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Thursday, May 10, 2012
More John Travolta Accusers to Join Lawsuit, Lawyer Says
The lawyer for the two masseurs suing John Travolta for sexual assault claims others have come forward with similar stories and will join the lawsuit.
Okorie Okorocha, who reps John Travolta accuser (John Doe) #1 and #2, says he's keeping their identities secret because they're victims of sex crimes.
He also says he fears backlash against the men from the powerful actor.
Okorocha claims he tried settling the first sexual battery lawsuit involving John Doe #1 discretely, telling Travolta's lawyers they could go through a private judge and keep everything completely confidential, only to be rebuffed.
Okorocha also says Travolta's lawyer, Marty Singer, is off base when he says the movie legend was not in L.A. January 16, as he vehemently insists.
That's date the first incident allegedly occurred, and Okorocha says during their initial discussions, Travolta's lawyers conceded the actor was in L.A.
The second alleged victim came forward days with a similar account of Travolta paying for a massage, then propositioning him/groping his genitals.
It's unclear how many other men may join the salacious lawsuit, if any, but the first two John Does are seeking $2 million in damages ... apiece.
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Mysteries of Heart Failure in Pregnancy
A mysterious and sometimes deadly type of heart failure that can strike otherwise healthy, expectant mothers late in pregnancy and leave them sick for life at last can be traced to faulty blood vessels in the heart, researchers report today.
The team from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston found there's something that puts the brakes on proteins that are supposed to ramp up and produce new blood vessels to meet the extra demand on a heart beating for two ? the mother and her unborn child.
Without those new blood vessels, which are created through a process called angiogenesis, a woman develops shortness of breath and other symptoms, as her heart cannot pump enough blood late in pregnancy and around the time of delivery.
Her weakened heart muscle then becomes more prone to scarring, further compromising its ability to serve her and her baby. About half of women who develop this late-pregnancy complication, called peripartum cardiomyopathy, which can occur through the first five months after delivery, become sicker and may eventually need a heart transplant. The others get better on their own. Peripartum cardiomyopathy can strike up to one in 300 of expectant mothers.
The insights, drawn from a combination of mouse and human studies, are important because they have the potential to help millions of women worldwide who suffer from heart failure that is more common among women with a related late pregnancy complication called preeclampsia, which produces a dangerous rise in blood pressure, and those carrying multiples. With what they now understand, scientists can target women at high-risk of developing pregnancy-related heart failure and test new drugs to treat them.
"It's been a real mystery," said senior study author Dr. Zoltan Arany, an investigator at Beth Israel's CardioVascular Institute. "The majority of women who develop this condition are otherwise healthy, even active."
Given that the "real stressors of pregnancy occur in the first trimester," Zoltan said it's been a big question why these mothers-to-be develop such serious problems at the end of pregnancy.
The new insights build on work done in Arany's lab with a gene that turns on angiogenesis. Mouse studies with that gene "told us that PPCM is indeed a vascular disease, something that was previously not appreciated," said Zoltan, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
The researchers then used insights from another Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center scientist, Dr. S. Ananth Karumanchi, who had found that women with preeclampsia had high levels of another gene responsible for blocking angiogenesis, to flesh out their theory further. The angiogenesis blocking gene plays a role in a normal pregnancy to prevent excessive bleeding during delivery. Arany's team then determined that this second gene was also playing a role in development of blood vessel abnormalities setting the stage for heart failure.
The search continues for a still-undiscovered factor that leaves some women's hearts unable to "handle the wave" of blood vessel altering factors late in pregnancy, Arany said. "While we still have a lot to learn, I think we are now close to understanding, and maybe even treating, this devastating disease."
The findings appear in today's online issue of the journal Nature.
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Man fired for using the Like button on Facebook
Even scarier still: A judge ruled that the firing was A-OK
Have you ever used?Facebook's Like button to show your support for a political candidate? Even if you haven't, someone you know probably has. After all,?President Obama's Facebook page has over 26.4 million Likes and counting. But have you ever considered whether or not you could be fired for Liking a candidate?
