Dick Cheney working on book about heart treatment

NEW YORK (AP) ? Former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the world's most prominent heart patients, is working on a book about his many battles with coronary disease and the revolutionary changes in treatment that helped keep him alive.

The 71-year-old Cheney is collaborating with his cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, and with his daughter, Liz Cheney. Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Monday that the book is scheduled for next fall. It is currently untitled.

"It explains and talks about all the developments in cardiology by going through my own case," the former vice president said Monday during a brief telephone interview. "I'm alive today because of the tremendous advances that have been made."

Financial terms were not disclosed, although a "portion of the authors' net proceeds from the book will be donated to charity," according to Scribner. Cheney was represented by Washington attorney Robert Barnett, whose clients also include President Obama and former President George W. Bush.

Cheney and his daughter also worked together on his memoir "In My Time," published in 2011 by the conservative Simon & Schuster imprint Threshold Editions. Cheney said the new book will be completely "non-political." Authors at Scribner range from Stephen King, a longtime liberal, to former first lady Laura Bush.

Cheney, who received a heart transplant in March, said that the idea for the book came from Reiner after they appeared together at the Cleveland Clinic for a conference on heart treatment. As Cheney explained, the clinic wanted him to speak because in his case "They've done everything they can to a patient."

As he wrote in "In My Time," Cheney was just 37 and running for Congress when he had his first heart attack, in 1978. Over the next 30 years, he had four more heart attacks, including one soon after Election Day in 2000 that required a stent to be inserted. In 2010, a year after he and President Bush left office, he had a battery-powered device installed to help his heart pump blood.

Cheney noted Monday that the procedures he had undergone were crucial steps ahead from the days when he was simply advised to quit smoking.

The former Vice President said that his current condition was "nothing short of a miracle." Two years ago, he was in "end-state heart failure." Now, "I'm better than I've been in years," well enough to indulge his beloved pastime of fly fishing.

"I spent a lot of time on the river this summer," he said, "and enjoying the finer things in life."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dick-cheney-working-book-heart-treatment-220214040--politics.html

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Dana White stirs up controversy in role as homeless man during Fox NFL Sunday

A tiny role as a homeless guy in a not-so-funny betting skit on the Fox NFL Sunday show has created yet another Internet uproar about UFC president Dana White.

In a skit in which comedian Rob Riggle was doing a rather flat impersonation of a pro football tipster, White appeared toward the end as a homeless man in a box. In the skit, Riggle had been bragging about his network of sources and said he'd take information from anyone who could help him make his picks.

The video cuts to White, who said in an odd voice, "Cam Newton is pregnant. Ha ha ha ha!"

The cast on the Fox NFL Sunday show laughed and pointed out that it was White and that the UFC has a card airing on Saturday from Key Arena in Seattle. It seemed like a harmless, though not very funny, way to get a free mention of his fight card during a highly watched NFL broadcast.

But then, one of White's nearly 2.4 million Twitter followers, Jason Wozny, chastised him. Wozny, whose handle is @UFCWozny, gave the UFC president a bit of blowback.

Wozny wrote, "Ahh, done in bad taste Dana. Not funny for those who actually live out of a box. Should apologize"

If you know White even remotely well, you knew there would be a response but that it wouldn't be an apology. And, of course, White's response created a firestorm of its own.

He took a shot at Wozny and referred to him with a slang word for coward.

Wozny stuck to his guns and told White the thought the skit was in bad taste. White responded with another insult and urged him to get a sense of humor.

Let's start by saying that Riggle's writing for the skit isn't going to earn him an Emmy nomination for comedic writing. Nor will White be nominated for his, ahem, acting.

But White was hardly trying to poke fun at homeless people or make light of their plight. He was using unconventional, and probably not very effective, means to try to promote his fight. The UFC's most highly watched Fox card to date was its first, on Nov. 12, 2011, when Junior dos Santos knocked out Cain Velasquez to win the heavyweight title.

It's no coincidence that show got by far the highest ratings of any of the four Fox cards to date, given that it was the only one aired during NFL season and that it got a ton of promotional assistance on Fox NFL broadcasts.

White took the opportunity to access the massive NFL audience to pump up his fight.

He's been way in the wrong on things before. He used a slur used to describe homosexuals during an unbelievably over-the-top rant in 2009 against then-Sherdog reporter Loretta Hunt. He later apologized to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and has subsequently said that's the one thing in his career he regrets.

