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'Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' Extended Edition Adds A Little Footage And Tons Of Extras
As was the tradition with his "Lord of the Rings" movies, Peter Jackson will release an extended version of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" on November 5, right before the next movie, "The Desolation of Smaug," opens in theaters, and the first clip from that cut is already available! For those who may not have [...]
University of Utah scientist discovers terrifying ant species
Photo courtesy of John T. Longino, University of Utah | U. entomologist Jack Longino has discovered and identified 33 new ant species, including this Octostruma convallis, which boasts sideways-moving jaws.
Their wedge-shaped faces are like spine-covered shields that end with beak-like jaws bristling with sharp teeth.
"They look a little like the monster in ?Alien.? They?re horrifying to look at up close," says University of Utah biology professor Jack Longino. "That?s sort of what makes them fun."
Longino, an entomologist, has identified 33 new species of predatory ants from Central America and the Caribbean, according to a statement from the U. He named the monstrous-looking creatures after ancient Mayan gods and demons.
But while the ants might look fierce under the microscope, they are also tiny ??less than 1/12 to 1/25 of an inch long, far smaller than a grain of rice or common household ants.
They?re also nearly blind, with primitive eyes that detect light but not images, and live in the rotting wood and dead leaves on Central American forest floors. Researchers collect the ants by sifting through the dirt with specialized tools. It?s not clear how the ants find their prey, but it?s thought they coat themselves in a thin layer of clay for camouflage.
Once they catch it, though, the insects don?t exactly eat their prey, which researchers presume are soft-bodied insects, spiders, millipedes and centipedes. Adults only consume liquids, so they bring the hapless bugs back to their larvae, which eat the prey and regurgitate it so it can be eaten by the adults.
Longino identified and named 14 new species of the ant genus Eurhopalothrix in a study published online Monday in the journal Zootaxa. It has also accepted a second, upcoming study by Longino identifying 19 new ant species from the genus Octostruma, bringing his career-long total of new ant species discovered to 131.
The ants? namesakes include Zipacna, a violent, crocodile-like Mayan demon; Xibalba, or a "place of fear," for an underworld ruled by death gods, and Hunhau, a Mayan death god.
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NTSB gets complaints about air crash attorneys
FILE - This Saturday, July 6, 2013 aerial file photo shows the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Officials are looking into whether some attorneys may have violated a U.S. law barring uninvited solicitation of air disaster victims in the first 45 days after an accident in connection with the crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco. The National Transportation Safety Board says it has received an unspecified number of complaints about solicitations since the July 6 accident that killed three Chinese teenage girls and injured 180. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
FILE - This Saturday, July 6, 2013 aerial file photo shows the wreckage of the Asiana Flight 214 airplane after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Officials are looking into whether some attorneys may have violated a U.S. law barring uninvited solicitation of air disaster victims in the first 45 days after an accident in connection with the crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco. The National Transportation Safety Board says it has received an unspecified number of complaints about solicitations since the July 6 accident that killed three Chinese teenage girls and injured 180. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
FILE - In this Saturday, July 6, 2013, file photo provided by passenger Benjamin Levy, passengers from Asiana Airlines flight 214 are treated by first responders on the tarmac just moments after the plane crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Officials are looking into whether some attorneys may have violated a U.S. law barring uninvited solicitation of air disaster victims in the first 45 days after an accident in connection with the crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco. The National Transportation Safety Board says it has received an unspecified number of complaints about solicitations since the July 6 accident that killed three Chinese teenage girls and injured 180. (AP Photo/Benjamin Levy)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Officials are looking into whether some attorneys may have violated a U.S. law barring uninvited solicitation of air disaster victims in the first 45 days after an accident in connection with the crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco.
The National Transportation Safety Board says it has received an unspecified number of complaints about solicitations since the July 6 accident that killed three Chinese teenage girls and injured 180.
NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said the complaints involved attorney websites directed at passengers of the flight and reports of attorneys approaching passengers in person to solicit business. He said the NTSB reported one firm, Chicago-based Ribbeck Law Chartered, to the Illinois agency that regulates attorneys for further investigation of its online communications and in-person meetings with passengers.
"We have investigated every report of alleged attorney misconduct we have received, and if the evidence suggests a violation we forwarded it to the appropriate state ... association for further review," Holloway said, declining to elaborate on exactly why Ribbeck was referred.
