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WhatsApp founder says he doesn't want to hurt carriers, much

Given how much the world has already noticed that instant messaging can be cheaper than SMS, it's surprising to see the founder of WhatsApp trying to persuade carriers that he's actually doing them a favor. In an interview with Reuters, Brian Acton said that his messaging service is "facilitating a broad movement to data plans," from which carriers "stand to benefit quite substantially." While it's certainly true that smartphones and data plans make nice margins for operators, Acton's thesis also slithers around some slightly inconvenient evidence. According to analysts at Ovum, carriers lost $13.9 billion in SMS revenues last year, and are set to lose another $23 billion this year. All the while, WhatsApp's traffic is growing rapidly, with total messages doubling from one billion in October 2011 to two billion in February. With data costs falling around the world, and with platforms like WhatsApp running on lower-priced handsets (such as those running Nokia S40), it's the consumer, not the carrier, who ought to be charmed.

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Eating cruciferous vegetables may improve breast cancer survival

ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2012) ? A study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention investigators reveals that breast cancer survivors who eat more cruciferous vegetables may have improved survival. The study of women in China was presented by postdoctoral fellow Sarah J. Nechuta, Ph.D., M.P.H., at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ill.

"Breast cancer survivors can follow the general nutritional guidelines of eating vegetables daily and may consider increasing intake of cruciferous vegetables, such as greens, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli, as part of a healthy diet," said Nechuta.

Nechuta, Xiao Ou Shu, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues investigated the role of cruciferous vegetables in breast cancer survival among women in the Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study, a prospective study of 4,886 Chinese breast cancer survivors who were diagnosed with stage 1 to stage 4 breast cancer from 2002 to 2006. Shu, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, is the principal investigator of the Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study.

After adjusting for demographics, clinical characteristics and lifestyle factors, the researchers found cruciferous vegetable intake during the first 36 months after breast cancer diagnosis was associated with a reduced risk for total mortality, breast cancer-specific mortality and disease recurrence.

Survival rates were influenced by vegetable consumption in a dose-response pattern. As women ate more of these vegetables, their risk of death or cancer recurrence decreased.

Women who were in the highest quartiles of intake of vegetables per day had a 62 percent reduced risk of total mortality, 62 percent reduced risk of breast cancer mortality, and 35 percent reduced risk of breast cancer recurrence, compared to women with the lowest quartile of intake."

Nechuta noted that cruciferous vegetable consumption habits differ between China and the United States and suggested this fact be considered when generalizing these results to U.S. breast cancer survivors.

"Commonly consumed cruciferous vegetables in China include turnips, Chinese cabbage/bok choy and greens, while broccoli and Brussels sprouts are the more commonly consumed cruciferous vegetables in the United States and other Western countries," she said. "The amount of intake among Chinese women is also much higher than that of U.S. women."

Cruciferous vegetables contain phytochemicals known as isothiocyanates and indoles which appear to have a protective effect against some types of cancer.

Nechuta said the level of these bioactive compounds, proposed to play a role in the anticancer effects of cruciferous vegetables, depends on both the amount and type of cruciferous vegetables consumed.

She said there is a need for future studies that measure the bioactive compounds in these vegetables and the host factors that may influence the effects of these compounds to improve the understanding of the association between cruciferous vegetable consumption and breast cancer outcomes.

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With LEGO, making synthetic bone is a snap

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Ariel Schwartz , Fast Company

The process of making synthetic bone is, as you might imagine, fairly arduous. But the end result is undeniably useful; synthetic bone can be used in everything from medical implants to construction materials. Instead of doing the most laborious parts of the synthetic bone creation process themselves, scientists at Cambridge University have turned to LEGO kits.

In order to make synthetic bone, scientists have have to take a sample, dip it into a beaker filled with protein and calcium, rinse that in water, and dip it into another beaker containing protein and phosphate. This needs to be done repeatedly until a bone-like compound is built. That?s time-consuming. The Cambridge researchers decided to automate the process using a?LEGO Mindstorms?robotics kit.

For the uninitiated: Mindstorms is not the LEGO kit you played with at age 6. It?s a kit for slightly older kids (and adults), filled with motors, sensors and microprocessors. In this case, the researchers used the kit to build a crane. They attached the starting sample to the end of the crane and programmed it to dip the sample into the various solutions. Lo and behold, a synthetic bone-making Lego machine.

