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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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"Sundays I wake up and I go, 'The game's on!' and [my daughters say], 'At the mall, you're driving us,'" the Oscar-winning producer, 61, joked Tuesday on CBS This Morning.
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Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul, Education Minister Phongthep Tepkanjana and Defence Minister Sukampol Suwannathat led agent Virachai Plasai, who is also Thai ambassador to the Netherlands as well as counsels Alain Pellet, James Crawford, Donald MaRae and co-counsel Alina Miron to meet Yingluck yesterday at Government House.The team has one more task to complete this week: preparing an answer for the court in written form about the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple.
Surapong said the team would prepare the letter and submit it to the Foreign Minister for Cabinet consideration today to create a map to demonstrate the vicinity of the temple. It should be sent to the court by Friday.
The team later held a press briefing at the Foreign Ministry to explain their work and provide details about the case. Co-counsel Miron has become celebrity in Thailand, with many people including journalists asking to take photographs with her.
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Taliban capture 9 from helicopter in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? A Turkish civilian helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area of eastern Afghanistan, and the insurgents took all nine people aboard the aircraft hostage, including eight Turks, officials said Monday.
The transport helicopter landed in strong winds and heavy rain on Sunday in a village in the Azra district of Logar province, southeast of Kabul and 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Pakistan border, said district governor Hamidullah Hamid.
Taliban fighters then captured all nine aboard the helicopter and took them from the area, Hamid told The Associated Press. He said most of the nine civilian hostages are Turks but that one is an Afghan translator.
In Ankara, a spokesman at Turkey's Foreign Ministry told the AP that there were eight Turks aboard the helicopter but did not know if it also was carrying other civilians or what their nationalities were. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with ministry regulations, had no information about the condition of the civilians.
Turkey's semi-official Anadolu news agency quoted Logar Deputy Police Chief Resishan Sadik Abdurrahminzey as saying that "a large number" of policemen were being sent to the region to rescue the hostages.
NATO said the helicopter went down on Sunday, but the International Security Assistance Force did not have any other details. ISAF spokeswoman Erin Stattel said the coalition was assisting in the recovery of the aircraft. She could not say whether the helicopter made a precautionary landing or the Taliban had forced it down.
Logar Deputy Police Chief Rais Khan Abdul Rahimzai said he didn't know what kind of cargo the helicopter was carrying, where it was headed, or whether it was working for NATO.
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Associated Press writers Amir Shah in Kabul and Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, contributed to this report.
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Tsarnaev remains in serious condition at hospital, FBI says
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (AP/File)
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains in serious condition at the heavily-guarded Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the FBI said early Sunday.
The update on Tsarnaev's condition comes as federal authorities are waiting to question the 19-year-old, who is accused of helping carry out the attack that killed three people and wounded 180 others, many of them critically, near the finish line of Monday's race.
According to a federal official, Tsarnaev is sedated and unable to speak.
He was brought by ambulance to the facility after he was captured in Watertown, Mass., on Friday, following an intense manhunt that included at least two shootouts with police and ended with the bloodied suspect taken into custody from a tarp-covered boat he had been hiding in. He apparently suffered gunshot wounds to the neck and leg.
Tsarnaev's 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, the other suspect wanted by the FBI, was killed during a late-night firefight with police in Watertown. Tsarnaev managed to escape on foot, prompting a citywide lockdown as police conducted a house-by-house search for the alleged killer.
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The Tsarnaev brothers, who were born in the former Russian territory known as Kyrgyzstan and are of Chechen descent, lived in Cambridge, Mass., for several years. Dzhokhar became a naturalized American citizen last year.
Under U.S. law, authorities have 72 hours after Tsarnaev's arrest to file a criminal complaint against him. When they do, Tsarnaev is expected to face terror charges that could bring the death penalty.
"I hope that the U.S. attorney, Carmen Ortiz, takes him on the federal side and throws the book at him," Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" on Sunday.
"We don't know if we'll ever be able to question the individual," Menino added.
Richard Roper, a former U.S. District Attorney in the Northern District of Texas, told Yahoo News Dzhokhar could be charged in his hospital room.
?Then when he?s better, he can make an appearance in court,? Roper said.
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Hours after the FBI made a public plea to help identify the suspects from video and photos at the marathon, the brothers allegedly shot and killed an MIT police officer and wounded a transit cop. Authorities said the pair launched explosives during a dramatic high-speed chase in residential Watertown early Friday.
No motive has been revealed for Monday?s attack.
Immediately after Dzhokhar?s capture, federal prosecutors stirred controversy in legal circles by refusing to grant Dzhokhar his Miranda rights against self-incrimination, citing public safety concerns.
"He is not going to be read the Miranda warnings," ABC News Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas said Sunday. "They are going to use the Public Safety Exception, and dive in without advising him of his right to remain silent. They are taking this extraordinary step because there could be an imminent threat still out there. ... There's deep, deep concern about the amount of ammunition, guns and working bombs these men had."
Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis told "Fox News Sunday" that the amount of explosives police found suggested that the brothers may have been planning another attack.
"We are hoping, for a host of reasons, that the suspect survives," Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Saturday. "Because we have a million questions, and those questions need to be answered."
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Police: Bombing suspects planned more
BOSTON (AP) ? As churches paused to mourn the dead and console the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing Sunday, the city's police commissioner said the two suspects had such a large cache of weapons that they were probably planning other attacks. The surviving suspect remained hospitalized and unable to speak with a gunshot wound to the throat.
After the two brothers engaged in a gun battle with police early Friday, authorities found many unexploded homemade bombs at the scene, along with more than 250 rounds of ammunition.
