HTC 8XT with Windows Phone and BoomSound launching on Sprint this summer

HTC's bone-shaking BoomSound front facing speakers are making their way to Windows Phone later this year. The 8XT, which appears to be a slightly tweaked variant of last year's 8S, will launch on Sprint's 4G LTE network for $99.99 with a two-year contract -- after a $50 rebate card. Powered by a 1.4 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor paired up with 1GB of RAM, we want to say the 8XT has the same 4.3 inch 720p screen as its older cousin, but the spec sheet in our hands merely says "crisp". The front of the phone has a 1.6-megapixel camera, while the rear has an 8-megapixel shooter. You'll also have to make do with 8GB of memory for your music, but microSD expansion means you can easily make room for more.

Update: We can now confirm the 8XT has a 800 x 480 pixel resolution screen.

Gallery: HTC 8XT press images

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ANCA-ER Partners with 'Investors Against Genocide' to Encourage ...

BOSTON, Mass.?The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Eastern Region joined with Investors Against Genocide (IAG) this month in urging mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments to avoid investments in companies with ties to genocidal regimes worldwide.

ANCA-ER Executive Director Michelle Hagopian and ANC of Eastern Massachusetts activist Dikran Kaligian with supporters of Investors Against Genocide following the June 18 shareholder meeting at Fidelity.

Michelle Hagopian, the ANCA-ER?s executive director, and ANC of Eastern Massachusetts activist Dikran Kaligian represented the ANCA at Fidelity?s June 18 shareholder meeting as part of an outspoken group of anti-genocide advocates.

Six mutual funds recorded votes at Fidelity?s shareholder meeting on the proposal presented by IAG, which reads, ?Shareholders request that the Board institute transparent procedures to prevent holding investments in companies that, in management?s judgment, substantially contribute to genocide or crimes against humanity, the most egregious violations of human rights.? These funds bring to 40 the number of Fidelity funds that have had ?genocide-free investing? on their proxy ballot.

The preliminary voting results in favor of the proposal ranged from a high of 29.19 percent to a low of 24.13 percent, which are comparable to results on similar proposals at Fidelity in 2008 and 2009.

?Fidelity continues to own large positions in PetroChina, a company widely recognized as the largest business partner of the government of Sudan, which is currently bombing, starving, and displacing massive numbers of its own civilians in several regions,? said Eric Cohen, the chairperson of Investors Against Genocide.

?This year marks 10 years of the genocide in Darfur, and it is the 5^th year that Fidelity has opposed genocide-free investing. As a result, people investing with Fidelity are still inadvertently linked to companies tied to the atrocities in Sudan,? he said.

Fidelity?s website claims, ?We are sensitive to the ongoing tragedy occurring in Darfur and, like most others in the world, we are repulsed by genocide and all other crimes against humanity. ? That said, we have concluded that when it is appropriate to remain actively invested in a company, we will do so, thus retaining the ability to oppose company practices that we do not condone.?

?Fidelity?s anti-genocide statements need to be backed up by concrete action,? said Hagopian. ?Tuesday?s shareholder meeting showed that millions of Americans want their investments to be genocide-free. Mutual funds are the most common investment vehicle for family savings and retirement plans in America. The ANCA and IAG will continue to speak out at these shareholder meetings as part of an international campaign to end all financial support for genocidal regimes.?

Although federal law prevents U.S. oil companies (and most other U.S. companies) from operating in Sudan, Fidelity and other American financial institutions are major investors in the foreign oil companies involved in Sudan that are helping to fund that government?s continued genocide and crimes against humanity. As a result, ordinary investors, through their mutual funds, family savings, and pension plans entrusted to these financial institutions, are inadvertently investing in genocide.

IAG, a Boston-based non-profit organization coordinating the anti-genocide shareholder action at Fidelity and other financial institutions, including Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase, and Franklin Resources, is engaged in an effort to encourage legislation and regulatory changes to address investments in companies that help to fund genocide.?For more information, visit www.investorsagainstgenocide.org.

