Obama to have dinner with 4 campaign donors (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Two retirees, a U.S. Postal Service worker and a business owner from politically important Midwest and Southwestern states who gave money to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign will get a chance to bend his ear at dinner Thursday.

Obama's re-election effort dangled dinner with the president as part of a promotion to boost campaign contributions during the April-to-June fundraising quarter. The campaign reported raising more than $47 million during those three months.

The donors he's dining with are from Arizona, Colorado, Indiana and Minnesota ? states important to his re-election hopes. Obama won three of the four in 2008, losing only in Arizona.

Dinner is set for a still-undisclosed location in Washington.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111027/ap_on_el_pr/us_obama_donor_dinner

eli manning eli manning new york giants cbs richard pryor richard pryor don t ask don t tell

Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest (AP)

OAKLAND, Calif. ? The Iraq War veteran injured during a clash between police and anti-Wall Street protesters wasn't taking part in the demonstrations out of economic want.

Scott Olsen, 24, makes a good living at a software company and rents a hillside apartment with views of San Francisco Bay. And yet, his friends say, he felt so strongly about economic inequality in the country that he fought for that he slept at a San Francisco protest camp after work.

"He felt you shouldn't wait until something is affecting you to get out and do something about it," said friend and roommate Keith Shannon, who served with Olsen in Iraq.

It was that feeling that drew him to Oakland on Tuesday night, when the clashes broke out and Olsen was struck by a projectile that fractured his skull. Police say they responded only when protesters began throwing bottles and other items at them.

Now, even as officials investigate exactly where the projectile came from, and from whom, Olsen has become a rallying cry for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators across the nation, with Twitter users and protest websites declaring: "We are all Scott Olsen."

In Las Vegas, a few dozen protesters held a vigil Wednesday night, carrying glow sticks and projecting a photo of the Marine in uniform onto the corrugated-metal side of building at their camp.

More vigils were being planned Thursday night in other cities.

Elsewhere, officials took steps to close some camps that sprang up since the movement began last month against what protesters see as corporate greed and a government that caters to the wealthiest and big business.

In Nashville, Tenn., officials imposed a curfew for a camp at the Capitol complex. In Providence, R.I., officials notified protesters that they were violating laws prohibiting camping overnight at a park.

Some tea party groups complained of a double standard, saying they were charged fees to hold their rallies while Occupy groups have not. One group in Richmond, Va., is asking the city to repay $8,000 spent for permits and other needs.

On Thursday, however, most of the talk was of Olsen and who was responsible for his injury.

The group Iraq Veterans Against the War blamed police. Police say they used tear gas and bean bag rounds, not flash grenades and rubber bullets as some demonstrators have charged.

Interim Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan said Wednesday that the charges of excessive use of force are being investigated. He did not return repeated calls seeking comment on Thursday.

Olsen's condition improved on Thursday, with doctors transferring him from the emergency room to an intensive care unit. His parents were flying to Oakland from Wisconsin, his uncle said.

"His mother, this is obviously a heartbreaker to her," said George Nygaard, also a Marine veteran, said. "I don't think she understands why he was doing this."

Olsen, who is from Onalaska, Wis., served two tours in Iraq, felt the anti-Wall Street movement had a chance to create real change, Shannon said. So each night, he would go out to the tent camps and usually called Shannon with his whereabouts.

On Tuesday night, Olsen had planned to be in San Francisco, but changed course after his veteran's group decided to go to Oakland to support the protesters there. Earlier, police in riot gear cleared an encampment outside city hall that officials said had health and safety problems.

"I think it was a last minute thing," he said about Olsen's decision. "He didn't think about it."

Joshua Shepherd, 27, a Navy veteran who was standing nearby when Olsen got struck, said he didn't know what hit him. "It was like a war zone," he said.

Then there was a scramble and he couldn't clearly see the rush of folks who went to Olsen's aid.

A video posted on YouTube showed Olsen being carried by other protesters through the tear gas, his face bloodied. People shout at him: "What's your name? What's your name?" Olsen, however, just stares back.

Shepherd said it's a cruel irony that Olsen is fighting for his life in the country that he fought to protect. "He was over there protecting the rights and freedoms of America and he comes home, exercises his "freedoms" and, it's here, where he's nearly fatally wounded," Shepherd said.

People at OPSWAT, the San Francisco security software company where Olsen works, were devastated after learning of his injuries. They described him as a humble, quiet guy who worked hard over long hours.

"He's been a big piece of what we do here and our growth strategy, so obviously it's pretty devastating for us that he's in the shape he's in," said Jeff Garon, the company's director of marketing.

Olsen had been helping to develop security applications for U.S. defense agencies, building on expertise gained while on active duty in Iraq, Garon said.

Olsen was awarded seven medals while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, which he left as a lance corporal in November 2009 after serving for four years. One of them was the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal.

Olsen moved to the Bay Area in July, and quickly found friends in the veterans against the war group. The lanky man with a dry sense of humor did not show a lot of interest in politics as a teen ? he has two tattoos for the group "Insane Clown Posse" on his upper arms, Shannon said.

His tours of duty in Iraq made him more serious, Shannon said.

"He wasn't active in politics before he went in the military, but he became active once he was out ... the experience in the military definitely shaped him," Shannon said.

___

Associated Press writers Dinesh Ramde in Milwaukee, Steve Szkotak in Richmond, Va., Garance Burke in San Francisco, Julie Watson in San Diego Lucas L. Johnson II in Nasvhille, Tenn., and Michelle Rindels in Las Vegas contributed to this report. Dearen reported from San Francisco.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111027/ap_on_re_us/us_wall_street_protests

muammar gaddafi muammar gaddafi lord monckton lord monckton andy kaufman october 21 2011 ohio

Controversy over reopening the 'Sistine Chapel' of Stone Age art

Public release date: 26-Oct-2011
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society

Plans to reopen Spain's Altamira caves are stirring controversy over the possibility that tourists' visits will further damage the 20,000-year old wall paintings that changed views about the intellectual ability of prehistoric people. That's the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine. The caves are the site of Stone Age paintings so magnificent that experts have called them the "Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic Art."

Carmen Drahl, C&EN associate editor, points out in the article that Spanish officials closed the tourist mecca to the public in 2002 after scientists realized that visitors were fostering growth of bacteria that damage the paintings. Now, however, they plan to reopen the caves. Declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Altamira's rock paintings of animals and human hands made scientists realize that Stone Age people had intellectual capabilities far greater than previously believed.

The article explains how moisture and carbon dioxide from tourists' breath, body heat and footsteps (which kick up bacterial spores) foster growth of bacteria on the cave walls. Those bacteria damage the precious wall paintings, which supposedly influenced great modern artists like Picasso. Drahl discusses the scientific controversy over limited reopening of the caves to tourism and measures that could minimize further damage to the paintings.

###

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Public release date: 26-Oct-2011
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society

Plans to reopen Spain's Altamira caves are stirring controversy over the possibility that tourists' visits will further damage the 20,000-year old wall paintings that changed views about the intellectual ability of prehistoric people. That's the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine. The caves are the site of Stone Age paintings so magnificent that experts have called them the "Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic Art."