Police Commissioner Ed Davis said the stockpile was "as dangerous as it gets in urban policing."
"We have reason to believe, based upon the evidence that was found at that scene ? the explosions, the explosive ordnance that was unexploded and the firepower that they had ? that they were going to attack other individuals. That's my belief at this point." Davis told CBS's "Face the Nation."
On "Fox News Sunday," he said authorities cannot be positive there are not more explosives somewhere that have not been found. But the people of Boston are safe, he insisted.
The suspects in the twin bombings that killed three people and wounded more than 180 are two ethnic Chechen brothers from southern Russia ? 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan. Their motive remained unclear.
The older brother was killed during a getaway attempt. The younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was still in serious condition Sunday after his capture Friday from a tarp-covered boat in a suburban Boston backyard. Authorities would not comment on whether he had been questioned.
Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tsarnaev's throat wound raised questions about when he will be able to talk again, if ever.
The wound "doesn't mean he can't communicate, but right now I think he's in a condition where we can't get any information from him at all," Coats told ABC's "This Week."
It was not clear whether Tsarnaev was shot by police or inflicted the wound himself.
In the final standoff with police, shots were fired from the boat, but investigators have not determined where the gunfire was aimed, Davis said.
In an interview with The Associated Press, the parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted Sunday that he came to Dagestan and Chechnya last year to visit relatives and had nothing to do with the militants operating in the volatile part of Russia. His father said he slept much of the time.
The younger Tsarnaev could be charged any day. The most serious charge available to federal prosecutors would be the use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill people, which carries a possible death sentence. Massachusetts does not have the death penalty.
Across the rattled streets of Boston, churches opened their doors to remember the dead and ease the grief of the living.
At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in South Boston, photographs of the three people killed in the attack and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer slain Thursday were displayed on the altar, each face illuminated by a glowing white pillar candle.
"I hope we can all heal and move forward," said Kelly McKernan, who was crying as she left the service. "And obviously, the Mass today was a first step for us in that direction."
A six-block segment of Boylston Street, where the bombs were detonated, remained closed Sunday. But city officials were mapping out a plan to reopen it.
Mayor Thomas Menino said Sunday that once the scene is released by the FBI, the city will follow a five-step process, including environmental testing and a safety assessment of buildings. The exact timetable was uncertain.
Boston's historic Trinity Church could not host services Sunday because it was within the crime scene, but the congregation was invited to worship at the Temple Israel synagogue instead. The FBI allowed church officials a half-hour Saturday to go inside to gather the priests' robes, the wine and bread for Sunday's service.
Trinity's Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III offered a prayer for those who were slain "and for those who must rebuild their lives without the legs that they ran and walked on last week."
"So where is God when the terrorists do their work?" Lloyd asked. "God is there, holding us and sustaining us. God is in the pain the victims are suffering, and the healing that will go on. God is with us as we try still to build a just world, a world where there will not be terrorists doing their terrible damage."
Near the crime scene, Dan and Keri Arone were pushing their 11-week-old daughter in a stroller when they stopped along Newbury Street, a block from the bombing site, to watch investigators in white jumpsuits scour the pavement. Wearing his bright blue marathon jacket, Dan Arone said he had crossed the finish line 40 minutes before the explosions.
The Waltham, Mass., couple visited the area to leave behind pairs of their running shoes among the bouquets of flowers, hand-written signs and other gifts at a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street, near the police barriers.
"I thought maybe we'd somehow get some closure," Dan Arone said of leaving behind the sneakers. "But I don't feel any closure yet."
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was tracing the suspects' weapons to try to determine how they were obtained.
Neither of the brothers had permission to carry a gun. Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas said it was unclear whether either of them ever applied for a gun permit, and the applications are not considered public records.
But the younger brother would have been denied a permit based on his age alone. Only people 21 or older are allowed gun licenses in Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, surgeons at a Cambridge hospital said the Boston transit police officer wounded in a shootout with the suspects had lost nearly all his blood, and his heart had stopped from a single gunshot wound that severed three major blood vessels in his right thigh.
Richard Donohue, 33, was in critical but stable condition. He is sedated and on a breathing machine but opened his eyes, moved his hands and feet and squeezed his wife's hand Sunday.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is asking residents to observe a moment of silence Monday at the time the first of two bombs exploded. The one-minute tribute is scheduled for 2:50 p.m., exactly a week after the attacks. It will be followed by the ringing of bells in Boston and elsewhere in Massachusetts.
In New York, thousands of runners donned "I Run for Boston" bibs during a 4-mile run in Central Park, one of a number of races held around the world in support of the victims of the marathon bombings.
Across the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of London Marathon runners offered their own tributes. The race began after a moment of silence, and many competitors wore black armbands as a sign of solidarity.
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Associated Press writers Meghan Barr and Michael Hill in Boston contributed to this report.
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Genetics defines a distinct liver disease
Apr. 21, 2013 ? Large-scale genetic study defines relationship between primary sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases.
Researchers have newly associated nine genetic regions with a rare autoimmune disease of the liver known as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). This brings the total number of genetic regions associated with the disease to 16.
Approximately 70 per cent of people who suffer from PSC also suffer from IBD. The team showed that only half of the newly associated genetic regions were shared with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For the first time, this definitively proves that PSC, although genetically related to IBD, is a distinct disease.
PSC is a chronic, progressive disease of the bile ducts that channels bile from the liver into the intestines. It can cause inflammation of the bile ducts (cholangitis) and liver scarring that leads to liver cirrhosis and liver failure. There are no effective treatments available. Although PSC affects only one in 10,000 people, it is a leading cause of liver transplant surgery.