He's also looked the other way as some of his fighters have openly harassed female reporters with lewd and suggestive comments.

But White did nothing wrong here. He certainly didn't offend homeless people, and he wasn't trying to lessen their plight in any way.

Wozny deserves much respect for at least standing up for the downtrodden, though I think he was overcome by a bad case of political correctness.

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Analysis: Steel reprieve comes at price for France's Hollande

PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande's bid to rescue steel furnaces in France's historic industrial heartland was to be the mark of a president on the side of the workers and a state with the courage to bring a multinational to heel.

But the two-month stand-off over steel giant ArcelorMittal's Florange plant in Lorraine has unnerved investors in the euro zone's second largest economy, confused France's unions and exposed his six-month-old government to international ridicule.

His Socialist allies have hailed as a victory a late-Friday compromise under which ArcelorMittal agreed to invest 180 million euros to expand the site near the German border over five years and hold off making forced redundancies.

But as the European steel sector struggles to cope with over-capacity, the furnaces themselves will remain shuttered for now, and questions remain over the exact fate of the some 630 workers employed there and further funding needed for expansion.

With unemployment at 14-year highs of 10 percent and his popularity ratings at record lows for a president only half a year into his mandate, there was clear political advantage for Hollande to lock horns with Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.

But the result is at best a no-score-draw, and the tactics used - anti-business rhetoric and the threat of nationalization - could damage his wider reform effort.

While his pugnacious, micro-managing predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy led from the front, Hollande let his ministers lead the fight, creating confusion over who runs industrial policy.

Arnaud Montebourg, the firebrand leftist industry minister who pushed the nationalization option hardest, declared Mittal a persona non grata in France and revealed he had found an anonymous potential buyer ready to invest in the plant.

That was lapped up by international critics including London mayor Boris Johnson, who told executives in New Delhi that the "sans culottes" revolutionaries had taken control in Paris and advised them to bring their investment rupees to Britain.

RHETORIC VS REALITY

Montebourg later retracted his personal attack on Mittal but then had to watch as aides of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who announced the final accord, briefed media that his putative investor was neither "credible or solid".

Facing opposition calls to resign, Montebourg went on local television on Saturday to announce he had Hollande's support and insist he felt "not betrayed, merely let down" by the outcome.

But worse than the damage done to the credibility of one of Hollande's most high-profile ministers, many fear the cacophony further shakes France's image as a place to do business just when it needs all the help it can get to avert recession.

"It has been a disaster," a senior French banker said last week as the episode unfolded.

"Even for sophisticated investors who understand that in France there is a difference between the rhetoric and the reality, this is hugely unnerving."

Elie Cohen, economist at the CNRS public research institute, told the commercial i>Tele television network that by raising the option of nationalization, Montebourg risked encouraging copy-cat demands by workers at other struggling sites.

It is still too early to say whether the Florange wrangling will hurt foreign investment in France, which Bank of France data show has grown modestly since the 2008/2009 global turndown to hit 30 billion euros or 1.5 percent of output last year.

Barely noticed last week, U.S. online giant Amazon said it was opening a new distribution center in northern France that will create up to 2,500 jobs - four times the number at the Florange furnaces and a reminder that 80 percent of France's economy is now in the services sector.

UNIONS FEEL BETRAYED

Vital to France's long-term prospects is whether Hollande obtains in coming weeks the overhaul of the country's unwieldy and expensive labor regulations which he has tasked employers and unions to achieve in negotiations by year-end.

For that, France's trade unions must make unprecedented concessions to allow business more flexibility in hiring and firing. But the government handling of the Florange tussle has left many labor leaders feeling betrayed.

"Until the last minute, basically, we were made to believe that temporary nationalization was essentially a given," Edouard Martin, head of the Florange chapter of France's large CFDT union, told RTL radio.

"We did not understand this last-minute fix-up in which Jean-Marc Ayrault unveils an option never before discussed ... We get the feeling he was lying to us all along."

A big test now will be whether unions have been riled so much that they stonewall in the labor reform talks. It could also make some more prone to protest if the government makes the extra public spending cuts that analysts say could be needed next year to ensure France hits its deficit-cutting target.

For now, both sides hope the battle of Florange is over.

ArcelorMittal has welcomed a deal that includes commitments on voluntary redundancies and re-deployment of furnace workers elsewhere in its French activities that go little beyond what it would likely have offered without government intervention.

Hollande's office concedes he did not manage to get the furnaces re-opened as he promised during his election campaign, but argue the deal to expand activity in the current poor economic climate is a victory of sorts.

