Libertarian Party candidate for governor won't be on ballot

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The Libertarian Partys candidate for governor wont be on the November general election ballot.

Secretary of State Al Jaeger asked for an attorney generals opinion on the matter on June 25. The opinion was released on Thursday. Libertarian Party candidate Roland Riemers appeared on the June 12 primary ballot without a running mate. Although Riemers had earned enough votes to qualify for the November election, the states constitution requires the governor and lieutenant governor to be elected jointly on the ballot.

The opinion is very thorough in terms of making its conclusion. We needed the confirmation, Jaeger said.

The problem occurred because of incomplete paperwork filed by his Riemers running mate, Richard Ames. Jaeger said one page of Ames paperwork was incomplete when it arrived at the secretary of states office. Ames was unable to complete the paperwork before 4 p.m. on April 13, the deadline before the primary.

With the attorney generals opinion, only the Republican and Democratic-NPL Party tickets for governor will be on the November ballot.

The attorney generals opinion can be found at http://www.ag.nd.gov.

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China media: Islands protest

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5 July 2012 Last updated at 01:12 ET

Newspapers report Beijing's vow to defend its sovereignty over the disputed Senkaku Islands, after a Taiwan-led protest near the archipelago was intercepted by Japanese coast guards.

Taipei maintains a claim over the islands in parallel with Beijing. The islands are known as Diaoyutai in Taiwan and Diaoyu in mainland China.

"We have already urged the Japanese side to refrain from taking action that could endanger lives and property, including those of our Taiwanese compatriots," said Liu Weimin, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, quoted by China Daily and the Beijing Times.

Activists from Taiwan sailed to the islands on Wednesday morning under the escort of five patrol boats from the Taiwan Coast Guard, the Global Times and Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily reported.

Japan's diplomatic representatives in Taipei have lodged a protest with the foreign ministry, reports the Taipei Times.

An editorial in Wen Wei Po - Hong Kong's pro-Beijing newspaper - says Beijing and Taiwan should make a concerted effort to protect their sovereignty over the islands, which are controlled by Japan.

Hong Kong's Ming Pao Daily News and Sing Tao Daily continue coverage of the mass protest in Shifang, saying people were still demanding the release of all detained protesters.

A Global Times bilingual editorial says local authorities should investigate the clash thoroughly and make the findings public.

"The legal responsibility of the six protesters, especially the three in criminal detention, has to be based on facts and be decided by law," it said.

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Fish provide proof of genetic defect that leads to brain, skull malformations

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In a study published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics, an international team of researchers looked at blood samples from two patients with a rare disorder called Potocki-Shaffer syndrome, said Hyung-Goo Kim, lead author and a research fellow in Dr. Lawrence Layman's OB/GYN genetics lab at GHSU.

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Health care ruling could impact fall races

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Written by Ken Borsuk, Editor Thursday, 05 July 2012 09:00

To the loud cheers of Democrats and lusty boos of Republicans, the partisan battle over health care reform came to a head last week when the United States Supreme Court upheld the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The ruling on the ACA, more commonly known by the term Obamacare since this was a major priority of President Barack Obama, was one of the most closely watched Supreme Court verdicts in the last 10 years. And while the court upheld the constitutionality of key parts of the law, including the mandate that people buy health insurance, the battle over the law could now be headed right back to the political arena. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he would repeal the law on day one and other Republicans are following suit with their own calls for repeal.

Health care could again become an issue in the upcoming fall Congressional elections, two of which involve town residents.

Mr. Himes famously dedicated his vote in favor of the ACA to the memory of former Greenwich Democratic Town Committee Chairman David Roberson, who was killed in a car accident in 2010 just weeks before the vote on the bill was cast. Mr. Roberson had been without health insurance at the time of his death and Mr. Himes said on the floor of the House of Representatives that a check up could have potentially addressed the heart ailment that caused him to lose control of his car.

In an interview with the Post this week, Mr. Himes acknowledged that this was an emotional vote for him and that he was happy to see it withstand the Supreme Court challenge. He added, though, that emotion was a double edged sword because emotion had also led to the overheated rhetoric around the ACA and the outright lies that it would establish the infamous death panels. He said that the decision by the court was a good one, not for him, but for the millions of Americans like Mr. Roberson who wouldnt have had health insurance but will have it under the ACA.

