N. Korean leader sends special envoy to China

By Ju-min Park and Ben Blanchard

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with its most important ally.

The delegation led by Choe Ryong-hae, vice chairman of the country's top military body, was the most senior to visit China since Kim's kingmaker uncle Jang Song-thaek made the trip in August 2012.

Ties between Pyongyang and Beijing have been hurt by the North's third nuclear test, carried out in February, and by China agreeing to U.N. sanctions on the North and starting to put a squeeze on North Korean banks.

North Korean state news agency KCNA said China's ambassador to Pyongyang, who is seen as the closest of all foreign envoys to Kim Jong-un, saw the delegation off at the airport.

Choe's first meeting in Beijing was with Wang Jiarui, head of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's International Department, China's Xinhua news agency said, without providing details.

The diplomatic move by North Korea came after Japan reached out to Pyongyang last week by sending a special envoy to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to hold talks over Japanese citizens abducted by the isolated and impoverished state.

Choe is one of the tight coterie of officials around Kim Jong-un, who has been in power for just over a year after succeeding his father.

He is a long-time political administrator and was surprisingly made a vice marshal in the army last year despite having no military background.

Jang's trip in 2012 had been aimed at securing a visit for Kim to Beijing and to win investment for the North's shattered economy, although it appeared to have failed, according to diplomats. Jang is seen as the most powerful official in North Korea after Kim.

"It is an important visit as he (Choe) is both a high-ranked official and coming as a special envoy of Kim Jong-un, and there have been no high level contacts between the two countries for such a long time," said Jin Canrong, associate dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University in Beijing.

BEIJING LIKELY TO SEEK RETURN TO NUCLEAR TALKS

Jin, a specialist on China-North Korea relations, said Beijing would once again urge Pyongyang to return to the so-called "Six Party Talks" process, aimed at denuclearization.

The talks included the North, China, the United States, South Korea, Japan and Russia and have been stalled since 2009 when North Korea conducted its second nuclear test.

"The Chinese people have been angered by North Korea's provocations. Certainly one of China's demands will be for North Korea to stop doing this," said Jin.

As well as staging the country's third nuclear test, Kim Jong-un presided over the launch of two long range rockets. These are banned by the United Nations due to concerns Pyongyang is testing technology to use in a long-range nuclear missile.

North Korea is almost entirely reliant on China for imports of fuel and food and since it closed an industrial zone on the border with South Korea, has few other outlets for its exports.

The North has traditionally attempted to play China off against the United States and appeared to be open to the possibility of a deal with Japan that irked both Seoul and Washington when Abe's aide visited Pyongyang last week.

Yoshihide Suga, Abe's cabinet secretary, told a news conference on Wednesday that Japan aimed to resume talks with North Korea as part of attempts to resolve the abduction issue.

"Since we are probing all the possibilities, that is naturally included," Suga said.

Japan and North Korea last held government talks in November 2012, before the North's last long-range missile launch in December and nuclear test in February.

Given the spike in tensions between Beijing and Pyongyang in the wake of the February nuclear test, it appeared Choe's visit was unlikely to produce a meaningful accord.

A visit to Beijing for Kim Jong-un would be a major prize for the young leader.

"Jang Song-thaek came back with nothing from China. Since then not only has North Korea not changed, things have become worse," said Lee Ji-sue, a North Korea expert at Myongji University in Seoul.

(Additional reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka in TOKYO; Editing by David Chance and Dean Yates)

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Galifianakis pays rent for once-homeless woman

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Zach Galifianakis escorted Mimi Haist to the "Hangover Part II" premiere and after-party in 2011.

Zach Galifianakis' character, Alan, is always doing the unexpected in the "Hangover" movies -- and the actor is apparently the same way in real life.

Galifianakis has helped an 87-year-old Los Angeles woman climb out of homelessness, finding her an apartment and paying her rent, and he has escorted her to premieres of his films, the New York Daily News reports.

The actor met Elizabeth "Mimi" Haist in 1994 when he visited the Fox Laundry laundromat in Santa Monica, Calif., where she volunteered, subsisting on tips from customers, the Daily News reports.

Just two years ago, he learned Haist was homeless and had been staying with various friends. Galifianakis arranged a small apartment for her, paying her rent, and introduced her to actress Renee Zellweger, who furnished the apartment, according to the newspaper.

