Apple has just posted a lengthy, nearly 10 minute video (via 9to5Mac) about how apps built for its platform are used around the world to make changes that significantly impact people's lives. It's a very different approach from the typical Apple commercial, which is generally a short affair focusing on what apps are doing to add a little bit of levity or convenience to the average consumer's life.
Gen. John Allen recently retired from the military following his post as the commander of the International Security Assistance Force, but the memories of the 561 troops who died under his command - and the many thousands who were wounded - have not retired from his mind.
?I think about them every day; I think about them at night,? Allen told On the Radar. ?And there's a moment of reflection about those 561 empty chairs around dinner tables.?
He described the war in Afghanistan as ?a conflict of sacrifice? and said his focus now is to make sure the country doesn?t forget those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
?That's a generational loss because the family will be different, the children will be different,? he said. ?That's why this war is so important for America ? because every one of those losses has to mean something.?
During his time as a commander in Afghanistan, Allen attended scores of memorial services, sometimes as often as three times a week. But he said there?s one service that haunts him most of all.
?We had a particular I.E.D. strike, and it killed some magnificent soldiers in one of our engineer units,? Allen said. ?The wife of one of the soldiers was in an adjacent unit, and she was with us in that ceremony. And I'll remember her gripping the coffin, the flag-draped coffin, crying his name in the back of the C-130. I'll never forget that, because there was the catastrophe of the loss playing out before our eyes in the belly of that cargo aircraft.?
As the United States and international forces increasingly have taken a support role to the Afghan forces this year, there has also been a surge in militant attacks in the country. Allen said the spike in violence demonstrates that the Taliban?s influence is dwindling.
?I think the Taliban are fighting for their lives right now. We've seen success by the Afghan National Security Forces continue,? Allen said.
?The other thing I think that the Taliban have recognized is that we're not going anywhere,? he added.
Although U.S. and international forces are ending their combat missions in Afghanistan at the end of 2014, Allen said there will continue to be ?an international military presence in Afghanistan for a long time.?
?The narrative that the Taliban have continued to pursue is that the international community is abandoning Afghanistan,? he said. ?And what they're finding, to their grief, is that that narrative is false.?
Check out this episode of On the Radar for more of the interview with Gen. Allen and to hear the moving story his wife, Kathy, told about the general following a helicopter crash that killed 30 troops.
ABC's Eric Wray, Alexandra Dukakis, Hank Disselkamp, Ginny Vicario, and Mark Banks contributed to this episode.
CHICAGO (AP) ? A rare intra-party battle began taking shape Tuesday among big-name Democrats in Illinois, as former White House chief of staff Bill Daley positioned himself to try to unseat a governor he blames for failing to resolve the state's financial crisis and other pressing issues.
Daley, an adviser to two presidents who hails from Chicago's most famous political dynasty but has never run for office, ripped Gov. Pat Quinn and the Legislature for a "disastrous" session that ended last month. He pointed to their failure to fix Illinois' $97 billion pension crisis as well as inaction on legalizing same-sex marriage and "protecting our kids from illegal guns."
"We need leadership that gets things done," Daley said in a videotaped announcement that he had opened an exploratory committee allowing him to raise money. A spokesman said he was "100 percent in" the race.
The emerging Democratic primary could be one of the most closely watched in the nation, potentially pitting members of Illinois' political royal families against one another as President Barack Obama's home state struggles with multibillion-dollar debt, the nation's worst state pension crisis and the lowest credit rating of any state in the country.
Daley is the son and brother of two of Chicago's most powerful mayors. Attorney General Lisa Madigan ? the daughter of the longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan, a man seen as the state's most powerful politician ? also is a potential candidate. She said Tuesday she's still "very seriously considering" a bid.
Daley strategist Pete Giangreco said he's in the race regardless of what Madigan decides.
Daley would be the third candidate to make his run known since the Illinois Legislature adjourned for the session late last month without acting on some of the state's biggest issues, making Quinn more vulnerable and giving candidates fuel for a campaign launch.
