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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators on Sunday pressed U.S. President Barack Obama to intervene in Syria's civil war, saying America could attack Syrian air bases with missiles but should not send in ground troops.
Pressure is mounting on the White House to do more to help Syrian rebels fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, which the Obama administration last week said had probably used chemical arms in the conflict.
Neutralizing the government forces' air advantage over the rebels "could turn the tide of battle pretty quickly," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told CBS's "Face the Nation."
"One way you can stop the Syrian air force from flying is to bomb the Syrian air bases with cruise missiles," the South Carolina senator said.
Graham said international action was needed to bring the conflict to a close but "You don't need boots on the ground from the U.S. point of view."
More than 70,000 people have died in Syria's two-year-old civil war. So far, the United States has limited its involvement to providing non-lethal aid to rebels.
Obama said on Friday the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a "game changer" for the United States, but made clear he was in no rush to intervene on the basis of evidence he said was still preliminary.
The U.S. fears anti-Assad Islamist rebels affiliated to al Qaeda could seize the chemical weapons, and Washington and its allies have discussed scenarios where tens of thousands of ground troops go into Syria if Assad's government falls.
INTERNATIONAL FORCE
Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, said the United States should step up its support for Syrian rebels even if it turns out that Assad's forces have not used poison gas in the conflict.
"We could use Patriot (missile) batteries and cruise missiles," the Arizona lawmaker, an influential voice on military issues in the U.S. Senate, told NBC's Meet The Press.
McCain said an "international force" should also be readied to go into Syria to secure stocks of chemical weapons.
"There are number of caches of these chemical weapons. They cannot fall into the hands of the jihadists," he said.
At the same time, McCain said it would be a mistake for American ground troops to enter Syria because that "would turn the people against us."
After fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, sending U.S. troops into another conflict would be politically unpalatable in America.
The Pentagon is also wary of U.S. involvement in Syria. The president's top uniformed military adviser, General Martin Dempsey, said last month he could not see a U.S. military option with an "understandable outcome" there.
Syria in July acknowledged for the first time that it possessed chemical and biological weapons, saying they could be used if the country faced foreign intervention. However, Syria has denied any use of chemical arms in the civil war and has said it would not use them against its own citizens.
(Additional reporting by Rachelle Younglai and Mohammad Zargham in Washington. Editing by Christopher Wilson)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/international-troops-prepare-syria-u-senator-150852575.html
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Jason Collins nearly got Rick Welts into $200 worth of trouble.
Welts is the president of the Golden State Warriors, and is gay. And a short while before the news broke Monday that Collins would become the first active player from one of the four U.S. major pro sports leagues to come out, someone called Welts to give him a heads-up about the pending announcement.
Small problem: Welts was driving, and not using a hands-free device that California law dictates. He got pulled over but, Welts said, was let out of the costly ticket after telling his story to the California Highway Patrol officer.
"Thanks, Jason," Welts said afterward.
Collins was thanked and applauded by virtually all sides of the sports world Monday when the first-person account of his life was published by Sports Illustrated.
Former President Bill Clinton spoke of Collins' courage, tennis great Martina Navratilova called him a pioneer, Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers compared him to Jackie Robinson.
Perhaps no one was more succinct than Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash, who simply tweeted, "The time has come."
Support freely flowed Collins' way, mainly through social media, with players from all four major sports reaching out to offer congratulations, support or both. Even the entertainment world reacted, with actor Neil Patrick Harris, who came out in 2006, thanking Collins.
"Thanks for stepping up. For standing tall. And at 7 feet, that's saying a lot," Harris wrote.
Collins will be a free agent this summer. However, after averaging a mere 1.1 points in 38 games for the Celtics and Washington Wizards this season ? and after scoring 10 points just one time since Jan. 2, 2008 ? it remains to be seen what sort of interest the 34-year-old center will generate from clubs.
"He exemplifies everything we look for in players," said Billy King, the general manager of the Nets franchise that Collins spent his first 6? seasons with when the team was in New Jersey.
In Miami, guard Dwyane Wade tweeted that he respects Collins for "living in his truth" and forward Shane Battier said that he only judges teammates by their commitment to winning.
"Whether he is straight, gay, black, white, from Earth, or from Mars is immaterial. Just help us win," Battier said.
Collins finished this season with the Wizards, spending months traveling, practicing, playing, dressing and hanging out with the same group of men, day after day after day.
They had no idea he was gay.
"No, I didn't know about it! I don't think anyone did!" Wizards guard Bradley Beal wrote in a text message. "I am proud of his decision to come out and express the way he feels and I'm supportive of that!! I never judge anyone, that's his decision and his life to live! I always saw him as a great teammate, mentor, leader, huge asset to our team and just a vet to me! So all in all I respect what he has done."
Wizards owner Ted Leonsis talked with Collins on Monday, saying that he told him, "we are proud of you and I support you in every way possible."
Predictably, Collins' message was not unanimously well received. Thousands of tweets about Collins included a gay slur. In New York, well-known sports radio host Mike Francesa called the story "a dramatic attempt to sell a magazine."
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Mike Wallace had to backtrack from, delete and eventually apologize for two tweets he posted about the Collins story, in which he said he did not understand homosexuality. And on his radio show on WQAM in Miami, former Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder ? who said Collins was strong for coming out ? questioned what effect it would have coming from a journeyman who's likely nearing the end of his career.
"Him being the low-end player he is, it's not going to open enough minds," Crowder said.
No one knows how many minds Collins' story may have opened Monday, though it did elicit plenty of responses.
