Touchnote postcards free until Aug. 31 courtesy of Samsung

In its latest Olympic promotion, Samsung has teamed up with postcard peddler Touchnote to enable users to send free postcards until Aug. 31. For the uninitiated, Touchnote allows you to turn any photo or image on your phone into a real, physical postcard that you can send anywhere in the world. Normally this would set you back £1.49, $1.49 or €1.49 depending on where you live, but this summer Samsung's footing the bill as part of its ongoing sponsorship of the Olympic Games.

The promotion is available to all Touchnote users on Android, iPhone or iPad, so it doesn't matter whether you're using a Samsung device or not. And it's not limited to Olympic visitors or postcards either, so if you're nowhere near London and want to send yourself a postcard of your cat, you're free to do that, too.

Touchnote users can also submit their postcards to Samsung's Olympic postcard wall, which you'll find linked below. To get started, you'll need to grab the Touchnote app for Android -- direct your eyes a few pixels down for a handy Google Play link.

More: Samsung Share Great Moments; Download: Google Play

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Panasonic returns to profit in 1Q on cost cutting

TOKYO (AP) ? Panasonic Corp. said Tuesday it returned to the black in the April-June quarter, logging a net profit of 12.8 billion ($163 million) mainly on lower costs after cutting more than 38,000 jobs over the last year.

The consumer electronics giant had a net loss of 30.4 billion yen in the same quarter a year earlier.

The Osaka-based maker of Viera TVs and Lumix digital cameras said that it turned a profit despite a 6 percent decline in fiscal first quarter sales to 1.815 trillion yen amid weak demand in its Japanese home market.

The European financial crisis and the strong yen, which erodes overseas sales when repatriated to Japan, also weighed on the company's performance, it said in a release.

Panasonic kept its profit forecast for the full fiscal year through March 2013 unchanged at 50 billion yen ($638 million). Last fiscal year, it reported a record loss of 772.2 billion yen.

The company said it slashed its global workforce to about 327,500 as of the end of June from nearly 366,000 a year earlier.

Sales of its audio-visual products decreased 20 percent to 360 billion yen on poor demand for flat-panel TVs, but the division managed to swing to a profit of 7.4 billion yen after losing money a year earlier.

Profits in its home appliance segment ? the biggest of eight business divisions ? rose 7 percent on higher sales of refrigerators and washing machines.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/panasonic-returns-profit-1q-cost-cutting-095245416--finance.html

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With Obama as president have race relations improved in America?

After the historic election of Barack Obama, have conversations about race become more common? Or has racism become more apparent?

By Jesse Washington,?Associated Press / July 29, 2012

President Barack Obama walks from Marine One after returning to the White House on the South Lawn in Washington, Friday.

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Ashley Ray, a white woman, hears more people debating racial issues. "I know a lot of people who really thought we were OK as a nation, a culture, and now they understand that we're not," she says.

Karl Douglass, a black man, sees stereotypes easing. "White people deal with me and my family differently," he says.

Jose Lozano, who is Hispanic by way of Puerto Rico, believes prejudice is emerging from the shadows. "Now the racism is coming out," he says.

In the afterglow of Barack Obama's historic victory, most people in the United States believed that race relations would improve. Nearly four years later, has that dream come true? Americans have no shortage of thoughtful opinions, and no consensus.

As the nation moves toward the multiracial future heralded by this son of an African father and white mother, the events of Obama's first term, and what people make of them, help trace the racial arc of his presidency.

Shortly before the 2008 election, 56 percent of Americans surveyed by the Gallup organization said that race relations would improve if Obama were elected. One day after his victory, 70 percent said race relations would improve and only 10 percent predicted they would get worse.

Just weeks after taking office, Obama said, "There was justifiable pride on the part of the country that we had taken a step to move us beyond some of the searing legacies of racial discrimination."

Then he joked, "But that lasted about a day."

Or, rather, three months.

By July 2009, the black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested for yelling at a white police officer who questioned whether Gates had broken into his own home. Asked to comment, Obama said he didn't know all the facts, but Gates was a personal friend and the officer had acted "stupidly."

The uproar was immediate. Obama acknowledged afterward, "I could've calibrated those words differently."

Ed Cattaneo, a retired computer training manager from Cape May, N.J., points to that episode as evidence of how Obama has hurt race relations.

"He's made them terrible," says Cattaneo, who is white. He also sees Obama as siding against white people through actions such as his Justice Department's decision to drop voter intimidation charges against New Black Panthers and in a program to turn out the black vote called "African-Americans for Obama."

Larry Sharkey, also white, draws different conclusions from the past four years.

"Attitudes are much better," Sharkey says as he slices raw meat in a Philadelphia butcher shop. He remembers welcoming a black family that moved next door to him 20 years ago in Claymont, Del. A white neighbor advised him not to associate with the new arrivals, warning, "Your property values are going to go down."

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When rules change, brain falters

Public release date: 30-Jul-2012
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EAST LANSING, Mich. For the human brain, learning a new task when rules change can be a surprisingly difficult process marred by repeated mistakes, according to a new study by Michigan State University psychology researchers.

