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Libertarians endorse 'Manhattan Madam'

Could a Libertarian one day replace New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg when the time comes? There's news that the Queens County Libertarian Party has "unanimously" endorsed Kristin M. Davis as its candidate for mayor of the Big Apple when voters go to the polls this November.

Miss Davis was once known as the "Manhattan Madam" and says she "supplied prostitutes for Eliot Spitzer, was convicted for promoting prostitution and served four months on Rikers Island."

Prompted by what she calls "inequities in our criminal justice system," Miss Davis became a Libertarian and ran for New York governor two years ago on a platform of decriminalizing marijuana, marriage equality and legalized casino gambling. She also supported Gary Johnson in the 2012 presidential race.

"The Queens Libertarian Party is the largest Libertarian group in the state and their early endorsement of Davis sets the tone for her to become the official Libertarian Party candidate in the 2013 New York City mayoral race," says the hopeful's campaign outreach materials released Monday.

Miss Davis is expected to announce her candidacy "early in 2013" and plans to oppose, among other things, Mr. Bloomberg's restrictions on sugary soft drinks and the New York Police Department's Stop and Frisk program, which permits police to patrol or make "trespass stops" at private residential buildings enrolled in the program.

The Manhattan Libertarian Party's annual convention, incidentally, is Saturday.

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China to survey islands disputed with Japan — Xinhua

BEIJING - China is to carry out a geographical survey of islands in the East China Sea at the center of a bitter dispute with Japan, state media said Tuesday.

The survey of the Diaoyu islands -- known as Senkakus in Japan, which controls them -- was part of a program to map China's "territorial islands and reefs," the Xinhua news agency said, citing a state geographical agency.

The maritime dispute, which has simmered off and on for years, intensified last year when the Japanese government nationalized islands in the small chain it did not already own, triggering anger and demonstrations in China.

The protests were allowed to take place by the Communist authorities in Beijing, who use nationalism to bolster their claims to legitimacy, particularly regarding Japan, which occupied parts of China in the 20th century.

The mapping exercise was part of China's efforts to "safeguard its maritime rights and interests", Xinhua said, without saying when it would take place or making clear whether it would involve activities on land, as opposed to sea-based surveying.

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Villa Del Palmar At The Islands Of Loreto Introduces New Once-in-a-Lifetime Whale Watching Package

LORETO, Mexico, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --With whale watching season just around the corner, Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto, the newest member of Villa Group Resorts, is responding to increased client requests by introducing an exhilarating three-night package built around the amazing whale watching and marine life opportunities available in the Sea of Cortez and on the Baja Peninsula for only $695 USD per person.

When it's time for whale watching, guests will enjoy a scenic drive across Baja Peninsula to Magdalena Bay on the Pacific side where they will be led on a guided whale watching excursion by some of the region's most knowledgeable guides. Magdalena Bay is the perfect spot for whales, which travel nearly 4,000 miles on an arduous journey from Alaska to get to majestic Magdalena Bay. Some say that like guests who travel to the Islands of Loreto, Baja, Mexico, the whales come back each year for the food, the climate and simply the magic of the region.

Before heading out on the excursion, guests will enjoy a light breakfast, and afterwards they will be treated to a delicious, local lunch in Lopez Mateos, a tiny authentic fishing village. During the excursion, guests can expect to see grey whales while aboard a panga open-air boat. They will interact with the whales and learn about their lifestyle and habits while watching them jump, play and float near the boat. Normally the just born baby whales are more curious and playful, making the experience even more unforgettable.

"Whale watching excursions are one of our most popular activities at the resort," says Owen Perry, owner and president, Villa Group. "Guests love to touch and play with the grey whales while in the open-air panga boats surrounded by some of the most beautiful and clear water in the world. It's truly a transformative experience."

Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto's Whale Watching Package includes three nights for two adults in a deluxe ocean view room at the resort and three days of exciting adventures. The first day includes a guided tour of Loreto City and the Mission of "Nuestra Senora de Loreto." The second day is the trip to Magdalena Bay for a guided whale watching excursion. And the third day gives guests the thrill of a guided, open-air panga ride where they will see dolphins and all of the natural beauty that the region has to offer.

Whale watching excursions are offered at Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto through March 2013. The whales are often closest to shore and the most active in February.

Complete and customizable packages including accommodations, whale tours, dolphin tours, taxes, gratuities and other features are available through the resort reservations department. And for visitors to the Islands of Loreto, Baja, Mexico, whale watching day tours are available for $120 USD per person.