Its a relief to me that health care reform will save hundreds of thousands of lives and improve services for millions of Americans, Mr. Himes told the Post. This isnt about whether Im relieved about my vote in favor of it but whether this is going to help Americans. [The Supreme Court decision] is a good thing for Americans with a pre-existing condition that will no longer be denied health coverage.

Despite the good news, Mr. Himes, who is facing a re-election campaign this November, said this is no time for complacency and urged people to be vigilant to fight against a potential repeal. Mr. Himes said based on his conversations with constituents health care is an issue, along with others like Iraq and European stability, that are far and away behind the American economy and jobs. He said he wasnt sure if Mr. Obsitnik would bring it up during the campaign.

Ive always been very level-headed about the health care reform, Mr. Himes said. It started us down a very long road toward creating a health care system that will provide affordable coverage to Americans. It is not a perfect bill and I have criticized it when necessary. If my opponent is like Mitt Romney will he say that we need to repeal and replace it without offering any kind of alternative? Mitt Romney has not offered any kind of new plan and I havent heard any other Republicans offering one up either. You dont get to criticize without being able to present an alternative.

Mr. Obsitniks campaign released a statement last Thursday urging the people to take action if they did want the law repealed.

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Romney walks health care high wire

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Washington (CNN) -- As Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney imposed a penalty on people who could afford health insurance but chose to go without it. As Republican presidential candidate, Romney opposes the federal health care law that does the same thing.

Last week, Romney's top campaign adviser said the federal penalty for refusing to get health coverage was exactly that -- a fine, not a tax. This week, Romney said it is a tax because the Supreme Court opinion he opposes declared it a tax.

Confused? So is the Romney campaign, apparently.

The back-and-forth shows the tightrope Romney must walk on the health care reform issue now that he is the certain Republican presidential nominee.

Rebounding from last week's Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement, Republicans seek to galvanize conservative contempt for the measure into a wave of electoral support in November.

They know that the only way to repeal the 2010 health care law is a GOP landslide that wins the White House and both chambers of Congress, so they want to make the act a major campaign issue.

Specifically, Republicans have seized on the high court's 5-4 ruling that the government has the power to enforce the health insurance mandate through its taxing authority. They contend the ruling shows Obama lied to the American public when he repeatedly denied in 2009 that the individual mandate amounted to a tax increase.

However, Romney's support for the same kind of individual mandate -- the requirement that eligible people have health insurance -- during his term as governor in Massachusetts leaves him vulnerable to questions about where he really stands.

Former GOP candidate Rick Santorum focused on that vulnerability during the Republican primary campaign, constantly pointing out that Romney lacked credibility in opposing the 2010 federal law known as Obamacare because of his support for similar reforms in Massachusetts.

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UN forum backs Web freedom after Arab Spring

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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations' main human rights body has for the first time backed people's right to freedom of expression on the Internet in the wake of the massive role that social media networks played in the Arab Spring. In a landmark resolution, the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 members states agreed on Thursday that this right should be protected by all states and access to the ...

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Is China attacking Hong Kong press freedom?

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Protesters tear up images of the front page of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper after claims of censorship.

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Editor's note: Mak Yin Ting has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years. She is currently the Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and the Hong Kong correspondent for Radio France International.

(CNN) -- "Hong Kong enjoys a far higher degree of press freedom than before the handover in 1997 and this is on par with the most developed places in the world," said Hong Kong Secretary for Home Affairs, Tsang Tak-sing, to the Legislative Council last November.

Tsang was urging council members to vote down a motion defending press freedom in the territory, put forth by the Democratic Party's Emily Lau amid growing concern about China's influence on Hong Kong's media.

In fact, he sounded like a mainland official citing instances of 'good deeds' when rebutting criticism against China's human rights record.

Such claims contrast sharply with the reality in Hong Kong, where the free flow and access to information has been gradually but steadily restricted following Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. Although freedom of the press is enshrined in Hong Kong's de facto constitution, the Basic Law, the gap has been shrinking between our city and mainland China, which does not enjoy freedom of expression.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region- Is it still special 15 years later?