Imagine traveling to Ireland and suddenly having to drive on the left side of the road. The brain, trained for right-side driving, becomes overburdened trying to suppress the old rules while simultaneously focusing on the new rules, said Hans Schroder, primary researcher on the study.

"There's so much conflict in your brain," said Schroder, "that when you make a mistake like forgetting to turn on your blinker you don't even realize it and make the same mistake again. What you learned initially is hard to overcome when rules change."

The study, in the research journal Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, is one of the first to show how the brain responds to mistakes that occur after rules change.

Study participants were given a computer task that involved recognizing the middle letter in strings such as "NNMNN" or "MMNMM." If "M" was in the middle, they were to press the left button; if "N" was in the middle, they were to press the right. After 50 trials, the rules were reversed so the participants had to press the right button if "M" was in the middle and the left if "N" was in the middle.

Participants made more repeated errors when the rules were reversed, meaning they weren't learning from their mistakes. In addition, a cap measuring brain activity showed they were less aware of their errors. When participants did respond correctly after the rules changed, their brain activity showed they had to work harder than when they were given the first set of rules.

"We expected they were going to get better at the task over time," said Schroder, a graduate student in MSU's Department of Psychology. "But after the rules changed they were slower and less accurate throughout the task and couldn't seem to get the hang of it."

Continually making these mistakes in the work environment can lead to frustration, exhaustion and even anxiety and depression, said Jason Moser, assistant professor of psychology and director of MSU's Clinical Psychophysiology Lab.

"These findings and our past research suggest that when you have multiple things to juggle in your mind essentially, when you are multitasking you are more likely to mess up," Moser said. "It takes effort and practice for you to be more aware of the mistakes you are missing and stay focused."

In addition to Schroder and Moser, co-researchers include Erik Altmann, associate professor of psychology, and master's student Tim Moran.

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EAST LANSING, Mich. For the human brain, learning a new task when rules change can be a surprisingly difficult process marred by repeated mistakes, according to a new study by Michigan State University psychology researchers.

Imagine traveling to Ireland and suddenly having to drive on the left side of the road. The brain, trained for right-side driving, becomes overburdened trying to suppress the old rules while simultaneously focusing on the new rules, said Hans Schroder, primary researcher on the study.

"There's so much conflict in your brain," said Schroder, "that when you make a mistake like forgetting to turn on your blinker you don't even realize it and make the same mistake again. What you learned initially is hard to overcome when rules change."

The study, in the research journal Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, is one of the first to show how the brain responds to mistakes that occur after rules change.

Study participants were given a computer task that involved recognizing the middle letter in strings such as "NNMNN" or "MMNMM." If "M" was in the middle, they were to press the left button; if "N" was in the middle, they were to press the right. After 50 trials, the rules were reversed so the participants had to press the right button if "M" was in the middle and the left if "N" was in the middle.

Participants made more repeated errors when the rules were reversed, meaning they weren't learning from their mistakes. In addition, a cap measuring brain activity showed they were less aware of their errors. When participants did respond correctly after the rules changed, their brain activity showed they had to work harder than when they were given the first set of rules.

"We expected they were going to get better at the task over time," said Schroder, a graduate student in MSU's Department of Psychology. "But after the rules changed they were slower and less accurate throughout the task and couldn't seem to get the hang of it."

Continually making these mistakes in the work environment can lead to frustration, exhaustion and even anxiety and depression, said Jason Moser, assistant professor of psychology and director of MSU's Clinical Psychophysiology Lab.

"These findings and our past research suggest that when you have multiple things to juggle in your mind essentially, when you are multitasking you are more likely to mess up," Moser said. "It takes effort and practice for you to be more aware of the mistakes you are missing and stay focused."

In addition to Schroder and Moser, co-researchers include Erik Altmann, associate professor of psychology, and master's student Tim Moran.

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Why You Need Human Resources? | Starting your own business

When one thinks about what they need to do with their life they?ll assume they need to?persevere through the years of medical college and save peoples lives by being a doctor. Others is also dependent on bringing justice to the world through law and thus become lawyers. There are then those daredevil entrepreneurs who wish to go and begin their own business and find their own success.

But what about the rest of us? What concerning those that have an interest in creating a difference in the overall outcome of a business? What concerning those that wish to influence many aspects among a business?

One might not understand where to go and what to go into?but why not Human Resources?

Human Resources may be a very important a part of a business. Without HR the strategic alignment and?organisational communication among a business is hard to maintain. A successful human resource department manages the workers productivity or lack there of, well-being, attendance, as well as ensuring a business complies with Employment Law.

When operating in HR you interact with those in the least levels among the business spectrum. This not solely helps you develop contacts, however conjointly network, and any develop relationships for the long run. Through this it?ll conjointly assist you acquire transferrable skills and therefore learn from other departments concerning what might or might not work within a business.

Overall if you are looking to network, develop skills, help both people and the business succeed, you should look into Human Resources. HR can be challenging, and it is vital to keep ahead of the times with new developments amongst the business spectrum, graduate programs, and promoting scene.