"I think it is a monumental day," said San Jose Sharks forward Tommy Wingels, who is active in the 'You Can Play' movement that is dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports. "It's very encouraging for the LGBT community and more importantly sports in general. This is a day that's been coming for a while."
Many other athletes agreed.
"Gay people are part of our society," Milwaukee Bucks forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute said. "We live with them, they're our friends, they're our co-workers and now they're our teammates. It was going to happen some day or another, it just happened to be today."
Added U.S. women's soccer star Abby Wambach: "I think there is nothing more inspiring than to see somebody stand up, regardless of their environment, and be who they are."
Said Detroit Tigers reliever Phil Coke: "He's going onto that stage alone, and he's taking on representing himself and his entire community. Not only that, but at this point, he's representing every major sport in America. That takes a great deal of intestinal fortitude. I have the utmost respect for him."
And this came from Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay: "Happy for my former teammate Jason Colllins. A true American. 'home of the free because of the brave.'"
Welts came out in 2011, becoming the first senior sports executive to acknowledge he was gay. So clearly, he had some sort of sense about what Collins was feeling on Monday.
"He's somebody who didn't have the benefit of somebody going before him to sit and watch how people would react," Welts said. "It takes a man of great courage to do what he did today. I'm happy for him. He can be the complete Jason Collins every day for the rest of his life."
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AP National Writer Nancy Armour and AP Sports Writers Antonio Gonzalez, Greg Beacham, Joseph White, Noah Trister, Larry Lage and Josh Dubow contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/collins-gets-plenty-support-coming-222113660.html
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Apr. 29, 2013 ? Mammalian females ovulate periodically over their reproductive lifetimes, placing significant demands on their ovaries for egg production. Whether mammals generate new eggs in adulthood using stem cells has been a source of scientific controversy. If true, these "germ-line stem cells" might allow novel treatments for infertility and other diseases. However, new research from Carnegie's Lei Lei and Allan Spradling demonstrates that adult mice do not use stem cells to produce new eggs.
Their work is published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of April 29.
Before birth, mouse and human ovaries contain an abundant supply of germ cells, some of which will develop into the eggs that will ultimately be released from follicles during ovulation. Around the time of birth these germ cells have formed a large reserve of primordial follicles -- each containing a single immature egg. Evidence of new follicle production is absent after birth, so it has long been believed that the supply of follicles is fixed at birth and eventually runs out, leading to menopause.
During the last decade, some researchers have claimed that primordial follicles in adult mouse ovaries turn over and that females use adult germ-line stem cells to constantly resupply the follicle pool and sustain ovulation. These claims were based on subjective observations of ovarian tissue and on the behavior of extremely rare ovarian cells following extensive growth in tissue culture, a procedure that is capable of "reprogramming" cells.
Lei and Spradling used a technique that allows individual cells and their progeny within a living animal to be followed over time by marking the cells with a new gene. This general approach, known as lineage-tracing, has been a mainstay of classical developmental biology research and has greatly clarified knowledge of tissue stem cells during the last decade.
Their research showed that primordial follicles are highly stable, and that germ-line stem cell activity cannot be detected, even in response to the death of half the existing follicles. The research placed a stringent upper limit on the stem cell activity that could exist in the mouse ovary and escape detection--one stem cell division every two weeks, which is an insignificant level.
What about the rare stem-like cells generated in cultures of ovarian cells? According to Spradling, these cells "likely arise by dedifferentiation in culture," and "the same safety and reliability concerns would apply as to any laboratory-generated cell type that lacks a normal counterpart" in the body.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's presidential pardon commission said on Saturday it was too soon to consider pardoning Yulia Tymoshenko, the president's main political rival whose continuing detention is a major obstacle to improved ties with the West.
The commission said that as some criminal charges against Tymoshenko were still being investigated and the courts had not yet ruled, the "issue of her pardon is premature."
On Thursday, foreign ministers of several EU countries visited Ukraine and said there was unlikely to be rapid progress on free trade and political association deals, citing the Tymoshenko case as a major obstacle.
Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2011 for crimes related to a 2009 gas deal with Russia which Yanukovich says saddled Ukraine with exorbitant energy prices.
Since last May, Tymoshenko, who served twice as prime minister before narrowly losing the 2010 presidential run-off to Yanukovich, has been receiving treatment for back trouble in a state-run hospital in the city of Kharkiv.
Yanukovich himself says he cannot order her release because Tymoshenko is due to be tried on tax evasion and embezzlement charges and is being investigated in a murder case. She denies all the charges.
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Apr. 26, 2013 ? The NIMS Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN) and Tokyo Metropolitan University have measured the volumetric expansion of single particles of silicon accompanying the charging reaction. This finding demonstrated the importance of electrode design from the viewpoint of volumetric energy density.
The NIMS Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN) and a research group at Tokyo Metropolitan University succeeded in measuring the volumetric expansion of single particles of silicon, which is a negative electrode material for lithium ion batteries, accompanying the charging reaction, and demonstrated the importance of electrode design from the viewpoint of volumetric energy density based on this finding.
A research group headed by Dr. Kiyoshi Kanamura (NIMS Special Researcher) and Dr. Kei Nishikawa (Postdoctoral Researcher) at the Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN) of the National Institute for Materials Science (President: Sukekatsu Ushioda), in joint research with Tokyo Metropolitan University (President: Fumio Harashima), succeeded in measuring the volumetric expansion of single particles of silicon, which is a negative electrode material for lithium (Li) ion batteries, accompanying the charging reaction, and demonstrated the importance of electrode design from the viewpoint of volumetric energy density.