?Before our study, it was never quite clear whether PSC was a complication of IBD or a distinct disease in its own right,? says Dr Carl Anderson, lead author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. ?We have proven it to be a unique disease, and hope that our results will inform the development of more effective treatments, designed to target the biological pathways involved in causing the disease?.
The work involved an international group of scientists from the International PSC study group recruiting patients from 13 countries within Europe and North America. Without this large collaborative effort it would not have been possible to obtain the large number of patient DNA samples necessary for the study.
The team used DNA genotyping technology to survey more thoroughly regions of the genome known to underlie other immune-related diseases to discover if they also play a role in PSC susceptibility.
In addition to the nine genetic regions newly associated, they also saw strong signals at three regions of the genome previously associated with the disease. Of these twelve genetic regions, six are also associated with IBD, while the six other regions showed little to no association in a recent large study of IBD.
?Using the Immunochip genotyping chip, we can pull apart the genetic relationships between these autoimmune diseases and begin to see not only their genetic similarities, but also the differences,? says Jimmy Liu, PhD student and first author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. ?As PSC is a rare disorder, sample collection is more difficult than for other, more common, autoimmune diseases. We hope that with more samples from patients, we?ll be able to link more genetic regions to the disease, and it will become easier to identify underlying pathways that could act as therapeutic targets.?
Three of the genetic regions associated with PSC fall within a single biological system that underlies variation in T cells, cells important to our immune response. One gene that controls this pathway, HDAC7, is known to be a key factor in immune tolerance and the new data strongly suggests exploring the possibility that drugs affecting HDAC7 function may serve as future therapeutics in PSC.
In an extended analysis, the team identified an additional 33 genetic regions that are also involved in several common immune-mediated conditions (celiac disease, Crohn?s disease, ulcerative colitis, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis and psoriasis). This analysis shows that PSC shares many genetic risk loci with other immune-mediated diseases and opens up the possibility for testing drugs known to be effective in genetically similar diseases for efficacy in PSC.
The next step for the team is to do a high-powered search throughout the entire genomes of PSC patients to find specific regions associated with PSC outside of the regions included on the Immunochip genotyping chip.
?This study has uncovered more about the genetics underlying PSC than any before it, but this is only the first step? says Dr Tom Hemming Karlsen, lead author from Oslo University Hospital, Norway. ?We hope the ongoing scientific and clinical research being conducted through the International PSC study group will help improve the outlook for those currently suffering at the hands of this disease?
?Our study, which is the largest of its type for PSC, would not have been possible without the help of the patients with this rare disorder,? adds Dr Hemming Karlsen.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Neighbors describe student behind stabbing as shy
CYPRESS, Texas (AP) ? Dylan Quick was a shy young man who took out the trash and gardened with his parents, neighbors thought. That image was shattered Tuesday when police accused the 20-year-old of going on a rampage with a knife at a suburban Houston community college and said he later told them he had fantasized for years about stabbing people to death.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said that about 11:20 a.m. Quick began a building-to-building rampage with a razor-like knife at the Lone Star Community College System in Cypress. He wounded at least 14 people, two critically.
"I can't imagine what would have happened to that young man to make him do something like this. He is very normal," said Magdalena Lopez, 48, who has lived across the street from the Quick family for 15 years.
Quick would say hello when he took out the trash. Sometimes, he would work in the yard with his family. Neighbors, though, did note that he rarely came out alone.
Still, the Quicks were friendly and fit in well with the other families on the block of brick, ranch-style homes. Most were aware that Quick is deaf. A street sign, "Deaf Child In Area," was posted on the block to warn drivers.
"I can't believe he would do it," Lopez added.
But hours after the stabbing attack, Quick was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, and the statement from the sheriff's office said pieces of the blade used in the attack were found in at least one victim and at the scene of the attack. A knife handle was found in a backpack Quick was carrying when he was arrested. Authorities were seen leaving Quick's parents' home with two brown paper bags.
No one answered the door or the phone at the red brick home, though two vehicles were parked in the driveway, one of them a Honda Accord with a license plate that read "DYLAN." It was not immediately known if Quick has an attorney.
The attack began before noon on a sunny spring day, interrupting the careless chatter of Diante Cotton and his friends, who were sitting in the cafeteria when a girl clutching her neck walked in, yelling.
"He's stabbing people, he's stabbing people," Cotton said the girl shouted, his first indication that something was amiss on the normally tranquil campus.
Walking outside, Cotton and his friends saw another half-dozen people with injuries to their faces and necks. Some were being loaded into ambulances. The most critically injured were evacuated in medical helicopters.
"I turned around, and there was just blood ? just blood dripping down the stairs, all over the floor, all over everyone's towels, on their necks, just a lot of blood," Melody Vinton told KHOU-TV.
The attacker ran past Vinton, she said, as she was leaving her chemistry class. He was stabbing people, she said, one after another, always aiming for the neck or face.
"There's no humanity in that. Just to see another human being do that was more traumatic than anything," Vinton said.
Vinton and other students in the science building rushed to help the victims until emergency crews arrived.
Michelle Alvarez tried to back away when she saw Quick running toward students. She didn't even feel it as he swiped her.
"He came running and swinging at my neck, as I tried to get out of the way," she told the Houston Chronicle.
It remains unclear how long the attack lasted, but Lone Star college officials said they locked down the campus shortly after 11:30 a.m. Students described phones going off informing them of the lockdown. Some stayed in class until they were dismissed. Others went out to the hallways, where they were evacuated to their cars.
