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Valerie Harper (b. 1940) is probably best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, Rhoda. She also starred in her own sitcom Valerie (later renamed The Hogan Family) from 1986 to 1987.
She was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 120.
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Study Title:
Assessing the Importance and Impact of Glycomics and Glycosciences
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Dr. David R. Walt
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Tufts University
Dr. David Walt is currently a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, and a Robinson Professor of Chemistry at Tufts University. Dr. Walt recieved his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Michigan ; his Ph.D. in Chemical Biology, with a joint degree in Chemistry and Pharmacology. His research supervisor was Professor Francis Johnson. After finishing his Ph.D., Dr. Walt accepted a Postdoctoral Research Associate position with Professor George Whitesides at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Along with several Adjunct Professor positions, Dr. Walt is also a Founding Scientist, Director, and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for Illumina, Inc. and Quanterix Corporation.
Dr. Katherine Bowman
- (Staff Officer)
National Research Council
Dr. Ram Sasisekharan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ram Sasisekharan received his BS in Physical Sciences from Bangalore University in Bangalore, India; his MS in Biophysics from Harvard University; and his PhD in Medical Sciences from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sasisekharan is currently the Director of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology. He is also an Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Sasisekharan is the recipient of the CapCure Award (1998-2001). The Sasisekharan Laboratory employs multidisciplinary strategies to develop and integrate technologies to further study complex polysaccharides that are important to a host of disease processes. A central goal is to develop novel therapeutic approaches to alleviate suffering from disease and promote overall human health. In order to fully appreciate the therapeutic potential of glycan-based strategies, we are developing bioinformatics tools that will organize, integrate, and characterize the enormous amounts of data generated on glycan structure and function. Another thrust of the work is geared towards the development and extension of a variety of technological platforms that could advance our understanding of human health and disease. Prof. Sasisekharan participates in this field by coupling engineering and computational approaches to elucidate complex biomedical phenomena.
Dr. Gerald W. Hart
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gerald Hart is the DeLamar Professor and Director of Biological Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his PhD in developmental biology from Kansas State University in 1977. His lab studies the crosstalk between dynamic GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation of nucleocytoplasmic proteins in signaling, transcription and cellular metabolism, and the roles of abnormal GlcNAcylation in diabetes, neurodegenerative disease and cancer (oncogene and tumor suppressor proteins, in particular). They also are focused on developing improved methods (eg. mass spectrometry and site-specific antibodies) for the study of the O-GlcNAc modification, some of which may have diagnostic value. The lab recently described a major new form of protein glycosylation (termed O-GlcNAc) that is found in all multicellular organisms, including plants, animals and viruses that infect them. A major theme of the lab???s research is to elucidate the biosynthesis, removal, attachments sites, and functions of this novel post-translational modification. In 2010 he was named an honorary professor of Shanghai Medical College. From 2009-2011 he was the president of the International Glycoconjugate Organization. He has received many honors and is a member of many scientific organizations. He was also the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Glycobiology.
Dr. Geert-Jan Boons
University of Georgia
Dr. Boons received his M.Sc. in chemistry in 1987 and his Ph.D. in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry in 1991 from the State University of Leiden (Netherlands). Prior to joining the faculty at the CCRC in 1998, he spent seven years in the United Kingdom, first as a postdoctoral fellow at Imperial College, London, and the University of Cambridge, and then as a lecturer and professor at the University of Birmingham. In 2003, Dr. Boons was awarded the Carbohydrate Research Award for Creativity in Carbohydrate Science by the European Carbohydrate Association. Also in 2003, he was elected chairman for the 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrates. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, Glycoconjugate Journal, and the European Journal of Organic Chemistry. In 2004, Dr. Boons received the Horace Isbell Award by the Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry of the American Chemical Society and was appointed Franklin Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia. The research of the Boons Group deals with the synthesis and biological functions of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates. The diversity of topics to which the group has significantly contributed includes the development of new and better methods for synthesizing exceptionally complex molecules, the use of new methods in the synthesis and study of properties of complex carbohydrates of increasing size and complexity, the development of synthetic cancer and bacterial vaccines, the design and synthesis of glycosidase inhibitors and the use of synthetic compounds for the study of innate immunity.
Dr. James Paulson
The Scripps Research Institute
James Paulson is a professor in the department of chemical physiology and department of molecular biology at the Scripps Research Institute. He is also a principal investigator for the Consortium of Functional Glycomics, on the scientific advisory board for the BU Mass Spectrometry Resource, a co-chair of the Human Glycomics/Proteomics Initiative, and a scientific advisor to Nexbio, Institute for Biological Sciences-IBS, Neose Technologies Inc., and the Alberta Ingenuity Center for Carbohydrate Science-AICCS. He is also an honorary member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, on the editorial board of Glycobiology, and a member of the American Chemical Society, American Society of Biological Chemists, and the Society for Complex Carbohydrates. Before joining Scripps, Dr. Paulson worked at the Cytel Corporation (1990-1999) and the UCLA School of Medicine (1978-1990). Dr. Paulson received his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Illinois-Champagne-Urbana in 1974. He holds numerous patents and has published over 230 scientific papers. His current research focuses on the roles of glycan binding proteins that mediate cellular processes central to immune regulation and human disease. He works at the interface of biology and chemistry to understand how the interaction of glycan binding proteins with their ligands mediates cell-cell interactions, endocytosis and cell signaling. Our multi-disciplinary approach is complemented by a diverse group of chemists, biochemists, cell biologists, and molecular biologists.