Carmen Drahl, C&EN associate editor, points out in the article that Spanish officials closed the tourist mecca to the public in 2002 after scientists realized that visitors were fostering growth of bacteria that damage the paintings. Now, however, they plan to reopen the caves. Declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Altamira's rock paintings of animals and human hands made scientists realize that Stone Age people had intellectual capabilities far greater than previously believed.

The article explains how moisture and carbon dioxide from tourists' breath, body heat and footsteps (which kick up bacterial spores) foster growth of bacteria on the cave walls. Those bacteria damage the precious wall paintings, which supposedly influenced great modern artists like Picasso. Drahl discusses the scientific controversy over limited reopening of the caves to tourism and measures that could minimize further damage to the paintings.

###

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/acs-cor102611.php

cliff lee cliff lee the raven the raven lawrence o donnell kelly ripa conrad murray

Shawn Lawrence Otto: Blowback: The Failure of Cain Cool

New ad from Herman Cain team undermines its own message

Herman Cain's new ad is all the talk today.

It's a good ad in a way -- the smoking is effective as emotional code for regulation running amok, limiting personal freedom.

Mark Block, fresh from the Wisconson branch of the Koch-family-funded Americans for Prosperity Tea Party astroturfer, makes smoking into an anti-government act of defiance. He comes off as cool in an aging James Dean sort of way, as he blows smoke at the camera.

But then, trying to pull a Jesse The Thinker wink, the ad cuts to Herman Cain and his logo - which, epic, ironic fail, looks a lot like the logo for the American Cancer Society.

Or is it the American Heart Association?

Either way, bad choice, speaking as a filmmaker. Here's how you do it RIGHT:

?

?

?

Follow Shawn Lawrence Otto on Twitter: www.twitter.com/shawnotto

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shawn-lawrence-otto/blowback-the-failure-of-c_b_1031708.html

hell on wheels hell on wheels last house on the left last house on the left hoppin john jack dempsey devin hester

Nokia Upgrades Its Augmented Reality Browser ?Live View?

One of the minor but noteworthy things Nokia announced today at its Nokia World event in London is the release of an updated version of its augmented reality browser Live View, previously available in early beta. You can download the app here. Note that the app is still in beta, but the updated version brings many goodies if you're into the whole augmented reality thing (and if you use a compatible Nokia phone).

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/I7VJaRXg7KU/

byu football byu football demi moore and ashton kutcher demi moore and ashton kutcher credit unions delonte west bank of america

U.S. and North Korea hold "useful" talks in Geneva (Reuters)

GENEVA (Reuters) ? U.S. and North Korean negotiators made "useful presentations" on Monday, a U.S. special envoy said at the start of a two-day meeting, the second such encounter since six-party talks on nuclear disarmament collapsed more than two years ago.

"We had initial presentations of our respective positions, and I think these were useful presentations," Clifford Hart, U.S. special envoy, told reporters in Geneva after two hours of talks in the morning. He did not take questions.

Later, an afternoon session ended after 1.5 hours. "Today's talks are finished," a North Korean official told Reuters.

The session, which follows talks in New York in late July, is aimed more at managing tensions on the divided Korean peninsula than resuming stalled regional talks on ending the North's nuclear programs.

The two delegations are staying at the same Geneva lakeside hotel but held talks at the U.S. diplomatic mission. In repeated choreography of the New York talks, they lunched separately on Monday but plan to have dinner together at 7:30 p.m. (1730 GMT).

U.S. officials have described the talks as "exploratory" and aimed at keeping Pyongyang engaged so as to avoid any "miscalculations" by the reclusive nation.

U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth, accompanied by his successor Glyn Davies, and veteran North Korean nuclear negotiator Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan lead the respective delegations.

North Korean officials are to host the talks on Tuesday, including a possible joint lunch. The U.S. delegation was expected to make a statement after the talks conclude.

SLIGHT EASING OF TENSIONS

U.S. officials and analysts were keeping expectations low, despite a slight easing of tensions between American ally South Korea and North Korea, and Pyongyang's repeated calls for resuming nuclear talks.

The six-party talks, including North Korea's ally China as well as Russia, Japan and South Korea, fell apart in 2009 when North Korea quit the process after U.N. sanctions were imposed following its second nuclear test.

China wants North Korea to deepen talks with the South and the United States in the hope of restarting nuclear negotiations, the Chinese vice premier told his North Korean counterpart, state media reported on Monday.

The six-party forum offers the North economic aid in return for dismantling its nuclear program which is believed to have yielded enough fissile material to make up to 10 atomic bombs.

Last year, the North unveiled a uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon, which opens a second route to make a nuclear bomb along with its plutonium program, and argued it was for peaceful purposes. It says uranium enrichment falls outside the realm of previous six-party negotiations.

A September 2005 agreement reached by all sides does not specifically refer to uranium enrichment, only stating that the North must cease all nuclear activities.

Seoul and Washington insist that Pyongyang must first halt its nuclear activities, including its uranium enrichment program, before six-party talks can restart.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, on his first visit to Asia, said in an op-ed published in Japan's Yomiuri newspaper that the common challenges faced by the United States and Japan included North Korea and China.

"These include North Korea, which continues to engage in reckless and provocative behavior and is developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, which pose a threat not just to Japan, but to the entire region."

South Korea said last week that Pyongyang's defiance over uranium enrichment remains the biggest hurdle.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has stated his readiness to return to the nuclear talks "without any preconditions." He says the North remains committed to fulfilling the September agreement with the aim of denuclearizing the entire peninsula.

Analysts say there is little chance the North will ever give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons, seen as the ultimate bargaining chip and most effective deterrent against attack from the South, and that six-party talks are still a long way off.

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; additional reporting by Phil Stewart in Japan; Editing by Elizabeth Piper)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111024/wl_nm/us_korea_north_us

january jones top gun kat von d the talk its always sunny in philadelphia free agents free agents

Rutgers professor uses lichen to help cities go green

Public release date: 25-Oct-2011
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Ed Moorhouse
ejmoor@camden.rutgers.edu
856-225-6759
Rutgers University

CAMDEN -- In this era of environmental consciousness, many buildings are being outfitted to "go green." A Rutgers-Camden professor is taking the term quite literally.

Elizabeth Demaray, an associate professor of fine arts, is cultivating lichen on the sides of New York City skyscrapers to counteract the lack of native vegetation found in the city. Her "Lichen for Skyscrapers Project" was featured as part of New York's Art in Odd Places Festival from Oct. 1-10 and is currently on view as a site-specific installation on 14th Street between Union Square Park and the Hudson River.

"Metropolitan centers figure into local temperatures in an interesting way," Demaray says. "They are sometimes referred to as 'urban heat islands' because they create heat and they trap heat. A large part of this process is due to the materials that we build with and the actual architecture of the buildings that we create."

Demaray says one of the ways to reduce heat in these cities is to cultivate lichen, which forms a protective barrier, insulating its supporting building from harmful elements. It can lower cumulative temperatures by absorbing sunlight and reflecting heat due to its light color palate while making oxygen and creating green space on the sides of buildings.

A versatile combination of fungi and algae, lichen does not have roots and grows vertically on porous surfaces. It thrives at high altitudes, where it is often the only form of vegetation and can withstand extreme periods of draught by absorbing water out of the air.

Demaray "plants" the lichen by painting lichen slurry, a watery mixture, on the sides of the buildings in patterned, geometric shapes. These plantings allow viewers to watch the organic lines of the lichen slowly outgrow the manmade lines of the patterns.

