Key Egyptian negotiator with IMF quits

CAIRO (Reuters) - A key Egyptian negotiator with the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday he has resigned as first deputy finance minister, in a potential blow to Cairo's prospects of an early IMF deal.

Hany Kadry Dimian has been the crucial point man in Egypt's protracted and so far fruitless negotiations to obtain a $4.8 billion loan needed to help combat a severe economic crisis.

"The only comment I can make for the time being is that yes, my term ends on April 30 according to my resignation, which I submitted in December," Kadry told Reuters by telephone.

"My next move is not decided."

A senior technocrat appointed in 2007, Kadry survived five finance ministers in office since the 2011 uprising that overthrew former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak.

Kadry gave no explanation for his decision to quit, first reported on the Egyptian dissident Rebel Economy blog, saying he would say more on Tuesday.

A senior European diplomat said his departure was not a good omen for Egypt's hopes of wrapping up a deal on the long delayed IMF loan next month, as the government has said it aims to do.

Kadry was the one expert in the ministry who fully understood the IMF program and was able to deal with the global lender professionally, the diplomat said.

The daily El-Watan said on its website that Kadry had been under increasing pressure from the ruling Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, and in conflict with Abdallah Shehata, the FJP economic adviser to Finance Minister Al-Mursi Al-Sayed Hegazy.

Separately, the head of Egypt's bourse, Mohamed Omran, told Prime Minister Hisham Kandil he would like to leave his position at the end of his term on July 1, the state news agency MENA reported, citing an unnamed official stock exchange source.

The report did not give a reason for Omran's request, but said he had told the prime minister in August he wanted to leave the post. Kandil had asked him to stay until the end of his term, MENA said.

(Additional reporting by Alexander Dziadosz; Writing by Paul Taylor; Editing by Jon Hemming)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/key-egyptian-negotiator-imf-quits-191627035.html

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Automatic spending cuts nix $90m in college aid

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Schools near military bases and tribal lands will face a $60 million shortfall between now and September and aid to college students will be cut by almost $90 million, according to the Education Department's plan to carry out the automatic spending cuts mandated by Congress.

In all, the Education Department lost $2.6 billion as part of failed budget negotiations that forced deep spending cuts to reduce the nation's debt. Every corner of the federal government has been slashing services to comply.

"Budgets are never just numbers. They reveal our values. They reveal our value choices," Education Secretary Arne Duncan told reporters on Monday at an event to discuss prekindergarten programs. "You do not see our high-performing competitors defunding education and innovation via sequestration. Other nations, our international competitors, they keep their eye on the prize and they don't let dysfunctional politics create a man-made mess."

Taken as a whole, the cuts could force fast changes at the end of the school year.

For instance, areas where large portions of land are owned or managed by the government, such as military or tribal areas, receive more than $1 billion in federal aid annually to make up for the lack of land subject to property tax. Under the automatic budget cuts, that sum is being slashed about 5 percent.

Students who work in college libraries, dining halls or elsewhere on campus will see a collective $51 million in work study aid cut. Separately, grants for needy students will be cut $38 million. Some $1.6 billion in college aid will remain, however.

Most of the Education Department's cuts will translate to fewer dollars to pay salaries at the state and local levels. For instance, the department's plan cuts $20 million from a program designed to help students who move between states or countries during the school year catch up. Often, those students are children of migrant farmers who require additional help to get on the same page as their classmates.

Separately, programs to help students learn English were slashed by $38 million.

As implemented, the spending plan also will cut $28 million from the administration's "Race to the Top" competition that rewards states for implementing changes in how schools teach and students learn. Some $520 million, however, remains in that pot for states to try new approaches to boost student performance.

An additional $13 million for charter schools and $5 million for magnet schools were expected to be cut, according to the budget outline.

And the budget cuts would reduce student counseling services, school safety and community development efforts by $13 million.

Across all agencies and departments, the reductions total $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The first-year cuts are $85 billion but many programs are exempt from the cuts such as Social Security and Pell grants.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/budget-cuts-nix-90m-federal-college-aid-210921532.html

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Roundworm quells obesity and related metabolic disorders

Apr. 25, 2013 ? Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders. Their research is published ahead of print online in the journal Infection and Immunity.

Gastrointestinal nematodes infect approximately 2 billion people worldwide, and some researchers believe up until the 20th century almost everyone had worms. In developed countries there is a decreasing incidence of nematode infection but a rising prevalence of certain types of autoimmunity, suggesting a relationship between the two. Nematode infection has been purported to have therapeutic effects and currently clinical trials are underway to examine worms as a treatment for diseases associated with the relevant cytokines, including inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, and allergies.

In the study researchers tested the effect of nematode infection on mice fed a high-fat diet. Infected mice of normal girth gained 15 percent less weight than those that were not infected. Mice that were already obese when infected lost roughly 13 percent of their body weight within 10 days. Infection also drastically lowered fasting blood glucose, a risk factor for diabetes, and reduced fatty liver disease, decreasing liver fat by ~25 percent, and the weight of the liver by 30 percent.

The levels of insulin and leptin also dropped, "indicating that the mice restored their sensitivities to both hormones," says corresponding author Aiping Zhao of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. Leptin moderates appetite. As with too much insulin, too high a level of leptin results in insensitivity, thus contributing to obesity and metabolic syndrome, Zhao explains.

The mechanism of the moderation of these hormones "was associated with a parasite-induced reduction in glucose absorption in the intestine, reduced liver triglycerides, and an increase in the population of cells called "alternatively activated macrophages," which regulate glucose metabolism and inflammation," says coauthor Joe Urban of the United States Department of Agriculture. Some of these changes involved "a protein called interleukin-13 and related intracellular signaling mechanisms," he says. "This suggests that there are immune related shifts in metabolism that can alter expression of obesity and related metabolic syndrome."

The incidence of obesity has been climbing dramatically, worldwide. It is a key risk factor for many metabolic diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. Recent studies indicate that it is accompanied by chronic low-grade inflammation in adipose tissues, causing the release of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines that contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome.

Parasitic nematode infection induces a marked elevation in host immune Th2-cells and related type 2 cytokines which, besides combating the infection, also have potent anti-inflammatory activity, according to the report.

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Talent there for the taking

For the draft's final two days, be sure to follow along with Mike Clay's NFL Draft Tracker, which updates each selection and also provides full details as each draft-day trade unfolds.

Adam Levitan recalls the most memorable moments of day one.

This is my mock projection of the next two rounds:

33. Jaguars -- Syracuse QB Ryan Nassib

Day One Addition(s): RT Luke Joeckel

Nassib is strongly rumored to be the top QB on Jacksonville's board.

34. 49ers -- Stanford TE Zach Ertz

Day One Addition(s): FS Eric Reid

Ertz is a pass-catching upgrade in the old Delanie Walker role.

35. Eagles -- Alabama NT Jesse Williams

Day One Addition(s): RT Lane Johnson

Philly's defense gets more physical by selecting immovable Williams.

