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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Big Cats in Cages: Wild Animals Rescued from Atchison, Kan ...
May?6,?2013
Animal rescue groups assist authorities with confiscation of abandoned tiger, cougars, and other wild cats
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Big cats were left in their cages without food and water. Kathy Milani/The HSUS
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The Atchison County sheriff?s office worked with the Kansas City Zoo and The HSUS to feed the animals. Kathy Milani/The HSUS
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The owner was charged with cruelty to animals and violations of the Dangerous Regulated Animals Act. Kathy Milani/The HSUS
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The tiger is already enjoying a much better setup at the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch. Kathy Milani/The HSUS
Nearly one dozen dangerous wild animals were removed from an Atchison, Kan., property after authorities discovered that the animals had been abandoned in their enclosures without access to food or clean water.
The Atchison County Sheriff?s Office seized the animals, which included a tiger, two cougars, three bobcats, two lynx, a serval, and two skunks.
The Humane Society of the United States, Big Cat Rescue, In-Sync Exotics, Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association and the Kansas City Zoo removed the animals from the property and transported them to sanctuaries around the country.
The animals were living in enclosures that were inadequate in size and security. The enclosures were also full of mud and feces, and did not have appropriate enrichment for the animals. The owner of the animals has been cited for 10 violations, including cruelty to animals and violations of the Dangerous Regulated Animals Act.
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Kansas law currently prohibits the keeping of dangerous regulated animals, including big cats, as pets. However, several provisions render the law virtually ineffective. Specifically, the law allows people who have a U.S. Department of Agriculture license to maintain an inventory of dangerous animals.
Atchison County Undersheriff Joe Butner said: ?This case exemplifies the inherent problems with the existing law and the need for it to be strengthened. Most private individuals cannot provide humane and safe care for captive wild animals, which leaves law enforcement, taxpayers, and sanctuaries to shoulder the financial burden. We are thankful for the assistance and expertise of the organizations that helped rescue these animals.?
Midge Grinstead, Kansas state director for The HSUS, said: ?It is sad to see these large, wild cats abandoned in flimsy cages that they could have easily escaped from. As we see in this case, when people own dangerous wild animals it creates an unsafe situation for the community and exposes animals to inhumane conditions. Kansas needs stronger laws on the books to ensure that dangerous wild animals with complex needs are kept only at accredited zoos and sanctuaries. We are grateful for the actions of the sheriff?s office and the other organizations involved in this case.?
The animals will get a veterinary exam and housing at sanctuaries until the legal case is wrapped up.
After discovering that the animals had been abandoned, the sheriff?s office worked with the Kansas City Zoo and The HSUS to provide food for the animals on an emergency basis. Veterinarians with the zoo and Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association were also on hand during the animal seizure.
The tiger was transported to The Fund for Animals? Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas, an affiliate of The HSUS; the two cougars were taken to In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Education Center in Wylie, Texas; the bobcats, lynx and serval will be provided homes at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Fla.; and the skunks will go to Operation Wildlife in Linwood, Kan. The animals will be thoroughly examined by a team of veterinarians and receive any necessary immediate medical treatment. They will be held at the sanctuaries pending final disposition in this case.
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Senator says military plagued by sexual assaults
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense Department has to go in addressing the plague of sexual crimes in the military, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., told a committee hearing that a Pentagon report to be released later Tuesday reportedly estimates that, on average, there are more than 70 sexual assaults involving military personnel every day. The survey also shows there were some 26,000 claims of sexual assault in the military last year alone.
Authorities in Arlington County, Va., said Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski was charged with groping a woman in a northern Virginia parking lot on Sunday. Krusinski was removed from his post in the sexual assault unit after the Air Force learned of his arrest. He started in the post in February
"While under our legal system everyone is innocent until proven guilty, this arrest speaks volumes about the status and effectiveness of (the Defense) department's efforts to address the plague of sexual assaults in the military," Levin said.
Gen. Mark Welsh, the Air Force's chief of staff, told the committee that he and Air Force Secretary Michael Donley were "appalled" by Krusinki's arrest. Although the case is being adjudicated by the Arlington County police, Welsh said the Air Force has requested jurisdiction.
A police report said that the 41-year-old Krusinski was drunk and grabbed a woman's breast and buttocks. The woman fought him off and called police, the report said.
The Arlington County Sheriff's office said Krusinski was released Sunday on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond. An arraignment is scheduled for Thursday.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has spoken with Donley about the matter and "expressed outrage and disgust over the troubling allegations and emphasized that this matter will be dealt with swiftly and decisively," Pentagon press secretary George Little said in a statement.
