Apple developer site downed by hackers

Apple has taken its developer website offline after a hacker attempted to steal personal information from its database.

"An intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website," Apple said in a note posted to the member section of its dev website.

That data is encyrpted and "cannot be accessed," Apple said, but "we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers' names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed."

So, Apple took down the site and has "been working around the clock since then."

"In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we're completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database," the company continued. "We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon."

Apple also informed developers of the breach via email. The Cupertino-based tech titan noted that those whose developer accounts were set to expire during the downtime will have them extended and apps will remain in the App Store.

Back in February, Apple identified malware that affected a small number of Apple employee laptops, though "there was no evidence that any data left Apple," the company said. Upon discovering that intrusion, Apple isolated the infected computers from its network and began working with law enforcement to find the source of the malware.

The breach occurred as Apple is gearing up for the release of iOS 7, which is expected this fall. The company has provided developers with several beta versions of the mobile OS, which overhauls the look and feel of iOS.

Apple is also scheduled to report its latest earnings on Tuesday evening.

UPDATE: A Turkish ethical hacker has claimed responsibility for the breach, posting a video of his exploits on YouTube.

"This is definitely not an hack attack. I have reported all the bugs I have found to the company and waited for approval. I am being accused of hacking but I have not given any harm to the system and i did notwanted to damage [sic]," writes the user Ibrahim Bali?.

He has since told the Guardian, "My intention was not attacking. In total I found 13 bugs and reported [them] directly one by one to Apple straight away. Just after my reporting [the] dev center got closed. I have not heard anything from them, and they announced that they got attacked. My aim was to report bugs and collect the datas [sic] for the purpose of seeing how deep I can go with it."

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South Carolina center stage in early 2016 talk

FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Detroit. Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary _ still three years away. Vice President Joe Biden and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz arrive to whip up their parties' faithful before Tuesday's special congressional election featuring the high-profile former governor. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)

FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Detroit. Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary _ still three years away. Vice President Joe Biden and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz arrive to whip up their parties' faithful before Tuesday's special congressional election featuring the high-profile former governor. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)

FILE - In this March 16, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks in National Harbor, Md. Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary _ still three years away. Vice President Joe Biden and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz arrive to whip up their parties' faithful before Tuesday's special congressional election featuring the high-profile former governor. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FILE - In this April 29, 2013 file photo, South Carolina Democratic Congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch speaks in Charleston, S.C. Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary _ still three years away. Vice President Joe Biden and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz arrive to whip up their parties' faithful before Tuesday's special congressional election featuring the high-profile former governor. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)

FILE - This April 30, 2013 file photo shows former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaking in Charleston, S.C. Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary _ still three years away. Vice President Joe Biden and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz arrive to whip up their parties' faithful before Tuesday's special congressional election featuring the high-profile former governor. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? Mere months after the 2012 election, South Carolina is a buzz of political activity with a slate of potential presidential candidates already looking ahead to the state's "first in the South" primary ? still three years away.

Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a tea party favorite with national aspirations, were simply the latest politicians to do the presidential campaign tease with the state, descending on it Friday to whip up the partisan faithful ahead of next week's special congressional election. It features former GOP Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert.

In this conservative state that reliably votes Republican in national and statewide general elections, partisans already are getting a hefty amount of attention. Typically, South Carolina finds itself at the center of American politics for a brief time every four years during the presidential primary season, when it usually is the third state to weigh in on who should become the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.

South Carolina's primaries have played an important role in the nominating process for both parties; the state gave Barack Obama a commanding victory in 2008 and until last year, every Republican nominee had won the state's primary since Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Years ahead of the 2016 contests, Republican and Democratic hopefuls alike already are starting to survey the landscape, court support and weigh in on local matters, with wide-open fields shaping up in both parties.

"The activists in this state are unhappy about the results of the presidential election," said Jay W. Ragley, a former executive director of the state Republican Party. "They're looking for someone who has a message which national Republicans can rally behind."

With Obama barred from seeking a third term, Democrats here also may be starting to seek their own consensus candidate.

This week, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a potential 2016 candidate, endorsed Sanford, and the party announced that Paul would hold fundraisers for Republicans in the state on June 28. Last month, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, talked up his record ? and heaped criticism on South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley ? during a Democratic event in Charleston, while former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, said to be eyeing another run after losing the GOP nomination last year, campaigned for Curtis Bostic, who lost to Sanford in a Republican run-off for the open congressional seat.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential 2016 candidate, was here months ahead of the pack, headlining the state's Silver Elephant dinner last year.

Absent thus far, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has longstanding ties to South Carolina going back to the time of her husband's presidency. The former first lady and New York senator has said she has not made any decisions about her future, but many Democrats are eager for her to step forward and campaigns urging her to run are underway.

In a sign of the hunger for Clinton, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi gushed over Clinton's experience during an event Thursday at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Ark., telling an audience, "I pray that Hillary Clinton decides to run for president."

Biden and Cruz were in the spotlight Friday evening ? speaking at party events about two miles from each other.

The vice president was headlining the state party's Jefferson-Jackson dinner and then dropping by an annual fish fry held by Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. Biden, who twice unsuccessfully ran for president, hasn't ruled out running a third time in 2016. But Biden's decision about whether to run seems unavoidably overshadowed by Clinton, who many Democrats say would eclipse the vice president should she choose to run.

While careful not to upstage the president with flagrant displays of ambition, Biden has kept at least a toe planted firmly in the political world since the start of his and Obama's second term.