The sheriff's office said Quick told them he had fantasized about stabbing people to death since elementary school and had planned the attack for some time.
But Michael Lincoln, who lives next door, said Quick had never been aggressive, making the accusations even more shocking.
"If he's outside, he speaks to me, 'Hey neighbor, how you doing?'" Lincoln said.
Elva Garcia, 46, who lives two houses down from the Quicks, described him as a nice young man who stayed out of trouble and only came outside with his parents. She saw him, she said, just this past weekend, working with his parents in the front yard.
"We can't even believe it. What motive would he have?" Garcia said.
The attack came three months after a different Lone Star campus was the site of a shooting in which two people were hurt. The suspected gunman in that incident is charged with aggravated assault.
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Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant, Terry Wallace and David Warren in Dallas contributed to this report.
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Iran says 37 killed in earthquake in south
An Iranian woman reacts as she sits among the rubble of buildings after an earthquake struck southern Iran, in Shonbeh, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed dozens of people and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Mohammad Fatemi)
An Iranian woman reacts as she sits among the rubble of buildings after an earthquake struck southern Iran, in Shonbeh, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed dozens of people and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Mohammad Fatemi)
An Iranian woman receives medical treatment after an earthquake struck southern Iran, in Shonbeh, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed dozens and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Mohammad Fatemi)
Map locates an earthquake which struck Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region.
The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran's first nuclear power plant, built with Russian help.
"No damage was done to Bushehr power plant," Bushehr provincial governor Fereidoun Hasanvand told state TV. He said 37 people had died so far and 850 were injured, including 100 who were hospitalized.
The plant's chief, Mahmoud Jafari, confirmed the site's condition to semi-official Mehr news agency, saying that it is resistant to earthquakes of up to magnitude eight.
Water and electricity were cut to many residents, said Ebrahim Darvishi, governor of the worst-hit district Shonbeh.
The UN's nuclear watchdog agency said on its website that it had been informed by Iran that there was no damage to the plant and no radioactive release and, based on its analysis of the earthquake, was not seeking additional information. The International Atomic Energy Agency statement indicated that it was satisfied there was little danger.
Shahpour Rostami, the deputy governor of Bushehr province, told state TV that rescue teams have been deployed to Shonbeh.
Three helicopters were sent to survey the damaged area before sunset, said Mohammad Mozaffar, the head of Iran's Red Crescent rescue department. He said damage was particularly bad in the village of Baghan.
Kaki resident Mondani Hosseini told The Associated Press that people had run out into the streets out of fear.
Dozens of aftershocks have been reported by the official IRNA news agency since the earthquake, which occurred at 16:22 local time, 11:58 GMT.
Iran announced three days of mourning.
The quake was felt across the Gulf in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, where workers were evacuated from high-rise buildings as a precaution.
Earlier on Sunday a lighter earthquake jolted the nearby area. Iran is located on seismic faults and it experiences frequent earthquakes.
In 2003, some 26,000 people were killed by a 6.6 magnitude quake that flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam.
In Russia, the head of the state agency responsible for the Bushehr project said the reactor was not producing fission by chain reaction when the tremor occurred.
"Personnel at the station are continuing to work in a normal regime, the radiation conditions are within the norms of natural background," Igor Mezenin was quoted as saying by the ITAR-Tass news agency.
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AP writers George Jahn in Vienna and James Heintz in Moscow contributed to this report.
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Nokia Siemens Networks demonstrates latest innovations in Middle East, Africa
Brings ?Mobile World Congress ? Revisited? road show to operators across the region.
Dubai, UAE (PRWEB UK) 9 April 2013
With its theme ?Innovating for a world in motionTM?, Nokia Siemens Networks is conducting a ?Mobile World Congress ? Revisited? road show across the Middle East and Africa regions to demonstrate its latest innovations announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013. The road show demonstrates to mobile operators how they can profit from the company?s latest innovations in a world where demand moves toward a gigabyte of personalized data per user per day. The company is showcasing its innovations such as Liquid Applications, Liquid Radio Software Suites, Small Cells, Evolved Packet Core, IMS and evolution to Liquid Broadband, Operations Simplification, and Customer Experience Management now also for LTE.In the last few weeks the road show already stopped in Lebenon, Kuwait and Morocco for the benefit of operators in those countries, and it will go to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa in the coming months.
?We demonstrated our latest innovations to operators and other participants at MWC 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, in February this year. The current road show is an additional opportunity for operators in the Middle East and Africa to see how they can benefit from our launches,? said Igor Leprince, head of Middle East and Africa region, Nokia Siemens Networks. ?With the theme ?Innovating for a world in motionTM?, we are showing how operators can apply our exciting products to profitably deliver mobile broadband services. They help operators to grow capacity, simplify operations and provide the best possible user experience for their customers.?
With the launch of Liquid Applications for example, Nokia Siemens Networks is fundamentally changing the role of the base station in the mobile network. By placing useful information right at the edge of their networks, at the point where people connect, Liquid Applications turns the base station into an intelligent part of a mobile operator?s network and makes it possible for the operator to deliver a far better service, increase the efficiency of its networks, and change the game in content delivery.
For more information on Nokia Siemens Networks? mobile broadband capabilities, including a video overview, follow this link. To share your thoughts on the topic, join the discussion on Twitter using #1GBperday$, #LiquidBroadband, #MBBFuture and #mobilebroadband.