For more information or to book a package, guests should visit http://www.villadelpalmarloreto.com or call toll-free USA 866-209-0726, toll-free CAN 855-440-5590.

ABOUT VILLA DEL PALMAR AT THE ISLANDS OF LORETOBaja's First Million Star Resort Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto is a self-contained destination resort on the Sea of Cortez, off the eastern coast of the Baja peninsula overlooking Danzante Island (one of five in the region). It features 181 new, spacious, beautifully appointed one, two and three bedroom villas with balconies, stunning ocean views, mountain views, outstanding restaurants, an attentive English-speaking staff, four swimming pools, beautiful beaches and a mild and warm climate year-round.

Guests can enjoy scuba and snorkeling tours in the protected Marine Park within the five prominent Loreto Islands, horseback riding, swimming, world-class fishing (catch a Dorado and bring it home to have a Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto chef prepare it for you), paddle boarding, kayaking, whale watching and mountain biking. With complimentary shuttle service, guests can explore the historic town at the Islands of Loreto and visit the 1697 mission that made the town famous. The area is also known for its wildlife, including the 900 species of fish off the coast and in an area that has been declared a World Heritage Site. Hotel perks include a spa and fitness center, massages, salsa dance lessons and movie nights for children.

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China to survey disputed E. China Sea islands: Xinhua

AFP January16,2013,12:00amTWN

The announcement came as Japanese fighter jets were scrambled in response to a Chinese state-owned Y-12 plane flying close to but not inside the islands' airspace, according to Tokyo's defense ministry.

Separately, official Chinese media reported that Beijing's armed forces have been instructed this year to train for battle, while a Tokyo official said U.S. and Japanese fighter jets carried out joint air exercises.

This week's tensions come after Japan's hawkish Shinzo Abe won a landslide election victory following campaign promises to re-invigorate Tokyo's security alliance with Washington and take a more robust line against Beijing.

The dispute over the islands, known as Diaoyu in Beijing and Senkaku by Tokyo, which controls them, has simmered on and off for years but intensified in 2012 when Japan nationalized those it did not already own, triggering anger and demonstrations in China.

China has repeatedly sent maritime surveillance ships to the area and carried out naval exercises, and both Tokyo and Beijing have scrambled fighter jets to the area in recent weeks in a further escalation.

Commentators say Beijing wants to prove that Japan does not have effective control over the chain to draw Tokyo into concessions.

The cartographic survey was part of a program to map China's territorial islands and reefs and safeguard its maritime rights and interests, the official Xinhua news agency said, without saying when it would take place.

It did not make clear whether it would involve activities on land or be purely sea-based, but quoted Zhang Huifeng, of China's National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, acknowledging there could be difficulties.

There are some difficulties in landing on some islands to survey, and in surveying and mapping the surrounding sea area of the islands, because some countries infringed and occupied these islands of China, he said.

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China mulls Diaoyu Islands mapping

Beijing, Jan 15 (IANS) China is to survey the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea as part of a programme of mapping its territorial islands and reefs, it was revealed Tuesday.

According to a document issued in a press conference by the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, the first stage of the island surveying and mapping was launched in 2009 and has finished the monitoring of islands located within 100 km of the coastline, Xinhua reported.

The second stage will cover islands including the Diaoyu Islands, the document said, adding that this programme is part of China's efforts to safeguard its maritime rights and interests.

China, as of the end of 2012, had completed the identifying and precise positioning of about 6,400 islands and more than 4,900 island maps of three different scales.

The islands are called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan. The row over the islands, which are presently controlled by Japan, has left ties between Tokyo and Beijing highly tense, BBC reported.

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Latitude19 Technology Brings First Open Internet Payment Gateway to Cayman Islands, Enabling e-Commerce Merchants …

CAYMAN ENTERPRISE CITY, Cayman Islands, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Latitude19 Technology announces the launch of the first open Internet Payment Gateway on the Cayman Islands. Built in partnership with the Level 1 PCI Validated service provider and leading software developer Auric Systems International, Latitude19 Technology offers the e-commerce merchant the flexibility and affordability of processing card-not-present business in a tax-friendly jurisdiction.

The Latitude19 Technology payment gateway ensures data security, performance, scalability, and ease of use by utilizing state-of-the-art hardware and software technology. The merchant will reduce their PCI scope and costs due to the unique tokenization approach, having the flexibility of integration with best-of-breed e-commerce solution.