Now the Cambridge scientists can spend less time on the sample-dipping process and more time on their research, which aims to produce a synthetic material that has a low-energy cost and a high similarity to human bone tissue.

Ariel Schwartz is a Senior Editor at Co.Exist.

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Personal Finance Tips That Everyone Needs To Know | Hiveapps.com

Read these tips to find out how to save enough money to accomplish your projects. Even if you do not earn much, being educated about finances could help you a lot. For instance, you could invest money or find out how to reduce your budget. Personal finances is all about education.

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Use coupons and discounts. Before you make a purchase, take time to search for coupons and discounts that you can use. This can be time consuming, but you can often find excellent deals and good-sized discounts that make the time worth it. Save money by looking for discounts and you?ll be happier with the purchase, too.

If money is tight and earning more is simply not a possibility, then spending less is the only way for you to get ahead. Bear in mind that saving just $40 a week by carpooling, cutting coupons and renegotiating or canceling unnecessary services is the equivalent of a $1 per hour raise.

A great way to save hundreds of dollars a month and thousands a year is to start clipping coupons from multiple locations. Saving $30 a week at the grocery store can really add up over the course of a year. That?s an extra $30 you can be using to pay down an insurance bill.

Coupons might have been taboo in years past, but with so many people trying to save money and with budgets being tight, why would you pay more than you have to? Scan your local newspapers and magazines for coupons on restaurants, groceries and entertainment that you would be interested in.

Apply these tips and you should be able to secure your future. Personal finances are especially important if you have a family or plan to retire soon. No one else is going to take care of you and your family better than yourself, even with all the help available from governments.

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HBT: Ubaldo suspended 5 games for throwing at Tulo

Cleveland?s Ubaldo Jimenez was banned five games by the league Monday for intentionally throwing a pitch at Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on Sunday.

Jimenez was not ejected from Sunday?s game, even though it was obvious he meant to drill Tulowitzki. The benches cleared after the incident, though order was quickly restored. Tulo was taken for X-rays on a bruised left elbow, but they came back negative and he?s still expected to be ready for Opening Day.

Jimenez, who said he did no wrong, is likely to appeal the suspension. However, it?d be for the best if he serves it right away. The Indians have Friday off, so they can use a four-man rotation for the first five games of the season and then have Jimenez start the sixth game on April 11. Opening Day starter Justin Masterson would pitch Thursday and Tuesday in that scenario.

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Rumblefish Catalog Grows To 1M Songs, Powers Soundtracks In Socialcam, Animoto, And More

Rumblefish, a service where consumers and businesses can easily license music for their online videos, says that its catalog now has more than 1 million songs, making it the largest licensing catalog of pre-cleared music. The idea is pretty simple: When you're posting a video on a site like YouTube, you might want to flesh it out by adding a soundtrack. However, most people don't have any idea how to license music legally, and even if they do, they probably don't have the money to pay for their favorite hits. So Rumblefish makes it easy to license music at affordable rates. On its site Friendly Music (which launched last year), you can search for songs based on things like mood, see how the song looks when played with the YouTube video of your choice. When you've found what you're looking for, you can instantly create a "Mash" with the synced up video, or download the song to edit into the video yourself. The licensing fees start at 99 cents.

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Cruciferous vegetable consumption linked to improved breast cancer

"Breast cancer survivors can follow the general nutritional guidelines of eating vegetables daily and may consider increasing intake of cruciferous vegetables, such as greens, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli, as part of a healthy diet," said Sarah J. Nechuta, M.P.H., Ph.D., a postdoctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

She and her colleagues investigated the role of cruciferous vegetables in breast cancer survival in the Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study, a prospective study of 4,886 Chinese breast cancer survivors diagnosed with stage 1 to stage 4 breast cancer from 2002 to 2006.

After adjusting for demographics, clinical characteristics and lifestyle factors, the researchers found cruciferous vegetable intake during the first 36 months after breast cancer diagnosis was associated with a reduced risk for total mortality, breast cancer-specific mortality and recurrence in a dose?response pattern. Across increasing quartiles of cruciferous vegetable consumption, risk for total mortality decreased by 27 percent to 62 percent, risk for breast cancer-specific mortality decreased by 22 percent to 62 percent, and risk for recurrence decreased by 21 percent to 35 percent.

