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US-UK security experts unite for London Olympics
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 file photo security forces take part during in a combined British police and British Royal Marines security exercise for the London 2012 Olympic Games on the River Thames in London. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 file photo security forces take part during in a combined British police and British Royal Marines security exercise for the London 2012 Olympic Games on the River Thames in London. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
FILE - This is a Aug. 18, 2011 file photo released by Britain's Ministry of Defence shows Royal Air Force Puma helicopter is pictured flying over the 2012 Olympic Stadium during a training flight over London . Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _ and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/SAC Phil Major RAF, MOD)
Director of Traffilog Howard Young talks to Associated Press as he shows the Traffilog remote vehicle logging system at the Transport Research Laboratory in Wokingham, England, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Traffilog is installed on thousands of vehicles (buses and VIP buses) that allows them to look at whether a driver is acting erratically and also allows them to stop the vehicle remotely in a security situation. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Traffilog Technical Manager Bob Reid talks to Associated Press about the Traffilog remote vehicle logging system at the Transport Research Laboratory in Wokingham, England, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Traffilog is installed on thousands of vehicles (buses and vip buses) that allows them to look at whether a driver is acting erratically and also allows them to stop the vehicle remotely in a security situation. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games _and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
The entrance gate of the Interpol headquarters in Lyon, central France, Friday, June 22, 2012. International police agency Interpol is involved in the security of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before. The London Olympics are no ordinary games and Britain is no ordinary host. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil, and not without reason.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)
LONDON (AP) ? Fighter jets thunder above the English countryside. Missiles stand ready. And Big Brother is watching like never before.
The London Olympics are no ordinary games. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil.
Hundreds of American intelligence, security and law enforcement officials are flying across the Atlantic for the games that begin July 27. Some will even be embedded with their British counterparts, sharing critical intelligence and troubleshooting potential risks. Dozens of Interpol officers will also be deployed.
The unique collaboration is rooted in common threats the partners have faced since the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the U.S. and Britain's own deadly suicide bombings in 2005.
Britain was America's closest ally in Afghanistan and Iraq, making it a prime target of Islamic terror groups. And dozens of recent terror plots, including the 2006 plot to blow up nearly a dozen trans-Atlantic airliners, have been hatched within Britain's sizeable Muslim population, more than 1 million of whom have ties to Pakistan.
Although other Olympics have taken place since 9/11 ? Salt Lake City, Athens, Turin, Beijing and Vancouver ? London poses a different breed of security challenge.
"I'm confident that there is more than adequate security here for these games," Louis Susman, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.K., told The Associated Press. "That said, we live in a tumultuous world, whether that be in New York or London."
Intelligence officials say there has been an expected increase in chatter among extremist groups but there are still no specific or credible threats to the London games. The terror level is labeled substantial, a notch below severe and what it has been for much of the past decade. A substantial threat level indicates that an attack is a strong possibility.
"There is a perception in some quarters that the terrorist threat to this country has evaporated," said Jonathan Evans, head of Britain's domestic spy agency of MI5. "Bin Laden is dead, al-Qaida's senior leadership in Pakistan is under serious pressure and there hasn't been a major terror attack here for seven years. (But) in back rooms and in cars and on the streets of this country, there is no shortage of individuals talking about wanting to mount terrorist attacks here."
The potential threats to the London games are broad and diverse ? a lone wolf attacker such as Norway's Anders Behring Breivik who confessed to killing 77 people; a possible non-Asian Muslim convert who could slip by security with a European passport; a coordinated strike like the Sept. 11 terror attacks or a debilitating cyber-attack.
Although al-Qaida has been weakened by targeted U.S. strikes, its affiliates in places like Somalia and Yemen have stepped up their activity and increased their capabilities. They've even been working on bombs that can go undetected in airport scans.
British security officials fear that dozens of nationals who went to train in Somalia and elsewhere could eventually return.
"Terrorist problems have a long tail," said Evans. "They very rarely just stop."
Up to 1 million visitors are expected for the games, putting added strain on border security agents at airports like London's Heathrow, which has been criticized for its long lines and lack of staff to screen those arriving from other countries.
On site, some 300,000 people are expected to flow into Olympic Park in east London each day during peak times.
One of the key functions for Interpol, the international police organization, will be to speed intelligence data sharing between countries so threats can be deterred. U.K. officials scan Interpol data 130 million times per year, Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble told the AP during an exclusive interview at the agency's Lyon headquarters.
"The truth is, and we know this from Norway, that you can't identify one ethnic group and say that's the ethnic group that should only concern us," Noble said. "But this Olympics ? from all that I know and based on all the information that Interpol has ? should be a safe Olympics."
Shared intelligence, better technology and boosted resources have allowed security officials to crack organized plots before they happen but the possibility of a self-starter extremist who operates below the radar remains one of the biggest fears.
In the case of Breivik, there were few warning signals that the self-styled anti-Muslim fanatic was about to kill 77 people last summer. The same essentially was true for Mohamed Merah, a Frenchman of Algerian descent who in March killed three paratroopers, a rabbi and three Jewish school children in southwest France.
Security officials say unless people are already known to authorities, they can go virtually undetected as they plan atrocities.
The overall security numbers are staggering. The games will be protected by some 12,000 police officers during peak times and 23,700 security staff ? a number that includes some 13,500 troops on standby, which is more than the 9,500 British troops currently in Afghanistan. A no-fly zone will also be established over Olympic venues from July 14 to August 15.
More than 100,000 people have applied for jobs at Olympics venues, being vetted for employment history and possible criminal backgrounds. The more rigorous checks are done by the government for accreditation to get into the games, according to Ian Horseman Sewell with G4S, a global company providing most of the training and security staff for the Olympics.
Still, Sewell admits London is different than past games.
"London is a proven terrorist target and it is the first time the summer Olympics have been operated in a post 7/7 environment in a place that isn't a totalitarian state," Sewell said, referring to the 2005 suicide bombings in London and the 2008 Beijing games. "From a security perspective, London is breaking new ground."
G4S will also help secure venues outside of the park and protect athletes.
Some specific teams from places like Belarus, Belgium, New Zealand and Vietnam will be training in northern France to keep costs down ? a move that prompted a joint Franco-British security exercise earlier this year.
Protecting athletes has been a concern since a terror attack at the 1972 Olympics in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.
