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Largest genetic sequencing study of human disease completed
A global team of scientists has completed the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the genetic basis of six autoimmune diseases. The exact cause of these diseases - autoimmune thyroid disease, coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes- is unknown, but is believed to be a complex combination of genetic and environmental ...
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UN urges collective efforts to achieve water secure world on Day for Biological Diversity
22 May 2013 150 Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect natural resources. "We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often outstrips supply and where water quality ...
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Ramona High wins 2013 FordAAA auto skills competition
Two students from Ramona High beat 36 other students to win the California 2013 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition. Left to right, Ramona High instructor Mike Saavedra with Tyler Pavlick and Nicolas ...
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WTO announces agenda for Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade
The meeting brings together more than 15 ministers from developed and developing countries, 17 heads of international agencies and regional organizations, representatives from 15 private sector companies and associations and an array of trade and development experts. The Fourth Global Review will examine the economic opportunities ...
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Kim Kardashian’s Carry-on During Kanye’s World Tour Will Be an Infant Child
the exclusively obtained diary entries of Knorth Kardashian West , the unborn child of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Today's entry concerns travel plans. Diary, The fuck I'm going on tour in the months immediately following my birth. Is my mother out of her bronzer-dusted mind? "Go on a world tour"--what am I, some Provigil-riddled stagehand? I finish a morning calisthenics ...
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Fifa World Cup-themed mall for Qatar attracts retailers
A Fifa World-Cup themed shopping mall in Doha has attracted an "extreme" amount of interest from the region's biggest retailers, more than two years ahead of its scheduled opening. Mall of Qatar, a 162,000 square metre mall located in Doha next to a future venue for the 2022 World Cup, is due to open in September 2015. The cost of the project is estimated at 3 billion Qatari ...
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Mining jobs shed in bid to cut costs
MORE than 120 jobs have been axed from the region's mining industry as companies cut costs and switch mining methods. Evolution Mining Ltd confirmed yesterday that 120 positions had been lost from its Pajingo gold mine, south of Charters Towers, as the operation completed open pit mining.It denied the move had been prompted by slumping gold prices.BHP Billilton also confirmed its move to ...
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World sets sail for Townsville regatta
ALL eyes will be on the prize when yachting crews from around the world descend on Townsville for its inaugural regatta in 100 days. Mayor Jenny Hill and event director Demelza McCloud have unveiled the trophy for the Sail Townsville regatta and festival which starts in August.Cr Hill said the event had the potential to grow into a major festival and could even provide a Townsville link to the ...
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UAE gives billions to help heal the world
ABU DHABI // Turmoil in the Arab world signalled a turning point in the amount spent on foreign aid by the UAE, whose efforts have been recognised worldwide. The country donated Dh7.2 billion in 2011- a jump from Dh2.8bn in 2010 - and provided assistance to more than 120 countries. Of that, Dh625.3 million was dedicated to humanitarian assistance in more than 30 countries, most of them Arab. ...
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Alberta’s top energy spokesman now the voice of the oil industry
Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s oil sands processing facility stands in Fort McMurray, Alberta, pictured Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Canada's oil sands, a mixture of sand, clay, water and a heavy oil called bitumen, contain the world's second largest proven concentration of crude oil reserves at about 170 billion barrels. In a report released Oct. 4, 2012, Syncrude was proven not responsible ...
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Jet-sharing soars as economy picks up
Video: Boeing says Dreamliner fix will eliminate risk of fire Flexjet provides not only share ownership - known as fractional ownership - but whole aircraft ownership and management service, as well as charter brokerage services and jet cards for the purchase of flight time.It said in a news release Thursday that new jet card sales increased 48 per cent year-over-year in the first ...
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Oil falls after China manufacturing contracts in May US pump price at $3.66 as weekend nears
NEW YORK - The price of oil fell Thursday as weak manufacturing data from China raised questions about the strength of oil demand in the world's No. 2 economy. Oil's decline was exacerbated by sharp declines in global stock markets amid indications that the U.S. Federal Reserve's may pull back on its economic stimulus program. An earlier loss of $2 a barrel was trimmed by ...
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New Kings arena construction will spark Sacramento area economy UOP forecaster says
The planned construction of a new Kings arena in downtown Sacramento should provide a significant boost for the area's economy and job market, a University of the Pacific forecaster said today.Although the region's job growth will remain modest this year, the effect of arena construction should begin to be felt sometime next year, said UOP's Jeff Michael in his quarterly ...