Two cases involving decisions by three-star generals to overturn guilty verdicts in sexual assault cases have outraged members of Congress and propelled a bipartisan push to change the military justice system to essentially strip commanding officers of their ability to reverse criminal convictions.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is holding up the nomination of Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, tapped to serve as vice commander of the U.S. Space Command, until the Missouri Democrat gets more information about Helms' decision to overturn a jury conviction in a sexual assault case.
Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, commander of the 3rd Air Force at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, overturned the conviction against Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy. Wilkerson had been found guilty last Nov. 2 of charges of abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. The incident had involved a civilian employee.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Jabra Vox
The Jabra Vox is a well-designed subwoofer disguised as a pair of earphones. That's hyperbole, but only by a little; these lightweight, secure-fitting earphones are some of the bass-heaviest we've ever tested. It's not that other pairs can't match the low frequency output of the Vox, it's that the Vox doesn't match the low frequencies with equal boosting of high-mids. Thus, certain genres can sound quite muddy or boomy, while others, like much electronic and pop music, sound like the low frequency assault bass fiends crave. If you're seeking a well-balanced pair, or, ironically, a pair that puts the emphasis on vocals, the $99.99 (list) Vox isn't it. However, for certain music types, it will appeal to bass lovers.?
Design
The Vox is well-built and well-designed, with a thick cable that is tangle-resistant and earpieces that fit very securely and comfortably. Each earpiece is small and lightweight, covered in rounded black matte plastic with a red stripe near the wire and the Jabra logo on a separate metallic stripe that runs up the earphone. Along the right ear's cable, there's an inline remote control and microphone for Android and Apple iOS devices. One nice design touch is two low-intensity magnets built into the left and right ear cables?this allows you to snap the two earpieces' cables together for easy storage.
Using the remote with my iPhone 4S was simple, and call clarity was about what you should expect from a $100 earphone pair?nothing extraordinary, but your call partner will understand you, and you them. The Vox ships with three pairs of silicon ear tips (small, medium, and large) and a small snap-shut carrying pouch.?
A free Android and iOS app, Jabra Sound, is available for download and designed specifically for the Vox and two other new Jabra headphone pairs.?Unfortunately, like nearly every free audio app for headphones or earphones, it's more or less useless. Your phone probably already organizes your music for you, so the only reason to use the Sound app is to access the Dolby Digital processing included with it, and you shouldn't do that. Dolby processing may be nice for movies and home theaters, but it is no way necessary to run your already-mastered music through more signal processing. The sound quality has nothing to gain, and everything to lose. Processing often sounds flat-out bad, seemingly adding significant low frequency rumble artifacts to quieter tracks, especially classical music.
Performance
The Vox was tested without the Sound app, which is optional and didn't do much for the earphones' audio perfromance. On tracks with deep bass, like the Knife's "Silent Shout," the Jabra Vox can get quite loud. At these unsafe listening levels, it never distorts, though I got a sense that just a smidge more volume would send it over the edge. It's not really a big deal, however?you can't (or shouldn't) listen at these unsafe levels. At very high, but less dangerous, volumes, the bass is powerful, boosted, and distortion-free.
The bass boosting is going to be a deal-breaker for anyone looking for a fairly accurate listen?it sounds just fine on electronic tracks with throbbing bass, but apply the Vox's sound signature to Bill Callahan's vocals on "Drover," and there's trouble straight off. His vocals already have a nice amount of natural low-mid, baritone presence, so adding the extra lows pushes his voice into Barry White territory, which sounds kind of ridiculous coming from anyone not named Barry White. There's very little sculpting or boosting in the high-mids to help balance things out, and Callahan's voice gets lost in a muddy mid-range section. The constant drumming pattern in the background gets so much bass boost that it moves to the forefront and contends with his voice for your attention. Even if you are a bass fiend, you still need some high-mids boosting to help the rest of the mix maintain its definition.
On Jay-Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild," again we have very little presence in the high-mids. Since none of the vocalists are occupying the lower range Bill Callahan's voice does, it's less of an issue for vocal clarity, but the bass boosting kills the balance of the mix. This is booming, throbbing low end with very little high-mid or high frequency presence to match it. I heard some boosting in a very specific area of other high mids that can make Kanye West's voice sound a bit overly sibilant, but mostly the high-mids and highs take a backseat to the thunder. The sheer level of power the Vox gives to the sub-bass frequencies is impressive?I've never heard this song sound as bass heavy as it does on these earphones.?