Dr. Laura L. Kiessling
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Laura L. Kiessling PhD was born in Milwaukee, WI. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from MIT and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale University. After carrying out postdoctoral training in Chemical Biology at the California Institute of Technology, she returned to Wisconsin in 1991 to begin her independent career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She currently is a Hilldale Professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Laurens Anderson Professor of Biochemistry. She also serves as the Director of the Keck Center for Chemical Genomics and the Program Director for the Chemistry-Biology Interface Pre-doctoral Training Program. Her interdisciplinary research interests focus on elucidating and exploiting the biological roles of oligosaccharides and oligosaccharide conjugates in biological systems. Some examples of her contributions include a new approach to inhibiting cell wall biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis to devising sugar-binding surfaces to grow human embryonic stem cells. Kiessling serves on several editorial boards and is Editor-In-Chief of ACS Chemical Biology. She is a founder of Quintessence Biosciences, Inc in Madison, WI. Her previous honors and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Ajit P. Varki, M.D.
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Ajit Varki received basic training in physiology, medicine, biology, and biochemistry at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, The University of Nebraska, and Washington University in St. Louis. He also has formal training and certification in internal medicine, hematology, and oncology. He is currently distinguished professor of medicine and cellular and molecular medicine, and co-director of the Glycobiology Research and Training Center at UCSD. Dr. Varki is executive editor of the textbook Essentials of Glycobiology. He is also a co-director for the UCSD Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny and is an affiliate faculty member of the Living Links Center of Emory University. Dr. Varki is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine (2006), the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Varki is recipient of a MERIT award from the NIH, an American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award, the Karl Meyer Award of the Society for Glycobiology and the International Glycoconjugate Organization (IGO) Award (2007). He serves on the National Chimpanzee Observatory Working Group; the scientific advisory board of the Huntsman Cancer Institute (University of Utah), and the editorial board of Glycobiology. He is a specialist advisor to the Human Gene Nomenclature Committee. His research interests are currently focused on a family of sugar molecules called the sialic acids, and their roles in biology, evolution and disease. Currently active projects are relevant to the roles of sialic acids in viral and bacterial infectivity, the regulation of the immune response, the initiation and progression of tumors and unique aspects of human evolution. The lab is particularly intrigued to find multiple differences in sialic acid biology between humans and our closest evolutionary cousins, the great apes. These differences are a signature of the multiple cellular and molecular events that occurred during the last few million years of human evolution, and are relevant to understanding several aspects of the current human condition, both in health and disease.
Dr. Chi-Huey Wong
Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Chi-Huey Wong received his PhD in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Wong also completed a post doctoral fellowship at Harvard University in 1983. Currently, Dr. Wong is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemical Sciences at the National Taiwan University, the President of Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, a professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, and a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2002, and became a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2005. He is also a member of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. He served on the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology of the NRC, and has held advisory positions in industry. He has also received more than 20 awards for his scientific work. His main research interest is in chemical biology and synthetic chemistry, including synthesis of complex carbohydrates, glycoproteins and small-molecule probes for the study of post-translational glycosylation and carbohydrate-mediated biological recognition.
Dr. Brad Bendiak
University of Colorado at Denver
Brad Bendiak is an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Bendiak teaches cell and developmental biology. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1983. Dr. Bendiak???s laboratory focuses on an understanding of the enzymes that synthesize cell surface carbohydrates, the glycosyltransferases. In addition, characterization of the carbohydrate structures themselves and development of new methods for elucidation of these molecules is ongoing. This includes new methods in higher-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and fundamental studies in fragmentation of carbohydrate molecules by mass spectrometry, with the overall goal being to assign the detailed structures of these complex molecules unambiguously. His laboratory is also interested in a series of glycosyltransferases involved in synthesis and branching of novel core structures of glycoprotein oligosaccharides, and in coming to understand the control of expression and role of these enzymes in different tissues. For structural elucidation of glycoprotein oligosaccharides, the lab employs high-field NMR, mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, in addition to specific methods of chemical degradation which are topics of research in the lab. Recent work has dealt with developments of gas-phase methods for separation and differentiation of oligosaccharide isomers.
Dr. Alan Darvill
University of Georgia
Alan Darvill received his B.S. in plant biology in 1973 from Wolverhampton Polytechnic (England) and his Ph.D. in plant physiology in 1976 from the University College of Wales,Aberystwyth. He founded the CCRC with Dr. Peter Albersheim in September 1985. Dr. Darvill is the Director of the CCRC,Director of the Department of Energy (DOE)-funded Center for Plant and Microbial Complex Carbohydrates,and is University of Georgia lead in the DOE-funded BioEnergy Science Center. In 2003,Dr. Darvill was appointed Regents Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Senior Faculty Fellow. He was elected chairman for 1994-95 of the Carbohydrate Division of the American Chemical Society,and was appointed a member in 1993 and chairman in 1996 of the Martin Gibbs Medal Committee of the American Society of Plant Physiologists. He served on the editorial boards of Glycobiology and of the Plant Journal for Cell and Molecular BiologyDr. Darvill received the Outstanding Faculty Award of the UGA Chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society in 1995,and,in 2010,was named Fellow of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Carolyn R. Bertozzi
University of California, Berkeley
Carolyn Bertozzi is the T.Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Senior Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She completed her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Harvard University in 1988 and her Ph.D. in chemistry from UC Berkeley in 1993. After completing postdoctoral work at UCSF in the field of cellular immunology, she joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1996. Prof. Bertozzi's research interests span the disciplines of chemistry and biology with an emphasis on studies of cell surface glycosylation pertinent to disease states. Her lab focuses on profiling changes in cell surface glycosylation associated with cancer, inflammation and bacterial infection, and exploiting this information for development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. In addition, her group develops nanoscience-based technologies for probing cell function and methods for protein engineering. Professor Bertozzi has been recognized with many honors and awards for both her research and teaching accomplishments. She is member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Some awards of note include the Lemelson-MIT award for inventors, Whistler Award, Ernst Schering Prize, MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award, and Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award of the Protein Society. Her efforts in undergraduate education have earned her the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award and the Donald Sterling Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.


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The Alpina B5 Touring is lapping the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
See the first teaser of the coming-soon B7 from Alpina.
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Retail investors loaded up on Apple last month as the stock plummeted to its lowest levels of the year and the company doubled its capital return program. So much so that the stock now has more ownership than ever in the history of TD Ameritrade, which tracks the largest pool of retail investors.