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John DeLuca, Ph.D., an expert in cognitive rehabilitation research, will address 'Behavioral Approaches to Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis'
West Orange, NJ. April 10, 2013. John DeLuca, PhD, VP of Research & Training at Kessler Foundation, will speak at the Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown-Lakefront in Chicago, Illinois, on April 26, 2013. This one-day CME-accredited program, "Assessing and Managing Neuropsychiatric Problems in Multiple Sclerosis (MS): From MRI to Treatment" is chaired by Ralph Benedict, PhD, and hosted by the Consortium of MS Centers (CMSC). Organized in 1986 under the direction of neurologists interested in the clinical care of MS, CMSC has grown to become a multi-disciplinary organization providing a team approach to MS care and a network for all health care professionals and others specializing in the care of persons with MS.
The educational needs of healthcare professionals working with patients with MS include knowledge of cognitive impairment, which may be mild, moderate, or severe. Dr. DeLuca, an expert in cognitive rehabilitation research, will address "Behavioral Approaches to Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis." The program faculty includes Fred Foley, PhD, Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, Anthony Feinstein, MD, PhD, and Sarah Morrow, MD, FRCPC, MS.
Registration deadline is April 17.
To register: http://www.mscare.org/events/event_details.asp?id=293444&group= For more information, contact education@mscare.org
About John DeLuca
Dr. DeLuca is VP of Research & Training at Kessler Foundation, which conducts cognitive and physical research in brain injury (TBI), multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and stroke. He specializes in the study of disorders of memory and information processing in TBI and MS and has published more than 200 articles, books, and chapters in these areas. His collaborative work in cognitive rehabilitation extends to Italy, Spain, Portugal, and China. He has obtained more than $26 million in grant funding and is the editor/co-editor of five recent books, including the Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology, the first encyclopedia of its kind. Dr. DeLuca often presents at national and international conferences and contributes to continuing education for professionals and consumers. He is a professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Neurology & Neurosciences at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, and a licensed psychologist in the states of New Jersey and New York.
Recent articles:
Chiaravalloti ND, Wylie G, Leavitt V, Deluca J (2012) Increased cerebral activation after behavioral treatment for memory deficits in MS. Journal of Neurology. DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6353-x.
Sumowski, J.F., Wylie, G.R., Leavitt, V.M., Chiaravalloti N.D., DeLuca J. (2013). Default network activity is a sensitive and specific biomarker of memory in MS. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 19, 199-208.
DeLuca, J. & Nocentini, U. (2011). Neuropsychological, medical and rehabilitative management of persons with multiple sclerosis. NeuroRehabilitation, 29, 197-219.
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About MS Research at Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation's cognitive rehabilitation research in MS is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National MS Society, NJ Commission of Brain Injury Research, Consortium of MS Centers, and Kessler Foundation. Under the leadership of Dr. DeLuca and Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research, scientists have made important contributions to the knowledge of cognitive decline in MS. Clinical studies span new learning, memory, executive function, attention and processing speed. Research tools include innovative applications of neuroimaging, iPADs, and virtual reality. Among recent findings are the benefits of cognitive reserve; correlation between cognitive performance and outdoor temperatures; the efficacy of short-term cognitive rehabilitation using modified story technique; and the correlation between memory improvement and cerebral activation on fMRI.
About Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, is a global leader in rehabilitation research that seeks to improve cognition, mobility and long-term outcomes, including employment, for people with neurological disabilities caused by diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord. Kessler Foundation leads the nation in funding innovative programs that expand opportunities for employment for people with disabilities. For more information, visit KesslerFoundation.org.
Contacts:
Carolann Murphy, 973.324.8382, CMurphy@KesslerFoundation.org
Lauren Scrivo, 973.324.8384, 973.768.6583 - c, LScrivo@KesslerFoundation.org
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Kessler Foundation
John DeLuca, Ph.D., an expert in cognitive rehabilitation research, will address 'Behavioral Approaches to Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis'
West Orange, NJ. April 10, 2013. John DeLuca, PhD, VP of Research & Training at Kessler Foundation, will speak at the Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown-Lakefront in Chicago, Illinois, on April 26, 2013. This one-day CME-accredited program, "Assessing and Managing Neuropsychiatric Problems in Multiple Sclerosis (MS): From MRI to Treatment" is chaired by Ralph Benedict, PhD, and hosted by the Consortium of MS Centers (CMSC). Organized in 1986 under the direction of neurologists interested in the clinical care of MS, CMSC has grown to become a multi-disciplinary organization providing a team approach to MS care and a network for all health care professionals and others specializing in the care of persons with MS.
The educational needs of healthcare professionals working with patients with MS include knowledge of cognitive impairment, which may be mild, moderate, or severe. Dr. DeLuca, an expert in cognitive rehabilitation research, will address "Behavioral Approaches to Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis." The program faculty includes Fred Foley, PhD, Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, Anthony Feinstein, MD, PhD, and Sarah Morrow, MD, FRCPC, MS.
Registration deadline is April 17.
To register: http://www.mscare.org/events/event_details.asp?id=293444&group= For more information, contact education@mscare.org
About John DeLuca
Dr. DeLuca is VP of Research & Training at Kessler Foundation, which conducts cognitive and physical research in brain injury (TBI), multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and stroke. He specializes in the study of disorders of memory and information processing in TBI and MS and has published more than 200 articles, books, and chapters in these areas. His collaborative work in cognitive rehabilitation extends to Italy, Spain, Portugal, and China. He has obtained more than $26 million in grant funding and is the editor/co-editor of five recent books, including the Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology, the first encyclopedia of its kind. Dr. DeLuca often presents at national and international conferences and contributes to continuing education for professionals and consumers. He is a professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Neurology & Neurosciences at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, and a licensed psychologist in the states of New Jersey and New York.