He schmoozed with prominent Democrats from Iowa and New Hampshire ? the first two states to hold presidential primary contests last year ? during the inaugural weekend. He's making calls for the House Democrats' campaign arm, working to recruit candidates to help his party win the House next year. And last month, he traveled to Michigan to give the keynote at a state party dinner.

Biden became the figurehead for Obama's push on gun control, appearing countless times with gun violence victims and advocates to urge his former colleagues in the Senate to act. It was unsuccessful. Yet, Biden says he's not giving up the fight; he met with law enforcement officials about the issue Thursday. The same day, while in Mexico, Obama announced that Biden would play an active role in a new partnership with Mexico to strengthen the two countries' economic ties.

Cruz, meanwhile, was speaking at the GOP's Silver Elephant dinner, where Republicans were honoring former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint.

The Texan is new to national politics, having been in Washington just a few months after becoming the lone tea party candidate to win a Senate seat last year.

In just a few weeks on the job, the insurgent Republican ran afoul of GOP mainstays, prompted Democrats to compare his style to McCarthyism and voted against nearly everything of significance that came before him. Through it all, he made clear he intends to be a conservative standard-bearer.

All that endeared him to a segment of the party and sparked talk of presidential ambitions.

On Wednesday amid presidential buzz, Cruz issued a statement on his Facebook page: "In my short tenure, my focus has been ? and will remain ? on two things: fighting for conservative principles in the Senate and working to help elect strong conservatives to win a majority in the Senate in 2014." He added: "It is a continued source of amazement that the simple fact that I am working hard with like-minded senators to keep my promise is seen as newsworthy and cause for wild speculation."

His appearance here was only fueling the talk, though he was unlikely to address the issue head-on. Rather, he planned to use his speech to pay tribute to DeMint, an early supporter and mentor who recently stepped down to become president of the conservative Heritage Foundation.

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Artificial sense of touch gets smarter, lets robots really feel

The verdict's still out on whether or not androids dream of electric sheep. But their ability to feel? Well, that's about to approach levels of human sensitivity. We're of course talking about the sense of touch, not emotions. And thanks to work out of Georgia Tech, tactile sensitivity for robotics, more secure e-signatures and general human-machine interaction is about to get a great 'ol boost. Through the use of thousands of piezotronic transistors (i.e., grouped vertical zinc oxide nanowires) known as "taxels," a three-person team led by Prof. Zhong Lin Wang has devised a way to translate motion into electronic signals. In other words, you're looking at a future in which robotic hands interpret the nuances of a surface or gripped object akin to a human fingertip and artificial skin senses touch similar to the way tiny hairs on an arm do.

What's more, the tech has use outside of robotics and can even be levereged for more secure e-signature verification based on speed and pressure of a user's handwriting. And the best part? These sensors can be manufactured on transparent and flexible substrates like the one pictured above, which allows for various real-world applications -- just use your imagination. Pretty soon, even robots will have the pleasure of enjoying the touch... the feel of cotton and maybe even hum that jingle to themselves, too.

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Report: The Next Xbox Controls Your TV and Cable Box ? with Kinect

This would make a lot of sense in a lot of ways. According to the Verge, the next Xbox will control your TV, and makes some actual sense out of the rumored "always online" feature of the new console. It's also packed with some interesting new Kinect features that could foreshadow the direction Microsoft is headed. More »

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Non-invasive mapping helps to localize language centers before brain surgery

Apr. 8, 2013 ? A new functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique may provide neurosurgeons with a non-invasive tool to help in mapping critical areas of the brain before surgery, reports a study in the April issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Evaluating brain fMRI responses to a "single, short auditory language task" can reliably localize critical language areas of the brain -- in healthy people as well as patients requiring brain surgery for epilepsy or tumors, according to the new research by Melanie Genetti, PhD, and colleagues of Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland.

Brief fMRI Task for Functional Brain Mapping

The researchers designed and evaluated a quick and simple fMRI task for use in functional brain mapping. Functional MRI can show brain activity in response to stimuli (in contrast to conventional brain MRI, which shows anatomy only). Before neurosurgery for severe epilepsy or brain tumors, functional brain mapping provides essential information on the location of critical brain areas governing speech and other functions.

The standard approach to brain mapping is direct electrocortical stimulation (ECS) -- recording brain activity from electrodes placed on the brain surface. However, this requires several hours of testing and may not be applicable in all patients. Previous studies have compared fMRI techniques with ECS, but mainly for determining the side of language function (lateralization) rather than the precise location (localization).

The new fMRI task was developed and evaluated in 28 healthy volunteers and in 35 patients undergoing surgery for brain tumors or epilepsy. The test used a brief (eight minutes) auditory language stimulus in which the patients heard a series of sense and nonsense sentences.

Functional MRI scans were obtained to localize the brain areas activated by the language task -- activated areas would "light up," reflecting increased oxygenation. A subgroup of patients also underwent ECS, the results of which were compared to fMRI.

Non-invasive Test Accurately Localizes Critical Brain Areas

Based on responses to the language stimulus, fMRI showed activation of the anterior and posterior (front and rear) language areas of the brain in about 90 percent of subjects -- neurosurgery patients as well as healthy volunteers. Functional MRI activation was weaker and the language centers more spread-out in the patient group. These differences may have reflected brain adaptations to slow-growing tumors or longstanding epilepsy.

Five of the epilepsy patients also underwent ECS using brain electrodes, the results of which agreed well with the fMRI findings. Two patients had temporary problems with language function after surgery. In both cases, the deficits were related to surgery or complications (bleeding) in the language area identified by fMRI.

