Africa seeks to learn a lesson from China

Christian Post - Friday 15th February, 2013

Filipino congressman and boxer Manny Pacquiao, the evening's guest host, poses at the North American premiere of the Filipino film "The Road" at the Arclight Hollywood Theater in Los ...

GM paid $119 mn for 1 stake in China JV

Times of India - Friday 15th February, 2013

GM back to 50 percent, the U.S. automaker disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. However, SAIC retains a 51 percent share in the sales side of the ...

North Korea pushes the envelope again but this time with China

World Tribune - Friday 15th February, 2013

John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS -- "Oops, they did it again," to paraphrase the old Britney Spears song. Indeed North Korea's baby-faced dictator Kim Jong-Un decided to test another ...

Japan to send envoy to China for island row talks report

West Australian - Friday 15th February, 2013

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan will next week send a foreign ministry official to Beijing for three days for talks on an ongoing territorial dispute and North Korea's recent nuclear test, a report said ...

China needs to adhere to NK policy

Global Times - Friday 15th February, 2013

The latest nuclear test in North Korea on February 12 has raised concerns about nuclear pollution among residents of North China, with the test site reportedly being less than 100 kilometers from ...

Luxury brand Bottega Veneta says Europe shop window for China

Reuters - Friday 15th February, 2013

A woman uses her mobile phone to shoot a video during the Bottega Veneta Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week September 22, ...

Africa seeks to learn a lesson from China

China Daily - Friday 15th February, 2013

/enpproperty--> Africa hopes to learn from China's development experience and strengthen its partnership with Beijing on issues relating to regional peace and security. This was the message ...

Chinas lonely bachelors are helping its economy grow

CNN Money - Friday 15th February, 2013

FORTUNE -- They say a good man is hard to find, but that's not the case in China, where men overwhelmingly outnumber women. The ratio of men of marriageable/dating age (15-30 years old) to ...

Gut bacteria give clues to baby survival in Chinas melamine scandal

CBC News - Friday 15th February, 2013

Scientists wondering why some children and not others survived one of China's worst food safety scandals have uncovered a suspect: germs that live in the gut. In 2008, at least six babies died ...

Super fund role adds interest to China job

New Zealand Herald - Friday 15th February, 2013

Lindsay Wright says the downside of living in China is the pollution but the opportunity to work in the world's fastest growing economy is what gets her excited. The Kiwi from Kerikeri, who is ...

The United States Cant Allow China to Dominate in Africa

U.S. News & World Report - Friday 15th February, 2013

See a collection of political cartoons on the economy. ] The truth is also that the Chinese aren't alone in Africa. Turkey, India, Malaysia, Russia, Israel, Brazil, the Gulf States, and South ...

China AU pledge to enhance friendly cooperation

China Daily - Friday 15th February, 2013

/enpproperty--> BEIJING - China and the African Union (AU) held their fifth strategic dialogue to boost cooperation on Friday. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and AU Commission Chairman ...

Cold front to sweep most of China

China Daily - Friday 15th February, 2013

/enpproperty--> BEIJING - A strong cold front is expected to sweep most of China, dragging down temperatures by up to 14 degrees Celsius in some areas. The cold front will lower temperatures by ...

Highway crash kills 8 in E China

China Daily - Friday 15th February, 2013

/enpproperty--> NANCHANG - Eight people died Friday afternoon when two automobiles collided on a highway in the eastern province of Jiangxi, local traffic police said. The eight victims were all ...

Beijing tourism revenue up 15 pct during holiday

China Daily - Friday 15th February, 2013

/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Beijing reaped 3.88 billion yuan (617.8 million US dollars) in tourism revenue during this year's seven-day Spring Festival holiday, up 15 percent year on year, ...

Keep Chinas big spenders at home

China Daily - Friday 15th February, 2013

/enpproperty--> BEIJING - During China's Lunar New Year holiday, high-end stores in Europe were jammed with Chinese shoppers snapping up items at lower prices than back home. Policy makers ...

Bird Flu Death In China Sparks Fear Of Human-Transmitted H5N1 Strain

IBTimes - Friday 15th February, 2013

(Photo: Reuters) The current strain of H5N1 (bird flu) is highly pathogenic, kills most species of birds and up to 60 percent of the people it ...

Why North Korea?s nuclear blast will test China?s support

The Globe and Mail - Friday 15th February, 2013

North Korean soldiers clench their fists during a rally celebrating the country's third nuclear test in Pyongyang, in this picture taken and released by Kyodo on Feb.14, 2013. (KYODO ...