So far, Ribbeck is the only firm the NTSB has referred for further examination. Holloway declined to name or say how many other law firms the agency received complaints about.
Ribbeck attorney Monica Kelly said the firm legally and ethically obtained all its clients related to the crash and that all initiated contact with the firm, which she said has represented victims in previous airline accidents. The firm is investigating what caused the crash on behalf of 83 passengers, according to a filing in Illinois state court.
"We were invited by Chinese government officials in China and the United States, including their local diplomats, to meet their Chinese nationals to represent them," Kelly said in an email to The Associated Press. She said the firm's representative in Shanghai also was "contacted by a group of families affected by this tragedy seeking legal representation."
Kelly did not respond to additional messages from the AP requesting comment specifically related to the NTSB's action.
William Wang, Ribbeck's Shanghai-based lawyer, told the AP that he talked to passengers and their families in China.
"I told them that USA would be the right place to sue instead of China or Korea. I told them that even the ones who had not been injured could sue as well, because there could be mental effects," Wang said in an interview. "I gave them the files which had been offered by Ribbeck Law in USA, and I did the translation."
At issue is a 1996 federal law that lays out the responsibilities airline companies and the NTSB have in assisting victims and their families after an air disaster. The law was passed after victims' families complained that airline companies and the government kept them in the dark about the status of their loved ones for too long after several high-profile disasters.
The law also addressed rising complaints about unseemly attorney behavior by barring uninvited solicitations for 30 days. The moratorium was extended to 45 days in 2000. Lawyers can be punished with a fine of up to $1,000 for each violation.
It is legal for victims themselves to initiate a consultation, or hire lawyers, during the 45-day period.
"Aviation accidents are considered especially ripe for voluminous, concerted and aggressive solicitation" because of the publicity, the availability of passenger manifests and the potential for large recoveries, said Brian Havel, who heads DePaul University's International Aviation Law Institute.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General has launched solicitation probes previously and referred cases to federal prosecutors. Two attorneys each paid $5,000 to settle a case alleging they violated the 45-day rule after Colgan Flight 3407 crashed in 2009 approaching Buffalo Airport in New York, killing all 49 people aboard.
Holloway said that NTSB referred Ribbeck to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission because the "state could best address this issue."
DOT inspector general spokesman Dave Wonnenberg said the office doesn't confirm or deny the existence of investigations. James Grogan, chief counsel of the Illinois agency, also said his organization neither confirms nor denies investigations.
Bian Zhouzhou, vice consul at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, said he agreed to meet with some of Ribbeck's U.S. lawyers after Wang contacted him and asked for a meeting. Bian said he didn't facilitate any meetings between passengers and Ribbeck lawyers. Instead, he said he met briefly three weeks ago with a few lawyers in the lobby of a hotel near the San Francisco airport where many Chinese passengers were staying following the accident.
Bian said the Ribbeck lawyers described their expertise in air disaster litigation and left him with documents describing the firm's practice areas. Bian said he put the documents in a temporary office the consulate had at the hotel.
"Our consulate has the duty to forward information to our citizens who have difficulties in the United States," Bian said. He said he also has met with at least one other law firm, which he declined to name.
Wang used Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, to discuss the Asiana crash.
"Entrusted by American lawyers, I request that Asiana Airlines air crash families contact me," Wang wrote in Chinese on the morning of July 11. "This air crash happened in the United States and involves complicated legal issues. I request that families act with extra caution in the claims settlement that will follow. I hope that things will go smoothly for everyone!"
Wang later posted another message on Sina Weibo explaining that "lawyers in Chicago who specialize in air crashes" would be visiting Asiana passengers and their families at a hotel near the San Francisco airport.
"This is a good opportunity to handle the follow-up from the air crash," Wang wrote.
In an interview, Wang declined to comment on whether his blog posts may have violated the 45-day rule. However, he said that he believed the rule unfairly gives airline companies the opportunity to offer passengers settlements in amounts less than they deserve in return for the passengers relinquishing their rights to join lawsuits.
He said passengers should have the right to the best possible legal advice before entering into such an agreement.
"After the plane crash happened, if we were to strictly follow the 45-day rule and wait until the period is over, the rights of the victims and their families would have long been hurt by some greedy insurance companies, which could have fooled them into signing settlements," said Wang. "The 45-day rule is actually an unjust one for the victims."
