Friday, May 10, 2013

Non-Satirical Advice from 'The Onion' on How Not to Get Hacked Like 'The Onion'

The Onion has released a detailed account of how it believes the Syrian Electronic Army hacked into its extremely popular Twitter account the other day, providing a rare glimpse at the simple yet devious spear-phishing emails that can crack major media outlets ? and probably you. There are easy ways to avoid such open-and-click hacks?(even?The Onion has "tips"), but it's also pretty easy to see how?The Onion, which guards its nearly 5-million follower account tightly despite the occasional mess-up, could have fallen for the infected link. It all started with this email, sent to a few staffers on Monday before the @TheOnion takeover a few hours later:

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Here's what you can do to be smarter than the editors at?The Onion, even if they're still funnier than you:

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1. Quadruple-check the sender's email address.

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The first rule of not getting spear-phished ? after you understand what that even means ? is to check the full email address of a shady email. If the user name or URL look strange, don't click the link therein. If, say, a U.N. refugee agency isn't usually sending you Washington Post?stories about your day job, maybe think twice about it, too.?But it only takes one person to fall for the link and transform what seems like a simple email attack into a far more sophisticated one ? and "at least one Onion employee fell for this phase of the phishing attack," The Onion's tech team explains in their post from last night. (Employees at several other online news organizations, apparently, did not fall for it.)

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2. Check the links or attachments closely.

Even if step one seems easy, avoiding a hack takes a little more sleuthing. With that one compromised email account, the SEA hackers sent the same malicious link using a trusted address, which is where things started to fall apart:

Once the attackers had access to one Onion employee?s account, they used that account to send the same email to more Onion staff at about 2:30 AM on Monday, May 6. Coming from a trusted address, many staff members clicked the link, but most refrained from entering their login credentials.

As the Onion post explains, that supposed Washington Post link (DO NOT CLICK THIS) went to "http://hackedwordpresssite.com/theonion.php," which redirected to the less evil looking URL "http://googlecom.comeze.com/a/theonion.com/Service.Login?&passive=1209600&cpbps=1&continue=https://mail.google.com/mail/." Again, don't click them, but suffice it to say they don't have anything to do with a serious?Washington Post article. If you right-click a link to copy the URL into your browser bar ? rather than just clicking straight through ?? you can see where you'll end up. It's a good workaround to save yourself the redirect hell.

3. Never, ever enter your username and password

This is easier said than done. But even after getting you to click a link, the likes of the SEA hackers can only get access to, say, you're Twitter account if you're like the two Onion?staffers who clicked the link and then also entered their email addresses and passwords into what?looked?like a Google Accounts login box. Turns out one of the two had access to all The Onion's social media accounts. And the hack perpetuated from there. (Which also might be a reason not to save your important company-wide passwords in your Gmail account.)

The Onion's tell-all?also suggests that other Syrian Electronic Army hacks ??the AP, BBC Weather, 60 Minutes, and more ? went down by way of similar, simple means. In fact, many of the media hacking attacks over the last six months, such as?The?New York Times and?The?Wall Street Journal, were traced back to spear-phishing. It's pretty amateur stuff, but also pretty easy to fall for ? so a little paranoia goes a long way. So does a little humor.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/non-satirical-advice-onion-not-hacked-onion-133655131.html

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Slow Computer ? How to Fix it in Less Than a Hour | Computer and ...

I?ve got a very important question to ask you.?Is your computer working properly?? Now don?t just say yes, until you read this short article which will open your eyes to one or two things that you probably didn?t know about your own PC. Let me just state that what you are about to read is especially written for online business owners and for people who download a lot of software or freeware. So if you fit into any of these categories please read on. You already know that the computer revolution is here to stay. They have made such an enormous impact on our everyday lives that living without them now would be almost impossible. As we depend on computers so much it becomes more important to make sure that they are properly maintained at all times. Your computer is probably running at 50% of its normal speed while you are reading this page. There are many possible reasons for this, but for the purpose of this article I will concentrate on the three most common.

1) Slow Registry

I currently use a windows XP computer which is just over 4 years old. For just over 2 of those years I had know idea what a slow registry was and what potential danger it could cause my computer. This was a serious oversight on my part because I use my PC for mainly business. I did not realise that by simply cleaning my registry on a regular basis I could avoid problems such as Slow Boot up Slower Internet Browser Response Longer Machine Response BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) Pay special attention to the last point because the BSOD is the ultimate Online Business nightmare. If you don?t want very expensive technician bills and loss of sensitive data, then I recommend that you invest in a External Hard Drive as well. You will be able to purchase one at any decent electrical gadget store, my EHD has 400GB which is more than adequate for your standard PC

2) Spyware and Viruses

Having anti virus software installed on your PC is a must. Every time that you surf the Internet your browser becomes infected with all kinds of viruses, most of them are relatively harmless but this is still no excuse for you not having some sort of protection on your computer. Problems that could arise on your PC without anti virus are A slower less responsive PC A complete PC shut down Don?t be narrow minded and think that by choosing not to surf the Internet it will solve this problem because it won?t. Get with the program and make sure that you have a top quality anti virus software or spy ware scanner installed if you want to increase your computers speed.

3) Not Enough RAM

As technology continues to improve, software applications have become even more sophisticated. If you intend to run these applications on your PC then you will need to have plenty of RAM (Random Access Memory) or the other alternative would be for you to purchase a new computer ?which I?m sure you don?t want to do? Having plenty of RAM is another must if you want your PC to perform at its maximum. How much RAM do you need? Well it all depends on how many software applications you have running on your computer and how old your PC is, You can find out more about how much RAM you need at crucial.com You have just read the 3 most common causes of a slow PC, but there are others that you should be aware of in order for your computer not to crash. Make your life easier and not harder by keeping your PC in tip top condition at all times. Do daily maintenance checks and stay up to date with the latest technological news. Remember you paid a lot of money for your PC so look after it.

