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China Set To Launch Spacecraft This Month For Manned Space Docking

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China is preparing to launch a manned space flight to an orbiting space laboratory in the middle of this month, according to state media reports and China's human spaceflight agency.

A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou 9 capsule has been moved to a launch pad in the north-west of the country, and according to state news agency Xinhua, it will carry three astronauts to the mini-space station Tiangong-1, which has been circling Earth unmanned since its launch last year.

"The Shenzhou 9 will perform our country's first manned space docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong 1 space lab module," the Xinhua news agency quoted Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China's manned space program, as saying.

According to BBC News, this would be China's fourth manned space flight and its first since 2008. It became only the third country to independently send a man into space in 2003.

"It means China's spacecraft will become a genuine manned shuttle tool between space and Earth. It can send human beings to space stations or space labs. This will be a significant step in China's manned space flight history," Zhou said.

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A spokesperson told Xinhua news agency that in the next few days, scientists will conduct functional tests on the spacecraft and the rocket, as well as joint tests on selected astronauts, spacecraft, rocket and ground systems.

China completed a difficult space docking maneuver last year, when an unmanned craft docked with the Tiangong 1 or "Heavenly Body" by remote control. The astronauts onboard the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft will also dock with the Tiangong 1 and carry out scientific experiments on board.

Niu Hongguang, deputy commander-in-chief of the country's manned space program, said in March that the three-person crew might include female astronauts. However, the final selection would be decided "on the very last condition," Xinhua reported.

Tiangong 1 space laboratory module meanwhile is a prototype space station designed to test the technologies required for a much larger space station complex currently under development. The Tiangong 1 module is 34 feet long (10.4 meters), 11 feet wide (3.35 m) and weighed about 8.5 metric tons, Space.com reprted.

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Rich Hill Experiences Discomfort With Surgically Repaired Left Elbow, Heads to the 15-Day Disabled List

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BOSTON -- Rich Hill has an appointment scheduled with Dr. James Andrews on Monday.

That rendezvous alone isn't a positive sign. But after being sidelined for a year with Tommy John surgery -- for his elbow -- the Red Sox reliever sensed tightness once again in his left elbow.

As a result of the discomfort, Hill will visit Andrews, the same surgeon who performed the procedure. It prompted the Red Sox to place Hill on the 15-day disabled list and recall Mark Melancon from Triple-A Pawtucket.

Hill first experienced the tightness three weeks ago, according to Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine.

"It bothered him a little, and then it went away and there was no problem," Valentine said. "I heard of it one of those days where I didnt use him for three days or so, and then he said he was fine, and then I think it was five days since he was in a game the other day."

That appearance was Friday, during the series opener against the Nationals. In the outing, Hill surrendering two hits but pitched a scoreless inning. He also racked up his 11th strikeout of the season.

Although Valentine didn't notice anything different with Hill, the skipper said the late breaking movement on the southpaw's curveball was different. Hill unleashed four curveballs in a sequence against Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper.

When approached by reporters at his locker, Hill declined comment until after his meeting with Andrews.

"I don't have any answers right now," Hill said.

His absence leaves two lefties in the bullpen -- Franklin Morales and Andrew Miller. Prior to the revelation of Hill's injury, Valentine expressed his intention to stretch out Morales into long relief and possibly an occasional spot start.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bonnaroo 2012: Veteran Rockers Give It Their All

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An already-energized crowd was made even more so by the strange pre-show performance of Carrie the Salsa Dancing Dog. Only at Bonnaroo could such a thing lead directly into latest hit "Monarchy of Roses." Marking a long-overdue notch on the festival's headliner ledger, the Chili Peppers played with a vigor levels above their usual arena tour stop.

Flea leapt around and played his bass like a man possessed, as transitions into classics like "Can't Stop" received rhythmically conscious extended intros. The core four of the band brought new dimensions with a fuller sound broadcasted through the inclusion of keyboard player and an additional percussionist.