The NTSB's Holloway would not comment on Wang's communications.
Professor Richard Zitrin, who teaches legal ethics at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, said Wang's communications may be a violation of the moratorium even though they occurred on foreign soil.
On July 15, nine days after the crash, Ribbeck filed a petition for discovery in Illinois state court against Boeing. It names 30 of the passengers the firm represents but says it is on behalf of all 83 of its clients. It's not a lawsuit but a mechanism to preserve evidence in case a lawsuit is filed, and it was the first reported court action connected to Asiana Flight 214.
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AP Writer Ian Mader reported from Beijing. AP researcher Fu Ting in Shanghai and reporter Gillian Wong and news assistant Zhao Liang in Beijing contributed to this story.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
BMJ editorial: India's research participant protection policy
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In an editorial published online today in BMJ, Johns Hopkins bioethicist Jeremy Sugarman and other experts warn that action is urgently needed to deal with possible unintended consequences of India's new policy protecting research participants.
Passed earlier this year, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act (First Amendment) Rules, was meant to mitigate ethical concerns with potential serious consequences for public health, as well as India's viability as a continued global leader in clinical research. However, Sugarman and his co-authors highlight specific concerns that could lead to the policy having the opposite effect, including a table of the policy's "Conditions attributable to clinical trial injury or death." One of these is "use of placebo in a placebo controlled trial," to which the authors respond that "placebos are not necessarily harmful. Indeed the use of a placebo is often the only way of truly assessing whether the agent under study is associated with undue risk or significant benefit."
Among the authors other concerns is the policy's call to compensate research participants for injury for "failure of investigational product to provide intended therapeutic benefit," arguing that the purpose of the trial is to determine just that.
The authors give short and anticipated long-term ramifications of the policy, noting that at least 35 collaborative research projects funded by the US National Institutes of Health have been suspended since March 2013, most investigating large scale public health problems. They also note that India is the main supplier of antiretrovirals to donor supported HIV treatment programs in developing countries, and the dramatic fall in clinical trial applications that is already taking place could have a ripple effect on the availability of registered drugs.
"It is essential that the unintended consequences of the new policy are dealt with effectively but rapidly," the authors write. "The relevance, impact, and quality of global health research have been greatly strengthened by engagement of Indian scientists and participation of Indian research volunteers. Advances in health research need India's leadership and participation."
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Jeremy Sugarman: http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/people/jeremy-sugarman-4
About the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics:
One of the largest bioethics centers in the world, the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics is the home for collaborative scholarship and teaching on the ethics of clinical practice, public health and biomedical science at Johns Hopkins University. Since 1995, the Institute has worked with governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations and private sector organizations to address and resolve ethical issues. Institute faculty members represent such disciplines as medicine, nursing, law, philosophy, public health and the social sciences. More information is available at http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org.
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Experts say action needed urgently to ensure new policy does not backfire
In an editorial published online today in BMJ, Johns Hopkins bioethicist Jeremy Sugarman and other experts warn that action is urgently needed to deal with possible unintended consequences of India's new policy protecting research participants.
Passed earlier this year, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act (First Amendment) Rules, was meant to mitigate ethical concerns with potential serious consequences for public health, as well as India's viability as a continued global leader in clinical research. However, Sugarman and his co-authors highlight specific concerns that could lead to the policy having the opposite effect, including a table of the policy's "Conditions attributable to clinical trial injury or death." One of these is "use of placebo in a placebo controlled trial," to which the authors respond that "placebos are not necessarily harmful. Indeed the use of a placebo is often the only way of truly assessing whether the agent under study is associated with undue risk or significant benefit."
Among the authors other concerns is the policy's call to compensate research participants for injury for "failure of investigational product to provide intended therapeutic benefit," arguing that the purpose of the trial is to determine just that.
The authors give short and anticipated long-term ramifications of the policy, noting that at least 35 collaborative research projects funded by the US National Institutes of Health have been suspended since March 2013, most investigating large scale public health problems. They also note that India is the main supplier of antiretrovirals to donor supported HIV treatment programs in developing countries, and the dramatic fall in clinical trial applications that is already taking place could have a ripple effect on the availability of registered drugs.