"A lot of my work sort of deals with American culture in one way or another and a number of the pieces often end up in the category of art and science collaboration," Demaray says. "I had actually worked with lichen before, covering unusual objects with it because I was interested in the idea that grown lichen, as a material, indicates long periods of time. Many high rises are beautiful granite and sandstone buildings and with this project, I like the idea that people who work in them can create their own lichen gardens."

One of Demaray's students actually began calling this process "lichaffiti," like graffiti, because all one needs to cultivate it is open a high rise window a few inches and apply lichen slurry on the building's exterior surface.

"If the lichen doesn't take, it will simply dry up and blow away to propagate itself in other more favorable conditions," says Demaray, who is quick to point out that the project in no way condones the planting of lichen without a building's permission.

For the Art in Odd Places Festival, Demaray planted small plots of lichen slurry and also installed mature lichen-covered plaques with the permission of several buildings in New York City. Once the slurry is spread into place, it takes about three months for the lichen to propagate.

"People of the community can now watch lichen slowly grow on these buildings," Demaray says. "A number of different buildings invited me to do larger installations of lichen and, as it stands now, there is one building on 14th Street that may have me culture lichen over its entire surface starting from the top and then slowly growing it all the way down to the ground."

Natalie Howe, a graduate student studying ecology and evolution at RutgersNew Brunswick who is also taking courses at RutgersCamden, is working with Demaray to identify lichen thriving in urban environments.

"A lot of times when people think of nature in the city, they think of lovely but very carefully managed and maintained landscapes," says Howe, a Highland Park resident. "But I think Elizabeth's project is different in that it encourages people to make their own natural areas that they can enjoy right on the windowsills and curbs of their homes and workplaces."

###

A Camden resident, Demaray is a recipient of the National Studio Award at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and is a New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellow in sculpture. She shows her work in museums nationwide.

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Public release date: 25-Oct-2011
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Ed Moorhouse
ejmoor@camden.rutgers.edu
856-225-6759
Rutgers University

CAMDEN -- In this era of environmental consciousness, many buildings are being outfitted to "go green." A Rutgers-Camden professor is taking the term quite literally.

Elizabeth Demaray, an associate professor of fine arts, is cultivating lichen on the sides of New York City skyscrapers to counteract the lack of native vegetation found in the city. Her "Lichen for Skyscrapers Project" was featured as part of New York's Art in Odd Places Festival from Oct. 1-10 and is currently on view as a site-specific installation on 14th Street between Union Square Park and the Hudson River.

"Metropolitan centers figure into local temperatures in an interesting way," Demaray says. "They are sometimes referred to as 'urban heat islands' because they create heat and they trap heat. A large part of this process is due to the materials that we build with and the actual architecture of the buildings that we create."

Demaray says one of the ways to reduce heat in these cities is to cultivate lichen, which forms a protective barrier, insulating its supporting building from harmful elements. It can lower cumulative temperatures by absorbing sunlight and reflecting heat due to its light color palate while making oxygen and creating green space on the sides of buildings.

A versatile combination of fungi and algae, lichen does not have roots and grows vertically on porous surfaces. It thrives at high altitudes, where it is often the only form of vegetation and can withstand extreme periods of draught by absorbing water out of the air.

Demaray "plants" the lichen by painting lichen slurry, a watery mixture, on the sides of the buildings in patterned, geometric shapes. These plantings allow viewers to watch the organic lines of the lichen slowly outgrow the manmade lines of the patterns.

"A lot of my work sort of deals with American culture in one way or another and a number of the pieces often end up in the category of art and science collaboration," Demaray says. "I had actually worked with lichen before, covering unusual objects with it because I was interested in the idea that grown lichen, as a material, indicates long periods of time. Many high rises are beautiful granite and sandstone buildings and with this project, I like the idea that people who work in them can create their own lichen gardens."

One of Demaray's students actually began calling this process "lichaffiti," like graffiti, because all one needs to cultivate it is open a high rise window a few inches and apply lichen slurry on the building's exterior surface.

"If the lichen doesn't take, it will simply dry up and blow away to propagate itself in other more favorable conditions," says Demaray, who is quick to point out that the project in no way condones the planting of lichen without a building's permission.

For the Art in Odd Places Festival, Demaray planted small plots of lichen slurry and also installed mature lichen-covered plaques with the permission of several buildings in New York City. Once the slurry is spread into place, it takes about three months for the lichen to propagate.

"People of the community can now watch lichen slowly grow on these buildings," Demaray says. "A number of different buildings invited me to do larger installations of lichen and, as it stands now, there is one building on 14th Street that may have me culture lichen over its entire surface starting from the top and then slowly growing it all the way down to the ground."

Natalie Howe, a graduate student studying ecology and evolution at RutgersNew Brunswick who is also taking courses at RutgersCamden, is working with Demaray to identify lichen thriving in urban environments.

"A lot of times when people think of nature in the city, they think of lovely but very carefully managed and maintained landscapes," says Howe, a Highland Park resident. "But I think Elizabeth's project is different in that it encourages people to make their own natural areas that they can enjoy right on the windowsills and curbs of their homes and workplaces."

###

A Camden resident, Demaray is a recipient of the National Studio Award at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and is a New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellow in sculpture. She shows her work in museums nationwide.

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ru-rpu102511.php

steve wynn lytro camera lytro camera st. louis cardinals gaddafi bodyguards gaddafi bodyguards muammar gaddafi

Floodwaters enter Thai capital's second airport

People rest a flooded building in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Floodwaters in Thailand breached barriers defending Bangkok's second airport on Tuesday and have begun seeping into the compound, forcing at least one airline based there to suspend flights for a week, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

People rest a flooded building in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Floodwaters in Thailand breached barriers defending Bangkok's second airport on Tuesday and have begun seeping into the compound, forcing at least one airline based there to suspend flights for a week, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A Thai vendor arranges her flooded shop in Bangkok, Thailand. Floodwaters in Thailand breached barriers defending Bangkok's second airport on Tuesday and have begun seeping into the compound, forcing at least one airline based there to suspend flights for a week, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A Thai worker rests next to a dog at a flooded gas station in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Floodwaters in Thailand breached barriers defending Bangkok's second airport on Tuesday and have begun seeping into the compound, forcing at least one airline based there to suspend flights for a week, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

An Air Force officer rides his motorcycle through a flooded Paholyothin road near Don Muang airport Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Floodwaters in Thailand breached barriers defending Bangkok's second airport on Tuesday and have begun seeping into the compound, forcing at least one airline based there to suspend flights for a week, officials said. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

A couple wade through floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Thailand's flood crisis deepened Tuesday after floodwaters breached barriers protecting Bangkok's second airport, effectively forcing a halt to commercial flights there after airlines using it suspended operations. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

BANGKOK (AP) ? Thailand's devastating flood crisis deepened Tuesday after floodwaters began pouring over sandbagged barriers into Bangkok's second airport, shutting it down after commercial airlines suspended flights and authorities closed its runways.

It was not immediately clear how much water had entered Don Muang airport, which is used primarily for domestic flights, or whether it was controllable. But the news was sure to further erode the credibility of a government that has repeatedly sent mixed signals about its ability to defend an increasingly anxious capital from the nation's worst floods in nearly 60 years.

Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, the country's main international gateway, has yet to be affected by flooding and flights there were operating normally. Most of the city has been spared inundation so far.

The scene at Don Muang, though, was chaotic as throngs of confused passengers struggled to leave or pulled up to the departure hall with luggage, unaware their flights had been canceled.

With parts of the main road heading to downtown Bangkok flooded knee-deep, taxis were in scarce supply. Some travelers waited hours for a ride as airlines scrambled to arrange special buses.

Capt. Kantpat Mangalasiri, the airport's director, said Don Muang's runways would be closed until Nov. 1 to ensure safe aircraft operations.

Don Muang has come to symbolize the gravity of Thailand's catastrophic floods, which have swamped a third of the country's provinces and killed 366 people over three months. The airport complex houses the government's emergency Flood Relief Operations Center, and one of its terminals is home to about 4,000 people who have fled waterlogged homes.

On Tuesday, Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi told The Associated Press the airport could only support 1,500 displaced people, and thousands who sought refuge there would have to be moved to other shelters because "we are concerned about their well-being."

Last week, the Thai air force moved about 20 planes from Don Muang, which is also a military base, as a precaution as waters approached the capital.

Floodwaters have been pouring into the Don Muang district, located on Bangkok's northern outskirts, for several days.

Don Muang is among seven of the capital's 50 districts that the government has declared at risk. Those zones, located in the north and northwest, are all experiencing some flooding.

The latest to be added to the list is the northwestern district of Bang Phlat. Late Monday, Gov. Suhumbhand Paribatra warned residents there to move their belongings to higher ground after water from the Chao Phraya River crept in through a subway construction site.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's administration declared public holidays on Oct. 27-31 in affected areas, including Bangkok.

Last week, Yingluck ordered key floodgates opened to help drain runoff through urban canals to the sea, but there is great concern that rising tides in the Gulf of Thailand this weekend could slow critical outflows and flood the city.

Late Monday, the flood relief center said water levels in the worst-hit parts of the country ? the submerged provinces north of Bangkok ? were stable or subsiding. But the massive runoff was still bearing down on the capital as it flowed south toward the Gulf of Thailand.

While neighborhoods just across Bangkok's boundaries are underwater, most of the city is dry and has not been directly affected by the deluge.

Anxious Bangkokians, though, have been raiding stores to stock up on emergency supplies, and many have been protecting their homes and businesses with sandbags. Some have even erected sealed cement barriers across shop fronts.

___

Associated Press writer Vee Intarakratug contributed to this report.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2011-10-25-AS-Thailand-Floods/id-b717775a203740828ac9dc587d080fe0

osama bin laden osama bin laden main main atlanta insanity leonard cohen

New York City Native Plant Center?s Seed Is for the Future

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Greenbelt Native Plant Center on Staten Island safeguards local species of plants, and Ed Toth is its own Johnny Appleseed.

Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=bb6c97bf22a6fe310208b8ea4c346f45

eastman kodak eastman kodak melissa gorga melissa gorga pueblo co pueblo co pineapple express

Court convicts 5 Tamils of fundraising for Tigers (AP)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands ? A Dutch court convicted five ethnic Tamils on Friday for raising illegal funds for the Sri Lankan rebel group Tamil Tigers, but in a ruling that ran counter to European and U.S. policy it refused to brand the Tigers a terrorist organization.

The defense attorney for two of the defendants said the decision by the Hague District Court "will have a huge impact" on a legal battle in the European Court of Justice to have the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, removed from the EU's list of terrorists.

The court sentenced the five naturalized Dutch citizens to prison terms ranging from two to six years. Receiving the longest sentence was a man identified only as Selliah, described as the global bookkeeper for all LTTE operations outside Sri Lanka.

But in a decision that could have a broad impact, the three-judge panel acquitted them of membership of an international terror organization.

The court said the Tigers' 26-year battle for an independent Tamil state, which cost an estimated 100,000 lives, was a "non-international armed conflict." That means that any atrocities committed by either side should be classified as war crimes or crimes against humanity, and not terror attacks.

The ruling represented a significant public relations victory for the Tigers, who were notorious for launching suicide attacks on civilian targets during the conflict, and were widely accused of recruiting child soldiers.

Dutch attorney Victor Koppe said the outcome will be critical in his case to overturn the 2006 decision by the EU to put the Tamil Tigers on the terror list.

"For the LTTE, this is a very good judgment," he told The Associated Press after the verdict. "It will be Exhibit A in the LTTE procedure in Luxembourg."

Despite saying that the Tigers could not be considered terrorists under Dutch law, the Hague District court still convicted the five of fundraising for an outlawed criminal organization, basing their verdict on the EU terror listing.

The court said fundraisers used threats to wrest money from the Tamil community in the Netherlands. That continued even after the Sri Lankan military crushed the Tigers and killed their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in May 2009.

Koppe said he would appeal the convictions.

"Basically what they are saying is that the LTTE should not be on the EU banned (terror) list and at the same time convicting them for membership of the group," he said.

During the trial, Koppe called the Tamil Tigers "freedom fighters" and compared them to rebels who fought to topple Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi from power.

Nonetheless, the trial supported a long-held view by the Sri Lankan government that LTTE front organizations continued to operate among the 800,000 Tamils in the diaspora, many of them in the wealthy countries in Europe, Canada and Australia.

The extent of the operation was revealed in a USB stick containing the LTTE's 2010 financial plan seized from Selliah, whom the court described as "an unmissable link" in the LTTE. "Without Selliah's work many millions of euros would not have gone to an outlawed organization ? the LTTE," the judgment said.

The other men all worked for groups that judges called front organizations that raised money in the Netherlands.

The United Nations and other groups also have called for an investigation of alleged war crimes by the government and the military, particularly in the final months of the war when thousands of Tamil civilians were killed in the shelling as the army closed in on the LTTE leadership.

Prosecutors also have an opportunity to appeal the sentences, but did not immediately say if they would.

Judges also acquitted the men of extortion, but convicted them of using nonviolent threats to force Tamil exiles to donate to the Tigers.

Groups of fundraisers would repeatedly visit the homes of Tamils and threaten that they would not be allowed to visit their relatives in the predominantly Tamil areas of Sri Lanka if they did not pay up.

Several among the many Tamils who packed the court's public gallery rejected the verdicts as unjust and said they had voluntarily contributed money for humanitarian goals in Sri Lanka.

"I feel very sad," said the wife of one of the suspects. She declined to give her name, saying she feared reprisals by government forces on family members in Sri Lanka.

"My husband was a humanitarian worker. This is not a humanitarian verdict," she said.

____

Associated Press writer Arthur Max in Amsterdam contributed to this report.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/terrorism/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111021/ap_on_re_eu/eu_netherlands_tamil_tiger_trial

miss usa 2011 miss usa 2011 richard hamilton richard hamilton stevie nicks sarah michelle gellar living social

The iPod turns 10, celebrates a decade of destroying physical media

It's hard to believe, but it's been exactly ten years since the iPod was first unveiled, ultimately changing the music industry forever. The iPod wasn't the first, it wasn't the smallest, it didn't have the largest hard drive, but it did have an iconic style and simple to use interface that led march away from CDs. When the history of Apple is written the iPod (perhaps more than the iMac, OS X or the iPhone) will be credited with helping spearhead the company's second coming. Over the years the music player has seen countless iterations and redesigns, and an expansion of the product line to include smaller devices and touch screens -- but for most it's the scroll wheel and white earbuds that define the iPod. Sure, what is now called the iPod classic hasn't seen a serious update since about 2007, but it still holds a special place in our hearts, especially for those of us who don't measure their music collection in a few dozen iTunes downloads.