The general thinking on Wall Street has been that retail is the so-called dumb money and so one would think the stock garnered the most retail interest as it hit an all- time high of $705 last year. But that wasn't the case.


text: SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION Minutes of the special meeting of Thursday, December 6, 2004. (As approved January 6, 2005) The San Francisco Public Library Commission held a special meeting on Monday, December 6, 2004 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. The meeting was called to order at 8:07am. The following members were present: President Higueras and Vice President Steiman, and Commissioners Bautista, Chin, Coulter, and Strobin. President Higueras announced that it was not expected that the Commission would return from its proposed, "closed session" before 7pm. The posted meeting of the Selection Committee for 12/6/04 was cancelled. Agenda Items: 1) Public Employee Appointment - City Librarian 2) Adjournment APPENDIX A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #1 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT-City Librarian Public Comment (on all matters pertaining to the closed session item) An anonymous member of the public suggested that the Commissioners question each candidate concerning the required number of candidates for City Librarian that the Library Commission was required to submit to the Mayor. This person also inquired as to where the "closed session" would be held and suggested that it was mandatory that the meeting be held in a public place and that members of the public be informed so that participants in the closed session meeting might be intercepted by "reporters" as they entered or departed the meeting and be questioned regarding what was occurring during the meeting. Mr. Peter Warfield noted the lack of a General Public Comment on the meeting agenda and questioned the need for a secret meeting. Mr. Warfield observed that elsewhere finalists for similar positions were interviewed at public meetings and were available to respond to questions from library staff and members of the public. Mr. Warfield recommended candidates that: gave highest priority to providing more books and hours; were the "best and brightest; were most experienced; and were dedicated to building collections and working with staff. MOTION: by Commissioner Steiman, 2nd Commission Coulter to hold a closed session pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957(b) (1) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(b) - Personnel Matter-Public Employee appointment-City Librarian ACTION: 6-0 AYE (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, and Strobin) The Library Commission retired into Closed Session at 8:26am. The Public Library Commission reconvened in open Session at 7:25pm. MOTION: by Commissioner Higueras, 2nd by Commissioner Steiman (in accordance with San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a)) that that it was the consensus of the Commission to report that candidates for the position of City Librarian would be forwarded to the Mayor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #3 ADJOURNMENT MOTION: by Commissioner Bautista, 2nd Commissioner Coulter that the meeting be adjourned. Approved by the following vote: 6-0 AYE (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, and Strobin) There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:27pm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 1/7/05 Please note: Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 ATTACHMENTS to the December 6, 2004 Minutes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Library Commission meeting of December 6, 2004 Appendix A The Public Comment Summary Statements included in these Minutes are authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16. These summary statements are provided by the speaker. Their contents are neither generated by, nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy by, the San Francisco Public Library Commission. The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting. 1 Explanatory documents: Copies of listed explanatory documents are available as follows: (1) from the Commission Secretary/Custodian of Records, Main Library, 6th Floor, (2) in the rear of the Koret Auditorium immediately before and during the meeting, and (3) to the extent possible, on the Library's Web site . Additional materials not listed as explanatory documents, if any, that are distributed to the Library Commissioners prior to or during the meeting in connection with any agenda item will be available to the public for inspection and copying in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.1 and Sunshine Ordinance §§ 67.9, 67.28(b) &67.28(d).


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June 16, 2008 -- Imaging studies reveal key differences in the brains of gay and straight men and women that could add to the understanding of the biology of homosexuality.
Using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, researchers from Stockholm's Karolinska Institute found that the brains of straight men and gay women tended to be slightly asymmetric, with the right hemisphere somewhat larger than the left.
The asymmetry was not seen in straight women and gay men.
And building on earlier imaging research showing different patterns of brain activation between the sexes in response to emotional stimuli, the Swedish researchers showed that certain activation patterns for gay men and women tended to more closely resemble those of the opposite sex than their own.
The Brain and Sex
While earlier brain imaging studies have shown differences in brain activation between gay and straight men and women when measuring sexual attraction, the study is among the first to show the differences in areas unrelated to sexuality.
"This and other research seems to be sending the same message, which is that sexual orientation is part of a package. It is not an isolated trait," says neuroscientist Simon LeVay, PhD, who has long studied sexuality and the brain.
In 1991, LeVay was among the first to identify differences in the brains of homosexual and heterosexual people when his research identified a small region of the hypothalamus that was larger in straight men than in women and gay men.
Among other things, the hypothalamus is involved with regulating sexual response.
In the newly reported study, published online Monday in the journal PNAS, researchers analyzed the brains of 90 gay or straight men and women using MR imaging.
'A Strong Case'
Fifty of the study participants also underwent three-dimensional imaging involving positron emission tomography (PET), designed to measure activation within the brain.
In general, the PET imaging revealed what the authors termed "remarkable similarity" between straight women and homosexual men in the connectivity of a part of the brain known as the amygdala, which plays a key role in emotional reactions.
LeVay, who is gay, says the research as a whole makes a strong case for homosexuality being a function of biology and not choice.
"Nothing about the left and right brain has anything to do with sexuality, he says. "The preponderance of research argues rather strongly for a common biological process that is contributing not only to sexual orientation, but to other things as well."


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Yep yep.Originally Posted by cometer
Yep yep.Originally Posted by cometer
Member of the AAAS
Member of CW Green | Stedingham Jets Grade Cricket Team | Northside Power
Manager of South Australia (WCC)
Winner of AFL Tipping 2006 | Winner of Wimbeldon Prediction 2006
Harsh words there.Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes
Waiting for CD to accept challenge...
President of SKAS - Kat is King | Proud member of CVAAS - One of the best | LRPLTAS - Rosco rocks!
Go Tigers!
R.I.P. Fardin & Craig
Accepted.Originally Posted by NZTailender
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Just accepted Cometer's challenge.
