert!
Published: December 30, 2009 at 5:28 PMYes to 2-8, and 10. Not bad.
11) See area attractions other than the theme parks.
12) Tour an often-visited park with somebody who has not seen it.
13) While completing #12, avoid asserting your opinion on the attractions unless that opinion is positive. Let them choose what to see.
Published: December 30, 2009 at 9:29 PMMine will be to read "Theme Park Insider" a little more than once a week -- and submit park/hotel information reviews more often. Luckily I had logged on to Theme Park Insider to find out what else there was to see near Six Flags Great Adventure for our planned trip to ride Kingda Ka and learned that it was closed. We would have made a trip to New Jersey from Indiana for nothing. Our vacation was changed to Canada; visited Canada's Wonderland to ride Behemoth and went to Niagara Falls for the first time. It ended up being a great trip.
Remember, even though you don't think sending a comment in will be valuable, it could be a vacation saver! Thank you all and Happy New Year!
Published: December 31, 2009 at 6:51 AMWhen heading back to the Magic Kingdom in May with my six year old in tow (she has no real recollection of her last visit in 2007), it will be a challenge for me to combine Josh's #13 with TH's #2. However, I will do my best.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
Published: December 31, 2009 at 10:19 AMI managed #1 (Six Flags over Georgia), #3 (at several I visited), #4, #5 (I'm often alone so I'm a big fan of making friends in the queue when possible); #6 (especially when visiting a park that isn't busy so you're not interrupting an employee's work); #6 (giving directions), never #7 (I'll look at a map or just wander but I am male and incapable of asking for directions), #9 (Six Flags over Georgia) but something I do regularly anyhow, and sadly I didn't keep up #10. So six out of 10.
Interestingly about #9 (going to guest services to post a compliment) this is the first time I didn't hear back from the park after taking the time to do that. It's also the first time I did it at a Six Flags property. I would hope by now Six Flags corp would be starting to learn the importance of customer service including acknowledging their guests that go out of the way for them. Sigh.


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Disclaimer: I don't own Elfen Lied, shocked? Well don't be!
It was a calm, serene scene that had overtaken Kaede Inn. The ticking of the clock, and the sounds of a quiet conversation around the dinner table, were the only noises that seemed to register in Kouta's mind. He sighed as he looked up to the ceiling in thought, his mind completely pre-occupied with events that had already transpired a long while ago by now – but still felt fresh in his mind.
'I never really knew how agonizingly long a week was before I met you… Heh'. He paused as he looked back down at his lap again. 'I guess it shows that I miss you more than I ever thought possible, eh,
Prologue – Reditu Diclonius
Yuka had noticed his absence in their conversation and, (for once), decided to not comment and instead pretended to ignore his lack of speech. The doorbell's ring interrupted their thoughts and Kouta took this as an excuse to leave the table. Standing up and stretching, he looked over his shoulder to the rest of the group before walking out of the room. "I'll go see who it is."
The three girls nodded their heads silently, with saddened expressions on their faces, as he walked over to the front door. Pushing it open and walking out into the front garden; a silhouette could be seen on the other side of the bamboo door. He put on his shoes before the ringing of a certain clock reached his eardrums. He looked over at the clock; his shocked expression slowly changing to one of conflicted happiness.
'She would be happy that it's finally fixed...'
He closed the door behind him before walking towards the door that opened into the front yard of the inn. Peering at the silhouette that was obstructed by the Japanese-style doors; he covered his mouth in shock. 'It couldn't be?!' He quickly pushed open the dividing material that acted as a wall between them, and felt his heart stop; caught in his throat.
There; in front of him, was the person he loved...
The person that, of anyone else in this world, he was supposed to hate; but couldn't bring himself to…
A bloody murderer but his most dear friend...
It was...
"Lucy… is-is that you?"
The Diclonius in question cocked her head to the side slightly, before nodding and giving him a warm smile momentarily freezing him in place.
"Yes Kouta… It's me."
Kouta's shocked expression changed to one of pure, unbridled joy as he quickly gave her a large and tight hug, something in which she eagerly returned. He began crying over her shoulder which, when she noticed, she smiled sadly and buried his face into her shoulder. They stayed like that for quite some time.
He slowly left her embrace, causing Lucy to frown slightly at the loss of body heat, before he turned his head quizzically to her; noticing something very crucial was missing from the top of her head.
"Where are your horns Lucy? The last time I saw you, you still at least had one of them, I think; so where's the other one?"
He paused for a moment before frowning slightly.