Li-ion batteries are a type of secondary cell in which a Li-containing transition metal oxide is used as the positive electrode and graphite is used as the negative electrode. Because Li-ion batteries have high energy density in comparison with other secondary cells, such as nickel-metal hydride (NIMH) batteries, etc., they are widely used as a power source for mobile electronics, and are also considered promising for electric vehicle (EV) and stationary power storage applications. At present, graphite is used as the negative electrode material, but in order to achieve higher energy density, materials which utilize the alloying reaction with lithium, represented by silicon, have attracted attention as next-generation negative electrode materials. The most important issues for practical application are elucidation of the mechanism of the large volume change which occur in the charging and discharging reactions, and control of those changes.
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University established the technology of a single-particle measurement system to investigate the intrinsic electrochemical properties of single particles of electrode materials for Li-ion batteries. In the present research, this system was introduced in the ultra-dry room at the NIMS Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN), and was used to perform electrochemical measurements of single particles (10-20?m) of silicon, which is seen as a next-generation negative electrode material. To date, the expansion ratio, etc. of single particles of silicon had been estimated from the theoretical crystal size, and volumetric changes accompanying the charging and discharging reactions had not been evaluated quantitatively. This research result was the world's first example of successful measurement of volumetric expansion of a single particle of silicon accompanying the charging reaction.
The results of this experiment clarified the fact that the volumetric expansion of silicon in the charging reaction is larger than the value estimated theoretically. Although this is thought to be due to the formation of an amorphous phase, etc. as the alloying reaction between the lithium and silicon proceeds, further study will be necessary in order to elucidate the detailed mechanism. Standards have now been established for Li-ion batteries for electric vehicle (EV) and cellphone applications. Conventionally, evaluations of material performance had centered on energy density per unit of mass. However, volumetric energy density is increasingly considered more important than mass energy density. As the present research showed, silicon displays larger volumetric expansion than the predicted value, which results in a decrease in real energy density. Thus, this research demonstrated the importance of actual measurement of volumetric expansion in the search for candidates for next-generation battery materials.
As described above, this research showed the importance of measuring the actual volumetric energy density when adopting a material that displays volumetric changes during charging/discharging in the electrodes of Li-ion batteries. Based on this result, electrode design guidelines which also consider volumetric changes are necessary in research and development in the search for next-generation materials for Li-ion batteries.
These research results was presented at the 80th Spring Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of Japan, which was held at Tohoku University on March 29.
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In recent years, hotel company SuperClubs has been selling off some of its resort holdings, but chairman John Issa says the disposals are not part of a strategic plan to restructure the group but a response to buyers offering deals.
SuperClubs has disposed of stakes in four properties since 2012, but retains minority holdings in at least one of them. It has also retreated from management contracts over the past four years for properties operated under lease.
The resort group is currently focusing efforts on property upgrades in The Bahamas, but it is also on the hunt for other investments.
"We are also currently in negotiation for four properties with over 2,000 rooms in the Caribbean," Issa said Thursday, but offered no details.
Citing competitive reasons, he also declined to disclose whether he was purchasing or leasing the properties.
The most recent sale was Breezes Grand Negril Resort & Spa - also referred to as Bloody Bay hotel - "and some brands" to the Blue Diamond Group of Canada on April 17. Issa said the property will be rebranded Grand Lido.
SuperClubs controlled the asset since 2000 when Issa used Village Resorts to partner with the UDC to buy the property from a Finsac-controlled company called International Hotels.
Each paid half of the US$9 million for the stake in the property, beating out a similarly priced offer from Guardian Life, according to Finsac disclosures at the time.
The current sale price to Blue Diamond Group has not been disclosed by SuperClubs. Issa confirmed Thursday that SuperClubs had bought out UDC's interest prior to the sale.
With that sale, the group, which was once one of the largest chains locally, is now down to two relatively small properties in Jamaica - Rooms on the Beach Ocho Rios and Rooms on the Beach Negril.
The reduction of its footprint in Jamaica dates back to at least 2009 when SuperClubs gave up the operating contract for Breezes Montego Bay - a property owned by pension funds, National Insurance Fund and NCB Staff Pension Fund. It also exited operating agreements for SuperFun Runaway Bay - previously known as Hedonism III - and the former Grand Lido Braco.
However, the disposal of its own properties was concentrated in 2012-2013.
In February, the former Hedonism III in which SuperClubs held minority stake of 15.22 per cent was sold to Sagicor Life Jamaica by lienholder Development Bank of Jamaica. Sagicor now owns 100 per cent of the property.
SuperClubs has also sold properties in Trelawny, St Ann and Negril either outright or in deals under which the resort group retains minority interest.
"I continue to be a shareholder and director of Hedonism II," Issa told the Financial Gleaner.
"I still have a lot of interest in the tourism industry and am planning aggressive expansion in the Caribbean. As good opportunities arise, I will take advantage of them," he said.
SuperClubs is currently wrapping up a project on the Baha Mar property in The Bahamas, according to Issa, and plans to expand the adjoining Breezes Bahamas hotel once the current project is finalised, Issa said.
In early 2012, SuperClubs had 10 properties in its portfolio in Jamaica and overseas. It now owns six: the Rooms resorts in Ocho Rios and Negril; Breezes Bahamas in Nassau; and Breezes Varadero, Breezes Bella Costa and Breezes Jibacoa in Cuba, according to SuperClubs' head of marketing, Zein Issa-Nakash.