"Israeli athletes will be staying away from the others in a more secluded area and with more security," a senior Israeli intelligence official told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of his job. "But a repetition of what happened in Munich is considered unlikely because Israel is ready and also because it isn't the kind of attack Palestinians would want now."
Technology has also advanced from past games.
Special Israeli surveillance technology has been rolled out for the Olympics across Britain, a country already known for its 4 million closed-circuit television cameras. Even more cameras have been installed at the Olympic Park.
Advanced facial and image recognition software will be used to identify suspects and connect multiple crime scenes. Cameras will be used to capture suspicious behavior. And special drones will be used for crowd surveillance, according to a salesman at an Israeli company who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
And remember the movie "Speed" where a bomb would allegedly go off if a bus went slower than 50 mph (80 kph)? Hundreds of public transport vehicles and VIP buses being used in the London games have already been equipped so authorities can tell if a driver is acting erratically ? something that might happen in a hijacking.
Authorities will also be able to stop a vehicle remotely or keep it going at a certain speed ? technology that could be useful if a terrorist were carrying explosives and threatening to crash a bus full of athletes into a crowded venue.
The British military has already made headlines with the weapons it will have available ? surface-to-air missiles, RAF Typhoon combat aircraft and an aircraft carrier docked on the Thames, the river that cuts across London close to several Olympic sites.
Security officials had worried that Irish dissidents could target the games, but those fears have dissipated.
Despite the U.S.-U.K. collaboration, there will still be differences in how the London Olympics is policed. Most of the security personnel will be unarmed ? a striking difference to operations in the United States.
Adding to security issues, leaders from around the world will want to visit during the Olympics. The American delegation will be led by first lady Michelle Obama while President Barack Obama focuses on his re-election campaign.
"I've not heard any American who has said they were concerned about security here," said Susman, the ambassador. "London has made an effort to showcase London for the world and I think it's going to be terrific."
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Ian Deitch contributed to this story from Jerusalem and Nicholas McAnally from Paris.
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? For tourists struck by the summer heat in the nation's capital, a quilt might be the farthest thing from their minds. But thanks to the NAMES Project Foundation, one quilt in particular is stealing the show at the national Mall.
To mark its 25th anniversary, the AIDS Memorial Quilt has returned to Washington as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It's the quilt's first appearance on the Mall since 1996. Each of the 8,000 panels of the quilt on display for the festival memorializes a man or woman who died battling HIV/AIDS.
When the quilt was here 16 years ago, the entire thing stretched across the Mall. At 1.3 million square feet, organizers say today's quilt is too large to be displayed in full.
Most of the panels sent in come from friends, family or loved ones of those who died of HIV/AIDS. At the onset of the project in 1987, organizers believed the disease would be cured and the squares would be taken apart and sent back within five years, said Julie Rhoad, NAMES Project Foundation executive director.
Rhoad said the foundation has made a lot of progress in 25 years towards educating the public, but there still is not a cure.
"I think that we've come a long way," Rhoad said, "but the question is: 'Do we settle on where we are right now?'"
Almost 35,000 people were diagnosed with AIDS in 2009, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though medication exists to slow HIV from becoming AIDS, the agency says these treatments must be taken daily for the rest of the patient's life.
"The least among us don't have access to quality care," Rhoad said.
At the opening ceremony for the festival held Wednesday, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., said the AIDS Memorial Quilt symbolizes a need for people "to learn to live together."
"The AIDS Quilt is saying we all live in the same house, the American house, the world house," Lewis said. "We can never, ever leave this house, so together we must build a world community that is free from disease and is finally at peace with itself."
For those unable to get to the Mall to see the quilt in person, researchers from the University of Southern California created a website for the Names Project Foundation that launched at the festival Wednesday.
Organized alphabetically by first name, it allows users to see blocks dedicated to specific people, their name, city, date of birth and date of death if that information is available, and the block's location among those laid out on the mall. Users can also post stories and comments alongside squares of the quilt displayed online. Those at the event can use it to locate specific panels laid out on the mall.
The standard size of a panel is 6 feet-by-3 feet. Eight panels make up one block, and on the Mall, four blocks were cable-tied together to form what they refer to as a patch, with an area of about 576 square feet, bigger than some D.C. studio apartments.
Many of the panels on the Mall indicate birth and death dates of the people they memorialize.
Festival visitor Nancy Bard of Seaford, Del., was surprised to see that she was born in the same year as many of those who had passed away.
Since the first cases of AIDS appeared in the United States more than 600,000 people diagnosed with the disease have died, according to the CDC.
"I think people have put their heart and soul into this," Bard said, "and I'm surprised. As I see them, you know it hits home how many people have and are dying from AIDS."
Kelly Rivera Hart, a volunteer for the NAMES Project Foundation from San Francisco, contributed a panel this year in honor of his friend, Rick Flener, who succumbed to AIDS in 2002.
The panel for Flener is a blue rectangle with a disco ball in the left-hand corner made from shiny fabric Hart found in the Haight-Ashbury district. Clear letters written on the panel spell out one of Flener's favorite jokes and qualities that friends and family remember about him: "his sweet smile," ''his warm friendship" and "silliness."
Hart became involved with HIV/AIDS activism when he received his diagnosis in 1992. He said finding out he had HIV woke him up.
"I thought, you know, I need to be doing something with my life," Hart said.
After his diagnosis, Hart began taking medication to treat the disease, which he said gave him nerve damage, forcing him to give up running and going out dancing four nights a week.
But Hart remains optimistic.
"Things slow me down," Hart said, "I'm not letting them stop me."
The Folklife Festival also contains an exhibit called "Citified" that displays art from southeast Washington D.C. and one called "Campus and Community," celebrating colleges established by land grants in 1862. Those exhibits and the AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibit will run from June 27 to July 1 and July 4-8.
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AIDS Quilt website: http://www.aidsquilttouch.org
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The Aphorics
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The setting is quite modern, set about two-hundred years in the future.
I would really like to try my hand in. The concept is this: Two assassins in the
modern/fururistic age who work for separate rivalling factions that compete
for the dominacy for the ultimate 'order.' These bounty-hunter organizations
train and send out their best killers to take out corporate and political targets.
The setting is quite modern, set about two-hundred years in the future.
The Aphorics
The world has changed , despite little advancement in technology. The great countries are no longer controlled by the government, they failed about
seventy years ago after WWII. Instead, the world is stabilized by massive corporations and companies that dictate everything; military, health-care, etc.