Classical tracks, like John Adams' "The Chairman Dances," sound like film scores with lots of EQ and sculpting. The lower register strings receive a heavy dose of low-end, but the bowing of all the strings retains its crispness, primarily because these are the frequencies that stand out the most already on a less bass-boosted system?they need less help in the high-mid range than other tracks since they have less natural deep bass to compete with. The large drum hits at the end of this track sound like King Kong dribbling the world's largest basketball.
Overall, electronic music and classical music seem to fare the best with this sound signature?the former tends to handle added bass response quite well and while the latter doesn't sound like the mix engineer intended it to, it has less serious deep bass content for the boosting to mess with. You may still hear some huge drum sounds in a classical track on the Vox, but the overall balance will not be disrupted like it is on the Bill Callahan track.
Bass fiends, you know who you are. It's quite possible you'll love the sound of the Vox, though I feel it's missing the high-mid sculpting you may not realize you also crave?it's what gives kick drums their punchy attack and vocals the ability to stay out in front, even when there's a fat, deep bass synth part to compete with.
If you like a healthy amount of bass, but want to match it with a bit more crispness, the Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones are a good bet at a much higher price. In this price range, the Jays t-Jays Three offers solid bass, but better overall balance with the highs, as well. If the big bass turns you off, and you're looking for a crisper sound signature, the Shure SE215?is a solid bet?and even features a detachable cable, a rarity for earphones in this price range. Finally, if you're just looking for a far less expensive option that doesn't completely give up on bass, the Jays a-Jays One+ is a decent affordable pair.
For $100, the Jabra Vox is a well-constructed, secure-fitting, powerful pair of earphones, but its sound signature veers pretty far from reality. This pair is worth your consideration if you're a serious bass lover, but there are other options with more balance that should suit you well, too.
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9-inch copter lands in arms of Ohio court statue
Terry Cline's drone camera sits stuck in the arm of the Lady Justice statue atop the Marion County Courthouse on Thursday, May 2, 2013. The remote-control helicopter got stuck while he was filming a project. County commissioners say they won't foot the bill for a crane, and they don't think the helicopter owner's suggestion to have someone rappel from a real chopper and snatch the miniature one off is, well, very realistic or worthwhile. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Jonathan Quilter)
Terry Cline's drone camera sits stuck in the arm of the Lady Justice statue atop the Marion County Courthouse on Thursday, May 2, 2013. The remote-control helicopter got stuck while he was filming a project. County commissioners say they won't foot the bill for a crane, and they don't think the helicopter owner's suggestion to have someone rappel from a real chopper and snatch the miniature one off is, well, very realistic or worthwhile. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Jonathan Quilter)
MARION, Ohio (AP) ? An unwanted modern addition has flown into the arms of a Lady Justice statue that sits atop a county courthouse in north-central Ohio.
A 9-inch, remote-control helicopter flew into Lady Justice on the Marion County Courthouse on April 27 and has been there since ? resting on the hilt of her sword more than 100 feet high.
Video producer Terry Cline tells the Marion Star (http://ohne.ws/YdwsPA) that he was using the $1,500 camera-equipped helicopter to shoot a promotional video for the city when it was caught by an unexpected breeze.
Since then, Cline has been trying figure out how to get the helicopter back.
County officials say they won't pay to remove it or risk anyone's life for it.
For now, Lady Justice gets to keep her new toy.