Chairman Issa said the disposals were opportunistic.
"The restructuring took place quite by accident, in that there were rumours that SuperClubs resorts were for sale long before they actually were. Because the rumours were so prevalent, and even though we kept denying them, it piqued the interest of many in the industry. I received calls from persons who asked if I could, in fact, sell to them. We started discussions and ended up with win-win situations," he said.
One such was concluded in February 2013 with the sale of the Hedonism II property to international investor group Marshmallow Limited.
Marshmallow, a company formed to own and operate the hotel, is headed by majority stockholder Harry Lange, with partners Jon Gross of UnWind Travel, the Issa family, and Kevin Levee, the hotel's current general manager.
"As a good businessman, when I see an opportunity, I take advantage of it," Issa said.
Still, the disposal further reduced SuperClubs' footprint in its home market to just two small properties owned by the group. In 2012, the hotel company also sold Breezes Trelawny Resort & Spa to Blue Diamond. The property was re-branded as Memories White Sands Beach Resort & Spa.
SuperClubs also sold its golf resort, Breezes Runaway Bay, to Sagicor Life Jamaica last year. Sagicor took possession of the property last June and has since rebranded it Jewels Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort.
Issa said he is not losing interest in Jamaica as an investment destination, notwithstanding his current focus offshore.
"Every country has its challenges and opportunities. I am able to function in most places because before I invest in any country, I try to get an understanding of how the system works. I then take that into account when operating my business," said the SuperClubs chairman.
Issa declined to name other properties in which he retains minority interest.
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Does Chael Sonnen have any real chance at beating UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones? Sonnen's moving up to 205 lbs. after spending his entire UFC career at middleweight. He is 2-3 in his last five fights, with both losses coming to Anderson Silva. Two of those wins were decisions, including a close one with Michael Bisping. Though Sonnen talks a good game, he just isn't on the same level as Jones. Every fighter has a puncher's chance in the cage. Will Sonnen find that one punch to get it done?
Will any punches be thrown in Phil Davis and Vinny Magalhaes' bout? When a Division I NCAA champion wrestler and a world champion jiu-jitsu player face off, will their ground game be neutralized? Watching their match will be like a chess match unfold.
Can Jim Miller change UFC president Dana White's mind about the next lightweight title shot? After Benson Henderson defended the UFC lightweight championship belt, White said the next title shot will go to the winner of Gray Maynard's May bout with T.J. Grant. Miller said this week that he wants to perform so well against Pat Healy that White will be forced to reconsider.
"It all comes down to timing and performances," he said. "I'm looking to make a statement on Saturday night. I'm hoping Dana forgets all the things he just said about the Maynard-Grant fight. It's happened before. Nothing's guaranteed about a No. 1 contender spot. I might (have to do some talking). But I plan on making some noise with my fists and my elbows and my knees."
Will Miller be able to get that title shot he's always wanted?
Can Sheila Gaff's finishing ability neutralize Sara McMann's wrestling? McMann is one of the most well-credentialed wrestlers to ever enter the octagon. She was an Olympic silver medalist in 2004, plus has three medals from world championships. Gaff's last three fights have ended in a first-round knockout, so will she be able to come up with another big finish against McMann's elite wrestling?
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(Ends first round) NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - Selections in the first roundof the 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday (picknumber, NFL team, player, position, college): 1-Kansas City, Eric Fisher, offensive tackle, Central Michigan 2-Jacksonville, Luke Joeckel, offensive tackle, Texas A&M 3-Miami (from Oakland), Dion Jordan, defensive tackle, Oregon 4-Philadelphia, Lane Johnson, offensive tackle, Oklahoma 5-Detroit, Ezekiel Ansah, defensive end, Brigham Young 6-Cleveland, Barkevious Mingo, linebacker, LSU 7-Arizona, Jonathan Cooper, guard, North Carolina 8-St. ...
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The saga of PeopleBrowsr vs. Twitter appears to have come to a close, AllThingsD reports. Last November, PeopleBrowsr took Twitter to court after the company had informed them that they’d be losing access to its full firehose of data. This was a move happening with nearly all third-party developers, but PeopleBrowsr contested that its four-year long relationship with Twitter could not be cut off that easily. After a somewhat astonishing public back and forth between the two companies, it sounds like the terms of the out of court settlement will be that PeopleBrowsr keeps firehose data until the end of the year, at which time it will shift over to one of Twitter’s approved data partners, Gnip, Topsy or DataSift. A Twitter spokesperson issued the following statement to us: We?re pleased to have this matter dismissed with prejudice, and look forward to PeopleBrowsr?s transition by the end of the year off of the Firehose to join the ecosystem of developers utilizing Twitter data via our reseller partnerships. While it’s not a win, it is the close of a case that kicked up dust from developers, some seeing PeopleBrowsr as fighting for the “little guys” who were slowly losing the access to Twitter’s data that they once enjoyed. This was not the case though, as PeopleBrowsr’s products, namely Kred, rely on this data to function. Basically, it had been paying Twitter $1 million a year to keep their business going. That’s not little. There’s no word on what it will have to eventually pay someone like Gnip for the same access. A spokesperson from PeopleBrowsr says that it’s “business as usual” now. Good, because it got really ugly there for a while. [Photo credit: Flickr]Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9RnkN4huiwQ/
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Schwab customers were unable to trade online for two hours Tuesday and again intermittently on Wednesday because of cyber attacks. But Schwab says the problem has been resolved.