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Mimi Haist at the Santa Monica laundromat where she met Zach Galifianakis.

In a 2010 interview conducted in the laundromat, Haist told Richard Stearns from Partners Trust Real Estate Brokerage that she had "no family left."

Before Monday night's Los Angeles premiere of the actor's new movie, "The Hangover Part III," the Daily News reported that Galifianakis would be escorting Haist to the event. "I?m looking forward to it," Haist told the Daily News. "I like the excitement of it."

Although Galifianakis was very visible at the event on Monday, there was no confirmation that Haist went as his guest. The premiere itself was overshadowed by the shocking news out of Oklahoma, where a devastating tornado hit Monday.

"Just like with any disasters, you feel silly doing a red carpet thing,"Galifianakis told USA Today.

The actor noted that celebrity hoopla always seemed strange to him, but especially in the storm's wake. "All of this is very bizarre to me and silly," he told USA Today. "The worship of celebrity culture is bad for our culture, to be honest. ... But as far as Oklahoma, obviously, you just hope and pray that things will turn up."

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The actor delighted fans by signing autographs and at one point, climbing into the trunk of a car as if he was going to ride home there before jumping out to ride in the car's back seat.

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Zach Galifianakis climbed into a car trunk briefly at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Hangover Part III."

Galifianakis' character plays a major role in the final film of the "Hangover" trilogy, which opens May 23.

"If you talk to people who love these movies, they?ll often say they wish they had a friend like Alan, and that?s largely attributable to Zach," director Todd Phillips told the Philippine Star. "He has such sweetness behind his eyes, that he can say and do most anything and you?ll think, ?Oh, he didn?t mean it like that.? So he gets away with all sorts of things."

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Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ? The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water.

With more than 80 percent of the expected ballots counted late Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website showed the fluoride proposal failing, 60 percent to 40 percent.

Mayor Charlie Hales supported fluoridation and said "the measure lost despite my own 'yes' vote.

"That's sure disappointing, but I accept the will of the voters," he said in a statement.

Fluoridation foes were delighted.

"We're very excited with how the numbers look," said Kellie Barnes with the anti-fluoride group Clean Water Portland.

If the early returns hold up, "then Portlanders spoke out to value our clean water and ask for better solutions for our kids."

Voters in Portland twice rejected fluoridation before approving it in 1978. That plan was overturned two years later, before any fluoride was ever added to the water.

The City Council voted last year to add fluoride to the water supply that serves about 900,000 people. But opponents quickly gathered enough signatures to force a vote on the subject.

Rejection of the proposal would keep Portland the largest U.S. city without fluoride in the water or with plans to add it. San Jose, Calif., ? which is larger than Portland ? has been working to add fluoride to its water supply.

Voters had weeks to make their choice in the mail-ballot election. By Tuesday it was too late to rely on the postman, so drop boxes were placed across the city to accommodate those who waited until the final day.

"We were still getting ballots from drop sites close to 8 p.m.," said Eric Sample, a Multnomah County elections spokesman. That meant a "pretty darn long night" of vote counting that likely would stretch into Wednesday, he said.

Supporters and opponents of fluoridation raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and traded accusations of sign-stealing and shoddy science in an election that has been the city's most contentious of the 21st century.

A sampling of voters dropping off ballots earlier Tuesday in rainy Pioneer Courthouse Square found people opposed to fluoridation.

"People don't like change. When in doubt, say no," said Tracy Rauscher, a native Portlander who, like a native Portlander, did not use an umbrella.

Portland's drinking water already contains naturally occurring fluoride, though not at levels considered to be effective at fighting cavities. Backers of fluoridation say adding more of it to the water is a safe, effective and affordable way to improve the health of low-income children whose parents don't stress proper nutrition and dental hygiene.

Opponents describe fluoride as a chemical that will ruin the city's pristine water supply, and they argue that adding it would violate an individual's right to consent to medication.

Although most Americans drink water treated with fluoride, it has long been a contentious topic. In the 1950s, fluoridation was feared as a Communist plot. Today, people worry that its effect on the body has not been sufficiently examined.

"I don't want chemicals in my water," Sarah Lazzaro said after voting Tuesday. "I know that there are really no known health risks with it, but there's a lot of things we find out later in life really do have health risks."