Whether the accord goes ahead in its entirety partly depends on variables outside the two parties' control, including 400 million euros' worth of European Commission funding.

It may not be quite the end of the story.

Referring to the nationalization threat, one Hollande aide noted: "We are still keeping that revolver on the table."

(Additional reporting by Nicholas Vinocur, Julien Ponthus and Elizabeth Pineau; Editing by Will Waterman)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-steel-reprieve-comes-price-frances-hollande-104049536--finance.html

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Fracking firm ready to press on

The head of a company involved in fracking has said it is ready to press on quickly with production if a UK ban on the technique is lifted.

Cuadrilla Resources chief executive Francis Egan told the Sunday Telegraph that the development of gas resources in the UK was an economic necessity.

A government review has concluded that fracking - extracting shale gas - is safe if adequately monitored.

Mr Egan warned his company may "walk away" if the ban is not lifted soon.

Fracking is a controversial process that involves pumping water and chemicals into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas.

'New industry'

It was temporarily banned in the UK after it was blamed for two earth tremors in Blackpool in 2011.

Cuadrilla has four exploration drilling sites in Lancashire - three on the Fylde at Westby, Singleton and Weeton and one at Banks in West Lancashire.

Mr Egan said Cuadrilla believed it could be producing shale gas in the UK by March next year. However, the firm stressed that this would be a test process and not full production.

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"We are starting a whole new onshore gas industry. In our licence alone we can supply a quarter of the UK's gas demand," he said.

Fracking is widely used in the US and supporters of the process have said it could have significant benefits for energy policy in the UK.

It has been reported that Energy Secretary Ed Davey will soon end the moratorium on the process, while Chancellor George Osborne has said he is considering tax incentives for the industry.

It is believed he may provide further details in his Autumn Statement on Wednesday.

'Patience not infinite'

But Mr Egan indicated that his company was not prepared to wait for ever for the go-ahead.

"Britain is spending tens of billions of pounds importing gas," he said, adding: "We have proven that there is [shale] gas and that it will flow.

"In the three years we have been doing tests, they have drilled 60,000 wells in the US. We don't have infinite patience and our investors don't have infinite patience."

On Saturday, the Department of Energy and Climate Change dismissed an Independent report that said 60% of the UK countryside could be used for fracking, describing the figure as "nonsense".

Opponents have said fracking is a dangerous process that threatens to pollute water supplies.

About 300 people held an anti-fracking protest outside Parliament on Saturday.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20571700#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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More evidence for an ancient Grand Canyon

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Caltech study supports theory that giant gorge dates back to Late Cretaceous period

PASADENA, Calif.For over 150 years, geologists have debated how and when one of the most dramatic features on our planetthe Grand Canyonwas formed. New data unearthed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) builds support for the idea that conventional models, which say the enormous ravine is 5 to 6 million years old, are way off.

In fact, the Caltech research points to a Grand Canyon that is many millions of years older than previously thought, says Kenneth A. Farley, Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry at Caltech and coauthor of the study. "Rather than being formed within the last few million years, our measurements suggest that a deep canyon existed more than 70 million years ago," he says.

Farley and Rebecca Flowersa former postdoctoral scholar at Caltech who is now an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulderoutlined their findings in a paper published in the November 29 issue of Science Express.

Building upon previous research by Farley's lab that showed that parts of the eastern canyon are likely to be at least 55 million years old, the team used a new method to test ancient rocks found at the bottom of the canyon's western section. Past experiments used the amount of helium produced by radioactive decay in apatitea mineral found in the canyon's wallsto date the samples. This time around, Farley and Flowers took a closer look at the apatite grains by analyzing not only the amount but also the spatial distribution of helium atoms that were trapped within the crystals of the mineral as they moved closer to the surface of the earth during the massive erosion that caused the Grand Canyon to form.

Rocks buried in the earth are hotwith temperatures increasing by about 25 degrees Celsius for every kilometer of depthbut as a river canyon erodes the surface downwards towards a buried rock, that rock cools. The thermal historyshown by the helium distribution in the apatite grainsgives important clues about how much time has passed since there was significant erosion in the canyon.

"If you can document cooling through temperatures only a few degrees warmer than the earth's surface, you can learn about canyon formation," says Farley, who is also chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech.

The analysis of the spatial distribution of helium allowed for detection of variations in the thermal structure at shallow levels of Earth's crust, says Flowers. That gave the team dates that enabled them to fine-tune the timeframe when the Grand Canyon was incised, or cut.