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Alcoa police identify man who jumped from bridge
Jason Parks was admitted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, according to Alcoa Police Department Det. Jason Ewing. Parks was listed Thursday in serious ...
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Tesco will not pay executive bonuses
London - Tesco executives will not receive a bonus in the current financial year unless they can reverse a decline in profits at Britain's biggest supermarket operator, the company said in its annual report on ...
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Boeing Seeks Certification for 747-8 Performance Improvement Package
US airframer Boeing (NYSE: BA) said that one of its 747-8 Intercontinental jets has successfully completed its first test flight this week with a package of performance improvements including enhanced GE engines. This package is designed to improve the fuel efficiency of the jetliner. With Boeing flight test and evaluation Capt Kirk Vining and chief pilot Capt. Mark Feuerstein at the controls, ...
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Quinceaneras Still Mean Big Business in Florida
When it comes to quinceaneras, the words "gran sacrificio" come to Miriam Rodriguez's mind. For four generations, her family has gone through great lengths to celebrate the transition from girl to womanhood. Rodriguez's mother, Balbina Espino, 93, said she remembers spending two weeks making her own quinceanera dress. She used a few yards of a crisp yellow taffeta that ...
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Microsoft mouse gets Windows 8 Start button
In the meantime the company is releasing a new computer mouse with a dedicated ';Start'; button, just behindits scroll wheel. The blue Windows button on the Sculpt Mobile Mouse launches the tiled home screen of Windows 8, which the company calls the ';Start screen.'; Used withWindows 7, the button launches the traditional ';Start'; menu. Presumablyit may be ...
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Manufacturing activity seen contracting in May
Activity in China's factory sector contracted for the first time in seven months in May, a preliminary survey showed Thursday, stoking concerns that the recovery of the Chinese economy remains fragile. The flash HSBC purchasing managers' index (PMI) shrank to 49.6 for May, as a result of a decrease in new orders, according to the data released Thursday by HSBC. It was the first time ...
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Aviation industry gets landmark 8-year road map
China's top industrial regulator Thursday unveiled an eight-year outline for the civil aviation industry until 2020, aiming to break the monopolization of the two giants in one of the most dynamic markets in the world.According to the announcement posted on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the plan seeks to increase domestic airplanes' market share to ...
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Ford to halt Oz production
Ford announced Thursday it would stop making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, ending an era that began in 1925 with the legendary Model T.Ford Australia Chief Executive Bob Graziano made the announcement as he revealed losses of A$141 million ($136 million) after tax in the last financial year and A$600 million over the last five years.Graziano said the ...
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Holiday Weekends -- and why they matter to your business
PYRAMID LAKE BEACH ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND - NARA - 553133 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This Monday, our nation collectively pauses to honor the memory of fallen soldiers. Schools close, mail isn't delivered, and government offices lock their doors for the day. Do you shut down and recharge your batteries? If not, you should. It sounds counter-intuitive at first, especially to someone ...
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Xbox One Fan Reaction Shows Microsoft Has A Lot Of Work To Do
The crews have cleared away the demo stations and the journalists, analysts and publishers are back at work or traveling today, but the aftermath of the Xbox One reveal is being heard around the ...
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Business in Cuba A new course
The comandante emerges from his bunker AFTER the 1959 revolution Fidel Castro declared that golf was a "bourgeois" hobby, unsuitable for communists. Most of the island's courses were built on, and no new ones have been developed since. But the government has just given the go-ahead to a new golf resort, in what it claims is "the start of a whole new policy to increase the ...
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Mexico’s economy Reality bites
Sailing out of the tourism top ten INVESTORS who were starry eyed about Mexico's economic potential at the start of the year are now having misgivings. From a record high then, the stockmarket fell to an eight-month low on May 21st. Just to rub it in, stocks in Brazil, which Mexico views as its main regional rival, have recently been performing much better. The immediate catalyst for ...
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Shipping Wars: Uruguay and Argentina face off over rival port expansion plans
Argentina and Uruguay both want to be the shipping hubs of South America, or southern South America at least, and both are planning to considerably expand their port infrastructure in Buenos Aires and Montevideo respectively, which is leading to considerable diplomatic strain.
Argentina is a regional power in South America, the country is considered one of the more developed nations on the continent on-par with Uruguay (on paper at least, with a similar per capita income and Human Development Index rating) although the country occupies a majority of the continent with Brazil and presides over a massive coastline. Read more
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