"It is essential that the unintended consequences of the new policy are dealt with effectively but rapidly," the authors write. "The relevance, impact, and quality of global health research have been greatly strengthened by engagement of Indian scientists and participation of Indian research volunteers. Advances in health research need India's leadership and participation."
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Read the editorial in BMJ: http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f4841.pdf%2Bhtml
Jeremy Sugarman: http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/people/jeremy-sugarman-4
About the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics:
One of the largest bioethics centers in the world, the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics is the home for collaborative scholarship and teaching on the ethics of clinical practice, public health and biomedical science at Johns Hopkins University. Since 1995, the Institute has worked with governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations and private sector organizations to address and resolve ethical issues. Institute faculty members represent such disciplines as medicine, nursing, law, philosophy, public health and the social sciences. More information is available at http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org.
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Obama proposes 'grand bargain' for jobs
FILE - In this July 25, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at the Jacksonville Port in Jacksonville, Fla. President Barack Obama is extending a new proposal to Republicans that he hopes will break the political gridlock on budget negotiations, offering to cut corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
FILE - In this July 25, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at the Jacksonville Port in Jacksonville, Fla. President Barack Obama is extending a new proposal to Republicans that he hopes will break the political gridlock on budget negotiations, offering to cut corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is extending a new proposal to Republicans that he hopes will break the political gridlock on budget negotiations, offering to cut corporate tax rates in exchange for job investments.
White House officials say just because they're at an impasse with congressional Republicans over a grand bargain on reducing the deficit doesn't mean they shouldn't look for other areas of agreement. So Obama plans to use a trip to an Amazon.com distribution center in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday to propose a "grand bargain for middle-class jobs."
Obama long has called for a cut in corporate tax rates, but previously insisted such business tax reform be coupled with an individual tax overhaul. He's dropping that demand and says instead that he's open to the corporate tax cut that that businesses crave. But he wants it to be coupled with a significant investment on some sort of job creation program, such as manufacturing, infrastructure or community colleges.
House Speaker John Boehner's office said Obama's proposals were hardly a compromise.
"This proposal allows President Obama to support President Obama's position on taxes and President Obama's position on spending, while leaving small businesses and American families behind," Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said.
Congressional Republicans have long insisted on tying corporate and individual tax reform so that small business owners who use the individual tax code would be offered cuts along with large corporations.
Senior administration officials described the corporate tax proposal as the first new economic idea Obama plans to offer in the coming months, with budget deadlines looming in the fall. Administration officials wouldn't put a price tag on the proposal or say how much would be a "significant" investment in jobs since the dollar figures would be part of negotiations with Congress. But in an example from this year's State of the Union address, Obama proposed $50 billion to put Americans to work repairing roads and bridges and other construction jobs.
The officials said money to pay for the jobs creation would come from a one-time revenue boost from measures such as changing depreciation rules or having a one-time fee on earnings held overseas.
"As part of his efforts to focus Washington on the middle class, today in Tennessee the president will call on Washington to work on a grand bargain focused on middle-class jobs by pairing reform of the business tax code with a significant investment in middle-class jobs," Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said.
Obama planned to make his remarks from an Amazon fulfillment center in Chattanooga, one of more than a dozen warehouses operated by the world's largest online retailer, which announced Monday that it would increase hiring. The company said it would add 7,000 new jobs, including 5,000 more at U.S. distribution centers that currently employ about 20,000 workers who pack and ship customer orders. Amazon.com Inc. has been spending heavily on order fulfillment to help its business grow.
Obama planned to tour the packing floor of the Chattanooga warehouse, which opened in September 2011. It is one of the company's largest and newest facilities, with more than 1 million square feet ? the size of more than 28 football fields full of merchandise.
The plant was the source of tax controversy when it opened; Amazon originally was granted an indefinite waiver on collecting sales tax in a deal to bring two distribution centers to Tennessee. The state's retailers were outraged that they were put at a competitive disadvantage, and Amazon has agreed to start collecting Tennessee sales tax next year.
The White House said Obama wasn't visiting Amazon because of the company's position on taxes, but because it's an example of a successful American business growing and creating more jobs.