"And for that matter… no offense; but how are you still alive? I'm very glad, but I could have sworn that… well… I just didn't think you'd make it out of there…"
The pink-haired Diclonius smiled reassuringly at her only true friend before sighing slightly and explaining.
"Well… I don't think that I need to repeat what happened but, for the sake of things; I am assuming that you remember that I went down to the police force down there to stop them… although after that…"
Lucy trailed off as she looked down; and so Kouta put his hand on her shoulder motioning for her to continue.
"I don't remember much really… well, apart from the fact of my horn being shot off and excruciating pain shooting throughout my whole body because of it… now THAT… hurt like a bitch, lemme tell you." She pouted, causing him to chuckle at her antics. Smiling slightly at his reaction, she coughed into her fist, before continuing.
"… When I came to, everyone in the surrounding area was… dead, and I could barely move; I guess that both of my horns being knocked off dealt more damage to me than I thought… I decided to hide away for a while until I was sure that they wouldn't come back… but…"
She suddenly began sobbing uncontrollably into her hands.
"Oh Kouta, I'm so sorry… Not only did I worry you because I couldn't get a hold of you in my injured state… but I also killed people again… so many people… I'm so so sorry…"
Kouta stayed silent for a moment before slowly walking closer to her and wrapping his arms around her; letting her sob silently into his chest.
"Lucy… you have done many horrible things in your life… you have killed so many people: people close to me and people that neither of us has even known, however…"
Her tears stopped falling as she halted her breathing slightly to hear his words that much clearer.
"I don't blame you Lucy. I've said that once and I'll say it again. I can't blame you for what you've done, because your life was harder than anyone should ever have to go through… but that doesn't mean that I can just forgive you either…"
She bit her lip hard, as the tears threatened to fall again.
"Even despite that, despite everything you've done… I also said that I still love you dearly, and I am sticking by that now… so don't ever doubt that, ok?"
She looked up; her tears slowing as her face made way for shock, and a small spark of hope.
"I know that you must feel responsible about their deaths, and I still don't know all there is to know about you admittedly, but… I can tell that you feel regret for it, and you did not kill them intentionally – so let's forget about it and move on. Let's put the past behind us for the final time, ok? Does that sound like a plan?"
Lucy wiped her face free of tears before nodding vehemently and smiling widely, placing a soft kiss on Kouta's right cheek in response. Kouta's deep-crimson blush only served to make Lucy giggle before speaking.
"Thank you so much Kouta… You truly are the single shining light in my life full of darkness."
Kouta nodded dumbly causing Lucy's laughter to become more pronounced. He smiled warmly at her, before taking her hand into his, and motioning for her to follow him inside. She did so.
Yuka, Nana and Mayu had long-since finished their meals and were now relaxing on the couch situated in the lounge room. They looked up when Kouta's voice alerted them to his presence.
"Hey guys, guess who is back?"
They all looked from him to the pink-haired teenager next to him. The group of females recognized the Diclonius instantly, all of them shocked at both her appearance, and at the happy attitude that she seemed to have.
The three girls got up in shock only to fall back down in unison, unconscious. Kouta rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Well they took the news better than I thought they would."
Lucy giggled at their childish behavior causing Kouta to smile. He then cocked his head to the side and looked at the only other conscious member in the room. She stared at him, waiting for him to explain what he was doing. He did so, in the form of a question.
"Wait, so what about Nyu?"
'Ah' she thought, smiling. 'My other half, I see'
"Well I guess I should explain that she is essentially my other alias, or other personality I guess you could say."
Kouta looked confused; a face, that Lucy could only find adorable in every way. Thinking of the best way to explain things she suddenly clicked her fingers before taking his hand and placing it on top of her breast. The effect was immediate.
She just chuckled before (unwillingly), releasing his hand from her grasp, and continuing.
"She is essentially my child-like innocence that I did not have growing up; and as such, whilst what I did was something that I want to do with you, because of lust-"
Kouta began sputtering causing her to giggle slightly and continue.
"Well, she would only do that because it would feel good, or something to that end. She wouldn't know what it actually means in terms of ethics or morals or whatever."
He nodded at her, his blush receding. Frowning slightly, he began to think about her horrible childhood. Taking her silence as a cue, he decided to throw in his two cents.
"So… she is essentially a split personality of yours, that developed somehow and represents your lost child-like innocence… did I get that right?"
She smiled at his summary before nodding, putting her finger to her chin in deep-thought.