Nechuta noted that cruciferous vegetable consumption habits differ between China and the United States and suggested this fact be considered when generalizing these results to U.S. breast cancer survivors.

"Commonly consumed cruciferous vegetables in China include turnips, Chinese cabbage/bok choy and greens, while broccoli and brussels sprouts are the more commonly consumed cruciferous vegetables in the United States and other Western countries," she said. "Second, the amount of intake among Chinese women is much higher than that of U.S. women. The level of bioactive compounds such as isothiocyanates and indoles, proposed to play a role in the anticancer effects of cruciferous vegetables, depend on both the amount and type of cruciferous vegetables consumed."

She suggested that future studies with direct measurements of bioactive compounds such as isothiocyanates and host factors that influence the effects of these biological compounds be conducted to better understand the association of cruciferous vegetable intake with breast cancer outcomes.

More information: Cruciferous Vegetable Intake After Diagnosis of Breast Cancer and Survival: a Report From the Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study

Abstract
Background: Cruciferous vegetables are a major source of glucosinolate-derived bioactive compounds, such as isothiocyanates and indoles, which have been shown in animal studies and in vitro to inhibit cancer growth and progression. However, little is known regarding the role of cruciferous vegetables in breast cancer prognosis. Using resources from the Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival, a large population-based prospective cohort study of Chinese breast cancer survivors, we evaluated the association of cruciferous vegetable consumption after cancer diagnosis and breast cancer outcomes with repeated dietary assessments after diagnosis.
Methods: Women with incident breast cancer aged 20-75 years were recruited within 6-months of diagnosis during 2002-2006. In-person baseline interviews collected detailed data on clinic characteristics, socio-demographics, and lifestyle factors. Medical records were used to verify clinical data. The cohort has been followed-up by a combination of in-person follow-up surveys and record linkage to the Shanghai Vital Statistics Registry. Cruciferous vegetable intake (g/day) was reassessed at 18- and 36-months. Cox regression models were used to derive hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the associations of cruciferous vegetables and breast cancer outcomes. Analyses include 4,886 women with stage I-IV breast cancer.
Results: After a median follow-up of 5.2 years, 587 deaths (496 breast cancer deaths) and 615 recurrences occurred. Cruciferous vegetable intake increased after diagnosis (mean (SD)=62.5 (44.5) at 6-months and 133.8 (93.3) at 36-months). After adjustment for socio-demographics, clinical characteristics including treatment and tumor characteristics, and lifestyle factors, cruciferous vegetable intake was associated with improved breast cancer survival in a dose-response pattern (P for trend Conclusion: Cruciferous vegetable intake after breast cancer diagnosis was associated with improved prognosis among Chinese women.

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US Army grants HP $249 million contract to deploy private cloud services

HP is in the Army now. Today, the Palo Alto company announced that it has received a $249 million contract to provide the Department of Defense and other federal agencies with enterprise level cloud computing services. The new initiative will allow the military to consolidate its existing data centers, and the services will be deployed to a number of commercial and government-owned buildings. HP will also provide the military with Performance-Optimized Data Centers (PODs) for quick deployment into tactical situations. Under the terms of the Army Private Cloud contract, HP will work with ten small businesses and Alabama A&M University to help actualize the private cloud and its requirements. We can only assume that Meg Whitman is glad to start out the month with a bit of walking-around money. You'll find the full PR after the break.

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Mega Millions: Will lotteries and other gambling move to the Internet?

In December, the?US Department of Justice?announced that it was reversing its position that all Internet gambling was illegal, clearing the way for a potential boom in online gambling.?

For the millions of Americans who bought Mega Millions lottery tickets, the waiting is over.

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The vast majority lost, as they knew they would in a gamble with mega-long odds (176 million to one). A handful won. The names of those whose tickets matched the ten winning numbers haven?t been announced yet, but state officials in Kansas, Illinois, and Maryland say winning tickets were sold there.

They?ll split what?s left of the $640 million jackpot (combined from 42 state lotteries) after Uncle Sam and state taxing authorities claim their share. Others whose $1 ticket matched some of the winning numbers could be paid lesser amounts ranging from $2 to $250,000 (where the odds still were 4 million to one).

States are the biggest winners. Lottery ticket buyers spent some $1.5 billion, most of which goes into state coffers.

The Monitor's View:?The odds and ends of Mega Millions jackpot lottery

Forty-three states now have lotteries, and some gambling advocates are pushing to legalize online lotteries and other forms of Internet gambling.