"Our research implies that the Grand Canyon was directly carved to within a few hundred meters of its modern depth by about 70 million years ago," she says.

Now that they have narrowed down the "when" of the Grand Canyon's formation, the geologists plan to continue investigations into how it took shape. The genesis of the canyon has important implications for understanding the evolution of many geological features in the western United States, including their tectonics and topography, according to the team.

"Our major scientific objective is to understand the history of the Colorado Plateauwhy does this large and unusual geographic feature exist, and when was it formed," says Farley. "A canyon cannot form without high elevationyou don't cut canyons in rocks below sea level. Also, the details of the canyon's incision seem to suggest large-scale changes in surface topography, possibly including large-scale tilting of the plateau."

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"Apatite 4He/3He and (U-Th)/He evidence for an ancient Grand Canyon" appears in the November 29 issue of the journal Science Express. Funding for the research was provided by the National Science Foundation.


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Caltech study supports theory that giant gorge dates back to Late Cretaceous period

PASADENA, Calif.For over 150 years, geologists have debated how and when one of the most dramatic features on our planetthe Grand Canyonwas formed. New data unearthed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) builds support for the idea that conventional models, which say the enormous ravine is 5 to 6 million years old, are way off.

In fact, the Caltech research points to a Grand Canyon that is many millions of years older than previously thought, says Kenneth A. Farley, Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry at Caltech and coauthor of the study. "Rather than being formed within the last few million years, our measurements suggest that a deep canyon existed more than 70 million years ago," he says.

Farley and Rebecca Flowersa former postdoctoral scholar at Caltech who is now an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulderoutlined their findings in a paper published in the November 29 issue of Science Express.

Building upon previous research by Farley's lab that showed that parts of the eastern canyon are likely to be at least 55 million years old, the team used a new method to test ancient rocks found at the bottom of the canyon's western section. Past experiments used the amount of helium produced by radioactive decay in apatitea mineral found in the canyon's wallsto date the samples. This time around, Farley and Flowers took a closer look at the apatite grains by analyzing not only the amount but also the spatial distribution of helium atoms that were trapped within the crystals of the mineral as they moved closer to the surface of the earth during the massive erosion that caused the Grand Canyon to form.

Rocks buried in the earth are hotwith temperatures increasing by about 25 degrees Celsius for every kilometer of depthbut as a river canyon erodes the surface downwards towards a buried rock, that rock cools. The thermal historyshown by the helium distribution in the apatite grainsgives important clues about how much time has passed since there was significant erosion in the canyon.

"If you can document cooling through temperatures only a few degrees warmer than the earth's surface, you can learn about canyon formation," says Farley, who is also chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech.

The analysis of the spatial distribution of helium allowed for detection of variations in the thermal structure at shallow levels of Earth's crust, says Flowers. That gave the team dates that enabled them to fine-tune the timeframe when the Grand Canyon was incised, or cut.

"Our research implies that the Grand Canyon was directly carved to within a few hundred meters of its modern depth by about 70 million years ago," she says.

Now that they have narrowed down the "when" of the Grand Canyon's formation, the geologists plan to continue investigations into how it took shape. The genesis of the canyon has important implications for understanding the evolution of many geological features in the western United States, including their tectonics and topography, according to the team.

"Our major scientific objective is to understand the history of the Colorado Plateauwhy does this large and unusual geographic feature exist, and when was it formed," says Farley. "A canyon cannot form without high elevationyou don't cut canyons in rocks below sea level. Also, the details of the canyon's incision seem to suggest large-scale changes in surface topography, possibly including large-scale tilting of the plateau."

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"Apatite 4He/3He and (U-Th)/He evidence for an ancient Grand Canyon" appears in the November 29 issue of the journal Science Express. Funding for the research was provided by the National Science Foundation.


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With 18 new AAAS Fellows, Ohio State remains near the top of the national class

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COLUMBUS, Ohio Eighteen Ohio State University faculty have been elected among the newest class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Ohio State ranks second this year in the number of scholars chosen for the award, which is based on evaluations by peer scientists. The university has ranked first or second among new Fellows each year for more than a decade.

"Ingenuity and innovation are the hallmarks of Ohio State and represent the future of the 21st century university," said President E. Gordon Gee. "Our university is home to the most extraordinary scholars in the world, including these 18 new Fellows recognized as the top experts in their fields. Their collective work enriches Ohio State's remarkable tradition of academic excellence and discovery in myriad disciplines."