36. Lions -- Florida State OT Menelik Watson

Day One Addition(s): RE Ezekiel Ansah

Offensive line is Detroit's biggest need after the Ansah pick.

37. Bengals -- Florida International S Johnathan Cyprien

Day One Addition(s): TE Tyler Eifert

The Bengals may have drafted Cyprien 21st had Eifert not fallen.

38. Cardinals -- North Carolina State QB Mike Glennon

Day One Addition(s): RG Jonathan Cooper

Carson Palmer is 33. Glennon becomes Bruce Arians' QB of the future.

39. Jets -- West Virginia QB Geno Smith

Day One Addition(s): CB Dee Milliner, DT Sheldon Richardson

The Jets' focus turns to offense on day two. Geno is their top QB.

40. Titans -- Florida State DE Tank Carradine

Day One Addition(s): RG Chance Warmack

Tennessee needs another pass rusher to mask its shaky secondary.

41. Bills -- Tennessee WR Justin Hunter

Day One Addition(s): QB E.J. Manuel

Hunter is the field stretcher Buffalo has lacked since Lee Evans' prime.

42. Raiders -- Kentucky OG Larry Warford

Day One Addition(s): CB D.J. Hayden

The Raiders are desperate for power blockers. Warford is a mauler.

43. Buccaneers -- Cincinnati TE Travis Kelce

Day One Addition(s): CB Darrelle Revis

Kelce is a fantastic all-around tight end and can start right away.

44. Panthers -- Boise State CB Jamar Taylor

Day One Addition(s): DT Star Lotulelei

After stealing Star, cornerback leaps atop Carolina's list of needs.

45. Chargers -- Arkansas-Pine Bluff LT Terron Armstead

Day One Addition(s): RT D.J. Fluker

GM Tom Telesco isn't finished adding talent to a brutal offensive line.

46. Bills -- Kansas State ILB Arthur Brown

The Bills add physicality at inside 'backer by picking thumper Brown.

47. Cowboys -- South Carolina S D.J. Swearinger

Day One Addition(s): G/C Travis Frederick

With the O-Line squared away, safety is Dallas' top remaining need.

48. Steelers -- Alabama RB Eddie Lacy

Day One Addition(s): OLB Jarvis Jones

Lacy is the back the Steelers hoped Jonathan Dwyer would be.

49. Giants -- Notre Dame ILB Manti Te'o

Day One Addition(s): LG Justin Pugh

Te'o is good value here for the middle linebacker-needy G-Men.

50. Bears -- USC QB Matt Barkley

Day One Addition(s): G/T Kyle Long

The Bears put contract-year QB Jay Cutler on notice with this pick.

51. Redskins -- Tennessee Tech WR Da'Rick Rogers

Day One Addition(s): None. See RG3 trade.

Mike Shanahan could envision Rogers as his next Brandon Marshall.

52. Patriots -- SMU DE Margus Hunt

Day One Addition(s): None. Traded out.

The Pats would've considered Hunt had they stayed the 29th pick.

53. Bengals -- North Carolina RB Giovani Bernard

Bernard adds playmaking ability to a backfield that badly needs it.

54. Chiefs (Trade with Dolphins) -- LSU ILB Kevin Minter

Day One Addition(s): LT Eric Fisher

After trading Branden Albert, the Chiefs acquire a plug-and-play starter.

55. Packers -- UCLA RB Johnathan Franklin

Day One Addition(s): RE Datone Jones

GM Ted Thompson can shore up running back long term with Franklin.

56. Seahawks -- San Diego State TE Gavin Escobar

Day One Addition(s): WR Percy Harvin

Long and athletic, Escobar creates mismatches in the passing game.

57. Texans -- Connecticut ILB Sio Moore

Day One Addition(s): WR DeAndre Hopkins

Moore could be a day-one starter next to Brian Cushing inside.

58. Broncos -- Michigan State RB Le'Veon Bell

Day One Addition(s): DT Sylvester Williams

Bell can pass block, which is critical in Peyton Manning's offense.

59. Patriots -- California WR Keenan Allen

The receiver-needy Pats can't pass up the value of Allen at No. 59.

60. Falcons -- Texas A&M DE Damontre Moore

Day One Addition(s): CB Desmond Trufant

Moore needs to get stronger, but he dominated in the SEC.

61. 49ers -- Ohio State DT Johnathan Hankins

Hankins adds bulk and depth to San Francisco's thin defensive line.

62. Ravens -- USC WR Robert Woods

Day One Addition(s): SS Matt Elam

Woods is a classic Z receiver and perfect complement to Torrey Smith.

For the draft's final two days, be sure to follow along with Mike Clay's NFL Draft Tracker, which updates each selection and also provides full details as each draft-day trade unfolds.

Adam Levitan recalls the most memorable moments of day one.

This is my mock projection of the next two rounds:

33. Jaguars -- Syracuse QB Ryan Nassib

Day One Addition(s): RT Luke Joeckel

Nassib is strongly rumored to be the top QB on Jacksonville's board.

34. 49ers -- Stanford TE Zach Ertz

Day One Addition(s): FS Eric Reid

Ertz is a pass-catching upgrade in the old Delanie Walker role.

35. Eagles -- Alabama NT Jesse Williams

Day One Addition(s): RT Lane Johnson

Philly's defense gets more physical by selecting immovable Williams.

36. Lions -- Florida State OT Menelik Watson

Day One Addition(s): RE Ezekiel Ansah

Offensive line is Detroit's biggest need after the Ansah pick.

37. Bengals -- Florida International S Johnathan Cyprien

Day One Addition(s): TE Tyler Eifert

The Bengals may have drafted Cyprien 21st had Eifert not fallen.

38. Cardinals -- North Carolina State QB Mike Glennon

Day One Addition(s): RG Jonathan Cooper

Carson Palmer is 33. Glennon becomes Bruce Arians' QB of the future.

39. Jets -- West Virginia QB Geno Smith

Day One Addition(s): CB Dee Milliner, DT Sheldon Richardson

The Jets' focus turns to offense on day two. Geno is their top QB.

40. Titans -- Florida State DE Tank Carradine

Day One Addition(s): RG Chance Warmack

Tennessee needs another pass rusher to mask its shaky secondary.

41. Bills -- Tennessee WR Justin Hunter

Day One Addition(s): QB E.J. Manuel

Hunter is the field stretcher Buffalo has lacked since Lee Evans' prime.

42. Raiders -- Kentucky OG Larry Warford

Day One Addition(s): CB D.J. Hayden

The Raiders are desperate for power blockers. Warford is a mauler.

43. Buccaneers -- Cincinnati TE Travis Kelce

Day One Addition(s): CB Darrelle Revis

Kelce is a fantastic all-around tight end and can start right away.

44. Panthers -- Boise State CB Jamar Taylor

Day One Addition(s): DT Star Lotulelei

After stealing Star, cornerback leaps atop Carolina's list of needs.