The iPod turns 10, celebrates a decade of destroying physical media originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  Yahoo! News  | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/23/the-ipod-turns-10-celebrates-a-decade-of-destroying-physical-me/

vladimir putin vladimir putin rampage jackson beanie wells beanie wells alec baldwin alec baldwin

Video: Blackstone Conference Call

Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44978754#44978754

d2l d2l example example graphing calculator nfl odds indeed

Communications In Iran | Cyber Law

Overview

See also: Demographics of Iran

The government runs the broadcast media, which includes three national radio stations and two national television networks, as well as dozens of local radio and television stations. In 2000 there were 252 radios, 158 television sets, 219 telephone lines, and 110 personal computers for every 1,000 residents. Computers for home use became more affordable in the mid-1990s, and since then demand for access to the Internet has increased rapidly. In 1998, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (renamed the Ministry of Information & Communication Technology) began selling Internet accounts to the general public. In 2006, the Iranian telecom industry?s revenues were estimated at .2 billion. By the end of 2009, Iran?s telecom market was the fourth-largest market in the region at .2 billion and is expected to grow to .9 billion by 2014 at a CAGR of 6.9 percent.

The Fourth Five Year Economic Development Plan has proposed the following key benchmarks for 2010: 36 million fixed lines; 50% penetration rate for mobile phones; establishment of reliable rural ICT connections and 30 million internet users. Given the recent developments of the industry, the objectives are very likely to be achieved.

More than 23 million Iranians have access to the Internet and over 45 million own mobile phones. Tech-savvy citizens use text messages to communicate with friends and browse the Internet which the government controls in terms of access and speed for a multiplicity of purposes. Blogging is also immensely popular. Iran is among 5 countries with cyber warfare capabilities according to the Defense Tech institute (US military and security institute).

Press

See also: Media of Iran

The press in Iran is privately owned and reflects a diversity of political and social views. A special court has authority to monitor the print media and may suspend publication or revoke the licenses of papers or journals that a jury finds guilty of publishing antireligious material, slander, or information detrimental to the national interest. Since the late 1990s the court has shut down many pro-reform newspapers and other periodicals. Most Iranian newspapers are published in Persian, but newspapers in English and other languages also exist. The most widely circulated periodicals are based in Tehrn. Popular daily and weekly newspapers include Ettelaat, Kayhan, Resalat, Iran Daily and the Tehran Times (both are English-language papers).

Satellite

See also: Iranian Space Agency

Since the 1970s, there have been a number of proposals for a state-owned communications satellite, called Zohreh (en:Venus) from 1993 onwards. The planned satellite would have similar capabilities to a commercially-produced Western satellite, while such capabilities are already provided through leases owned by the Iranian telecommunications sector. Most recently, an agreement was signed between Iran and Russia in 2005 to develop the satellite with a planned launch date of 2007, but the launch has been postponed until at least 2009, set to follow actual construction of the satellite.

Telephone

Inadequate but currently being modernized and expanded with the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of the urban service but also bringing telephone service to several thousand villages, not presently connected.

Domestic

As a result of heavy investing in the telephone system since 1994, thousands of mobile cellular subscribers are being served; moreover, the technical level of the system has been raised by the installation of thousands of digital switches.

Landlines

24.8 million (2008), with a penetration rate of 34%.

Mobile phone

Mobile: 41 million (Nov. 2008) from 35 million (early 2008) and 4.3 million in 2004.

Penetration rate: 60% as of January 2009.

Short Text Messages: Iranians send 80 million SMS per day (Nov. 2008).

Major mobile operators: Telecommunication Company of Iran (MCI/Hamrah Aval) with 70% market share in 2008, MTN Irancell (28%), Taliya (1%), and Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) who won a license for 300 million euros in December 2008. The two national operators, Mobile Company of Iran (MCI) and MTN Irancell both offer GPRS-based data services.

Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat and Tamin Telecom, the telecommunications investment arm of Iran social security and pensions department, will gain exclusive rights for two years to offer second- and third-generation services (3G) in Iran (2008). Assuming a minimum network investment of billion, Etisalat can gain about 20 percent to 25% market share over five years of its operations (by 2013). In 2009 it was announced that Etisalat, however, failed to secure the right to be Iran exclusive 3G operator for two years. Later, Tamin Telecom announced that, IDRO and Imam Khomeini Decree Center have replaced Etisalat because of contractual disagreements.

International

Submarine fiber-optic cable to UAE with access to Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); Trans Asia Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from Azerbaijan through the northern portion of Iran to Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and Azerbaijan; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; satellite earth stations ? 13 (9 Intelsat and 4 Inmarsat) (2007)

Radio

See also: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting

Radio broadcast stations: AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998)

Number of Radios: 22 million (2005)

Television

See also: List of Persian language television channels

Television broadcast stations: 29 (plus 450 repeaters) (1997

Number of Televisions: 15 million (2007 est.)

Over 30 percent of Iranians watch satellite channels.

Internet

In 1993 Iran became the second country in the Middle East to be connected to the Internet, and since then the government has made significant efforts to improve the nation?s ICT infrastructure. Iran?s national Internet connectivity infrastructure is based on two major networks: the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and the public data network. The PSTN provides a connection for end-users to Internet service providers (ISPs) over mostly digital lines and supports modem-based connections. The Data Communication Company of Iran (DCI), a subsidiary of TCI, operates the public data network. Iran?s external Internet links use the basic Internet protocol of TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/Internet protocol) via satellite exclusively. For data lines, copper, fibre, satellite and microwave are the available media, and popular services are high-speed Internet via digital subscriber lines (DSL), high-bandwidth lease lines and satellite. About 33 Iranian cities are connected directly by the Trans-Asia-Europe cable network, or ?silk road?, connecting China to Europe.

ISPs

The leading Data Communication Company of Iran (DCI) which belongs to Telecommunication Company of Iran (now privatized) and the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) are two government bodies that act as ISPs. The largest privately owned ISP is Parsnet, which serves only Tehran. The leading ISP with a provincial focus is Isfahan-based Irangate.net. The Neda Rayaneh Institute (NRI) was the first private ISP in Iran.

Domain names with the ?.ir? suffix are assigned by the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM). DCI maintains the network infrastructure, providing Internet access via the IRANPAK X.25 packet-switching network, which covers most major cities. DCI is the only ISP with a permit for supplying government agencies. DCI supplies both dial-up and leased lines to its users.

By the regulations of Iran, these ISPs should rely on the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) for their bandwidth. Previously serviced by TCI Public Switch Telephone Network, the ISPs have recently been provided with modern data line capacity through a national IP-based network. With the completion of this new network, Internet services in Iran is expected to improve dramatically.

Broadband Internet access

Iran IP-based ?national data network? is being developed by Information Technology Company (ITC), which is also a TCI subsidiary. This network currently covers 210 Iranian cities and has 60,000 high-speed ports to meet the needs of its end users such as business and ISPs (2009).