The University of Michigan ranks first this year with 19 new Fellows, and the University of California, Davis and Vanderbilt University each has 17 new Fellows.

In all, 702 members have received the honor this year because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New Fellows will be welcomed in a ceremony at the AAAS annual meeting in Boston in February. Founded in 1848, AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society.

"This year's election of 18 distinguished scholars is a testament to our faculty's dedication, leadership and impact in their respective fields. Affirmation by their peers confirms the quality and diversity of their work across a broad spectrum of disciplines," said Caroline Whitacre, vice president for research. "On a daily basis, Ohio State researchers are serving our communities and advancing the frontiers of discovery as they solve the world's greatest challenges related to energy and the environment, health and wellness, and food production and security."

Including this year's class, Ohio State has more than 200 AAAS Fellows on the faculty. Ohio State's newest AAAS Fellows are:

Heather Allen, professor of chemistry and of pathology; for outstanding contributions to the development of vibrational spectroscopic probes of interfaces, and their creative application to problems in environmental chemistry, geochemistry and physiology.

Donald Dean, professor emeritus of biochemistry; for distinguished contributions to biochemistry, particularly for studies on the mechanism of action and protein engineering of insecticidal crystal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis.

Biao Ding, professor of molecular genetics; for distinguished contributions to the field of intercellular trafficking of RNA and proteins and to the field of viroid-host interactions.

Prabir Dutta, Distinguished University Professor of chemistry; for notable contributions in understanding zeolite formation and applications of zeolites in photocatalysis and sensing.

Mark Failla, professor and interim chair of human sciences; for distinguished contributions to the field of nutritional biochemistry for developing valuable models elucidating bioavailability, metabolism and efficacy of health promoting dietary constituents.

John Finer, professor of horticulture and crop science and in the Center for Applied Plant Sciences; for distinguished contributions in the development of new and insightful approaches for increasing the efficiencies of gene transfer and expression analyses in crop plants.

H. Lisle Gibbs, professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology; for distinguished contributions to the field of evolutionary biology, particularly for the application of molecular ecology and genetics to problems in conservation biology.

Maura Gillison, professor of medical oncology, of epidemiology and of otolaryngology; for distinguished contributions to the fields of tumor virology, cancer biology and epidemiology, particularly in defining human papillomavirus as the etiologic agent for head and neck cancers.

Randy Hodson, professor of sociology; for distinguished contributions to the study of organizational effectiveness and dignity at work through the study of power and its abuses.

Michael Ibba, professor of microbiology and of molecular and cellular biochemistry; for distinguished contributions to the fields of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase biology, translational quality control and microbial physiology.

William Marras, professor of integrated systems engineering, of physical medicine and rehabilitation, and of orthopaedics; for distinguished contributions to understanding biomechanical causal pathways for low back disorders and developing methods to prevent occupational back injuries and quantify back disorders.

Haikady Nagaraja, professor and chair of biostatistics, of internal medicine and of statistics; for distinguished contributions to the field of statistics, particularly for methodologic work in the areas of order statistics and stochastic modeling.

Susan Olesik, professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry; for distinguished contributions to the field of analytical chemistry as well as excellence in communicating science to the public.

Richard Pogge, professor and vice chair of astronomy; for distinguished contributions in astronomical instrumentation and toward understanding the nature and environment of active galactic nuclei.

Phillip Popovich, professor of neuroscience, of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics, and of neurological surgery; for distinguished contributions to the field of neuroimmunology and spinal cord injury, particularly for defining the functional contributions of the immune system in CNS repair.

Zhenchao Qian, chair of sociology; for distinguished contributions to the field of population studies and sociology, particularly for the studies of marriage, cohabitation, interracial marriage and assortative mating patterns.

David Williams, dean of the College of Engineering; for distinguished contributions to metal and material sciences, particularly on electron microscopy, and to higher education, providing academic leadership at three major research universities.

Rama Yedavalli, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; for distinguished research and education contributions to the fields of robust and distributed control of mechanical and aerospace systems, and for service to multiple professional societies.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio Eighteen Ohio State University faculty have been elected among the newest class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Ohio State ranks second this year in the number of scholars chosen for the award, which is based on evaluations by peer scientists. The university has ranked first or second among new Fellows each year for more than a decade.