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Panna, A Video-Based Cooking ?Magazine? For iOS, Raises $1.35 Million
Panna, a video cooking magazine iOS application which connects users to celebrity chefs, has raised $1.35 million in a round of funding led by Anthem Ventures. Others participating include Lerer Ventures, Crosslink Ventures, Maveron, Shari Redstone’s Advancit Capital, RSL Venture Partners, Launchpad LA, David Tisch’s BoxGroup, and angels?Rick J. Caruso, Ken Siskind, Jay Livingston, Dan Rose, Aaron Schiff and David Levy. Unlike many cooking apps out there on the App Store today, Panna’s creator, David Ellner, is not your typical tech entrepreneur, but rather comes from the entertainment industry, where he spent 25 years, including time spent serving as President of Digital and Business Development for 19 Entertainment, the producer of TV series like American Idol. With this background, he comes at the (yes, very crowded) cooking and recipe space thinking more about things like how to use high-def videos and quality production values to connect celeb chefs and at-home cooks similar to the way that television does today, rather than trying to break new ground through technological leaps. If anything, Panna’s mere existence is demonstrative of the fact that there’s interest in bringing TV-like content to our mobile devices, and if the Hollywood studios won’t do it for us, then someone else will. And on a related note, Panna is a Kickstarter success story – it got its start on the crowdfunding site where hundreds of home cooks donated to get it off the ground. The entertainment industry is experimenting more and more with this method of launching their projects these days, most recently with the funding of Zach Braff’s indie film “Wish I Was Here,” and “Veronica Mars” creator’s Rob Thomas’ desire to turn the show into a feature film. The app itself is more than a recipe finder, and is styled as a “magazine,” released bi-monthly, each digital copy containing 13 seasonal video recipes from master chefs who demonstrate their cooking techniques, similar to the way they would on television. Recipe demos can be paused, fast-forwarded through, rewound, or downloaded for offline access. Written versions are also available to help users prepare for their shopping trips. To date, Panna has worked with celebrity chefs like Jonathan Waxman (Barbuto); Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill and Top Chef Masters Winner); Sean Brock (Husk, McCrady?s); Melissa Clark (NY Times food writer and recipe developer); Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirscheimer (Canal House Cooking); Anita Lo (Annisa and Top Chef Masters); Seamus MullenSource: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Oaq36vKXGjc/
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
After 40 years of use, FDA to test if antibacterial soap is bad for you
WASHINGTON (AP) ? It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby's basinet.
But federal health regulators are just now deciding whether triclosan ? the germ-killing ingredient found in an estimated 75 percent of antibacterial liquid soaps and body washes sold in the U.S. ? is ineffective, or worse, harmful.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to deliver a review this year of whether triclosan is safe. The ruling, which will determine whether triclosan continues to be used in household cleaners, could have implications for a $1 billion industry that includes hundreds of antibacterial products from toothpaste to toys.
The agency's review comes amid growing pressure from lawmakers, consumer advocates and others who are concerned about the safety of triclosan. Recent studies of triclosan in animals have led scientists to worry that it could increase the risk of infertility, early puberty and other hormone-related problems in humans.
"To me it looks like the risks outweigh any benefit associated with these products right now," said Allison Aiello, professor at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. "At this point, it's just looking like a superfluous chemical."
The concerns over triclosan offer a sobering glimpse at a little-known fact: Many chemicals used in everyday household products have never been formally approved by U.S. health regulators. That's because many germ-killing chemicals were developed decades ago before there were laws requiring scientific review of cleaning ingredients.
The controversy also highlights how long it can take the federal government to review the safety of such chemicals. It's not uncommon for the process to drag on for years, since regulators must review volumes of research and take comments from the public on each draft.
In the case of triclosan, Congress passed a law in 1972 requiring that the FDA set guidelines for dozens of common antibacterial chemicals found in over-the-counter soaps and scrubs. The guidelines function like a cookbook for manufacturers, detailing which chemicals can be used in what products, and in what amounts.
In 1978, the FDA published its first tentative guidelines for chemicals used in liquid hand soaps and washes. The draft stated that triclosan was "not generally recognized as safe and effective," because regulators could not find enough scientific research demonstrating its safety and effectiveness.
The FDA published several drafts of the guidelines over the years, but the agency never finalized the results. So, companies have not had to remove triclosan from their products.
Meanwhile, the agency did approve triclosan for use in Colgate's Total toothpaste in 1997, after Colgate-Palmolive Co. submitted data showing that the ingredient helped fight gingivitis.
Then, last summer, the FDA said its review of triclosan would be complete by late 2012. That target date then slipped to February, which has also come and gone. But pressure on the agency from outside critics didn't let up.
In March, a federal appeals court said a lawsuit by the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council aimed at forcing the FDA to complete its review could move forward. A three-judge panel reinstated the 2010 lawsuit, which had been tossed out by a lower court, saying the nonprofit group presented evidence that triclosan could potentially be dangerous.
Now, four decades after it was charged with reviewing triclosan, the FDA is planning to complete its review. FDA spokeswoman Stephanie Yao said evaluating triclosan and other antibacterial agents is "one of the highest priorities" for the agency, but did not offer an explanation for the delay.
The FDA's website currently states that "the agency does not have evidence that triclosan in antibacterial soaps and body washes provides any benefit over washing with regular soap and water."
The American Cleaning Institute, a cleaning products trade organization, says it has provided reams of data to FDA showing that triclosan is both safe and effective.