HR is full with good people who are looking for the best ways for both the employees and business to succeed.

And why would you not wish to try to do both?

If you think that you will have an interest in Human Resources come check us out at Simple HR and that we will offer some feedback!

Source: http://www.ccnrgp.com/2012/07/why-you-need-human-resources/

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Billboard compares Obama to the Aurora, Colo., shooter

This Is the Obama-Aurora Billboard Everyone's Talking AboutThis billboard got a lot of media attention this weekend for its meme-style?juxtaposition?of President Obama and Aurora-shooter James Holmes. Styled like something you'd see on Reddit, the billboard features side-by-side pictures of the two men with the words "kills 12 in movie theater with assault rifle, everyone freaks out" over Holmes' picture, and "kills thousands with his foreign policy, wins nobel peace prize" over Obama's picture.?Maurice Clements is the guy in charge the billboard. He's part of a group who honor the memory of Libertarian Ralph Smeed. He says the group is angry over Obama not bringing the troops home. "We?re all outraged over that killing in Aurora, Colo., but we?re not outraged over the boys killed in Afghanistan," Clements said. Locals think the billboard is "pathetic," and "abhorrant."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-aurora-billboard-everyones-talking-203448772.html

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Retro Game Network | The New Retro Gaming Community ? Vectrex ...

In 1982, many of the main video game consoles and their developers, were trying very hard to get games to look just as good as they did in the arcades. In many cases, it wasn?t until the ColecoVision was released that near arcade graphics were available for home use for the first time. But a little company called Milton Bradley tried a new approach, and brought vector style graphics to the home with a new console called Vectrex. These were the kinds of graphics that were used in many early arcade titles like Asteroids. Some say, that took people backward instead of forward, but today, it is a well sought out, and somewhat expensive system to collect for. Wouldn?t it be great if there was a way to enjoy the games of the system, without the expensive start up? It looks like it could be coming soon!

It has been announced that a company called ?Rantmedia Games? was in the process of developing a new app for the iOS mobile operating systems, entitled ?Vectrex Regeneration?. The plans are, to have the application incorporate every official released title (and possibly some home brews) ever published for the Vectrex, available in the palms of your hands! The press kit is claiming that most of the games will be made available at no extra cost (unlike some apps that allow a free download and then having to buy each game separately), but have some new home brews be purchasable as a package. They also claim that iCade ability for the iPad will be incorporated for a more authentic way of playing the games. (I think that would be great, since I can?t see the touch screen format working as well for games like this.) Also, planned compatibility with AirPlay, to play the games on an actual TV set if so desired. No word just yet of any 3D emulation on games that used the Vectrex 3D Imager. They are also working on having online leader boards as a fresh update, without sacrificing the classic feel of the original. The official press kit also has this to say:

?Rantmedia Games is an indie games developer with a passion for retro. We have obtained an exclusive international license of the Vectrex brand in his applications including games and merchandising. We are creating a new app, code named Vectrex Regeneration that is totally authentic, yet updated with many fantastic features current gamers expect.?

According to their official Twitter feed, they have as of today, officially reached their $50,000 funding goal, so it is looking like it is full speed ahead at this point! The Twitter feed is also confirming that the original overlays for all of the games will be incorporated into the final product! (Of course, if you want to play without them for some weird reason, you can turn them off.) Currently, there is no scheduled release date for the app, but they have available a full website with information (where you can download the official press kit), as well as a Twitter feed as I said earlier, where you can get the most up to date information. If you have always wanted to dabble with the Vectrex, but didn?t have the money to get one, (Vectrex systems have been known for being rather pricey when bought used these days), this may be a nice alternative!

Rantmedia Games is a company born out of Rantmedia: A specialist app agency creating apps since 2008 for a number of international brands including Jaguar Land Rover and Confused.com.

Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/vectrexregen
Official Web Page: http://www.vectrexregeneration.com/

Source: http://www.retrogamenetwork.com/2012/07/27/vectrex-regeneration-planned-by-rantmedia-games/

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My fellow Americans: Essaouria is the Best ... - Morocco World News

By Nora P. Goodman

Morocco World News

Portland, Oregon, July 29, 2012

In July of 2009, I traveled to Morocco with my son Austin on a month?s vacation. It was not only my son?s first plane ride but his first trip out of the USA.

We arrived in Rabat Morocco and stayed at our friend Said?s family home. Our Moroccan friends were Berbers and spoke Berber, British English, French and Arabic. They greeted us with a lot of hospitality and gave us a bedroom on the lower level of their home. The first morning when we awoke, breakfast was already prepared for us in the sitting area. Breakfast consist of fruit, bread, butter, jam, laughing cow cheese, orange juice, coffee and milk. It was served on a round wooden table with clean linens, lovely plates and coffee cups. Said?s father, Brik was the family cook. He was a retired cook from the local sports stadium and continued his passion in cooking for his family while he and his wife prepared the family meals together. They were a lovely couple who had been married for over fifty years. I admired their faithfulness and commitment to their family and each other. After Brik prepared breakfast, he was off to the Mosque and a local caf? where he met with his lifelong friends to discuss life as usual in Morocco and Said?s mom, Saida began her routine cleaning house. My son and I relaxed for a few days from the long flight then Said and I took Austin to the local sites such as, King Mohammed V?s tomb and the Old Medina. Austin soon fell in love with Morocco as much as I did.