According to a ruling by Federal District Court Judge Raymond A. Jackson, you absolutely can be fired for using that Like button. "Simply liking a Facebook page is insufficient," wrote Jackson in his ruling. "It is not the kind of substantive statement that has previously warranted constitutional protection."
The decision was handed down in response to a case involving six Virginia workers who were fired by their boss, Sheriff B.J. Roberts. These workers, according to the case, "hindered the harmony and efficiency of the office." How, exactly? By Liking the Facebook page of Jim Adams, the man who was running against Roberts for the office of sheriff.
Predictably, the ruling has sent chills down the spines of defenders of the First Amendment. Said UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh in an interview with the?New York Times, "It may just involve a mouse click, but a major point of that mouse click is to inform other that you like whatever that means."
The ruling will likely be appealed, and it is possible that the issue could be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court. In the meantime, you may want to be careful about just who you like ? especially if your boss is seeking re-election soon.
This is not the first time that a court has ruled on issues relating to workers' conduct on Facebook. Last year, the National Labor Relations Board?demanded that five Facebook users be re-hired after they were dismissed for complaining about their workload on the social networking site, and a judge ruled them eligible for back pay. And earlier this year, a man was ordered to choose between apologizing to his estranged wife and spending 60 days in jail?after posting private comments about her on Facebook.
[Image credit:?Franco Bouly]
[NY Times via?Mashable]
This article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Tecca
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Gamification Startup SessionM Raises $20M Led By Charles River Ventures
SessionM, a startup led by Quattro Wireless co-founder Lars Albright, just announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by Charles River Ventures, with participation from past investors Highland Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. CRV partner Jon Auerbach is joining the SessionM board. The company declined to comment on the valuation, but apparently VentureWire is reporting that the round values SessionM at $100 million.lea michele michael buble michael buble teddy roosevelt rita hayworth rita hayworth lakers rumors
Video: Obesity epidemic stems from environment, panel says
BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: Back now with our reporting on what's being called the weight of the nation. Last night we told you about a stunning prediction that by the year 2030 , health experts are telling us 42 percent of Americans will be obese. Today at a conference in Washington , some sweeping strategies for fighting this epidemic. We get more from our chief science correspondent Robert Bazell .
Dr. ROBIN GOLAND (Columbia University Medical Center): How have you been feeling?
Unidentified Patient: Good.
ROBERT BAZELL reporting: Dr. Robin Goland is on the front lines of the obesity epidemic and sees its consequences every day.
Dr. GOLAND: Our pediatricians are seeing obese two-year-olds and four-year-olds. We have five-year-olds with impaired glucose tolerance. We have eight-year-olds with type 2 diabetes. This is a catastrophe.
Unidentified Man: Most of you are familiar with the shocking statistics.
BAZELL: Today's recommendations from the prestigious Institute of Medicine , signal a sea change in how we perceive obesity. No longer a question of individual responsibility, but a need to change what's called an obesity promoting environment, calling on corporations, government and individuals to act. Among the panel's recommendations, requiring at least 60 minutes a day of physical activity in schools, public and workplace policies that encourage people of all ages to exercise more, industrywide guidelines on marketing food to children, including healthier choices for kids in restaurants,, and having healthy food available at all public events. With the cost of treating obesity-related illnesses approaching $200 billion a year, many on the panel say the nation is ready to act.
Dr. MRC GREENWOOD (Obesity Panel Vice Chair): It takes a lot of leadership. We need our mayors to step up to the plate. We need our school superintendents to step up to the plate.
BAZELL: With two-thirds of Americans overweight and one-third obese, the problem has become so critical it's affecting almost every aspect of our daily lives. There are even worries that airplane seat belts can't protect the many heavy passengers.
Dr. JANEY PRATT (Massachusetts General Hospital): We skip meals, we eat too quickly, we eat foods that are high in sugars and carbohydrates and fats. And we eat more of them.