Functional brain mapping is important for planning for complex neurosurgery procedures. It provides a guide for the neurosurgeon to navigate safely to the tumor or other diseased area, while avoiding damage to critical areas of the brain. An accurate, non-invasive approach to brain mapping would provide a valuable alternative to the time-consuming ECS procedure.

"The proposed fast fMRI language protocol reliably localized the most relevant language areas in individual subjects," Dr. Genetti and colleagues conclude. In its current state, the new test probably isn't suitable as the only approach to planning surgery -- too many areas "light up" with fMRI, which may limit the surgeon's ability to perform more extensive surgery with necessary confidence. The researchers add, "Rather than a substitute, our current fMRI protocol can be considered as a valuable complementary tool that can reliably guide ECS in the surgical planning of epileptogenic foci and of brain tumors."

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Update: Police say 31-year-old woman killed along N. Central had ...

The scene of the crash along N. Central Expressway (KXAS-Channel 5)

Update at 3:41 p.m.: Richardson police have released the name of the woman who was killed this morning: 31-year-old Emily J. Krumrei of Frisco.

Police continue their investigation into her death, but Richardson police spokesman Sgt. Kevin Perlich says ?it?s possible she wasn?t stopping? for officers ?because she had several outstanding warrants for her arrest,? including in Dallas County, where, records show, she was indicted in April for possessing between one to four grams of cocaine. Perlich says she also has outstanding felony narcotics warrants in Smith County.

Update at 12:06 p.m.: In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Sgt. Kevin Perlich, a spokesman with the Richardson Police Department, said the woman was killed by a single bullet fired by a Richardson officer who feared for his life.

Contrary to earlier reports, said Perlich, the woman behind the wheel of the Lexus ?made contact with an officer standing in the roadway? after she fled from two other Richardson officers attempting a traffic stop. The officer wasn?t hurt, said Perlich, ?however the officer, in fear for his life, fired upon the vehicle.? The car traveled a short distance, said Perlich, then crashed into a guardrail.

Perlich said the incident began around 8:30 this morning, near the 600 block of Belt Line Road. Perlich said an officer was ?attempting to get a violator to pull over into a parking lot? ? most likely for speeding, he said, but the reason remains unclear. But the woman kept on driving, and the officer put out a description of the car and driver over the radio.

Shortly after that, Perlich said, an officer in a squad car saw the vehicle and attempted his own stop. Once again, she refused to pull over and kept driving through a residential area near N. Central Expressway. She turned to go east on Dumont Drive and headed for the frontage road to southbound N. Central Expressway.

There, said Perlich, ?a third officer near Dumont and the frontage road was working a traffic accident. He stepped out into the road and tried to get her to stop.? Instead, he says, the woman accelerated and clipped the officer, who, Perlich says, fired the single shot that struck the woman who has yet to be identified.

When asked if she was killed from the gunshot, Perlich said, ?From what we can tell, yes.?

She was taken to Medical City Dallas, where she was pronounced dead. Perlich said it?s not clear where the bullet struck her.

Perlich said two investigations ? one criminal, one administrative ? will now take place ?to make sure the shooting was within the law and within policy.? The officer will be put on leave during the investigation.

Update at 11:45 a.m.: Our Haley Thayer?s been at the scene for more than an hour, and officers aren?t saying what happened. Instead, they?re deferring to the Richardson Police Department?s public information office, which has yet to issue a statement concerning the incident.

Original item at 10:33 a.m.: Richardson police say a woman died this morning after crashing her car into a guardrail along the N. Central Expressway service road near Belt Line Road. She?d been involved in a chase with an officer, and, according to several media accounts, the officer fired at least one shot at the woman when her Lexus got too close to his cruiser.

Police say the chase began when the officer tried to pull her over. She refused and kept driving. A witness heard a single gunshot, according to a tweet from Jeff Smith of KXAS-Channel 5.

The woman eventually crashed her car into the guardrail and was taken to Medical City, where she was pronounced dead.

It remains unclear if she was hit by the bullet or if she crashed into the guardrail while trying to escape.

Richardson police have promised to send further details following a departmental briefing. We have a writer on her way to the scene. Updates to come. Meanwhile the southbound frontage road along N. Central Expressway at Belt Line is closed.

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International literary festival opens in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ? Myanmar's first international literary festival opens Friday in Yangon, bringing together dozens of authors from around the world, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Irrawaddy Literary Festival, which runs through Sunday, comes as Myanmar relaxes its censorship rules, bringing new freedom of expression to authors, journalists, bloggers and comedians, many of whom have served time as political prisoners.

Myanmar shut its censorship office in August and a week ago officially rebranded the Press Scrutiny board, which was responsible for censoring publications, as the Copyrights and Registration Division.

Authors must still submit their books to the government for approval before distribution, and some of the old laws used to jail dissident writers remain on the books. But local authors say that for the most part, censors have put down their red pens and they can publish quite freely.

The festival is the latest in a series of "firsts" for this long-closed nation, where sweeping political reform has resulted in a rush of business and cultural engagement with the outside world. In recent weeks, Myanmar has seen its first marathon, its first big foreign rock concert ? by Jason Mraz ? and its first New Year's Eve countdown, an event inconceivable under old laws that banned public gatherings.

"Wild Swans" author Jung Chang, India's Vikram Seth, British historian Timothy Garton-Ash and New Delhi-based writer William Dalrymple ? a force behind India's hugely successful Jaipur literary festival ? are scheduled to attend this weekend's festival, along with more than 80 authors from Myanmar.

Myanmar's literature is little known abroad, thanks to half a century of isolationist rule and a lack of translation.