Said decided to take us to the beaches in Agadir and stay at his sister?s home since they were traveling to the north, we traveled by an air conditioned train to Marrakesh to catch a bus to Agadir, as soon as we stepped off the train we gasped for air. The temperature was 51.7?C (125.1?F) and being a fair complexion girl from Portland Oregon, USA, where the sun only shines for three months out of the year, the only example I could give was that it felt like I had stepped into hell. My son and I had never experienced anything like that before. Everyone was panicking and some foreigners were actually crying. We could hardly catch our breath and there was hardly any shade and no building to find appropriate shelter. Everyone was exhausted from the long ride and people were crowding in the shaded corners of the depot. There was nowhere to escape the heat while we were waiting for our bus. Austin bought a soda to quench his thirst but to his surprise it was hot. I wondered why that bus depot did not have appropriate air conditioned shelter along with cold drinks since it was used by many people daily. We waited for about forty minutes for the bus, but it felt like hours. The bus ride to Agadir took about five hours. We thought for sure the weather by the beach would be better but it was just as hot.

When we arrived at the home of Said?s sister we found no air conditioning, no fan and all the hotels with air-conditioning were very expensive. Our first night in Agadir was unbearable. My feet swelled up and I spent most of my night in the shower under cold running water. My son fell asleep by 2:00 AM but tossed and turned most of the night. The next day I suggested we stay in the air conditioned mall to escape the heat. But even the air conditioning did not seem to work very well as the temperatures continued to rise. We were clearly caught in heat wave. That night we stayed at the beach with hundreds of others trying to escape the same torment. Then our taxi driver suggested we go to Essaouria, a small fishing village located on the Atlantic Ocean where the temperatures were much nicer. So the next day we purchased bus tickets to Essaouria and traveled another five hours north. When we stepped off the bus the weather was at least 40 degrees less. It was so refreshing. Austin and I felt so relieved and excited to see the fishing village our taxi driver had bragged about.

While we were unloading our bags and searching for a place to stay, I noticed a small baby kitten sitting in the corner outside the bus station. The kitten was only about three to four weeks old. He was very dirty. I walked slowly to him a picked him up. He barely moved. He was weak and I wondered where his mother was. I looked around but I didn?t see her. I gave him to Austin and helped Said carry our luggage. In the meantime, a few local Moroccan men offered to help us find an apartment and transport our luggage for us also. Morocco has very good hospitality. In less than thirty minutes, we found a nice two bedroom apartment.

As we walked through the16th century old city to our apartment, we didn?t feel the heat but only the breeze of the ocean on our faces. We were so relieved. After we unpacked our luggage, I focused on the kitten. He was so fragile dirty and his eyes were only barely open. Austin and I gave him a bath and cleaned his eyes. Said warned us of diseases and said the wild cats were considered unclean. It didn?t stop us from caring for him and to our surprise, the little fella even changed colors after his bath, he had beautiful white fur and a few black spots. We decided to name him Moses. Moses didn?t know how to eat food on his own or maybe he was too weak. I went to a local market and bought laughing cow cheese, a baby bottle and milk. I put some cheese on the tip of my finger, but he was too weak to eat. I then smeared a little on his mouth and once he got a taste of it he was soon licking it up. Later, he began drinking from the bottle of milk and within days he was running around the apartment playing with Austin.

The city of Essaouria is known by its Portuguese?name of?Mogador. The Berber name means?the wall, a reference to the fortress walls that originally enclosed the city. Austin and I agreed that the city should be nicked named ?the city of cats? because everywhere we went there were cats. There were cats under the tables at the restaurants waiting for scraps of food from the tourist and there were cats in all the shops being cared for by the shop owners. And as we walked along the walls of the city cats were lined up and patiently waiting as the fishermen were cleaning the fish and tossing the left overs to them. It was clear the people of the city loved cats.

The day came when we had to leave to go back to Rabat and then back to USA. No matter how much we begged, Said didn?t want to adopt Moses and bring him to Rabat, so Austin and I began looking for a suitable good home for him. We grew attached to Moses and hated to leave him behind. We even thought of carrying him in our suitcases and bringing him back to USA with us, but we knew it wouldn?t be allowed at the airport and Moses would be caught at the check point. So the only suitable person we could think of to adopt him was a very nice waiter at a local restaurant name Khalid. We shared with him about how we found and rescued Moses and how we thought his name was appropriate. Khalid assured us that he would keep the name and take good care of him.

It?s been three years since we left Essaouria and as far as we know, Moses is still living at the restaurant and being cared for by Khalid and feasting off Tagine and scraps of food from the tourist.