They are referred to as Aphorics. Seventy-five perfect of the world is under control of Aphorics. Those who claim themselves independent nations and
still practice democracy or any other form of government are viewed as anti-aphorism countries. They are condemned as traitors and rebels and are at
constant war with Aphoric power.
There are eleven Aphoric entities in the world, each who operate their headquarters in one region in the world and control other branching companies
across the globe.These eleven Aphorics rule the world in a secret council of eleven individuals. Outwardly, and towards each-other, they are a unified power.
The entities are as followed:
Saikou Engineering. [Technology, Japan.]
The E.B.K (En Bekymmer Kare). [Healthcare, Switzerland.]
GPCOR (Global Power Corporation) Utilities. [Electricity & Water, Canada.]
Legion. [Military, Israel.]
LUNAR [Space Exploration, Unified Sates (formerly U.S.A)]
T.W.P.O (The World Preservation Order) [Environment & Waste, France.]
Gaia [Agriculture & Exports, Brazil]
The R.R.R (Revolution Research Russia) [Scientific Research, Russia.]
Dogma [Public Education, Germany.]
Aid [Global Social Services, U.K]
GOMM [Global Moderation of Entertainment and Media, China.]
These entities control all other lesser corporations. For instance, Saikou Engineering controls all the technology, production, trade, distribution, and
profit of any other business that deal with (for example) car manufacturers, cell-phone companies, and computer-software. They also deal with the more
extraordinary, such as robotics. The E.B.K controls all the hospitals, pharmacies, global aids, and research. The Leigon is the world's military force, comprised
for the former world's top forces. LUNAR controls anything to do outside the globe, and they have an operating base on the moon. T.W.P.O controls the
state of the environment and the thousands of Waste Management Centres spread out through the world. GPCOR controls any and all forms of power, and
the companies that provide it to the citizens of nations; they use only the most eco-friendly methods. Gaia controls any and everything to do with the production,
and trade of food & livestock, restaurants and food retailers, etc.The R.R.R controls many things: universal Scientology of any kind.The Dogma controls
all schools, colleges, universities, and what people are allowed to be subjected to through education. AIDis the world's global social services and protects what
it can for human rights and safety. GOMM controls all and any form of entertainment, television, music, books, media, etc.
The Nocrosis
The Aphorics are constantly conflicting with each-other and CONSTANTLY competing to to get their way, in every aspect, but they all rely on eachother to exist,
therefore the termination of any is never a valid comprise. Instead, they rely on organizations that are not affiliated with any power, but are permitted to exist.
These organizations train elite agents to perform espionage & assassinations -they are known as the Nocrosis, and there are hundreds of them spread out across
the world.
All Nocrosis powers are secretive and highly elusive, that is why corporations use them. Their work is generally untraceable and cannot be linked to an individual
or employer. For example, if a lesser company working under the R.R.R happened upon a new drug they desired to sell to the E.B.K, and the E.B.K desired the
potential profit of the drug, but the drug's production conflicted with AID's ideals, a company working for the R.R.R need only hire a Nocrosis to terminate the
opposing factor.Only conflicts on a tremendously large scale ever catch the attention of the Council, however, therefore small scale assassinations never
damage an actual entity as a whole. Rarely. Necrosis deal with other things, as well, such as anti-Aphoric rebels and their politicians, and gang-leaders, etc.
There are two main Nocrosis organizations, Quietus, Oblivion. They are rivalling assassin orders that compete for the favour and profit of employers
across the globe. My character would be from Quietus, and your's from Oblivion. You will be given free reign and on the creation, origins, and operations
of your Order. If you have read this far, thank you.
The Society
Society has changed DRASTICALLY and many new laws have been implemented. For instance, to control the threat of over-population, only married couples are
permitted to copulate and produce -one- child all their life. Offenders are prisoned if convicted. Secondary children are taken by a force known as 'The Requisition.'
The Requisition take multi-offspring and sell them to the military or a Nocrosis; it acts as a strict orphange, school, and training-camp until children come to the
age of 12 for distribution. Agents of a Nocrosis are only ever children taken and raised by The Requisition.
People are once again separated by class. There are four: Elites, Delegates, Artisans, and Vassals. Elites are owners, partners or executives (and their families) of
companies who work underneath an Aphoric. Delegates are those (and their families) who work for Elites or run small businesses that are allied with corporations.
People are not allowed to own private businesses. Artisans are the workers and the backbone of society. Vassals are the poorest of the poor or people unable
to work. Those who can work are taken by the Requisition and sold to Elites as cooks, maids, etc. Homelessness and poverty only exists in anti-aphorism countries.
The Aphorics also view handicaps and impairments as a dangerous threat to the longevity of the human race: if they are born as Elites or Delegates, they are funded
by the E.B.K to be rid of their afflictions. Artisans must pay to have their children checked as 'sound,' and if not, pay to fix their problems, or have them taken away
by the Requisition. Vassals must receive permission by AID to copulate; if they produce weak offspring, the children are taken by the Requisition. In most
circumstances, they are destroyed.
Society has become VERY eco-friendly. Committing any atrocities against nature (such as littering) is a grave offence and punishable by the Requisition. All cities and
towns function under a circular waste-economy and closed-loop concept that revolves around recycling and re-using. Education is available to ALL social Classes, but t
hey are separated by class. There are many other factions as well, such as mafia and gangs that hold the fa?ade of allies of the Aphorics, but secretly deal out drugs,
alcohol, pornography, prostitutes, bars, strip-clubs, etc ( all of which are illegal unless registered under AID). There are also black markets and underground rebel groups
that live in Aphoric nations.
The Requisition
All societies and corporations need a strong and formal law system. The Requisition is a separate and independent force that enforcers all and ever law underneath the
rule of the Aphorics. They oversee taxation, crime, and control a new system of laws and rights. Every Elite, Delegate, and Artisan is obligated to follow their laws, and
they control the lives of Vassals. Depending on social status, a citizen is eligible for levels of 'Service,' which include their health-care, protection, employment, etc. They
pay a certain amount of their wages and heavy tax depending on what package of 'Services' they desire. Vassals are not eligible for this. The Requisition moderates and
controls public behaviour through secret police forces. Magistres appointed by Aphorics speak on behalf of their authority in each city.