Only a handful of books have been translated from Burmese into English. It is difficult if not impossible for foreigners to read the work of leading local authors like Ju, Ma Thida and poet Saw Wai, who have helped shape Myanmar's tradition of literary dissent.

The few authors known overseas ? like Thant Myint-U, now a government adviser, and Pascal Khoo Thwe, the first Padaung tribesman to graduate from Cambridge University ? have lived for long periods abroad and wrote in English. They are not seen here as truly local authors.

The old government restrictions on publication have also cut off local readers from global authors. The international literature available here has, by and large, been limited to redacted versions of Russian and Western classics, by writers like Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, George Orwell and John Steinbeck.

The festival director is Jane Heyn, wife of the British ambassador to Myanmar. Sponsors include Yoma Strategic Holdings and Myint & Associates, companies that have been cultivating international business partners as the U.S., Europe and Australia unwind economic sanctions against Myanmar.

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New order found in quantum electronic material: May lead to new materials, magnets and superconductors

Jan. 30, 2013 ? Two Rutgers physics professors have proposed an explanation for a new type of order, or symmetry, in an exotic material made with uranium -- a theory that may one day lead to enhanced computer displays and data storage systems and more powerful superconducting magnets for medical imaging and levitating high-speed trains.

Their discovery, published in this week's issue of the journal Nature, has piqued the interest of scientists worldwide. It is one of the rare theory-only papers that this selective publication accepts.

Collaborating with the Rutgers professors was a postdoctoral researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who earned her doctorate at Rutgers.

"Scientists have seen this behavior for 25 years, but it has eluded explanation." said Piers Coleman, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the School of Arts and Sciences. When cooled to 17.5 degrees above absolute zero or lower (a bone-chilling minus 428 degrees Fahrenheit), the flow of electricity through this material changes subtly.

The material essentially acts like an electronic version of polarized sunglasses, he explains. Electrons behave like tiny magnets, and normally these magnets can point in any direction. But when they flow through this cooled material, they come out with their magnetic fields aligned with the material's main crystal axis.

This effect, claims Coleman, comes from a new type of hidden order, or symmetry, in this material's magnetic and electronic properties. Changes in order are what make liquid crystals, magnetic materials and superconductors work and perform useful functions.

"Our quest to understand new types of order is a vital part of understanding how materials can be developed to benefit the world around us," he said.

Similar discoveries have led to technologies such as liquid crystal displays, which are now ubiquitous in flat-screen TVs, computers and smart phones, although the scientists are quick to acknowledge that their theoretical discovery won't transform high-tech products overnight.

Coleman, along with Rutgers colleague Premala Chandra and MIT collaborator Rebecca Flint, describe what they call a "hidden order" in this compound of uranium, ruthenium and silicon. Uranium is commonly known for being nuclear reactor fuel or weapons material, but in this case physicists value it as a heavy metal with electrons that behave differently than those in common metals.

Recent experiments on the material at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico provided the three physicists with data to refine their discovery.

"We've dubbed our fundamental new order 'hastatic' order, named after the Greek word for spear," said Chandra, also a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The name reflects the highly ordered properties of the material and its effect on aligning electrons that flow through it.

"This new category of order may open the world to new kinds of materials, magnets, superconductors and states of matter with properties yet unknown," she said. The scientists have predicted other instances where hastatic order may show up, and physicists are beginning to test for it.

The scientists' work was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation. Flint is a Simons Postdoctoral Fellow in physics at MIT.

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Clinton doesn't see 'getting back into politics'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday cast doubt on speculation she might run for the White House in 2016.

In an interview taped for National Public Radio, Clinton was asked what questions she needs to answer for herself as she decides whether to run for president.

"I'm not even posing those questions. I am really looking forward to stepping off the fast track that I've been on. I've been out of politics as Secretary of State. I don't see myself getting back into politics," she said, according to an excerpt of the interview.

Whether this is her last word on the subject is unknown. She will face strong pressure from Democrats to join the field of contenders. Clinton will step down this week, following Senate confirmation Tuesday of Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry as her successor.

Those close to Clinton are eager for her to announce a 2016 run, so much so that a group has already formed a new super PAC and registered with the Federal Election Commission on Friday, called "Ready for Hillary."

In 2008, she lost to President Barack Obama in a bitter Democratic primary campaign to be the party nominee for the White House.

Although Clinton, 65, did not categorically rule out another presidential run, in a separate NBC interview she said that she was healthy enough to wage a campaign.

"I have no doubt that I am healthy enough and my stamina is great enough and I'll be fully recovered to do whatever I choose to do," Clinton told "Andrea Mitchell Reports" in an interview that aired on Tuesday.

Clinton was hospitalized in December after doctors found a blood clot stemming from a concussion she suffered previously.

She intends to do more public speaking and writing, and work alongside her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and daughter Chelsea on "mutual foundation interests," she said in the NPR interview.

"I want to be involved in philanthropy, advocacy, working on issues - like women and girls - that I care deeply about," Clinton said.

(Reporting by Margaret Chadbourn; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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School bus driver shot, child seized

A gunman shot a school bus driver in Alabama and took one of the 6-year-old passengers, then barricaded himself in a bunker, say news reports.

By Reuters / January 29, 2013

A school bus waits for children. In Alabama, a school bus driver was shot and a child taken hostage, according to news reports.

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Officials at the Dale County Sheriff's Department could not be immediately reached for comment on the incident in Midland City, but they put out a brief statement saying a command post had been set up near the site where the suspected shooter was barricaded.

The Dothan Eagle newspaper said the gunman was in a bunker near his home hours after the shooting, but that it was not clear if the child taken from the bus was also in the bunker.