Recent articles:
Chiaravalloti ND, Wylie G, Leavitt V, Deluca J (2012) Increased cerebral activation after behavioral treatment for memory deficits in MS. Journal of Neurology. DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6353-x.
Sumowski, J.F., Wylie, G.R., Leavitt, V.M., Chiaravalloti N.D., DeLuca J. (2013). Default network activity is a sensitive and specific biomarker of memory in MS. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 19, 199-208.
DeLuca, J. & Nocentini, U. (2011). Neuropsychological, medical and rehabilitative management of persons with multiple sclerosis. NeuroRehabilitation, 29, 197-219.
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About MS Research at Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation's cognitive rehabilitation research in MS is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National MS Society, NJ Commission of Brain Injury Research, Consortium of MS Centers, and Kessler Foundation. Under the leadership of Dr. DeLuca and Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research, scientists have made important contributions to the knowledge of cognitive decline in MS. Clinical studies span new learning, memory, executive function, attention and processing speed. Research tools include innovative applications of neuroimaging, iPADs, and virtual reality. Among recent findings are the benefits of cognitive reserve; correlation between cognitive performance and outdoor temperatures; the efficacy of short-term cognitive rehabilitation using modified story technique; and the correlation between memory improvement and cerebral activation on fMRI.
About Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, is a global leader in rehabilitation research that seeks to improve cognition, mobility and long-term outcomes, including employment, for people with neurological disabilities caused by diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord. Kessler Foundation leads the nation in funding innovative programs that expand opportunities for employment for people with disabilities. For more information, visit KesslerFoundation.org.
Contacts:
Carolann Murphy, 973.324.8382, CMurphy@KesslerFoundation.org
Lauren Scrivo, 973.324.8384, 973.768.6583 - c, LScrivo@KesslerFoundation.org
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Month of birth impacts on immune system development
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Newborn babies' immune system development and levels of vitamin D have been found to vary according to their month of birth, according to new research.
The research, from scientists at Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Oxford, provides a potential biological basis as to why an individual's risk of developing the neurological condition multiple sclerosis (MS) is influenced by their month of birth. It also supports the need for further research into the potential benefits of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy.
Around 100,000 people in the UK have MS, a disabling neurological condition which results from the body's own immune system damaging the central nervous system. This interferes with the transmission of messages between the brain and other parts of the body and leads to problems with vision, muscle control, hearing and memory.
The development of MS is believed to be a result of a complex interaction between genes and the environment.
A number of population studies have suggested that the month you are born in can influence your risk of developing MS. This 'month of birth' effect is particularly evident in England, where the risk of MS peaks in individuals born in May and drops in those delivered in November. As vitamin D is formed by the skin when it is exposed to sunlight, the 'month of birth' effect has been interpreted as evidence of a prenatal role for vitamin D in MS risk.
In this study, samples of cord blood ? blood extracted from a newborn baby's umbilical cord ? were taken from 50 babies born in November and 50 born in May between 2009 and 2010 in London.
The blood was analysed to measure levels of vitamin D and levels of autoreactive T-cells. T-cells are white blood cells which play a crucial role in the body's immune response by identifying and destroying infectious agents, such as viruses. However some T-cells are 'autoreactive' and capable of attacking the body's own cells, triggering autoimmune diseases, and should be eliminated by the immune system during its development. This job of processing T-cells is carried out by the thymus , a specialised organ in the immune system located in the upper chest cavity.
The results showed that the May babies had significantly lower levels of vitamin D (around 20 per cent lower than those born in November) and significantly higher levels (approximately double) of these potentially harmful autoreactive T-cells, compared to the sample of November babies.
Co-author Dr Sreeram Ramagopalan, a lecturer in neuroscience at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, part of Queen Mary, said: "By showing that month of birth has a measurable impact on in utero immune system development, this study provides a potential biological explanation for the widely observed "month of birth" effect in MS. Higher levels of autoreactive T-cells, which have the ability to turn on the body, could explain why babies born in May are at a higher risk of developing MS.
"The correlation with vitamin D suggests this could be the driver of this effect. There is a need for long-term studies to assess the effect of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women and the subsequent impact on immune system development and risk of MS and other autoimmune diseases."
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The research letter is published today in the journal JAMA Neurology.
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Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs announces plans to step down
It's been less than three years since Gary Kovacs came on as CEO of Mozilla and the former Adobe exec is already planning his next venture, which he says will be more commercial in nature. Later this year Kovacs will officially step down as CEO, though he will remain on the board of directors. Under his tenure, Firefox has held its own in a rapidly changing browser market while making strong moves in the mobile space: first, launching a mobile browser, then a whole mobile OS all its own. Now the company is working closely with Samsung to build a rendering engine designed from the ground up for mobile and ARM, called Servo. The search is now on for a replacement for Kovacs who will continue in the chief executive role until later this year. Whoever steps into those shoes still has a lot of work to do. While Kovacs may have helped guide the company through some rough waters to remain relevant, there are still stiff challenges ahead. Skip on past the break to read the announcement sent to employees this morning.
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Microalgae produce more oil faster for energy, food or products
Apr. 7, 2013 ? Scientists have described technology that accelerates microalgae's ability to produce many different types of renewable oils for fuels, chemicals, foods and personal-care products within days using standard industrial fermentation.
The presentation was part of the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on April 7.