"Come on, Tennessee, yeah! Be kind and gentle to your neighbor," implored a smiling Flea introducing drummer Chad Smith, who soloed straight into "Dani California." Anthony Kiedis' shirt made it through exactly two songs.

The latest entry into the Chili Pepper discography, I'm With You, seemed to produce the premium cohesiveness possible within the instrumental unit, which made sense, seeing as it's the first album featuring new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. Tracks like "Look Around" and "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" thundered with a fresh RHCP brand funk.

"Last night I was standing out there, and Radiohead was so fucking beautiful," remarked Flea, once again pointing out to the capacity-filled main stage field before launching into "Throw Away Your Television."

A field of lighters ignited the cool southern night as Kiedis cooed the opening lines of the building "Under The Bridge," which was immediately followed by their mid-set rendition of rollicking jumper "Higher Ground".

After closing out the primary set with a mosh-baiting "By The Way," Flea came out walking on his hands for the encore, eventually flipping his stance and leading the band into a jam resulting in "Suck My Kiss." Two songs later, the Chili Peppers said goodbye to the Bonnaroo masses with live staple "Give It Away," walking off stage with cheers and fireworks popping out from all directions.

It's not every band that has the pull and status to hold down Bonnaroo's coveted Saturday night headlining slot. And although Red Hot Chili Peppers as a group are older than the festival itself, there's still only so many new ventures for a veteran act like themselves to hold court over. As a result, the give-it-all effort put forth by the Chili Peppers will go down in Bonnaroo lore as another worthy addition to fest's, and the band's, storied lineage.

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NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter puts itself into standby safe mode

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ScienceDaily (June 10, 2012) NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a precautionary standby status early Friday, June 8, Universal Time (Thursday evening, Pacific Time), when the spacecraft detected unexpected characteristics in movement of one of its reaction wheels. The spacecraft uses three of these wheels as the primary method for adjusting and maintaining its orientation. It carries a spare reaction wheel.

Odyssey's flight team is in communication with the spacecraft while planning actions in response to Odyssey entering the standby status, which is called safe mode.

"The spacecraft is safe, and information we've received from it indicates the problem is limited to a single reaction wheel," said Odyssey Mission Manager Chris Potts of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "The path forward is evaluating the health of the reaction wheel and our options for proceeding."

Because the trigger for the incident was limited to a reaction wheel, the spacecraft did not need to completely reboot its computer, as it had in some earlier safing incidents during its record-setting decade of service at Mars. The flight team will be developing a recovery timeline in coming days.

NASA launched the Mars Odyssey spacecraft on April 7, 2001. Odyssey arrived at Mars Oct. 24, 2001. After arrival, the spacecraft spent several months using a technique called aerobraking, which involved dipping into the Martian atmosphere to adjust its orbit. In February 2002, science operations began. Odyssey has worked at Mars longer than any other mission in history. Besides conducting its own scientific observations, it serves as a communication relay for robots on the surface of Mars. NASA plans to use Odyssey and the newer Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as communication relays for the Mars Science Laboratory mission during the landing and Mars-surface operations of that mission's Curiosity rover.

Odyssey is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft. JPL and Lockheed Martin collaborate on operating the spacecraft. For more about the Mars Odyssey mission, visit: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey .

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NASA Surpasses Test Facility Record With J-2X Powerpack Test

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June 10, 2012

Image Caption: During a record-breaking test on June 8, 2012, engineers throttled the J-2X powerpack up and down several times to explore numerous operating points required for the fuel and oxidizer turbopumps. The results of this test will be useful for determining performance and hardware life for the J-2X engine turbopumps. Credit: NASA/SSC

NASAs Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., broke its own record Friday when it conducted a test on the new J-2X powerpack. The test lasted for 1,150 seconds, surpassing the previous record by more than a full minute.

For NASA, the test marked a milestone step in development of a next-generation rocket engine to carry humans deeper into space than ever before. For Stennis, the 19-minute, 10-second test represented the longest duration firing ever conducted in the centers A Test Complex.