And that's the end of the match. Central Districts won by 8 wickets.
Tawonga Tigers 199-10
Central Districts 203-2
Weerappuli made a fine 50 in there, and got our only wickets. Decent effort. But outplayed by Smith's lot.
Given that the Battrick cup stuff will start soon, we may as well end this.
Alternative XI went undefeated through their games, finishing 3 points clear of second (Central Districts, with points from Dravi'ds team).
Congrats to ALternative for winning the secondary cup
Henry's dream was third, Comets and Tawonga Tigers equal fourth while Sagger's Mob came in last.
Thanks everyone for participating
Battrick Cup wont be starting soon? still 4 or 5 weeks till the actual real Cup starts for each country?
Cbf with this anymore. Christmas and New Years soon. Casual friendlies is the way to go.
k just pointing it out
thanks for the chance to play a few matches against other opposition with this cup .
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Hong Kong Democracy Poll Hit by Cyberattack
Security Firm Says Attack Is Large and Sophisticated; Site Remains Online in City
The website of a poll gauging Hong Kong residents' opinions on elections was repeatedly hit by severe cyberattacks on its opening day Friday, according to organizers—but the attacks failed to thwart hundreds of thousands of voters who participated over the weekend.
CloudFlare, which provides performance and security services for more than a million websites, termed the online assault one of the largest and most sophisticated denial-of-service attacks in the Internet's history. It followed a week of other remote efforts to...


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In this article, we will reveal the secret of how to make halloween witch makeup correctly and beautifully.
We all want to look cool and beautiful. And especially this applies to girls, there is no difference is a holiday or everyday life.
For this reason, create an image in a place with halloween witch makeup you need to be very careful and accurate. Makeup does not like mistakes and does not forgive them.
How to make halloween witch makeup right?
To properly apply halloween witch makeup, you need to consider many factors, and most importantly it will be day or evening makeup. Take into account the weather issue, if you plan to makeup and go to a foam or beach party, you will need to prepare a foundation that will stand to the water.
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Selena Gomez Has a Meltdown at Jingle Ball 2013 in Los Angeles, Drops the F-Bomb [VIDEO]
Did Selena Gomez have a small meltdown at Jingle Ball 2013 in Los Angeles last night (Dec. 6)?
Witnesses at the concert described it as such when the Disney alum had sound issues onstage and then launched into a tirade of self-deprecating putdowns and backhanded messages to the audience. What happened?
Gomez, sporting a black and red lacy bodysuit, a short bob wig and black lipstick, opened with 'Birthday' and then launched into her second song, 'Undercover.' Afterward, she finally greeted the roaring crowd ... but there was an issue.
In the video above, it's hard to tell exactly to what she was referring, but because the tracks she performed were so close to her album cuts as to be nearly identical in sound, a possible lip sync fiasco could have been at play, or perhaps Gomez's monitors were just out of sync.
"Sorry, the sound isn't working!" Gomez yelled sheepishly. "Are you guys having a good night?" She continued, "I promise, a lot cooler people are gonna come out tonight. Is it OK if I perform two more songs and you guys can get to it?"
Except she didn't immediately start performing again. "Thank you ... I have to thank you guys so much for allowing me to be able to perform the music that I love. And I have to say that before you guys go on to the people that you care about, I really appreciate you supporting everything that I do. So this next song is the first song I had hit No. 1, and it's called 'Come & Get It.'"
She performed the song seemingly without a hitch ... and that was it. There was no second song following it, no goodbye to the crowd, nada. What happened? Watch her full set above (start at 07:50) and decide for yourself, PopCrushers.
UPDATE: Gomez was, in fact, caught lip syncing. See more videos below -- including one in which Gomez drops an F-bomb!
Watch Selena Gomez Struggle Through 'Come & Get It'
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This summer I decided that I would learn how to can. I love the idea of being able to preserve fruits and vegetables at their peak and open them up on rainy days. Canning is something that I have always been intrigued by and this year seemed as good as any year to learn how. Armed with the Joy of Canning and a binder full of research and recipes, I began a process of processing.
The idea of canning first came when my friend Elana invited me to go strawberry picking with a group of friends. We ended up picking so many strawberries, the obvious thing to do, was to make jam. The very next day, Elana and I decided to make a variety of strawberry jams. We made straight-up strawberry, strawberry-lavender, strawberry-mint & black pepper and strawberry-rhubarb-ginger. Our first attempt at making the jam was not the success either of us had anticipated, the jam was a little too sweet and did not set properly. Our second attempt resulted in a much more palatable array of jams.
My second canning experience came after a weekend camping trip with my good friend Mie. During our camping trip Mie and I came across a bunch of salmonberry bushes. We picked the berries, having in my mind that I might be able to make salmonberry jelly. On our way back to the city, we also picked up a large basket of gooseberries from a roadside fruit stand. Not knowing what to do with the gooseberries, I decided to make jelly out of that too.
My third experience with canning came when I came across some fresh rhubarb and ginger at the Trout Lake Farmers Market in Vancouver. Rhubarb and ginger are actually two of my favourite flavours so it made perfect sense that I make preserves and marmalade out of these as well. I think by my third experience with canning, I definitely feel more comfortable with the process. I am definitely still a beginner with this, but I look forward to more seasonal fruits and vegetables to can and preserve this summer. I also want to thank, all the individuals who have sampled my jams, gave me their feedback and for taking some of it off my hands. As you can imagine, one person can't eat that amount of jam that I produced in a two-week span, no matter how good it is!


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Remember when NBA king of Twitter J.R Smith was barraged with harsh criticism from Knicks fans right after the Knicks lost to the Heat in five games back in May? I certainly remember that and the majority of Knick fans certainly remember that too. Of course his dismal shooting performances in the playoffs were a key to the Knicks losing, but at the same time, the Heat aren't exactly the easiest team to get by with an injury prone team. People's expectations can be a bit ridiculous. J.R was basically being relied on by Knick fans to light a fire with his shooting prowess. He is a prime example of a hot and cold shooter, but in that series, he was cold as ice, he simply wasn't willing to sacrifice.