In March, the ANCA San Francisco-Bay Area teamed up with IAG to advance a similar anti-genocide proposal to shareholders at Franklin Resources, the parent company of Franklin Templeton mutual funds.

Source: http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/06/26/anca-er-partners-with-investors-against-genocide-to-encourage-genocide-free-investing-at-fidelity/

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Double-amputee vet's bike found one day after it was reported stolen

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Matt DeWitt's custom-made mountain bike was stolen in Alaska on Tuesday and found on Wednesday. It was specially made for him so that he can steer with his prosthetics and shift gears with his knees.

By Elisha Fieldstadt

A custom-made bike for a double amputee veteran was found Wednesday morning, after it had been stolen two days earlier along with four other vets? bikes in Alaska, police said.

The bike was built by an organization called Ride 2 Recovery for Matt DeWitt, an Army veteran who served six years in Afghanistan before losing his forearms. ?

DeWitt said the first time he rode it was Monday, the first day of an R2R-sponsored trip to Alaska. After the group locked it up in a U-haul truck outside of?their hotel that night, the bike was stolen, preventing DeWitt from participating in the remaining two rides during the trip.

John Wordin, founder of Ride 2 Recovery,?said that everywhere they went in Alaska, people knew about the bike from local media coverage. ?We had to make sure whoever had that bike knew exactly what it was and knew it was worthless to that person.?

Dani Myren, a spokeswoman for the Anchorage Police Department who had assisted the Ride 2 Recovery staff on Tuesday, said that Wednesday ?around 8:20 a.m., we received a call from a citizen who saw an unattended bicycle in Kincaid Park.?

She said the thief must have dropped it off after realizing he or she couldn't "really resell this without drawing attention to it.??

When?DeWitt got news that his bike had been turned in, Wordin said the vet was ?very, very excited and happy.?

On Tuesday, DeWitt had expressed his disappointment that, if the bike wasn't returned,?he wouldn't be able to train for an upcoming 100-mile race that he had been invited to enter in August.

Alison Valenziano, R2R?s director of administrative operations, was not sure they would even?be able to rebuild a bike for DeWitt before the race.

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Scott?Moro, the technician who built the bike?said that designing and modifying it took about three months. When he heard the police had found?the bike, "I screamed out 'woohoo,'? Moro said.

Wordin said he and Moro actually?may have been more happy than DeWitt when they heard the news.?The two men had struggled to figure out how to help DeWitt steer with his prosthetics and shift gears with his knees.

?It was super, super-cool ? it took a long time to perfect,? Wordin said.

Valenziano said the bike was worth more than $10,000, not including Moro and Wordin's time and labor.

?The cool thing is that this is the special bike,? Myren said, adding: ?I don?t want to minimize that the other bikes are missing.?

Myren said the officer who recovered the bike confirmed it was, in fact, DeWitt?s -- and then took fingerprints from the bike, in hope that it would lead him to the remaining four missing bikes.

Police were trying to track down the group in order to get the bike back to DeWitt, Myren said. The group had gone on a daytrip ?right after they heard? the bike had been turned in, said Valenziano.

Myren said the bike wasn't terribly damaged, but police were working?to make?sure they could??present it to the gentleman in full operational order,? so DeWitt could resume riding as soon as he gets it back.

Ride 2 Recovery gives mountain bikes to veterans to help them overcome their physical and mental wounds, said Valenziano. She said they have modified bikes for vets without arms, vets without legs and even a tandem bike for a man who lost his sight at war.

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Thief takes custom-made bike made for double amputee veteran

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Matt DeWitt's custom-made mountain bike took three months to plan and build. It was stolen in Alaska on Tuesday but turned into police on Wednesday morning after someone spotted it in a park.

