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Tickets for the original date will be honored at the rescheduled event. |
The singer was forced to postpone several dates this fall, including Staples Center in Los Angeles, Madison Square Garden in New York and the Tacoma Dome in Washington. |
Conservatives Say Obama Is Fighting A “War On Coal.” They’re Wrong. |
Under President Obama, coal extraction has been steadily plugging away. |
What the country actually needs is a price on carbon that reflects the true social and environmental burden of burning fossil fuels. That would make coal prohibitively expensive. Today’s Congress will never go along with that, of course. But what Obama could do, without congressional approval, is determine that it isn’... |
Tongue Bacteria Can Identify Patients With Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer! |
Home » Cancer » Tongue Bacteria Can Identify Patients With Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer! |
This is the first evidence that suggests changes to the bacteria in the tongue could be an early indicator of pancreatic cancer. |
Washington D.C.: The different types of bacteria living on the tongue can distinguish patients with early pancreatic cancers from healthy individuals, according to results from a new study published in the Journal of Oral Microbiology. |
This is the first evidence that suggests changes to the bacteria in the tongue could be an early indicator of pancreatic cancer. If confirmed in larger studies, this could pave the way towards the development of new life-saving early detection or prevention tools for this highly aggressive disease. |
Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer can greatly improve chances of successful treatment - but this poses challenges for this disease as it grows deep inside the body and often shows few symptoms before it has already spread. As a result, most patients already have advanced disease by the time they seek medical help. |
With researchers searching for biological changes that can accurately detect early signs of pancreatic cancer, a current hot topic is the potential role of the microbiome in the development of cancer. Previous studies have already seen dramatic disruptions to bacteria in saliva, intestinal and faecal samples collected ... |
In the first study to characterise the tongue coat microbiome of patients with pancreatic cancer, a team of researchers recruited a group of 30 patients with early-stage disease (diagnosed with a tumour positioned in the 'head' area of the pancreas) and a similar group of 25 healthy people. |
Participants were all between 45 and 65 years in age, had no other diseases or oral health problems and had not taken any antibiotics or other drugs for the three months before the study. |
The research team used gene sequencing technologies to examine the microbiome diversity of tongue coat samples and found that pancreatic cancer patients were colonised by remarkably different tongue coating microbiomes compared to healthy individuals. |
Speaking about it, lead author Lanjuan Li said, "Although further confirmatory studies are needed, our results add to the growing evidence of an association between disruptions to the microbiome and pancreatic cancer." |
Notably, the abundance of four types of bacteria - low levels of Haemophilus and Porphyromonas and high levels of Leptotrichia and Fusobacterium - could distinguish pancreatic cancer patients from healthy individuals. |
The research team hypothesises that the immune system is most likely a link between any confirmed shifts in the microbiome with pancreatic cancer. They theorise that disease development in the pancreas may influence the immune response in ways that favour the growth of certain bacteria - or vice versa. If proven, this ... |
(Reuters) - Apple Inc, in a surprise move on Monday, launched a new 10.5-inch iPad Air and updated its iPad Mini ahead of a March 25 event where it is expected to launch a television and video service. |
So far in its annual March event, Apple has been making announcements related upgrades for its product lines, but this year the focus is likely to shift to services, especially after it reported its first ever drop in iPhone sales in January. |
The new iPad models, geared with Apple’s latest A12 Bionic chip and support for Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard, are already available for order at apple.com and in the Apple Store app in the United States and the United Kingdom, along with a few other countries. |
“That it announced the new lineup in advance of next week’s event suggests it wants to focus on the content next week over hardware,” DA Davidson analyst Tom Forte said. |
The 10.5-inch iPad Air, starts at $499 for the 64GB WiFi model and $629 for the WiFi plus cellular model. The new iPad mini starts at $399 for the WiFi model and $529 for the WiFi plus cellular model, the iPhone maker said in a statement. |
With the new launch, the iPad will come in four different screen sizes, ranging from 7.9 inch to 12.9 inch. |