Source: http://www.computing-ni.org/?p=229

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Viddy (for iPhone)


A sure sign that a social media service like Viddy has arrived is not just whether Justin Bieber is on it (he is), but how many Justin Bieber imitators it's accrued?I stopped counting at two dozen. The pop idol is even quoted on Viddy's iTunes App Store page: "I'm into Viddy because I can just be me and show my fans the fun parts of my day." But in addition to having this indisputable social network cred, Viddy is a darned good iPhone video app. It does limit the videos you shoot to 30 seconds?far less draconian than Vine but still avoiding the too-long, dull videos possible with Socialcam.

Getting Started with Viddy
As with most of the social photo and video apps these days, you can quickly acquire a Viddy account by using your Facebook or Twitter credentials. I tested Viddy on both an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 4S. If you sign in with Facebook, you can follow all your Friends who use Viddy. You'll see a feed of their videos right after creating your account. Viddy chose an auto-generated user name for me based on my Facebook name; you can change this?but only once.

Interface
Viddy has perhaps the slickest interface of any iPhone social video app. You do see the standard camera icon at bottom center for shooting video, which is flanked by Home, Popular (a flame icon) News (a heart), and Profile buttons. From the home screen of your feed of videos, swiping right-to-left takes you to the People page, where you can Invite Facebook friends and Twitter contacts who haven't used Viddy or follow and view those who have. Swiping left-to-right shows a tiled Explore page, with Featured and trending videos. Another cool use of swipe is that you can use it to fast forward or rewind while playing a video.?

This is a brilliant little touch, and so natural that I'm surprised I've never seen it in another video app. It also means there's no scrubber, and no time indicator, so you don't know how much longer a video will play. But, as mentioned, at most it's going to be 30 seconds. In another great interface touch, the videos play at full screen width, and if you turn the phone on its side, it automatically goes full screen. But oddly, this doesn't apply to movies you shoot within the app, which we'll talk about next. A setting lets you play all videos full-screen in the iPhone's default video player.

Shooting with Viddy
Viddy's built-in video camera interface lets you choose from 15 Instagram-like effect filters before you start shooting. It even uses the Instagram like thumbnails showing you how the effects look across the bottom of the screen. You can turn on the iPhone's camera light and switch to the back-facing camera. But you can't make any changes in these settings once you start shooting. You can, like Vine, start and stop recording by tapping the screen, so there's stop-motion potential here. You can only shoot holding the phone vertically, so if you want widescreen, you shoot with the phone's default camera app and then use that in Viddy.

If you go beyond 30 seconds (the app does allow this), a green line below the preview flashes red. My first couple of attempts were met with "Movie could not be saved to camera roll." A visit to the iPhone Settings Privacy section cleared this up. In Settings, impressively, you can turn on Video Stabilization. When I did this, my video was slightly less jerky, but nothing like you'd get with a Glidecam.

Blinging your Viddies
After shooting, unlike in most of these social video apps, you can do some editing. You can change the brightness to low, medium, or high; you can add background music from an eclectic selection included with the app; and you can trim off the beginning and end of your video. If the video is over 30 seconds, this same tool will automatically trim it to 30 seconds, with a window you can slide to choose which 30 seconds you want. You can also apply or change the effect filter you set before shooting. One thing missing here, which you'll find in Socialcam, is the ability to overlay text titles onto your mini movie.

Sharing your Viddies
When you're done shooting and editing your video, hitting next takes you to the Share page, where you can add a caption, location, hashtags, @friends, and choose from the four social sites you're most likely going to want to share to?Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Tumblr. You can change the thumbnail image that will be displayed from a choice of 14 points along the video, and choose whether you want the video to be public, private, or just for friends on the Viddy network.

Web Viddy
You can do as much or more on the Web with Viddy than any similar app/service I've tested?certainly way more than you get with Vine. Not only do you see your feed of followeds' videos, you can also explore hot and trending videos on the service and search for new members to follow and view by hashtag search. A big switch lets you choose whether to turn "Social On" or off. With it on, all your activity will be shared to your Facebook or Twitter account. Once viewing a video, you can "heart" it, repost it on your timeline, or share it out to Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. A chain icon lets you copy an embed code for adding the video to a blog.

Giddy about Viddy
Vine videos are too short and jerky, Socialcam videos are too long. Viddy strikes a nice balance between the two, while adding more shooting options like attractive Instagram-like effect filters and background music capability. It even lets you edit after you've shot, or use existing clips from your camera roll. To these and a delightful interface, it adds a great web presentation and well-done social capabilities. This Viddy combination is a winning one?winning it our Editors' Choice for iPhone social video apps.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ziffdavis/pcmag/~3/Aa4JSXuqXhQ/0,2817,2418572,00.asp

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Federal probe launched in NM-Texas border town

ANTHONY, N.M. (AP) ? Officials say federal and local agents issued several warrants in an early morning sweep in a small New Mexico border town.

Anthony police spokeswoman Mary Hall says a team of local and federal law enforcement agents, including SWAT teams, served warrants Wednesday morning in a number of areas. She did not know what type of warrants were served.

FBI spokesman Frank Fisher confirmed that a law enforcement operation was underway but declined to give detail.

The El Paso Times reports (http://bit.ly/11j0tS1 ) several residents reported waking to the sound of loud bangs around 5 a.m. Wednesday. And at least two helicopters were seen flying over the town, with one shining a spotlight over some areas.

Anthony straddles New Mexico and Texas and is 21 miles north of El Paso, Texas.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/federal-probe-launched-nm-texas-border-town-154241323.html

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

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Study provides clarity on supplements for protection against blinding eye disease

May 6, 2013 ? Adding omega-3 fatty acids did not improve a combination of nutritional supplements commonly recommended for treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss among older Americans, according to a study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The plant-derived antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin also had no overall effect on AMD when added to the combination; however, they were safer than the related antioxidant beta-carotene, according to the study published online today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

"Millions of older Americans take nutritional supplements to protect their sight without clear guidance regarding benefit and risk," said NEI director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. "This study clarifies the role of supplements in helping prevent advanced AMD, an incurable, common, and devastating disease that robs older people of their sight and independence."