Brad Pitt?s Profile Mysteriously Disappears from China?s Version of Twitter

Hollywood Reporter - Friday 15th February, 2013

, a startup news portal that covers the region?s technology space, within two hours of Pitt?s first post last month it received 8,000 comments, was re-tweeted 20,000 times and attracted ...

Wyatt Smith makes deal with students Learn Chinese. Go to China.

Christian Science Monitor - Friday 15th February, 2013

Wyatt Smith is still in his classroom. The day started 12 hours ago, back when his green tie was firmly in place and his khakis were neatly pressed - before the classes, parent phone calls, and the ...

N. Korea Tells China of Preparations for More Nuclear Tests

VOA - Friday 15th February, 2013

BEIJING -- North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks with ...

Chinas Xi Jinping vows change

Times Of India - Friday 15th February, 2013

Communist Party officials behind closed doors. Despite decades of heady economic growth, Xi told party insiders during a visit to Guangdong Province in December, China must still heed the ...

Source: http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/212600655/scat/55582c89cb296d4c

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Russian asteroid strike: Numerous injuries, significant damage

Feb. 15, 2013 ? A space rock a few metres across exploded in Earth's atmosphere above the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia today at about 03:15 GMT. The numerous injuries and significant damage remind us that what happens in space can affect us all.

While precise information on the size, mass and composition of the object are yet to be confirmed, videos show a fireball and explosion consistent with an asteroid up to a few metres in size exploding in the atmosphere, possibly several to ten kilometres above the surface.

In this type of event, if the explosion altitude is less than 10 km or so, the resulting shockwave can cause damage on the ground, such as shattering windows. Debris from the object may be found later.

"Current information, which is not yet complete nor confirmed, points to a small asteroid," said Detlef Koschny, Head of Near-Earth Object activity at ESA's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme office.

"There is no way it could have been predicted with the technical means available today. What can be said with near certainty is that this object has no connection with asteroid 2012 DA14."

Asteroid 2012 DA14 made a close flyby of Earth at 19:27 GMT (20:27 CET) today.

Finding objects that pass close to our planet and are large enough to do damage if they enter our atmosphere is a major goal of ESA's SSA programme.

In addition to conducting its own sky searches using ESA's Optical Ground Station in Tenerife, Spain, SSA is partnering with existing European and international asteroid survey activities.

It also sponsors astronomer groups in Europe, supporting surveys carried out with their own equipment or allocating observation time on its Tenerife telescope. The office also provides access to orbit predictions, close flyby details and related data via its technical website at http://neo.ssa.esa.int

"Today's event is a strong reminder of why we need continuous efforts to survey and identify near-Earth objects," said Thomas Reiter, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations.

"Our SSA programme is developing a system of automated optical telescopes that can detect asteroids and other objects in solar orbits."

In cooperation with survey efforts worldwide, ESA's goal is to spot near-Earth objects larger than 40 m at least three weeks before closest approach to our planet.

To achieve this, ESA, European industry and partner agencies are developing a system of automated 1 m-diameter telescopes capable of imaging the complete sky in one night.

In addition to Russian media, who reported immediately, all media worldwide have published images of notable damage around Chelyabinsk, and reports also mention numerous casualties.

"Our most sincere sympathies are with those suffering injury and property loss due to this event in Russia," added Thomas Reiter.

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Have You Ever Dated Someone You Worked With?

You spend a large part of your day at the office, and many of your closest friends may also be colleagues or people you've met through work. At the same time, being intimate with someone you work with offers a number of workplace challenges, the least of which being staying productive or keeping your personal life out of your work life when the person you're seeing is nearby. We want to know: have you ever walked that line? Did it work out for you?

We got to thinking about this when we read a Glassdoor survey that one in ten people have made love in the office. The majority of those respondants (a slim majority, only 51%) said it's normal and okay to be romantically involved with a coworker, and 37% said they'd been personally involved with a coworker themselves. At the same time, over 54% of them noted that office romances always wind up ending in awkwardness at work, which is never a good thing.

What about you? Have you gotten into a romantic relationship (or are you in one?) with someone you work with, or is it a terrible idea destined to end in tears? If so, how do you stay productive and professionally detached? Let us know your thoughts in the discussions below.

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Researchers create new air sacs in mouse model of emphysema using novel growth factor

Researchers create new air sacs in mouse model of emphysema using novel growth factor

Friday, February 15, 2013

In a study of mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a new molecular pathway involved in the growth of tiny air sacs called alveoli that are crucial for breathing. The scientists say their experiments may lead to the first successful treatments to regrow the air sacs in people who suffer from diseases such as emphysema in which the air sacs have been destroyed by years of smoking. The work may also suggest new therapy for premature infants born before their lungs are fully developed.