Republican state Treasurer Dan Rutherford and venture capitalist Bruce Rauner last week announced that they're running. GOP state Sens. Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady also are considering bids.
Quinn's re-election campaign issued a statement Tuesday, saying the Chicago Democrat has a "strong record of getting big things done for the people of Illinois." They said he continues to fight for a so-far elusive solution to the pension mess, same-sex marriage and gun-safety legislation.
"With the primary in March, the governor is focused on working hard for the people of Illinois ? there will be plenty of time for politics in the future," the campaign said.
Daley is the youngest son of Richard J. Daley, the legendary iron-fisted mayor of Chicago, and brother to Richard M. Daley, who served as mayor for 22 years.
He has flirted with running for public office several times but never officially jumped in.
A successful attorney and businessman, William Daley ? known as Bill ? appeared until now more comfortable in supporting roles, having spent years as a Democratic operative, working both publicly and behind the scenes in city, state and national politics. Co-chairman of the host committee for the 1996 Democratic National Convention, Daley was tapped by Clinton in his first term to push the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement through Congress. After the election, he was named secretary of commerce, serving from January 1997 to July 2000.
In the Obama administration, Daley was chosen to be White House chief of staff in a revolving door of Chicagoans. President Obama tapped Daley to replace Rahm Emanuel, a former Chicago congressman, after Emanuel chose to step down and run for Chicago mayor when Daley's brother decided not to seek a seventh term.
At the time, he was seen as someone who could build bridges in Congress and between parties. But his tenure was a rocky one. While he was chief of staff when U.S. troops killed Osama bin Laden, Daley had a tough time dealing with congressional Democrats. Some of them blamed him for an embarrassing incident in which Obama was forced to reschedule his plans to deliver a jobs speech to Congress after Rep. John Boehner, the Republican House speaker, rejected the date Obama first proposed.
He announced his resignation in January 2012, just a year after taking the job.
Rauner criticized Daley's insider status Tuesday, saying the state needs "a clean break from the political machines that have been in charge for too long."
"The same old political dynasties have literally had decades to address our economic decline, our pension disaster, and our failing schools," the businessman and political novice said. "They haven't done the job."
His connection to Chicago and his family could be a liability for Daley in other parts of the state, where voters tend to resent the grip the nation's third-largest city has on statewide politics. But he also can tout a connection to Obama, who remains popular in the Chicago area ? the territory needed to win a Democratic primary in Illinois.
Daley played up his Obama credentials in his announcement, saying he intentionally borrowed the "we can't wait" slogan that the president used to break a gridlock with congressional Republicans when he was chief of staff.
"We need that same urgency in Illinois," he said.
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Associated Press reporter Don Babwin contributed to this story.
June 12, 2013 ? Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way.
Using more than 150 Chandra observations, spread over 13 years, researchers identified 26 black hole candidates, the largest number to date, in a galaxy outside our own. Many consider Andromeda to be a sister galaxy to the Milky Way. The two ultimately will collide, several billion years from now.
"While we are excited to find so many black holes in Andromeda, we think it's just the tip of the iceberg," said Robin Barnard of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Mass., and lead author of a new paper describing these results. "Most black holes won't have close companions and will be invisible to us."
The black hole candidates belong to the stellar mass category, meaning they formed in the death throes of very massive stars and typically have masses five to 10 times that of our sun. Astronomers can detect these otherwise invisible objects as material is pulled from a companion star and heated up to produce radiation before it disappears into the black hole.
The first step in identifying these black holes was to make sure they were stellar mass systems in the Andromeda Galaxy itself, rather than supermassive black holes at the hearts of more distant galaxies. To do this, the researchers used a new technique that draws on information about the brightness and variability of the X-ray sources in the Chandra data. In short, the stellar mass systems change much more quickly than the supermassive black holes.