Knick fans should of known what they were going to get in J.R. I, for one, knew that J.R was an outstanding bench threat when he was with the Nuggets, and played a decent bench and starter role in his early days with the Hornets. But at the same time, he's a shooter, and whenever you hear the word "shooter" you go like "hmm… when he has hot shooting nights, we'll love him, and when he has cold shooting nights, we'll mutilate him with trade and waiving threats." or "he's SO inconsistent." You get the gist of it.
When the "J.R going to the Knicks rumors" were in the air, I stood right up and said "SIGN HIM." It's not because he was reuniting with former Nuggets now Knicks teammate Carmelo Anthony, it's because the bench needed another shooter who can actually drive the ball and shoot on the perimeter and so forth, besides Steve Novak, who is a classic example of a spot-up shooter and can't drive for shit. Now, I'm not dissing Novak at all. Novak's Jeff Hornacek/Steve Kerr hybrid is a dead giveaway at this point, shooting .472 from beyond the arc, which lead the NBA and sedated all other three point shooters with intravenous doses of Novakaine. It's just that when you're penned as a spot-up shooter, don't expect to see non-threes and any driving whatsoever (we did witness some driving by Novak, and it was hideous).
In J.R's debut against the Mavericks back in February, he had an outstanding start, going 3-3 from beyond the arc. J.R ultimately finished making 6-16 from the field scoring 15 points. And yeeeeeeeeeeeeah. That is the definition of a shooter, regardless if he's off the bench or not. The contract J.R signed in February, though, was far beyond strange. Was it because of his arrival back into the States after a failed stint in China? Possibly. J.R didn't take his option, which I think was a colossal mistake because it was a bargain at $2.5M, but you're looking at J.R Smith right here, and that being said: It's all about the Benjamin's.
If the Knicks can retain J.R, I'll be very happy. The causual fan would say "THIS GUY SUCKS!" ( like most posers on Twitter and in real life that don't really follow basketball), but the common fan doesn't know what he/she is exactly talking about most of the time. After all, J.R, you're playing in relatively the biggest sports market in the United States besides the California market. J.R's tenure with the Knicks shouldn't end as a rent-a-player deal after abysmal shooting woes in the playoffs against a ferocious Heat team with a hyper-injured Knicks first unit and team. I really think that Mike Woodson would give a helping hand to J.R and improve his gaping holes in his shooting game.
And really, I really have no clue what teams would have an appetite for him either. For one exception, I said the Raptors, but in a jokingly way. That one is up in the air, for sure. Forget the peer pressure, J.R. Sign back with New York because you know your family in Jersey would love to see you back in the tri-state area. I mean, you love to play in the mecca of basketball, MSG, right? We sure could use your epic impossible-but-makes-it-possible stepback jumpers and scoring during garbage time minutes while you have Jerome Jordan somewhere in the background greatly eulogizing your garbage time scoring. COME BACK, J.R!
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MONDAY, July 1, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Black patients with peripheral artery disease have an increased risk of death following heart bypass surgery compared to white patients, and therefore require closer follow-up, according to a new study.
In peripheral artery disease, plaque accumulates in arteries that carry blood to the head, organs and limbs. One in 20 Americans over age 50 has peripheral artery disease, according to the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Research has shown that peripheral artery disease is more common among blacks.
Researchers analyzed the medical records of more than 13,000 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at the East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville, N.C., between 1992 and 2011. About 11 percent of the patients had peripheral artery disease at the time they had the open-heart surgery to repair blockages in the arteries.
Median survival was nine years for patients with peripheral artery disease and 15 years for patients without peripheral artery disease. Median survival was nine and a half years for white patients with peripheral artery disease and eight years for black patients with peripheral artery disease, according to the study, which was published in the July issue of the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
"Our results highlight that the quality and quantity of health care should be extended to all groups for improved overall health and maximization of long-term survival after CABG surgery," study lead author Jimmy Efird, of East Carolina University, said in a journal news release.
"We recommend that cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists continue to closely monitor black patients with [peripheral artery disease] after CABG surgery with an understanding that they have an increased long-term risk of death compared with white patients," he added.
Study senior author Dr. Alan Kypson said that by critically examining long-term survival rates in different populations it should be possible "to narrow the racial disparity gap that we know exists in medicine."
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July 13, 2010
Bobby Kennedy Jr. sues wife for divorce
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WHITE PLAINS — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed to divorce his wife of 16 years just three days before Mary Kennedy was charged with drunken driving, according to records obtained by The Journal News.
The May 12 divorce filing also came a day before Bedford police responded to the Kennedy home for a "domestic incident" during which her husband alleged she was intoxicated, records show.
It was among several police visits to the Bedford estate in recent years, according to police incident reports.
Robert Kennedy, a prominent environmentalist at Pace University School of Law in White Plains, declined to comment this week.
"I'm not going to talk to you about my personal life," he said Monday.
He is the son of former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in California in 1968 during his run for president.
According to records on file with the Westchester County Clerk's Office, the Kennedy family scion filed the papers on May 12.
On May 10, two days before the filing, Mary Kennedy called 911 herself, police said. Officers responding to the house reported she was "visibly intoxicated" and had "great difficulty collecting her thoughts and articulating her reasons for calling." She told police her husband was "verbally abusive to herself and her children."
On May 13, officers were summoned to the South Bedford Road home at 9:16 p.m. and filed a state domestic incident report before leaving.
On May 15, Mary Kennedy was stopped outside St. Patrick's School on Greenwich Road near the couple's home and charged with driving while intoxicated. Police said she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.11 percent at the time of her arrest. The legal limit is 0.08 percent.
She was ordered to undergo evaluation for potential alcohol abuse and is due in Town Court on July 22.
Her lawyer in that case also declined comment on the divorce proceeding.