Processing Internet credit card transactions with Latitude19 Technology will help the merchants meet their international business goals of cost containment, secure processing, and global growth. Latitude19 Technology's payment gateway expertise extends beyond the borders of simply processing e-commerce transactions. Leverage L19's expertise in:

To learn more about Latitude19 Technology's expertise in international Internet payment gateway processing go to: http://www.l19tech.com

"Latitude19 Technology International Internet Payment Gateway leveraged Auric's extensive software development and PCI expertise to design and build the international payment gateway to L19's requirements," stated Auric Systems International CEO Ray Cote.

"Our experience with Auric Software Development was outstanding. I was confident throughout the process that whatever issues would arise Auric would address them and provide us with a solution to those issues. Auric has provided Latitude19 with a platform to grow and adapt to meet the ever-expanding business requirements associated with payment processing," stated Founder/President Tim Moore.

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China to survey islands disputed with Japan

Beijing is to carry out a geographical survey of islands in the East China Sea, state media said on Tuesday, the latest salvo in an increasingly tense dispute with Tokyo over the uninhabited territory.

The announcement came as Japanese fighter jets were scrambled in response to a Chinese state-owned Y-12 plane flying close to -- but not inside -- the islands' airspace, according to Tokyo's defence ministry.

Separately, official Chinese media reported that Beijing's armed forces have been instructed this year to train for battle, while a Tokyo official said US and Japanese fighter jets carried out joint air exercises.

This week's tensions come after Japan's hawkish Shinzo Abe won a landslide election victory following campaign promises to re-invigorate Tokyo's security alliance with Washington and take a more robust line against Beijing.

The dispute over the islands, known as Diaoyu in Beijing and Senkaku by Tokyo, which controls them, has simmered on and off for years but intensified in 2012 when Japan nationalised those it did not already own, triggering anger and demonstrations in China.

The protests were allowed to take place by the Communist authorities in Beijing, who use nationalism to bolster their claims to legitimacy, particularly regarding Japan, which occupied parts of China in the 20th century.

China has repeatedly sent maritime surveillance ships to the area and carried out naval exercises, and both Tokyo and Beijing have scrambled fighter jets to the area in recent weeks in a further escalation.

Commentators say Beijing wants to prove that Japan does not have effective control over the chain to draw Tokyo into concessions.

The cartographic survey was part of a programme to map China's "territorial islands and reefs" and safeguard its "maritime rights and interests", the official Xinhua news agency said, without saying when it would take place.

It did not make clear whether it would involve activities on land or be purely sea-based, but quoted Zhang Huifeng, of China's National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, acknowledging there could be "difficulties".

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Transforming Health Care in the US – Video


Transforming Health Care in the US
Optum and Mayo Clinic today jointly launched Optum Labs, an open, collaborative research and development facility with a singular goal: improving patient care. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Optum Labs provides an environment where the health care industry can come together to combine information and ideas that benefit patients today while also driving long-term improvements in the delivery and quality of care. John Noseworthy, MD, president and chief executive officer of Mayo Clinic discusses the joint venture.

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Patients' Share of Health Care Costs Is Actually Shrinking

The medical spending pie is growing; but the consumer slice is, unexpectedly, getting smaller.

Consumer-driven medical spending may be the second-biggest story in health care, after the Affordable Care Act. As employers give workers more skin in the game through higher costs from purse and paycheck, the thinking goes, they'll seek more efficient treatment and hold down overall spending.

But consumers may not be as invested as experts thought, new government figures show. Despite rapid growth in high-deductible health plans and rising employee contributions for insurance premiums, consumers' share of national health spending continued to fall in 2011, slipping to its lowest level in decades.

"I'm surprised," says Jonathan Gruber, a health economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "All the news is about the move to high-deductible health plans. Based on that logic ... I would have expected it to go up."

True, medical costs are still pressuring families. Household health expense has outpaced sluggish income growth in recent years, says Micah Hartman, a statistician with the Department of Health and Human Services, which calculates the spending data.

But from a wider perspective, consumer health costs continued a trend of at least a quarter-century of taking up smaller and smaller parts of the health-spending pie. Household expense did go up. But other medical spending rose faster, especially for the government Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Economists measure three kinds of consumer health costs: insurance premiums paid through payroll deductions or for individual policies; out-of-pocket costs for deductibles and co-pays; and Medicare payroll taxes. Such outlays fell to 27.7 percent of the health care economy in 2011, down from 28 percent in 2010 and from 32 percent in 2000, according to the national health expenditures report issued by HHS last week.