The shooting comes as the nation is on edge about gun violence, especially in schools, after a gunman shot dead 20 students and six staff members at a Connecticut elementary school last month, stoking a national debate on gun control.

The sheriff's department said multiple agencies were assisting with the incident and local area schools would be closed on Wednesday. It gave no further details.

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Should I be using VOIP in my business? | Blue Rooster Telecom

By: Jeff Buckingham

Summary: VOIP or ?Voice Over Internet Protocol? is applied to a wide range of services that convert voice telephone calls to a stream of data which can be passed over Private Networks or the Internet.? This technology can be very useful when integrated in an overall telecommunications plan.? However, for many reasons, this may not be the best solution for all businesses. VOIP can be costly, complicated and can reduce overall call quality.? However, VOIP can also provide many new features and reduce costs over time. Before making a decision to move to VOIP, make sure you fully understand your communication needs and how VOIP service may help support your business.

The three main areas of VOIP are: Business or Hosted VOIP, VOIP based Business Telephone Systems and Consumer VOIP.

1. Business VOIP services such as hosted PBX ? A hosted PBX is a telephone system that is housed outside of the customer?s office in the provider?s network and is becoming popular in the work place. The customer uses an Internet connection and VOIP telephones connected to their local area network. The advantage of these services can be a fixed cost per month with unlimited calls, as well as using the same telephone system for employees with common voice mail and dialing plans.

The disadvantage of these services can be service outages caused by the customer?s local area network, the Internet connection, or the hosted PBX provider. It is also often difficult to diagnose the source of the service outages, resulting in frustration for the customer and service provider. The highest-quality hosted PBX providers will provide their own Internet connection and often insist on managing the customer?s local area network so they can make sure that service works properly. Some customers save money with hosted PBX but many do not due to the cost of local area network upgrades. These systems need to be looked at on a case by case basis.

2. VOIP based business telephone systems ? These systems place the telephone hardware at the customer?s office. The features are very similar to a hosted PBX and the telephone lines can be VOIP based (called SIP trunks) or traditional telephone lines. The initial cost of these systems is often 20 to 50% higher than a traditional telephone system but there are long term savings on maintenance. For example; employees can simply plug their phone into any network jack in the office. There is often a requirement for upgrade or replacement of the local area network equipment for these systems to function properly.

VOIP based business telephone systems are growing rapidly in business telecommunications and there is no question that this trend will continue. In spite of the popularity there are many customers who have experienced significant service interruptions due to poorly planned installations. Even the best installations do tend to have a higher incidence of occasional unexplained technical problems. It is highly recommended that business installations be handled by a trained professional with a past record of successful installations. Make sure that thorough reference checks are performed on any vendors before the project is implemented, and that the system is fully tested under real life conditions before the installers leave the building.

3. Consumer VOIP services ? These are free or low cost services such as Skype, Vonage, or Google Voice. Typically, these are used for saving money on long distance telephone calls.? These services are especially popular for placing international calls. Skype is also used as a video conferencing service. These services often do save money but the quality of calls can vary since the provider has no control over the user?s Internet connection. If you can tolerate poor connection quality or can place another call over a regular telephone line when VOIP call quality is poor, this service may be of interest to you.?

These services do work especially well for businesses to save money when an employee is located in another country. The amount of money saved is usually significant compared to buying traditional telephone service.? However, most businesses telephone conversations are important and the cost of lost calls or poor communication can far outweigh the savings. Long distance calling rates have come down significantly in the past few years, so a regular telephone line may end up being a better option even for international calls.

What?s the right decision for me?

Businesses often think that if they aren?t using the latest technology, they are falling behind their competition. This may be true, but not all new technologies are the best choice for all situations.? Many people assume that VOIP services are ?cheap?, but VOIP services can actually be more expensive in some business applications.? Additionally, communications over a VOIP phone system may be ?choppy? and difficult to understand due to poor data transmission and poor quality Internet connections.? Most businesses cannot tolerate these disruptions to quality communication within their organization. In other words, poor call quality can also be very expensive by reflecting negatively on your business.? If you have employees scattered all over the world, VOIP may be a great way to be connected. But for most businesses, traditional phone services including the integration of VOIP applications as needed, may be the best option for affordable, consistent, high quality phone service.

Who can you contact to help you through the process?

If you have questions or would like to discuss VOIP options for your office, please feel free to contact Blue Rooster Telecom at 805-543-8700 or visit our website at www.blueroostertelecom.com

Want to learn more about Blue Rooster Telecom?

Blue Rooster Telecom is a San Luis Obispo-based telecom carrier offering voice, VoIP, Internet, and data services. Its customers are always first, as the company sets the highest standards for customer service, delivering reliable products and creating custom solutions. Some of Blue Rooster Telecom?s employees have over 30 years of telecommunication experience, with a passion to be dependable, professional and friendly when working with any client. For more information, visit www.blueroostertelcom.com or like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/blueroostertelecom

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Genes behind aggressive endometrial cancer

Jan. 28, 2013 ? In a major breakthrough for uterine serous carcinoma (USC) -- a chemo-resistant, aggressive form of endometrial cancer, Yale researchers have defined the genetic landscape of USC tumors, findings that point to new treatment opportunities.

The collaborative team -- which included researchers with expertise in gynecological cancer, genomics, and computational biology -- identified a number of new genes that are frequently mutated in USC. The results of this comprehensive genetic analysis of USC are published in the Jan. 28 Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) online early edition. The researchers were supported as part of a collaborative program with Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Endometrial cancer is the most prevalent gynecologic tumor in women, with over 47,000 newly diagnosed cases and about 8,000 deaths in 2012 in the United States alone. Patients with type I endometrial cancer tumors generally have a good outcome, but those with type II, or USC, have more relapses and deaths, and the disease is more aggressive.