45. Chargers -- Arkansas-Pine Bluff LT Terron Armstead

Day One Addition(s): RT D.J. Fluker

GM Tom Telesco isn't finished adding talent to a brutal offensive line.

46. Bills -- Kansas State ILB Arthur Brown

The Bills add physicality at inside 'backer by picking thumper Brown.

47. Cowboys -- South Carolina S D.J. Swearinger

Day One Addition(s): G/C Travis Frederick

With the O-Line squared away, safety is Dallas' top remaining need.

48. Steelers -- Alabama RB Eddie Lacy

Day One Addition(s): OLB Jarvis Jones

Lacy is the back the Steelers hoped Jonathan Dwyer would be.

49. Giants -- Notre Dame ILB Manti Te'o

Day One Addition(s): LG Justin Pugh

Te'o is good value here for the middle linebacker-needy G-Men.

50. Bears -- USC QB Matt Barkley

Day One Addition(s): G/T Kyle Long

The Bears put contract-year QB Jay Cutler on notice with this pick.

51. Redskins -- Tennessee Tech WR Da'Rick Rogers

Day One Addition(s): None. See RG3 trade.

Mike Shanahan could envision Rogers as his next Brandon Marshall.

52. Patriots -- SMU DE Margus Hunt

Day One Addition(s): None. Traded out.

The Pats would've considered Hunt had they stayed the 29th pick.

53. Bengals -- North Carolina RB Giovani Bernard

Bernard adds playmaking ability to a backfield that badly needs it.

54. Chiefs (Trade with Dolphins) -- LSU ILB Kevin Minter

Day One Addition(s): LT Eric Fisher

After trading Branden Albert, the Chiefs acquire a plug-and-play starter.

55. Packers -- UCLA RB Johnathan Franklin

Day One Addition(s): RE Datone Jones

GM Ted Thompson can shore up running back long term with Franklin.

56. Seahawks -- San Diego State TE Gavin Escobar

Day One Addition(s): WR Percy Harvin

Long and athletic, Escobar creates mismatches in the passing game.

57. Texans -- Connecticut ILB Sio Moore

Day One Addition(s): WR DeAndre Hopkins

Moore could be a day-one starter next to Brian Cushing inside.

58. Broncos -- Michigan State RB Le'Veon Bell

Day One Addition(s): DT Sylvester Williams

Bell can pass block, which is critical in Peyton Manning's offense.

59. Patriots -- California WR Keenan Allen

The receiver-needy Pats can't pass up the value of Allen at No. 59.

60. Falcons -- Texas A&M DE Damontre Moore

Day One Addition(s): CB Desmond Trufant

Moore needs to get stronger, but he dominated in the SEC.

61. 49ers -- Ohio State DT Johnathan Hankins

Hankins adds bulk and depth to San Francisco's thin defensive line.

62. Ravens -- USC WR Robert Woods

Day One Addition(s): SS Matt Elam

Woods is a classic Z receiver and perfect complement to Torrey Smith.

Third-Round Projections

63. Chiefs -- Georgia FS Bacarri Rambo

64. Jaguars -- Mississippi State CB Johnthan Banks

65. Lions -- Auburn DE Corey Lemonier

66. Raiders -- Arkansas QB Tyler Wilson

67. Eagles -- Southern Miss LB Jamie Collins

68. Browns -- Connecticut CB Blidi Wreh-Wilson

69. Cardinals -- Texas DE Alex Okafor

70. Titans -- Oregon State CB Jordan Poyer

71. Rams -- Kent State OG Brian Winters

72. Jets -- West Virginia WR Stedman Bailey

73. Buccaneers -- Georgia NT John Jenkins

74. Cowboys -- Clemson RB Andre Ellington

75. Saints -- Missouri Southern State DT Brandon Williams

76. Chargers -- Syracuse SS Shamarko Thomas

77. Dolphins -- Mississippi State CB Darius Slay

78. Bills -- Tennessee OG Dallas Thomas

79. Steelers -- Texas A&M WR Ryan Swope

80. Cowboys -- Fresno State S Phillip Thomas

81. Giants -- Georgia DE Cornelius Washington

82. Dolphins -- Wisconsin RB Montee Ball

83. Patriots -- Oregon State WR Markus Wheaton

84. Bengals -- Ohio State OT Reid Fragel

85. Redskins -- LSU CB Tyrann Mathieu

86. Colts -- Texas A&M RB Christine Michael

87. Seahawks -- Colorado OG David Bakhtiari

88. Packers -- Georgia Southern SS J.J. Wilcox

89. Texans -- Florida TE Jordan Reed

90. Broncos -- Western Kentucky DE Quanterus Smith

91. Patriots -- Georgia CB Sanders Commings

92. Rams -- North Carolina State S Earl Wolff

93. 49ers -- Marshall WR Aaron Dobson

94. Ravens -- Florida ILB Jon Bostic

95. Texans -- Williams & Mary S B.W. Webb

96. Chiefs -- Connecticut CB Dwayne Gratz

97. Titans -- Purdue DT Kawann Short

Others Considered: Louisiana Tech WR Quinton Patton, SE Louisiana CB Robert Alford, Rice TE Vance McDonald, San Diego State CB Leon McFadden, Missouri WLB Zaviar Gooden, Rutgers WLB Khaseem Greene, North Carolina State CB David Amerson, Arkansas RB Knile Davis.

Source: http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/43149/60/second-day-mock-draft

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MUNICH, April 23 (Reuters) - Barcelona centre half Gerard Pique acknowledged his team were thoroughly second best as Bayern Munich romped to a 4-0 win in their Champions League semi-final first leg at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday. "They gave us a thrashing," he said. "We will try to turn it around in the return leg (on May 1) and put in a good performance for the fans. "They were better and faster than us. There is no point talking about the referee, there is no excuse." Arjen Robben, who sparkled on the wing for Bayern and scored one of the goals, hailed his team's spectacular performance. ...

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Pictures Better than Sign Language for Communicating with Kids with Autism

Children with autism who don't speak could benefit from using pictures to communicate, and having even their small attempts at speaking rewarded, new research suggests.

These methods of encouraging communication may be better for these children than sign language, which is commonly taught to children with autism, researchers found.

About a quarter of young children with autism speak minimally or not at all, a problem that often continues into adulthood, according to the autism research funding agency Autistica. Many of these children also have difficulties with motor-skills, research shows.

Experts have tried many methods to support language learning in these kids, with varying effectiveness. Now, a new study finds that early interventions aimed at developing natural language and mirroring the motor skills of other people may be most effective. [10 Medical Myths that Just Won't Go Away]

Researchers at the University of Birmingham in England sifted through more than 200 published papers and more than 60 intervention studies to evaluate strategies for encouraging nonverbal autistic children to speak.