This is the longest and the most complex J-2X test profile to date, said Mike Kynard, NASAs Space Launch System liquid engines element manager. By combining as many test objectives as we can, we aim to get the most out of every opportunity and work as affordability and efficiently as possible while maintaining a reasonable level of risk.

The powerpack is a system of components on the top portion of the J-2X engine, including the gas generator, oxygen and fuel turbopumps, and related ducts and valves. As designed, the powerpack system feeds the thrust chamber system, which produces engine thrust. By removing the thrust chamber assembly, including the main combustion chamber, main injector and nozzle, engineers can push more easily the turbomachinery components over a wide range of conditions to demonstrate durability and safety margins.

Setting a new record for the longest duration test on one of our stands in the A complex is a testament to the longevity and versatility of our testing facilities, said Randy Galloway, engineering and test director at Stennis. These stands, originally built in the 1960s to test the stages for the Apollo Program, then used for the Space Shuttle Program, now are being used to test for the next generation vehicle that will take us farther than we have ever gone.

This record-breaking test explored numerous operating points required for the fuel and oxidizer turbopumps. The results of this test will be useful for determining performance and hardware life for the J-2X engine turbopumps. The test also allowed operators to calibrate flow meters on the stand, which measure the amount of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen delivered to the powerpack.

Before the powerpack test, the longest firing in Stennis A Test Complex occurred in August 1989, with a 1,075-second test of a space shuttle main engine. The B Test Complex still claims the record for test duration at more than 2,000 seconds.

The J-2X engine is the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen rocket engine to be developed in four decades. It will power the upper stage of NASAs evolved Space Launch System, an advanced heavy-lift rocket that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earths orbit.

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NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 09 June 2012

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ISS On-Orbit Status 06/09/12

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - Crew off duty.

After wakeup, Gennady Padalka performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.

FE-5 Andr Kuipers conducted the regular (~weekly) inspection & maintenance, as required, of the CGBA-4 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 4) and CGBA-5 payloads in their ERs (EXPRESS Racks) at Lab O2 & O1, focusing on cleaning the muffler air intakes.

The six Exp-31 crewmembers joined in conducting the regular weekly three-hour task of thorough cleaning of their home, including COL (Columbus Orbital Laboratory) and Kibo JPM (JEM Pressurized Module). ["Uborka", usually done on Saturdays, includes removal of food waste products, cleaning of compartments with vacuum cleaner, damp cleaning of the SM dining table, other frequently touched surfaces and surfaces where trash is collected, as well as the sleep stations with a standard cleaning solution; also, fan screens and grilles are cleaned to avoid temperature rises. Special cleaning is also done every 90 days on the HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) bacteria filters in the Lab.]

As part of Uborka house cleaning, Oleg completed regular weekly maintenance inspection & cleaning of fan screens in the FGB (TsV2) plus Group E fan grilles in the SM (VPkhO, FS5, FS6, VP).

The CDR also handled the routine daily servicing of the SOZh system (Environment Control & Life Support System, ECLSS) in the SM. [Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists, among else, of checking the ASU toilet facilities, replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers, replacement of EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine containers and filling EDV-SV, KOV (for Elektron), EDV-ZV & EDV on RP flow regulator.]

FE-1 Padalka downlinked the video recording of yesterday's session with the Russian KPT-10 "Kulonovskiy Kristall" (Coulomb Crystal) experiment. [KPT-10 studies dynamic and structural characteristics of the Coulomb systems formed by charged dispersed diamagnetic macroparticles in the magnetic trap, investigating the following processes onboard the ISS RS (Russian Segment): condensed dust media, Coulomb crystals, and formation of Coulomb liquids due to charged macroparticles. Coulomb systems are structures following Coulomb's Law, a law of physics describing the electrostatic interaction between electrically charged particles. It was essential to the development of the theory of electromagnetism.]

Joe Acaba & Don Pettit got together for another hour of Exp-30/Exp-31 crew handover activities.

FE-3 & FE-6 had their weekly PFCs (Private Family Conferences), via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on an SSC laptop), Joe at ~11:10am, Don at ~2:20pm EDT.