A man walks past a Charles Schwab Investment branch in Washington in January. After two days of cyber attacks that interrupted its customers' online trading, Schwab says the problem has been resolved.
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Schwab, one of the largest U.S. brokerages, said on Tuesday afternoon it was that target of a distributed denial of service attack - an attack that floods websites with traffic in order to block access - that left clients unable to trade through the site for two hours.
Phone service was available during both attacks, although responses were slower than usual due to the large number of people calling in, said Schwab spokesman Greg Gable.
He said clients who believe they were affected by the outage can call 1-800-435-4000 to talk with a Schwab representative.
The attacks did not impact client data or accounts, Gable added.
Schwab said it is actively investigating the attacks but could not provide further information.
The San Francisco-based company had 8.9 million active brokerage accounts and $2.1 trillion in total client assets at the end of the last quarter.
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ARLINGTON, Va.In the wake of the recent announcement that laser weapons will be put on U.S. Navy ships, the need for reliable, high-voltage shipboard power has become a matter of national security, officials said at this week's Electric Ship Technologies Symposium outside Washington, D.C.
The Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored event featured some of the world's top scientists and engineers in power systems, who agree that a new era in electric power is within sight.
"The work being done in this area is vital," said Dr. Thomas Killion, who heads ONR's Office of Transition. "As the upcoming deployment of a shipboard laser weapon reminds us, we need power generation and power management systems with greater-than-ever capabilities, but from devices that are smaller than ever."
Earlier this month, Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert announced that for the first time a laser weapon system (LaWS) will be placed onboard a deployed ship, USS Ponce, for testing in the Persian Gulf in 2014. The announcement underscored the need for accessible high-power electric generation, capable of meeting the substantial demands that will be needed to power laser systems and other high-power weapon systems.
As the technology advances, and faced with rising and unpredictable fossil fuel costs, the Navy's next-generation surface combatant ship will leverage electric ship technologies in its design.
While electric ships already exist, design characteristics of a combatant ship are more complex with regard to weight, speed, maneuverabilityand now, directed energy weapons.
ONR-supported scientists are focused on cutting-edge technologies that include silicon carbide (SiC)-based transistors, transformers and power converters.
"SiC is important because it improves power quality and reduces size and weight of components by as much as 90 percent," said Sharon Beerman-Curtin, ONR's power and energy science and technology lead. "This is a critical technology enabler for future Navy combatant ships that require massive amounts of highly controlled electricity to power advanced sensors, propulsion and weapons such as lasers and the electromagnetic railgun."
Killion said that a lighter, smaller footprint on ships will contribute to the substantial increase in energy efficiency that is predicted from breakthroughs in electric power research.
"The enhanced capabilities and potential cost savings of increased power at reduced size cannot be overemphasized," he said. "This is the future."
Improved power systems could have enormous impact in both military and civilian sectors. Concerns by engineers over an aging power grid in the United States and elsewhere, for instance, have grown in recent years.
The Navy's power and engineering efforts that will further naval power hold similar promise for civilian benefit. ONR sponsors the Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium (ESRDC), composed of eight leading universities. The ESRDC is focused on afloat power systems, and leads efforts to address a national shortage of electric power engineers, and ensure U.S. superiority in electric systems.
Some of the critical technologies ONR is working on include power-dense electronics; new power conversion capabilities; energy storage; and sensors, weapons and protection. Killion said all of these areas deserve support because they are of naval and national importance.
"A key challenge in designing an all-electric future naval combatant ship is enabling technologies that can provide power agility with minimal energy storage needs," said Beermann-Curtin. "We are making truly noteworthy progress toward those goals."
At the symposium, Killion also announced the pending Fiscal Year 2013 Small Business Innovation Research solicitation opportunities in the power and energy area, including continued development of automated methods for design of cooling systems; alternative power supplies; ship energy use monitoring and analysis methods; compact connectors; and compact power for radio frequency sources.
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ARLINGTON, Va.In the wake of the recent announcement that laser weapons will be put on U.S. Navy ships, the need for reliable, high-voltage shipboard power has become a matter of national security, officials said at this week's Electric Ship Technologies Symposium outside Washington, D.C.
The Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored event featured some of the world's top scientists and engineers in power systems, who agree that a new era in electric power is within sight.
"The work being done in this area is vital," said Dr. Thomas Killion, who heads ONR's Office of Transition. "As the upcoming deployment of a shipboard laser weapon reminds us, we need power generation and power management systems with greater-than-ever capabilities, but from devices that are smaller than ever."
Earlier this month, Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert announced that for the first time a laser weapon system (LaWS) will be placed onboard a deployed ship, USS Ponce, for testing in the Persian Gulf in 2014. The announcement underscored the need for accessible high-power electric generation, capable of meeting the substantial demands that will be needed to power laser systems and other high-power weapon systems.
As the technology advances, and faced with rising and unpredictable fossil fuel costs, the Navy's next-generation surface combatant ship will leverage electric ship technologies in its design.
While electric ships already exist, design characteristics of a combatant ship are more complex with regard to weight, speed, maneuverabilityand now, directed energy weapons.
ONR-supported scientists are focused on cutting-edge technologies that include silicon carbide (SiC)-based transistors, transformers and power converters.
"SiC is important because it improves power quality and reduces size and weight of components by as much as 90 percent," said Sharon Beerman-Curtin, ONR's power and energy science and technology lead. "This is a critical technology enabler for future Navy combatant ships that require massive amounts of highly controlled electricity to power advanced sensors, propulsion and weapons such as lasers and the electromagnetic railgun."