ADSL in Iran appeared in 2004, and is still gaining market from previous technologies specially dial up providers. Most of the current ADSL service providers provide multiple types of service including dial up, point-to-point wireless, as well as draft based implementations of WiMAX.

CTEL Kish is the first broadband ISP in Khorasan which offers ADSL2+ and ADSL services for residential and business users in Mashhad and other major cities.

DATAK is the first broadband ISP in Iran which offers ADSL2+ and ADSL services for residential and business users in Tehran and other major cities.

Laser Company, offers WiMax wireless internet access over some major cities.

Pars Online is the largest private ISP in Iran and is based in Tehran, but provides a range of services around the country, including voice, satellite and broadband.

Pishgaman Towseh Ertebatat (Pioneers of Telecomm Expansions) is the only Access provider Company that provides All xDSL Family types in Iran and have one of the largest access networks in Iran. The headquarters office is in Yazd and this company is a member of Pishgaman Group

Shatel

Statistics

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 12 certified for high-speed connections ? Iran had 1,223 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in 2009, all private sector operated.

Country code (Top-level domain): IR

Internet users (including internet cafe users): 23 million (2007)

250,000 users have access to high-speed Internet service in Iran (June 2009)

Iran ranks 32nd in the world in terms of the number websites. Until 2009, 200,000 sites have been launched in Iran. 118,000 sites are using the domain ?.ir?.

Some 1,218 of Iranian cities have access to Internet and 1,460 telecommunication centers are operational there (2008)

Iran optical fiber network extends over 120,000 kilometers and has optical fiber connections with all neighboring states (2008).

There are an estimated 1,500 Internet cafes operating in the capital, Tehran (2008). Prepaid Internet-access cards are widely available throughout the country.

Usage

See also: Blogging in Iran?and Internet censorship in Iran

Full Internet service is available in all major cities and it is very rapidly increasing. Many small towns and even some villages now have full Internet access. The government aims to provide 10% of government and commercial services via the Internet by end-2008 and to equip every school with computers and Internet connections by the same date. The Internet has become an expanding means to accessing information and self-expression among the younger population. Iran is also the world?s fourth largest country of bloggers with approx. 60,000 Persian blogs although Internet censorship in Iran is amongst the most restrictive and sophisticated in the world.

Electronic commerce

See also: Shetab Banking System

Iran?s electronic commerce will reach 10,000 billion rials ( billion) by March 2009. In 2007, Tetra-Tech IT Company announced that using VISA and MasterCard is now possible for online sales and in Iranian e-card terminals at shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, and travel agencies for Iranians and foreign tourists. Saman Bank was the first bank to introduce online banking services in Iran. Since, it has been at the forefront of expansion and enhancement of electronic banking. In 2010, a state-linked technology group (the Rouyesh Technical Centre) established the country?s first online supermarket.

In 2004 the Majlis adopted the Electronic Commerce Law:

Articles 6266 of this law specify that Iran existing intellectual-property laws apply to all electronic transactions.

Articles 3349 of the Electronic Commerce Law of 2004 seek to ensure consumer protection in electronic transactions. This legislation ensures the right of consumers to complete disclosure of information by suppliers before, during and after electronic transactions. Also specified are the terms under which contracts for electronic commerce may be broken.

Article 37 gives consumers seven days to withdraw from any contract without penalty.

Article 42 stipulates that the protections laid down in this law do not apply to financial services, immovable property, automatic vending machines, transactions over public payphones and auctions.

Software development

See also: Science and technology in Iran, Foreign Direct Investment in Iran,?and Intellectual property in Iran

According to the Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), the information and communications technology (ICT) sector had a 1.1-1.3% share of GDP in 2002. About 150,000 people are employed in the ICT sector, including around 20,000 in the software industry. There were 1,200 registered information technology (IT) companies in 2002, 200 of which were involved in software development. Software exports stood around million in 2008.

Iran imports a large part of its software. According to the EJISDC, around 95% of the output of the domestic industry is bespoke development (including translation/adaptation from foreign source) s opposed to product workeaning export possibilities are low. Domestic firms involved in software production include Sena Soft, Dadeh-Pardazi, Iran Argham, Kafa System Information Network, Iran System and Puya.

Although there are no established clusters in Tehran, a major facility, the Tehran Software and Information Technology Park, is planned. International Development Ireland was selected as the consultant for the project in mid-2004. There are also plans for a technology park in the free-trade zone on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, which already contains the necessary technological infrastructure.

The government?s drive to automate manual processes is expected to account for about 70% of demand for software development, but there are also some 15,000 private-sector factories that have software needs. Foreign investment in the sector is minimal, although some links are being developed with the Indian industry. Poor intellectual property protection in Iran has also hindered the development of Iranian software companies because of lack of foreign direct investment in this sector.

Consumer electronics

See also: Maadiran Group

The Middle East consumer electronics and technology sector amounts to a billion high (2008), according to a study by the Dubai-based subsidiary of GfK-MEMRB Marketing Services. The study also predicts that the market will continue riding the wave of growth to hit ? billion in 2009. Mobile and smart phones make up 41 percent of the entire digital consumer market with sales of billion expected in 2008. It followed by desktop and notebook computers at billion and LCD televisions at billion. The study also reveals the market structure by channel where, in Iran and the UAE, independent retailers still lead with 60-percent share in volume for product categories such as digital cameras, LCD televisions and mobile phones. However, large retailers like Plug-Ins, Emax and Sharaf DG are also making their presence felt by capturing the remaining 40 percent. The digital consumer technology sector is expected to see retail sales in excess of billion by the end of 2008.

Iran domestic consumer electronic market, defined as including computing devices, mobile handsets and video audio and gaming products, was estimated at .3 billion in 2008, with 47% market share for computer hardware, 28% Audio/Video and 25% mobile phone (with growing demand for PDAs, smart phones and 3G handsets). Business Monitor International (BMI) forecasts that Iran demands for domestic consumer electronic devices will reach billion by 2013.

Computers

See also: Pars Semiconductor Co.?and Telecommunication & Computer Industries Consortium

Iran is manufacturing some computer components under license from international companies, predominantly in the area of monitors. Currently eight Iranian companies are manufacturing monitors under licence of LG, Samsung, Hyundai, Benq, Tatung and CTX. Motherboard, keyboard, mouse, computer case, power supply, CPU, hard drive and recently printers are other components that are now manufactured locally. Personal computer (PC) ownership in Iran stood at 7.3m in 2005, or 10.5 PCs per 100 people.

Among the leading domestic telecoms equipment manufacturers is the Iran Telephone Manufacturing Company (ITMC), which has licensing agreements with Siemens and Alcatel-Lucent of France. ITMC is owned by TCI (45%), Industry Bank (35%) and Siemens (20%). Other manufacturers include Iran Communications Industries Incorporated and Parstelhich produces under licence from Daewoo Corporation, a South Korean firm. Overall, ICT hardware sales were estimated to total US0m a year in 2008.

Privatization

Main article: Privatization in Iran

Based on Note C of the general policies of the constitution?s Article 44, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced that it will float the shares of affiliated companies such as Mobile Telecommunications Company in the stock market.