In Hong Kong, the proliferation of media outlets does not tell the whole story. The figures are robust: a city of seven million people consuming 46 daily newspapers and 642 periodicals as of 2010, according to the Hong Kong Yearbook. Nonetheless, the large number of media outlets does not ensure a diversity of voices, which is a fundamental part of press freedom.

According to an industry survey conducted by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) in April, nearly 87% of the 663 journalists who responded said press freedom in Hong Kong has deteriorated since 2005 when Donald Tsang took office as Chief Executive. This builds upon a similar survey conducted by the HKJA in 2007, in which 58.4% of journalists felt press freedom had been eroded since the 1997 handover.

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Freedom on display as North Jersey celebrates Independence Day [video]

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One of the few points that can be made universally about the state of freedom on the Fourth of July is that Americans possess divergent views on the issue outlooks that are colored by worldviews, political leanings and factors as plain as age.

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Edwin Gonzalez, 2, portraying George Washington, and his sister Giuliana, 5, playing Betsy Ross, in Ridgefield Parks Baby and Youth Parade. They won an award as most patriotic.

It can also be said that its relatively easy to find people at least in North Jersey who are willing to openly share their views on a principle that is both revered and controversial.

Freedom was on the brain at dozens of events marking 236 years of American independence across Bergen and Passaic counties, including celebrations in Teaneck, Allendale, Little Falls, Ringwood, Hackensack and Ridgefield Park.

While watching a parade in Ridgefield Park on Wednesday, village resident Chris Cajas, 31, measured the amount of liberty that he is afforded against the limited number of rights held by millions of others living under repressive regimes.

The fight for freedom and democracy thats celebrated on Independence Day has been echoed in the drumbeat of stories coming out of Syria and Egypt.

I think with the struggles in the economy and abroad, I feel more free and more appreciative of the real meaning of freedom, Cajas said.

Iram Valentin, 35, of Hackensack measures freedom in bandwidth and credits the Internet for fostering a rise in self-expression.

How you can express yourself and what you can say has increased because of social media, Valentin said. It used to be that you had to be rich to own Encyclopedia Britannica, but now anyone can get onto the Internet and get information.

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Huntington Beach Beaches Named Cleanest in United States

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The Natural Resources Defense Council’s annual assessment of cleanest and dirtiest beaches and lakes in the United States was released last week. The Huntington Beach Marketing and Visitors Bureau is proud that two of Surf City’s three beaches were included in the top three cleanest beaches in California and claimed two of the twelve spaces for cleanest beaches in the nation.Huntington Beach, CA ...

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Americans Celebrate National Clean Beaches Week; 2012 List of Blue Wave Beaches Released

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Today America celebrates its independence from dirty beaches. More than 50 events are occurring throughout the country in celebration of National Clean Beaches Week, from beach cleanups, to art fairs, to seafood festivals and recreational activities, all focused on appreciating and respecting our Nation’s beaches. The annual list of Blue Wave certified beaches is officially released.Washington ...

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SD Group Plans Cleanup After Thousands Hit The Beaches

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Beaches along the San Diego County coastline are bound to be a mess today following Independence Day celebrations, so the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has cleanups scheduled at four locations.

Volunteers are scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. at the Ocean Beach Pier, Belmont Park and the foot of Pacific Beach Drive -- all in San Diego -- and the South Harbor Jetty in Oceanside.

"Cities and state parks generally do a great job keeping the beaches clean during the July 4th holiday, but nothing can replace or duplicate the efforts of our volunteers after big weekends like this,'' said Chapter Coordinator Haley Jain Haggerstone. "Sometimes the beaches may not look so bad, but nearby streets and sidewalks can be a mess.''

Last year, the cleanup effort resulted in 1,025 pounds of trash and 255 pounds of recyclable items being collected.

Environmental groups say carelessly discarded cigarette butts and plastic products make up the bulk of the debris found on beaches. Last year's haul included nearly 7,000 cigarette butts and 270 plastic bags, which are harmful to marine life.