Source: http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2012/07/49673/my-fellow-americans-essaouria-is-the-best-place-to-be-in-morocco-during-the-summer/

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Real Estate Buying: Learning To Make This Process A Good One ...

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Lawyers File Emergency Motion to Stop Mandate | Women of Grace

In an effort to prevent the Department of Health and Human Services? birth control mandate from going into effect on August 1, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) has filed an emergency motion asking a federal district judge to stop the rule that would force most employers to cover birth control in their employee health plan with no co-pay.

According to a press release from the TMLC, the motion was filed on Wednesday afternoon with Federal District Judge Robert Cleland of the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of Legatus, a Catholic business organization founded in 1987 by Tom Monaghan, former owner of Domino?s Pizza, Legatus member Daniel Weingartz of Weingartz Supply Co.

?We have asked Judge Cleland to set a court hearing on our motion for the earliest possible time to prevent immediate injury to our clients? right of conscience. Without the court?s intervention, the HHS mandate effectively penalizes their free exercise of religion,? said Erin Mersino, the lead counsel in the lawsuit.

A lawsuit was filed on behalf of Legatus and Weingartz on May 6, 2012 with the intent to permanently block the implementation of the HHS Mandate which requires employers and individuals to obtain insurance coverage for abortions and contraception on the grounds that it imposes clear violations of conscience on Americans who morally object to abortion and contraception.

The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the HHS Mandate under the First Amendment rights to the Free Exercise of Religion and Free Speech and the Establishment Clause.?? It also claims that the HHS Mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Although the president gave a one-year extension to certain religious employers, businesses owned by Christians who oppose contraception ?have no safe harbor and no exemption within the law,? Mersino told Politico, which is why they filed the emergency motion ?to alert the court there is an imminent danger.?

The motion for a temporary restraining order focuses on violations of the Plaintiffs? rights guaranteed by the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.

Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center commented, ?The Obama administration deliberately declared war on the Catholic Church by promulgating the HHS Mandate. And contrary to what they want you to believe, this case is not about contraception.? It is about the religious freedom of Christians, in this case Catholics, to peaceably practice their faith free from government coercion. If the government succeeds in this case, the religious freedom of all Christians is in danger.?

Judge Cleland has scheduled a conference on the case for today and could schedule a hearing at that time.

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Weight Control Can Cut Women's Diabetes Risk, Study Shows

FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Weight control through diet and exercise can prevent most cases of type 2 diabetes in American women over age 50, a new study finds.

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass., analyzed data from more than 150,000 postmenopausal women who were followed for more than 10 years. Hispanics and Asians were about twice as likely as whites to develop diabetes; blacks were two to three times as likely.

Those differences were largely due to modifiable lifestyle factors such as diet, physical activity and smoking, the researchers said.

The study also found that a large reduction in diabetes risk among women would occur in all four racial and ethnic groups if they maintained a healthy body weight, ate a healthy diet and were physically active.

Maintaining a body-mass index (BMI) of less than 25 appeared to be particularly important in reducing diabetes risk. BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and weight.

"Our work shows that among numerous races [and] ethnicities, the women with both high body-mass index and low levels of physical activity are far more likely to develop diabetes," primary investigator Dr. Yunsheng Ma said in a medical school news release. "A healthier diet and adequate levels of physical activity significantly lower that risk for most women."

The study was published July 23 in the journal Diabetes Care.

Type 2 diabetes, the more common type, means the body doesn't produce or properly use the hormone insulin, which is needed to convert food into energy. Untreated, type 2 diabetes can cause damage to the heart, eyes, kidneys and other organs.

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The U.S. National Diabetes Education Program has more about diabetes prevention.

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The report provides detailed market analysis, information and insights into the rail and road infrastructure construction market in the BRIC countries, including: In-depth analysis of the rail and road infrastructure construction market in the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China A comprehensive and country-specific analysis of market attractiveness, covering the key trends and drivers across the four countries Detailed market sizes for each BRIC country for a period of ten years (20072016), including category level analysis by construction activity and by cost type Detailed insights into the regulatory frameworks, market entry strategies and expansion strategies relevant to the rail and road infrastructure construction market Details of some of the key rail and road infrastructure construction projects Profiles of some of the major companies in the rail and road infrastructure construction industry in the BRIC countriesSummary
For all the BRIC countries, macroeconomic growth is expected to fuel the growth of the infrastructure construction market. Furthermore, this overall economic growth is expected to attract investment in a variety of industries, benefiting infrastructure construction.Over the forecast period, the Brazilian economy is projected to record a CAGR of 4.16%, and this economic growth is expected to benefit the countrys rail and road transport infrastructure construction market. This construction activity growth is expected to continue over the forecast period, and Brazils forthcoming hosting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games will continue to attract investment in rail and road infrastructure construction.BRICdata expects the Russian rail and road infrastructure construction industry to continue to expand rapidly over the forecast period, due to various infrastructure projects planned for the 2012 APEC summit, the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Indian economy is projected to record an impressive CAGR of 8.21% over the forecast period, and this strong economic growth is expected to benefit the countrys transport infrastructure construction market, including rail and road infrastructure construction. The market is also expected to benefit from the strong growth anticipated in the countrys manufacturing and construction net outputs, with both expected to record strong CAGRs of 13.14% and 8.7% respectively over the forecast period. Overall, high investment and an increasing focus on infrastructure development and rapid urbanization are the main factors expected to support the growth of the Indian rail and road infrastructure construction market.China holds a significant position among the emerging economies due to its fast-growing manufacturing industries, availability of cheap labor, and rapidly growing construction industry. The country has attracted a considerable amount of FDI which helped the construction industry to achieve a review-period CAGR of 23.24%. This robust growth was driven by the governments eleventh five-year plan (20062011), which allocated RMB3.3 trillion (US$ 0.5 trillion) to infrastructure development. Scope