To classify those Andromeda systems as black holes, astronomers observed that these X-ray sources had special characteristics: that is, they were brighter than a certain high level of X-rays and also had a particular X-ray color. Sources containing neutron stars, the dense cores of dead stars that would be the alternate explanation for these observations, do not show both of these features simultaneously. But sources containing black holes do.
The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory added crucial support for this work by providing X-ray spectra, the distribution of X-rays with energy, for some of the black hole candidates. The spectra are important information that helps determine the nature of these objects.
"By observing in snapshots covering more than a dozen years, we are able to build up a uniquely useful view of M31," said co-author Michael Garcia, also of CfA. "The resulting very long exposure allows us to test if individual sources are black holes or neutron stars."
The research group previously identified nine black hole candidates within the region covered by the Chandra data, and the present results increase the total to 35. Eight of these are associated with globular clusters, the ancient concentrations of stars distributed in a spherical pattern about the center of the galaxy. This also differentiates Andromeda from the Milky Way as astronomers have yet to find a similar black hole in one of the Milky Way's globular clusters.
Seven of these black hole candidates are within 1,000 light-years of the Andromeda Galaxy's center. That is more than the number of black hole candidates with similar properties located near the center of our own galaxy. This is not a surprise to astronomers because the bulge of stars in the middle of Andromeda is bigger, allowing more black holes to form.
"When it comes to finding black holes in the central region of a galaxy, it is indeed the case where bigger is better," said co-author Stephen Murray of Johns Hopkins University and CfA. "In the case of Andromeda we have a bigger bulge and a bigger supermassive black hole than in the Milky Way, so we expect more smaller black holes are made there as well."
This new work confirms predictions made earlier in the Chandra mission about the properties of X-ray sources near the center of M31. Earlier research by Rasmus Voss and Marat Gilfanov of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany, used Chandra to show there was an unusually large number of X-ray sources near the center of M31. They predicted most of these extra X-ray sources would contain black holes that had encountered and captured low mass stars. This new detection of seven black hole candidates close to the center of M31 gives strong support to these claims.
"We are particularly excited to see so many black hole candidates this close to the center, because we expected to see them and have been searching for years," said Barnard.
These results will be published in the June 20 issue of The Astrophysical Journal. Many of the Andromeda observations were made within Chandra's Guaranteed Time Observer program.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra Program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra's science and flight operations from Cambridge, Mass.
For Chandra images, multimedia and related materials, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/chandra
For an additional interactive image, podcast, and video on the finding, visit: http://chandra.si.edu
There is always a lot going on between two people in a relationship. But very often, much of what goes wrong in a relationship has to do with what's going on in our own minds. Most of us have a constant dialogue running in our heads, analyzing our relationship and informing us on how to behave. Instead of simply acting based on how we feel, we are advised by our "critical inner voice": "Don't be a fool." "Don't let her know how much you like her." "Don't tell him what you're really thinking." Although these thoughts may seem self-protective, they're actually self-sabotaging.
While it may sometimes feel like we have to outsmart our feelings so as not to get hurt, when it comes to our relationships, we are far better off being vulnerable, making a practice of being the one who loves more. Throughout our lives, the only people we can fully change or develop is ourselves. We can strive to be the best we can be at expressing love. And when we do, we give ourselves a better chance of getting what we want.
As we get close to someone, we must not listen to the critical inner voice that warns us not to "be a sucker" or "love too much." This doesn't mean choosing someone who doesn't love us at all or staying with someone who mistreats us. Rather, the goal is to develop into a giving person, a loving person. It's a worthy pursuit to learn to do extra things and go the extra mile to show love. Here are five tips on how to be more loving in your relationship:
1) Communicate what you feel. People often make a big deal of who says "I love you" first. Many people feel shy or foolish to be the first to admit their feelings. It's scary to take the plunge and tell someone how you feel, but it is also the only way for your relationship to survive. When we take the advice of our "critical inner voice" telling us not to trust or open up, we deny our partner a chance at really knowing us. We also deny ourselves many opportunities to get closer and get what we want. Make sure to say how you feel, rather than trying to temper or hide it. Avoid playing games or over-analyzing your partner's communication. Instead, think about how they make you feel and let them know how you feel toward them. There is always a chance you will get hurt or rejected when you put yourself out there, but it is still worth it for your own sake to take risks and let people know you for who you are.