The issue re-appeared on Portland's radar late last summer, when health organizations that had quietly lobbied the City Council for a year persuaded the panel to unanimously approve fluoridation by March 2014.

Days before the vote, 227 people ? most of them opponents ? signed up to testify at a public hearing that lasted 6 1/2 hours. When their objections weren't heeded, they quickly gathered tens of thousands of signatures to force Tuesday's vote.

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Here's the story ... of a 'Brady Bunch' reunion

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Who were those three familiar Seventies faces spotted at Cincinnati-area amusement park Kings Island on Sunday? Marcia, Marcia, Marcia? Well ... no. But close.

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Susan Olsen (Cindy), Christopher Knight (Peter) and Barry Williams (Greg) ride The Racer rollercoaster at Kings Island with Kevin Brunck, manager of entertainment for the park. The actors were paying tribute to the 40th anniversary of the "Brady Bunch" episode shot at the park.

Three now-grown "Brady Bunch" kids returned to the Mason, Ohio park on Sunday, nearly 40 years after they filmed a classically campy 1973 episode there.

"The Kings Island episode is one of my favorite episodes from the Brady Bunch, right up there with the episode shot in Hawaii and the Return of Johnny Bravo," said Barry Williams, who played oldest brother Greg.

You remember the plot, such that it was. Architect dad Mike flew the fam from California to Ohio where his firm was building an addition to Kings Island, then only in its second year of existence. Typical Brady hijinx ensue, and somehow middle sister Jan ends up with Mike's blueprints and Mike unrolls Jan's Yogi Bear poster at his meeting. Sadly, the park honchos didn't seem enamored with the idea of a bear-shaped add-on, and Mike's klutzy kids had put his job in danger once again.

But never fear, it's Bradys to the rescue! The family sets off in a relay race across the park, with even beloved and exercise-averse maid Alice zooming off to find the plans and get them to Mike in time.

The episode became a cast and fan favorite with plenty of memorable moments. Jan's plaid pants! Greg falling for a park employee and agreeing to parade around dressed in an animal costume! Alice getting dizzy after swinging around in a giant beer barrel on a Tilt-A-Whirl type ride! Bobby and Cindy eating, and eating, and eating!

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Barry Williams teaches Kings Island patrons the patented Brady family choreography to "Sunshine Day."

Along with Williams, Susan Olsen, who played Cindy, and Christopher Knight, who played Peter, showed up to ride the rides and sign autographs. The cast members performed four sold-out shows for park visitors, with Williams singing his Eminem parody song, "The Real Greg Brady" and teaching the audience the choreography to that Brady musical classic, "Sunshine Day."

Williams told Cincinnati's ABC affiliate that the show's appeal is multigenerational. "It's really a treat to talk to people who watched us in first-run, there's a whole generation who watched us after school, and as you can see there's a whole upcoming generation watching on DVD," he said.

And Olsen told the station that the trip was a time warp. "We just assume our original roles -- not our character roles -- but our roles amongst each other," she said. "And we?re back to being kids."

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/heres-story-brady-bunch-reunion-6C9996519

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Samsung taking on the Mac's Retina Display with new 276 PPI panel

Samsung does make some great displays, for sure, though while they've taken on the Retina Display on mobile, their laptop displays pale in comparison next to the MacBook Pro's Retina Display. In truth, only Google's Chromebook Pixel and Toshiba's new Kirabook can really sit at the same table as the Retina MacBook Pro. Samsung is looking to change all that with the announcement of their new panel with a staggering 276 PPI.

To get to that number, the new panel boasts a 3200 x 1800 resolution at 13.3-inches. Without officially confirming that the new display would be heading to their Ultrabook range, at that size it's a relatively safe bet that it won't be reserved for tablets. Samsung also says that the new display will boast 30% better power saving compared to existing LCD displays. The new display is being unveiled in Vancouver at Display Week 2013.

Until we see this new display with our own eyes, we'll have to reserve judgment. It certainly sounds enticing, especially when you consider the quality of the displays on both Retina MacBook Pro's, and even the Chromebook Pixel. More competition in the laptop display space can only be good news in the long run. Though, we're still wondering just how many pixels you really need to display that Windows 8 UI? Those will be some mighty fine looking squares.

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Former GOP Senator Judd Gregg named CEO of lobbying group SIFMA

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association named former Republican Senator Judd Gregg as its chief executive officer, the lobbying group said Monday.