“More iPad sales won’t make a big impact on the company’s enormous bottom line, but it can help to show consumers and investors that Apple still has the ability to create popular devices and features,” said Clement Thibault, a senior analyst at Investing.com. |
In the year ended September 2018, Apple made about $19 billion in revenue from iPad sales, a very small portion compared with the nearly $167 billion it generated from the sale of iPhones. |
Shares of Apple rose 0.63 percent at $187.22 on early Monday trading. |
SHAH ALAM, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- An owner of a company was charged in the Sessions Court here today on two counts of money laundering involving RM229,000 last year. |
S. Vinoad, 30, however, pleaded not guilty to both charges before Judge Yang Zaimey Yang Ghazali. |
He was charged with transferring RM85,000, which were proceeds from unlawful activities, into a bank account belonging to a 33-year-old woman from an account belonging to his company, Five Elements Services. |
Vinoad was also charged with transferring RM144,000 from the company’s bank account into an account belonging to a 53-year-old woman and 56-year-old man. |
He was alleged to have committed the offences at the Port Klang branch of CIMB Bank Bhd on Feb 12 last year. |
The charge, under Section 4(1) (b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Prevention of Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Unlawful Activities Act 2001, provides for a jail term of up to 15 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the proceeds, or RM5 million, whichever is higher, upon conviction. |
Deputy Public Prosecutor Syafinas Shabudin requested that the case to be tried together with another case under Section 424 of the Penal Code faced by the accused. |
Vinoad, who was represented by lawyer Vemal Arasan, was charged with accepting RM1.8 million belonging to a 59-year-old man. |
He was alleged to have committed the offence at Hong Leong Islamic Bhd, Section 9 here on Feb 9 last year. |
Yang Zaimey allowed the prosecution's application and set April 16, 19 and 26 as the trial dates. |
Ben Kingsley and Short Term 12‘s Brie Larson are joining Daniel Radcliffe in Killer Films’ Brooklyn Bridge. The Douglas McGrath-helmed drama is inspired by the true story of Washington Roebling, the civil engineer responsible for overseeing the construction of the iconic NYC bridge. Kingsley will play Roebling’s father... |
Olivia Colman is getting to work on season three of Netflix hit The Crown, channelling Queen Elizabeth II as she recreated emotional scenes for the show. |
Colman was pictured on set in Wales filming the Queen’s visit to families affected by the Aberfan mining tragedy. |
In 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a colliery waste tip collapsed in the Welsh village of Aberfan, swamping the village in coal slurry. |
Queen Elizabeth II visited the village eight days after the disaster to speak to parents of children who had died in the disaster. She visited a further three times. |
Cwmaman in Wales is being used to recreate the scenes for The Crown, which has jumped ahead to the 60s for season three. |
Colman wore a smart orange, fur-lined coat and a fur hat as she acted out the scenes in front of a small terraced house with police officers around her. |
She held a black handbag, black gloves and a small bouquet of flowers. |
One person who watched the filming take place told the BBC there was a ‘very sombre mood’. |
‘It was all very dignified, Olivia Colman is clearly taking her role very seriously,’ they said. |
The show will depict the disaster at Pantglas Junior School 15 miles away from the original village, after bosses agreed it would be too upsetting. |
The Crown season three will depict events from 1964 – 1976, which will chart the Queen’s relationship with then Prime Minister Harold Wilson. |
Other cast members include Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, Ben Daniels as Lord Snowdon, Jason Watkins as Harold Wilson and Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles. |
Will Dina Manzo Return To ‘Real Housewives’ Upon Teresa Giudice’s Invite? |
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dina Manzo decided to return for a single season last year, but that return may have been more than enough. Shortly after wrapping up season 6, Dina decided to move out to California. She had been doing some work in front of the camera that didn’t fall into a Bravo category and th... |
“I love her. She’s one of my best friends. She’s my daughters’ godmother. I just love her,” Teresa told the Daily Dish, revealing that she would love to film the show with Dina Manzo once again. Of course, it is very possible that she won’t be able to get Manzo back on the show, as she’s currently living in California.... |
But Teresa is filming the new season with original housewife, Jacqueline Laurita. There have been rumors that they have been feuding, but she’s teasing that the new season could be fun to watch. |