2) Avoid the "tit for tat" mentality. Couples often get into trouble when they start quantifying what they do for each other. If you find yourself thinking or saying "I will only do this if you do that," you may be forming an unhealthy habit. Pretty soon, you might find yourself thinking, "Why should I clean the bedroom? He never lifts a finger!" or "Why should I be the one to go toward her and be affectionate? She always acts too busy for me anyway." Instead of thinking about what you'll get in return, try to be selfless in your giving. In other words, commit to acts of kindness with no strings attached. When you do this, it doesn't just make your partner feel loved; it makes you feel good. Plus, it leads to a cycle of openness and exchange between you and your partner, instead of promoting a posture of defensiveness, in which both of you won't budge for fear that the other will let them down.
3) Be sure to support and participate in the things that excite and interest your partner, that light your partner up. If he or she loves to hike, take time to experience this passion alongside your partner. Encourage them to pursue their interests and the things that give their lives joy and meaning. You can expand your own world by being open to another person's. This doesn't mean sacrificing your own interests or giving up what makes you happy. It just means staying open to trying new things, so that your world is always expanding instead of getting smaller, which is a risk in many relationships.
4) Take actions your partner would perceive as loving. Quite often, our acts of kindness tend to take place on our own time or within our own parameters. In other words, we might do things for our partner that suit us then feel hurt when our partner doesn't react the way we want them to. Maybe taking them out or buying them presents is something you consider worthwhile, but is it something that your partner values? Perhaps he or she would rather just spend a night at home, curled up next to you and watching a movie? Even a simple act, like picking up something they need at the drugstore or offering to make dinner, can be true expressions of love to the people close to us. When we consider what matters to them and respond accordingly, we show love and consideration that goes beyond ourselves.
5) Don't become closed off. Often, when relationships get closer, we have the tendency to create a protective distance by slowly shutting down or closing ourselves off more and more to our partner. We may start to get cynical toward them, honing in on little traits that we don't like. We may start building a case, piling up every mistake they make until we've formed a wall between us and them. Hardening ourselves to our partner can be a defense against being too vulnerable or loving. When we love someone, we are more susceptible to fears of losing them or the life we are accustomed to. It is better to face these "fears of intimacy" than to turn against our relationship. We should fight to maintain our feelings of love, even when it is frightening to do so.
No matter what, we can only feel our own feelings. Being loving is the best thing we can do for our own well-being, because it allows us to feel genuinely good about ourselves. It is a skill that benefits us in all of our relationships, with our friends and our children as well as our romantic partners. Plus, when we expand our own ability to be loving, we actually grow our capacity to be loved. It opens us up to new possibilities, while allowing us to feel a consistent sense of honesty and integrity within ourselves.
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Contact: EULAR Press Office eularpressoffice@cohnwolfe.com 44-020-733-15364 European League Against Rheumatism
Rapid diagnosis followed by immediate treatment is key to preventing
Madrid, Spain, 12 June 2013: A new study presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that rapid evaluation for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) by Color Doppler Ultrasound (CDUS) followed by immediate initiation of treatment (if required) significantly reduces permanent vision loss.
Of the patients evaluated by the ''fast track'' principle from March 2010 to December 2012, 11.1% had transient visual manifestations, and none went on to suffer from permanent visual loss.