"Ingenuity and innovation are the hallmarks of Ohio State and represent the future of the 21st century university," said President E. Gordon Gee. "Our university is home to the most extraordinary scholars in the world, including these 18 new Fellows recognized as the top experts in their fields. Their collective work enriches Ohio State's remarkable tradition of academic excellence and discovery in myriad disciplines."

The University of Michigan ranks first this year with 19 new Fellows, and the University of California, Davis and Vanderbilt University each has 17 new Fellows.

In all, 702 members have received the honor this year because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New Fellows will be welcomed in a ceremony at the AAAS annual meeting in Boston in February. Founded in 1848, AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society.

"This year's election of 18 distinguished scholars is a testament to our faculty's dedication, leadership and impact in their respective fields. Affirmation by their peers confirms the quality and diversity of their work across a broad spectrum of disciplines," said Caroline Whitacre, vice president for research. "On a daily basis, Ohio State researchers are serving our communities and advancing the frontiers of discovery as they solve the world's greatest challenges related to energy and the environment, health and wellness, and food production and security."

Including this year's class, Ohio State has more than 200 AAAS Fellows on the faculty. Ohio State's newest AAAS Fellows are:

Heather Allen, professor of chemistry and of pathology; for outstanding contributions to the development of vibrational spectroscopic probes of interfaces, and their creative application to problems in environmental chemistry, geochemistry and physiology.

Donald Dean, professor emeritus of biochemistry; for distinguished contributions to biochemistry, particularly for studies on the mechanism of action and protein engineering of insecticidal crystal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis.

Biao Ding, professor of molecular genetics; for distinguished contributions to the field of intercellular trafficking of RNA and proteins and to the field of viroid-host interactions.

Prabir Dutta, Distinguished University Professor of chemistry; for notable contributions in understanding zeolite formation and applications of zeolites in photocatalysis and sensing.

Mark Failla, professor and interim chair of human sciences; for distinguished contributions to the field of nutritional biochemistry for developing valuable models elucidating bioavailability, metabolism and efficacy of health promoting dietary constituents.

John Finer, professor of horticulture and crop science and in the Center for Applied Plant Sciences; for distinguished contributions in the development of new and insightful approaches for increasing the efficiencies of gene transfer and expression analyses in crop plants.

H. Lisle Gibbs, professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology; for distinguished contributions to the field of evolutionary biology, particularly for the application of molecular ecology and genetics to problems in conservation biology.

Maura Gillison, professor of medical oncology, of epidemiology and of otolaryngology; for distinguished contributions to the fields of tumor virology, cancer biology and epidemiology, particularly in defining human papillomavirus as the etiologic agent for head and neck cancers.

Randy Hodson, professor of sociology; for distinguished contributions to the study of organizational effectiveness and dignity at work through the study of power and its abuses.

Michael Ibba, professor of microbiology and of molecular and cellular biochemistry; for distinguished contributions to the fields of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase biology, translational quality control and microbial physiology.

William Marras, professor of integrated systems engineering, of physical medicine and rehabilitation, and of orthopaedics; for distinguished contributions to understanding biomechanical causal pathways for low back disorders and developing methods to prevent occupational back injuries and quantify back disorders.

Haikady Nagaraja, professor and chair of biostatistics, of internal medicine and of statistics; for distinguished contributions to the field of statistics, particularly for methodologic work in the areas of order statistics and stochastic modeling.

Susan Olesik, professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry; for distinguished contributions to the field of analytical chemistry as well as excellence in communicating science to the public.

Richard Pogge, professor and vice chair of astronomy; for distinguished contributions in astronomical instrumentation and toward understanding the nature and environment of active galactic nuclei.

Phillip Popovich, professor of neuroscience, of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics, and of neurological surgery; for distinguished contributions to the field of neuroimmunology and spinal cord injury, particularly for defining the functional contributions of the immune system in CNS repair.

Zhenchao Qian, chair of sociology; for distinguished contributions to the field of population studies and sociology, particularly for the studies of marriage, cohabitation, interracial marriage and assortative mating patterns.

David Williams, dean of the College of Engineering; for distinguished contributions to metal and material sciences, particularly on electron microscopy, and to higher education, providing academic leadership at three major research universities.

Rama Yedavalli, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; for distinguished research and education contributions to the fields of robust and distributed control of mechanical and aerospace systems, and for service to multiple professional societies.