Many people are wondering how Giudice’s relationship is with Melissa Gorga, as the two didn’t really make peace before she went to jail. Dina Manzo did hint that Melissa was to blame for their troubles, but it sounds like Giudice has put those troubles behind her. |
While Teresa is having a blast filming this new season of the show with Jacqueline and Melissa, Dina Manzo is busy rebuilding her life in California. When fans last saw Manzo, she wasn’t really sure if she should go through with the divorce from her ex-husband. One can imagine that she finally did sign the papers, as s... |
It sounds like Manzo won’t be filming the new season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey with Teresa, even though the offer is on the table. |
What do you think of Dina Manzo’s new life in California? Do you understand why she may not want to return to Bravo? |
Frailty, a condition that affects 10 percent of people aged 65 and older, can make older adults more prone to disability, falls, hospitalization, and a shorter lifespan. In April 2016, research published online in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society examined the effects of frailty and depression on married c... |
The release explains that although we know much about the effects of frailty and depression on individuals, up until now little has been uncovered about how these two conditions may be connected within couples. |
The researchers learned that the frailer an older person is, the more likely it is that he or she will become depressed. The more depressed an older person is, the more likely he or she is to become frail. |
What’s more, the researchers also learned that people married to a frail spouse were likely to become frail themselves, and that people married to a depressed spouse were more likely to become depressed, too. Interestingly, older husbands tended to be more depressed and frail than younger husbands. Older wives were not... |
These findings are based on a study of data from 1,260 married couples, aged 65 and older, collected during the Cardiovascular Health Study. |
The researchers concluded that frailty and depression symptoms may be intertwined for spouses, suggesting that senior living facilities might consider ways to increase couples’ engagement in physical activities, social activities, and mutual support. |
We interview Rosa Salazar about bringing the iconic manga character Alita to life in Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron's Alita: Battle Angel. |
At the end of October we traveled to New Zealand to visit Weta Digital where post-production is underway for Alita: Battle Angel. We got to speak to the SFX leads behind the groundbreaking project, the same creative geniuses that worked with James Cameron on Avatar (and who are working on the sequels), along with Camer... |
This is a story about Alita, and while the innovative processes and tech are most certainly awe-inspiring, it's not just the movie magic that brings the adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's graphic novel something incredibly unique. It's also how it crafted and tells the story of a young woman transitioning into her true sel... |
How do you compare the advanced performance capture to "traditional" acting with a more normal camera setup? |
Rosa Salazar: Well, it is a little more effort and you're in a skin tight, airtight suit for the majority - the entirety - of the filming process. A lot of the discomfort is bodily, you know, it's environmental. So like we're outside in Austin, Texas and it's 100 degrees, and I'm in a do-rag and a helmet, in a Lululemo... |
A lot of it is just stuff you learn to cope with but other than that, I mean, you're in a groundbreaking suit that is... this is the cutting edge of technology and we're creating a brand new human. That's different. I'm not a huge fan of the live-action hair and makeup and wardrobe. I love my job. Obviously, I love act... |
There's never been a character like Alita before so how do you audition or test for a part such as this? |
The same way you audition for a regular old project. You go through the proper channels. You get an audition, you get a script, you prepare, and then you show up and you audition. You sit in a room filled with every actress you've ever admired and you do your best to contain your nerves and your excitement. I love audi... |
Once you get further along in the process it's a different audition process and they're checking for other things now. But the first and foremost thing they look for was a performance because that's what it's all about. If you don't have that it's not going to be captured. That's why they call it performance capture. |
You mentioned the script. This has been in the works for a very long time a huge passion project for a lot of people but especially James Cameron, and then you have Robert Rodriguez doing a pass on it - so what's your first reaction when you read the final shooting screenplay? |
Well, once I could turn the page from "written by" these guys [laughs] it was, I mean it's such an obvious answer, but what a great script. You don't always read a script like that. That is so filled with emotion, that is so perfectly structured, that it's almost like a masterclass while you read it. |