"One of the most daunting challenges we face as physicians is helping patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, such as emphysema, who have lost alveoli that are so crucial for lung function," says Enid Neptune, M.D., associate professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "Once those tiny air sacs are destroyed, there are no effective treatments to bring them back."

Neptune is the senior author of a study described in an article in the Feb. 14, 2014 issue of PLOS Genetics in which the researchers used hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) to regrow alveoli and restore lung structure in mice genetically engineered to develop a human-like form of emphysema. Theirs is believed to be the first study using HGF in mice with established emphysema.

Growth factors, such as HGF, have been used to promote wound healing. Neptune says previous studies had shown that HGF had a role in the functioning of alveoli, which enable lungs to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide and send oxygen into the bloodstream to nourish organs throughout the body. Reduction in the number or quality of the sacs seriously compromises breathing.

Even though they cannot be seen by the naked eye, tiny, spherical alveoli are covered with thin walls and have a blood supply. The researchers conducted experiments in mice with a genetically induced form of emphysema to see if HGF could stimulate the formation of alveoli.

One experiment involved adult mice with genetically induced emphysema. Half of the mice received HGF, delivered under the skin using a special pump for two weeks. The other half of the group received a placebo ? not the HGF. Another group of mice with healthy lungs, the "control" group, was divided in half to receive either HGF or a placebo.

"We found that the mice with emphysema, when given the HGF, developed a 17 percent improvement in the size of their air sacs compared to placebo-treated mice, consistent with improved lung structure and function. The HGF also was protective, preventing destruction of the alveoli by reducing the oxidative stress that contributes to lung injury," says Neptune. "In essence, the HGF was able to block a major enemy of the functioning alveoli."

In addition, the healthy mice that received HGF showed no difference in alveolar size. The mice with emphysema that were treated with a placebo did not show any improvement.

The researchers then wanted to see the effect of impaired HGF activity in young mice whose lungs were still forming. They created a mouse in which the HGF receptor, known as MET, was removed from the cells lining the alveoli. "Our idea was if HGF was performing this important role in alveoli formation, if we knocked out its receptor, known as MET, we should see damage to the alveoli," says Neptune.

As predicted, the air sacs in the developing mice without the HGF receptor did not form correctly. Also, the blood vessels serving the alveoli were reduced and there was an increase in both oxidative stress and inflammation. The researchers concluded that developing alveoli require both HGF and MET signaling in order to form normally.

"Our research is an important demonstration that a growth factor can be used as a drug for emphysema," Neptune says. "However, since HGF reduces cell death and promotes cell proliferation, we would have to be cautious about translating it to the smoking population where there's a higher risk of lung cancer." she adds. Neptune and others are pursuing research to be able to selectively activate the therapeutic and not the malignancy-inducing components of HGF signaling.

Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is the third-leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated 30 million Americans have COPD and about 60,000 people die from it each year. In addition to smoking, occupational exposure to harmful dust, fumes and smoke can also cause COPD.

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Piazza says Scully turned?LA fans against him

More excerpts from Mike Piazza?s new book are out. Bill Shakin has the story here: Mike Piazza criticizing Vin Scully for turning the fans against him in L.A.

Piazza talks about his contract negotiations with the Dodgers prior to the 1998 season. In an interview with Scully, Piazza says Scully asked him about the deadline Piazza set for negotiations, which was the beginning of spring training. Shaikin on what Piazza wrote:

Piazza wrote that Scully asked him about the deadline in a spring interview.??He wasn?t happy about it,? Piazza wrote. ?And Scully?s voice carried a great deal of authority in Los Angeles ??Vin Scully was crushing me.?

Scully denies it:

?I have no idea where he is coming from. I really have no idea. I can?t imagine saying something about a player and his contract. I just don?t do that, ever. I?m really flabbergasted by that reference.?

Look, I know there?s a habit these days to say that Vin Scully is some godlike figure who does no wrong, so defending Scully is not exactly a brave and bold stance. ?But can anyone recall a time when Scully truly got involved in that level of the game? Contracts and dollars are so far out of his bailiwick that he?d have to call long distance back to his bailiwick to get his messages if ever he found himself there. ?Scully is all about stuff like ?Uggla is Swedish for owl? and things.

Piazza talks about how he?s not well-liked in Los Angeles anymore. Hard to imagine why.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/13/mike-piazzas-guide-to-increasing-ones-popularity-in-los-angeles-slam-vin-scully/related/

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EADS confirms Ranque in line to be its new chairman

PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS confirmed on Wednesday it had proposed former Thales Chief Executive Denis Ranque as its next chairman under a new shareholder structure.

