Jul 29, 2010
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Solar Trees Will Charge Your Car - Intelligent Travel Blog
Our bamboo-bike-loving intern Christine Wei, currently tweeting from Taiwan, noticed this story on Inhabitat about an ingenious design for future parking lots. It looks like an attractive way to shade your car from the intensity of the sun, but in fact the panels are harvesting solar rays, not just deflecting them. 
Climate data show global warming undeniable
A combination of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) images show September Arctic sea ice in 1979, the first year these data were available, and 2009 in this image from a report released on July 28, 2010. The areas of ice coverage range from 15 percent coverage (darker shades of medium blue) to complete coverage (lightest blue). The light circles over the pole indicate areas where there are no data from this satellite instrument. Dark blue is open ocean. September Arctic sea ice is one of the 10 key indicators of a warming planet. Melting glaciers, more humid air and eight other key indicators show that global warming is undeniable, scientists said on Wednesday, citing a new comprehensive review of the last decade of climate data. (Xinhua/Reuters)
Volume of Kindle book sales stuns Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Jul 29, 2010
Amazon's Jeff Bezos actually *gets* books and their value ...
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29 Jul 2010 - “Volume of Kindle book sales stuns Amazon's Jeff Bezos,” USA Today, July 29, 2010. To which I reply: Yes! And not just because I agree ...
YAHOO NEWS, Entertainment
- No charges filed in probe of other Jackson doctors (AP)
- Hollywood Foreign Press gives away $1.5 million (AP)
- CBS daytime show aims to be 'The Talk' of the town (AP)
- Is ABC Family's boss the right guy to run ABC? (AP)
- Kanye West performs for Facebook, joins Twitter (AP)
- National Archives reveals newly donated FDR papers (AP)
YAHOO NEWS, Top Stories
Jury of Rangel's House peers meets in ethics case (AP) Crews take step toward readying permanent well fix (AP) AP source: Intelligence nominee has smooth session (AP) Rain slows search for dead in Pakistan plane crash (AP) FBI director defends bureau over test cheating (AP
Jul 28, 2010
GREEK guerrilla group claims journalist's killing, Jul 12, 2010
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17373216 Cached
Greece objects to name and flag of Republic of Macedonia on grounds they imply territorialclaims to the Greek ... wing guerrilla group ... the killing of a teenager ...
Greece objects to name and flag of Republic of Macedonia on grounds they imply territorialclaims to the Greek ... wing guerrilla group ... the killing of a teenager ...
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Plane with 152 on board crashes in Pakistan - CNN.com
# NEW: 8 people have been found alive
# NEW: 25 bodies have been recovered
# Plane was flying in from Karachi to Islamabad
# Kassim was supposed to be on the flight but changed his mind at the last minute
# NEW: 25 bodies have been recovered
# Plane was flying in from Karachi to Islamabad
# Kassim was supposed to be on the flight but changed his mind at the last minute
Pacific neighbours back Fiji's self-appointed PM
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Men's Health
U.S. Marshals seize FastSize Extender devices and FastSize EQM Erectile Quality Monitor devices
At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals today seized $346,954.43 worth of FastSize Extender devices and FastSize EQM™ Erectile Quality Monitor devices, as well as component parts used in the manufacture of the FastSize Extender. The FastSize Extender and the FastSize EQM™ Erectile Quality Monitor are manufactured and distributed by FastSize, LLC of Aliso Viejo, Calif. [More]
Analyzing PSA level, not sufficient for treatment decisions: Report
A new report published in the July 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine claims many men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer undergo aggressive therapy, even when they have low PSA scores and low-risk disease, saying "these results underscore the fact that PSA level, the current biomarker, is not a sufficient basis for treatment decisions." [More]
Report shows most men with low PSA undergo aggressive therapy
Most men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer appear to under undergo aggressive therapy, even if they have a low prostate-specific antigen level and low-risk disease, according to a report in the July 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [More]
Study on treatment needs of prostate cancer patients with low level PSA
Controversy has long existed over the benefit of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test used to screen for the presence of prostate cancer, and there has been little study to document the risk profile of men who have a PSA level at or below what is considered 'normal.' New research published in the latest edition of Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 170, No. 14) by a team of investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), further explores this population. The findings show that most men with prostate cancer who tested below the normal PSA level and had low-risk disease nevertheless underwent aggressive treatment. CINJ is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. [More]
Gamma-tocotrienol suppresses colony formation of cancer stem cells: Research
Scientists from Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong have found that gamma-tocotrienol is potent in killing prostate cancer stem cells. This small group of cells is responsible for the initiation of prostate cancer and is resistant to conventional chemotherapy drugs. It causes relapses in the cancer by producing new chemo-resistant cancer cells. Gamma-tocotrienol is a member of the Vitamin E family and is derived naturally from palm oil. [More]
Cancer institute offers new tumor monitoring system for radiation therapy patients
A new system that utilizes a precise a GPS-like system to track prostate cancer tumors is now being offered to patients undergoing radiation therapy at Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute. The monitoring system, called Calypso, allows radiation beams to more precisely target the cancer as it gives real-time positioning information that allows the radiation beams to focus directly on the cancer. [More]
AIDS 2010 studies, releases: Criminalization, discrimination of high-risk groups; Test-and-treat; UNAIDS launches HIV prevention commission
The criminalization of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people in Asia is holding back efforts to contain HIV/AIDS in the region, according to a report presented Wednesday by the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) and Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health at the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, VOA News reports. The report "linked the criminalization of homosexual behavior to an increase in the infection rate of HIV and AIDS in Asia," the news service writes (Dewan, 7/21). [More]
Adult circumcision proposed for possible HIV prevention in gay men
Adult circumcision has been proposed as a possible HIV prevention strategy for gay men, but a new study by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference suggests it would have a very small effect on reducing HIV incidence in the United States. [More]
Report: Older gay, bisexual men enrolled in long-term study of HIV used illicit drugs infrequently
Most older gay and bisexual men enrolled in a long-term study of HIV used recreational drugs infrequently over a 10-year period, report University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers at the XVIII International AIDS Conference. [More]
Researchers block central pathway for prostate cancer progression
Prostate cancer advances when tumors become resistant to hormone therapy, which is the standard treatment for patients, and begin producing their own androgens. [More]
Vietnam rejects French officer's ashes request
Gen Bigeard was a veteran of WWII, French Indochina and Algeria
'Military junta' rules Zimbabwe, says MDC's Bennett
Mr Bennett said Mr Mugabe was being forced to continue as president by his generals
Spain faces bullfighting ban vote in Catalonia
BBC News - Passenger plane crashes in hills near Pakistan capital
Mist hampers plane rescue
A plane with more than 150 people on board has crashed in hills north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
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Jul 27, 2010
Malta's mash of civilisations
Mdina was used as the capital by the Knights of Malta. Photograph: Lino Arrigo Azzopardi/EPA
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