Our Story
By now, you should have a clear idea of what sort of world we live in. It is a controlled in every aspect, but we assassins of a Nocrosis - free from law and free from the
Aphroics. We follow a different order, and that is the order of our families. The plot will be centered around two assassins (a man and a woman) who will be ordered
to kill each-other. They are the top killers of Oblivion and Quietus, and can no longer compete. However, the twist is, they know each-other in their alter-life: the life
they pose in society when they aren't on the job. Overtime, they may even be hunted by their own people...
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S. Africa cloned skin recipient to leave hospital
Burn survivor, Isabella "Pippie" Kruger is comforted by her mother Anice, as she recovers from surgery after undergoing a skin transplant operation two weeks ago in Johannesburg, Tuesday June 26, 2012. Kruger became the recipient of pioneering surgery when her burnt skin was layered with cloned skin grown from her own cells in a US laboratory. It was the first operation of it's kind in South Africa. Kruger suffered 3rd degree burns to 80 per cent of her body on New Year's eve when a gel firelighter exploded while her father was preparing a barbecue. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Burn survivor, Isabella "Pippie" Kruger is comforted by her mother Anice, as she recovers from surgery after undergoing a skin transplant operation two weeks ago in Johannesburg, Tuesday June 26, 2012. Kruger became the recipient of pioneering surgery when her burnt skin was layered with cloned skin grown from her own cells in a US laboratory. It was the first operation of it's kind in South Africa. Kruger suffered 3rd degree burns to 80 per cent of her body on New Year's eve when a gel firelighter exploded while her father was preparing a barbecue. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? Bedtime for 3-year-old Isabella Kruger now includes a bottle and a massage. This ritual has become possible again as the toddler recovers from surgery that transplanted cloned skin onto her body after 80 percent of it suffered burns in a backyard accident.
On Tuesday, Isabella, better known as Pippie, was fed her bottle by her mother Anice Kruger. Pippie is now fully awake and no longer reliant on feeding tubes after being kept under complete sedation for more than a week to ensure she kept still and did not tear her fragile new skin.
Doctors allowed an Associated Press team into Pippie's room in a Johannesburg hospital on Tuesday, another sign that the toddler is getting better.
"She is doing really, really well," her mother said.
Earlier this month, Pippie received 30 to 40 grafts of skin which had been cloned in a laboratory in Boston using a sample of her own skin and mouse cells as a scaffold.
Since the operation, Pippie has started to eat baby and mashed food and even some chicken.
The surgeon who attached her skin, Dr. Ridwan Mia, says it is crucial that she is well-nourished in the weeks to come.
"Her body is building muscle, recovering, healing wounds, healing the grafts. We want her to be nice and strong," Mia said.
For her mother, Pippie's recovery is nothing short of a miracle.
She remembers with clarity the moments after a bottle of fire-accelerating gel exploded during a family barbecue, leaving her little girl with severe burns.
"It literally looked like she was boiling. Her skin was just falling off," Kruger said.
Burn victims rarely survive such severe injuries. But Pippie was a fighter.
In the months that followed, Pippie survived multiple cardiac arrests and organ failure before undergoing the skin transplant.
Mia, the surgeon, said that the skin on her legs, head and arms has taken "quite well" while the skin on her chest remains "very fragile".
He said the child is likely to be discharged "towards the end of next week." Still, after that, Pippie will have to undergo daily physiotherapy.
"There is a lot of loss of muscle bulk and strength, which is something she has to work on. It is almost like a baby that needs to gain tone and muscle," Mia said.
Another aspect of her rehabilitation will be psychological counseling.
Pippie's mother is aware that recovery will take a long time, but she is optimistic.
"The thing I'm looking forward most is just to feel her arms around my neck again. Just to get a hug," she said.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Today on New Scientist: 26 June 2012
Security tokens busted in a matter of minutes
Users who log in with USB-equipped security tokens could be vulnerable to attack
Evolution could generate new semiconducting structures
The proteins that help sponges generate their silica skeletons have been harnessed to form new semiconducting structures
Genes reveal grain of truth to Queen of Sheba story
About 3000 years ago, there was an influx of genes from the near East into Ethiopia - around the same time the African Queen of Sheba purportedly met King Solomon
Gridlock escape system pioneered by Ford
Paul Marks test-drives Traffic Jam Assist, the latest car-automation technology from Ford
Advice for Earthlings
A tenant's manual to inhabiting Earth, plus the physics behind magicians' tricks
Lonesome George dies but his subspecies genes survive
The last Pinta Island tortoise, rarest animal in the world and Gal?pagos icon, has died - but genes remain
Prime locations for life in our solar system
The Kepler space telescope has identified planets in other star systems that might host life. But could simple life have arisen on our galactic doorstep?
Baby's birth captured in MRI movie for the first time
Watch the first video that documents labour and delivery using a recently developed imaging technique
Virtually whack it with a responsive tennis racket
A game controller that can twist, deflect and vibrate could bring a new level of realism to video-game tennis by simulating the impact of a ball
Charisma class: How to win fans and influence people
Either you've got it or you ain't? Not any more: psychologists have distilled the key ingredients of charisma and turned it into a skill you can learn
Swine flu pandemic killed 15 times more than thought
The 2009 flu pandemic is often described as lacking a killer edge - but a new estimate suggests the virus may have taken more than 575,000 lives
Bot with boyish personality wins biggest Turing test
The largest Turing test ever performed was won by a bot pretending to be a 13-year-old boy
Banking outage gives tiny glimpse of cybergeddon
The five-day banking brownout in the UK is tiny compared to the scenarios some cybersecurity experts fear
Agent Higgs game turns real particle hunt on its head
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Spain's crisis turns families into squatters
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Tony Cortes, who has been out of work for almost three years, and his partner Ana Valderrama have occupied an empty home in Terrassa, Spain, with their young daughters Jennifer and Ariadna.
By F. Brinley Bruton, msnbc.com
TERRASSA, Spain -- Ana Valderrama and Tony Cortes do not look like squatters.
The?suburban apartment they've illegally occupied since December is free of clutter.?Its stone floors shine while two?poster-sized pictures of daughters Jennifer, seven, and Ariadna, 11, hang on gleaming white walls.
Twelve months ago, life was very different.
Valderrama, 36, and Cortes, 38, had both been out of work for more than two years.?Unable to maintain payments on their 102,000-euro (around $128,000 at today?s exchange rates) mortgage, the couple?lost their home in this commuter town about 12 miles north of Barcelona.
"I was very depressed when I realized I may be on the street with my two girls," Cortes told msnbc.com.?"It?s a depression the whole family feels, a sort of Chinese torture."