"I think that when I had initially escaped the Diclonius testing facility, I was hit by something very powerful… that very well might have triggered this dual-existence which I, somewhat unwillingly, lead."
It did seem very probable to Kouta. After all, when he and Yuka had found her initially, she looked to have been hit on the head somehow, and it seemed to be a fairly serious injury too.
Lucy smiled gently at him, before she began to gently rub the top of her cranium.
"If we are going with that assumption, then I probably just need enough pressure placed onto my head to change into her, and vice-versa. Why don't you try changing me into Nyu?"
Kouta looked at her confusedly for a second, before nodding and gently rapping his hand on the top of her head. Nothing happened.
He frowned slightly at the failed attempt, before trying again and accidentally hitting her much harder than anticipated. The effect was immediate. Lucy's eyes closed instantly and she fell back onto the floor behind her. Hard.
Kouta began running back and forth in an obvious panic before kneeling over her downed body and praying to whatever God may be out there that he did not actually hurt her badly. In any other situation than this, he'd probably be admiring his own strength, but he was panicking too much to even really realize that side of things.
A slight moan from the pink-haired girl in question alerted him to her awakening. He sighed in relief before looking down at her instantly noticing a difference in the aura around her. Not only did her eyes this time appear larger, but her entire personality seemed to do a complete 180 to one that was infinitely more child-like than what she exuded not even a minute previous.
The pink haired girl sat up quickly, noticeably startled.
Kouta couldn't help the tears that fell down his face at seeing his friend finally conscious again. He wiped them off as fast as he could and smiled at the girls' antics, before addressing her.
"Hey Nyu, It's me."
Nyu turned to look towards where the sound had come from, realizing it to be the face of her closest friend. A shocked expression followed by tears of joy and a large smile the likes of which Kouta had never seen from her, appeared on her face as she tackled him to the ground, and held him there with the tightest hug she could manage.
The three girls, (conveniently), chose this time to wake up, and their expressions towards the borderline R-rated material going on in front of them, varied greatly per person. Mayu and Nana both began to blush heavily, their faces matching the latter's hair color in terms of intensity. Yuka's face, whilst matching the other two in terms of her complexion, was getting so red-faced for a very different reason.
Kouta sweat-dropped at the girls impeccable timing, before chuckling dryly and began to attempt to get out of Nyu's grasp, something of which proved to be a nearly impossible task. He sighed before speaking in Nyu's ear so that only she could hear.
"Listen we can cuddle later, I promise, but just not right now, ok Nyu?"
The pink-haired girl pouted cutely before reluctantly untangling her body from Kouta's, promptly falling down on top of him once again, and hitting her head on his. Rubbing their skulls from the unpleasant impact, Kouta noticed that the pink-haired girl still hadn't removed herself from his lap. He opened his mouth to voice this fact, but in that moment, before anyone could react, Nyu did something no one expected.
Leaning forward, she kissed him full-on on the lips.
The other three girl's blushes suddenly renewed themselves with Kouta, this time, joining in on them in complete shock and embarrassment.
It was then that he noticed that Nyu's eyes had changed color. It didn't take him long to realize what was going on.
"Lucy? Is that you or Nyu?"
The pink-haired Diclonius broke the kiss before trailing her finger from his mouth down his chest slightly. He shivered slightly at the contact.
"Yeah, I'm Lucy, why?"
Kouta was just about to open his mouth and voice his response before his love-struck cousin beat him to it.
"Wait just a minute here! What's going on, here? Aren't you Nyu? Who the hell's Lucy?"
Lucy looked towards Kouta with narrowed eyes, and a look that clearly said 'you didn't tell them?'
He coughed awkwardly before shaking his head slightly. "Well I did explain some things… but other, more personal things, no… and about the whole You/Nyu thing – they were all unconscious over there, remember?"
Lucy opened her mouth to speak before blushing and coughing into her hand in embarrassment due to the fact that she had forgotten that simple fact. Kouta merely shook his head and smiled at the blank looks which he was currently receiving from both Yuka and Mayu. Nana knew a lot more insight into 'who' Lucy was, but she was still in the same boat as the other two, in regards to the whole 'Lucy and Nyu' thing.
The only male in the house sat down and sighed deeply, as his best friend sat next to him as close as it was humanely possible to do so. Yuka narrowed her eyes at the obviously romantic display before Kouta chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his head.
"Alright *ahem*, well I guess that it's time for you all to know the truth about Lucy, Nyu and... Me."