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The Brazilian government has already commenced the second phase of its PAC 2 growth acceleration program, through which BRL959 billion (US$ 526 billion) will be invested in housing, transportation, energy and sanitation projects during 20112014. The transportation sector will receive a total investment of BRL104.5 billion (US$ 57.3 billion). Rail and road infrastructure construction will record high growth, with projected CAGRs of 11.62% and 8.58% over the forecast period. The Russian government announced a US$ 400 billion infrastructure development package in 2010, which set out an extended program of infrastructure development for 2010 to 2015. Major international sporting events such as the 2014 Winter Olympic Games and the 2018 FIFA World Cup are expected to have a positive impact on the Russian infrastructure construction market, with significant investment anticipated in road and rail infrastructure. One of the key trends in the Indian rail and road infrastructure construction industry is the increasing participation of private companies. The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has proposed development of various stations using the PPP model. Total planned investments in rail in the countrys 11th five-year plan amounted to INR2.6 trillion, with central government contributing 77%, states contributing 4% and the private sector contributing the remaining 19%. The Chinese government has plans to expand its railway network by investing RMB640 billion each year between 2010 and 2012. China?s 12th five-year plan (20112015) has planned investments of US$ 1.03 trillion in urban public facilities, including rail and road construction.

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Sprint CEO outs the Motorola Photon Q during earnings call

Sprint has yet to officially announce the Motorola Photon Q, which we first showed you from a leak in our forums earlier this summer, and which has already made it through the FCC. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse this morning during the company's second-quarter earnings call said the phone is "coming soon." It'll sport 4G LTE data and also serve as a GSM world phone outside the United States.

We'd expect an official announcement is in the works now, too.

 

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Repetitious, time-intensive magical rituals considered more effective, study shows

ScienceDaily (July 26, 2012) ? Even in this modern age of science, people are likely to find logic in supernatural rituals that require a high degree of time and effort, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

The study, published in the June issue of Cognition, is the first psychological analysis of how people of various cultures evaluate the efficacy of ritual beliefs. The findings provide new insight into cognitive reasoning processes -- and how people intuitively make sense out of the unknown.

"One of the most remarkable characteristics of human cognition is the capacity to use supernatural reasoning to explain the world around us," said Cristine Legare, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. "We argue that the characteristics of ritual are the product of an evolved cognitive system."

Cause-and-effect thinking is critical to human survival, Legare said. So it's natural for people to find logic in supernatural rituals that emphasize repetition and procedural steps. If doing something once has some effect, then repeating it must have a greater effect. For example, if a mechanic says he inspected something five times, the frequency of his actions leads the customer to overestimate the effectiveness of his work.

To find out how people rate the effectiveness of magical rituals, Legare and graduate student Andr? Souza conducted a study in Brazil, a country suffused with rituals called simpatias. Used for solving problems as varied as quitting smoking, curing asthma and warding off bad luck, simpatias are formulaic rituals that involve various steps and repetition.

The psychologists presented 162 Brazilian respondents several versions of these rituals. Each was modified with different characteristics, such as repetition of procedures, number of steps, number of items used, and the presence of religious icons.

As part of the study, Legare asked the respondents to rate the effectiveness of each ritual. According to the findings, three elements of the simpatias had the biggest influence: number of steps, repetition of procedures and a specified time.

To see how magical rituals are perceived across cultures, the researchers conducted the same study with 68 U.S. respondents of various religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. As the researchers expected, the majority of respondents didn't believe in simpatias. Yet similar to the Brazilians, they were more inclined to believe in rituals involving numerous repetitions and steps. For example, they gave a higher rating for this sadness-curing ritual, which involves numerous steps and repetitions.

In a metal container, put the leaves of a white rose. After that, set fire to the leaves. Get the remaining ash from the leaves and put it in a small plastic bag. Take the small plastic bag and leave it at a crossroad. Repeat the procedure for seven days in a row.

Though simpatias are primarily practiced in Brazil, magical rituals and other superstitions are widely accepted in the United States. Findings from the study provide further insight into how people find logic in the supernatural, regardless of concrete evidence.