Desperate to ensure they had a roof over their head, Valderrama, Cortes and 10 other families took possession of an empty apartment building. But life is still precarious. The family of four?now lives on 641 euros ($800)?a month in public assistance and they could face eviction at any time.
Destitution
While sophisticated and fun-loving Barcelona serves as the country's showcase to the world, Terrassa is?among the?many towns hiding Spain's shame: Despite boasting Europe's fourth-largest economy, hundreds of thousands have been forced into destitution by the country's?housing crash.
Photos: Faces of Spain's economic crisis
Many Spaniards?now exist on the margins of a society that just a few years ago promised them easy access to cars, holiday homes, trips abroad and regular tickets to professional?soccer games.
The crisis?was born out of?a mighty housing and construction bubble that saw house prices triple between 1995 and 2007. They've?fallen by at least a quarter since then.
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About one out of every four people in Spain is without a job, according to government statistics. However,?the large so-called "gray economy" mitigates the effects of unemployment, the IMF says.
In 2010, court evictions hit 100,000 ? four times the total?in 2007. About 200 homes are repossessed every day?across Spain, according to the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) campaign group.
These repossessions continue despite a voluntary ethical code signed by many?banks that is intended to delay evictions by two years in cases of families with no income.?Still, an estimated 20 percent of the country?s unoccupied homes are now owned by banks, The Economist reported.
You don?t have to look very far to see the toll the crash has taken on people who have worked all their lives. ?
Before the crisis Juan Antonio Pache, 67, did not think of himself as poor.
His construction business once employed nine people. He borrowed money to build a house on land he already owned, and a few years later he borrowed more to extend it.
Xavier Cervera / Panos for msnbc.com
Juan Antonio Pache, 67, who lost a construction business that once boasted nine employees, is now receiving help from Catholic organization Caritas.
Pache's company thrived, he said, until 2007 when he noticed a fall-off in new business. By April 2008, income had decreased "vertically," he said.
"I made proposals, proposals and proposals but no projects came," he said. He fell behind on payments to Spain's equivalent of Social Security. Soon he could not afford his mortgage payments of around 3,000 euros a month.
Now the bank has seized?his house and land. He has lost his business and lives with his son in Sabadell, a city northwest of Barcelona.? ?
He doesn't receive a state pension, and his wife has moved in with family in another town.?
"All I've done is work. I've worked day and night on the highways. And after so much work I have no house and no pension," he said, standing very straight. "I don't know what kind of country this is."
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With banks in a fierce competition for new customers and mortgages easy to come by, some borrowers doubtless took on too much debt during the boom years. But even as the crisis hit, politicians assured the public that all would be well.
In 2008, former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero declared that Spain had "perhaps the most solid financial system in the world."
Infant malnutrition
The fact the crisis is taking a toll in a relatively wealthy part of Spain surprises those who work with the most vulnerable.
"We have noticed a huge increase in people asking for food assistance ? around three times more than a year ago," said Ester Soto, a manager at Terrassa's Red Cross homeless shelter.
Xavier Cervera / Panos for msnbc.com
Aida Abello and Ester Soto work at a Red Cross homeless shelter in Terrassa, Spain.
Fraying family networks and swinging cuts in social programs, as well as the worsening crisis, are the likely reasons for this growth, she said.
More startlingly, the Red Cross is also seeing evidence of infant malnutrition for the first time in decades, Soto added.
"And this is not a poor town," she said.
Spain's financial plight has taken center stage for European Union leaders who are tackling long-term plans for closer fiscal and banking union in a bid to strengthen the euro's foundations, after bailouts for Greece, Ireland and Portugal failed to end a 2-1/2-year old debt crisis.
On June 9, the European Union stepped in with the promise of a bank-bailout plan of up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) and Spain formally requested the rescue on Monday. The original announcement failed to calm nerves as investors worried that it might not be enough and a wholesale bailout of Spain could be in the offing.
Spain to seek bailout; up to $125 billion on table
Paul De Grauwe, a prominent economist and professor at the London School of Economics, said that not only would the bailout announced in early June probably be inadequate, it was unlikely that European Union?s response would help ease the suffering of millions of Spaniards.
He also said the European Union's decision-making process, which is propelled by economic powerhouse Germany, is deeply undemocratic.
"Today it is a German politician who decides about Spain," he said. "They couldn?t care less about the Spanish unemployed. They will only care about unemployment if it is German unemployment. They will only care about youth unemployment if it is German youth unemployment."
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'I want to work'
Spanish youth unemployment stands at 50 percent, the highest in Europe. Such statistics are a fact of life for university student Marisol Martin.
"I want to work, have money, be independent and have my own place," the 19-year-old said. "I go on the Internet, send out resumes and resumes but nothing."
The only opportunities for people like her, she said, are unpaid work experience positions or poorly paid jobs in bars or restaurants.
So she is taking English classes and hopes to one day leave Spain.
Xavier Cervera / Panos for msnbc.com
Marisol Martin, right, has been encouraged by her father to leave Spain. Her friend Laia Moreno also has little optimism about the future in her homeland.
"My dad?s told me and my sister that what I have to do is get out and go to England," she said.
Martin's friend Laia Moreno, 18, lives with her mother. "I would like to have my own place and my own life," she said.
"I wanted to be a teacher," she adds. But for now, that dream has died and she's trying to get a driver's license so she can deliver pizzas.
'I had to sell everything'
Life isn't much better for many immigrants, with the unemployment in these communities hovering at around 35 percent. ?
Wilson Lopez left Ecuador more a decade ago in search of a better life for his wife and son. Nine years ago, he took on a mortgage of 109,000 euros, on which his wife Isabel and he made interest-only payments, Lopez said.
"I paid my mortgage loyally for nine years," the 63-year-old native of Guayaquil said during a protest organized by the PAH in Barcelona.
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In 2010, Lopez lost his job as a security guard in a local hotel.
"I had to sell everything ? my wife's jewelry, our television, clothes ? everything," he said.
Lopez would like to hand over the apartment's keys to the bank and have done with it, he said. But he can't because most homeowners in Spain can be pursued for mortgage debt even after their properties have been repossessed.
Xavier Cervera / Panos for msnbc.com
Wilson Lopez, 63, is originally from Ecuador.
Instead, Lopez felt forced to extend the loan for another 40 years. He pointed out wryly that he will be over 100 when it runs its course.
"The government works for the banks but it does not help the people," he said.