30 Minutes Later – After the explanation:
Yuka, Mayu and Nana were all looking towards Lucy with pure shock and hatred in their eyes. Kouta had his eyes narrowed as he gauged everyone's reactions. Lucy merely kept her head down, shadowing her eyes from view. Finally having enough of the over-powering silence, Yuka stood up.
"She killed so many people including your father and sister, Kouta! How can you expect us to ever forgive her-?"
Seeing what was about to happen, Kouta quickly got in the way of the punch thrown by Yuka. Intercepting it before the fist would have hit Lucy. Ignoring the cries from Lucy at seeing him get hurt, he wiped the blood away his nose before speaking.
"Lucy is a good person and my best friend. I know that she has made horrible mistakes in her life, but considering how she was treated until that point in time… I can't blame her for acting that way. She even went and was prepared to get herself killed just so that we could have a peaceful life, without her."
Yuka looked up in shock as she began processing the information. Looking down she saw that Lucy was biting her lip, feeling obviously conflicted about the situation as a whole. Nana and Mayu sat quietly in the back, taking in the scene, while Kouta lowered his head.
He continued talking at a much lower volume than before.
"Lucy and I, have already talked about this whole thing in detail and I think that the best thing to do for now, is to just leave the past in the past and get along as friends should. It's over, after all…"
Yuka opened her mouth to retort but found herself looking in shock at Kouta whom had tears dripping down his face. Lucy and the other girls looked on with saddened expressions as they took in their closest friend's face.
"Please... No more fighting... I'm just so tired of it all… Can we all please just get along like we should?"
Kouta had his eyes shadowed by his hair as if in an attempt to not show his weakness. Yuka looked at Kouta's crying face for a few seconds before sighing deeply. Smiling sadly, she turned back to the pink-haired girl in question before holding out her hand to shake.
"I'm sorry I said all of that. It was none of my business and you two have already sorted it out so it was uncalled for. I just got a little scared is all, please forgive me."
Lucy looked at Yuka with shock evident in her eyes. She smiled widely, as tears fell down her face before clasping the hand and nodding slightly.
"No, I deserved that so there's no need for forgiveness. I thank you for accepting me for who I am, despite all I've done."
Nana's expression rarely changed on the outside, however, internally she was having a war within herself. She had now reached the point where she had forgiven the other girl for her loss of limbs, as it was kind of her fault for challenging someone so much stronger to a fight… and also her new limbs had been a last gift from her 'Papa'. The only thing she was so shocked about was how she had murdered Kouta's father and sister. However, they seemed to have talked it over, and so she was willing to move past these problems, if they were.
Mayu was shocked, to say the least. She could still remember the horrific image of Lucy tearing into poor Nana's body, an image that she was sure, she would take to the grave. Looking over however, judging by the neutral look that Nana had on her face, Mayu could tell that the younger girl was already in the process of forgiveness. An act, that was truly commendable. She nodded to herself, before smiling slightly. She knew that what Kouta said was true:
They should put their pasts behind them...
And look forward to their futures...
After their heart-felt reunion, the group all sat down to watch a movie together all the while eating popcorn. It was something that Lucy had never before even dreamed about doing and she enjoyed every moment of it. Especially, due to the fact that she was able to convince Kouta to lay down on her lap while doing it. Blushing brightly at the memory, she put her hand to her cheek. Of course Yuka was very much against the whole exchange, but there wasn't much that she could do to stop them and Lucy enjoyed that fact very much.
She was so absorbed in her thoughts in fact; that she failed to notice everyone else had gone to bed, with the exception of her and Kouta who was busy cleaning up the mess of food that they had left behind. Looking over at the boy of her dreams, she couldn't help but smile softly. She couldn't believe that things had finally ended up so well for her. She only hoped things would last…
"So… you never did explain why you changed from Nyu into the current you when we were cuddling earlier."
She blinked at the statement from said raven-haired boy, before adapting a thoughtful expression, attempting to remember the event that he was referencing. Walking over to him and helping him with the clean-up, she answered him to the best of her knowledge.
"I think Nyu may have accidentally fallen on you, and that may have triggered our switching?"
Throwing out the garbage that he had accumulated, Kouta looked up to the ceiling in thought, before turning back to the girl in confusion.
"But… I mean, you barely even hit me? I wouldn't think that you hit me hard enough to cause your personalities to switch around again do you?"
By now the two had finished the cleaning up, and so she sat there deep in thought. Putting her finger to her chin in an attempt to think harder, she looked back at him.
"Well…" she began slowly. "Whilst this may just be an educated guess on my part, I think maybe losing my horns has caused me to become more susceptible to damage to a certain extent?"