They found that picture-based communication is an effective method of getting nonverbal children to interact and ultimately speak. In this type of intervention, children might exchange pictures with others in order to request things, or to make comments.

The picture method was better at encouraging speech in children who possessed at least minimal verbal skills, but even nonverbal children could use the system to communicate, study researcher Joe McCleery, a psychologist at the university, told LiveScience.

Another effective intervention, known as pivotal response treatment, involved giving children opportunities to request items and reinforcing their attempts. For example, a child who asked for a ball by saying "Ba," would be rewarded. As with the picture-based system, this method was more effective at getting children to speak if they already spoke a little, McCleery said.

By contrast, the study found little evidence that children improved their communication skills by using sign language, which has been used extensively with nonverbal children with autism. This could be due to the difficulties autistic children have in copying motor behaviors, the researchers said.

Scientists have long argued that motor coordination plays a role in speech and language learning. In the first few months of their life, babies have a lot of back-and-forth interaction with their parents, McCleery said. Then babies enter a hand-banging phase, and by 11 months, they start babbling.? The repetitive hand motion and babbling seem to be coordinated, McCleery said.

About one in 88 children have an autism spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These disorders are associated with deficits in social interaction and communication, and engagement in repetitive behaviors.

The new study is published today (April 24) in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.

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COMMUNITY: 16th Annual WOOF Golf Tournament in Support of ...

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WELLAND ? The 16th annual WOOF golf tournament in memory of Arthur Atwill will be held on Sunday, May 26 at Emerald Pines Golf Club in Port Colborne with all proceeds helping the Welland & District SPCA.

This year?s event will feature men?s, ladies? and mixed divisions, awards, draws, a gift for every player and the master of ceremonies will be Chrishon from 91.7 Giant FM.

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Eighteen holes is $85 or $65 for Emerald Pines members, nine holes is $55 or $45 for Emerald Pines members. Registration deadline is May 19 and a riding cart is included for nine and 18 holes, but are not guaranteed after the deadline.

The WOOF tournament is in honour of Arthur Atwill whose vision and sincere dedication was to help animals. Donor cheques can be made payable to the Welland & District SPCA. For more information and registration contact Emerald Pines Golf Club at 905-835-22234, Marsha Watts of Pro Style Flooring at 905-835-1243 or the Welland & District SPCA at 905-735-1552.

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Global shares rise as weak data again backs ECB rate cut

By Herbert Lash

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets rose on Wednesday on strong corporate earnings and speculation the European Central Bank will cut interest rates next week, while U.S. government debt edged up on safe-haven demand after unexpectedly weak economic data.

Wall Street closed little changed after the Commerce Department reported U.S. durable goods recorded their biggest drop in seven months in March, which tempered enthusiasm over what has so far been a relatively robust U.S. earnings season.

A gauge of planned business spending rose modestly, pointing to a slowdown in U.S. economic activity, which also weighed on U.S. equities and boosted the appeal of government debt.

Recent disappointing data in the United States, Europe and China has fueled bets of a spring global slowdown for a third straight year and forced central banks to take action.

"Poor economic data could lead to some enhanced action from central banks, which has been bullish for stocks and other risk assets" and limited a further decline in Treasury yields, said Mike Lorizio, head of Treasuries trading at Manulife Asset Management in Boston.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> closed down 43.16 points, or 0.29 percent, at 14,676.30. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> gained 0.01 points, or 0.00 percent, at 1,578.79. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> rose 0.32 points, or 0.01 percent, at 3,269.65.

The market is trapped in a trading range, leaving investors with the choice of betting on stimulus from the Federal Reserve or the poor economic outlook, said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank in Cleveland.

"Until we get a better news flow here and overseas, it will be hard to get more enthusiasm to drive the market higher," he said of the trend in the equity market.

"In this environment it is hard to justify paying this kind of premium for stocks and it is hard to see the catalyst for strong growth," McCain said.

European equities got a boost after Germany's Munich-based Ifo think-tank reported that business sentiment in the country fell in April for a second consecutive month, coming in below even the most pessimistic forecasts.

The news, which came a day after weak data on German business activity, initially weighed on the euro.

The Ifo report added to the view that the ECB is closer to lowering interest rates than at any time since its last rate cut in July 2012, and is likely to shave off a quarter-point at its policy meeting next week.

Global equity markets, as measured by MSCI's all-country world equity index <.miwd00000pus>, rose 0.58 percent to 363.16.

European shares rose for a fourth straight session of gains, boosted by corporate results. The FTSEurofirst 300 <.fteu3> of top regional shares closed up 0.7 percent at 1,191.82.

British insurer Standard Life and Portuguese retailer Jeronimo Martins led gainers, surging 8.0 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively, after announcing strong first-quarter numbers.

Analysts see U.S. earnings growth of 3.1 percent this quarter, up from expectations of 1.5 percent at the start of April.

Of the 174 companies in the S&P 500 index that already have reported results, 68.4 percent have beat analysts' expectations, according to Thomson Reuters data through Wednesday morning. Since 1994, 63 percent have surpassed estimates on average, while the beat rate is 67 percent over the past four quarters.

European shares extended gains in late trading as dovish comments by ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio fueled talk of a rate cut next week to stimulate the economy after the weak German data. Constancio said monetary policy "will continue to be accommodative."

"A rate cut is on the cards," said Ronnie Chopra, head of strategy at Tradenext.

U.S. crude rose on expectations a glut of crude at the Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub could ease and on a steep 3.9 million barrel drop in gasoline inventories last week.

Brent futures settled up $1.42 to $101.73 a barrel. U.S. crude futures gained $2.25 to settle at $91.43.

The euro initially edged lower against the dollar but held above a near three-week low as hopes that Italy can resolve its political gridlock were trumped by the weak German data, which fanned talk of an ECB rate cut.

The euro dropped to $1.2954, its lowest since April 5, before paring losses to trade slightly higher at $1.3015.

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose 2/32 in price to yield 1.6996 percent.

(Reporting by Herbert Lash; editing by Dan Grebler and Leslie Adler)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/asian-shares-rise-firm-u-earnings-soft-money-051418095--finance.html

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new submitter heybiff writes "It is the time of year where students are scrambling for extra credit assignments to boost grades. As a middle school science teacher, I want to accommodate them, while still keeping science involved; and book reports are a popular activity in my school. Unfortunately, I have only been able to come up with a short list of science related books that a 11-14 year old would or could read in their free time: Ender's Game, Hitchhiker's Guide. What books would you recommend as a good read for an extra credit book report, that would still involve a strong science twist or inspire a student's interest in science? The book must be in print, science related, fiction or non-fiction, and not be overtly objectionable or outright banned. I look forward to the submissions." "Outright banned" actually seems a rich vein on which to draw; note that not even Ender's Game is safe.

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How a Quaker missionary from Philly became India's Johnny Appleseed

Samuel Evans Stokes?spent years trying to persuade his neighbors in the Himalayas to grow apples, giving away plants freely until?locals took to apple farming and Indians took to Red Delicious.