This sort of disillusionment has grown as people impacted by the crisis watch the government bailing out banks while imposing widespread cuts to public services.
Amid this backdrop, the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) has sprouted branches throughout the country.
In the last six months, PAH has suspended or delayed dozens of evictions by protesting outside foreclosed homes and helping people negotiate with their banks. Their highly public campaign has fed a wave of defiance and forced the government to promise relief for borrowers.
But the organization is not "superman," warned PAH organizer Guillem Domingo.
"This country?s politicians need to step-up, be courageous," he said.
Spanish bailout may prove to be stopgap measure
Spain's "indignados" or M-15, which helped spark the global "Occupy" movement, is also flexing its muscles. While huge public protests have largely died down, the group, along with the PAH, has seen an opportunity in the country's estimated one million empty homes for the growing number of homeless.
And on June 15, activists filed a case against the former management of one of the largest lenders Bankia, whose partial nationalization helped push Spain to seek the EU bailout.
The mass movement has helped raise tens of thousands of euros via crowdsourcing to bring a case against the bank.?
Ghost towns tell the story of Ireland's faded dream
The apartment illegally occupied by Cortes and Valderrama?is owned by CatalunyaCaixa, a regional bank. The unofficial residents' offers to pay rent to the bank have so far gone unanswered, PAH organizer Domingo said.
CatalunyaCaixa did not respond to a request for information or comment on their plans for the apartment building.
Still, defying the powers-that-be has energized Valderrama and Cortes.
"Every day that passes I feel stronger," Valderrama said. "I have gone through so much, and every time you do you become more powerful."
"I lost my shame many years ago," Cortes added and smiled.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Posted by viking12 on Jun 25, 2012 in UncategorizedMobility aids are integral to helping our ageing population keep mobile letting them age in effect. Yet, they can ignorantly create questions of safety with unintentional implications. Careful selections, quality and understanding the devices intended use is crucial to stopping wounds. Splinters are the most typical fall injury linked with hikers and canes. Folk are 7 times more probable to get injured in a fall with a hiker verses a cane.
They are rather wanted to provide pro and emotional care for them. When you select a carer, it is really essential to select somebody with some good qualities. You want to have a look for someone that is born with some good qualities to be sure that she is wonderfully fit to take care of them. There are really some qualities that even the best carer coaching can't teach. The advantages to the elder include getting the right care earlier, preservation of autonomy for so long as possible the facility to age with grace, and the safety of realizing that you've got an advocate devoted to maximising standard of life. There are 3 principal goals of the Life Care Plan that we're going to help you develop and implement : First, helping you and your much loved one get good care, whether your care is provided at home or outside of the normal home setting like a controlled living facility, or when necessary, a retirement home. The Life Care Plan connects your worries about long term care as you go thru the later stages of your life with the information and experience of an Elder Law lawyer and an Elder Care Coordinator who will be with you and your family each stage along the way to help you in making the right selections. This is the most vital of all goals, for it is going to the heart of your standard of life in your later years. Don?t cause them into doing this, but inspire on them how critical it might be to help them escape bad injury should they fall. Once you've gone thru this exercise with them, you'll be wanting to work with them on what to do when they are on the ground. Show them the simple way to roll onto their hands in order that they may be able to crawl to a phone to call for help. Not merely will this help your elder in understanding the best way to get to the telephone, nonetheless it will help them in understanding the correct way to help themselves in opposition to panicking when they fall. Carers do have foreboding and depression.
Some resent the responsibility, but then feel guilt over the antagonism. Some companies are friendly toward adult custodians of aged folks, but some staff have not progressed to that point yet. You may be missing time from work, just as you do when you have to remain home because a kid is sick. Naturally, you wish to be a responsible adult kid, and since you like your mom and pop, you would really like to ensure they're well treated.
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Cancer survivor allowed topless swimming at public pools
Unlike other women, 47-year-old Jodi Jaecks can now swim topless in Seattle?s public pools, thanks to a narrow exception granted by the Seattle Parks & Recreation.
Jaecks, a woman who survived a double mastectomy, was at first denied consent earlier this year to swim topless by personnel at Seattle's Medgar Evers pool.
But, Jaecks argued that she doctors had removed both of her breasts last year to treat cancer, and that wearing a bathing suit covering her chest caused her intense pain.
After winning approval to swim topless in public swimming pools, Jaecks said she would not opt for reconstructive surgery to have breasts.
Speaking on the topic, she said, "I don't see a need to fake having breasts. My ultimate goal is to change policy at beaches and pools, to increase people's awareness of cancer and the realities of the human condition.?
She also revealed that she detected the disease in a self breast examination. She said when she detected a lump in her right breast; she was felt like it was cancer. A diagnosis confirmed the disease.
Jaecks finished chemotherapy in November last year and is now completely cancer-free.
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Dangers Associated With the Oil and Gas Industry
The people who work in the oil & gas industry face many dangerous conditions every day. There are many aspects of this industry which can cause employees to get injured while working.
Aspects such as transportation, drilling, storage refining etc are dangerous since oil and gas are flammable in nature. In case the oil or the gas spills, it is very dangerous and a worker may lose his or her life. The risks, in this event, can make workers to be physically handicapped or even face severe trauma.
If you are a victim of such injuries, you have legal rights to seek compensation from the company. This will help you pay your medical bills along with other expenses while you get treatment. An experienced lawyer can help you and ensure that you fill all the procedures needed in the workers compensation?s claim process, and you must make sure that you do everything to maximize the chances of securing your benefits. And before you seek employment in this industry, you should know about the possible dangers.
Types of dangers associated with the oil & gas industry
There are many types of accidents that are associated with the industry, and some of the common accidents that a worker can experience include tanker accidents, hydrocarbon leaks and spills, pipeline explosions, gaseous blowouts of hydrocarbon, and accidents associated with high pressure.
These types of incidents can greatly alter the physical appearance of a worker. Thus, it is necessary to have insurance. Having an insurance policy will help you in time of need.
There are some injuries that severely alter the life of the injured worker and some can be very serious and may even leave them incapable to work for their remaining lives. In case of such situations, the oil and gas company has to compensate you and also pay for the hospital bills. There is a workers? protection act that will help you if the company refuses to compensate you.
Although nowadays there are modern technologies which minimize the occurrence of incidents but these incidents still happen. Most oil and gas companies have improved their transportation systems and pipelines to minimize these uncertainties.