"We have clearly identified the mutations that are responsible for USC tumors," said senior author of the study Dr. Alessandro Santin, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine, and program leader of the gynecological cancers research program at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven and a member of Yale Cancer Center. "In addition to a number of well-known cancer genes, we found three genes that had not previously been associated with cancer that are found in these tumors. This finding points to new pathways that could be important in developing therapies down the road."

The team collected tumors from 57 women affected with USC to try to determine the molecular basis of the tumor's aggressive behavior. They sequenced all the genes from the tumors and identified mutations that are crucial for these tumors to grow. The team also studied the copy number variations -- genes that are not mutated but are amplified in the tumors to give them a growth advantage over normal tissues.

The newly-identified cancer-related genes included two -- CHD4 and MBD3 -- that are found in the same protein complex and play a role in remodeling the genome to allow certain regions to be turned on and off. The discovery of a third gene, TAF1, was a surprise to researchers because it is a core component of the machinery responsible for transcribing a large fraction of the protein coding genes in the human genome.

"The detailed study of different cancers continues to produce new and unexpected discoveries," said corresponding author Dr. Richard P. Lifton, Sterling Professor, chair of genetics at Yale, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. "These new findings define the biological basis of this cancer, and suggest new opportunities for personalized therapy."

Other authors on the study include first author Siming Zhao, Murim Choi, John D. Overton, Stefania Bellone, Dana M. Roque, Emiliano Cocco, Federica Guzzo, Diana P. English, Joyce Varughese, Sara Gasparrini, Ileana Bortolomai, Natalia Buza, Pei Hui, Maysa Abu-Khalaf, Antonella Ravaggi, Eliana Bignotti, Elisabetta Bandiera, Chiara Romani, Paola Todeschini, Renata Tassi, Laura Zanotti, Luisa Carrara, Sergio Pecorelli, Dan-Arin Silasi, Elena Ratner, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Amy L. Stiegler, Shrikant Mane, Titus J. Boggon, and Joseph Schlessinger.

In addition to Gilead, the study was funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Majority of Americans support dozens of policies to strengthen U.S. gun laws

Jan. 28, 2013 ? The majority of Americans support a broad array of policies to reduce gun violence, according to a new national public opinion survey conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. These policies include: requiring universal background checks for all gun sales (supported by 89 percent); banning the sale of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons (69 percent); banning the sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines (68 percent); and prohibiting high-risk individuals from having guns, including those convicted of a serious crime as a juvenile (83 percent) and those convicted of violating a domestic-violence restraining order (81 percent). Americans also support a range of measures to strengthen oversight of gun dealers and various policies restricting gun access by persons with mental illness.

The national survey, which over-sampled gun owners and non-gun owners living in homes with guns to allow for more precise estimates of opinions among these groups, was fielded in January, 2013, several weeks following the mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The majority of Americans support all but 4 of the 31 gun policies asked about in the survey. For many policies, there was little difference in support between gun owners and non-gun-owners.

"This research indicates high support among Americans, including gun owners in many cases, for a wide range of policies aimed at reducing gun violence," said lead study author Colleen Barry, PhD, MPP, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "These data indicate broad consensus among the American public in support of a comprehensive approach to reducing the staggering toll of gun violence in the United States."

At the same time, the researchers fielded a second national survey to assess Americans' attitudes about mental illness. This survey reveals ambivalent attitudes among the American public about mental illness. Sixty-one percent of respondents favor greater spending on mental health screening and treatment as a strategy for reducing gun violence, and 58 percent said discrimination against people with mental illness is a serious problem. Yet, almost half of respondents thought people with serious mental illness are more dangerous than others, and two-thirds expressed unwillingness to have a person with a serious mental illness as a neighbor.

"In light of our findings about Americans' attitudes toward persons with mental illness, it is worth thinking carefully about how to implement effective gun-violence-prevention measures without exacerbating stigma or discouraging people from seeking treatment," added Barry.

The results of both surveys are summarized in "After Newtown -- Public Opinion on Gun Policy and Mental Illness," published online on January 28th in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Gun violence claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year in the U.S., and the rate of firearms homicides in America is 20 times higher than it is in other economically advanced nations.

Johns Hopkins researchers conducted this study using the survey research firm GfK Knowledge Networks. There were 2,703 respondents in the gun policy survey and 1,530 respondents in the mental illness survey.

"Not only are gun owners and non-gun-owners very much aligned in their support for proposals to strengthen U.S. gun laws," said co-author Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, "but the majority of NRA members are also in favor of many of these policies."

The survey found that 74 percent of NRA members support requiring universal background checks for all gun sales; 64 percent of NRA members support prohibiting people who have been convicted of two or more crimes involving alcohol or drugs within a 3-year period from having a gun, and 70 percent of NRA members want a mandatory minimum sentence of 2 years in prison for a person convicted of knowingly selling a gun to someone who is not legally allowed to own one.

"These data indicate that the majority of Americans are in favor of policy changes that would ultimately increase safety," said Jon Vernick, JD, MPH, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and a co-author of the study. "This consensus should propel forward comprehensive legislation aimed at saving lives."

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Hydrogen sulfide: The next anti-aging agent?