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Before Deep Space, NASA Heads Deep Under Water

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Astronauts Shannon Walker and David Saint-Jacques test a probe in the waters off Key Largo, Fla. Their research may help NASA set foot on an asteroid someday.

Astronauts Shannon Walker and David Saint-Jacques test a probe in the waters off Key Largo, Fla. Their research may help NASA set foot on an asteroid someday.

NASA may have retired its shuttles, but it has its sights on sending astronauts deeper into space than ever before.

These voyages are years away, but on Monday, astronauts are heading underwater to take part in a simulation that will help them figure out how they might explore one possible new destination: a near-Earth asteroid.

It'll be the space agency's 16th NEEMO expedition NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations commanded by astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger. She flew on one of the last space shuttle missions, and even helped prepare Atlantis for its final launch.

"It was a very bittersweet time," says Metcalf-Lindenburger, who wants to go into space again. In the meantime, she's commanding a four-person crew that's putting on scuba gear instead of space suits. She says we all have to move on.

"Like in all things. I just had my daughter finish up her last day of preschool before she goes off to kindergarten. We have to shut chapters and begin new chapters and we had to do that in the space program, too," Metcalf-Lindenburger says.

Her crew will spend two weeks working underwater, which is the best approximation on this planet of what it would be like to operate in the zero gravity of an asteroid.

Their base will be an underwater lab called Aquarius. It's about the size of a school bus and sits 60 feet under the surface a few miles off the coast of Key Largo, Fla.

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Nanotechnologists develop a 'time bomb' to fight cardiovascular disease

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Atherosclerosis, resulting in a narrowing of the arteries and the development of cardiovascular disease, is the leading cause of death worldwide. Until now, no treatment could target diseased areas exclusively, in order to increase drug efficacy and reduce side effects. To help bridge this gap, a group of Swiss researchers from UNIGE, HUG and the University of Basel have developed a veritable 'time bomb,' a treatment that can recognize the diseased areas and treat only them.

In Switzerland, more than 20,000 people (37% of all deaths) die of cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis each year. Treatment options are currently available to people who suffer from the disease but no drug can target solely the diseased areas, often leading to generalized side effects. Intravenous injection of a vasodilator (a substance that dilates blood vessels), such as nitroglycerin, dilates both the diseased vessels and the rest of our arteries. Blood pressure can thus drop, which would limit the desired increased blood flow generated by vasodilatation of diseased vessels and needed for example during a heart attack.

In order to increase the effectiveness of treatments against atherosclerosis and to reduce side effects, a team of researchers from UNIGE, HUG and the University of Basel have developed nanocontainers having the ability to release their vasodilator content exclusively to diseased areas.

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Though no biomarker specific to atherosclerosis has been identified, there is a physical phenomenon inherent to stenosis (the narrowing of blood vessels) known as shear stress. This force results from fluctuations in blood flow induced by the narrowing of the artery and runs parallel to the flow of blood. It is by making use of this phenomenon that the team of researchers has developed a veritable time bomb, a nanocontainer which, under pressure from the shear stress in stenosed arteries, will release its vasodilator contents.

By rearranging the structure of certain molecules (phospholipids) in classic nanocontainers such as liposome, scientists were able to give them a lenticular shape as opposed to the normal spherical shape. In the form of a lens, the nanocontainer then moves through the healthy arteries without breaking. This new nanocontainer is perfectly stable, except when subjected to the shear stress of stenosed arteries. And that's exactly the intention of this technological advance. The vasodilator content is distributed only to the stenotic arteries, significantly increasing the efficacy of the treatment and reducing side effects. "In brief, we exploited a previously unexplored aspect of an existing technology. This research offers new perspectives in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease," explains Andreas Zumbuehl from the Department of Organic Chemistry at UNIGE.

"Nanomedicine is a discipline stemming from general nanoscience but which orients itself towards medical research. The interdisciplinary collaboration between chemistry, physics, basic science and clinical medicine in a highly technical environment could lead to a new era of research," states Till Saxer of the Cardiology and General Internal Medicine Departments at HUG.