The appointment of the veteran politician, who also was governor of New Hampshire and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, continues a growing trend of legislators, financial regulators, bank executives and lobbyists moving back and forth among the channels.

Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro last month joined Promontory Financial Group, a Washington lobbying firm founded by former Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or SIFMA, also named its acting president and chief executive Kenneth Bentsen Jr. as president. He is a former Texas congressman and nephew of former Texas Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen.

Bentsen in February replaced Timothy Ryan, a banker and former regulator who resigned as president and CEO after almost five years at the trade group to become JPMorgan Chase & Co's chief regulator. A former savings and loan company regulator, Ryan previously worked at JPMorgan as vice chairman for financial institutions and governments.

(Reporting by Jed Horowitz; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)

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A tour of the Jolla phone with company co-founder Marc Dillon (video)

Say hello to the Jolla Phone. Pre-orders for the world's first Sailfish OS device started today and we've called into Helsinki to get the whole story from Jolla's co-founder and software head Marc Dillon. While we know there's a 4.5-inch "high definition" screen (resolution TBC), dual-core processor and 8-megapixel camera, we were kept at arms length during our meeting with an early prototype. So, unfortunately, our full hands-on treatment will have to wait until later today. For now, Marc takes us through the thinking behind the hardware -- and what the notion of the "other half" really means -- right after the break.

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Did the Associated Press blow an Al Qaeda informant's cover?

Some officials say the Associated Press scoop on a thwarted terrorist plot by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen harmed the effort to neutralize a master bomb-builder. Does that excuse the Obama administration's aggressive crackdown on national security leaks?

By Brad Knickerbocker,?Staff writer / May 18, 2013

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appears before the House Judiciary Committee May 15. Holder told the committee that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press.

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Very bad, according to most journalism professionals worried about sources ? especially whistleblowers ? refusing to talk for fear of Big Government retribution.

?First Amendment radicals ? I count myself among them ? resist any and all such intrusions,? writes Reuters columnist Jack Shafer. ?You can?t very well have a free press if every unpublished act of journalism can be co-opted by cops, prosecutors and defense attorneys.?

But it?s still unclear how serious the leak was that led to the AP?s scoop about a foiled terrorist plot in Yemen and then to the sweeping search for the leaker. Did it in fact ?put people at risk,? as President Obama suggested this week?

Duke University Law School professor Christopher H. Schroeder, who was Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the Obama administration from 2010 to 2012, obviously is not a disinterested source.

But he makes a good point about why the Justice Department went to such lengths to find the source of the leak regarding a story involving what could have been a successful underwear bomber tied to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula targeting a US airliner.

?What went completely without mention in the initial coverage was the fact that thwarting this plot was not the objective of the ongoing undercover operation,? Mr. Schroeder wrote on Huffington Post this week. ?Its true objective was to gain enough intelligence to locate and neutralize the master bomb builder, Ibrahim Hassan al-Ashiri, who works with an Al-Qaeda affiliate, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).?

?Penetrating AQAP is incredibly difficult,? Schroeder continued. ?This double agent provided a rare opportunity to gain critical, life-saving information. Whoever disclosed the information obtained by the AP had not only put the agent's life and his family's life in danger. He also killed a golden opportunity to save untold more lives that now remain at risk due to al-Ashiri remaining at large.?

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While your finances won?t impact others if you live alone, people with a family need to be much more careful with their money. This article offers several suggestions on money management.

When you are trying to save some money abroad, eat at local restaurants. The restaurants in hotels and tourist areas have ?tourist trap pricing,? which can be substantially higher than what locals pay. With this in mind, eat where the locals eat! You?ll find the most delicious and best priced fare in the area.

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When items are on sale at the supermarket, you will not save money if you purchase more items than you can utilize. Stocking up on items you use regularly can save a lot of money, but only if you actually eat it all before it goes bad. Do not go overboard, then you will be able to enjoy a sale.

Holding a garage or yard sale can help one clear out some old items, as well as earning some extra cash. Those who make friends easily may be able to convince neighbors to let them sell their unwanted items for just a small fee. Using creativity, the possibilities are endless when it comes to garage sales.

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If somebody is thinking about getting something that costs too much they may want to ask their family to help them out. Pooling resources to make a purchase for the entire family, can help everyone save some cash.