In December, the?US Department of Justice?announced that it was reversing its position that all Internet gambling was illegal, clearing the way for a potential boom in online gambling.?

States would have to approve such steps. At this point, only Nevada allows online poker there and the District of Columbia is moving in that direction as well. Minnesota has an online lottery. Other states are considering forms of online gambling ? which is practiced illegally via offshore and underground Internet sites.

Some experts warn that legalizing online gambling more broadly would increase the number of problem gamblers.

"If it's legalized, that would put electronic gambling ? the crack cocaine of gambling addiction ? on every work desk, [in] every living room, [on] every mobile phone," John Kindt, a professor of business and legal policy at the?University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?and a senior editor of the US International Gambling Report, told Monitor correspondent Husna Haq.

"It's just bad social and economic policy," he said. "It's going to expand the social ills and taxpayer costs of addicted gambling and problem gambling. Desperate states will be getting in new lottery revenues at the expense of creating new addicted gamblers and problem gamblers."

Two million adults in the US are estimated to meet criteria for pathological gambling in a given year, according to the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG).

Another 4-6 million would be considered problem gamblers, reports NCPG. That is, they do not meet the full diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling, but meet one of more of the criteria and are experiencing problems due to their gambling behavior.

Some three percent of Americans are problem gamblers, according to other estimates, a figure that?s higher for teenagers and college students.

Experts on gambling addiction warn that expanding online betting could make the problem worse.

?Online gambling websites are among the fastest growing and most profitable businesses in existence today,? according to the TechAddiction Information and Treatment Service in Nova Scotia, Canada. ?Compared to traditional land-based casinos, online gambling websites are able to operate at a fraction of the cost, do not require tangible materials or equipment (machines, tables, security cameras, a physical building, etc.), and do not need the hundreds of staff that would normally be required for a traditional casino.?

Meanwhile, millions of Americans continue to buy lottery tickets, dreaming of the next Mega Millions event.

The Monitor's View:?The odds and ends of Mega Millions jackpot lottery

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'Hunger Games' dominates box office again

By Lisa Richwine, Reuters

LOS ANGELES -- "The Hunger Games" dominated box office charts in the United States and Canada for the second straight weekend, adding to its record-setting debut a week ago.

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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, left, and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne in a scene from "The Hunger Games."

"Hunger Games" pulled in $61.1 million from Friday through Sunday at domestic theaters, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. The movie about teens forced to fight to the death has grossed $251 million in North America (United States and Canada) during its first 10 days of release, distributor Lions Gate Entertainment said.

"Hunger Games" stormed into theaters last weekend with the third-highest grossing domestic opening in film history and biggest for a non-sequel.

Second place for this weekend belonged to action sequel "Wrath of the Titans" with $34.2 million. "Mirror Mirror," a family-oriented Snow White story, brought in $19 million, taking third place.

"Wrath of the Titans" was released by Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros. Privately held Relativity Media distributed "Mirror Mirror" in the United States and Alliance Films released the movie in Canada.

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80 Acres and a Book: Speaking of Writing: Lessons Learned

Speaking of Writing; my thoughts and lessons learned on all things writing.

As a writer I?m constantly learning, not only about the art of fiction writing, but also about marketing my work. Recently I changed the name of my author?s blog from Sand & Pearls to Arabian Gems. Why? Simply put, the name Arabian Gems better suits the genre I write about. As an author of Regency-set harem and pirate fiction (Inspirational fiction), I reckoned that using the name Arabian in the title of my blog might draw more readership. So there it is . . .

Arabian Gems, the new name for my author?s blog. Now I?ve got to get to work and update the name at my Web site and around the ?net.? Oh, fun!

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Writing is my ministry, not my job

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Systemic Chinese hacking undermines U.S. R&D, innovation

Legendary spook Richard A. Clarke's gone on the record claiming Chinese hackers have infiltrated every major American corporation. He warns that the effects for American innovation--and especially corporate R&D--will be brutal.

Counterterrorism guru Richard A. Clarke has publicly admitted a bit of an open secret: Every major corporation in the United States has been infiltrated by Chinese hackers. Clarke, who now heads risk management firm Good Harbor Consulting, told journalist Ron Rosenbaum that Chinese hackers have been systematically stealing trade secrets from American firms on behalf of Chinese and foreign companies. While this has been known for a long time, Clarke's admission was made in shockingly blunt language.