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Television section

For the week of Nov. 12-18

1. NFL Football: Baltimore at Pittsburgh, NBC, 18.16 million

2. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 17.63 million

3. "NCIS," CBS, 17.05 million

4. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.77 million

5. "Person of Interest," CBS, 14.57 million

6. "60 Minutes," CBS, 14.04 million

7. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 13.87 million

8. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 13.79 million

9. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 12.91 million

10. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 12.2 million

Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032450/ns/today-entertainment/

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Real estate is fastest-growing industry in Q3 - officials

Aya Lowe
Posted on 11/28/2012 1:42 PM ?|?Updated 11/28/2012 9:12 PM


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BOOMING. Real estate projects, fueled by remittances and the outsourcing industry, contribute to economic growth. Photo by Franz LopezBOOMING. Real estate projects, fueled by remittances and the outsourcing industry, contribute to economic growth. Photo by Franz Lopez

MANILA, Philippines - The real estate industry saw a revenue growth rate of 18.8% in the third quarter of the year, making it the fastest growing among all industries, said officials.

?Real estate posted strong expansion as major players including Ayala Land, SM Prime Holdings and Megaworld posted double-digit revenues in terms of real estate and rent of commercial spaces,? said Socioeconomic Planning Secretary, Arseio Balisacan, at a press conference on the Philippines' third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth on Wednesday, November 28.

According to Jose Ramon Albert, Secretary-General of the National Statistical Coordination Board, the country's better-than-expected 7.1% growth in the third quarter was driven largely by services sector growth, which was, in turn, partly fueled by real estate, renting and business activity.

Comprising half of GDP growth, the services sector expanded 7% in the third quarter.

?We have previously noted that a major driver of this growth is the demand for office space due to the strong outlook of the BPO sector. Also favorable economic conditions led more individuals to purchase residential properties,? said Balisacan.

Aside from BPO, real estate growth was also buoyed by higher construction expenditures, said Balisacan.

?Spending for construction of physical capital increased by 24.3% in the third quarter of 2012 a huge turnaround from a negative 8.8% performance in the third quarter of 2011. Both private and public construction registered more than 20% growth rates during the period,? he explained.

Public construction grew 23.7% in the third quarter, reversing its 19% drop in 2011, while private construction expanded 25%, also reversing its 5.9% decline last year.

?Public spending on construction grew back by higher capital outlay of government 38.4% more for roads and irrigation projects. Most of these projects were implemented outside NCR in keeping with our objective of inclusive growth,? said Balisacan

?These figures just confirm that theres a lot of investment going on. While the growth of the economy is primarily consumption driven there are also investmetns coming in.?

Major players and consultants have remained bullish on their real estate forecasts.

?It took 20 years to get the stars aligned but now we?re looking at sustained growth. We are now experiencing the best real estate market in the Philippines in the last 20 years,? Rick Santos, chairman and CEO of property advisory firm CBRE Philippines, previously said. - Rappler.com

Source: http://www.rappler.com/business/16901-real-estate-is-fastest-growing-industry-in-q3-officials

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The rise of the new gay villains

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Meet the new gay villains of television and film: If their wrists are bent, it's probably to cut someone's throat.

Far from their limp-wristed, lisping predecessors, the modern-day villains of "Skyfall" and "Dexter" do their own dirty work and are every bit as masculine as the heroes with whom they do battle.

OK, one stereotype remains: They still wear some nice clothes. But while the old portrayals suggested that gays were vain and effeminate, the fashion-consciousness of the new gay villains reflects an admirable attention to detail.

Is this progress? In a way, yes.

Once, branding a villain as homosexual was dehumanizing. Today, a villain's homosexuality is often the most humanizing thing about him.

The arrival of more nuanced, less stereotypical gay villains comes as gay characters receive more realistic portrayals on shows like ABC's hit "Modern Family." Rather than remaining relegated to the rom-com role of gay best friend, gay characters are finally moving the action.

And no one moves the action like villains.

GLAAD, which tracks portrayals of gays in popular culture, says that as the number of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered characters increases in TV and film, it makes sense that there would be more villains. The question is whether they are villainous because they are gay, or villains who just happen to also be gay.

"In the early days of LGBT characters on screen, it was often the case that a character's sexual orientation or gender identity was directly tied to their villainous nature as things like lecherous prison guards, blackmailers, or even psychotic killers," Matt Kane, GLAAD's associate director of entertainment media, told TheWrap.

"Though that's almost never the case now, it's still something writers and directors should be conscious of. What this also highlights, however, is that there are still too few LGBT protagonists and leads in popular media, particularly in genre film and television. Where is the gay equivalent to James Bond?"