Under the general policies of Article 44, telecom companies are categorized in four groups as follows:

Group One: Among the 30 provincial telecom networks, the fixed telecom networks pertain to those of Tehran, Isfahan, Fars, Hamedan, Ahvaz, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan and East Azarbaijan. The first group concerns fixed line telecom networks, including those in the public sector with 30 subsidiary telecom networks in provinces. The non-governmental sector includes companies such as Iraphone, Novin, Zahi Kish, Kouh-e Nour, Montazeran Adlgostar and Pouya Ertebat with each having hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

Group Two: The second group concerns mobile telephone networks. In the public sector, they include the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI). In the non-governmental sector, they include telecommunications companies such as Omran Kish, Arse Telecom, Isfahan, Rafsanjan Complex and Irancell. Privatization Organization has forecast that shares of Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) will be floated in the stock market by late September 2007.

Group Three: There is only one public network in the data network sector, namely Data and Telecommunications Company of Iran which is considered a basic telecom network in terms of mobile networks and Shomal IT Company. In the non-governmental sector, there are over 100 companies with a shared data network.

Group Four: The subsidiary telecom network named Subsidiary Telecommunications Company is another basic telecom network. They are completely owned by the state and not targeted for privatization.

TCI?s Infrastructure Telecom Company will be detached from it and it would continue its activities as a part of the ICT Ministry. 33 companies in the telecom sector are to be privatized by September 2007. This happened simultanisouly with the launch of MTN Irancell, a private second carrier with foreign ownership. The privatization and introduction of a second operator has created a significantly more competitive environment which has led to significant cost reductions for mobile owners and service benefits.

In 2009, 51% of the shares of TCI was sold to Etemad-e-Mobin, a consortium which some media claimed it was affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, for the sum of .8 billion.

Further reading

Iran: Strong Telecom Growth Expected, Despite Political Uncertainties ? Pyramid Research 30-page report provides a profile of the country converged telecommunications, media and technology sectors based on proprietary data from Pyramid research in the Iranian market (2010).

See also

Iran portal

Supreme Council of ICT of Iran

Takfa ? Iran?s countrywide plan for ICT, also called ?NICTA? in some countries.

Telecommunication Company of Iran

Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)

Shetab Banking System ? Iran?s electronic banking system

Pardis Technology Park ? Iran?s planned ?Silicon Valley?

International rankings of Iran in ICT

List of Iranian companies

Media of Iran

Economy of Iran

Transportation in Iran

References

^ Burkhart, Grey, ed. (March 1998), ?Iran?, National Security and the Internet in the Persian Gulf Region, Georgetown University, http://web.archive.org/web/20070703041209/http://www.georgetown.edu/research/arabtech/pgi98-4.html, retrieved 2009-07-15?

^ ?Telecoms And Technology Forecast for Iran?, Telecoms and technology, Economist Intelligence Unit, 18 June 2008?

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1386/2809/html/focus.htm

^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o ?Telecoms And Technology Forecast for Iran?, Economist Intelligence Unit, August 18, 2008?

^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#Econ

^ http://www.atiehbahar.com/Resource.aspx?n=1000014

^

^ http://voice-quality.tmcnet.com/topics/phone-service/articles/73387-iran-telecom-market-expected-reach-129-billion-2014.htm

^ http://www.ebusinessforum.com/index.asp?layout=newdebi&country_id=IR

^ Iran Daily: Software Exports Hit m Retrieved November 2, 2008

^ Iran Daily ? Economic Focus ? 10/09/06

^ http://voice-quality.tmcnet.com/topics/phone-service/articles/73387-iran-telecom-market-expected-reach-129-billion-2014.htm

^ http://www.atiehbahar.com/Resource.aspx?n=1000014

^ Iran?s Twitter Revolution

^ http://www.defensetech.org/archives/004432.html

^ Yiftah S. Shapir. ?Iran?s Efforts to Conquer Space?. http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/sa/v8n3p2Shapir.html.?

^ ?Zohreh?. http://www.fas.org/spp/guide/iran/comm/index.html.?

^ Howard, Roger (2007). Iran Oil: The New Middle East Challenge to America. I.B.Tauris. pp.?140. ISBN 1845112490. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q9doOy4n6ioC&pg=PA140&dq=Zohreh++satellite&num=100&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U0RpnK4ysY15AN_nsPaZquOtH90hQ#PPA140,M1. Retrieved 2008-07-17.?

^ ?Iran?s Zohre satellite to be launched in 2009?. Persian Journal. 2006-12-11. http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/24/19451. Retrieved 2008-07-17.?

^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#Econ

^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#Econ

^ http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1242.html

^

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3317/html/economy.htm

^ http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1242.html

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3317/html/economy.htm

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3292/html/economy.htm

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3316/html/

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3476/html/economy.htm

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3318/html/economy.htm

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3476/html/economy.htm

^ http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=109211&sectionid=351020102

^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html

^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#Communications

^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#Communications

^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081119/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsmediainternet_081119173359

^ a b http://www.austrade.gov.au/ICT-to-Iran/default.aspx

^ http://www.austrade.gov.au/ICT-to-Iran/default.aspx

^ ?Alcatel provides first DSL network in Iran to Asre Danesh Afzar?. Payvand. 2004-03-24. http://www.payvand.com/news/04/mar/1156.html.?

^ ?Tehran entirely under wireless Internet coverage?. 2007-01-15. http://www.taliyanews.com/en/archive/2007/01/tehran_entirely_under_wireless.php.?

^ http://opennet.net/research/profiles/iran

^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html#Econ

^ http://opennet.net/research/profiles/iran

^ http://www.payvand.com/news/09/may/1252.html

^ http://iran-daily.com/1386/3060/html/economy.htm

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3286/html/economy.htm

^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_blogs

^ http://opennet.net/research/profiles/iran

^ Iranian net censorship powered by US technology ? info-tech ? 27 June 2005 ? New Scientist

^ IRNA: Iran?s e-commerce to reach rls10,000b Retrieved December 3, 2008

^ http://payvand.com/news/07/feb/1159.html

^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/iran-launches-online-supermarket-internet

^ http://www.ebusinessforum.com/index.asp?layout=newdebi&country_id=IR

^ Iran Daily: Software Exports Hit m Retrieved November 2, 2008

^ Iran Daily ? Domestic Economy ? 04/19/08

^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3285/html/economy.htm

^ a b http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3472/html/economy.htm#s398070

^ http://www.austrade.gov.au/ICT-to-Iran/default.aspx

^ Iran-Daily: Privatization of Telecom Companies

^ Iran Daily ? Domestic Economy ? 06/03/07

^ Telecommunication Company Of Iran to be privatized

^ Iran Daily ? Domestic Economy ? 06/03/07

^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_telecom_2

External links

Ministry of Information & Communication Technology of Iran

Information and communications technology (ICT) to Iran ? Australian Trade

Business Monitor International: Iran Telecommunications Report ? Q3 2008

Iran Mobile Network ? Iran Mobile Phone Information Network

Information Technology Company ? affiliated with the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology (ICT) of Iran

Telephone Area Codes of Cities In Iran

Internet and Telecom in Iran ? A Comprehensive Survey (1999)

Brief Study (2008) ? Telecom in Iran

GSM Coverage in Iran

e-Business in Iran (Economist Intelligence Unit)

Information Technology in Iran (1997)

World Bank ? Information, Communication Telecommunication (ICT) in Iran

Internet Traffic Report ? Iran Routers

CIA FactBook (Iran Communications statistics)