The boy couldn't help but agree however, as it did seem very plausible. After all, it would explain how even the lightest touch could cause the person in front of him to change personalities at the drop of a hat, or head, in this case.
That did present a problem though.
"That means that you two could switch at a moment's notice though, doesn't it? I mean if your head is hit with even just a decent amount of pressure it could happen again."
She blinked for a second before her head dropped. Sighing heavily she nodded. As unfortunate a truth, as it was, it was the truth and that wasn't a good thing. Kouta smiled lightly at her, before shrugging.
"It's fine, I'll make sure to look out for you."
Lucy smiled at him.
"I know Kouta… thank you."
He blushed slightly; scratching his cheek in an awkward manner in an attempt to force down the blush that he knew was increasing in volume across his face. Lucy smirked before she decided to save him from his embarrassment, and instead asked him a question.
"So, school's still on right? I mean I only really got about a week of school done before I was forced to quit due to the SAT. Now that that's out of the way…"
Kouta nodded before Lucy continued.
"Alright then… I guess that I'll be the one going to school then, since I seriously doubt that Nyu could even give me a passing grade."
Kouta chuckled at her in agreement. Looking over at the Grandfather clock in the hall, he noted down the time which read as 1:30 A.M.
'It's seriously that late already?' A sigh escaped the male's mouth before he got up and motioned for Lucy to do the same. She smiled at him, and followed his lead, out of the room and down the hall.
The two teens soon reached their destination albeit in a slow and tip-toeing pace. Before opening the door to his bedroom, he turned around and addressed his friend.
"Lucy, you can take the room right next to mine."
Lucy nodded her appreciation, before slowly turning around and walking over to the room adjacent to his. Just before splitting up however, she ran over to him and kissed him on his lips, a bright red blush appearing on his face as a result of it. Lucy smirked at his reaction, before walking into her room, leaving a happy boy in her wake.
Lucy and Kouta both got into bed at the same time, that night. They both had smiles on their faces, and they both shared the same final thought before sleep overtook them.
'Life is finally starting to look up...'
Alright there's the first chapter. I'm not sure about the update schedule that I will be using but rest assured this story will be finished, someday. Yes I plan on having this story go on for a fairly large length because I think that there could very well be more to the show.
Now to be honest at first I did not like the ending however it does fit the show and it's both good and symbolic. I couldn't really alter their conversation so the fact that Yuka, Nana and Mayu accepted what Lucy had done so quickly was way to hard for me to go in detail about, especially because I only had two hours to come up with this shit.
Title Translation: Diclonius's Return
Anyway yeah my rant has gone on long enough so;
Please R&R nicely and;
See ya!
Note (03/10/14 and Final Update: 15/12/14): Hey guys – so this was the first chapter that I edited, and this was the one that I knew would need the most change in terms of plot elements, and I think that I covered most everything that I set out to do. Of course there are still a lot of grammar mistakes and the like, I'm sure – but not having a beta-reader can do that to a guy xD. So yeah… anyways, I'll see you guys next chapter hopefully :D – pls review; no matter how short, good or bad, I enjoy reading them more than anything else on this site :3 so thanks :D bai :)


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Cain faces new accusations as details emerge about 2 women who settled their complaints
WASHINGTON (AP) GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain faces accusations from a third woman, who considered filing a complaint against him over sexually suggestive remarks and gestures.
The allegations are similar to accusations of unwanted behavior that led to separate settlements in the late 1990s with two other women who went on to pursue successful careers after leaving the organization Cain once headed.
The latest allegations come from a woman who said in interviews with The Associated Press that Cain was aggressive and inappropriate with her, even extending a private invitation to his corporate apartment when she worked with him at the National Restaurant Association. The woman said Cain's behavior occurred at the same time two co-workers had settled separate harassment complaints against him while he was leading the association.
Those two women, now the focus of an intensifying scrutiny after their settlements became public, moved on professionally and personally after their time at the restaurant association. One woman thrived in her pursuit of her communications career and the other moved up in positions focusing on political outreach and public policy.
Cain's third accuser was located and approached by the AP as part of its investigation into harassment complaints against Cain that were disclosed in recent days and have thrown his presidential campaign into turmoil. She spoke only on condition of anonymity, saying she feared losing her current job and the possibility of damage to her reputation.
Thousands of Occupy protesters rally in Oakland, shut down operations at busy shipping port
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Occupy Wall Street protesters declared victory after thousands of demonstrators shut down one of the nation's busiest shipping ports late Wednesday, escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and tent encampments since it began in September.