I remember there was one part that my agent and I were geeking out over when we read it which is when she pulls the Damascus Blade away from Zapan and it said it's almost as if the blade chose her. And it doesn't have any bearing on the script, I mean, they're not gonna shoot that part! But you're like "yeah," you're r... |
The blade is a key part of the character journey and obviously, so is the Berserker suit. From your perspective, does the performance change a lot when you go from her original suit to this almost alien outfit? |
Absolutely. For starters, how many movies have you seen made by male filmmakers who chronicle the formative evolution of a young teenage girl? None. [Laughs]. And I read scripts all the time. None of them talk about the formative years a female body, and they've managed to do that and I picked up on that. When we see h... |
As her internal world shifts, her body shifts. As the struggle begins to really mount it starts to really show in her physicality but again, it's just such a beautiful transition to put on film in such a good way, and such a good way to convey it. As in, here is your old body, here is your new body. And, by the way, bo... |
A judge sentenced a D.C. financial adviser to 33 months in prison for ripping off pro athletes, taking their money and pampering himself. |
Brian Ourand was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in D.C. |
Ourand admitted siphoning almost $250,000 from former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. He admitted taking $500,000 more from former NBA star Glen Rice and at least two other pro athletes. |
Prosecutors said Ourand was a financial manager for the athletes and took the players’ checks, making them out to himself or to cash. They said he also made bogus wire transfers. |
Attorneys said Ourland used the money for hotel stays, tanning services, dry cleaning, shopping at Nordstrom Rack and dental work in Rockville. |
According to the U.S. Justice Department, the plea agreement calls for Ourand to pay $1,002,390 in restitution and an identical amount as a forfeiture money judgment. |
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday hinted at fielding former minister and Congress leader Pramod Madhwaraj from Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency. |
Speaking to reporters in Udupi on Monday, Madhwaraj confirmed to reporters that he was approached by the JD(S) leaders asking him to contest from Udupi seat as their candidate. “I will hold talks with my party leaders as the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy himself had approached me with an offer to contest the election ... |
“The Congress and the JD(S) are facing the elections unitedly and thus there is no question of differences. If I contest, I will be the candidate of the coalition partners,” the Congress leader said. As per the seat-sharing deal, the Congress ceded Udupi-Chikamagalur seat, along with seven others constituencies to its ... |
Jorge Briceno Suarez, head of Farc's military operations in Macarena region, died in air raid, military says. |
A senior leader of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) has been killed in an air raid, the Colombian military says. |
Jorge Briceno Suarez, also known as Mono Jojoy, headed Farc's military operations in the Macarena region in eastern Colombia. |
"The symbol of terrorism in Colombia has fallen," Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's president, said in New York where he was attending the United Nations General Assembly. |
"To the rest of the Farc, we are coming after you, we are not going to let down our guard." |
Suarez's death would be the biggest setback to the Farc since mid-2008, when its foreign minister was killed and soldiers rescued 15 hostages including Ingrid Betancourt, the former Colombian presidential candidate. |
"To the rest of the Farc, we are coming after you, we are not going to let down our guard" |
"This is a major blow [for Farc]," Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar said. |
"There is a 10-man secretariat [consisting of] the top commanders of Farc. The number one commander is called Alfonso Cano and this man known as Mono Jojoy was the second-in-command... He represents the toughest stance that Farc has had militarily." |
Villamizar said that "most people in Colombia are talking about it, mostly celebrating what has happened because this country has been haunted by 40 years of civil war because of this rebel group". |
Suarez was killed in a military operation involving an air strike by more than 30 aircraft and helicopters followed by a ground offensive. As many as 20 other Farc fighters were reportedly killed in the operation in the Macarena region. |
The camp which came under attack on Wednesday was a warren of tunnels including a concrete bunker to protect the Suarez from air strikes, Rodrigo Rivera, Colombia's defense minister, told reporters, describing it as "the mother of all Farc camps". |
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