The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which was led by NIH's National Eye Institute and concluded in 2001, established that daily high doses of vitamins C and E, beta-carotene, and the minerals zinc and copper -- called the AREDS formulation -- can help slow the progression to advanced AMD. The American Academy of Ophthalmology now recommends use of the AREDS formulation to reduce the risk of advanced AMD. However, beta-carotene use has been linked to a heightened risk of lung cancer in smokers. And there have been concerns that the high zinc dose in AREDS could cause minor side effects, such as stomach upset, in some people.

In 2006 the NEI launched AREDS2, a five-year study designed to test whether the original AREDS formulation could be improved by adding omega-3 fatty acids; adding lutein and zeaxanthin; removing beta-carotene; or reducing zinc. The study also examined how different combinations of the supplements performed. Omega-3 fatty acids are produced by plants, including algae, and are present in oily fish such as salmon. Lutein and zeaxanthin are carotenoids, a class of plant-derived vitamins that includes beta-carotene; both are present in leafy green vegetables and, when consumed, they accumulate in the retina. Prior studies had suggested that diets high in lutein, zeaxanthin, and omega-3 fatty acids protect vision. Before the AREDS2 study finished, manufacturers began marketing supplements based on the study design.

In AREDS2, participants took one of four AREDS formulations daily for five years. The original AREDS included 500 milligrams vitamin C, 400 international units of vitamin E, 15 milligrams beta-carotene, 80 milligrams zinc, and two milligrams copper. Other groups took AREDS with no beta-carotene, AREDS with low zinc (25 milligrams), or AREDS with no beta-carotene and low zinc. Participants in each AREDS group also took one of four additional supplements or combinations: these included lutein/zeaxanthin (10 milligrams/2 milligrams), omega-3 fatty acids (1,000 milligrams), lutein/zeaxanthin and omega-3 fatty acids, or placebo. Progression to advanced AMD was established by examination of retina photographs or treatment for advanced AMD.

AMD breaks down cells in the layer of tissue called the retina in the back of the eye that provide sharp central vision, which is necessary for tasks such as reading, driving, and recognizing faces. Advanced AMD can lead to significant vision loss and, in the United States, is the leading cause of blindness. About 2 million Americans have advanced AMD; another 8 million are at risk.

In the first AREDS trial, participants with AMD who took the AREDS formulation were 25 percent less likely to progress to advanced AMD over the five-year study period, compared with participants who took a placebo. In AREDS2, there was no overall additional benefit from adding omega-3 fatty acids or a 5-to-1 mixture of lutein and zeaxanthin to the formulation. However, the investigators did find some benefits when they analyzed two subgroups of participants: those not given beta-carotene, and those who had very little lutein and zeaxanthin in their diets.

"When we looked at just those participants in the study who took an AREDS formulation with lutein and zeaxanthin but no beta-carotene, their risk of developing advanced AMD over the five years of the study was reduced by about 18 percent, compared with participants who took an AREDS formulation with beta-carotene but no lutein or zeaxanthin," said Emily Chew, M.D., deputy director of the NEI Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications and the NEI deputy clinical director. "Further analysis showed that participants with low dietary intake of lutein and zeaxanthin at the start of the study, but who took an AREDS formulation with lutein and zeaxanthin during the study, were about 25 percent less likely to develop advanced AMD compared with participants with similar dietary intake who did not take lutein and zeaxanthin."

Because carotenoids can compete with each other for absorption in the body, beta-carotene may have masked the effect of the lutein and zeaxanthin in the overall analysis, Chew said. Indeed, participants who took all three nutrients had lower levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in their blood compared to participants who took lutein and zeaxanthin without beta-carotene

Removing beta-carotene from the AREDS formulation did not curb the formulation's protective effect against developing advanced AMD, an important finding because several studies have linked taking high doses of beta-carotene with a higher risk of lung cancer in smokers. Although smokers were not given a formulation with beta-carotene in AREDS2, the study showed an association between beta-carotene and risk of lung cancer among former smokers. About half of AREDS2 participants were former smokers. "Removing beta-carotene simplifies things," said Wai T. Wong, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the NEI Neuron-Glia Interactions in Retinal Disease Unit and a co-author of the report. "We have identified a formulation that should be good for everyone regardless of smoking status," he said. Adding omega-3 fatty acids or lowering zinc to the AREDS formulation also had no effect on AMD progression.

More than 4,000 people, ages 50 to 85 years, who were at risk for advanced AMD participated in AREDS2 at 82 clinical sites across the country. Eye care professionals assess risk of developing advanced AMD in part by looking for yellow deposits called drusen in the retina. The appearance of small drusen is a normal part of aging, but the presence of larger drusen indicates AMD and a risk of associated vision loss. Over time, the retina begins to break down in areas where large drusen are present during a process called geographic atrophy. AMD can also spur the growth of new blood vessels beneath the retina, which can leak blood and fluid, resulting in sudden vision loss. These two forms of AMD are often referred to as dry AMD and wet AMD respectively.

In a separate study, published online today in JAMA Ophthalmology, the AREDS2 Research Group evaluated the effect of the various AREDS formulas on cataract, a common condition caused by clouding of the eye's lens. Globally, cataract is the most common cause of blindness and is a major health problem in areas where cataract surgery is unavailable or unaffordable. About 24.4 million Americans are directly affected by cataract.

As reported in 2001, the original AREDS formulation does not protect against cataract. In AREDS2, none of the modified formulations helped reduce the risk of progression to cataract surgery, although a subgroup of participants with low dietary lutein and zeaxanthin gained some protection. "While a healthy diet promotes good eye health and general well-being, based on overall AREDS2 data, regular high doses of antioxidant supplements do not prevent cataract," Chew said.

Many factors contribute to the development of AMD and cataract, including genetics, diet, and smoking. Scientists are unsure how supplements in the AREDS formulation exert their protective effects. However, an April 2013 report in the journal Ophthalmology by the AREDS Research Group shows the beneficial effects of taking the AREDS vitamins are long-lasting. The report describes a follow-up study of AREDS participants. Those who took the AREDS formulation during the initial five-year trial were 25 to 30 percent less likely to develop advanced AMD -- mostly due to a reduction in the number of neovascular, or wet, AMD cases -- over the next five years, compared with participants who took placebo during AREDS. Seventy percent of all participants were taking the original AREDS formula by the end of the follow-up period.