Your money management may weigh more heavily on your mind if you have children. You can make your income go further and take better care of the people who rely on you by making use of good personal finance advice whenever you come across it.

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Gold, Silver Miner ETFs Down Over 10% for Week | ETF Trends

ETFs tracking gold and silver miner stocks continued to plunge this week to new multiyear lows as precious metals were also under severe pressure.

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GDXJ), Market Vectors Gold Miners (NYSEArca: GDX) and Global X Silver Miners ETF (NYSEArca: SIL) were all poised for weekly losses of more than 10% in afternoon trading Friday.

GDXJ, the small-cap gold miner ETF, has shed half its value over the past six months.

Gold prices fell below $1,400 an ounce this week with investors favoring riskier assets like stocks and dialing back inflation expectations. SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD) was on track for a weekly loss of nearly 6%. Meanwhile, PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSEArca: UUP) has been strong on speculation the Federal Reserve may ease back on its bond purchases. [Gold, TIPS ETFs See Outflows]

Absa Investments analyst Craig Pheiffer in a Business Day report said rising operating costs and the damaging consequences of strike activity on production have amplified the negative sentiment towards gold stocks. ?Gold miners also fall into the resources category (that are suffering ) from lower prices because of weaker demand.?

In the major U.S. stock indices, the S&P 500 was set for a weekly advance of 1.7%, the Dow gained 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite added 1.5%. [S&P 500 ETF Eyes Fresh Record on Consumer Sentiment]

?You?ve got the leading indicators helping the market today,? said Thomas Nyheim, a fund manager for Christiana Trust, in a Bloomberg report. ?We?re seeing good signs for the economy, you?re getting this grinding, slow growth that just keeps coming out.?

The top three unleveraged ETFs this week were Global X FTSE Greece 20 (NYSEArca: GREK), Guggenheim Global Solar Energy (NYSEArca: TAN) and PowerShares Wilderhill Clean Energy (NYSEArca: PBW) with gains of at least 6%.

The bottom three unleveraged ETFs this week were the gold and silver miner ETFs ? GDXJ, GDX and SIL.

In next week?s economic data, look for reports on existing home sales, new home sales and durable goods orders. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke speaks on Wednesday and investors will also get the minutes from the latest Fed meeting.

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The opinions and forecasts expressed herein are solely those of John Spence, and may not actually come to pass. Information on this site should not be used or construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation for any product.

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LG Nexus 4 shows up in white at Google I/O (hands-on)

A checkerboard-style glitter pattern with a white background? Yes, please. We've always been impressed by the elegant look and feel of LG's Nexus 4, announced alongside Android 4.2 last October, and now Google is making an ivory version of the device available to (hopefully) the masses. The twist: it still hasn't been officially announced, despite the fact that a conference like I/O would be the perfect time and place to do so. While Google chose not to take advantage of the situation to show the unicorn Nexus to the world, real-life units have been discovered floating around Moscone West. Androidandme's Taylor Wimberly happened upon one of them at the show and was gracious enough to give us a brief moment or two with the device.

There isn't any surprise associated with this particular beaut, as it's packing the same design and specs as we've already seen in the original black model (sorry, LTE hopefuls). The pattern on the back actually doesn't stand out as much as it does on the black version, as it happens to blend in with the white a little more. We also noticed the same set of tiny nubs on the bottom that mysteriously appeared on the black version a few months ago. Lastly, the white Nexus is rumored to be the first device with Android 4.3 when it officially launches, but this particular version we saw only sports 4.2.1. There's not much else for us to write about the new color, but let's face it -- you're here for the pictures, which you can gaze upon below.

Gallery: LG Nexus 4 in white at Google I/O

Myriam Joire contributed to this post.

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Stem-cell-based strategy boosts immune system in mice

May 16, 2013 ? Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells, in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, the tissue can be used to foster the development of white blood cells the body needs to mount healthy immune responses and to prevent harmful autoimmune reactions.

The scientists who developed the thymus cells -- which caused the proliferation and maturation of functioning immune cells when transplanted -- said the achievement marks a significant step toward potential new treatments based on stem-cell and organ transplantation, as well as new therapies for type-1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, and for immunodeficiency diseases.