For those who want to volunteer, there is no need to pre-register, according to Surfrider, but those under 18 need the consent of a parent or guardian.

Volunteers are urged to bring work gloves and a reusable bag or bucket -- although those items can be provided by the foundation to those who come without them.

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Sykipot malware variation targets aerospace industry with email attack

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A new variation of the Sykipot information stealing malware is being distributed in new email-based attacks targeting the aerospace industry, according to researchers at security firm AlienVault.

"We have detected a new wave of Sykipot campaigns that has been running during the past weeks," AlienVault Labs manager Jaime Blasco, said. "There are several changes between the new Sykipot campaigns and the older ones."

There are clues suggesting that these attacks originated in China, although this cannot be confirmed with 100% certainty, Blasco said.

The rogue emails sent in the new attacks no longer distribute malicious attachments that exploit vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Microsoft Excel or Internet Explorer to install Sykipot.

Instead, they contain links to compromised websites that exploit a 2011 Flash Player vulnerability or a yet-to-be-patched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) to install the malware.

The MSXML vulnerability is believed to have been exploited in June attacks that prompted Google to warn its Gmail users about state-sponsored attacks. Microsoft released a manual fix for this vulnerability on June 12.

However, the company should provide a proper automatic security patch as soon as possible because the number of attacks that exploit it are increasing, Blasco said.

The Sykipot Trojan program has been used during the past year in targeted attacks against US federal agencies, defence contractors and other organisations that store sensitive data on their computer systems.

One of the new Sykipot attack campaigns targeted potential attendees to the 2013 IEEE Aerospace Conference, a conference intended for aerospace experts, academics, military personnel and industry leaders.

Each Sykipot variant is tailored for a particular group of targets, Blasco said. For example, in January, AlienVault researchers found a version designed to bypass two-factor authentication based on PC/SC x509 smart cards, which commonly used for access management in the defence sector.

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Aerospace Supply Chain Faces Harsh Reality of Having to Deliver Huge Backlog of Orders Following a Boom in Commercial …

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NEW YORK, July 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following a boom in commercial aircraft orders in 2011, a year which saw the successful launch of the Airbus A320 NEO and the Boeing 737 MAX, the aerospace industry is now faced with having to deliver a huge backlog. According to a study of the aerospace and defense industry released today by global business advisory firm, AlixPartners, the industry must increase production rates by 45% in volume by 2015 if it is to meet demand, representing the industry's biggest challenge in the coming years.

Looking at the aerospace and defense industry as a whole, the study finds that it is in better shape than last year. The commercial aircraft sector has rebounded, driven by approximately 5% growth in airline and cargo traffic globally and the acceleration of old-aircraft replacement with fuel-efficient alternatives.

However, the future profitability of the airline industry remains uncertain, says the AlixPartners study, with fuel price instability (despite some stabilization of late) and degrading economic drivers weighing on outlook. The study found that net profits for the airline industry globally have been squeezed to an all-time industry average low of 0.5% of revenues -- due to fierce competition, overcapacity-related revenue pressures and rising operating costs.

The study also shows a real contrast in the growth rates globally between OEMs and suppliers, with the former lagging by nearly five percentage points on average -- and this gap looks set to widen. In 2011, suppliers globally saw average sales growth of 10.4%, compared to just 1.0% on average for OEMs.

In the business jet market, while there is no significant upturn as yet, China remains an untapped opportunity with significant under-representation, says the study. In the defense sector, while sovereign spending cuts have received significant attention this year, AlixPartners predicts continued impacts going forward on the industry in the U.S. and Europe, mitigated somewhat by growth in the BRIC countries and other emerging markets.

Eric Bernardini, managing director at AlixPartners and head of the firm's global Aerospace & Defense Practice, said: "Right now, beneath the surface, every level of the aerospace & defense supply chain is scrambling to accelerate in terms of performance, on-time delivery and service levels. The success of more fuel-efficient commercial aircraft by Airbus and Boeing will eventually drive increased financial performance. In the meantime, however, supply chain pressures may drive a period of further consolidation amongst Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers, especially in segments where fragmentation is still high, such as aerostructures components. The other side of the coin is that some "super-Tier 1" suppliers may have become so big that they represent a risk which needs to be addressed by the OEMs by getting "under the hood" of all their suppliers, and their suppliers' suppliers. Companies need to ask a lot of questions in order to make sure they are in total control of the ramp-up and have the insight to anticipate any issues."