"Long-term use of AREDS supplements appears safe and protective against advanced AMD," said Chew. "While zinc is an important component of the AREDS formulation, based on evidence from AREDS2 it is unclear how much zinc is necessary. Omega-3 fatty acids and beta-carotene clearly do not do not reduce the risk of progression to advanced AMD; however, adding lutein and zeaxanthin in place of beta-carotene may further improve the formulation."

The AREDS2 study results provide physicians and patients with new information about preventing vision loss from AMD. People over 60 years old should get a dilated eye exam at least once a year and should discuss with their eye care professional whether taking AREDS supplements is appropriate.

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily or its staff.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/~3/KUnojQB2CdI/130506095619.htm

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Online Dating Replacement: Tragic "Please Date Me" Clothing Line

Most attempts at "online dating" fail not because of some outwardly obvious personal defect on your part, but because it is an inherent failure on the part of online dating as an institution not to dress you in regrettable cotton t-shirts that say, with just a logo and a few carefully chosen words, that you are so very lonely and will try literally anything, and further, have likely begun designing and printing wedding invitations for potential marriage matches with each person at your office, just in case.

This being the case, consider this "Meet Me" line of clothes that just launched on Kickstarter. Gutzy Wear, which originally had a pilot run in Arizona but is ready to go national, "tells other singles the wearer is single and approachable."

We would pause here to suggest a gentler, possibly less desperate alternative to a Kickstarter t-shirt designed to tell singles that you're "single and approachable":

To be accompanied by a shirtless or beachwear photo, because that exudes confidence and also because literally any other or no clothes at all are better than a wearable Zoloft prescription that gives the world overt permission to screw with you.

About Me: Affectionate. Loving. A little desperate, but aren't we all? I like to think of it as optimistic. (I'm really desperate.)

Interests: I enjoy people who aren't disgusted by looking at me, and who don't think it's OK to throw out the life we built for some trashy dance instructor. I also really like cooking ;)

Favorite Movie, TV Show, Food: Sleepless in Seattle, Grey's Anatomy, dinner for two (with you [and also me, ideally, but I don't mean to pressure you])

Pets? If you have one.

Allergies? I'll take shots.

Smoking? Quit last year, but wouldn't be against a pack or two if it means more quality time together.

Drugs? Use me as a mule. (Do you need a mule?) I don't care. Please want me.

Greatest Fear: Spiders >:0

jk, it's dying alone.

Seeking: ANY HUMAN BEING. I AM SERIOUS. I HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN YEARS AND AM LITERALLY DYING OF TERMINAL LACK OF HUMAN INTERACTION AND HOPE.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/online-dating-replacement-tragic-please-date-me-clot-493202691

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BMC Software agrees to be sold for $6.6 billion

NEW YORK (AP) ? BMC Software Inc. has agreed to be sold to a private investor group for about $6.6 billion in cash.

The Houston-based maker of system management software for businesses said Monday that the deal is for $46.25 per share. That's less than 2 percent above Friday's closing stock price of $45.42.

With roughly 143 million shares outstanding, according to FactSet, that values the deal at $6.6 billion. The companies said the deal is worth $6.9 billion.

The investor group is led Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital and also includes Special Investments and Insight Venture Partners.

BMC said that Elliott Management, which owns 9.6 percent of the BMC's stock, has agreed to vote its shares in favor of the deal, which is expected to close later this year. The hedge fund had asked the company to consider selling itself last year. The stock then jumped in March after reports surfaced that the company was considering buyout offers from several private equity firms.

Under the terms of the deal, BMC can solicit alternative proposals for 30 days.

Shares of BMC slipped 8 cents to $45.34 in morning trading. The stock is up 14.6 percent year-to-date, slightly more than the Standard & Poor's 500, which is up 13.2 percent.

Associated Press

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Italy's Andreotti, politician accused of murder and mafia ties, dead at 94

By Philip Pullella

ROME (Reuters) - Giulio Andreotti, who served as Italian prime minister seven times and whose name was synonymous with political survival and cunning in the land that gave the world Machiavelli, died on Monday at the age of 94.

Andreotti, who for more than half a century was known as "Mr Italy" because of the many offices he held, died at home, family sources said. He had suffered from respiratory problems for years and had been in hospital several times.

A leading member of the defunct Christian Democrat party which dominated Italian politics for almost fifty years after World War Two, Andreotti was a lawmaker in every Italian parliament since 1945. He was made a senator for life in 1991.

He was a complex figure who embodied the contradictions and intrigues of Italy's often shady politics.

His enemies called him Beelzebub but he was deeply religious and took communion from popes. He was accused and acquitted both of being a member of the mafia and of ordering the murder of a muck-raking journalist.

His supporters said he served his country like few others, helping transform Italy from a war-devastated agricultural backwater to a leading industrial power in the space of a generation.

But many Italians believed he was the quintessential back-room wheeler-dealer, overseeing a political system riddled with cronyism and corruption.

He held nearly every political post in Italy short of the presidency. His leadership of seven post-war governments was beaten only by his mentor, Alcide De Gaspari, who led eight.

At the end of a sensational trial and two appeals, Andreotti was cleared in 2004 of charges that he had been a member of the mafia and had protected the mob in the corridors of power.

However, Italy's highest court said he had ties until 1980 with mafia gangsters, which were covered by the statute of limitations.

The most shocking allegation was that he once exchanged a kiss of respect with "boss of bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina, then Italy's most wanted man and now in jail.

Andreotti denounced the accusations, based on testimony from mafia turncoats, and in the end, the courts believed him.

He embodied Italy's so-called first republic, dominated by the Christian Democrats and a bewildering string of "revolving door" governments.

Their eternal political rivalry with the Communist Party, the largest in the West at that time, was sharpened by the Cold War and American fears of a communist takeover, which also fuelled violent political conflict between right and left.