Obama proposed last year to overhaul corporate taxes by lowering rates from the current 35 percent to 28 percent, with an even lower effective tax rate of 25 percent for manufacturers. The U.S. has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world, but many businesses avoid the full cost by taking advantage of deductions, credits and exemptions that Obama wants to eliminate.
Obama wants to do away with corporate tax benefits like oil and natural gas industry subsidies, special breaks for the purchase of private jets and certain corporate tax shelters. He also wants to impose a minimum tax on foreign earnings, a move opposed by multinational corporations and perhaps the most contentious provision in the president's plan.
And the president has made little progress toward getting Republicans to sign on to a "grand bargain" of tax increases and spending cuts to reduce the deficit.
When Obama unveiled the corporate tax plan last year, congressional Republicans called for even deeper cuts for the business world. His campaign rival, Mitt Romney, wanted a 25 percent corporate tax rate.
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US economy grows at 1.7 pct. pace in 2nd quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The U.S. economy grew from April through June at a modest seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.7 percent, as businesses spent more and the federal government cut less.
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that growth improved from a 1.1 percent rate in the January-March quarter, which was revised from an initial 1.8 percent rate.
While growth remains sluggish, the pickup was surprising as most economists predicted a far weaker second quarter. And it suggests the economy could accelerate later this year as businesses step up spending and the drag from steep government cuts fade.
The second quarter figure indicates "the recovery is gaining momentum," Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics, said in a note to clients.
Businesses increased their spending 4.6 percent in the second quarter after cutting by the same amount in the previous quarter. And spending on home construction grew 13.4 percent, in line with the previous quarter.
At the same time, the federal government cut spending only 1.5 percent after an 8.4 percent plunge in the first quarter. And state and local governments increased spending for the first time in a year.
The biggest part of the economy is consumer spending and that grew more slowly in the second quarter. And a surge in imports reduced growth by the most in three years.
Still, economists are hopeful consumer spending will rebound and growth could improve to around 2.5 percent in the third and fourth quarters.
There were signs in the report that companies expect demand to pick up. Businesses added to their stockpiles in the second quarter, which is typically a sign they foresee greater sales.
The government also released comprehensive revisions that updated the nation's gross domestic product, or GDP, over the last several decades. Those figures showed that the economy grew at a stronger 2.8 percent in 2012, up from an earlier estimate of 2.2 percent. Last year's first quarter was revised much higher, while the economy barely expanded in the fourth quarter.
GDP is the broadest measure of the nation's output of goods and services, including everything from manicures to industrial machinery.
Other recent data have been encouraging and suggest that growth will continue to improve.
Home construction, sales and prices have been growing since early last year. Americans purchased newly built homes in June at the fastest pace in five years. That's raised builder confidence to a seven-year high, which should lead to increases in construction and more jobs.
Overall hiring has accelerated this year. Employers have added an average of 202,000 jobs a month from January through June. That's up from 180,000 in the previous six months.
And auto sales topped 7.8 million in the first six months of 2013, the best first-half total since 2007. Analysts expect sales will stay strong for the rest of the year.
There are threats to the better outlook. Unemployment is still high at 7.6 percent, limiting consumer spending. And budget fights in Washington could lead to a government shutdown this fall, potentially disrupting the economy.
Federal Reserve officials have forecast better growth in the second half of the year. And Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has said that the central bank could begin to scale back its bond purchases later this year if the economy strengthens. But Fed officials typically put greater weight on employment and inflation data than the GDP figures.
The Fed concludes a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, at which point it could clarify its interest-rate policies.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
How Will The Affordable Care Act Impact Your Small Business ...
TROY (WWJ) ? Sorting out how the Affordable Care Act will impact your business can be complicated, but there are plenty of resources available to help you do that.
WWJ Newsradio 950 has partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to provide free forums to help small business owners learn more about providing coverage for employees.
Khaled Kteily, a senior consultant with the management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, says?the first thing business owners must to is get informed.
?Step one is getting online, talking to an agent, finding the resources online and taking a step-by-step view to it ? ? Kteily?said. ?Am I a small business owner? Yes or no. That determines whether or not they?d be eligible for paying the penalty, potential for not offering coverage.?
If you are a small business owner with?fewer than 50 employees, you can learn more at a?seminars hosted by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in August and September.?Find a seminar and sign up at this link.?
(Others looking to get better-informed about the Affordable Care Act,?click here.)
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