"The nano component is present in all disciplines, but the most interesting aspect of nanomedicine is its overview allowing the development of clinical products that integrate this global medical point of view from the earliest onset of research projects," states Bert Mller, Director of the Biomaterials Science Centre (BMC) at Basel.

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How did scientists manage to change the shape of the nanocontainers so that they resemble a lens? By rearranging the structure of molecules, chemists at UNIGE replaced the ester bond that links the two parts of the phospholipid (head and tail), with an amide bond, an organic compound that promotes interaction among phospholipids. Once modified, the molecules are hydrated then heated to form a liquid sphere which will relax to solidify in the form of a lens upon cooling.

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Contact: Andreas Zumbuehl andreas.zumbuehl@unige.ch 41-223-796-719 Universit de Genve

In Switzerland, more than 20,000 people (37% of all deaths) die of cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis each year. Treatment options are currently available to people who suffer from the disease but no drug can target solely the diseased areas, often leading to generalized side effects. Intravenous injection of a vasodilator (a substance that dilates blood vessels), such as nitroglycerin, dilates both the diseased vessels and the rest of our arteries. Blood pressure can thus drop, which would limit the desired increased blood flow generated by vasodilatation of diseased vessels and needed for example during a heart attack.

In order to increase the effectiveness of treatments against atherosclerosis and to reduce side effects, a team of researchers from UNIGE, HUG and the University of Basel have developed nanocontainers having the ability to release their vasodilator content exclusively to diseased areas.

Nanotechnology in medicine

Though no biomarker specific to atherosclerosis has been identified, there is a physical phenomenon inherent to stenosis (the narrowing of blood vessels) known as shear stress. This force results from fluctuations in blood flow induced by the narrowing of the artery and runs parallel to the flow of blood. It is by making use of this phenomenon that the team of researchers has developed a veritable time bomb, a nanocontainer which, under pressure from the shear stress in stenosed arteries, will release its vasodilator contents.

By rearranging the structure of certain molecules (phospholipids) in classic nanocontainers such as liposome, scientists were able to give them a lenticular shape as opposed to the normal spherical shape. In the form of a lens, the nanocontainer then moves through the healthy arteries without breaking. This new nanocontainer is perfectly stable, except when subjected to the shear stress of stenosed arteries. And that's exactly the intention of this technological advance. The vasodilator content is distributed only to the stenotic arteries, significantly increasing the efficacy of the treatment and reducing side effects. In brief, we exploited a previously unexplored aspect of an existing technology. This research offers new perspectives in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease, explains Andreas Zumbuehl from the Department of Organic Chemistry at UNIGE.

Nanomedicine is a discipline stemming from general nanoscience but which orients itself towards medical research. The interdisciplinary collaboration between chemistry, physics, basic science and clinical medicine in a highly technical environment could lead to a new era of research, states Till Saxer of the Cardiology and General Internal Medicine Departments at HUG.

The nano component is present in all disciplines, but the most interesting aspect of nanomedicine is its overview allowing the development of clinical products that integrate this global medical point of view from the earliest onset of research projects, states Bert Mller, Director of the Biomaterials Science Centre (BMC) at Basel.

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Obey Benga’s "Funnies

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State Of Mind #1 | By Pittrz (SICK) – Video

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10-06-2012 09:30 CAN WE GET 100 LIKES FOR OUR FIRST CAMS?!?! Hey guys this is our first installment of State Of Mind, hope you enjoy. Thanks for all the feedback on the promo means a lot! We are so close to 300 subscribers! It would mean a lot if you subscribed! Also pin us on your subscription manager and don't miss an upload! We will have a RC out on Tuesday! So get ready! Thanks to the editor, Pittrz, go sub him here: Remember to Like, Comment and Subscribe!