Starting with human embryonic stem cells, UCSF researchers led by Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, an immunologist, and Matthias Hebrok, PhD, a stem-cell researcher and the director of the UCSF Diabetes Center, used a unique combination of growth factors to shape the developmental trajectory of the cells, and eventually hit upon a formula that yielded functional thymus tissue.

The result, reported in the May 16, 2013 online edition of the journal Cell Stem Cell, is functioning tissue that nurtures the growth and development of the white blood cells known as T cells. T cells are a central immune cell population that responds to specific disease pathogens and also prevents the immune system from attacking the body's own tissues.

The thymus might be a bit obscure to the layperson -- it's a small gland at the top of the chest beneath the breastbone -- but it is in no way expendable, as individuals with defective thymus function succumb to infection early in life.

Given the invasive nature of cell therapy, which remains completely experimental, the first treatments using laboratory-derived thymus tissue would likely be studied in patients with fatal diseases for which there are no effective treatments, Anderson said. For example, one early treatment might be for the genetic disease DeGeorge syndrome, in which some newborns are born without a thymus gland and die in infancy.

However, a potentially greater impact may be in the area of tissue transplantation, a goal of the emerging field of stem-cell based therapies. Stem-cell-based therapies now are limited by the potential for the immune system to reject transplanted stem cells, Anderson said. For transplantation, stem cells might be coaxed down two developmental pathways simultaneously, to form both thymus tissue and a replacement organ. Transplantation of both might overcome the rejection barrier without the need for harmful immunosuppression, according to Anderson.

"The thymus is an environment in which T cells mature, and where they also are instructed on the difference between self and non-self," Anderson said. Some T cells are prepared by the thymus to attack foreign invaders -- including transplants, while T cells that would attack our own tissues normally are eliminated in the thymus.

In the same vein, thymus tissue might one day be used to retrain the immune system in autoimmune diseases in which the immune system abnormally attacks "self," thereby enhancing recognition and protecting from immune destruction.

Researchers have discovered many of the proteins and growth factors that are switched on during the course of embryonic development and that are crucial to organ formation. Hebrok has spent years trying to develop insulin-secreting beta cells, a part of the pancreas that is destroyed during the course of diabetes.

The sequential appearance of specific marker proteins within cells as they develop into the distinct organs of the gastrointestinal tract serves as a series of milestones, which has helped orient Hebrok and others as they seek to guide the formation of distinct tissues.

Hebrok likens the quest for organ specific cells, including thymus cells and the elusive pancreatic beta cell, to an adventurous road trip. The pancreas and the thymus branch off the gastrointestinal tract in different places, but they share certain developmental markers.

To get to thymus cells, the researchers tried dozens of protocols, timing the switching on of the key factors differently each time. "If we used one factor for a day longer or shorter it would not work," Hebrok said. With the milestones misplaced, "It would be like driving down the highway and missing your exit."

The researchers caution that they have not perfectly replicated the thymus, and that only about 15 percent of cells are successfully directed to become thymus tissue with the protocol used in the study.

Even so, Anderson said, "We now have developed a tool that allows us to modulate the immune system in a manner that we never had before."

Additional study authors include UCSF Diabetes Center postdoctoral fellows Audrey Parent, PhD, Holger Russ, PhD; and graduate students Imran Khan, Taylor LaFlam, and Todd Metzger.

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Breast Cancer: How We'll Better Predict Who it Strikes (Op-Ed)

Annette Lee, associate investigator at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

We may never be able to fully prevent the occurrence of breast cancer, but I believe within five years we will be able to identify individuals who will develop breast cancer with much higher accuracy than we can with the predictive tools we have now.

Currently, many women make difficult medical decisions based on age, ethnicity, medical history, family history, lifestyle and BRCA-gene status that are weighted independently and collectively to estimate risk for the development of breast cancer. [Angelina Jolie & Breast Cancer: What Options Do High-Risk Women Have?]?

However, a woman with all odds against her may never develop breast cancer, while another with no known risk factors may succumb to the disease within a few years.? There are still many unknowns.

Currently, large cohorts of women with a diagnosis of breast cancer are providing information to researchers and the technology to discover previously unknown genetic factors is rapidly developing ? both outcomes bring the opportunity for new discoveries.?

While there is no doubt BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations significantly increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, they are not the only factors involved. Some women who have the known BRCA mutations never go on to develop breast cancer; while some women with no BRCA mutations do. There are several ongoing genetic studies to identify other gene mutations involved in the development of breast cancer.