Though they have succeeded to lessen the injuries yet they cannot completely eradicate accidents. The injured workers should perceive the available benefits which they should have to recover from accidents.
It is very important to know your rights. Just in case you meet an accident, you should be able to ask for compensation.
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NATO to meet on Syria-Turkey plane downing
NATO to meet on Syria-Turkey plane downing
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Map locates Latakia, Syria, near where a Turkish plane was shot down by Syria.
Map locates Latakia, Syria, near where a Turkish plane was shot down by Syria.
In this image made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is seen during an interview with the state-run TRT Television in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Davutoglu told State TV that Turkey would seek the meeting over article 4 of the NATO charter concerning Friday's incident. The article says member countries "will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened." Davutoglu said Sunday that the jet was downed in international airspace after it mistakenly entered Syria, but the plane was not on a spying mission.(AP Photo/Hakan Goktepe, Turkish Foreign Ministry, HO)
In this image made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, is seen talking to an advisor after an interview with the state-run TRT Television in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Davutoglu told State TV that Turkey would seek the meeting over article 4 of the NATO charter concerning Friday's incident. The article says member countries "will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened." Davutoglu said Sunday that the jet was downed in international airspace after it mistakenly entered Syria, but the plane was not on a spying mission.(AP Photo/Hakan Goktepe, Turkish Foreign Ministry, HO)
In this image made available by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, center, walks with advisors before an interview with the state-run TRT Television in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Davutoglu told State TV that Turkey would seek the meeting over article 4 of the NATO charter concerning Friday's incident. The article says member countries "will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened." Davutoglu said Sunday that the jet was downed in international airspace after it mistakenly entered Syria, but the plane was not on a spying mission.(AP Photo/Hakan Goktepe, Turkish Foreign Ministry, HO)
FILE - In this Sunday, June 10, 2012 file photo, a Syrian family walks in front of a destroyed military tank at the northern town of Ariha, on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria. As Syria's 15-month uprising has morphed from a popular call for reform into an armed insurgency, the country's civilians have paid a heavy price, watching their neighborhoods turn into battlegrounds and their friends and relatives die or disappear. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) ? A spokeswoman says NATO's governing body will meet Tuesday to discuss the Syrian downing of a Turkish plane.
Oana Lungescu says the North Atlantic Council will meet in Brussels to hear Turkey's complaint. Turkish officials say the jet was on a training flight Friday when it strayed into Syrian airspace, but was in international airspace when it was shot down.
The consultations will focus on article 4 of NATO's founding Washington Treaty.
Lungescu said Sunday that under the article, an ally can request consultations "whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened."
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Friday, June 22, 2012
How networking can help your career and your business | WiseWolf ...
Most us have now heard the message that networking is important. You will probably have been told that you need to do it when you are looking for a job or if you starting a new business. ?But networking can do much more for you than that.
Yes, networking is very important indeed if you are looking for work.
Yes, getting in touch with people you have met in the past, explaining what you have to offer and asking for their help, can bring new opportunities. Your contacts can offer advice about their experiences of job search, the sector they work in and they can introduce you to others so that your network expands. But remember networking is a two way conversation and if you want to receive, you must be prepared to give. You can be an attentive audience and listen with interest and attention to what they have to say. You can share your own knowledge of your own sector and your contacts in return. Make it an on-going conversation and you can turn them into ambassadors who will talk about you and connect you with new possibilities.
Networking is very helpful as well when you are in work ? it can provide an important boost to your career prospects.
You need to be visible in your organization for the widest range of promotion prospects to come your way. It is great that your immediate boss knows how good you are at your job and how far you want to go, but what about their boss? And what about influential people in other parts of the organization, will they think of you when they have a senior role to fill? If you know how to network well, you can use your networking skills to help raise your profile. If you are very lucky, getting to know senior people will help to find the right mentor for you.
Networking within the organization, will help to keep you informed about opportunities but also potential threats. You want to be one of the first people to know about up and coming changes and what they might mean for you.
Networking outside the organisation, for example, at event run by professional organizations, can help to keep you up to date with developments including market changes or new legislation. You will learn about new trends and what that might mean for your own personal development plans. If you are a senior manager, networking outside the organization could help you to find the right recruit for that vacancy you know is on the horizon.
If you run a business. networking will help you maintain relationships with existing customers and help you find new ones. You can build you own word of mouth publicity and, when you have established a relationship with new contacts,you can ask for referrals. You will learn as well about market trends, potential legal changes and perhaps new opportunities for partnership, Again you can create ambassadors who talk to others about you and connect you with the right prospects.
Lots of business networking organizations exist ? some free and some very expensive to join. They exist because generation after generation of business people have found that networking is a valuable way to support and expand their businesses.
To network well you need to understand the networking process and have the confidence to take an active.?I would be delighted if you would join my free teleseminar on 26th June at the link that follows to gain the networking skills you need for success.?http://confidentnetworkingwithwisewolf.eventbrite.co.uk/
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Multiple sclerosis patients have lower risk of cancer: research
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients appear to have a lower cancer risk, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health.
The study, published in the current issue of the journal Brain, is the first to investigate overall cancer risk in MS patients in North America.
"Because the immune system plays important roles in both cancer and MS, we wanted to know whether the risk of cancer is different for people with MS," says Elaine Kingwell, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral fellow in the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Brain Research Centre at UBC and VCH Research Institute. "Not only did MS patients have a lower overall cancer risk, the risk for colorectal cancer in particular was significantly lower."
The researchers compared the diagnoses of cancer in MS patients in British Columbia with those of the general population. While they found that MS patients have a lower risk in general for cancer ? and in particular for colorectal cancer ? they found that the risks for brain cancer and bladder cancer were slightly elevated (albeit not significantly). In patients with relapsing-onset MS, the risk for non-melanoma skin cancer was significantly greater.
Further studies will be needed to understand the reasons for this reduced overall cancer risk.
An unexpected finding was that for those who did develop cancer, tumour size tended to be larger at time of diagnosis. More work is needed to determine why some tumours might be caught later in people with MS.
"Because the symptoms of MS can be broad and include feelings of fatigue, it's possible the symptoms of cancer are being masked or overlooked," says Helen Tremlett, the study's senior author and an associate professor in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. She adds that, regardless of the findings, MS patients and their physicians are encouraged to follow cancer screening guidelines. Her team is planning a follow up study to determine whether death rates due to cancer are altered in MS patients.