"Triclosan is one of the most reviewed and researched ingredients used in consumer and health care products," says Brian Sansoni, a spokesman for the group, whose members include Colgate-Palmolive and Henkel Consumer Goods Inc., maker of Dial soap.
While it can take years for the government to make rules, members of Congress say there is little precedent for the FDA's four-decade review of triclosan.
"When FDA first started evaluating the rules governing triclosan's use, Richard Nixon was still president," said Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass, who asked the FDA to take a closer look at triclosan in 2010 after the European Union banned the chemical from products that come into contact with food.
"Science has evolved, and so should FDA's regulations guiding the use of this chemical in consumer products," he says.
U.S. scientists agree that the FDA's review is overdue. The Endocrine Society, a group of doctors and scientists who specialize in the hormone system, flagged triclosan four years ago as an ingredient that alters levels of thyroid hormones and reproductive hormones like testosterone and estrogen.
"I think the FDA is behind the curve," said Dr. Andrea Gore of the University of Texas at Austin, who was the lead author of the Endocrine Society's statement on hormone disrupting chemicals. "At what point do you draw a line and say we need to take this out of products that are being applied to our skin? What is enough evidence?"
Some Americans are shocked that the FDA has taken so long. Mallory Smith is troubled to learn that the government has never confirmed the safety of antibacterial soap's key ingredient.
Smith, who works for the federal government, says she keeps antibacterial soap in the kitchen to clean her hands after she's handled raw meat.
"As a regular consumer I rely on the government to identify products that are safe for me to use," Smith said. "If something is brought to their attention, they should look into it, and ban the chemical if necessary."
Others are less surprised by the government's multi-decade review. "It sounds like a typical government agency to me: totally unproductive," said David Fisher, who sells restaurant equipment in Arizona.
Ironically, triclosan first became widely used because it was considered safer than an older antibacterial ingredient, hexachlorophene. That chemical was banned from household items in 1972 after FDA scientists discovered that toxic levels could be absorbed through the skin. Several infant deaths in France were connected to baby powder that contained unsafe levels of the chemical, due to a manufacturing error.
Triclosan was initially used in hospitals in the 1970s as a scrub for surgeons preparing to perform an operation. It was also used to coat the surfaces of catheters, stitches and other surgical instruments.
Beginning in the 1990s, triclosan began making its way into hundreds of antibacterial consumer goods, ranging from soap to socks to lunchboxes. The growth has in part been fueled by Americans who believe that antibacterial ingredients provide an added level of protection against germs.
As the use of triclosan has expanded, more scientists have questioned its effectiveness. In 2007, researchers at the University of Michigan and other universities compiled data from 30 studies looking at the use of antibacterial soaps. The results showed soaps with triclosan were no more effective at preventing illness or reducing bacteria on the hands than plain soap.
Other studies have shown that longer hand-washing improves results far more than adding antibacterial ingredients. The Centers for Disease Control recommends washing hands at least 20 seconds. The CDC also recommends using hand sanitizer ? most of which use alcohol or ethanol to kill germs, not chemicals like triclosan ? if soap and water are not available.
Troclosan's safety also has become a growing concern in recent years. To date, nearly all of the research on triclosan's health impact comes from animal studies ?which are not necessarily applicable to humans ? but the findings still have researchers concerned.
A 2009 study by scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency showed that triclosan decreases levels of testosterone and sperm production in male rats. Female rats exposed to triclosan showed signs of early puberty and altered levels of estrogen and thyroid hormones.
And 2010 study by University of Florida researchers found that triclosan interfered with the transfer of estrogen to growing fetuses in pregnant sheep. Estrogen is important in both male and female development because it promotes growth of organs like the lungs and liver.
Sansoni, the soap and detergent industry spokesman, says those animal studies can't be applied to humans and "make exaggerated claims about the damaging effects" of triclosan.
But safety concerns over triclosan don't just involve rats and other animals. Some experts argue that routine use of antibacterial chemicals like triclosan is contributing to a surge in drug-resistant germs, or superbugs, that are immune to antibiotics. Few studies have attempted to track antibiotic resistance tied to Triclosan in the real world. But laboratory studies have shown that antibiotic-resistant strains of E. coli and other bacteria can grow in cultures with high levels of triclosan.
As a result of the growing concerns, some leading medical societies, hospitals and companies have abandoned the chemical.
Kaiser Permanente pulled triclosan from its 37 hospitals across the country in 2010, switching to traditional soaps and alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Kathy Gerwig, Kaiser Permanente's vice president for workplace safety, said the hospital chain decided to phase out triclosan as part of its "precautionary approach" to safety issues.