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10-06-2012 11:21 Hey guys! sorry for not uploading a couple days ago, there was no new episodes out so i couldn't upload anything, if you dont mind i could always upload older episodes if you guys want. if not you might have to wait a little bit longer for new videos, anyways, as always like/comment/subscribe PLAYER: [EXTRA TAGS IGNORE] ExTrN Killcams : Episode 3 by ExTrN PanicEscape The Puzzlemaster | E003 | Zerkaa, Callux, KSI and TobiClash Of The Edits - It's Me OME Ep. 5 [Special]2 SICK Feeds In The Same Game On COD4!!Insane 3 Piece On Afghan With An All Pro!!DareCams : Episode 54Introducing Just Drem!Excel Promo By Obey Riisq. (Insane)Toxyc Krz - Get KRZY! Episode 1 - by MiztAmen Recruitment Challenge PS3 & XBOX [syp]Obey: 100k Community Montage "OurScopes Are Broke" [100th Video Special]TraMa Redrum: 1st Degree Murder #2GET PAID TO TRICKSHOT!!Obey Rainn | B"Rain" Storming : Ep.3Introducing Cre8v_Niick - Niick's Style Episode 6Style and Simplicityâ„¢Cams #20 by SS QeeZi [INSANE]Auto Zeek: "Zeeks Style" - Episode 8Synergy_BF: ''Footprints'' - Episode 4Setting Standards #14 | by ZorahColtCams #31 by Jxbba & WaynFantazy_Spar | Under The Tree #10Auto Quake: "Quake and Bake" - Episode 6TraMa Sky: Sky High #2 By EcxnoDare Mato: Multi-Cod Montage Trailer

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Sun.Star Cebu to hold jobs fair

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AS PART of its 30th anniversary celebration, Sun.Star Cebu with the Department of Manpower Development and Placement and the Department of Labor and Employment will hold a job fair on Tuesday.

Dubbed the Kalayaan Job Fair to also commemorate Independence Day, organizers are expecting over 1,000 jobseekers to find positions from 52 participating employers. The jobs fair will be held at the covered court of the Cebu City Sports Complex from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Girlie Veloso, who is head coordinator of the job fair, said Sun.Star Cebu, which leads local dailies in the classified ads market, hoped to help their advertisers by holding the job fair.

The classified ads section of the newspaper is one of the most popular sections of the paper, which led the company to put up its own website dedicated to jobseekers, she said. The site, jobs.sunstar.com.ph, was set up last year. Veloso said over 6,000 resums have been uploaded.

Veloso said only Sun.Star advertisers are allowed access to the resums.

While applicants wait for their turn to be interviewed, Veloso said they can upload their resums to the Sun.Star jobs website using 40 computers that will be made available at the venue.

Applicants need only to bring copies of their school records. Veloso said there are also positions available for those who have not graduated from college.

She said that all applicants had to do was fill-up forms and wait for their turn to be screened and interviewed.

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Roots and Branches: Move over Google, here's Mocavo

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While I'm a big believer that you can find a lot of stuff that you need in life simply by Googling it, there's no doubt in my mind that you can also get caught up in a lot of irrelevant or even flat-out erroneous information by relying on an Internet search for your data.

Another of the booths I visited in the exhibit hall at last month's National Genealogical Society conference was that of Mocavo, which bills itself as a search engine specially tailored to genealogists.

Michael J. Leclerc, Mocavo's chief genealogist, described the search engine as a way for family historians to target their Internet research time more effectively by giving more relevant searches.

"Because Mocavo only includes genealogically relevant sites in the index, it isn't necessary to sift out all of the Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube results, etc., when looking for your people," he said.

Subscribers to Mocavo have access to a "My Connections" section once they upload their family trees - which can be kept private or made public - to the site.

"The search engine works in the background to search for people in the tree," Leclerc said. "Results appear in the My Connections section."

Leclerc also noted that Mocavo keeps subscribers informed by e-mail of new possibilities.

"Hundreds of new sites are added each week," he said.

Another highlight available to American subscribers is that when a city or town is entered in the location field of the search engine, Mocavo comes up

Finally, Mocavo subscribers get access to a lot of advance search features including: "First Name Variants" (e.g., a search for Nancy also provides results for Ann);"Sounds Like" (metaphone search for surnames); and date range searches that allow researchers to narrow their focus more than other sites (plus or minus 10 years, 12 months, or 30 days).