Jan. 29, 2013 ? Hydrogen sulfide* (H₂S) may play a wide-ranging role in staving off aging, according to a paper published online ahead of print in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology. In this review article, a team from China explores the compound's plethora of potential anti-aging pathways.

"H₂S has been gaining increasing attention as an important endogenous signaling molecule because of its significant effects on the cardiovascular and nervous systems," the team writes. The evidence is mounting, they note, that hydrogen sulfide slows aging by inhibiting free-radical reactions, by activating SIRT1, an enzyme believed to be a regulator of lifespan, and probably through its interactions with a gene, klotho, which appears to have its own market basket of anti-aging activity.

Hydrogen sulfide is produced within the human body, and has a variety of important physiological effects. For example, it relaxes the vascular endothelium and smooth muscle cells, which is important to maintaining clean arteries as one ages, says first author Zhi-Sheng Jiang, of the University of South China, Hunan. It functions as an antioxidant. And it inhibits expression of pro-inflammatory factors, all of which "imply an important role in aging and age-associated diseases," according to the paper. For example, mice lacking CSE, the gene for an enzyme involved in producing H₂S, manifest extensive, premature arteriosclerosis, an inevitable consequence of aging, says Jiang.

The gene, klotho, which appears to be upregulated by hydrogen sulfide, is thought to extend lifespan via a number of different pathways, some of which promote production of endogenous antioxidants, according to the report. Produced in the kidneys, it has direct angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibiting activity; that is, it's an ACE inhibitor, just like certain drugs that mitigate high blood pressure. Not surprisingly, plasma H₂S declines with age, and is lower in spontaneously hypertensive rats than in those with normal blood pressure. More generally, a lack of H₂S is implicated in cardiovascular disease.

A decline in H₂S is also thought to undermine neurological health. Endogenous H₂S has been found wanting in an animal model of Parkinson's disease, and is found to be depressed in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. There are even suggestions, mostly in animal models, but also in human studies, that H₂S may be protective against cancer, according to the report.

"Data available so far strongly suggest that H₂S may become the next potent agent for preventing and ameliorating the symptoms of aging and age-associated diseases," concludes Jiang. In the future, he says, people may take H₂S via food, or as an anti-aging supplement.

* Hydrogen sulfide (British English: hydrogen sulphide) is the chemical compound with the formula H₂S. It is a colorless, very poisonous, flammable gas that gives off the odor of rotten eggs.

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Pruett ties Haywood's record as Ganassi wins Rolex

Ganassi Racing team drivers, from front left, Scott Pruett; Charlie Kimball; Memo Rojas, of Mexico; and Juan Pablo Montoya, driving the car, of Colombia, arrive in Victory Lane after winning the Grand-Am Series Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Ganassi Racing team drivers, from front left, Scott Pruett; Charlie Kimball; Memo Rojas, of Mexico; and Juan Pablo Montoya, driving the car, of Colombia, arrive in Victory Lane after winning the Grand-Am Series Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Scott Pruett drives the Ganassi Racing BMW Riley as he maintains the lead during the final hours of the Grand-Am Series Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Driver Scott Pruett walks through his pit stall after a turn driving in the Grand-Am Series Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Memo Rojas, of Mexico, in the Ganassi Racing BMW Riley (01) passes a GT series car in a horseshoe turn during the Grand-Am Series Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, drives the Ganassi Racing BMW Riley through the infield course during the Grand-Am Series Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ? Humbled a year ago when both its cars failed to make the podium, Chip Ganassi Racing returned to the Rolex 24 at Daytona determined to pick up another victory watch.

An eyebrow-raising lineup change that involved Juan Pablo Montoya showed just how serious the team was about winning, and it delivered Sunday with its fifth win in 10 appearances in the prestigious sports car race. The victory was the fifth for lead driver Scott Pruett, tying Hurley Haywood's record for wins in the twice-around-the-clock race at Daytona International Speedway.

The winning team of three-time defending Grand-Am drivers Pruett and Memo Rojas, along with Montoya and IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball, making his Rolex debut, beat the Max Angelelli-led VelocityWW team by almost 22 seconds for the victory.

It was Montoya who closed out the win, driving the final stint and waging a strong battle in the final hour with defending champion AJ Allmendinger. Ganassi's No. 01 BMW Riley had a clear horsepower advantage, and once Montoya got past Allmendinger, the win was his for the taking.

But the Ganassi team figured it was four laps short on fuel, and Montoya needed to build a lead of at least 40-seconds to hold off Angelelli and Allmendinger when he was forced to stop for gas. The Colombian did it by turning laps close to qualifying pace, and breezed to his third Rolex victory.

Montoya's other two wins were with Pruett on the No. 01 car in 2007 and 2008, but he spent the last three years driving for the No. 02 Ganassi "star car" and came away empty-handed each time. When the Ganassi cars were left off the Rolex podium last season for the first time since 2005, team management went to work on the cars and setting up a lineup that gave them two chances to win.

Montoya admitted he thought the switch was "a weird move," but owner Chip Ganassi and team manager Mike Hull insisted it wasn't a demotion for the driver who has been stuck in a lengthy slump in his full-time NASCAR job.

Clearly the pressure is on Montoya to perform this year, the final year of his contract with Ganassi, and he stepped up Saturday and Sunday as the No. 01 team had to balance out Kimball's inexperience. It was the first time racing in a car with a roof on it for Kimball, who has diabetes and uses his fight with the disease as his platform.

The Chevrolet team of Angelelli, defending IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay and Jordan Taylor finished second for team owner Wayne Taylor ? redemption after an engine failure 22 minutes in last year's event ended the team's day.