As a voice over a bullhorn said The night is not over, yet, protest organizers told demonstrators to head back to the downtown plaza where the Oakland movement has been based for more than a month. The Occupy encampment across the street from City Hall also was the scene of intense clashes with authorities last week.
The nearly 5-hour protest at the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth-busiest shipping port, was intended to highlight a daylong general strike in the city, which prompted solidarity rallies in New York, Los Angeles and other cities across the nation.
The demonstrations in Oakland were largely peaceful and police said there were no arrests.
Police estimated that a crowd of about 3,000 had gathered at the port at the height of the demonstration around dusk. Some had marched from the city's downtown, while others had been bused to the port.
European leaders' reversal over Greek euro membership overshadows G20 summit
CANNES, France (AP) European leaders' long-delayed admission that a break-up of their cherished common currency was a distinct possibility is overshadowing a two-day meeting of the world's largest and fastest growing economies beginning Thursday in this Cote d'Azur resort.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is welcoming Barack Obama of the U.S., Hu Jintao of China as well as the leaders of India, Brazil, Russia and the other members of the Group of 20 leading world economies in the city made famous by its annual film festival, but the event is far from the star turn the unpopular French leader had hoped to make six months before he faces a tough re-election vote.
European leaders are holding another round of emergency meetings Thursday morning about Greece, this time including officials from Spain and Italy two major eurozone members whose debts have rattled markets and who are seen as too big for Europe to bail out.
All attention is on what Greek voters will say in a referendum early next month on a sweeping European bailout plan. Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted in a late night press conference Thursday that they see the vote as a Greek choice between staying in the 17-member club of countries that use the euro or getting out.
A no vote could be devastating. It could lead to a disorderly Greek default, topple fragile European banks and send the global economy back into recession and would threaten the cornerstone of European unity and decades of work toward integration on a continent wracked by centuries of war.
Subsidy for early retirees tapped by Texas state programs, Huntsman family business empire
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama's health care law created a $5 billion fund to shore up coverage for early retirees, and some of that money is flowing to places you might not expect.
Two Texas public employee programs are among the top 25 recipients of the federal subsidy despite Texas Gov. Rick Perry's opposition to the law Republicans derisively call Obamacare.
And records show the Huntsman family business, where GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman sharpened his executive skills, received about $1 million.
It highlights the gap between dire Republican rhetoric about the health care overhaul and the pragmatic impulse to cash in on a new government benefit.
Employer-sponsored health insurance for retirees has been shriveling for years, ever since companies were required to report the estimated liability to investors. Democrats who wrote the new law wanted to provide an incentive for employers to keep offering coverage. Only about 6 percent of private companies currently offer such a benefit for early retirees, according to the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Thailand floating in fetid waters strewn with garbage, making flood zone ripe for disease
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) Rancid brown water licks at Samroeng Verravanich's thighs as he wades through one of Bangkok's many flooded streets. The garbageman plunges a white-gloved hand into the filth, fishes out a slimy plastic bag and slings it into the red basket he's towing.
If you have cuts, it can create infections between your fingers, Samroeng says of the dirty water, holding out a dripping hand peppered with a red rash. My hands got infected. It hurts and it spreads too like a virus.
As Thailand's worst floods in more than half a century continue to creep into Bangkok, mixing with water bubbling up through drains and spilling over canals, many streets have become floating landfills. Plastic bags overflowing with waste and rotten food cling to boats, cars, motorbikes and people as they slowly snake through inundated roadways. Raw sewage and animal carcasses can be seen bobbing in waters ripe for disease.
No major outbreaks have been reported since monster monsoon rains spawned floods that began swallowing areas north of the capital in late July. But experts warn the biggest health threats will likely emerge in the coming weeks after moving floodwaters subside, leaving stale pools.
There's a lot of danger around it, says Mark Thomas, a spokesman for UNICEF, which is assisting with sanitation issues. You need to keep kids out of the water, and everybody should stay out of the water as much as possible.
Daughter who secretly taped father lashing her with belt as a teen says he 'just needs help'
PORTLAND, Texas (AP) Hillary Adams says that until last week, only a couple of close friends knew about the savage beating she received seven years ago from her father, a Texas judge who handles child abuse cases.
Now the beating is on display for the world on YouTube thanks to a secret video she made, and her father, Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams, is the subject of a police investigation.