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar,?Correspondent / April 22, 2013

A community hall in rural India is not the place you would expect to find a garlanded portrait or statue of a Quaker missionary from Philadelphia. But both those things can be found at the farmers? hall in Thanedar, the ?apple bowl? of the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in India.

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Every farmer here can ? and will ? tell you about Samuel Evans Stokes, or Satyanand Stokes as he came to be known. He was an American missionary who settled in this area in the early 20^th century, participated in India?s struggle for independence as a co-traveller of Mahatma Gandhi, and became the Johnny Appleseed of the northwestern Himalayas.

Stokes seeded a horticultural revolution when he planted five saplings of Red Delicious ? bought from the Starks Brothers nursery in Louisiana ? on his farm here in 1916, and helped convert locals to apple farming.

Stokes?s extraordinary journey began in turn-of-the-19^th -century Philadelphia where, at a church meeting, he heard an American doctor talk about working with lepers in India. Inspired, this son of a wealthy Quaker family (the founders of the elevator manufacturers, Stokes and Parish Machine Company) gave up his post-graduate studies at Cornell University and joined the doctor on a steamship to Bombay in 1904.

For a time, according to family accounts, Stokes worked at the doctor?s home for lepers in the plains. He fell ill and was sent to recuperate in the hills near Shimla, then the summer capital of the British Raj, at a cantonment village called Kotgarh.

Smitten by Kotgarh ? which Rudyard Kipling called ?mistress of the hills? ? Stokes stayed on. He experimented with renunciation, living in a cave like an Indian sadhu, and founded the Brotherhood of Imitation of Jesus, traveling from village to village preaching. A few years later, he married an Indian woman, bought a former tea estate in Thanedar, and focused on farming. ?In 1914, he took local soil samples to America, returning with Red Delicious stocks.

Stokes spent years trying to persuade his neighbors to grow apples, giving away plants freely, says Vidya Stokes, who married Samuel Stokes?s son, Lal Chand, and is the current horticulture minister of Himachal Pradesh.

Initially, few farmers listened, she said. They knew only the cooking apples the British had brought ? Granny Smith and Pippin varieties that were too sour for Indian tastes.?

Stokes taught the boys in the school he established how to graft the plants, says Vidya Stokes. ?Their parents were skeptical, so the boys planted the saplings on the borders of their family farms,? she says.

When the first crops of Red Delicious came, however, ?everyone came to see,? she says. ?The apples were sweet. People realized they could make money from this.?

And they did ? Himachal?s apple orchards are valued today at around $550 million and provide a livelihood to more than 100,000 farmers.

Farming wasn?t the only way in which Samuel Stokes sought to help society, however. A believer in racial equality and social justice, he campaigned successfully to end a colonial system of forced labor in the hills and joined the Indian freedom struggle: signing petitions, engaging in debates on strategy with Gandhi and other nationalists, and adopting Indian clothes.

In 1921, he was the only non-Indian to be invited by Gandhi to sign a nationalist manifesto calling on Indians to quit government service ? he signed ? and was imprisoned for six months on charges of sedition.

In his later years, Samuel Stokes became more contemplative. In 1932, he and his family converted to Hindusim and changed his name to Satyanand. The temple he built ? without idols ? as well as Stokes?s home can still be seen today on his 200-acre estate in Thanedar. Most of Stokes descendants now live in America. ?

Stokes?s portrait also hangs in the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi, alongside pictures of Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders of the Indian independence movement.

But it?s the farmers of Himachal Pradesh who remember him ? as the man who transformed the region and their lives ? with apples from America.

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Fallout for states rejecting Medicaid expansion

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as "Obamacare."

It could mean exposing businesses to Internal Revenue Service penalties and leaving low-income citizens unable to afford coverage even as legal immigrants get financial aid for their premiums. For the poorest people, it could virtually guarantee they remain uninsured and dependent on the emergency room at local hospitals that already face federal cutbacks.

Concern about such consequences helped forge a deal in Arkansas last week. The Republican-controlled Legislature endorsed a plan by Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe to accept additional Medicaid money under the federal law, but use the new dollars to buy private insurance for eligible residents.

One of the main arguments for the private option was that it would help businesses avoid tax penalties.

The Obama administration hasn't signed off on the Arkansas deal, and it's unclear how many other states will use it as a model. But it reflects a pragmatic streak in American politics that's still the exception in the polarized health care debate.

"The biggest lesson out of Arkansas is not so much the exact structure of what they are doing," said Alan Weil, executive director of the nonpartisan National Academy for State Health Policy. "Part of it is just a message of creativity, that they can look at it and say, 'How can we do this in a way that works for us?'"

About half the nearly 30 million uninsured people expected to gain coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul would do so through Medicaid. Its expansion would cover low-income people making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, about $15,860 for an individual.

Middle-class people who don't have coverage at their jobs will be able to purchase private insurance in new state markets, helped by new federal tax credits. The big push to sign up the uninsured starts this fall, and coverage takes effect Jan. 1.

As originally written, the Affordable Care Act required states to accept the Medicaid expansion as a condition of staying in the program. Last summer's Supreme Court decision gave each state the right to decide. While that pleased many governors, it also created complications by opening the door to unintended consequences.

So far, 20 mostly blue states, plus the District of Columbia, have accepted the expansion.

Thirteen GOP-led states have declined. They say Medicaid already is too costly, and they don't trust Washington to keep its promise of generous funding for the expansion, which would mainly help low-income adults with no children at home.

Concerns about unintended consequences could make the most difference in 17 states still weighing options.

A look at some potential side effects:

?The Employer Glitch

States that don't expand Medicaid leave more businesses exposed to tax penalties, according to a recent study by Brian Haile, Jackson Hewitt's senior vice president for health care policy. He estimates the fines could top $1 billion a year in states refusing.

Under the law, employers with 50 or more workers that don't offer coverage face penalties if just one of their workers gets subsidized private insurance through the new state markets. But employers generally do not face fines under the law for workers who enroll in Medicaid.

In states that don't expand Medicaid, some low-income workers who would otherwise have been eligible have a fallback option. They can instead get subsidized private insurance in the law's new markets. But that would trigger a penalty for their employer.

"It highlights how complicated the Affordable Care Act is," said Haile.

?The Immigrant Quirk

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, called attention this year to this politically awkward problem when she proposed that her state accept the Medicaid expansion.

Under the health law, U.S. citizens below the poverty line ? $11,490 for an individual, $23,550 for a family of four ? can only get coverage through the Medicaid expansion. But lawfully present immigrants who are also below the poverty level are eligible for subsidized private insurance.

Congress wrote the legislation that way to avoid controversy associated with trying to change previous laws that require legal immigrants to wait five years before they can qualify for Medicaid. Instead of dragging immigration politics into the health care debate, lawmakers devised a detour.

Before the Supreme Court ruling, it was a legislative patch.