Defending race winner Michael Shank Racing twice came back from seven laps down to finish third in a Ford. It was a disappointing finish for team owner Shank, but a moral victory considering the hole the team clawed out of to make it to the podium.

Allmendinger, racing at Daytona for the first time since NASCAR suspended him for failing a random drug test hours before the July race here, teamed with fellow NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose, IndyCar driver Justin Wilson and Grand-Am regulars John Pew and Ozz Negri for the finish.

Ambrose was added to last year's winning lineup after Negri broke his leg a month ago during offseason training, but Negri was able to return to the car this weekend for limited driving duties a mere six days after his cast was removed.

Audi Sport Customer Racing won the GT class in an Audi R8 with drivers Filipe Albuquergue, Oliver Jarvis, Edoardo Mortara and Dion von Moltke.

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Oil rises above $96 ahead of US data

BANGKOK (AP) ? The price of oil rose slightly Monday, a sign of investor confidence in the U.S. economy's recovery ahead of the release of data on jobs, home sales and the country's overall growth.

Benchmark oil for March delivery was up 14 cents to $96.02 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 7 cents to close at $95.88 on the Nymex on Friday after a report showed a cooling off in new U.S. home sales.

The U.S. government will release monthly durable goods figures later Monday, and the National Association of Realtors will report on pending home sales for December. Later in the week, reports on weekly jobless claims and employment data for January are due.

Analysts expect to see continuing signs of a sluggish recovery, even amid lowered expectations for fourth-quarter economic growth for 2012, to be released by the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday.

"If 4Q growth comes in at the 1.5 percent we expect, it will have averaged 2 percent over the past four quarters ... Slow and steady is the name of the game," analysts at DBS Bank Ltd. in Singapore said in a market commentary.

Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, fell 10 cents to $113.18 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.

In other energy futures trading on Nymex:

? Wholesale gasoline fell 0.7 cent to $2.883 per gallon.

? Natural gas fell 5.3 cents at $3.391 per 1,000 cubic feet.

? Heating oil rose 0.2 cent to $3.051 a gallon.

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The visitor can discover a Bhubaneswar resort with magnificent housing and features such as bedrooms with services like king-size feather mattresses, washrooms complete with bath, tub, and top quality bath products, Wi-Fi, tea and coffee machine, immediate switch telephone, fridge, and lcd TV with wire, among others. The same resort can also have fantastic cusine features providing both Native indian and worldwide dishes. Amenities such as fitness center, Hot tub, spa, massage, and spa, are available. Further, the visitor, especially the business-oriented one, can discover Bhubaneswar hotels providing fantastic conference features such as modern conference and company hallways with condition of the art conference features.

Bhubaneswar hotels are making an effort to see their city become an perfect vacationer location and thus they are very welcoming to their visitors. This is also reverberated in the pleasantness of the people the visitors meet on the roads and at the various destinations such as Nandakanan Zoological Lawn, Technology Recreation area, Organic Lawn, Bhitarkanika Nationwide Recreation area, and Handmade items Art gallery, to bring up but a few. The wats or wats here never stop to surprise with their wonderful structural quality. Tourists will also love the fish (fresh crab and lobster) and local candies that Bhubaneswar is popular for globally.

The Native indian condition of Orissa features of its charming capital, Bhubaneswar, which is also termed as the Forehead Town of Native indian. This city is a perfect example of a ancient city that has beautifully been connected with modernity. True to its second name, Bhubaneswar is home to about six hundred wats or wats, some of which have three million years of history since the Kalinga structure era. Being one of the quickest growing and well organized creating places in Native indian, Bhubasnewar is fast becoming an IT and company hub. Accordingly, this city draws many experts and visitors from around the planet and whom are all well lodged in the several fantastic Bhubaneswar hotels.

To take care of the different types of tourists, the fantastic hotels in Bhubaneswar are appropriately situated close to worldwide airports, mainly the Biju Patnaik Terminal, the train place, restaurants, destinations, shopping centers. Bhubaneswar is indeed a major city that is well organized and clean. It has an intricate transportation system that will hardly see you get trapped in traffic. It is also enclosed recreational areas, landscapes, and heavy jungles. This makes it a very perfect travel location capable of maintenance all manner of visitors. The visitor has a variety of Bhubaneswar hotels to choose from which range from budget hotels to five -star resorts. There are plenty of fully fledged three-star ones which really fit company tourists.

The visitor can discover a Bhubaneswar resort with magnificent housing and features such as bedrooms with services like king-size feather mattresses, washrooms complete with bath, tub, and top quality bath products, Wi-Fi, tea and coffee machine, immediate switch telephone, fridge, and lcd TV with wire, among others. The same resort can also have fantastic cusine features providing both Native indian and worldwide dishes. Amenities such as fitness center, Hot tub, spa, massage, and spa, are available. Further, the visitor, especially the business-oriented one, can discover Bhubaneswar hotels providing fantastic conference features such as modern conference and company hallways with condition of the art conference features.

Bhubaneswar hotels are making an effort to see their city become an perfect vacationer location and thus they are very welcoming to their visitors. This is also reverberated in the pleasantness of the people the visitors meet on the roads and at the various destinations such as Nandakanan Zoological Lawn, Technology Recreation area, Organic Lawn, Bhitarkanika Nationwide Recreation area, and Handmade items Art gallery, to bring up but a few. The wats or wats here never stop to surprise with their wonderful structural quality. Tourists will also love the fish (fresh crab and lobster) and local candies that Bhubaneswar is popular for globally.

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The Native indian condition of Orissa features of its charming capital, Bhubaneswar, which is also termed as the Forehead Town of Native indian.

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