Killion said that a lighter, smaller footprint on ships will contribute to the substantial increase in energy efficiency that is predicted from breakthroughs in electric power research.
"The enhanced capabilities and potential cost savings of increased power at reduced size cannot be overemphasized," he said. "This is the future."
Improved power systems could have enormous impact in both military and civilian sectors. Concerns by engineers over an aging power grid in the United States and elsewhere, for instance, have grown in recent years.
The Navy's power and engineering efforts that will further naval power hold similar promise for civilian benefit. ONR sponsors the Electric Ship Research and Development Consortium (ESRDC), composed of eight leading universities. The ESRDC is focused on afloat power systems, and leads efforts to address a national shortage of electric power engineers, and ensure U.S. superiority in electric systems.
Some of the critical technologies ONR is working on include power-dense electronics; new power conversion capabilities; energy storage; and sensors, weapons and protection. Killion said all of these areas deserve support because they are of naval and national importance.
"A key challenge in designing an all-electric future naval combatant ship is enabling technologies that can provide power agility with minimal energy storage needs," said Beermann-Curtin. "We are making truly noteworthy progress toward those goals."
At the symposium, Killion also announced the pending Fiscal Year 2013 Small Business Innovation Research solicitation opportunities in the power and energy area, including continued development of automated methods for design of cooling systems; alternative power supplies; ship energy use monitoring and analysis methods; compact connectors; and compact power for radio frequency sources.
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"Ninety-eight years ago, 1.5 million Armenians were massacred or marched to their deaths in the final days of the Ottoman Empire. We pause to reflect on the lives extinguished and remember the unspeakable suffering that occurred," Obama said in a statement released by the White House. "In so doing, we are joined by millions across the world and in the United States, where it is solemnly commemorated by our states, institutions, communities, and families. We also remind ourselves of our commitment to ensure that such dark chapters of history are not repeated."
Obama, who called the massacre "genocide" during his 2008 run for the White House and vowed to use the term as president, stopped short of doing so in his statement, as he has in the past. Turkey, a NATO member, fiercely disputes the genocide charge and has warned that formal U.S. steps to use the term will hamper relations. Turkey's ambassador to Washington, Namik Tan, sharply criticized a similar statement from Obama in 2011, taking to Twitter to denounce it as inaccurate, flawed and one-sided.
"Nations grow stronger by acknowledging and reckoning with painful elements of the past, thereby building a foundation for a more just and tolerant future," Obama said in an implicit appeal to Turkey. "We appreciate this lesson in the United States, as we strive to reconcile some of the darkest moments in our own history. We recognize those courageous Armenians and Turks who have already taken this path, and encourage more to do so, with the backing of their governments, and mine."
The chairman of the Armenian National Committee of America, Aram Hamparian, denounced Obama?s statement, accusing the president of bowing to Turkey?s ?gag rule? on the issue.
"Our President's complicity in Turkey's denial of truth and its ongoing obstruction of justice will not derail our progress toward a truthful, fair, and comprehensive international resolution of Turkey's still unpunished crime against the Armenian nation,? Hamparian said in a statement.
Armenian-American celebrity Kim Kardashian marked the event on her official Twitter feed, @kimkardashian.
The issue is a powerful one for Armenian-Americans. The Armenian Reporter news site has repeatedly and forcefully condemned what it mockingly calls "amnesia" on the part of Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who as senators co-sponsored a resolution calling for the use of the term "genocide" when discussing the tragedy.
On Oct. 2, 2008, the paper published a letter from then-candidate Obama in which he trumpeted "my firmly held conviction that the Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, a personal opinion, or a point of view, but rather a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical evidence."
"The facts are undeniable. An official policy that calls on diplomats to distort the historical facts is an untenable policy," Obama wrote. "As President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide."
Twenty-two countries have recognized the events of 1915 as genocide, and 42 U.S. states have done so as well, either by legislation or proclamation. Congressional resolutions aimed at doing the same at the national level have never become law. Successive presidents have objected on grounds that doing so risks angering Turkey.
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Apr. 25, 2013 ? Humpback whales are able to pass on hunting techniques to each other, just as humans do, new research has found.
A team of researchers, led by the University of St Andrews, has discovered that a new feeding technique has spread to 40 per cent of a humpback whale population.
The findings are published April 25 by the journal Science.
The community of humpback whales off New England, USA, was forced to find new prey after herring stocks -- their preferred food -- crashed in the early 1980s.
The solution the whales devised -- hitting the water with their tails while hunting a different prey -- has now spread through the population by cultural transmission. By 2007, nearly 40 per cent of the population had been seen doing it.
Dr Luke Rendell, lecturer in the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews, said: "Our study really shows how vital cultural transmission is in humpback populations -- not only do they learn their famous songs from each other, they also learn feeding techniques that allow them to buffer the effects of changing ecology."
The team -- also including Jenny Allen from the University of St Andrews, Mason Weinrich of the Whale Center of New England and Will Hoppitt from Anglia Ruskin University -- used a new technique called network-based diffusion analysis to demonstrate that the pattern of spread followed the network of social relationships within the population, showing that the new behaviour had spread through cultural transmission, the same process that underlies the diversity of human culture.
The data were collected by naturalist observers aboard the many whale-watching vessels that patrol the waters of the Gulf of Maine each summer.
Dr Hoppitt said: "We can learn more about the forces that drive the evolution of culture by looking outside our own ancestral lineage and studying the occurrence of similar attributes in groups that have evolved in a radically different environment to ours, like the cetaceans."