In the interview, published in Smithsonian magazine, Clarke states that ?I?m about to say something that people think is an exaggeration, but I think the evidence is pretty strong--every major company in the United States has already been penetrated by China.? Clarke also alleges that Chinese hackers stole details about the manufacture of the F-35 fighter bomber, and that America's tech supply chain for chips, routers, and hardware may be infected with Chinese logic bombs, trapdoors, and Trojans waiting to be activated at a future date.

One of Clarke's greatest fears is a ?death of a thousand cuts? for American innovation, and of a situation where R&D secrets from large corporations are systematically stolen by Chinese and foreign hackers. Not coincidentally, Good Harbor boasts an extensive cybersecurity department providing boutique enterprise safety services.

Over the past year, as cyberwarfare has become more commonplace--which encompasses everything from Anonymous' crowdsourced DoS attacks to sophisticated American, Chinese, Israeli, and Russian cyberespionage--there has been an increased willingness by experts to go on the record about these sorts of things. Several months ago, Fast Company spoke with Adam Segal of the Council on Foreign Relations about ?The Chinese Way of Hacking.?

For more stories like this, follow @fastcompany?on Twitter. Email Neal Ungerleider, the author of this article, here?or find him on Twitter?and?Google+.

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New Home Design With White Bedroom Furniture And A Corner ...

In the present day, there are a lot of innovative things being made. With the help of brilliant minds and technology, it is possible to build things beyond imagination. These help make our lives easier. One of the most creative things that are being made in the present day is items that can be used in different ways, such as furniture.

A number of furniture today is being modified so it can be used in several ways. One well-liked item that is in demand in the market today is called the corner sofa bed. A sofa bed is a typical couch, which can be unfolded and can transform into a bed. This type of sofa can be found in various styles and different sizes, you can choose depending on your preference.

One of the well-liked types of sofa beds today is called the corner sofa bed. It is popular because it can save valuable space in smaller rooms, as they will fit perfectly into the corner of a room. You have the choice on what ever the size and style you are most comfortable with and which design looks the best. However, it is advised to choose a design and color that will look good on your room.

Cheap corner sofas and corner sofa beds are for sale through direct selling or you can even get discounts online. Some stores allow reservations and even accept deliveries depending on your area. The prices range from a hundred dollar up to eight hundred in the US.

But just so you can save money on buying a sofa, you can always find a used corner sofa bed and you can also build it yourself. But the best tip is to follow your budget in getting the right sofa bed for you. Remember to have a background check on the brand. So you will be able to get the most out of your money.

Twenty years ago it was hard to find white bedroom furniture, but no longer. These days nearly any kind of furniture that can be desired is available and can be found on the Internet. Here are a few different kinds that the discerning shopper may encounter.

Upholstered White Bedroom Furniture

The Raleigh upholstered bed has a beige cloth covered headboard. It may be camel backed or it may have square corners. Both include a hardwood bed frame and exposed wooden legs.

White Finish Cottage Furniture

Crafting furniture in the Caroline Collection includes several steps, including sanding, careful chipping, and the application of a paint or stain. It has tall posts that have had their edges rubbed. The bed does not require a box spring because it has slats and a two-tiered platform.

Iron Painted White Bedroom Furniture

Iron beds do not need to be black. They include a metal frame that supports both box spring and mattress. You can get the Claudia bed in either an Antique Pewter or Distressed Antique White finish. The bedposts have glass ornaments.

Tip on Painting White Bunk Beds

If you have two daughters or sons, you might think about purchasing a bunk bed. If your budget is a bit tight and you cannot purchase white furnishings, you might consider painting them to match. When you pick up paint samples, you should look at them under different kinds of light to ensure they coordinate with other white furniture in the room.

Recognizing a Good White Leather Sofa

Real leather has natural marks and varies in tone. These mark it authentic and show that it is good quality. If the sofa is not brown, then you must look at other things to discover its quality. Examine the seat and back cushions. Are they comfy? Review the corners, look for rolled arms and turned feet.

A New Kind of Sofa

The corner couch in the Muse Collection comes in various leather and fabric covers for a variety of lifestyles. This sofa has deep seats and the pillows included are flexible to allow anyone to enjoy the comfort of this kind of furniture.

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