Details on the divorce filing, including grounds, were unavailable. New York state does not have a "no fault" divorce law, though it will go into effect in September.
The couple has four children.
This would be Kennedy's second divorce. He was married to Emily Ruth Black. They divorced in 1994, a month before he married his current wife.


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Not long ago, Pennsylvania had a governor known as "one-term Tom," a governor some Democrats thought was almost sure to lose his job as soon as voters could get another crack at him.
As Democrats start to focus on limiting Gov. Tom Corbett to one term - and they already are, even though the election isn't until 2014 - they should keep in mind the last Republican "one-term Tom," Gov. Tom Ridge.
In 1998, three Democratic challengers stepped up to thwart a second term.
See if you remember these names: Ivan Itkin, William Keisling, Don Bailey.
Mr. Bailey, a former state auditor general, was perhaps best known. Mr. Keisling was known mostly for stirring things up in Harrisburg. Mr. Itkin, well, he was only the House Democratic leader and a long-serving state representative from Allegheny County.
Mr. Itkin won the Democratic primary election, then Mr. Ridge clobbered him by almost 2 to 1 in November.
Mr. Ridge clearly benefited from an economy just cruising along.
The economy is hardly great now, but two years hence, when Mr. Corbett is running for re-election, who knows. What's known is mid-first-term dissatisfaction with governors is par for the course in Pennsylvania politics and often sparks potential challenger talk of ousting them.
"If you go back and you look at past elections, you cannot go on the job performance of the governor this far out," said G. Terry Madonna, Ph.D., director of the Franklin & Marshall College poll.
For now, Mr. Corbett's present job performance ratings matter most. Voters' current views of his performance have Democrats salivating at the possibility of ending more than six decades of the major parties alternating eight-year stretches in the governor's office.
The list of Democratic names floated as potential challengers seems to grow by the day. The speculated list includes U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, state Treasurer Rob McCord and former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak. Only Philadelphia businessman Tom Knox has said he is running. Former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger and former state Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf, who both served under Gov. Ed Rendell, are also seriously considering bids. Mr. Hanger is actually hosting a reception during the Pennsylvania Society festivities next weekend.
The Pennsylvania Society is the annual meeting of the state's movers and shakers in New York City.
All the Democratic enthusiasm for beating Mr. Corbett centers on weak poll numbers.
A late September Franklin & Marshall College poll had only 30 percent of voters having a favorable view of the governor and the same percentage saying he was doing a good or excellent job. He was viewed unfavorably by 42 percent, and 64 percent said he was doing only a fair or poor job.
A mid-October Muhlenberg College poll had 32 percent of voters approving of Mr. Corbett's job performance and 41 percent disapproving.
On top of that, Democrats love the issue one of their own, state attorney general-elect Kathleen Granahan Kane, rode heavily to election: the governor's handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case while he was still attorney general.
Only 17 percent of voters in the September F&M poll said Mr. Corbett did a good (15 percent) or excellent (2 percent) job handling the case, with 66 percent saying he did only a fair (27 percent) or poor (39 percent) job.
Nonetheless, history says beware of too much enthusiasm so early.
Job performance and favorability ratings swing wildly and quickly.
After Superstorm Sandy in late October, Mr. Corbett's job performance rating jumped to 37 percent approval, 38 percent disapproval in an early November Muhlenberg poll. In a post-election poll, Quinnipiac University had Mr. Corbett at 40 percent approval and 38 percent disapproval.
Those numbers are far better than Mr. Rendell's (44 percent approval-55 percent disapproval) in a Franklin & Marshall College poll only nine months before his 2006 re-election. Mr. Rendell handily defeated Republican Lynn Swann after running months of political advertising promoting his accomplishments.
Mr. Corbett is nowhere near making his case for re-election yet.
"I'm not saying he can't be beaten. I'm merely pointing out we're so far away that it's too hard to know," Dr. Madonna said.
None of which is stopping Democrats from enthusiastically making the case that Mr. Corbett isn't doing the job.
Perhaps the most vocal so far, Mr. Hanger points to Mr. Corbett's big cuts in public and higher education, cuts to business taxes amid budget-balancing struggles, the failure to enact a natural gas extraction tax more in line with other states and the reversal in the state's employment picture.
In February 2011, Mr. Corbett's first full month in office, the state unemployment rate was 1 percentage point lower than the national rate (8 percent state, 9 percent national). As of last month, the state's rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the national rate (8.1 percent state, 7.9 percent national). So the state's rate stayed about the same while the national rate dropped sharply, a nice factoid for Democrats if it holds up.
Of course, two years from now, as the governor election nears, the economy could be on the way up.
"There is no doubt if the economy is good, remember what happened here," Dr. Madonna said. "Rendell '06, economy good, he gets the benefit. ... Let's go back to 1998, the economy roaring, Ridge wins re-election. ... Notice (Gov. Robert) Casey gets re-elected in '90 before the recession of '91 hits. And the only guy who has a tough time winning re-election is (Gov. Dick) Thornburgh in '82 right in the middle of a recession."
Mr. Thornburgh won anyway.
Perhaps the Penn State scandal remains salient, Dr. Madonna said.
"We'll see how that stands. (It's) potentially a serious problem for him (Mr. Corbett)," he said.
Beyond that, Mr. Corbett has plenty of time to accomplish things he hasn't and reverse public perceptions.
"What about the cuts to the programs? What happens if they find the money and they don't cut the programs in the next two budgets?" he asked. "What happens if they do transportation funding? What happens if they do pension reform?"
Either way, the Democratic candidate will be forced "to provide voters with an alternative agenda," Dr. Madonna said.
"That's what a lot of people are missing," he said. "Number one, you've got to have enough money to get reasonably well known. Second, you've got to present them with an alternative vision of where you'll take the state. That's what Lynn Swann didn't do; that's what Ivan Itkin didn't do."