Hillary Adams, 23, says the outpouring of support and encouragement she's received since posting the 2004 video online last week is tempered by the sadness that it's her father lashing her 17 times with a belt and threatening to beat her into submission. The 8-minute video had been watched more than 1 million times by early Thursday.
I'm experiencing some regret because I just pulled the covers off my own father's misbehavior after so many people thought he was such a good person. ... But so many people are also telling me I did the right thing, she told The Associated Press outside her mother's home in the Gulf Coast town of Portland, near Corpus Christi.
He's supposed to be a judge who exercises fit judgment, she said.
Two months after fall of Tripoli, Libya still struggling to secure weapons, halt smuggling
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) More than two months after the fall of Tripoli, Libya's new leaders are still struggling to secure massive weapons depots, stop the smuggling of munitions out of the country and disarm thousands of fighters who brought down Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
The international community has offered to help, but also expects Libyans to step up. However, the interim leadership in limbo until the formation of a new government mid-month may not be up to the task. Libya's temporary leader, responding to increasingly urgent international appeals, said he can't do much because he lacks the funds.
As recently as last month, Human Rights Watch researchers found an unguarded weapons site with thousands of crates of rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft rounds in the Libyan desert.
Libyan authorities also discovered two military compounds housing chemical weapons that an official said were ready to be assembled and used, as well as another site containing 7,000 drums of raw uranium. The officials would not give further details. Chemical weapons inspectors arrived in Libya this week to start securing the sites, a U.N. official said.
Failure to secure weapons has fueled fears that the material could fall into the wrong hands, including shoulder-held anti-aircraft missiles that could pose a threat to civil aviation.
Census: Ranks of poorest poor hit new high as poverty deepens, spreads from cities to suburbs
WASHINGTON (AP) The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high 1 in 15 people spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs and income.
New census data paint a stark portrait of the nation's haves and have-nots at a time when unemployment remains persistently high. It comes a week before the government releases first-ever economic data that will show more Hispanics, elderly and working-age poor have fallen into poverty.
In all, the numbers underscore the breadth and scope by which the downturn has reached further into mainstream America.
There now really is no unaffected group, except maybe the very top income earners, said Robert Moffitt, a professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University. Recessions are supposed to be temporary, and when it's over, everything returns to where it was before. But the worry now is that the downturn which will end eventually will have long-lasting effects on families who lose jobs, become worse off and can't recover.
Traditional inner-city black ghettos are thinning out and changing, drawing in impoverished Hispanics who have low-wage jobs or are unemployed. Neighborhoods with poverty rates of at least 40 percent are stretching over broader areas, increasing in suburbs at twice the rate of cities.
On Twitter, lines blur between celebs' thoughts and paid ads; Charlie Sheen touts internships
NEW YORK (AP) Rapper Snoop Dogg gave props on Twitter to an ad for the Toyota Sienna minivan. Actress Tori Spelling linked to a website for rental cars. And reality TV star Khloe Kardashian soliloquized about the brand of jeans that accentuates the famous Kardashian derriere.
Want to know how Old Navy makes your butt look scary good? Ask a Kardashian, the reality TV star wrote, or tweeted, on the social media website. Of course, she capped off the reflection with a smiley face.
These celebs aren't just writing about family cars and fashion choices for the heck of it. Stars can get paid big bucks sometimes $10,000 or more per post to pontificate about clothes, cars and movies in the 140 characters or less allowed per tweet.
Twitter, which in its five-year existence has reshaped how people shop, vote and start revolutions, is now changing the business of celebrity endorsements. Just as Match.com and eHarmony pair up singles for dates, a growing number of startup firms are hooking up companies with stars who get paid to praise products to their thousands sometimes millions of Twitter followers.
The list of celebs and the things they hawk is long and getting longer all the time. The endorsements range from subtle to blatant; the celeb pairings from sensible to downright odd.
Do I hear $1 billion? Los Angeles Dodgers headed to bankruptcy court auction
NEW YORK (AP) Maybe a For Sale sign should be erected outside Dodger Stadium.
Team, ballpark, land and television rights available. Price: $1 billion and up.
The process of finding a new owner for the Los Angeles Dodgers began early Wednesday when current boss Frank McCourt and Major League Baseball released a joint statement saying they had agreed to a court-supervised sale of the once-glamorous and now bankrupt franchise.
In the long-term, the deal will allow the Dodgers to move ahead and try to get back to baseball's elite. But the club's fans may well have to endure another season adrift as the sale works itself out.
While the sides hope for a quick deal, giving McCourt the money to pay his divorce settlement by April, MLB sales sometimes drag on for six months to 1 years. Once bidders are identified, the court is likely to conduct an auction.