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Olympic VIP lanes baffle, anger London drivers

A taxi passes alongside one of the official Olympic Lanes on a street in central London Monday, July 23, 2012, ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

A taxi passes alongside one of the official Olympic Lanes on a street in central London Monday, July 23, 2012, ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

A cyclist takes advantage of an empty Olympic Lane on the embankment in central London, Monday, July 23, 2012. The Olympic road lanes will come into effect on Wednesday, July 25, two days before the Opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Only accredited vehicles will be allowed to use them. London's traditional taxis will not be allowed in them. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Taxis drive slowly in protest across Tower Bridge in London, Monday, July 23, 2012. The traditional London taxis were holding a protest against not being allowed to drive in the Olympic Lanes once they come into force on Wednesday, July 25. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Taxis drive slowly in protest across Tower Bridge in London, Monday, July 23, 2012. The traditional London taxis were holding a protest against not being allowed to drive in the Olympic Lanes once they come into force on Wednesday, July 25. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Traffic drives along Olympic Lanes on Embankment in central London, Monday, July 23, 2012. The Olympic road lanes will come into effect on Wednesday, July 25, two days before the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Only accredited vehicles will be allowed to use them. London's traditional Black Cabs will not be allowed in them. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

LONDON (AP) ? Sabir Karim, a lifelong Londoner, was alarmed to find this week that a familiar city road had suddenly turned into an impossible challenge.

Officials had redrawn its lanes, leaving him only two options: The bus lane on the left, or the new Olympic "Games Lane," restricted for the sole use of officials and athletes, on the right. The restaurant owner didn't know what to do, but he knew that fines awaited him if he drove in either lane.

"I was literally trapped," he said. "I panicked. It was a scary and horrendous experience."

Bafflement and long waits reigned on London's roads this week as drivers struggled to comprehend the new lane changes, diversions, banned turns and parking restrictions for the Olympics, which officially open on Friday.

As host city, London is as cosmopolitan as they come, but transport is its weak spot: Traffic often clogs up its narrow, historic roads, bus schedules can change at a moment's notice, and the subway (the famous Underground) suffers from daily delays and century-old infrastructure.

The road changes, which came into full force Wednesday morning, are causing additional pain. There were traffic backups in some parts of central London early Wednesday as commuters coped with the new restrictions, and there were signs that many motorists had switched to public transport to avoid the hassle.

"Drivers do have somewhere to go, but it's been a bit confusing," said Paul Watters, head of road policy at the British Automobile Association. "We know it's going to be tricky and difficult, and it's bound to be full of teething problems. We're almost there now so hopefully it will be better."

Even if it all goes smoothly ? a big if ? the 30 miles (48 kilometers) of Olympics-only road lanes are likely to remain deeply unpopular among Britons.

Critics argue that these lanes ? open only to Olympic athletes, officials, journalists, emergency services and games marketing partners ? are elitist and make life difficult for everyone else. Driving on the lanes, widely dubbed "Zil lanes" after the Russian limos granted exclusive use of special lanes on Soviet-era highways, can cost you a fine of up to 130 pounds ($202).

Britain relies on traffic cameras to spot infractions, so many people won't know they've been ticketed till the bad news arrives in the mail.

The International Olympic Committee had specifically demanded the lanes be created after learning lessons from previous games ? one of the worst being Atlanta in 1996, now remembered as the one where bus drivers got lost and some athletes arrived moments before their events.

In London, some of the loudest opposition to the Olympic VIP lanes has come from the city's cabbies, who have staged two demonstrations in the past two weeks that brought central London traffic to a standstill. Like the rest of the public, they're banned from the Olympic lanes, which they say jeopardizes their business by creating much longer ? and costlier ? cab rides for customers.

"We're not going to be able to drop passengers where they want to go," said Lee Osborne of the United Cabbies Group, which protested with about 50 cabs at Tower Bridge on Tuesday. "Traffic in London is pretty bad as it is, and now passengers are going to suffer with the meter just ticking away."

Even on a normal day, driving in London is rarely a smooth experience. For a city of its size, it has surprisingly few highways or wide thoroughfares, which means that most roads have multiple traffic lights and pedestrian crossings. Olympics organizers have repeatedly urged people to avoid driving their cars, to walk and bike ride around, and for spectators to go to events using public transport.

That's easier said than done. London's Tube network is the most popular way to get across town, but it groans with age ? its first line, the Metropolitan line, opened in 1863. Today, that line still runs alongside more than a dozen others in a half-modernized system that handles roughly 12 million trips a day.

Officials are expecting up to 15 million subway trips a day during the Olympics.

The British government has injected 6.5 billion pounds ($10 billion) to upgrade the network ahead of the Olympics, but it's still riddled with daily problems. On Tuesday, extensive delays hit the key Javelin high-speed train from central London to the Olympic Park, and on Monday, multiple key lines leading to the park broke down during the morning rush hour.

"It can't even cope in normal times, all it takes is one problem and the whole system gets paralyzed," said Tony Shelton, an accountant who was riding the Northern line. His journey was only slightly delayed but he said: "I'll probably avoid coming into town."

Not everyone is so downbeat. Many others are proudly standing by their Tube and their city.

"It was absolutely fine today. I'm sure it will be all right," said Amelia Alvares, a marketing manager. "It's not perfect, but it will work."