Now it could turn into an issue in states with lots of immigrants, such as Texas and Florida, creating the perception that citizens are being disadvantaged versus immigrants.

?The Fairness Argument

Under the law, U.S. citizens below the poverty line can only get taxpayer-subsidized coverage by going into Medicaid. But other low-income people making just enough to put them over the poverty line can get subsidized private insurance through the new state markets.

An individual making $11,700 a year would be able to get a policy. But someone making $300 less would be out of luck, dependent on charity care.

"Americans have very strong feelings about fairness," said Weil.

Medicare and Medicaid chief Marilyn Tavenner, also overseeing the health overhaul, told the Senate recently that cost is a key question as the administration considers the Arkansas deal. Private insurance is more expensive than Medicaid.

But Tavenner said the Arkansas approach may be cost-effective if it reduces the number of low-income people cycling back and forth between Medicaid and private coverage, saving administrative expenses. "We are willing to look at it," she said.

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Associated Press reporter Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock, Ark., contributed to this report.

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Google Glass Could Make Snapping Pics as Easy as Winking

Code tucked away in the MyGlass Google Glass Companion App reveals Google is working on a handful of cool new features for its smart frames, including two-finger touch-to-zoom and winking to take a photo.

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Two men arrested in Canada rail terror plot

TORONTO (AP) ? Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida "elements" in Iran, police said Monday.

Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, who live in Montreal and Toronto, were planning to derail a Via Rail passenger train in Toronto but posed no immediate threat, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.

"This is the first known al-Qaida planned attack that we've experienced in Canada," Superintendent Doug Best told a news conference.

RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia said the two men had "direction and guidance" from "al-Qaida elements located in Iran," though there was no reason to think the planned attacks were state-sponsored. Police said the men did not get financial support from al-Qaida, but declined to provide more details.

"It was definitely in the planning stage but not imminent," RCMP chief superintendent Jennifer Strachan said. "We are alleging that these two individuals took steps and conducted activities to initiate a terrorist attack. They watched trains and railways."

Strachan said they were targeting a route, but didn't say if it was a cross border route.

Bruce Riedel, a CIA veteran who is now a Brookings Institution senior fellow, said al-Qaida has had a clandestine presence in Iran since at least 2001 and that neither the terror group nor Tehran speak openly about it.

"The Iranian regime kept some of these elements under house arrest," he said in an email to The Associated Press. "Some probably operate covertly. AQ members often transit Iran traveling between hideouts in Pakistan and Iraq."

Charges against the two men include conspiring to carry out an attack and murder people in association with a terrorist group. Police said the men are not Canadian citizens, but declined to say where they were from or why they were in the country.

RCMP Chief Superintendent Jennifer Strachan (R), Assistant Commissioner James Malizia (C) and Chief Superintendent Gaeten Courchesne (L) speak during a news conference in Toronto, Ontario, April 22, ... more? RCMP Chief Superintendent Jennifer Strachan (R), Assistant Commissioner James Malizia (C) and Chief Superintendent Gaeten Courchesne (L) speak during a news conference in Toronto, Ontario, April 22, 2013. Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with an "al Qaeda-supported" plot to derail a VIA passenger train. The RCMP said it had arrested Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal, and Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto in connection with the plot, which authorities said was not linked to the Boston Marathon bombings, but likely had connections to al-Qaeda. REUTERS/Aaron Harris (CANADA - Tags: CRIME LAW TRANSPORT CIVIL UNREST) less? They had been in Canada "a significant amount of time." He would not say how long, but said they had been under investigation since last fall.

Authorities were tipped off about one of the suspects by members of his community, said Best, who would not specify which community.

The investigation was part of a cross-border operation involving Canadian law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

There is no connection between the Canadian terrorist plot and the Boston Marathon bombings, said a U.S. Justice Department official in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity because the source was not permitted to speak on the record about the matter.

Strachan said the two men will attend a bail hearing in Toronto on Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for the University of Sherbrooke in Montreal said that Esseghaier studied there in 2008-2009. More recently, he has been doing doctoral research at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, a sokeswoman at the training university confirmed. A Linked In page says a man with Esseghaier's name and academic background helped author a number of biology research papers, including on HIV and cancer detection. The page carries a photo of a black flag inscribed with the Islamic declaration of faith.

The arrests just a few months after two Canadians were found among militants killed in a terrorist siege at a gas plant in Algeria. The siege killed at least 38 hostages and 29 militants, including Ali Medlej and Xristos Katsiroubas, two high school friends from London, Ontario.

In 2006 Canadian police foiled the so-called Toronto 18 home grown plot to set off bombs outside Toronto's Stock Exchange, a building housing Canada's spy agency and a military base. The goal was to scare Canada into removing its troops from Afghanistan. The arrests made international headlines and heightened fears in a country where many people thought they were relatively immune from terrorist strikes.

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Associated Press writers Rob Gillies in Toronto and Pete Yost in Washington contributed to this story.

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Inhabitat's Week in Green: Ekinoid, HDlive ultrasound and the world's lightest electric vehicle

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

It's been an exciting week for green building as Inhabitat reported that some of the world's top architects unveiled plans for high-tech developments with light environmental footprints. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) won an international design competition for Europa, a new green-roofed city outside of Paris. Construction began last week on a new solar-powered stadium for the Euro 2016 football championship designed by Herzog & de Meuron. San Francisco celebrated the reopening of the Exploratorium this week in a new net-zero building along the city's waterfront. In Mexico City, a helipad on the roof of an office building was converted into a co-working space with a gorgeous rooftop garden. And we also profiled the Ekinoid, a spherical, self-sufficient home that sits on stilts and is built to withstand disaster.

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Commonly used drug can limit radiation damage to lungs and heart for cancer patients

Apr. 21, 2013 ? Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumours in the chest region can be limited by the administration of an ACE inhibitor, a drug commonly used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, a group of Dutch researchers have found. [1]

Common cancers such as breast, esophagus, lung, and Hodgkin's lymphoma are frequently treated with radiotherapy, but the radiation dose that can be given safely is limited by the sensitivity of the health lung tissue which is also irradiated.

The lung is a particularly complex and sensitive organ and strategies for protecting it from radiotherapy damage, apart from limiting the dose given and, therefore, the efficacy of the treatment, are few. Presenting the research to the 2^nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) today (Sunday), Dr Sonja Van der Veen, MSc, from the University Medical Centre, Groningen, The Netherlands, said that she had set out with colleagues to see whether the use of an ACE inhibitor could protect against early radiation-induced lung toxicity (RILT). Previous studies had shown that damage to blood vessels can play an important role in the development of RILT [2], so the researchers irradiated the lungs, heart, or heart and lungs of rats and administered the ACE inhibiter captopril immediately after treatment. The rats' lung functions were then measured at two-weekly intervals.