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Can Hyperthyroidism Go Away Without Treatment
Confused on what to do? I have no more symptoms of hyperthyroidism. Seen a cardiologist gave me lopressor (metoprolol tartrate) now going to see endor. All symptoms stop?
Thyroid induced : Remember that beta blocker medicine only treats the spy. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Hyperthyroidism (Definition)
Hypothyroidism is a medical condition that lowers the level of thyroid hormone to a point where the patient has a marked decrease in overall health. Often the patient does not notice the loss of thyroid hormone for several weeks or more. Once diagnosed with low thyroid hormone levels, the patient will be prescribed with thyroid hormone to a point where the thyroid levels are normal and ...Read more
Will treatment for an overactive thyroid stop my anxiety im on carbimazole, proponolol, buspirone, i can't deal with these thoughts that are coming from my anxiety i don't believe them so why wont they go away please help
Hello. : Hello. Hyperthyroidism can be a cause for panic and anxiety symptoms. Correcting the thyroid problem can often cure or lessen the anxiety. ...Read more
If I have hyperthyroidism, should I go through with rai treatment?
Depends: Hyperthyroidism can be treated medically but treatment not always keeping patient at even level of thyroid gland hormone production. Two alternatives are surgery and radioactive ablation. The ablation does not involve anesthesia or risk of bleeding. Radiation treatment makes patient either hypo or athyroid. Everyday thyroid hormone supplements keep patient well controlled. ...Read more
What is a good treatment for hyperthyroidism?
Radioactive IODINE: Hperthyroidism is treated with Beta blocker like proparanol to slow down the heart rate and tremors Antithyroid Medications like Propylthiouracil and Mithimazole.are used in patients with sustained form of Hyperthyroidism like Graves Disease or Toxic Nodular Goiter.These dugs can have side effects like rash,itching,fever &liver problems Radiactive Iodine is most widely used and permanent therapy ...Read more
Can you tell me what ptu4 is in the treatment of hyperthyroidism?
Blocks thyroid: Ptu (propylthiouracil) is an antithyroid drug that blocks the formation of thyroid hormone by the thyroid. While on the medication, thyroid levels will decrease. In your age group, the most common cause for hyperthyroidism is grave's disease. After taking ptu (propylthiouracil) for a number of months, one hopes that you will go into remission and be able to go off the medication. It needs to be monitored by your doctor. ...Read more
What kind of pills or treatment can somebody get for hyperthyroidism?
Options: There are pills to treat the thyroid function and there are pills to help with the symptoms. To treat the thyroid, you have ptu (propylthiouracil) or methimazole. The dose is different for different people/size/severity of the disease. To help with the symptoms, a beta-blocker is usually used: propranolo, metoprolol...Radioactive pill can also be used to treat hyperthyroidism. In all cases, you need a physician. ...Read more
Have suffered hyperthyroidism seemed to settle with treatment but after 18 months symptoms seem to be returning?
Need reevaluation: If you we're treated successfully with a partial thyroidectomy or with medication, you may now be hyperthyroid again and may need moe definitive treatment. I assume you didn't have a partial thyroidectomy, that may be the best treatment. ...Read more
I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism 2 years ago treatment successful but symptoms have returned what do I do now?
That is simple: If that is really the case go back to see your doctor asap. You are in the age that if they kill the gland with radioactive iodine you will never have to a problem except that you will have to take a pill every day. ...Read more
I have hyperthyroidism since 2010 & was never treated. Do I have to get it treated. Can I live on without treatment. Am I in danger with out medicine.?
Get it treated: Hyperthyroidism is generally treatable. First step is to find out the cause. Hyperthyroidism due to graves' disease (autoimmune thyroid disease) typically will get worst over time. Its complications can be severe, maybe irreversible, affecting quality of life and can lead to death. Untreated hyperthyroidism can lead to cardiac arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, osteoporosis. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Could the wrong treatment of hyperthyroidism cause any serious health damage?
I have been following my own treatment but don't feel very well lately
Need endocrinologist: Treatment of hyperthyroidism should not be taken lightly. Working with a good endocrinologist is the best way to get this under control. Left untreated hyperthyroidism can result in "thyroid storm" which can be fatal. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Overactive Thyroid (Definition)
Hyperthyroidism, often called "overactive thyroid," is a condition where the thyroid secretes too much of the thyroid hormones. Common symptoms include heat intolerance, increased appetite, ...Read more
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