Contact the writer: firstname.lastname@example.com The names of a dozen Democrats have surfaced in recent months as potential candidates for governor in 2014. The list includes:
- U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. Fresh off a re-election campaign, Mr. Casey has not ruled out a run, but has repeatedly said he is happy as a senator. If he runs, almost everyone else won't, and he would spell trouble for any opponent.
- State Treasurer Rob McCord. Also newly re-elected, many Democrats think he is likeliest to run and favorite to win a primary election, if Mr. Casey doesn't run and there is a contested Democratic primary. Mr. McCord hasn't said publicly and sloughed off suggestions of a governor bid as he visited newspaper editorial boards during his recent re-election campaign, but he is telling political types he will run.
- Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak. Mr. Sestak of suburban Philadelphia always says he's interested in serving the public again, but lets everyone else do the talking about running for governor without saying anything himself. He lost a tight U.S. Senate race to Pat Toomey in 2010, but the time for another statewide race might be right.
- State Attorney General-elect Kathleen Granahan Kane. She always says she has no ambitions for higher office. Considering she was just elected, it's probably way too early to think about anything but the job ahead of her, though she was the top vote-getter statewide on Election Day. Her use of Mr. Corbett's handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case did highlight a potential major issue against the governor.
- Former Gov. Ed Rendell. He says the state constitution forbids him from running again, and he's not interested anyway. Others say the restriction only prevents serving more than two consecutive terms. No matter what, his job-creation record will contrast with Mr. Corbett's if the economic slump persists.
- Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro. A former state representative, he is in his first year as commissioner. He won't comment or rule it out, but he's unlikely to run. A run someday is not out of the question.
- Former state Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger. Mr. Hanger has all but said he's running. He is planning a reception during Pennsylvania Society festivities Friday in New York City.
- Businessman Tom Knox. A former Philadelphia deputy mayor when Mr. Rendell was mayor, Mr. Knox spent more than $10 million of his own money on an unsuccessful bid for mayor in 2007, ran briefly for governor in 2010, but dropped out early on. In an interview this week, Mr. Knox, who said back then he dropped out because his family was against his running, added another reason: polls he commissioned showed no Democrat could beat Mr. Corbett. He's thinking differently this time. He's definitely running, he said.
- Businessman Tom Wolf of York County. A former revenue secretary when Mr. Rendell was governor, he backed off a run in 2010, but might be ready this time.
- Former gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato. He lost badly to Mr. Corbett in 2010. Now an executive at Highmark Inc., it is highly doubtful he would run against Mr. Corbett again.
- U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz. Often mentioned as a statewide candidate, the suburban Philadelphia congresswoman has never showed a serious interest.
- Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski. Says he's flattered to be mentioned as a potential candidate, but says he's concentrating on winning a third term as mayor next year. Of course, he also highlighted credentials and issues he will deal with as mayor - service on a national transportation panel, pension reform and financially distressed cities - that would interest a governor. Keep an eye on him if others don't step up.


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ROCKVILLE, Md., July 18, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:NABI) today announced that NicVAX® (Nicotine Conjugate Immunotherapeutic) did not meet its primary endpoint in the company's first of two confirmatory Phase III clinical trials.
A preliminary assessment of the trial data showed that subjects treated with NicVAX quit smoking at a similar rate of approximately 11% compared to subjects who received placebo. As in previous trials, NicVAX was well-tolerated with a clinically acceptable safety and tolerability profile.
The study was a double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of 1,000 patients. The primary endpoint of the study was the abstinence rate for 16 weeks ending at 12 months. Abstinence was evaluated by self-reported cigarette consumption and biologically verified by exhaled carbon dioxide. Secondary endpoints included the abstinence rate at various time intervals, safety and immunogenicity, and the effect of NicVAX on withdrawal symptoms, cigarette consumption, smoking satisfaction and nicotine dependency.
"We are clearly surprised and deeply disappointed with the results of this first NicVAX Phase III trial," Raafat Fahim, President and Chief Executive of Nabi Biopharmaceuticals said. "We are in the process of assessing the reasons for these unexpected data, as we await the results of the second Phase III trial. Data from this second trial may provide clues that could help explain the disappointing results from the first trial. In the meantime, the board of directors is actively evaluating any and all appropriate strategic alternative actions to preserve shareholder value, while management is working to further control the operational expenses of the company."
The company will host a live webcast at 10:00 a.m. EDT today to discuss these results.
The live webcast can be accessed at:
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If you do not have Internet access, the U.S./Canada call-in number is 800-573-4752 and the international call-in number is 617-224-4324. The passcode is 89450143. An audio replay will be available through July 25, 2011 for U.S./Canada callers at 888-286-8010 and for international callers at 617-801-6888. The replay passcode is 91153608.
The press release and an archived version of the webcast will be available on the company's website at http://www.nabi.com. ;
About the Phase III Study
The initial Phase III study for NicVAX is a double-blinded, placebo-controlled study comprised of approximately 1,000 patients. The primary endpoint of the study is the abstinence rate at 12 months as measured from week 37 through week 52. Abstinence was evaluated by self-reported cigarette consumption and exhaled carbon dioxide. Secondary endpoints included the abstinence rate at various time intervals, safety and immunogenicity, and the effect of NicVAX on withdrawal symptoms, cigarette consumption, smoking satisfaction and nicotine dependency. This study was supported by Award Number RC2DA028837 from the National Institute On Drug Abuse. The content of this news release is solely the responsibility of Nabi Biopharmaceuticals and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute On Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.
About Nabi Biopharmaceuticals
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals leverages its experience and knowledge in powering the immune system to develop products that target serious medical conditions in the areas of nicotine addiction and gram-positive bacterial infections. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals is currently developing NicVAX® (Nicotine Conjugate Vaccine), an innovative and proprietary investigational vaccine for treatment of nicotine addiction and prevention of smoking relapse. The company is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. For additional information about Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, please visit www.nabi.com.
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That America is heading toward a tighter fiscal belt is a foregone conclusion. The big question is what this will do to the military.