The so-called years of lead in the 1970s culminated in the far-left Red Brigades kidnap and murder of Christian Democrat president Aldo Moro when Andreotti was prime minister in 1978.

BRIBES SCANDAL

But the party was swept away by a huge bribery scandal in 1992, together with much of the old order, although corruption is now said to be worse than ever and Italy is in a renewed period of political instability which has worsened a deep economic recession.

A fervent Catholic who went to Mass every morning, Italians called him the "the eternal Giulio" because of his political longevity and his mastery of intrigue.

He was the subject of more than 20 parliamentary investigations on suspicion of under-the-counter dealings, ranging from corruption to links with shady financiers.

On every occasion he was cleared and the investigations did not dent his power with voters in Rome, his constituency.

"Apart from the Punic Wars, for which I was too young, I have been blamed for everything," he once said in one of his famous, cutting quips.

"Faith helps me a lot," Andreotti told Reuters during one of trials in 2002.

"The justice that counts is that which will be carried out in the next world. I will not have a place of honour in the next world because I too have been a moderate sinner in my life, but I certainly have not committed sins of mafia or sins of murder."

A bespectacled, stooping figure with protruding ears, he was meat and drink for two generations of editorial cartoonists.

He said his appetite for work was helped by insomnia but detractors said it stemmed from a lust for power.

"Power wears out those who don't have it," he once said in a famous retort.

As a life senator Andreotti attended parliament regularly until recently when his health failed.

Andreotti, who was married with four children, got his first taste of power in May 1947 when he was named cabinet secretary.

His introduction to politics came when he went to the Vatican library and asked for an obscure book on the military power of the Vatican in the 19th century.

"Have you nothing better to do?" grumbled the librarian, who turned out to be De Gasperi, the future Christian Democrat leader and prime minister. Andreotti became De Gasperi's personal assistant and never looked back.

He helped write Italy's new constitution after World War Two and assumed his first cabinet post, as interior minister, in 1954.

Before his health failed, he worked though most of the night, slept only a few hours and spent the rest of the time before dawn reading files and writing books.

(Editing by Barry Moody and Sonya Hepinstall)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/giulio-andreotti-7-times-italian-prime-minister-dies-113502264.html

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A look at reasons for Israeli airstrikes in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) ? A look at the reasons for and possible implications of the escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's civil war.

WHY NOW?

Israel has said repeatedly it does not want to get dragged into Syria's civil war but has also warned that it will not allow so-called "game-changing" sophisticated weapons to flow across the border to Lebanon's Hezbollah, an Islamic militant group allied with the Syrian regime.

Israeli defense officials believe Iran has stepped up shipments of weapons to Hezbollah through Syria, including accurate longer-range Iranian missiles, as President Bashar Assad's position weakens. This could help explain the back-to-back Israeli strikes on Friday and Sunday on alleged Hezbollah-bound weapons in Syria. Before this week, Israel aircraft had struck Syria only once, in January.

Analyst Paul Salem of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut says Israel may simply be sending a stern warning to deter such weapons smuggling. Salem says Israel also appears to be increasingly concerned about Iranian and Hezbollah forces fighting alongside Assad's troops, close to Israel's borders.

WHAT IS THE U.S. VIEW?

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Sunday that "Israelis are justifiably concerned about the threat posed by Hezbollah obtaining advanced weapons systems, including some long-range missiles."

President Barack Obama said the U.S. coordinates closely with Israel, implying that Washington was not taken by surprise by the Israeli strikes.

The U.S. has long resisted getting involved in the conflict amid concerns that foreign weapons could end up in the hands of al-Qaida-linked groups or other extremists fighting with the rebels. However, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said recently that Washington is reviewing its opposition to arming the opposition.

The Israeli strikes illustrate that Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have drawn different red lines in Syria's conflict.

Israel's main concern is that Hezbollah could obtain advanced weapons.

Obama has warned that the use of chemical weapons by the regime could have "enormous consequences." There have been some indications of chemical weapons use, but Obama has said he needs more definitive proof before making a decision about how to respond.

COULD THIS ESCALATE INTO A WIDER MIDEAST WAR?

Israel, which commands the region's most powerful military, appears to be taking a calculated risk that Syria, Hezbollah or Iran won't retaliate for its air raids.

If the trio were to do so, it would mean opening up a new front at a time when it is fighting for the Assad regime's survival. Hezbollah also risks losing its position as the dominant military and political power in Lebanon, something it painstakingly rebuilt after the 2006 war, if Israel were dragged in to the conflict.

The initial Syrian response to Israel's airstrike early Sunday appeared relatively muted. Syria's government called the attacks a "flagrant violation of international law" and warned it has the right "to defend its people by all available means."

Still, Israeli officials have signaled Israel will not stop blocking weapons shipments to Hezbollah, raising the possibility of more Israeli airstrikes and a further escalation. Salman Shaikh of the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar says the Assad regime, Hezbollah and Iran increasingly view the Syria conflict as a zero-sum game.

WHAT IS IRAN'S ROLE?

Iran is the senior partner in the axis since it supports the Assad regime and Hezbollah with weapons, though it's not clear how much tactical sway is being exerted by Tehran.

Advisers from Iran's Revolutionary Guard are believed to have longtime roles in Hezbollah's militia forces and Assad's army ? serving as both point men for Tehran's aid and liaisons with the ruling clerics in Tehran. Yet Iran also keeps a distance from the actual battlefield.

Gen. Masoud Jazayeri, assistant to the Iranian chief-of-staff, told Iran's state-run Arabic-language Al-Alam TV on Sunday that Tehran "will not allow the enemy (Israel) to harm the security of the region" and that "the resistance will retaliate against the Israeli aggression against Syria."

Iran would have a major say in any decision to retaliate for the airstrikes but is not believed to have an appetite for a confrontation with Israel. While Iran is fighting for regional influence and has often used its anti-Israel stance to do so, it has never attacked the Jewish state.

WILL THE ISRAELI STRIKES CHANGE THE COURSE OF SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR?