In addition, the ability to sequence whole genomes has increased exponentially, while the costs have decreased.? That has helped change the way we now view DNA and RNA. Segments we once thought of as "junk" or "spacer" DNA have turned out to be key gene regulators.?

More emphasis is also being placed on not just DNA sequencing, per se, but other genetic components, as well. Small, non-coding RNA sections are now recognized as important molecules in modifying gene expression ? especially in cancer.?The influences of DNA and histone modifications, which also affect gene expression, are also actively being explored.?

The development of cancer does not happen overnight. There is a progression of steps that need to occur for cancer to be potentially lethal. First, normal cells need to transform into cancer cells, the cancer cells need to divide, expand and not die at the same rate as normal cells ??and more importantly, the cancer cells need to spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body and continue their invasion of healthy tissue. If we can interrupt that chain of events at any point, we can save lives.?

In collaboration with Iuliana Shapira, M.D., at the Monter Cancer Center, we have been collecting blood and tumor samples from women diagnosed with breast and/or ovarian cancer to study the course of the disease from diagnosis through completion of treatment. By studying samples from the same person at different points, we can identify changes at the DNA-, RNA- and protein-level that reflect the presence of cancer, disease status, treatment response and, in some cases, relapse. Data on multiple factors from serial time points gives us important insight into what makes cancer cells different from normal cells and how we can potentially leverage this information towards prevention, detection and treatment.

We are also collecting longitudinal (yearly) blood samples from women who are at high risk for developing cancer to see if biomarkers are present that could indicate future cancer?development. Indentifying measureable, pre-cancer changes would give us a tool to distinguish women who are at high risk for developing cancer, but may not distinguish women who are at high risk who will go on to develop cancer in the near future. The key to curing cancer is early detection.

With the availability of subject samples to study and the methods to perform in-depth genetic analysis on multiple levels, we will ultimately be better equipped to accurately identify and define an individual's risk of developing breast cancer rather than relying on population statistics.

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A late fade on Wall Street; Wal-Mart, Disney slump

NEW YORK (AP) ? Signs of a slowing economy combined with comments from a Federal Reserve official helped pull the stock market down Thursday.

There was plenty of discouraging news. Applications for unemployment benefits rose last week and manufacturing slowed in the mid-Atlantic region. Wal-Mart sank after warning that its customers were spending less at its stores.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 42.47 points to 15,233.22, a loss of 0.3 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 8.31 points to 1,650.47, down 0.5 percent. It was only the third drop for the S&P 500 this month. Both indexes closed at record highs the day before.

"We've had such a tremendous run," said J. J. Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade. "On a day with a bunch of disappointing data, you're looking for some good news to hold on to."

The manufacturing report from the Philadelphia branch of the Federal Reserve sent bond prices up and turned stocks lower in morning trading. The stock market recovered before noon, then spent most of the day with slight gains until shortly after 3 p.m.

That's when news crossed that John Williams, head of the Federal Reserve's San Francisco branch, told an audience that the Fed could end its bond-buying program this year. But Williams' comments made clear that the Fed would only curtail its stimulus effort when the economy looked strong enough. Within the last hour of trading, the S&P 500 dropped 5 points.

Cisco jumped 13 percent, or $2.68, to $23.89. The network-equipment maker turned in quarterly results late Wednesday that beat analysts' expectations, with the help of better revenue from the U.S. and emerging markets. Cisco's performance is often considered a gauge of the technology industry's strength, and tech stocks fared better than the rest of the market Thursday. Technology was the only one of the 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 index to close higher.

The Nasdaq composite index lost 6.37 points to 3,465.24, a drop of 0.2 percent.

Wal-Mart fell 2 percent. The world's largest retailer turned in weaker sales and a dim forecast for profits. The company blamed bad weather and delayed tax refunds for earnings and sales that fell short of what analysts had expected. Wal-Mart's stock lost $1.36 to $78.50.

Companies have reported record quarterly profits this earnings season. Seven of every 10 in the S&P 500 have trumped analysts' earnings estimates, according to S&P Capital IQ. Earnings have climbed 5 percent over the year before.