Humpbacks around the world herd shoals of prey by blowing bubbles underwater to produce 'bubble nets'.
The feeding innovation, called 'lobtail feeding', involves hitting the water with the tail before diving to produce the bubble nets.
Lobtail feeding was first observed in 1980, after the stocks of herring, previously the main food for the whales, became depleted.
At the same time sand lance stocks soared, and it would seem the innovation is specific to that particular prey, because its use is concentrated around the Stellwagen Bank, spawning grounds where the sand lance can reach high abundance.
Using a unique database spanning thirty years of observations gathered by Dr Weinrich, the researchers were able track the spread of the behaviour through the whales' social network.
Jenny Allen said: "The study was only made possible because of Mason's dedication in collecting the whale observations over decades, and it shows the central importance of long-term studies in understanding the processes affecting whale populations."
The scientists believe their results strengthen the case that cetaceans -- the whales and dolphins -- have evolved sophisticated cultural capacities.
The skills, knowledge, materials and traditions that humans learn from each other help explain how we have come to dominate the globe as a species, but how we evolved the capabilities to transmit such knowledge between ourselves remains a mystery that preoccupies biologists, psychologists and anthropologists.
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Apr. 24, 2013 ? Neurodegenerative and central nervous system (CNS) diseases represent a major public health issue affecting at least 20 million children and adults in the United States alone. Multiple drugs exist to treat and potentially cure these debilitating diseases, but 98 percent of all potential pharmaceutical agents are prevented from reaching the CNS directly due to the blood-brain barrier.
Using mucosa, or the lining of the nose, researchers in the department of Otology and Laryngology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School and the Biomedical Engineering Department of Boston University have demonstrated what may be the first known method to permanently bypass the blood-brain barrier, thus opening the door to new treatment options for those with neurodegenerative and CNS disease. Their study is published on PLOS ONE.
Many attempts have been made to deliver drugs across the blood-brain barrier using methods such as osmotic disruption and implantation of catheters into the brain, however these methods are temporary and prone to infection and dislodgement.
"As an endoscopic skull base surgeon, I and many other researchers have helped to develop methods to reconstruct large defects between the nose and brain using the patient's own mucosa or nasal lining," said Benjamin S. Bleier, M.D., Otolaryngologist at Mass. Eye and Ear and HMS Assistant Professor.
Study co-author Xue Han, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, said, "The development of this model enables us to perform critical preclinical testing of novel therapies for neurological and psychiatric diseases."
Inspired by recent advances in human endoscopic transnasal skull based surgical techniques, the investigators went to work to develop an animal model of this technique and use it to evaluate transmucosal permeability for the purpose of direct drug delivery to the brain.
In this study using a mouse model, researchers describe a novel method of creating a semi-permeable window in the blood-brain barrier using purely autologous tissues to allow for higher molecular weight drug delivery to the CNS. They demonstrated for the first time that these membranes are capable of delivering molecules to the brain which are up to 1,000-times larger than those excluded by the blood-brain barrier.
"Since this is a proven surgical technique which is known to be safe and well tolerated, this data suggests that these membranes may represent the first known method to permanently bypass the blood-brain barrier using the patient's own tissue," Dr. Bleier said. "This method may open the door for the development of a variety of new therapies for neurodegenerative and CNS disease.
Future studies will be directed towards developing clinical trials to test this method in patients who have already undergone these endoscopic surgeries."
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Marvin Tolkin was 83 when he decided that the unexamined life wasn?t worth living. Until then, it had never occurred to him that there might be emotional ?issues? he wanted to explore with a counselor.
?I don?t think I ever needed therapy,? said Mr. Tolkin, a retired manufacturer of women?s undergarments who lives in Manhattan and Hewlett Harbor, N.Y.
Though he wasn?t clinically depressed, Mr. Tolkin did suffer from migraines and ?struggled through a lot of things in my life? ? the demise of a long-term business partnership, the sudden death of his first wife 18 years ago. He worried about his children and grandchildren, and his relationship with his current wife, Carole.
?When I hit my 80s I thought, ?The hell with this.? I don?t know how long I?m going to live, I want to make it easier,? said Mr. Tolkin, now 86. ?Everybody needs help, and everybody makes mistakes. I needed to reach outside my own capabilities.?
So Mr. Tolkin began seeing Dr. Robert C. Abrams, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan. They meet once a month for 45 minutes, exploring the problems that were weighing on Mr. Tolkin. ?Dr. Abrams is giving me a perspective that I didn?t think about,? he said. ?It?s been making the transition of living at this age in relation to my family very doable and very livable.?
Mr. Tolkin is one of many seniors who are seeking psychological help late in life. Most never set foot near an analyst?s couch in their younger years. But now, as people are living longer, and the stigma of psychological counseling has diminished, they are recognizing that their golden years might be easier if they alleviate the problems they have been carrying around for decades. It also helps that Medicare pays for psychiatric assessments and therapy.
?We?ve been seeing more people in their 80s and older over the past five years, many who have never done therapy before,? said Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, a professor of research in the department of psychiatry at Stanford. ?Usually, they?ve tried other resources like their church, or talked to family. They?re realizing that they?re living longer, and if you?ve got another 10 or 15 years, why be miserable if there?s something that can help you??
Some of these older patients are clinically depressed. The National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that more than 6.5 million Americans over age 65 suffer from depression. But many are grappling with mental health issues unaddressed for decades, as well as contemporary concerns about new living arrangements, finances, chronic health problems, the loss of loved ones and their own mortality.