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Wall St set to rise on stimulus hopes; Apple weighs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials were poised to rise on Wednesday on a report the Federal Reserve was moving closer toward further stimulus for the sluggish economy, but a revenue miss at Apple was set to cap gains and drag on the Nasdaq.

Apple Inc results fell short of Wall Street's expectations as the European economy sagged and consumers held off buying its flagship iPhone ahead of a new version expected in the fall. Shares dropped 4.7 percent in premarket trading.

Federal Reserve officials are moving closer to taking more steps to aid the flagging economy, the Wall Street Journal reported late on Tuesday, helping to lift stocks off their lows of the day. Expectations the Fed will act, maybe as early as its rate-setting meeting next week, have been growing. Tuesday's story, while nothing new, helped cement that view.

"The report that the Fed is gearing up its ammo to launch some type of incremental asset purchases ... is certainly putting a bid into the markets," said Marl Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia. "After three consecutive days of triple digit declines you'd expect to see a bounce but we'll see if it holds."

There were also some positive corporate earnings. Caterpillar Inc's quarterly profit easily beat Wall Street's expectations, helped in part by growing sales of mining equipment, and the world's largest maker of construction machines raised its 2012 forecast. The shares rose 4.1 percent to $84.77.

S&P 500 futures rose 9.5 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 131 points and Nasdaq 100 futures were off 1.25 points.

Wall Street has sold off for three straight days on fears Spain may need a bailout and on signs that the global economy is starting to slow down. Despite the pessimism, the S&P 500 is up 6.4 percent this year and is one of the best performing broad stock indexes in the world.

The S&P 500 is currently testing support at its 50-day moving average at 1,332.80. The index broke through that level on Tuesday but rebounded above it after the Wall Street Journal's story that the Fed was likely to provide more stimulus.

"The willingness of the Fed to continue to keep rates at a very low point does put a bottom to the stock market and it's that bottom that makes people confident, particularly traders, to continue to come in on these selloffs because they feel there isn't much lower to go," said Rick Meckler, president of investment firm LibertyView Capital Management in New York.

Boeing Co reported a greater-than-expected increase in second-quarter profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday as rising airplane deliveries offset higher pension costs. The shares gained 2.8 percent to $74.18

Ford Motor Co reported a better-than-expected second-quarter profit on Wednesday, but roughly doubled its forecast for losses in Europe, where a deepening economic crisis pushed industry auto sales to their lowest level in nearly 20 years. The shares gained 1.8 percent to $9.22.

European shares inched up after early losses on Wednesday as European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said there were arguments for giving Europe's permanent rescue fund a banking license.

(Editing by Bernadette Baum, Dave Zimmerman)

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Hire Human Resources MBA Professional to Gear up Business ...

If you want to be a successful businessman, you not only need to undertake efficient strategies but make sure that your business is completely hassle-free. If your business progresses on a smooth path, the credit certainly goes to your workers. Even the factor responsible behind their quality performance is the proper managing techniques adopted by you. So, you should always look for an individual having revolutionary ideas, keen insight and perfect directorial qualities. Unquestionably, he can take your business to heights. Therefore, if you are in the hierarchy section, you must choose individuals with an MBA degree specializing in Human Resources. A Human resources MBA professional is in fact a must for every business organization to maintain its smooth journey.

In the present industry, the degree of Human Resources is in high demand. In fact, the swelling demand for a Human Resources MBA has promoted a note of restlessness in the mind of thousands of students. Even working individuals are toiling day and night by managing their time in coping up with the course lessons for grabbing a better afterlife. Among the diverse streams offered by MBA, Human Resources is considered to be the most significant. On its successful completion, you are sure to crack the best opportunities in the corporate sector. There are diverse fields of management and Human Resources MBA is undoubtedly one of the specialized options. A business when handled with perfection can kiss the peak of prosperity in no time. However, any sort of exploitation of any asset might lead to a rapid downfall of that particular organization. Owing to the advent of Human Resources MBA, those days have ultimately fled when labors were controlled with effort. Today, labors are simply nurtured for extracting profit to the company and this very idea has been adopted from Human Resources MBA. Therefore, professionals are always preferred for big business organizations because they are aware of all such strategies that can keep the business booming. Human Resources MBA bags a wide range of management specializations. Since a business organization comprises professionals from diverse disciplines, a human resource personnel must possess high analytical skills to handle labor issues and other critical matters within the very organization. It?s certainly a designation of high profile where you play one of the sole heads in managing an entire organization. Human Resources MBA course if pursued from a well recognized institute can certainly gift you a rewarding career where you will be easily able to draw attention of most of the top employers. If you have earned an MBA degree and have been offered a managerial position in a company, you simply need to display your multifarious skills in handling diverse sections of the entire organization. Now, you must have obtained a rough idea as to why one should go for Human Resources MBA. So, if you are working somewhere with the desire to grab a prestigious position in a world class company, go for distance learning. In fact, distance learning can help you to study independently and at the same time work for long hours. To know more about distance learning programs, browse the sites.

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