Keen On? Politics: How The Internet Offers The Opportunity To Create We-Government [TCTV]

Screen Shot 2012-04-11 at 11.38.20 AMThere are few more articulate or passionate commentators on digital politics than Andrew Rasiej, the founder and CEO of Personal Democracy Media and the organizer of the upcoming Personal Democracy Forum. As Rasiej told me when we talked in New York City earlier this month, the Internet offers the opportunity to create what he calls "we-government" - a much more accountable and transparent form of 21st century politics than the type of governance that existed in the 20th century. But for this to happen, Rasiej reminded me, politicians need to be able to distinguish between "a server and a waiter" and we need to dilute the impact of money on our political process.

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The Surprising Duo That Wards Off Skin Cancer | Men's Health News

Looking to stay fit, energized, and cancer-free? It may be time to add some espresso to your postworkout routine.

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The perfect postworkout drink?

Caffeine and exercise may work together to decrease your risk of developing skin cancer, says a recent report presented at the American Association for Cancer Research?s annual meeting. Researchers studied the effects that caffeine and exercise had on 160 mice that had been exposed to UVB radiation. The mice were split into four groups: One with plain water and no exercise wheel; another with water mixed with caffeine and no exercise wheel; a third that had plain water and an exercise wheel; and a group that had water mixed with caffeine as well as an exercise wheel.

After monitoring the mice for 14 weeks, the researchers found that the mice who had access to both caffeine and exercise not only had 62 percent fewer non-melanoma skin tumors, the size of their tumors was 85 percent smaller than those of the mice that had no wheel and no caffeine.

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The results beg the question: What is so special about this dynamic duo? The researchers suggest there may be a link between cancer development, fat, and inflammation.


?Our current research shows that both caffeine and exercise decreased the fat tissue in these mice,? says Yao-Ping Lu, Ph.D., lead study author and the director of skin cancer prevention at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, in Piscataway, N.J.

Since fat tissue produces inflammatory compounds (and inflammation has been linked to increased risk of skin cancer), Lu explained, the evidence suggests that exercise and caffeine can aid in the prevention of skin cancer.

Best of all, the researchers believe these findings can be extrapolated to humans. (So to get more details on how your morning cup of Joe may save your skin, check out this article on how coffee fights skin cancer.)

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North Korea as 'Oz': Pay no attention to the nation behind the curtain

In the run-up to its 'rocket' launch, North Korea put on a show for the global media. But amid the fanfare it's clear that isolation serves Pyongyang better than close world scrutiny. 'We don't really care about opinion from the outside,' said one official, bluntly.

Bombast and Oz-style image-building have prevailed this week in North Korea, where the regime has thrown a press party to discomfit the world in the run-up to its planned launch of a long-range ballistic missile.?But amid all the hype it showered on the global media came what may actually be one honest and unvarnished statement about the hermit-nation?s intentions.

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?We don?t really care about the opinion from the outside,? said Paek Chang-ho, chief of North Korea?s satellite control center, as he reviewed with foreign journalists Wednesday what he said was the fuel-injection stage of missile launch preparations. ?This is critical in order to develop our national economy.?

Huh? Could it be that North Korea, despite its decades of antics aimed at impressing the world, really revels in the glorious isolation that has allowed its repressive system to survive?

Conventional wisdom would have it that Pyongyang, which has a record of acting out to get the world?s attention, is having one of its don?t-you-dare-ignore-me tantrums. The planned missile launch ? a violation of UN Security Council resolutions barring the North from such potentially destabilizing actions ? just happens to be scheduled for sometime over a period of days (Pyongyang says the launch will occur between April 12 and April 15) when the world will be focused on international talks with Iran over its nuclear program.

There may be some truth to that. It?s also true that the missile, which North Korean authorities insist will carry a communications satellite into space, stands like a giant birthday candle to mark the centenary of the birth of North Korea?s founder, Kim Il-sung, deceased grandfather of the baby-faced new leader, Kim Jong-un.