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MARC travel awards announced for the AAI 2013 Advanced Course in Immunology Meeting

Public release date: 26-Jun-2013
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Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Bethesda, MD FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for the American Association of Immunologists 2013 Advanced Course in Immunology meeting in Boston, MA from July 28-August 2, 2013. These awards are meant to promote the entry of students, postdoctorates and scientists from underrepresented groups into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at the American Association of Immunologists meeting.

Awards are given to poster/platform presenters and faculty mentors paired with the students/trainees they mentor. This year MARC conferred 6 awards totaling $11,100.

The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.

POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)
Mark Barnes, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine/Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Raimon Duran-Struuck, Columbia University [AAI member]
Dr. Azure Faucette, Wayne State University [AAI member]
Samantha Garcia, Thomas Jefferson University [AAI member]
Jose Suarez-Martinez, Michigan State University [AAI member]
Jaleisa Turner, Washington University in St. Louis [AAI member]

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FASEB is composed of 26 societies with more than 100,000 members, making it the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States. Our mission is to advance health and welfare by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to our member societies and collaborative advocacy.

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Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Bethesda, MD FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for the American Association of Immunologists 2013 Advanced Course in Immunology meeting in Boston, MA from July 28-August 2, 2013. These awards are meant to promote the entry of students, postdoctorates and scientists from underrepresented groups into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at the American Association of Immunologists meeting.

Awards are given to poster/platform presenters and faculty mentors paired with the students/trainees they mentor. This year MARC conferred 6 awards totaling $11,100.

The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.

POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)
Mark Barnes, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine/Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Raimon Duran-Struuck, Columbia University [AAI member]
Dr. Azure Faucette, Wayne State University [AAI member]
Samantha Garcia, Thomas Jefferson University [AAI member]
Jose Suarez-Martinez, Michigan State University [AAI member]
Jaleisa Turner, Washington University in St. Louis [AAI member]

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FASEB is composed of 26 societies with more than 100,000 members, making it the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States. Our mission is to advance health and welfare by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to our member societies and collaborative advocacy.

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Unraveling the largest outbreak of fungal infections associated with contaminated steroid injections

June 26, 2013 ? Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describe pathologic findings from 40 case reports of fungal infection in patients who had been given contaminated epidural, paraspinal, or intra-articular (into joints) steroid injections and correlate these findings with clinical and laboratory data. The report, published in the September issue of The American Journal of Pathology, alerts clinicians and the general public to the catastrophic dangers of contaminated epidural injections.

In September 2012, CDC began hearing multiple reports of fungal meningitis in patients following epidural steroid injections. By June 2013, 745 people had confirmed infections and 58 had died, making this the largest reported outbreak of infections associated with epidural and intra-articular injections.

After intensive investigation, the contamination was traced to more than 17,000 vials from three contaminated lots of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) originating from a single compounding pharmacy. More than 13,000 people were injected with the potentially contaminated drug. Most cases were attributable to Exserohilum rostratum, a dark-colored environmental mold that rarely infects humans.

Researchers, including the CDC's Exserohilum Infections Working Group, report that of 40 cases reviewed, 16 were fatal, and all except two fatal cases had a clinical diagnosis of meningitis. Autopsy examination showed extensive hemorrhage and necrosis (tissue decay) around the base of the brain and thrombi (clots) involving the basilar arterial circulation.

Tissue specimens from infected individuals showed inflammation of the leptomeninges (thin membranes lining the brain) and blood vessel walls within the brain. Distinctive abnormalities were observed around blood vessels, and fungus was found around and within arterial walls. Interestingly, fungus deep within the brain tissue itself was found in only one case.

Similar pathologic findings were seen at the epidural injection site. Fungus was not found in tissue samples taken from the heart, lung, liver, or kidney.