"If there is credible evidence that a product we're using might have some disadvantages from a health or environmental standpoint, then it's our obligation to look for a safer alternative," Gerwig said.
Johnson & Johnson has pledged to remove triclosan from all of its adult products by the end of 2015. The company says none of its baby products currently contain the ingredient.
"We want people to have complete peace of mind when they use our products," Susan Nettesheim, vice president of product stewardship, said when the company made the announcement last summer.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/decades-old-anti-bacterial-soap-safe-163623053.html
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
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5 Charts Showing Why Americans Aren't Eager for Intervention in Syria
Earlier this week, President Obama walked a cautious line when talking about American intervention in Syria, after chemical weapon use had been confirmed.
?We don't know how they were used, when they were used, who used them,? Obama said Tuesday. ?When I am making decisions about America?s national security and the potential for taking additional action in response to chemical weapon use, I've got to make sure I've got the facts. That's what the American people would expect.?
Aside from Obama?s own foreign policy philosophy, Americans aren't eager to see the U.S intervene in Syria, even if chemical weapons use is confirmed. Here are five charts that help explain why Americans aren?t feeling hawkish these days:
Americans aren?t following news from Syria very closely.
The April news cycle was dominated with news of the Boston bombings, which eclipsed news from Syria. This was especially evident the week of April 24th, when this New York Times/CBS News poll was conducted. It was that week when Israel said it had proof that Syria used chemical weapons.
Similarly, a Pew Research Center survey conducted over April 25 to 28 found a majority of Americans were not following the specific news over the charges that Syria used chemical weapons.
Most Americans don?t think the U.S. should intervene.
The general question over whether the U.S. should "do something about fighting inside of Syria" was opposed by most respondents.
A Pew Research Center poll from December found most people didn?t think the U.S. had a responsibility to do something about the civil war in Syria. The response was similar in April?s New York Times/CBS News poll, which found a clear majority didn?t think the U.S. should intervene.
Syria's chemical weapon use makes Americans more receptive to military action, but it's still short of a majority.
When informed about Syria's chemical weapons use, support for intervention rises to 45 percent, a plurality, according to the April Pew poll. ?But it's short of a majority, with many undecided or unfamiliar with the details of the Syrian civil war.
Americans think the Iraq War was a mistake.
Americans feel war-weary, after years of occupation in Iraq and as the war winds down in Afghanistan. On the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a majority of Americans said the the war was a mistake, according to a March Gallup poll.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/5-charts-showing-why-americans-arent-eager-intervention-145859630.html
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Ebola's secret weapon revealed
May 2, 2013 ? Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind one of the Ebola virus' most dangerous attributes: its ability to disarm the adaptive immune system.
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston scientists determined that Ebola short-circuits the immune system using proteins that work together to shut down cellular signaling related to interferon. Disruption of this activity, the researchers found, allows Ebola to prevent the full development of dendritic cells that would otherwise trigger an immune response to the virus.
"Dendritic cells typically undergo a process called 'maturation' when they're infected by a virus -- they change shape and present antigens on their surface that tell T-cells to attack that particular virus, thus generating an adaptive immune response," said UTMB professor Alexander Bukreyev, senior author of a paper on the discovery now online in the Journal of Virology. "But Ebola prevents dendritic-cell maturation and produces a severe infection without an effective adaptive immune response. We found that its ability to do this depends on several specific regions of two different proteins."
Bukreyev's research group made the discovery after a series of procedures that started with a clone of the Ebola Zaire virus strain. Working under maximum-containment conditions in a biosafety level 4 facility in UTMB's Galveston National Laboratory, the team introduced mutations into the virus' genetic code at four locations thought to generate proteins that affected immune response.
They then infected human dendritic cells with each of the resulting new strains and compared the results with those produced by unmutated Ebola Zaire. Each of the four new viruses, they found, was unable to suppress dendritic-cell maturation.
"We saw two very interesting things," Bukreyev said. "First, that these mutations restore maturation of dendritic cells very effectively, and second, that a mutation in even one of these genetic domains makes the virus unable to suppress maturation. That means that the virus needs multiple combined effects in order to undermine the immune system in this way."
Ebola's ability to evade the human immune response is one of the factors that accounts for its high mortality rate -- up to 90 percent in humans -- and the notoriety that it gained after its first appearance in Zaire in 1976, in an outbreak that killed 280 people. Zaire -- now the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- is the home country of Ndongala Lubaki, lead author on the paper and a postdoctoral fellow at UTMB.
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