GCA is a condition in which medium and large-size arteries, usually in the head and neck, become inflamed (sometimes referred to as temporal arteritis). Symptoms of GCA, which include aching and soreness in and around the temples, jaw pain while eating, and loss of vision, often develop suddenly. Permanent visual loss is one of the most serious complications of GCA; in one study, visual manifestations were reported in 26% of patients, and permanent visual loss in up to 15%.2
Speaking on behalf of the SONOVAS study group, Dr. Andreas P. Diamantopoulos from the Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway said: "Giant cell arteritis should be regarded as a medical emergency because without prompt treatment it can lead to permanent blindness. Our data suggests that a fast-track approach significantly reduces this risk, encouraging findings that will now need to be confirmed in larger groups of patients."
This was in marked contrast to the results seen in the 28 patients who were traditionally evaluated between March 2010 and February 2012. In this group, visual disturbances were observed in seven patients, of whom six (21.5%) suffered from permanent vision loss in one or both eyes. The difference between the two groups with regard to permanent visual loss was statistically significant (p=0.035).
Patients suspected to have GCA were consecutively evaluated between March 2010 and December 2012 using colour Doppler ultrasound (CDUS). The ''fast- track'' principle (quick evaluation by CDUS within 24 hours, and immediate initiation of treatment if appropriate) was implemented in the outpatient clinic from March 2012.
During the evaluation period, a total of 46 patients were diagnosed with GCA. All of these patients fulfilled the ACR Classification Criteria for GCA* and produced a positive CDUS result of the temporal artery.
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* American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for GCA: at least two of the following five criteria (i) age more than 50 years (ii) new headache (iii) superficial temporal artery (STA) tenderness or decreased pulsation (iv) elevated ESR more than 50 mm in the first hour, and (v) abnormal findings on temporal artery biopsy.
1.Diamantopoulos AP et al., The "fast track" giant cell arteritis outpatient clinic: a useful tool to reduce the morbidity of disease? [abstract]. EULAR Annual European Congress of Rheumatology; 12-15 June 2013; Madrid, Spain. Abstract nr. OP0207
2.Gonzalez-Gay MA, Garcia-Porrua C, Llorca J, et al. Visual manifestations of giant cell arteritis. Trends and clinical spectrum in 161 patients. Medicine. 2000; 79 (5):283-92
NOTES TO EDITORS:
For further information on this study, or to request an interview with the study lead, please do not hesitate to contact the EULAR congress Press Office in room A10:14 of the Congress Centre during EULAR 2013 or on:
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) is an umbrella organisation which represents scientific societies, health professional associations and organisations of people with rheumatic diseases throughout Europe
In line with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), EULAR defines rheumatology as including rheumatic diseases of the connective tissue, locomotor and musculoskeletal systems.
EULAR aims to promote, stimulate and support the research, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of rheumatic diseases
With 45 scientific member societies, 36 People with Arthritis and Rheumatism in Europe (PARE) organisations and 11 health professionals associations, EULAR underscores the importance of combating rheumatic diseases not only through medical means, but also through patient care
EULAR 2013 is set to be the biggest rheumatology event in Europe with over 14,000 scientists, physicians, allied health professionals and related audiences in attendance from more than 110 countries. Over the course of the congress there will be more than 320 oral and 1,800 poster abstract presentations, and 750 lectures with 330 invited speakers
To find out more about the activities of EULAR, visit: http://www.eular.org
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Contact: EULAR Press Office eularpressoffice@cohnwolfe.com 44-020-733-15364 European League Against Rheumatism
Rapid diagnosis followed by immediate treatment is key to preventing
Madrid, Spain, 12 June 2013: A new study presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that rapid evaluation for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) by Color Doppler Ultrasound (CDUS) followed by immediate initiation of treatment (if required) significantly reduces permanent vision loss.
Of the patients evaluated by the ''fast track'' principle from March 2010 to December 2012, 11.1% had transient visual manifestations, and none went on to suffer from permanent visual loss.