Investigators wondered why fungus injected in the spinal region should target the base of the brain. "The observation of abundant fungi in the perivascular tissues, but relatively low numbers of fungi inside blood vessels, suggests migration of fungus into, rather than out of, vessels at this location. This supports the hypothesis that Exserohilum migrates from the lumbar spine to the brain through the cerebrospinal fluid with subsequent vascular invasion, rather than migration through the vasculature," suggests Jana M. Ritter, DVM, a veterinary pathologist at the CDC's Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch.

In addition to characterizing the histopathology seen in this outbreak, the authors also provide practical information for pathologists, including an evaluation of various diagnostic methods to detect the fungal infection in tissues. Polyfungal immunohistochemistry (IHC) in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues (FFPE) was found to be the most sensitive method. IHC identified fungus in 100% of cases, compared with 43% by standard hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) and 95% with Grocott's methenamine silver (GMS) stains. Factors that may affect cellular inflammatory patterns and fungal concentration are discussed, and the authors note that their findings may reflect the simultaneous introduction of the fungus along with the steroid.

Contributors to the investigation also included researchers from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Louisville, KY and the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_health/~3/QMtULJpjAwA/130626113519.htm

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Obama, Turkey's Erdogan discuss Turkish protests, Syria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan this week spoke about recent unrest in Turkey, the White House said on Tuesday, discussing the situation for the first time since protests erupted in late May.

In a phone call on Monday, "the two leaders discussed the importance of non-violence and of the rights to free expression and assembly and a free press," the White House said in a statement.

The United States has repeatedly expressed concern about Turkey's crackdown on protesters but Monday's phone call is the first time the two leaders have spoken directly since the conflict began.

The protests initially began when police used force against campaigners opposed to plans to develop Istanbul's Gezi Park but they quickly evolved into a broad show of anger at what critics call Erdogan's growing authoritarianism.

On Tuesday, the anti-government protests continued as police detained 20 people in raids in the capital Ankara. So far, four people have been killed and 7,500 injured, the Turkish Medical Association estimates.

Erdogan has called the protests a plot against Turkey and has defended the police response, which has included tear gas and water cannons.

Obama and Erdogan also discussed Syria, "including the regime's use of chemical weapons against its own people," the White House said.

The two leaders said they were committed to "pursuing a political solution" in Syria and the need to support opposition groups "to improve their effectiveness," the statement said.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Brioni's looks for next summer inspired by Rome

MILAN (AP) ? Brioni designer Brendan Mullane explored artistic treasures of Rome ? from the Pantheon to the Vatican Museum ? to inspire his menswear collection for next summer.

From the Pantheon he took geometric shapes from the marble floor for inspiration for the pattern of a sweater. From the Vatican Museum he took the grays, dusty pinks and steel blues that caught his eye on an early morning visit, creating a summertime color palette he called "veiled Rome, " a contrast from the terra cottas and orange usually associated with the Eternal City.

Mullane, a 37-year-old Englishman who was previously head of menswear at Givenchy, was brought in last year to relaunch the traditional Roman brand that has long specialized in handmade suits.

"For me, it had become a bit quiet as a brand," Mullane said at a presentation Tuesday, the last day of Milan Fashion Week. "I want people to look at Brioni in a different way, to take it in a creative and contemporary direction using the Brioni language.

And that language is sartorial, based on the three-piece suit. Trousers are pleated and slightly high-waisted for a lean silhouette. And the shorts are based on pants that have been cut off, so the well-tailored Brioni man can feel comfortable in his skin even on vacation. No baggy Bermudas here. But there is a silk pajama.

Mullane develops the brand's contemporary look through fabrics, giving the collection what he called "the DNA imprint."

He starts, for example, with a classic silk tie, and working with an artisan textile maker develops that into a silk blouson jacket with a matte finish, then a step further into a woven panel on a leather travel bag, and yet another step into the belt. Each piece has the same intricate geometric pattern, with layers of color.

"You look at it, and you don't know why, but it really becomes three-dimensional," Mullane said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/brionis-looks-next-summer-inspired-rome-132219167.html

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