Nowhere, so far. But at least Bond has a worthy gay adversary.

In the bad old days, films and movies gave their villains mincing walks, frilly outfits, flowery language, fussy cats and all sorts of other supposedly effeminate accessories to tip off viewers that they were homosexual - as if homosexuality were synonymous with weakness. If the manly hero pummeled his way through a horde of 1960s henchmen, the effete villain stood no chance. His only hope was to flee. We were supposed to despise him for his cowardice.

The sissified villain is one of fiction's oldest stereotypes. Even in the epic poem "The Iliad," one warrior belittles another by imagining him "crying? like some little girl, who runs beside her mother and begs to be picked up."

Today's gay villains are so stereotypically masculine that we might not know they were gay if they didn't say so themselves. They are gay because they like the same sex - not because of their pets.

Though "Dexter" villain Isaak Sirko (Ray Stevenson) reveals his homosexuality to Dexter - and becomes a more interesting character in the process - Javier Bardem's Raoul Silva never explicitly tells Bond he is gay. We gather that he is gay or bisexual from the way he unbuttons Bond's shirt, strokes his legs and chest, and propositions him.

Today's Bond isn't a homophobe. Rather than express disgust when Silva suggests there's a first time for everything, Bond replies, "What makes you think it's my first time?"

John Logan, the gay screenwriter who wrote the exchange, has said it simply plays off of the homoeroticism of countless past Bond confrontations. Remember that laser that Auric Goldfinger aimed at Bond's groin? Or the scrotum torture of "Casino Royale"?

On "Breaking Bad," we're given hints that Giancarlo Esposito's Gus Fring is gay, but never know for sure. In a flashback to Fring's early 20s, we see that he has a young, attractive partner - a business partner, that is - and that they hold a deep affection for one another. When his partner is murdered before his eyes, Fring begins a decades-long quest for revenge.

There is one more possible tip-off to Fring's possible homosexuality, if we indulge in the kind of stereotyping that pervades the gay-centric sitcom "The New Normal":

Fring is the most immaculate dresser within hundreds of miles. His final act is to straighten histie, even after half of his face has been blown off. Silva and Sirko also look like escapees from a GQ fashion shoot.

But Fring's attention to detail - not just in his appearance but in his business dealings - allows him to operate a massive meth empire, hidden in plain sight. Sirko's fastidiousness allows him to rule another criminal enterprise. And Silva builds a massive hacking-abetted fortune while looking good and demonstrating a playful taste in music.

As an audience, we respect the gay villains a bit more, guessing at the bigotry they've likely had to overcome: They have made it to the top of such hyper-masculine and probably homophobic institutions as drug cartels, the Russian mob, and in Silva's case, before he went rogue, the spy game.

The model for the modern-day gay villains may be Omar, the brilliant stickup man from the beloved HBO series "The Wire." Not every writer in Hollywood takes cues from "The Wire," but plenty do.

("Breaking Bad" is influential as well. "Dexter" seems to have borrowed several points from the AMC series this season, including a morally ambiguous character who poisons people with plants.)

As played by Michael K. Williams, Omar holds up drug dealers for a living, sometimes with a pretty younger man by his side. Like Sirko and perhaps Fring, he longs to avenge a lover's death, which makes him more sympathetic than the usual bad guy motivated by greed.

Omar's homosexuality, in other words, brings out the best in him. And it does nothing to make him less of a man. Even as his enemies denounce him as a "cocksucker," they fear him as much as they fear anyone.

Sirko, Silva and Fring are just as brutal as Omar when they need to be. In one of the most chilling scenes on "Breaking Bad," Fring changes out of his business clothes, we see his ripped muscles for the first time, and he dons a HazMat suit to cut an underperforming underling's throat with a box cutter.

Worried about his clothes? Yes. But there's nothing weak about him.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rise-gay-villains-234900856.html

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Bonds, Clemens, Sosa set to appear on Hall ballot

(AP) ? Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are set to appear on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, and fans will soon find out whether drug allegations can block the former stars from reaching baseball's shrine.

The ballot will be officially announced Wednesday.

Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling are certain to be among the other first-time eligible players. Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines are the top holdover candidates.

Members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America will vote through next month. The much-awaited results will be announced Jan. 9.

Bonds, Clemens and Sosa each posted some of the biggest numbers in the game's history, but were all tainted by accusations they used performance-enhancing drugs.

Associated Press

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