GCA is a condition in which medium and large-size arteries, usually in the head and neck, become inflamed (sometimes referred to as temporal arteritis). Symptoms of GCA, which include aching and soreness in and around the temples, jaw pain while eating, and loss of vision, often develop suddenly. Permanent visual loss is one of the most serious complications of GCA; in one study, visual manifestations were reported in 26% of patients, and permanent visual loss in up to 15%.2
Speaking on behalf of the SONOVAS study group, Dr. Andreas P. Diamantopoulos from the Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway said: "Giant cell arteritis should be regarded as a medical emergency because without prompt treatment it can lead to permanent blindness. Our data suggests that a fast-track approach significantly reduces this risk, encouraging findings that will now need to be confirmed in larger groups of patients."
This was in marked contrast to the results seen in the 28 patients who were traditionally evaluated between March 2010 and February 2012. In this group, visual disturbances were observed in seven patients, of whom six (21.5%) suffered from permanent vision loss in one or both eyes. The difference between the two groups with regard to permanent visual loss was statistically significant (p=0.035).
Patients suspected to have GCA were consecutively evaluated between March 2010 and December 2012 using colour Doppler ultrasound (CDUS). The ''fast- track'' principle (quick evaluation by CDUS within 24 hours, and immediate initiation of treatment if appropriate) was implemented in the outpatient clinic from March 2012.
During the evaluation period, a total of 46 patients were diagnosed with GCA. All of these patients fulfilled the ACR Classification Criteria for GCA* and produced a positive CDUS result of the temporal artery.
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* American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for GCA: at least two of the following five criteria (i) age more than 50 years (ii) new headache (iii) superficial temporal artery (STA) tenderness or decreased pulsation (iv) elevated ESR more than 50 mm in the first hour, and (v) abnormal findings on temporal artery biopsy.
1.Diamantopoulos AP et al., The "fast track" giant cell arteritis outpatient clinic: a useful tool to reduce the morbidity of disease? [abstract]. EULAR Annual European Congress of Rheumatology; 12-15 June 2013; Madrid, Spain. Abstract nr. OP0207
2.Gonzalez-Gay MA, Garcia-Porrua C, Llorca J, et al. Visual manifestations of giant cell arteritis. Trends and clinical spectrum in 161 patients. Medicine. 2000; 79 (5):283-92
NOTES TO EDITORS:
For further information on this study, or to request an interview with the study lead, please do not hesitate to contact the EULAR congress Press Office in room A10:14 of the Congress Centre during EULAR 2013 or on:
The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) is an umbrella organisation which represents scientific societies, health professional associations and organisations of people with rheumatic diseases throughout Europe
In line with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), EULAR defines rheumatology as including rheumatic diseases of the connective tissue, locomotor and musculoskeletal systems.
EULAR aims to promote, stimulate and support the research, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of rheumatic diseases
With 45 scientific member societies, 36 People with Arthritis and Rheumatism in Europe (PARE) organisations and 11 health professionals associations, EULAR underscores the importance of combating rheumatic diseases not only through medical means, but also through patient care
EULAR 2013 is set to be the biggest rheumatology event in Europe with over 14,000 scientists, physicians, allied health professionals and related audiences in attendance from more than 110 countries. Over the course of the congress there will be more than 320 oral and 1,800 poster abstract presentations, and 750 lectures with 330 invited speakers
To find out more about the activities of EULAR, visit: http://www.eular.org
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Despite the conniption fit over the National Security Agency's Internet snooping, most Americans are perfectly okay with Big Brother spying on them. "A majority of Americans ? 56 percent ? say the National Security Agency?s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate terrorism," explains a new Pew Report.
Apple has just posted a lengthy, nearly 10 minute video (via 9to5Mac) about how apps built for its platform are used around the world to make changes that significantly impact people's lives. It's a very different approach from the typical Apple commercial, which is generally a short affair focusing on what apps are doing to add a little bit of levity or convenience to the average consumer's life.
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Despite the conniption fit over the National Security Agency's Internet snooping, most Americans are perfectly okay with Big Brother spying on them. "A majority of Americans ? 56 percent ? say the National Security Agency?s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate terrorism,"