The uprising against Assad erupted in March 2011 and quickly evolved into a civil war, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions displaced. Assad and those trying to topple him remain locked in a battlefield stalemate, with neither side able to deliver a decisive blow.

The rebels are dominated by Syria's Sunni Muslim majority, while Assad is a member of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. He as rallied hardcore supporters around him, including members of Syria's ethnic and religious minorities who prefer the current regime to Sunni majority rule.

During four decades of rule, Assad and his father and predecessor, Hafez, used Syria's staunchly anti-Israel positions as a source of legitimacy even though both men kept Syria's frontier with the Jewish state quiet.

Syria's civil war has increasingly eroded Assad's anti-Israel "credentials," after the regime attacked Palestinian refugee camps in Syria and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, made up of Sunnis, broke with the regime because of its crackdown on the rebels.

If Assad does not retaliate for the latest Israeli strikes, his claims to anti-Israel militancy would become even more tenuous. In an attempt to deflect attention, Syrian government officials on Sunday tried to portray the Syrian opposition as engaged in a common cause with Israel.

Future Israeli air attacks could also wipe out key Syrian military installations. Rebel forces have managed to seize a number of Syrian military bases, seizing heavier weapons but have advanced only slowly because of the regime's air superiority.

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Associated Press writer Brian Murphy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed reporting.

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Solar Impulse departs for first sun-powered flight across US

Solar Impulse embarked on the first transcontinental flight of its kind Friday. The?Solar Impulse is a dramatic endorsement of clean-energy technology, but probably doesn't represent the future of aviation.

By David J. Unger,?Correspondent / May 3, 2013

The sun-powered Solar Impulse plane glides over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco during a successful test flight Tuesday. Twelve thousand photovoltaic cells make up the 747-sized wingspan of the Solar Impulse.

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If you're picturing photovoltaics glistening on jumbo-jet wings, some curbing of enthusiasm is in order. Friday's landmark event is less a peek into the future of commercial flight than it is a dramatic endorsement of clean-energy technology.

"It is the first and only airplane that can fly day and night on solar power without any fuel," said Bertrand Piccard, a pilot of the so-called Solar Impulse, in a midflight interview via radio with CBS 5 News Phoenix.?

"It is possible because all the technologies we use are really energy-efficient technologies," Mr. Piccard added, his voice crackling through static as he soared 13,000 feet over Fresno, Calif., en route to Phoenix.?"We want to promote these technologies."?

Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma

In this Feb. 17, 2010, photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, accepts the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship from Dr. Joseph Downes, right, in Lowell, Mass. Tsarnaev, 26, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon Explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight on Friday, April 19, 2013, officials said. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie) MANDATORY CREDIT;

In this Feb. 17, 2010, photo, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, accepts the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship from Dr. Joseph Downes, right, in Lowell, Mass. Tsarnaev, 26, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon Explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed overnight on Friday, April 19, 2013, officials said. (AP Photo/The Lowell Sun, Julia Malakie) MANDATORY CREDIT;

Peter Stefan, funeral director and owner of Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester, Mass., sits in one of the facility's rooms Friday, May 3, 2013. Stefan confirmed his funeral home will handle funeral arrangements for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but did not say whether he had possession of the body. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette, Chris Christo)

Police cars sit across from the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, in Worcester, Mass., Friday, May 3, 2013. Owner Peter Stefan confirmed his facility will handle funeral arrangements for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but did not say whether he had possession of the body. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette)

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Massachusetts State Police walk out of the woods of The Smith Neck Farm in Dartmouth, Mass. on Friday, May 3, 2013 as federal, state and local authorities on Friday searched the woods near the UMass-Dartmouth campus as part of the marathon investigation. (AP Photo/The Standard-Times, John Sladewski)

(AP) ? A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday.

Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body and read details from his death certificate. The certificate cites Tsarnaev's "gunshot wounds of torso and extremities" and lists the time of his death as 1:35 a.m. on April 19, four days after the deadly bombing, Stefan said.

Tsarnaev died after a gunfight with authorities who had launched a massive manhunt for him and his brother, ethnic Chechens from Russia who came to the United States about a decade ago. Police have said he ran out of ammunition before his younger brother dragged his body under a vehicle while fleeing.

Tsarnaev's family on Friday was making arrangements for his funeral as investigators searched the woods near a college attended by 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was captured less than a day after his brother's death.

The funeral parlor in Worcester is familiar with Muslim services and said it will handle arrangements for Tamerlan Tsarnaev, whose body was released by the state medical examiner Thursday.

The body initially was taken to a North Attleborough funeral home, where it was greeted by about 20 protesters. Stefan, owner of Graham Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester, an hour's drive west of Boston, said everybody deserves a dignified burial service no matter the circumstances of his or her death and he is prepared for protests.

"My problem here is trying to find a gravesite. A lot of people don't want to do it. They don't want to be involved with this," said Stefan, who said dozens of protesters gathered outside his funeral home, upset with his decision to handle the funeral. "I keep bringing up the point of Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh or Ted Bundy. Somebody had to do those, too."

Meanwhile, two U.S. officials said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told interrogators that he and his brother initially considered setting off their bombs on July Fourth.

Boston police said they planned to review security procedures for the Independence Day Boston Pops concert and fireworks display, which draws a crowd of more than 500,000 annually and is broadcast to a national TV audience. Authorities plan to look at security procedures for large events held in other cities, notably the massive New Year's Eve celebration held each year in New York City's Times Square, Massachusetts state police spokesman David Procopio said.

Gov. Deval Patrick said everything possible will be done to assure a safe event.

"I think the most important thing is that we got them, and there's investigation continuing about where the other leads may lead," he said. "I can tell you, having been thoroughly briefed, that the law enforcement at every level is pursuing everything."

As part of the bombing investigation, federal, state and local authorities were searching the woods near the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus, where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a student. Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, could not say what investigators were looking for but said residents should know there is no threat to public safety.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a tarp-covered boat in a suburban Boston backyard, faces a charge of using a weapon of mass destruction to kill. Three of his college classmates were arrested Wednesday and accused of helping after the bombing to remove a laptop and backpack from his dormitory room before the FBI searched it.