But Mr. Paek, the satellite chief, may have unwittingly let the cat out of the bag with his off-handed dismissal of the outside world. It is in fact North Korea?s isolation that has allowed its repressive system of a small privileged elite ruling over a starved and traumatized majority to survive.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledged as much in a speech this week when she said the North?s planned satellite launch ?will give credence to the view that North Korean leaders see improved relations with the outside world as a threat to their system.?

Pyongyang got another reminder of why isolation serves its purposes more than world engagement when a Washington-based group, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, issued a report April 10 calling for the dismantling of a vast ?gulag? of camps in the North holding as many as 200,000 political prisoners.

Noting the report, the US special envoy on human rights in North Korea, Robert King, declared that respect for human rights is a prerequisite ?for the North to participate fully in the international community.?

North Korea?s awaited missile will rise like a rebuttal to the likes of Mr. King, trailing an imaginary banner declaring, ?No thanks, turns out isolation is good for our longevity.?

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Kingston HyperX 3K SSD review round-up: Cheaper than its predecessor and almost as good

Kingston HyperX 3K SSD review round-up: Cheaper than its predecessor and almost as good

Kingston's new HyperX 3K SSD has appeared, powered by a second-generation SandForce SF-2281 processor. Sizes ranging from 90GB to 480GB and are appropriately priced between $140 to $700 -- depending on your storage tastes. With a SATA 6Gb/s interface wrapped in a black and aluminum casing, the HyperX 3K looks ready to spar with Intel's similarly SandForce-powered SSDs. Kingston's 2.5-inch drives have also finished the review party circuit, picking up some pretty positive responses. According to Anandtech's testing, the HyperX 3K performs almost as well as its 5K predecessor, landing just behind it for light workload tests (309.4 MB/s on average) and a heavy workload performance (225.8 MB/s) that netted it second place. Overall, they reckon the HyperX 3K is a "no-brainer," offering great performance for less of those hard-earned dollars.

The relatively rugged design was the first thing that caught Storage Review's eye, due to Kingston's (presumably necessary) thermal armor. The site was suitably impressed by read rates, which were comparable to the original HyperX SSD. Write performance didn't hold up quite as well during tests and due to the reduced quality of the NAND memory used, you will see a drop on total write cycles possible -- something that mainstream users probably won't lose much sleep over. Storage Review maintains that when it comes to both performance and pricing, Kingston's latest "delivers on both fronts." You can take a closer look at what both reviews have to say -- and a whole load of tests -- at the sources below.

Kingston HyperX 3K SSD review round-up: Cheaper than its predecessor and almost as good originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nikkei falls for fifth day, hurt by weak US jobs report

Japan's Nikkei average fell 1.5 percent to post its fifth straight day of losses today, with a weak US jobs report raising fresh concerns over recovery in the world's largest economy and as a stronger yen weighed on exporters.

The Nikkei has dropped 5.3 percent since April 2 , marking its longest losing streak since late November.

The benchmark Nikkei ended down 142.19 points at 9,546.26, its lowest closing level since February 21.

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Ikanos Communications Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 ...

FREMONT, Calif., April 9, 2012 ? Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home, today announced that its first quarter fiscal year 2012 financial results conference call and webcast is scheduled for Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The call will be hosted by Dennis Bencala, CFO and vice president of finance.

To listen to the call, please visit http://www.ikanos.com/investor/irevents/ and click on the link provided for the webcast or dial 888-466-4587 or 719-325-2327 ?and enter conference ID 9357342. The webcast will be archived and available for 90 days at http://www.ikanos.com/investor/irevents/.? A replay of the conference call will be accessible until July 25th by dialing 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820 and entering conference ID 9357342.

About Ikanos Communications, Inc.
Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN) is a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home. The company?s broadband DSL, communications processors and other offerings power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the world?s leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service providers. For more information, visit www.ikanos.com.

? 2012 Ikanos Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ikanos Communications, Ikanos, and the Ikanos logo, are among the trademarks or registered trademarks of Ikanos Communications.

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