"After eight weeks, when early lung toxicity is usually at its height, we found that captopril improved the rats' heart and lung functions, but we were surprised to find that this only occurred when the heart was included in the irradiation field," said Dr Van der Veen. "This was not due to protection of the lung blood vessels, which were equally damaged with or without captopril. So we investigated further and found that the captopril treatment improved the heart's function and decreased the level of fibrosis in the heart soon after irradiation. So these new findings show that ACE inhibition decreases RILT by reducing direct acute heart damage."

Irradiating the heart leads to the development of fibrosis, which stiffens it, and this in turn leads to problems in the relaxation of the left ventricle. Due to this, blood flow from the lungs into the heart is hindered, and this can cause pulmonary damage. However, after treatment with captopril, the researchers observed an improvement in ventricular relaxation in the irradiated hearts.

Dr Van der Veen and her colleagues are now collaborating with a research group from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (USA), in order to design a randomised clinical trial where patients who are treated with radiation to the thoracic area including the heart will be treated with either an ACE inhibitor or a placebo after irradiation.

Much progress has been made in radiation treatment over recent years, but in breast cancer, for example, most women still receive high doses to the heart, and this is known to increase the risk of heart disease. A recent study [3] has shown that for each Gray (Gy) [4] of radiation, there is a 7.4% increase in the occurrence of a subsequent major coronary event.

"Given that most women will receive a dose of between 1 and 5 Gray, and that the dangers are even greater for women with existing cardiac risk factors or coronary disease, this is still a big problem," said Dr Van der Veen.

Rats were chosen for the study because, unlike mice, they are big enough for researchers to be able to irradiate different part of the lungs and heart. The researchers believe that the way in which ACE inhibition works in both animals and humans is similar.

"We are confident that our clinical trial will see the same protective effect in humans as that which we have seen in rats," said Dr Van der Veen. "We will also now begin to study the late effects of ACE inhibition on RILT to see whether it affords similar protection. We believe that our results suggest a promising strategy for shielding patients from radiation damage and improving their quality of life, while at the same time allowing them to receive a high enough dose to ensure the effective treatment of their cancer."

President of ESTRO, Professor Vincenzo Valentini, a radiation oncologist at the Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy, said: "This study underlines the importance of translational research. The understanding of anti-cancer mechanisms, as well as of protective opportunities discovered in the experimental environment, is of upmost importance in the era of personalised medicine. This research provides further evidence of the importance of testing experimental theories in the clinical environment to the ultimate benefit of patients."

[1] ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) Inhibitors are a class of drugs usually used for treating high blood pressure and heart failure.

[2] Ghobadi G, Bartelds B, van der Veen SJ, Dickinson MG, Brandenburg S, Berger RM, et al. Lung irradiation induces pulmonary vascular remodelling resembling pulmonary arterial hypertension. Thorax 2012 Apr;67(4):334-341

[3] Darby SC, Ewertz M, McGale P, Bennet AM, Blom-Goldman U, Bronnum D, et al. Risk of ischemic heart disease in women after radiotherapy for breast cancer. N Engl J Med 2013 Mar 14;368(11):987-998.

[4] One Gray is the absorption of one joule of energy, in the form of ionising radiation, per kilogram of matter.

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Quake in China kills at least 102, injures more than 2,200

By Ben Blanchard

BEIJING (Reuters) - A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 102 people and injuring about 2,200 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008.

The earthquake occurred at 8.02 a.m. (0002 GMT) in Lushan county near Ya'an city and the epicentre had a depth of 12 km (7.5 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake was felt by residents in neighbouring provinces and in the provincial capital of Chengdu, causing many people to rush out of buildings, according to accounts on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo microblogging service.

State television said 102 people had been confirmed dead with more than 2,200 injured, 147 of them seriously.

President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang said all efforts must be put into rescuing victims to limit the death toll.

Li arrived in Chengdu and was on his way to the disaster zone by helicopter, state media said.

"The current most urgent issue is grasping the first 24 hours since the quake's occurrence, the golden time for saving lives," Xinhua news agency quoted Li as saying.

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Xinhua said 6,000 troops were heading to the area to help with rescue efforts. State television CCTV said only emergency vehicles were being allowed into Ya'an, though Chengdu airport had reopened.

Most of the deaths were concentrated in Lushan, where water and electricity were cut off. Pictures on Chinese news sites showed toppled buildings and people in bloodied bandages being treated in tents outside the hospital, which appeared only lightly damaged.

Rescuers in Lushan had pulled 32 survivors out of rubble, Xinhua said. In villages closest to the epicentre, almost all low rise houses and buildings had collapsed, according to footage broadcast on state television.

"We are very busy right now, there are about eight or nine injured people, the doctors are handling the cases," said a doctor at a Ya'an hospital who gave her family name as Liu.

The hospital was seeing head and leg injuries, she added.

"SHAKES AND TREMORS"

A resident in Chengdu, 140 km (85 miles) from Ya'an city, told Xinhua he was on the 13th floor of a building when he felt the quake. The building shook for about 20 seconds and he saw tiles fall from nearby buildings.

Ya'an is a city of 1.5 million people and is considered one of the birthplaces of Chinese tea culture. It is also the home to one of China's main centres for protecting the giant panda.

"There are still shakes and tremors and our area is safe. The pandas are safe," said a spokesman with Ya'an's Bifengxia nature park, a tourism park that houses more than 100 pandas.

Shouts and screams were heard in the background while Reuters was on the telephone with the spokesman.

"There was just an aftershock, an aftershock, our office is safe," he said.

Numerous aftershocks jolted the area, the largest of which was magnitude 5.1.

Sichuan is one of the four major natural-gas-producing provinces in China, and its output accounts for about 14 percent of the nation's total.

Sinopec Group, Asia's largest oil refiner, said its huge Puguang gas field was unaffected.

The U.S. Geological Survey initially put the magnitude at 7, but later revised it down.

The devastating May 2008 quake was 7.9 magnitude. (Additional reporting by Melanie Lee and Lu Jianxin in SHANGHAI; Editing by Jonathan Standing and Sanjeev Miglani)

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Pavel Vinogradov, At 59, Sets New Record As Oldest Spacewalker

Florida today reports that cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov on Friday became the oldest person to have completed a spacewalk. From the article: "Working outside the Russian side of the international outpost, Vinogradov and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko put in six hours and 38 minutes of high-flying maintenance work. They set up a plasma physics experiment and retrieved a package that exposed advanced spacecraft materials to the deleterious space environment. They also replaced a reflector that is part of an autonomous rendezvous and docking system that will guide a robotic European space freighter to the station in early June." NASASpaceFlight.com has more details on the spacewalk, as well as the note that Vinogradov edges out "Story Musgrave, who was 58 when he flew the Hubble SM-1 mission in 1993."

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Most EU bank union work can be done without law change: Eurogroup head

By Jan Strupczewski

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The euro zone's top project to boost economic growth - banking union - will not be delayed for now by a row over whether it needs EU law changed because most of the work can be done before this is settled, a senior euro zone official said on Saturday.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister who chairs the monthly meetings of his euro zone colleagues, said the dispute on the legal requirements of the banking union can go in parallel with more technical work on how it would function.