The April 15 bombing, using pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails, ball bearings and metal shards, killed three people and injured more than 260 others near the marathon's finish line.

The brothers decided to carry out the attack before Independence Day when they finished assembling the bombs, the surviving suspect told interrogators after he was arrested, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the investigation. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.

Investigators believe some of the explosives used in the attack were assembled in Tamerlan Tsarnaev's home, though there may have been some assembly elsewhere, one of the officials said. It does not appear that the brothers ever had big, definitive plans, the official said.

The brothers' mother insists the allegations against them are lies.

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security ordered border agents to immediately begin verifying that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The new procedure is the government's first security change directly related to the Boston bombings.

The order from a senior official at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, David J. Murphy, was circulated Thursday and came one day after President Barack Obama's administration acknowledged that one of the students accused of hiding evidence, Azamat Tazhayakov, of Kazakhstan, was allowed to return to the U.S. in January without a valid student visa.

Tazhayakov's lawyer has said he had nothing to do with the bombing and was shocked by it.

A benefit concert featuring Aerosmith, James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett is scheduled for May 30 at the TD Garden in Boston. The proceeds will go to The One Fund, which has taken in more than $28 million for those injured and the families of those who were killed.

The fund's administrator, Kenneth Feinberg, said Friday he plans to hold meetings with victims next week and begin cutting checks by the end of June.

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Associated Press writers Bridget Murphy and Mark Pratt in Boston and Pete Yost, Eileen Sullivan and Alicia A. Caldwell in Washington contributed to this report.

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Washington Post profit plunges 85 percent on weak news, education revenues

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Jennifer Lawrence has already impressed us by winning an Oscar and by being fun pretty much every time she shows up anywhere. The actress caught our attention again this week by putting her freshest face forward at the New York premiere of "The Great Gatsby" on Wednesday.

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Jennifer Lawrence at the premiere of "The Great Gatsby" in New York on May 1, left, and at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on April 20.

At 22 years old it certainly wouldn't take much for Lawrence to pull off a youthful glow. But her minimal-makeup look was striking enough to make headlines, perhaps because we've become so accustomed to the super smokey eyes she and many of Hollywood's leading ladies stare back at us with these days.

It's not like she was snapped by the paparazzi while running out for a quadruple Americano in her sweat pants. Those makeup-free photos always seem to make us happy that stars do wear makeup. This was a major film premiere at New York's Lincoln Center. Leonardo DiCaprio was there. And other spiffy people.

Wearing a sleeveless black dress with her hair pulled back and no jewelry, the star of "Silver Linings Playbook" and "The Hunger Games" was almost unrecognizable for all the right reasons -- her natural beauty and her lack of fear of showing her "real" face in public.

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Syrian opposition blames regime for village deaths

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syria's main opposition group on Friday accused President Bashar Assad's regime of committing a "large-scale massacre" in a Sunni village near the Mediterranean coast the previous day, leaving at least 50 people dead, according to activists.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen swept into Bayda, a village in the mountains outside the city of Banias on Thursday, killing people, including women and children, and torching homes.

The group documented the names of at least 50 dead but says as many as 100 may have been killed. The Observatory, which relies on a network of activists on the ground, cited witnesses as saying that some of the victims were killed with knives or blunt objects and that dozens of villagers were still missing.

"Reports now confirm a large-scale massacre in Bayda," the Syrian National Coalition said in a statement. "Initial reports confirm that Assad's forces were directly involved" in the violence in the area, the statement added. The Coalition urged the international community to act and protect Syrian civilians.

"It is time for the world to intervene and put an end to the grievous crimes of the Assad regime," the Cairo-based opposition group said in a statement emailed to the media Friday.

The Syrian troops were still in Bayda village on Friday, conducting house to house searches, said Rami Abdul Rahman, the Observatory's director. He added that phones in the area remained cut off and communication with witnesses was only possible through satellite telephones.

The Syrian conflict, now in its third year, started as peaceful protests against Assad's rule in March 2011. It turned into armed conflict between the opposition and the government after some opposition supporters took up weapons to fight a harsh regime crackdown on dissent and soon became a full-scale civil war.

More than 70,000 people have been killed so far in the conflict, according to the United Nations. Over a million Syrians have fled their homes and sought shelter in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, while millions more have been internally displaces by the fighting.

The war has also split the country along religious lines, and the violence in Bayda appeared to have sectarian overtones. The village is primarily inhabited by Sunni Muslims, who dominate the country's rebel movement, while most of the surrounding villages are home to members of President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

If confirmed, the violence in Bayda would be the latest in a string of alleged mass killings in Syria's civil war. Last month, activists said government troops killed more than 100 people as they seized two rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.

The relentless fighting has left the international community at a loss to find ways to end the bloodshed as neither side appears willing to find a political solution at the moment.

While the U.S. and its European and Gulf allies have backed the opposition forces, they have been reluctant to provide the rebels fighting Assad's troops with weapons that could stand up to the regime's superior firepower. They fear the arms could end up in the hands of radical Islamic groups that in the past year have become the most effective fighting force on the opposition's side.

On Thursday, President Barack Obama said his administration is looking at every option to end the bloodshed in Syria. Speaking during a news conference in Mexico City, Obama said the administration is proceeding cautiously as it looks at options, to ensure that what it does is helpful to the situation rather than making it more deadly or complex.

In Washington, Obama's defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, became the first top U.S. official to acknowledge publicly that the administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the Syrian rebels.

During a Pentagon news conference Thursday, Hagel said that "arming the rebels ? that's an option," but added that the administration was looking at all options. "It doesn't mean that the president has decided on anything," Hagel said.