That's despite the fact that one in three workers is covered by a plan with a deductible of at least $1,000 -- up from one in 10 in 2006 --according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Among small firms, half the workers are now in high-deductible plans.

One factor holding down costs even for families with consumer plans has been patent expirations for expensive, commonly used medicines such as Prevacid and Flomax.

"People these days are spending a lot less out-of-pocket on prescription drugs," said Peter Cunningham, director of quantitative research at the Center for Studying Health System Change. "A lot of that has to do with the shift from brand name to generics."

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New eBook Shines Light on What's Wrong with U.S. Health Care and Offers Ways to Fix It

NEWTOWN, Conn., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To shed light on one of the toughest issues facing the country, fiscally and socially, a new eBook is asking the critical questions about why patients often don't get the right care, why America spends twice as much per person as the next biggest spender, and why the rules that apply to every other industry don't apply to health care? More importantly, "The Incentive Cure: The Real Relief for Health Care," also provides answers to many of the questions around why the U.S. health industry fails and highlights some of the most promising ideas for change.

"It's tough to do right when you're encouraged to do wrong," said Francois de Brantes, eBook author and executive director of the non-profit Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3). "We must change the incentives of our health care delivery system those impacting patients, physicians, hospitals, insurers, and policy makers alike. Real and lasting change won't happen until the incentives change and we begin to pay for value instead of volume to encourage physicians to do right; change health insurance benefit designs to encourage patients to do right; make all price and quality information easy to get and act upon in order to create a real health care market; and remove regulatory and legislative barriers that impede payers and providers from innovating."

The Affordable Care Act addresses some of the imbalances of our U.S. health care system (for example, hospitals are starting to be penalized when they have excessive rates of readmission or patient safety failures; and Medicare is starting to experiment with payment models that move away from fee-for-service), however, far more needs to be done far faster. Change needs to come not only by the Administration, but ordinary Americans need to take action.

In addition to helping consumers understand the forces at work (both for us and against us) in the U.S. health care system, the eBook also provides information to help all Americans make smarter decisions about their care:

Co-authored with business writer Bob Conte, and illustrated by artist Kriss Wittmann, the eBook is available in various formats and can be found on the Amazon Book Store, Smashwords, and forthcoming on iTunes.

About the Authors

Francois de Brantes is executive director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute where he leads the organization's efforts to accelerate the transformation of the health care industry into delivering greater value. Francois has been published in a number of journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, the American Journal of Managed Care, and his work has been featured in articles in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He can be reached at francois.debrantes@hci3.org.

Bob Conte is a business writer, editor, and communications consultant. He works with a broad range of local, national and global clients, and has received many industry awards for his work across the communications spectrum. Bob is also the author of a textbook on American music. He can be reached at bob@bobconte.com.

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Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc., Hires Peter W. Nyland as Senior Vice President of Asset Management

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. ("Sabra," the "Company" or "we") (SBRA) is pleased to announce its hiring of Peter W. Nyland, who will join Sabra's team as Senior Vice President of Asset Management, effective immediately.

Within this role, Nyland will oversee Sabra's asset management function. Nyland's proven background as SVP of Purchasing, Asset Development and Real Estate for Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. will support Sabra's continued growth, allowing the company to further its position within the healthcare REIT industry. "I've known and worked with Pete for ten years. Pete has an operating background and in his years at Sun Healthcare Group headed up construction, development, and capital expenditures," said Rick Matros, Chief Executive Officer of Sabra. Matros added, "That background makes him a perfect fit for the culture we have developed at Sabra and we believe he will bring great value to our operating partners."

Nyland comes to Sabra with over 29 years of experience in the health care/nursing industry. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration from State University of New York at Utica. Nyland resides in New Mexico.

ABOUT SABRA

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (SBRA), a Maryland corporation, operates as a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust (a "REIT") that, through its subsidiaries, owns and invests in real estate serving the healthcare industry. Sabra leases properties to tenants and operators throughout the United States. As of January 15, 2013, Sabra's investment portfolio included 120 properties leased to operators/tenants under triple-net lease agreements (consisting of (i) 97 skilled nursing/post-acute facilities, (ii) 22 senior housing facilities, and (iii) one acute care hospital) and two mortgage loan investments. As of January 15, 2013, Sabra's properties were located in 27 states and included 12,552 licensed beds/units.