The appointment will be discussed by a new board following an extraordinary shareholder meeting scheduled for March 27 that will also vote on a planned share buyback, EADS said.

The European aerospace company announced the nomination of Ranque, 61, on its Twitter feed. He will replace Arnaud Lagardere whose French media group plans to sell its stake.

Ranque's nomination confirms plans reported by Reuters as the list of board members was unveiled last week, and follows a battle for the top post in Europe's largest aerospace firm.

The French government had backed Anne Lauvergeon, former head of reactor maker Areva, for the role but EADS insisted on picking one of the board's independent majority as the company seeks to curb political influence from France and Germany.

Lauvergeon will sit on the board as a representative of French interests. Besides Airbus civil jets, EADS makes Ariane space rockets, French nuclear weapons and German fighter planes.

(This version of the story corrects the shareholder meeting date as March 27, from May 27 as previously mentioned.)

(Reporting by Tim Hepher)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eads-confirms-ranque-line-chairman-180924061--finance.html

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2012 hype?resurrected in 'last pope' prophecy

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A statue of St. Malachy of Armagh (1094-1148) stands on the grounds of St. Malachy Catholic Church in Sterling Heights, Mich. Centuries-old prophecies that have been attributed to St. Malachy are causing a stir due to Pope Benedict XVI's surprise abdication announcement.

By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News

Just when you thought it was safe to go out of the bunker, there's a fresh wave of doomsday buzz over a purported 12th-century prophecy suggesting that the next pope will be the last pope before the end of the world. St. Malachy's "Prophecy of the Popes" has no credence in the Roman Catholic Church, but its effect could well be longer-lasting than the hype that surrounded the 2012 Maya apocalypse?? especially if the papal conclave goes with one of the favored candidates for Benedict XVI's successor.

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The text that's been attributed to Malachy came to light in 1595, in a book by Benedictine monk Arnold de Wyon. Supposedly, Malachy experienced a vision of future popes during a trip to Rome in 1139, and wrote down a series of 112 cryptic phrases that described each pope in turn. The text was said to have lain unnoticed in Rome's archives until Wyon published it.

Doomsday fans have found ways to link each phrase to a corresponding pope through the centuries. That includes John Paul II, who is associated with phrase No. 110, "From the labor of the sun," because he was born on the day of a solar eclipse and was entombed on the day of a solar eclipse as well. Benedict XVI, No. 111, is supposedly "glory of the olive" because some members of a branch of the monastic order founded by St. Benedict are known as Olivetans.

Then there's No. 112: "In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit ... Peter the Roman, who will nourish the sheep in many tribulations; when they are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The end."

The end? This could be the beginning for a doomsday meme that hangs over a whole generation, if it's taken seriously. There's already a 586-page book about the coming apocalypse, titled "Petrus Romanus." One theologian, Michael K. Lake, is quoted as saying that "Catholic and evangelical scholars have dreaded this moment for centuries."

In fact, the Catholic Church doesn't put any stock in the prophecies, for a variety of reasons. "There are just a number of red flags," Sister Madeleine Grace, a historical theologian at the University of St. Thomas who specializes in medieval texts, told NBC News. "The material that implies they're talking about future popes is rather scanty indeed, and there are factual errors. ... The likelihood is that they're some kind of forgery."

One of the biggest red flags is that no mention was made about the papal prophecies until the 1590s ? not even by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a close friend of Malachy's who wrote his biography and hailed his gift of prophecy. And then there's always the biblical dictum that no one knows the day or the hour for doomsday?? a rule of thumb that works for believers as well as non-believers. Most experts have concluded that the text was made up to boost a 16th-century cardinal's bid to become pope.

But if the coming papal conclave really wanted to drum up the doomsday talk, as well as sales for "Petrus Romanus," all they'd have to do is elect one of the leading candidates: Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, a member of the Roman Curia. Even though church tradition would forbid any pope from taking the name Peter II, Turkson could arguably be described as Peter the Roman. Others suggest that he could be the "young red black one" mentioned in the similarly cryptic doomsday prophecies of Nostradamus.

Whomever the conclave picks, there'll surely be a way to connect him somehow with "Peter the Roman"?? after all, isn't every pope a successor to St. Peter, based in Rome? "Any pope can be thought of as the latest Peter in the line," Tom Horn, one of the authors of "Petrus Romanus," said a couple of months ago on the "Coast to Coast AM" radio show.

Which means we might have to deal with 2012-style doomsaying as long as the next guy is in office. What do you think?

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