BAZELL: Bad habits, the panel said, and an environment that encourages them. Robert Bazell , NBC News, New York.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
How To Thoroughly Dry Your Hands With Just One Piece of Paper Towel [Video]
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Wahoo Armband Review
As a follow on to Andy’s review of the Wahoo Run/Gym Pack, I decided to order (and review) the Armband for iPhone? to get the most out of my Wahoo running pack.? I 100% agreed with Andy’s assessment that a compatible armband is a must to best utilize Wahoo’s running fitness gear for the iPhone…. [...]
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AK-7 MIDI Keyboard Knows the Music but Mumbles the Words
Apple's Garage Band for Mac is loaded with an array of virtual instruments. The application is capable of imitating brass, strings, winds and percussion, as well as a whole stable of fully synthesized noises with names like "Synchro Nice" and "Future Flute."
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The Engadget interview: Mozilla Chief of Innovation Todd Simpson at CTIA 2012 (video)
Today at CTIA Wireless in New Orleans we got the chance to spend a few minutes with Todd Simpson, Chief of Innovation at Mozilla. We talked about the company's "pivot into mobile" -- more specifically Firefox for Android and Boot to Gecko -- and what it means for Mozilla's future. Is there a Firefox for Windows Phone in the works? Will boot to Gecko migrate to other platforms, like laptops? We're not going to spoil the fun for you -- just watch our video interview.
Brad Molen contributed to this report.
The Engadget interview: Mozilla Chief of Innovation Todd Simpson at CTIA 2012 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 May 2012 21:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tuna Scrape: The Pulverized Scrap Fish Paste Inside Your Spicy Tuna Roll [Gross]
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Rihanna to Perform on American Idol Finale
Rihanna will perform her latest new hit single “Where Have You Been” on the American Idol season finale Wednesday, May 23, Fox has confirmed.
The newest winner will be crowned that night, with the two remaining finalists duking it out in live performances a day earlier, Tuesday, May 22.
With only three performance shows left this spring, Hollie Cavanagh, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez are still vying for the title.
Here's the video for the song she'll perform on the Idol season-ender. It was also a big part of Rihanna's SNL performance this past weekend ...
Mobile Component Marketplace Verious Expands, Adds Hundreds Of Windows Phone & HTML5 Listings To Site
Verious, a new mobile component marketplace (and recent Disrupt?finalist), is announcing an expansion of its service today, to also include components for Microsoft's Windows Phone platform as well as those for HTML5 mobile apps. The addition means there are now hundreds more components, SDKs, and open source projects available on Verious's platform, which previously focused primarily on offerings for iOS and Android.
HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE for Verizon hands-on at CTIA 2012 (update: video)
This handset didn't surprise anyone when it was officially announced at CTIA Wireless 2012, but we're still happy to spend time with the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE for Verizon Wireless regardless. After catching enough glimpses of the smartphone over the past few months, we already had a good idea of what to expect: Big Red's latest LTE device will have Ice Cream Sandwich dressed in Sense 4, a 4-inch Super LCD qHD panel, a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 (Krait), 1,700mAh user-removable battery, microSD support and an 8MP BSI f/2.2 camera with a 28mm lens.
If you're familiar with either the OG HTC Droid Incredible or its sequel, you'll instantly recognize the trusty hump on the back of the third iteration -- Verizon and HTC haven't strayed too far from the design formula here. Aside from the Sense 4 firmware hiding inside the phone, the Incredible 4G LTE has little in common with its cousins, the One X and One S. Frankly, we're still left pondering if the carrier will come out with a version of its own, since we've seen the other three national powers get a high-profile device from the Taiwanese manufacturer.
We had a very similar feeling when holding the new Incredible, one easily related to how we felt with its predecessors. It's quite light, and it actually feels thinner than it really is. All in all, the phone is very comfortable to hold, and from our few minutes of using it, it seemed to be rather smooth. Naturally, as we expected, Verizon reps warned us that it's running on preliminary firmware at the moment, so we don't take a lot of stock in its performance, good or bad. All in all, it's exactly how we thought it would be -- a refreshed version of the Incredible 2, with a much better processor and a few other notable bumps in specs. Head below to check out a few images of Verizon's newest darling.
Update: Our hands-on video is now live after the break.
Myriam Joire contributed to this report.
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