"I am, in a sense, relaxed about it, because I know that we can push forward at least 80-90 pct of the project," Dijsselbloem told a news conference on the sidelines of the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund.

The EU has already made the first step - it agreed the European Central Bank would take over the supervision of all banks in the euro zone from July 2014 in what is called the Single Supervisory Mechanism.

Dijsselbloem said the 17 countries using the euro can also move ahead with further harmonizing deposit guarantee programs, and creating rules on when the euro zone bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, or ESM, can buy a stake in a euro zone bank to boost its capital when no-one else can or wants to.

The euro zone will also create a network of national authorities responsible for closing down failing banks that will operate under the same rules.

It is the next step that becomes difficult.

The euro zone wants to transform the network of national resolution authorities into a single European institution that would decide which euro zone banks will be closed.

It would also have the ESM fund to pay for the process, until enough fees from banks accrue to cover any potential expense. The ambitious plan was for such a single resolution mechanism to be in place in 2014.

However, Germany, the euro zone's biggest economy, faces elections in September. It believes that to create such an authority, which could order the closure of a German bank, or use German taxpayers' money to pay for the closure of a bank elsewhere in the euro zone, EU laws have to be changed.

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, says existing law provides sufficient basis.

"The crucial point is: can we have a single resolution authority - this is where the Germans feel a treaty change is needed to have a stronger legal basis," Dijsselbloem said.

A change of European Union treaties would substantially delay the launch of the banking union because apart from the time needed to negotiate the amendments it would also require time for parliaments of the 27 EU countries to ratify it.

There would also be a risk that the ratification fails in one or more countries and that some EU governments would use the opportunity to trade their support for concessions in other areas, opening the door to long and difficult negotiations.

But Dijsselbloem said the problem could be solved later.

"90 percent of the project can be pushed forward and there is a lot of work to be done there, so as far as I am concerned there is not going to be any delay," he said.

"We are going to work on these elements and in parallel have this debate if we need treaty change, what do we need to fix in this treaty change. We can do that in parallel while putting all the building blocks in place. So we might not lose any time."

(Reporting By Jan Strupczewski; Editing by Neil Stempleman)

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UCB Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is at the momment seeking for Health, Safety, & Environment Specialist on Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:02:12 GMT. This position is responsible for performing specific activities related to the Health, Safety, Environmental management functions at UCB Manufacturing’s Rochester site. The purpose of this position is to be part of the HSE department that provides technical and procedural assistance to the site personnel for implementation and administration of the HSE systems. This position interfaces with all...

Location: Rochester, New York

Description: UCB Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is at the momment seeking for Health, Safety, & Environment Specialist right now, this job will be depute in New York. More details about this job opportunity please read the description below. This position is responsible for performing specific activities related to the Health, Safety, Environmental management functions at UCB Manufacturing’s Roc! hester site. The purpose of this position is to be part of the HSE department that provides technical and procedural assistance to the site personnel for implementation and administration of the HSE systems. This position interfaces with all levels of management with a specific focus on the manufacturing/packaging associates, on a regular basis, providing information and support to facilitate continuous improvement of the HSE systems. They keep informed of regulatory and industry standards, and assist in the development of strategies and procedures to address changing trends.

Responsibilities: Assist the HSE Manager with the development, management and administration of HSE activities related to policies, procedures and programs established by the company.Analyze and interpret laws and regulations relating to workplace health & safety and environmental issues to ensure compliance with all HSE standards and requirements promulgated by the Company as well as f! ederal, state and local agencies.Provide training and technica! l assistance to develop employee knowledge of HSE related topics, policies and programs.Participate with internal compliance audits of the HSE systems and manages the system to track and close out non-conformances.Help eliminate or reduce the occurrence of unwanted, undesired events (injuries, illnesses, inappropriate HSE behaviors and conditions, environmental releases, permit excursions, etc.) by actively participating in post incident/accident review and recommending appropriate corrective actions.Participate with development of new operations, processes, and procedures at the proposal, design, and build phases to assure consideration of technical HSE issues/hazards.Monitor the working environment using approved occupational/industrial hygiene methods and manage appropriate health surveillance programs.Manage the collection, storage, and shipment of hazardous waste generated on site, including tracking and maintaining shipment logs as well as reporting.Participate in the! (and lead where required) sites emergency action program which includes: chemical spill, evacuation, fire, and medical.QualificationsBachelor’s Degree in Biological, Chemical or Environmental SciencesPreferred Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health, Safety & Environment or Industrial HygienePreferred Professional certification recognized in the field of HSE: C.H.M.M., C.S.P., C.I.H., P.E.Minimum 3 to 5 years HSE experience (with 3 being the minimum and 5 being the preferred) including at least one year site HSE responsibility in a manufacturing environment. Must possess and continuously maintain valid RCRA hazardous waste, DOT hazardous materials training certifications.Must possess and continuously maintain valid First Aid/CPR/AED certifications.Good understanding of HSE issues, OSHA, EPA, NYSDEC regulations, and quality issues which impact the pharmaceutical industry and manufacturing environment is preferred.Must be able to demonstrate a strong functional knowledg! e and record of successful application on the topics of machine guardin! g, lock out / tag out, emergency preparedness, job hazard assessments and industrial hygiene.Must have experience in all elements of a successful ergonomics program.Must have experience in compiling data and report preparation necessary for regulatory reports including but not limited to: EPCRA, RCRA, Sewer Use, Air Emission Registrations, PBS, CBS, OSHA Log, etc.Working knowledge of federal, state and local rules, regulations and reporting requirements related to the health, safety and environmental issues pertinent to the UCB Rochester site.Ability to work independently and in a team environment and take initiative to learn new techniques and skills.Excellent written and verbal communication skills with superb attention to details and accuracy for both internal and external audiences.Knowledge of Worker’s Compensation systems.Microsoft Office with a strong skill set in Excel and PowerPoint, basic knowledge of SAP and SharePoint software programs preferred.Must have demo! nstrated experience in accepted methods of root cause analysis techniques and implementing corrective measures.Must have a basis understanding of lean manufacturing techniques and continuous improvement philosophies.Must be able to demonstrate success in working with cross functional teams and ensure that HSE priorities are withheld within a fast paced, ever changing environment.Must be able to be comfortable and proficient in providing HSE related training to small and large groups of employees and to be able to use multiple methods and media to deliver the training.Must be a strategic thinker, proactively anticipate the needs of business and possess a strong customer service mentality.Must be able to multitask, recognize and set priorities and be accountable for meeting deadlines and producing quality work products.Must be able to work at a computer work station for extended periods of time.Must be able to qualify for the use of a full face and supplied air respirator and! be able to don necessary PPE such as safety glasses, safety shoes and ! hearing protection.Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment agility test.
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