Walter Rakitsky, Ph.D, explained that microalgae are the original oil producers on earth, and that all of the oil-producing machinery present in higher plants resides within these single-cell organisms. Solazyme's breakthrough biotechnology platform unlocks the power of microalgae, achieving over 80 percent oil within each individual cell at commercial scale while changing the triglyceride oil paradigm by their ability to tailor the oil profiles by carbon chain and saturation. The ability to produce multiple oils in a matter of days out of one plant location using standard industrial fermentation is a game-changer. Solazyme's patented microalgae strains have become the workhorses of a growing industry focused on producing commercial quantities of microalgal oil for energy and food applications. Rakitsky is with Solazyme, Inc., of South San Francisco, Calif., one of the largest and most successful of those companies, which in 2011 supplied 100 percent microalgal-derived advanced biofuel for the first U.S. passenger jetliner flight powered by advanced biofuel.
In a keynote talk at the ACS meeting, Rakitsky described Solazyme's technology platform that enables the company to produce multiple oils from heart-healthy high-oleic oils for food to oils that are tailored to have specific performance and functionality benefits in industry, such as safer dielectric fluids and oils that are the highest-value cuts of the barrel for advanced fuels. The benefits of these oils far surpass those of other oils that are currently available today.
"For the first time in history, we have unlocked the ability to completely design and tailor oils," he said. "This breakthrough allows us to create oils optimized for everything from high-performance jet and diesel fuel to renewable chemicals to skin-care products and heart-healthy food oils. These oils could replace or enhance the properties of oils derived from the world's three dominant sources: petroleum, plants and animals."
Producing custom-tailored oils starts with optimizing the algae to produce the right kind of oil, and from there, the flexibility of the fermentation platform really comes into play. Solazyme is able to produce all of these oils in one location simply by switching out the strain of microalgae they use, Rakitsky explained. Unlike other algal oil production processes, in which algae grow in open ponds, Solazyme grows microalgae in total darkness in the same kind of fermentation vats used to produce vinegar, medicines and scores of other products. Instead of sunlight, energy for the microalgae's growth comes from low-cost, plant-based sugars. This gives the company a completely consistent, repeatable industrial process to produce tailored oil at scale.
Sugar from traditional sources such as sugarcane and corn has advantages for growing microalgae, especially their abundance and relatively low cost, Rakitsky said. The company's first fit-for-purpose commercial-scale production plant is under construction with their partner Bunge next to a sugarcane mill in Brazil. Initial production capacity will be 110,000 tons of microalgal oil annually, expanding up to 330,700 tons. In addition, the company has a production agreement with ADM in Clinton, Iowa, for 22,000 tons of oil, expandable to 110,000 tons. Ultimately, cellulosic sources of sugars from non-food plants or plant waste materials, like grasses or corn stover, may take over as those technologies reach the right scale and cost structures.
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Six NATO Troops, Civilians Killed in Afghan Attacks
Six International Security Assistance Force troops and civilians, including an American, were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, according to coalition forces.
In the south, three NATO service members and two coalition civilians were killed in an attack involving an improvised explosive device, the coalition said in a statement.
Source: http://reason.com/24-7/2013/04/06/six-nato-troops-civilians-killed-in-afgh
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Interesting Chef Interviews from Around the Web - - Portland Food ...
Portland restaurant news hasn?t been terribly interesting lately, but here are a few stories from around the web which have caught my eye.
Men?s Journal has a great article on Gordon Ramsay. It puts a more human face on the?volatile?celebrity chef, and almost has me liking him.
The story talks about his childhood, current home life, the upcoming show ?Junior MasterChef? which features kids, his swearing, and the great deception he pulled off in 2007, where he garnered publicity after accusing a competing chef for stealing his reservation book, which it turns out he had arranged himself.
You can read the article here.
The Huffington Post sat down with Thomas Keller for a lengthy, honest interview about tasting menus, the rise of the celebrity chef, how he manages all four restaurants plus his cooking line and Cup4Cup gluten-free line of foods.
The interview starts off with Keller?s no BS style -
Chef, you bought the French Laundry in 1994 when Yountville was a ghost town. How has it been to watch the area change over the years? I think that?s pretty much common knowledge; you can find that on the website. Did you do any research on me whatsoever? I?d rather just talk about what you really want to know.
Ouch! Has anyone tried his C4C flour? I?m not a gluten-free fan, but I know many people are.
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Eater National has an interesting interview with Andy Ricker, on his first year in NYC.
Were there pleasant surprises?
Oh yeah, totally. I was pleasantly surprised by what people ordered here in comparison to what people ordered in Portland.Like what?
There are certain things on the menu that I feel are more emblematic of what Pok Pok means to me. In Portland, for instance, we sell zillions and zillions of chicken wings. In New York, when people come out to eat, we sell a huge quantity of northern Thai laab, and to me, that?s one of the more esoteric items on the menu. I was pleasantly surprised by that.I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that more than 50 percent of our clients in Portland are tourists who are brought to Portland for whatever reason but have heard of us through the TV shows or whatever, which feature the wings prominently. I think in New York we?re still getting the dining crowd. We also have a very high number of Thai diners here.
Good interview. If you are a fan of Ricker, it?s a must read.
"I have a wide-range of food experience - working in the restaurant industry on both sides of the house, later in the wine industry, and finally traveling/tasting my way around the world. Whether you agree or disagree, you can always count on my unbiased opinion. I don't take free meals, and the restaurants don't know when, or if, I am coming."
Source: http://portlandfoodanddrink.com/interesting-chef-interviews-from-around-the-web/
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Architect: What's in a Title? | Write. Design. Create.
What?s in a job title?
I am not looking for a job. I really enjoy working for my current firm.
?architect? jobs according to LinkedIn
However, like any good social networker, I maintain my LinkedIn profile. Because I am open to connections, weekly I get emails on current job postings that might be available to me, like the ones in the image. This email contained five jobs I might be interested in.