But revenue has looked weak: six out of every 10 companies in the S&P 500 have missed forecasts, and revenue has edged up just 1 percent. Without higher sales, companies are getting more of their profits from laying off staff and other cost-cutting moves.

Scott King, an investment adviser at Unified Trust Co. in Lexington, Ky., said that if the market is going to keep climbing this year, sales will have to start rising. Analysts are looking for that to happen as economic growth gains strength later this year.

"It's hard to see how companies can squeeze more earnings growth out of cost savings," King said. "At some point, the economic numbers and revenue have to pick up."

The Philadelphia branch of the Federal Reserve reported that manufacturers in the region said business conditions slumped this month. Orders for manufactured goods and shipments have been weak.

In Washington, the Labor Department reported that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 360,000. That suggests companies are laying more people off, just one week after applications for benefits hit a five-year low.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped to 1.88 percent from 1.94 percent late Wednesday. It's a sign that traders are shifting money into lower-risk investments like U.S. government debt.

Gold prices fell slightly and the price of crude oil edged higher. Gold fell $9.30 to $1,386.90 an ounce. Crude oil rose 86 cents to $95.16 a barrel in New York.

Among other companies making moves:

? Tesla Motors jumped 9 percent, or $7.41, to $92.25. The electric-car maker it said it aims to raise $830 million from the sale of stocks and convertible bonds to pay off a loan from the federal government. Tesla has surged 65 percent since May 8, when it announced its first profitable quarter.

? Semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices plunged 13 percent, the biggest drop in the S&P 500 index. A Goldman Sachs analyst advised investors to sell AMD, arguing that its shares had become too expensive. AMD had shot up 83 percent this year before Thursday's plunge on hopes that the company can cash in on making chips for video game consoles. AMD lost 55 cents to $3.83.

? Amyris fell 3 percent after a law firm filed a class action suit against the specialty-chemicals company, saying it misled investors about its production capabilities. Amyris lost 11 cents to $3.09.

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Select inside creating your reservation for the sail about the Yangtze River is actually locating a luxury cruise you want to continue on. While it may be as becoming a strange thought to be able to publication an additional cruise trip having a pond, this really is really large enterprise in Cina. Numerous cruise lines deliver voyages for the Yangtze and provide their people numerous various various cruise types. This specific phase generally takes a bit period because at this time there's actually a great deal you will have the ability to select kind. You're in a position to choose internet website experiencing cruises, team cooking travel and leisure cruises and much more. What ever the taste, you are most likely to locate a cruise to fit these people.

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When you have identified the actual cruise you'd like to obtain, the following phase is needless to say booking passageway. Within this stage, you can pick out not merely your provide you will be travelling upon but in addition other locations of one's plans. As an instance, if you would like comprehend the organic locations down the Yangtze, you will possess an opportunity to choose waste your vacation plans in that will help you to attempt this. 1 thing to help keep in thoughts whilst you are reserving passageway is usually that whenever you consist of adventures you are able to normally boost the money necessary for your present trip. As you have to not make it possible for this control an individual a great deal of, it really is some thing you have to bear in mind.

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In conjunction with supplying in your trip, you should view a well being practitioner before you go. When an individual head more than to several position you've by no means recently been previous to, an individual encounter microorganisms in addition to worms your body is unaccustomed in order to. By indicates of discovering a physician in addition to telling these people from the programs to visit The far east, they are able to offer you with ideas concerning the very best method to look after your self. As well as a trip to your physician, ensure you spend time before a vacation acquiring a range of nutritional vitamin supplements to create certain your entire physique is as nutritious as you possibly can. So long as you're less most likely to obtain unwell together with your sail, getting security measures to ensure you don't could make the experience extra enjoyable. Bear in mind that your whole body will need a whilst to sit within the latest position and this you might need a additional rest than usual.

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As you move the earlier mentioned facts protects the basics of making your reservation for a visit within the Yangtze, there are several other things you might like to think of at the same time. In the event you plan to carry photographs or maybe video clip, you might want to make sure you'll find absolutely no nearby legal guidelines in opposition to repeating this. Keep in mind that while Tiongkok is actually coming out in to the planet, that however provides plenty of isolationist points regarding check out. Also, it might be beneficial to evaluation various ethnicities you could possibly interact with. Tiongkok could possibly be one country however it is actually comprised of a confusing variety of people and quite a few have got various practices which can be worthknowing.

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