Commercial supply chain: Ramp-up under heavy stress

Airline leadership teams have so far addressed operating cost pressures by ramping up orders for new, more advanced, aircraft, notes the study, as companies shoot for a 20% improvement in fuel efficiency to help them remain competitive. However, the challenge with these new aircraft is that they incorporate new technologies -- for instance in engines -- that add further strain to the supply chain. According to the study, a 45% increase in production is expected by 2015 although taking into account the greater complexity of the new models, the increase could be upwards of 70%.

According to the study, while order books look healthy and Tier-1 equipment suppliers are expected to do well, OEMs should be worried about whether their supply chains will be able to keep up. OEMs, such as Boeing and Airbus, and engine suppliers such as GE/Safran, Rolls and Pratt & Whitney, will need to considerably ramp-up their supply chains. To mitigate their risk, AlixPartners says OEMs should be driving greater integration of their "operational environments" -- working far more closely with suppliers, putting in place early-warning systems to improve response time to issues and getting ready to provide operational and financial support to suppliers -- even for acquisitions as a last resort.

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Why Does A Diet High In DHA Improve Memory?

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Editor's Choice Academic Journal Main Category: Nutrition / Diet Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience;Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 05 Jul 2012 - 0:00 PDT

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In an animal study, lead researcher Yves Sauve and colleagues discovered mice that consumed a diet high in DHA had 30% higher levels of DHA in the hippocampus region of the brain, compared with mice fed on a regular, healthy diet.

Sauve, a researcher in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, who works in the department of physiology, the department of ophthalmology and the Center of Neuroscience, explained:

The researchers confirmed that when DHA is added to a diet, additional stores of DHA are deposited in the brain. Sauve explains that consuming more fish or taking supplements could prevent DHA levels decreasing in the brain as we age.

In an earlier study, Sauve found that consuming DHA stops a toxic molecule at the back of the eye that causes age-related vision loss from accumulating.

Cold-water oceanic fish oils are rich in DHA. DHA can also be manufactured commercially from microalgae.

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Rider University, NYU professors link Tony Awards and shows' longevity on Broadway

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LAWRENCE -- Two professors from New York University and Rider have proved beyond speculation that winning a Tony Award increases the life of a Broadway show, and they have the numbers to show just how much such recognition can help.

Jeff Simonoff, a statistics professor at NYU, teamed up with his former student and now associate professor at Rider, Lan Ma Nygren, to re-evaluate and elaborate on research that the two published in the Journal of Business in 2003.

Their research incorporates the effect that winning a Tony Award has on the longevity of a Broadway show, Simonoff said. This type of research can give the business end of Broadway an idea how well their shows will perform in a week or six months, he said.

Simonoff and Nygren are looking at data such as the shows opening date, weekly attendance rates, the genre of the show, and the Tony Award bump in attendance rates a direct effect of a shows publicity at the awards ceremony.

According to our study, each Tony win in one of the major categories is associated with a 50 percent longer expected run, while a nomination without the win is associated with a 30 percent longer expected lifespan, Nygren said via e-mail. The major categories refer to musical, tuner revival, play, play revival, director and lead actor and actress.

To some, winning a Tony award may be an obvious indication that a shows popularity could increase. Nygren does not disagree.

Its quite obvious that a big Tony winner should expect to run longer than it would have otherwise, but how much longer? she said.

One genre of play the musical trumps the rest, Simonoff said.

People in the business know that musicals last longer. These arent things that are really shocking, he said. But the statistics modeling can confirm that common wisdom. It also allows you to attach a number to a (shows success).

The research shows that winning a Tony Award increases the lifespan of a show by 50 percent while nominations get 30 percent longevity. Musicals have a 50 percent longer run than nonmusicals while revivals are less successful, with 20 percent shorter runs that nonrevivals.

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