Of those 5 jobs, only one requires an:
?Undergraduate degree in Architecture, Interior Design??Knowledge of building codes and specifications, barrier-free design consideration, etc.? Surprisingly, it?s the one job listed that doesn?t have ?Architect? in it?s title.
I?m intrigued by the notion that many other careers are utilizing the term ?Architect? in their job titles.
A ?Solutions Architect? is an IT person. Required skills include??5+ year?s progressive experience within an information technology environment.?
An ?IT Architect? needs to have a ?Minimum of three years in-depth experience designing and implementing information solutions.?
The preferred skills of a ??Business Architect? include ?The ability to act as liaison conveying information needs of the business to IT and data constraints to the business; applies equal conveyance regarding business strategy and IT strategy, business processes and work flow automation, business initiatives and IT initiatives, and benefit realization and service delivery.?
A ?Software Architect? requires a degree in ?BA/BS in Computer Science or Software Engineering (or equivalent); MS desirable.?
What?s in a title?
What goes into the Ontario Architects? Association (OAA) or the other provincial governing bodies? professional title ?Architect??
- A 4-year honours degree in arts or science.
- A 2 to 3.5-year masters degree in Architecture.
- 2.75 years or 5600 hours of Internship under a licensed architect. (That has recently changed to 3750)
- 7 Architectural Registration Exams (NCARB system) or 3 days worth of Examination for Architects in Canada (ExAC)
By the time we actually get licensed as an architect, most Interns feel like they?ve earned it. I?m still earning it. It?s a similar process with most professional designations: engineering, medical doctors, lawyers, accountants. Get degrees, complete internships, write exams, get licensed under their professional governing body.
Traditionally Architect means Master Builder, referring to the tradesmen who actually built the historical buildings we see today. The industry segmented into two streams: designer and constructor. Architect went to designers, so in a sense, it means Master Designer.
Ironically, most positions that pertain to architects in the construction industry aren?t called Architects. They?re either ?Project Managers,? or ?Designers,? or ?Chief Design Excellence Officer.? It?s the other jobs that insist on calling them Architects.
Why Architect?
Architects, like many other professional designations, is a term with some prestige. They have fought against people using the title who haven?t earned it. It actually went through the legal system, where they ruled (I paraphrase) as long as the title doesn?t refer to someone in the construction industry, they can to use it. So, the governing bodies only go after people misusing the title in the construction industry.
I watched a web designer present us his version of architecture: the framework for the websites he created. He, like video game developers and set designers, create whole worlds. He is the master builder in his neck of the world-wide web, or the fictional planet, or the space ship. Video game software often has better rendering programs that surpass what we use in the construction industry. However, it feels unfair to anyone that has gone through the licensing process.
The thing is, I get it. I understand that desire to give your job a little more meaning in the title. As a fiction writer, I create worlds for my characters. Only, I don?t need a license to do that. Some writers may argue that we need licenses (i.e. grammar police), but thankfully we don?t have to write grammar exams. But I also understand if, as an Intern, l misrepresent as a licensed architect, my professional body will penalize me.
One day (soon) I will be licensed. Maybe then I will update my brand to include the title ?Architect? Until then, I will simply remain ?Writer. Designer. Creator.? In the mean time, what do you think? Should we be more careful about our titles? Or does it even matter? If you are a professional in another field, does your governing body go after those who misuse their title?
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Yes, on some level it's just a seven-year check-in with people maybe half-remembered, if that. Yet the films also serve as a kind of check-in with us, too.
What ultimately is so compelling about 56 Up is the universality of the experiences. We were all once children. And we all will die. And in between, there is everything else.
We feel good, refreshed and depressed in watching these people get older, also embarrassed in moments and cautioned about the passage of time.
Apted, himself now in his early 70s, says he hopes to continue the series further. Long may it live.
Watching "56 Up" gives you the wonderful feeling of seeing a sociological experiment blossom into something novelistically rich and humane.
Time has been neither kind nor cruel to the 13 men and women profiled in "56 UP." It has just been time, which is what this groundbreaking series is about.
Chances are that you'll come away from this long film feeling a sense of knowing its characters.
We might say that '56 Up' serves much the same function as 'Amour,' but it responds to the inevitability of decline with compassion, not dread.
What started as a crafty way of looking at the U.K.'s rigid class structure has grown into a portrait of melancholy middle age, with its heartbreaks and minor-key triumphs.
Those British kids are now 56
Watching the eighth film is intriguing but, in a way, disappointing. At this point in the game, it feels as if all the characters have determined their lots in life and are simply plodding through their interviews.
Quite simply one of the great documentary projects in the history of cinema, an engrossing sociological experiment on film; and though this mostly mellow installment isn't as revelatory as some earlier ones, it's still a remarkable document.
... feels like a retrospective and summation of the whole series, with ample quotation from the previous films, an approach that makes it interesting even for viewers who haven't seen the previous installments.
A completely unique and remarkable documentary project.
Apted skillfully weaves old footage with the new, and we become poignantly aware of another factor shaping their lives (and our own): biology, as the we watch the once-cute kids grow gray and heavy.
Perhaps the boldest and probably longest running sociological experiment on film.
I think the best thing about this movie (and the entire series) is that it forces the viewer to think about their own lives. It's kind of an awakening experience.
Once again, Apted assembles a captivating documentary that's profoundly educational, essential viewing to aid the understanding of the human experience.
"56 Up" is well worth seeing.
56 Up is still moving and philosophic, though not as exciting as earlier episodes, which had more drama.
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