Iran and Space Communications ? Globalsecurity.org

Electronic Commerce Law of Iran

v??d??e

Communications in Asia

Sovereign

states

Afghanistan? Armenia1? Azerbaijan1? Bahrain? Bangladesh? Bhutan? Brunei? Burma2? Cambodia? People?s Republic of China? Cyprus1? East Timor3? Egypt4? Georgia4? India? Indonesia? Iran? Iraq? Israel? Japan? Jordan? Kazakhstan4? North Korea? South Korea? Kuwait? Kyrgyzstan? Laos? Lebanon? Malaysia? Maldives? Mongolia? Nepal? Oman? Pakistan? Philippines? Qatar? Russia4? Saudi Arabia? Singapore? Sri Lanka? Syria? Tajikistan? Republic of China5? Thailand? Turkey4? Turkmenistan? United Arab Emirates? Uzbekistan? Vietnam? Yemen

States with limited

recognition

Abkhazia1? Nagorno-Karabakh? Northern Cyprus? Palestine? South Ossetia1?

Dependencies,

autonomies,

other territories

Aceh? Adjara1? Akrotiri and Dhekelia? Altai? British Indian Ocean Territory? Buryatia? Christmas Island? Cocos (Keeling) Islands? Guangxi? Hong Kong? Inner Mongolia? Iraqi Kurdistan? Khakassia? Macau? Nakhchivan? Ningxia? Papua? Sakha? Tibet? Tuva? West Papua? Xinjiang?

1 Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions.? 2 Officially known as Myanmar.? 3 Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste.? 4 Transcontinental country.? 5 Commonly known as Taiwan.?

Categories: Communications by country | Communications in Iran | Economy of Iran | Internet service providers of Iran | Iranian media

Source: http://www.50statesonline.org/communications-in-iran.htm

oc professor professor zanzibar arizona state university nsa fsi

Why Apple Added Little-Known C Spire as an iPhone Carrier

Apple will be expanding its iPhone 4S availability to another US carrier ?in the next few weeks. No, it's not T-Mobile, but rather C Spire Wireless, a small, regional carrier that's popular in Mississippi and pockets of the Southeast.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/fcxRuCg6D-8/

lemony snicket raiders raiders news raiders news ice cream sandwich android ice cream sandwich android harry belafonte

Discovery of a cell mechanism that reduces effectiveness of breast cancer treatment

Public release date: 19-Oct-2011
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Oihane Lakar
o.lakar@elhuyar.com
0034-943-363-040
Elhuyar Fundazioa

This release is available in Spanish.

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and CIC bioGUNE discover a complex cell mechanism activated by a protein HOXB9 that becomes an obstacle for radiation effectiveness.

Scientists all over the world continue to focus their research on breast cancer. As a consequence, knowledge of the behaviour of tumour cells is growing, as well as of their interactions with the microenvironment. There are, however, many questions still unanswered.

A new collaborative study carried out by the laboratory of Dr Mara Vivanco, researcher at the Cell Biology and Stem Cells Unit in the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, CIC bioGUNE, and the groups led by Dr Zou and Dr Maheswaran in Boston, has provided insight into one of these mysteries: a cell mechanism that explains how a protein - called HOXB9 - helps cancer cells to avoid the attack of treatments such as radiation, and prevents the therapy from having the desired effect on certain types of breast cancer.

The study was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study shows that cells that express higher levels of the HOXB9 transcription factor are more likely to survive the radiation used as breast cancer treatment.

A complex mechanism induced by this protein has been discovered, which manages to activate a whole chain of cell processes in which different proteins - such as ATM kinase, amongst others - intervene, and which make certain cancerous cells more resistant to treatment. Dr Vivanco explains, "when the tumour is exposed to radiation it induces DNA damage a phenomenon that results in formation of double-stranded DNA breaks - leading the cells to respond and try to repair the damage caused in the DNA using another mechanism - called the DNA damage response," by activating ATM kinase. In this way, the cell cycle is stopped and the DNA is repaired in order to maintain chromosome stability.

HOXB9 expression causes an increase in survival of cells that have been exposed to radiation. This higher resistance occurs because of the acceleration of response to radiation and its higher recovery capacity after DNA damage. On the other hand, reduction of the levels of this protein, leads to increased cell sensitivity to radiation. Furthermore, the growth factor TGFbeta (a HOXB9 target) is also involved. Therefore, HOXB9 facilitates DNA repair by activation of the TGFbeta signalling pathway, which elevates ATM phosphorylation, accelerates DNA damage response and radiation resistance.

The published research is the continuation of another study carried out last year by CIC bioGUNE, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, which showed that this same protein (HOXB9) is overexpressed in breast cancer and that its expression levels are associated with high tumour grade.

###

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Public release date: 19-Oct-2011
[ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Oihane Lakar
o.lakar@elhuyar.com
0034-943-363-040
Elhuyar Fundazioa

This release is available in Spanish.

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and CIC bioGUNE discover a complex cell mechanism activated by a protein HOXB9 that becomes an obstacle for radiation effectiveness.

Scientists all over the world continue to focus their research on breast cancer. As a consequence, knowledge of the behaviour of tumour cells is growing, as well as of their interactions with the microenvironment. There are, however, many questions still unanswered.

A new collaborative study carried out by the laboratory of Dr Mara Vivanco, researcher at the Cell Biology and Stem Cells Unit in the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, CIC bioGUNE, and the groups led by Dr Zou and Dr Maheswaran in Boston, has provided insight into one of these mysteries: a cell mechanism that explains how a protein - called HOXB9 - helps cancer cells to avoid the attack of treatments such as radiation, and prevents the therapy from having the desired effect on certain types of breast cancer.

The study was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study shows that cells that express higher levels of the HOXB9 transcription factor are more likely to survive the radiation used as breast cancer treatment.

A complex mechanism induced by this protein has been discovered, which manages to activate a whole chain of cell processes in which different proteins - such as ATM kinase, amongst others - intervene, and which make certain cancerous cells more resistant to treatment. Dr Vivanco explains, "when the tumour is exposed to radiation it induces DNA damage a phenomenon that results in formation of double-stranded DNA breaks - leading the cells to respond and try to repair the damage caused in the DNA using another mechanism - called the DNA damage response," by activating ATM kinase. In this way, the cell cycle is stopped and the DNA is repaired in order to maintain chromosome stability.

HOXB9 expression causes an increase in survival of cells that have been exposed to radiation. This higher resistance occurs because of the acceleration of response to radiation and its higher recovery capacity after DNA damage. On the other hand, reduction of the levels of this protein, leads to increased cell sensitivity to radiation. Furthermore, the growth factor TGFbeta (a HOXB9 target) is also involved. Therefore, HOXB9 facilitates DNA repair by activation of the TGFbeta signalling pathway, which elevates ATM phosphorylation, accelerates DNA damage response and radiation resistance.

The published research is the continuation of another study carried out last year by CIC bioGUNE, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, which showed that this same protein (HOXB9) is overexpressed in breast cancer and that its expression levels are associated with high tumour grade.

###

---

[ | E-mail | Share ]

?

AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/ef-doa101911.php

terry francona machine gun kelly ios 5 release date ios 5 release date ios 5 update joojoo joseph addai