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Friday, May 3, 2013

Jolla names Tomi Pienim?ki as new CEO, Marc Dillon to become Head of Software Development

Jolla names Tomi Pienimki as new CEO, Marc Dillon to become Head of Software Development

As Jolla gears up for the imminent unveiling of its first smartphone packing the MeeGo-inspired Sailfish OS, there's been another shake-up at the highest level of the company. Marc Dillion will no longer be CEO as of May 6th, with a man by the name of Tomi Pienimäki taking over leadership of the company. He's no stranger to Jolla -- he's an investor and his brother Sami is one of the company's founders. Using nearly the same wording as when previous CEO Jussi Hurmola changed roles, Dillon will now be able to "fully concentrate on the development of Sailfish operating system" under his new title of Head of Software Development. Pienimäki's record shows he's all business, with experience in management, logistics, supply chains and driving growth -- you know, all the fun stuff that keeps a company ticking. Following the handset reveal in May, Jolla expects to start a "pre-sales campaign" in the same month and have devices available for purchase during the second half of this year.

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By Christina Corrales-Toy Newcastle historian Milt Swanson cuts into a piece of carrot cake at a celebration of his 95th birthday during the Newcastle Historical Society's April 4 meeting at City Hall.

By Christina Corrales-Toy
Newcastle historian Milt Swanson cuts into a piece of carrot cake at a celebration of his 95th birthday during the Newcastle Historical Society?s April 4 meeting at City Hall.

No one knows more about the history of Newcastle than Milt Swanson.

That?s because he lived it. He watched as the trains weaved in and out through the city; he worked in the mines as his father and grandfather did before him; and he understands how the coal mining industry shaped the city into what it is today.

When Swanson talks at the monthly Newcastle Historical Society meetings, people listen as he tells stories about what it was like to grow up in Old Newcastle.

?His vivid memory just makes the history come alive for the people that hear him speak,? said Pam Lee, Newcastle Historical Society member.

The group dedicated to preserving Newcastle?s history celebrated its most valuable member at its April 4 meeting, with a birthday party in Swanson?s honor.

Born March 29, 1918, in the area now occupied by the Coal Creek Family YMCA, Swanson said he distinctly remembers hearing the whistle of the trains as they traveled through town toward Seattle.

?I must?ve been only 3 or 4 years old and I vividly remember standing behind the picket fence, looking through it and seeing the steam engines running up and down on the railroad tracks,? he said.

Swanson has spent all of his 95 years living in the same area, 90 of which were in the same company house that still stands at the edge of town near the Cougar Mountain trailhead.

?Like I like to say, I couldn?t find any place better,? he said. ?I?ve done quite a bit of traveling and I never found any place I?ve liked better than this.?

At 95 years old, Swanson said he doesn?t get around as easily as he used to.

?It really feels like 95 sometimes,? he joked.

The Newcastle historian is still as sharp as they come, Lee said, and his ability to remember minute details of his life and the history of the city is a marvel to Newcastle Historical Society members.

?Whether it?s about his boyhood or his great-grandmother being at the cemetery, his story is Newcastle?s story,? Lee said. ?It just seems so real, and I think that?s pretty special.?

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Identifying inhibitors of human proteins that promote tumor formation

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New Rochelle, May 2, 2013Tumor repressor genes, which inhibit tumor formation, can be "turned off" due to undesirable molecular changes affecting the chromosomes on which the genes reside. Understanding and being able to control these alterations could lead to new approaches for activating or inactivating genes linked to cancer. A novel, high-throughput screening method used to identify agents that can block one chemical modifier that plays a key role in some forms of cancer is described in ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies, a peer-reviewed journal published from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com). The article is available on the ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies website (http://www.liebertpub.com/adt).

Jeffrey Simard, Matthew Plant, Renee Emkey, and Violeta Yu, Amgen, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) present an optimized, robust assay for screening large numbers of chemical compounds against EZH2 methyltransferase. This enzyme is part of a multi-protein complex which can alter the methylation state of chromosomal proteins. Increased EZH2 methyltransferase activity has been associated with reduced expression of tumor repressor genes.

In the article "Development and Implementation of a High-Throughput AlphaLISA Assay for Identifying Inhibitors of EZH2 Methyltransferase" (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/adt.2012.481) the authors describe the use of AlphaLisa technology to detect methylation by EZH2 and emphasize that this approach should accelerate the identification of small molecule inhibitors for use as research tools and for development as novel anti-cancer therapeutics.

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New Rochelle, May 2, 2013Tumor repressor genes, which inhibit tumor formation, can be "turned off" due to undesirable molecular changes affecting the chromosomes on which the genes reside. Understanding and being able to control these alterations could lead to new approaches for activating or inactivating genes linked to cancer. A novel, high-throughput screening method used to identify agents that can block one chemical modifier that plays a key role in some forms of cancer is described in ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies, a peer-reviewed journal published from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers (http://www.liebertpub.com). The article is available on the ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies website (http://www.liebertpub.com/adt).

Jeffrey Simard, Matthew Plant, Renee Emkey, and Violeta Yu, Amgen, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) present an optimized, robust assay for screening large numbers of chemical compounds against EZH2 methyltransferase. This enzyme is part of a multi-protein complex which can alter the methylation state of chromosomal proteins. Increased EZH2 methyltransferase activity has been associated with reduced expression of tumor repressor genes.

In the article "Development and Implementation of a High-Throughput AlphaLISA Assay for Identifying Inhibitors of EZH2 Methyltransferase" (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/adt.2012.481) the authors describe the use of AlphaLisa technology to detect methylation by EZH2 and emphasize that this approach should accelerate the identification of small molecule inhibitors for use as research tools and for development as novel anti-cancer therapeutics.

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About the Journal

Assay and Drug Development Technologies is an authoritative peer-reviewed journal published 10 times a year in print and online. It provides early-stage screening techniques and tools that enable identification and optimization of novel targets and lead compounds for new drug development. Complete tables of content and a complementary sample issue may be viewed on the ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies website ((http://www.liebertpub.com/adt).

About the Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology and Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 70 journals, books, and newsmagazines is available on the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers website (http://www.liebertpub.com).

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 140 Huguenot St., New Rochelle, NY 10801-5215
Phone: (914) 740-2100 (800) M-LIEBERT Fax: (914) 740-2101
http://www.liebertpub.com


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