Journal reference: Brain
Provided by University of British Columbia
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Happy Father's Day! Another reason why dads and hopeful dads should quit smoking now
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New research in the FASEB Journal shows that cigarette smoke damages DNA in the reproductive cells of fathers and these changes are inherited by the offspring
Bethesda, MDAs you decide what to get dad for Father's Day, you might want to consider what he gave you when you were conceived. If he smoked, your genes are likely damaged, and your odds for cancers and other diseases throughout your life could be increased. A new research report appearing online in the FASEB Journal, scientists show for the first time in humans that men who smoke before conception can damage the genetic information of their offspring. These inherited changes in DNA could possibly render an offspring in the womb susceptible to later disease such as cancer. This provides evidence showing why men should be urged to stop smoking before trying to conceive in the same way women have been urged to quit. Interestingly, a fertile sperm cell takes about three months to fully develop; therefore men would ultimately need to quit smoking long before conception to avoid causing genetic problems.
"That smoking of fathers at the time around conception can lead to genetic changes in their children indicates that the deleterious effects of smoking can be transmitted through the father to the offspring," said Diana Anderson, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Bradford, in the United Kingdom. "These transmitted genetic changes may raise the risk of developing cancer in childhood, particularly leukemia and other genetic diseases. We hope that this knowledge will urge men to cease smoking before trying to conceive."
To make this discovery, Anderson and colleagues used DNA biomarkers to measure genetic changes in the paternal blood and semen around conception, as well as maternal and umbilical cord blood at delivery in families from two different European regions in central England and a Greek island. Information regarding the lifestyle, environmental and occupational exposures of these families was taken from validated questionnaires. The combined analysis of exposures and DNA biomarkers was used to evaluate the role of exposures before conception and during pregnancy in the causation of genetic changes in the offspring. These results have strong implications for the prevention of disease.
"This report shows that smoking is a germ cell mutagen. If dad uses cigarettes, his kids will be affected even before they are born," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of the FASEB Journal. "As Father's Day approaches, family members may want to give dads and prospective dads the help they need to quit smoking for good."
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Receive monthly highlights from the FASEB Journal by e-mail. Sign up at http://www.faseb.org/fjupdate.aspx. The FASEB Journal is published by the Federation of the American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and is the most cited biology journal worldwide according to the Institute for Scientific Information. In 2010, the journal was recognized by the Special Libraries Association as one of the top 100 most influential biomedical journals of the past century. FASEB is composed of 26 societies with more than 100,000 members, making it the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States. Celebrating 100 Years of Advancing the Life Sciences in 2012, FASEB is rededicating its efforts to advance health and well-being by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to our member societies and collaborative advocacy.
Details: Julian Laubenthal, Olga Zlobinskaya, Krzysztof Poterlowicz, Adolf Baumgartner, Michal R. Gdula, Eleni Fthenou, Maria Keramarou, Sarah J. Hepworth, Jos C. S. Kleinjans, Frederik-Jan van Schooten, Gunnar Brunborg, Roger W. Godschalk, Thomas E. Schmid, and Diana Anderson. Cigarette smoke-induced transgenerational alterations in genome stability in cord blood of human F1 offspring. FASEB J. doi: 10.1096/fj.11-201194 ; http://www.fasebj.org/content/early/2012/06/21/fj.11-201194.abstract
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New research in the FASEB Journal shows that cigarette smoke damages DNA in the reproductive cells of fathers and these changes are inherited by the offspring
Bethesda, MDAs you decide what to get dad for Father's Day, you might want to consider what he gave you when you were conceived. If he smoked, your genes are likely damaged, and your odds for cancers and other diseases throughout your life could be increased. A new research report appearing online in the FASEB Journal, scientists show for the first time in humans that men who smoke before conception can damage the genetic information of their offspring. These inherited changes in DNA could possibly render an offspring in the womb susceptible to later disease such as cancer. This provides evidence showing why men should be urged to stop smoking before trying to conceive in the same way women have been urged to quit. Interestingly, a fertile sperm cell takes about three months to fully develop; therefore men would ultimately need to quit smoking long before conception to avoid causing genetic problems.
"That smoking of fathers at the time around conception can lead to genetic changes in their children indicates that the deleterious effects of smoking can be transmitted through the father to the offspring," said Diana Anderson, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Bradford, in the United Kingdom. "These transmitted genetic changes may raise the risk of developing cancer in childhood, particularly leukemia and other genetic diseases. We hope that this knowledge will urge men to cease smoking before trying to conceive."
To make this discovery, Anderson and colleagues used DNA biomarkers to measure genetic changes in the paternal blood and semen around conception, as well as maternal and umbilical cord blood at delivery in families from two different European regions in central England and a Greek island. Information regarding the lifestyle, environmental and occupational exposures of these families was taken from validated questionnaires. The combined analysis of exposures and DNA biomarkers was used to evaluate the role of exposures before conception and during pregnancy in the causation of genetic changes in the offspring. These results have strong implications for the prevention of disease.
"This report shows that smoking is a germ cell mutagen. If dad uses cigarettes, his kids will be affected even before they are born," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of the FASEB Journal. "As Father's Day approaches, family members may want to give dads and prospective dads the help they need to quit smoking for good."
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Receive monthly highlights from the FASEB Journal by e-mail. Sign up at http://www.faseb.org/fjupdate.aspx. The FASEB Journal is published by the Federation of the American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and is the most cited biology journal worldwide according to the Institute for Scientific Information. In 2010, the journal was recognized by the Special Libraries Association as one of the top 100 most influential biomedical journals of the past century. FASEB is composed of 26 societies with more than 100,000 members, making it the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States. Celebrating 100 Years of Advancing the Life Sciences in 2012, FASEB is rededicating its efforts to advance health and well-being by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to our member societies and collaborative advocacy.
Details: Julian Laubenthal, Olga Zlobinskaya, Krzysztof Poterlowicz, Adolf Baumgartner, Michal R. Gdula, Eleni Fthenou, Maria Keramarou, Sarah J. Hepworth, Jos C. S. Kleinjans, Frederik-Jan van Schooten, Gunnar Brunborg, Roger W. Godschalk, Thomas E. Schmid, and Diana Anderson. Cigarette smoke-induced transgenerational alterations in genome stability in cord blood of human F1 offspring. FASEB J. doi: 10.1096/fj.11-201194 ; http://www.fasebj.org/content/early/2012/06/21/fj.11-201194.abstract
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