?It?s never too late, if someone has never dealt with issues,? said Judith Repetur, a clinical social worker in New York who works almost exclusively with older patients, many of whom are seeking help for the first time. ?A combination of stresses late in life can bring up problems that weren?t resolved.?
That members of the Greatest Generation would feel comfortable talking to a therapist, or acknowledging psychological distress, is a significant change. Many grew up in an era when only ?crazy? people sought psychiatric help. They would never admit to themselves ? and certainly not others ? that anything might be wrong.
?For people in their 80s and 90s now, depression was considered almost a moral weakness,? said Dr. Gallagher-Thompson. ?Fifty years ago, when they were in their 20s and 30s, people were locked up and someone threw away the key. They had a terrible fear that if they said they were depressed, they were going to end up in an institution. So they learned to look good and cover their problems as best they could.?
But those attitudes have shifted over time, along with the medical community?s understanding of mental illness among seniors. In the past, the assumption was that if older people were acting strangely or having problems, it was probably dementia. But now, ?the awareness of depression, anxiety disorders and substance abuse as possible problems has grown,? said Bob G. Knight, a professor of gerontology and psychology at the University of Southern California, and the author of ?Psychotherapy With Older Adults.?
A report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that about half of all Americans ages 50 to 70 will be at high risk for alcohol and marijuana abuse by 2020, compared with less than 9 percent in 1999.
In years past, too, there was a sense among medical professionals that a patient often could not be helped after a certain age unless he had received treatment earlier in life. Freud noted that around age 50, ?the elasticity of the mental process on which treatment depends is, as a rule, lacking,? adding, ?Old people are no longer educable.? (Never mind that he continued working until he died at 83.)
?That?s been totally turned around by what we?ve learned about cognitive psychology and cognitive approach ? changing the way you think about things, redirecting your emotions in more positive ways,? said Karl Pillemer, a gerontologist and professor of human development at Cornell, and author of ?30 Lessons for Living.?
Treatment regimens can be difficult in this population. Antidepressants, for instance, can have unpleasant side effects and only add to the pile of pills many elderly patients take daily. Older patients may feel that they don?t have the time necessary to explore psychotherapy, or that it?s too late to change.
But many eagerly embrace talk therapy, particularly cognitive behavioral techniques that focus on altering thought patterns and behaviors affecting their quality of life now. Experts say that seniors generally have a higher satisfaction rate in therapy than younger people because they are usually more serious about it. Time is critical, and their goals usually are well defined.
?Older patients realize that time is limited and precious and not to be wasted,? said Dr. Abrams. ?They tend to be serious about the discussion and less tolerant of wasted time. They make great patients.?
After her husband died two years ago, Miriam Zatinsky, a retired social worker who is now 87, moved into an independent living facility at Miami Jewish Health Systems. It was a difficult transition to make late in life.
?It was really strange to me, and I couldn?t seem to make any friends here,? Ms. Zatinsky said. ?I really couldn?t find my way. I was having a terrible time.?
The medical director for mental health at the facility, Dr. Marc E. Agronin, a geriatric psychiatrist and the author of ?How We Age,? told her that her problems were not unusual for someone in her situation, and encouraged her to make some friends. He prescribed Xanax to help with anxiety, which she said she rarely takes, and he put her in touch with a social worker, Shyla Ford, whom Ms. Zatinsky saw once a week until Ms. Ford moved (Ms. Zatinsky now has a new social worker she talks to). They strategized on how she could reach out. And slowly, she did.
?Sitting at the table for dinner, you talk to people,? said Ms. Zatinsky, who has become president of her building.
Typically, 15 to 20 sessions of talk therapy are enough to help an older patient, unless he or she is struggling with a lifetime?s worth of significant problems. Still, even long-term issues can be overcome.
After a debilitating depression in which she spent three months unable to get out of bed, Judita Grosz, 69, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., decided to see Dr. Agronin, who prescribed medication. (She also tried group therapy but didn?t like it.) He also practiced some cognitive behavioral techniques with her ? for instance, requiring her to get dressed every day for a minimum of 15 minutes.
Eventually, she began to feel better. ?I learned to adjust my thinking, and I don?t get as anxious as I used to,? said Ms. Grosz, who has since begun making and selling jewelry. ?I found out at this age that I am artistic and creative and innovative and smart. I just woke up to the fact that I have a mind of my own. Talk about a late bloomer.?
Dr. Agronin, who still meets with Ms. Grosz monthly, said, ?You might not be able to gain a magical insight and wrap up their entire life in therapy, but you might be able to accomplish one or two small but meaningful goals.?
Sometimes, what older patients really need is help putting a lifetime in perspective.
?Things can be seen differently from the perspective of old age that relieve some guilt and challenge assumptions that you?ve had for decades,? Dr. Abrams said. ???Maybe it wasn?t too terrible after all; maybe I shouldn?t blame myself.? Maybe some of your worst mistakes weren?t so egregious, and maybe there were unavoidable circumstances you couldn?t control.?
Mr. Tolkin still stops by Dr. Abrams?s office for a monthly checkup.
?Everybody has a certain amount of heartache in life ? it?s how you handle the heartache that is the essential core of your life,? Mr. Tolkin said. ?I found that my attitude was important, and I had to reinforce positive things all the time.?
He said he wishes he had tried therapy years ago. But he adds: ?I can?t go back. I can only go forward.?
To hear more from these three seniors who have started therapy later in life, view our gallery.
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