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Quantum leap in gene therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Jan. 15, 2013 Usually, results from a new study help scientists inch their way toward an answer whether they are battling a health problem or are on the verge of a technological breakthrough. Once in a while, those results give them a giant leap forward. In a preliminary study in a canine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), University of Missouri scientists showed exactly such a leap using gene therapy to treat muscular dystrophy.

The results of the study will be published in the journal Molecular Therapy on Jan. 15, 2013.

Muscular dystrophy occurs when damaged muscle tissue is replaced with fibrous, bony or fatty tissue and loses function. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common type of muscular dystrophy predominantly affecting boys. Patients with DMD have a gene mutation that disrupts the production of dystrophin, a protein essential for muscle cell survival and function. Absence of dystrophin starts a chain reaction that eventually leads to muscle cell degeneration and death. For years, scientists have been working to find the key to restoring dystrophin, but they have faced many challenges.

One of the largest hurdles in DMD gene therapy is the large size of the gene. Dystrophin is the largest gene in the human genome, containing approximately 4,000 amino acids. To fit the dystrophin gene into a vehicle that could deliver the gene to the appropriate site in the body, one has to delete 70 percent of the gene. The highly abbreviated gene is known as the "micro-dystrophin" gene. Previous studies suggest that micro-dystrophin can effectively stop muscle disease in mice that are missing dystrophin. However, mice that are missing dystrophin show minimal DMD symptoms, and results from mice often do not predict what will happen in humans. In contrast to mice, loss of dystrophin results in severe muscular dystrophy in dogs. If micro-dystrophin can work in dystrophic dogs, it will likely work in human patients. Unfortunately, when micro-dystrophin was tested in dogs in previous studies, it was not successful.

To overcome these hurdles, a team led by Dongsheng Duan, the Margaret Proctor Mulligan Professor in Medical Research at the MU School of Medicine, engineered a new micro-dystrophin gene that carries an important functional region missing in previously tested micro-dystrophins.

"We placed the new microgene into a virus and then injected the virus into dystrophic dogs' muscles," Duan said. Following gene therapy, Duan's team examined the dogs for signs of muscle disease and measured muscle force in treated and untreated dogs. After careful evaluation of 22 dogs, Duan and colleagues found that the new version of micro-dystrophin not only reduced inflammation and fibrosis, it also effectively improved muscle strength.

"This is the first time that we have seen positive gene therapy results in large mammals of DMD," said Duan. "We still have a lot of work to do, but we now know that our gene therapy strategy works in large mammals; this is a quantum leap forward in fighting this disease. Our next step is to test our strategy in a large group of muscles in the dogs, and then, eventually, see if 'whole body therapy' will work in the dogs. We are still a long way off before we will have a human treatment, but with this finding, I do see a light at the end of this tunnel."

If additional studies, including animal studies, are successful within the next few years, MU officials would request authority from the federal government to begin human drug development (this is commonly referred to as the "investigative new drug" status). After this status has been granted, researchers may conduct human clinical trials with the hope of developing new treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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B.C. futurist a free spirit

Frank Ogden, the free-spirited futurist known as Dr. Tomorrow who was one of the first people to predict that Internet would come to dominate our lives, has died.

The world-renowned Vancouverite with an eclectic resume, including pilot, corporate consultant, broadcaster, LSD therapist, teacher and author of 22 books, died on Dec. 29.

He was 92. A close friend of science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, a fellow futurist, Ogden predicted a future of teleports, limited labour unions, the growth of self-employment, and body implants that would turn people into cyborgs.

He travelled widely throughout his long life, giving lectures on all things high-tech and experimenting with different cultures, including studying voodoo in Haiti.

The nonconformist felt just at home on the neon-lit streets of Tokyo or the Sahara desert as he did in Vancouver. When he wasn't roaming the planet, Ogden worked from home on his wired houseboat in Vancouver's Coal Harbour, and was a pioneer in streaming live video Internet broadcasts.

From his floating electronic cottage, Ogden conducted the first two international seminars via satellite and fibre-optic technology, for Australia's Telstra Communications Network in Sydney and Melbourne.

Years before he started using the Internet to stream live video, Ogden predicted that the broadcast universe wouldn't be limited to 500 traditional channels, but would instead be a universe frequented by anyone with a camera, computer and limited money.

It was one of his many prognostications that he lived to see become a reality.

Cybersex was another, as Ogden had predicted 20 years ago the rise of what he called virtual sex.

Ogden, whose boundless curiosity and insight into the future of computers and satellites made him one of the world's foremost futurists, was ahead of his time when he wrote The Last Book You Will Ever Read and Other Lessons from the Future in 1993.

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