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Vet medicine has $1.5 billion economic impact in Minn.

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June 10, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A new study that measured the financial impact of veterinary medicine in Minnesota finds it contributes $1.5 billion annually to the state's economy.

The report from the University of Minnesota Extension and Department of Applied Sciences attributes that figure to the economic activity generated by an estimated $680 million in annual combined wages and salaries of 14,500 people employed in the state's veterinary medicine industry.

The study found 10 of Minnesota's 87 counties do not have a private veterinary practice. Those practices account for the bulk of the veterinary workforce, employing 7,700 people in Minnesota with $550 million in salaries and wages.

The state Board of Animal Health; the Minnesota Zoo; and the state Departments of Health, Agriculture and Natural Resources employ 97 veterinarians and generate $24 million in economic activity.

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Noted Medical Illustrator Gerald Hodge Dies at 91

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Gerald Parker Hodge, a pioneering, world-renowned medical illustrator and fine artist who specialized in "fool the eye" paintings, has died at his home in Michigan, his daughter said. He was 91.

Hodge died Thursday in Ann Arbor after a fight with cancer, said his daughter and caretaker, Melinda Hodge of Lock Haven, Pa. He was a longtime professor at the University of Michigan, where he founded the master's program in medical and biological illustration in 1964.

His medical and biological illustrations appeared in hundreds of journals and books and won repeated recognition from the Association of Medical Illustrators.

The students who came out of Hodge's program at Michigan came to dominate the field so much that five of the six accredited programs in the late 1990s were led by its graduates.

"He was a consummate teacher," said Gary P. Lees, chair of the medical illustration program at Johns Hopkins University who studied with Hodge at Michigan. "He was gentle yet authoritative with his students."

At the same time, Hodge became known in the field as an "artist's artist," someone who brought an aesthetic excellence to his applied work, as well as to his fine arts work in painting and other media, Lees said.

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Hodge's continued vigor and influence into his 90s was apparent when he gave a demonstration at the illustrators association's 2011 annual meeting in Baltimore.

"He was such a graphic master at these techniques that the young members just ganged around him," Lees said. "People knew that if they watched Gerald Hodge at work, they were surely going to learn something."

He also continued to exhibit his works until about six months before his death, when his final show was at Olivet College, his daughter said.

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Sky 73, Liberty 64

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NEWARK, N.J. -- The Chicago Sky had no need for any late-game heroics Sunday. After three consecutive come-from-behind victories, the Sky (6-1) grabbed a lead late in the opening quarter and maintained it the rest of the way in a 73-64 WNBA victory over the New York Liberty at the Prudential Center. The Sky's fifth straight win extended the best start in franchise history. Epiphanny Prince scored 26 points, Tamera Young had 12, and Sylvia Fowles collected her seventh straight double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Chicago improved to 4-0 on the road. Cappie Pondexter paced New York (3-6) with 22 points. Kia Vaughn had 16, and Essence Carson added 10. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak. The Sky trailed 11-8 midway through the opening quarter, but a Prince 3-pointer launched an 11-0 run that put the visitors firmly in command with a 19-14 lead after one quarter. Prince added 11 points in the second quarter to help her team to a 38-27 halftime advantage. The lead never slipped under nine points the rest of the way. The Sky return home Wednesday for a game with the Seattle Storm at Allstate Arena. Chicago travels to Indiana on Saturday. The Liberty plays at the Connecticut Sun on Friday.

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Sky 73, Liberty 64

Mauritius PM targets Chagos Islands sovereignty after Downing Street talks

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Navinchandra Ramgoolam says Mauritius wants to be equal partner in US-UK talks over islands including Diego Garcia Britain and Mauritius have set the stage for talks that could end one of the most shameful episodes in recent British history, the seizing of the Chagos Islands, including Diego Garcia, used by the US as a long-range bomber base and by the CIA for secret rendition flights. After ...

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