A lot of that depends on Chuck Hagel, who, despite a testy nomination process, is likely to be confirmed as the new secretary of defense.
William Galston of The New Republic knocked one out of the park with his analysis, titled " Forget Iran—Chuck Hagel's toughest fight will be the Pentagon's budget."
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If Hagel gets the nod, he will have to recommend major strategic choices in the face of the Pentagon's budget constraints.
The bet on both sides of the aisle is that sequestration will become operative at the beginning of March. On top of the budget caps, it would reduce defense spending in 2022 to $605 billion—more than $100 billion below what would be needed to maintain the purchasing power of the military budget at 2013 levels. Just this year, military leaders would have to cut $60 billion from pre-BCA levels, more than 10 percent of projected expenditures. And they would have to cram those cuts into the remaining six months of the fiscal year. That's the planning horizon that Chuck Hagel would face.
Defense spending typically drops following a war (or two), but this is unprecedented.
So what's going to get cut?
Research and development budgets will shrink, but this may just lead to massive defense corporations controlling purse strings more carefully. Cuts will likely cinch up reckless, costly, overpriced embarrassments like the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship, which, consequently, won't even survive in combat.
Expect Hagel and other planners to come in and pretty much cancel programs that aren't relevant in today's warfare (no reason to shoot tank rounds at rural insurgents). Though America won't get rid of tanks altogether, it may stop building them.
Hagel must also balance the reshaping with the realities of ongoing American security operations.
Indeed the U.S. is shrinking its military out of both fiscal and strategic necessity.
If there's one thing America's realized in the last 11-12 years, it's that massive land engagements are no longer in the interest of national security. The future looks to be focused on small counterinsurgency and training missions, like in Africa, rather than another Afghanistan.
Hagel is the perfect man for the job in this respect, as he said in his confirmation prepared statements, "Committing our troops to any military operation is a grave decision, and one I, if confirmed, would make carefully and cautiously."
His last wish is to order a massive invasion of another country — but training foreign troops to provide their own security, that's another issue entirely.
Other, more relevant programs will see a boost, but not one reciprocal to proposed cuts. Look for modest increases in special operations scope and possibly personnel, regardless of cuts.
Nonetheless, the force will stay global: Naval and Air Force assets essential to global coverage will likely remain intact, like Ohio Class Submarines, drones, and the new Cyber Command.
It's the personnel who will suffer. Layoffs at manufacturing plants (already happening) for nonessential weapons (like the M1-Abrams tank), possible base closings, and definitely cuts to active duty personnel (the Corps is looking to drop 20K).
Big declines in defense spending, largely in part, caused US GDP to shrink 0.1 percent on Wednesday, but there's no reason to panic about the economy or security.
No, the military should be a reflection of current security needs. With two major wars winding down and a growing necessity for 'dark' operations, the face of the U.S. Military will look a little thinner, with greater emphasis on finesse rather than force.
SEE ALSO: Jon Stewart bombed a big interview on drones >
SEE ALSO: The Military & Defense Facebook page for updates >


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Foreign potentates and diplomats beware: the United States wants your DNA.
If that chief of mission seemed a bit too friendly at the last embassy party, it might be because the State Department recently instructed U.S. diplomats to collect biometric identification on their foreign interlocutors. The search for the most personal information of all is contained in WikiLeaks' latest publication of tens of thousands of sensitive diplomatic cables.
A missive from the Secretary of State's office in April 2009 asked diplomats in Africa to step up their assistance to U.S. intelligence. Not only should diplomats in Burundi, Rwanda and Congo collect basic biographical information on the people they talk to — a routine diplomatic function — but they should also gather "fingerprints, facial images, DNA, and iris scans."
There's no guidance listed on how exactly diplomats are supposed to collect the unique identifiers of "key civilian and military officials." In recent years, the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan has built storehouses of biometric data to understand who's an insurgent and who isn't, all using small, portable eye and thumb scanners. But the State Department's foray into bio-info collection hasn't previously been disclosed.
It wasn't just in Africa. As part of an expansion of the State Department into intelligence gathering, the secretary's office in October 2008 asked Mideast-based diplos focused on the Palestinians to get "[b]iographical, financial and biometric information" on "key [Palestinian Authority] and HAMAS leaders and representatives, to include the young guard inside Gaza, the West Bank and outside." And it asked diplomats at the United Nations to start sweeping up thumbprints and facial features. The July 2009 memo targeted U.N. representatives of countries including "China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Senegal, and Syria" for the treatment, along with "ranking North Korean diplomats."
The stated rationale of that biometric effort is to get information from "regional groups, blocs, or coalitions on issues before the General Assembly." But it's far from clear how the swirl of a diplomat's fingerprint reveals anything about voting strategy. And that appears to be part of a recent pattern. Senior foreign-service officers in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal are asked to acquire "health, biographic, biometric, and assessment information on leaders" of those countries, all in the name of keeping tabs on "separatist, insurgent or radical opposition groups."
And U.S. diplomats aren't just supposed to collect biometric identification themselves. Some cables instruct them to collect information on how other countries are using biometrics to keep tabs on local extremists. A March 2008 cable to the U.S. embassy in the Paraguayan capitol of Asunción asked after "[g]overnment plans and efforts to deploy biometric systems" to understand a "Government Counterterrorist Response." Apparently, the government had questions about the reach of "Hizballah, Hamas, al-Gama'at al-Islamiya, al-Qa'ida, jihadist media organizations, Iranian state agents or surrogates" into South America.
State Department representatives didn't immediately respond to questions about why diplomats need to acquire DNA and other biometric data on foreigners, what State does with any biometric information it gets, or how long the department retains it. "Fingerprints and photographs are collected as part of embassies' consular and visa operations," a baffled Guardian story notes, "but it is harder to see how diplomats could justify obtaining DNA samples and iris scans."
By Spencer Ackerman, Wired
Tags: DNA, wikileaks, state department, intelligence, privacy, biotechnology, forensics, identification, biometrics, diplomats
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