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8 Life-Long Benefits of Pregnancy Exercise | Being Pregnant

Pregnancy is, quite literally, a bodily function. And the body works best when it?s given what it needs. And it turns out that our bodies need a little working out. Research clearly shows that you?and your baby?can benefit enormously now, and possibly for years to come, by keeping active and working out during pregnancy. This can feel very daunting in the first trimester when all you want to do is sleep and eat plain bagels. (Don?t worry! There has to be an evolutionary reason for this, it?ll pass soon enough).

And it can feel daunting in general: Pregnancy is already a work-out. You have 50% more blood volume moving through sluggish veins; your metabolism changes; you need sleep (like a growing kid); and you?ve got more weight and pressure that can really slow you down.

But there are so many ways to work up a sweat during pregnancy that can be actually fun or at least help reduce your aches, pains and third trimester insomnia. It may just be that you go for lots and lots of walks, always take the stairs and generally stay mobile and active.? You could also try to swim a few times a week, or take prenatal yoga classes when you have time. Downloadable prenatal workouts make keeping fit easier than ever.

Our culture has thrown up some obstacles to pregnancy fitness?we drive, we sit in front of computers, we sit in front of the TV. But our bodies were built for walking, carrying things, bending, leaning, squatting. In our modern world we may not be out in the fields pulling up root vegetables but we can do a low-impact cardio workout in the den!

According to the American College of Obstetrician and Gynecologists, ?In the absence of either medical or obstetric complications, 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise a day on most, if not all, days of the week is recommended for pregnant women.?

So on that note, here are eight really great motivators for getting some kind of regular exercise during pregnancy

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  1. Fewer pregnancy complications

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  2. Healthy pregnancy weight gain

  Studies show that, prenatal exercise can help keep pregnancy weight gain within a healthy range which, in turn, increases the likelihood of an uncomplicated pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery and post-pregnancy weight loss. Staying a healthy weight is a huge step towards staying healthy in general. The Institute of Medicine's recommendation for pregnancy weight gain ? if you start within a normal weight range ? is 25-35 pounds. Underweight women should gain 28-40 pounds; overweight women, 15-25 pounds; and obese women, 11-20 pounds. Obviously, pregnancy weight gain is influenced by many factors, including how your pregnancy is going (morning sickness, etc.) and genetics, but working out can make a positive impact.

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  3. Healthy Newborn Weight

  Moms who keep their weight gain within the normal range are less likely to have an unnaturally large baby. This is important, as studies show that babies born over 9 pounds are at increased risk for obesity, diabetes, and other health problems later in life. An emerging field of research, called epigenetics, is revealing how the conditions in the womb can actually alter genetic expression. Researchers are exploring the possibility that we can help reduce obesity rates by focusing more on a woman's diet and exercise during pregnancy. Interestingly, women who have severe calorie restriction and very low weight gain during pregnancy have babies who are at much higher risk of obesity and heart problems later in life. It seems, as always, that extremes in both directions can be harmful, whereas a reasonably healthy, active pregnancy can be hugely beneficial for years to come.

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  4. Improved mental health for mom and ... baby

  Mountains of research have shown the positive psychological effects of exercise at all stages of life, from childhood to old age. Pregnancy is no exception; studies show that prenatal exercise improves your mood, helps with sleep, reduces prenatal depression and boosts self-esteem. Working out can also reduce stress. Extreme stress in pregnancy has been linked to postpartum depression in mothers and health problems for kids of those moms. Moms who experience normal levels of stress during pregnancy, however, can pass along lasting physical and emotional benefits to their kids. There are many triggers for stress ? some can't be resolved just by working out ? but a prenatal fitness regimen does appear to have some lasting mental health benefits for all involved.

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  5. A healthy heart for baby

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  6. Fewer aches and pains, troubles and twists

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  7. Reduced complications in childbirth

  Staying active ? even just by regular, daily walks ? can help open the pelvis and get the baby in an optimal positioning for birth. Workouts increase circulation and help with flexibility, cardiovascular health, and muscle tone, all of which come in handy during labor. Also, keeping weight down in pregnancy can mean your baby is a normal birth weight, which can reduce complications in birth, such as the need for assisted delivery or C-section. According to research, regular exercisers are 75% less likely to require a forceps delivery, 55% less likely to have an episiotomy, and up to four times less likely to have a Cesarean than non-exercisers.

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  8. Stronger pelvic floor

  Studies also show that working out during pregnancy can reduce the odds of assisted delivery?with forceps or vacuum and episiotomy (an incision in the skin and muscle of the perineum). This then reduces the odds of pelvic floor trauma, which, in turn, reduces the odds of incontinence and other problems related to weak pelvic floor muscles.

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Ceridwen Morris, CCE, is a writer, childbirth educator and the co-author of From The Hips: A Comprehensive, Open-Minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Becoming a Parent. Follow her? on Facebook.

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Canadian Angel Boris Wertz Raises $15 Million To Launch Micro-VC Fund Version One Ventures

After years of investing his own money, Canadian angel Boris Wertz has raised $15 million and created a new fund that will enable him to make even larger investments in early-stage startups. The fund, which will be focused on consumer Internet, software-as-a-service, e-commerce, and mobile companies. Wertz was the Chief Operating Officer of AbeBooks.com, which was acquired by Amazon.com back in 2008. He had been cofounder of German company JustBooks, which was later acquired by AbeBooks in 2002. Over the past several years, he's been making investments in early-stage companies with his own money, and is also behind the GrowLab startup accelerator in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Pre-Avatar (The Last Airbender): Original RP

Purpose: I wanted to create a roleplay in the Avatar:The Last Airbender world that would give players the freedom to explore different themes and styles of bending. The roleplay should let players participate with a character that can bend any/all elements to varying degrees of power without godmodding. There will be an overall plot about interaction with the spirits and the world that hasn't yet been developed. Ultimately, though, the roleplay will end with the creation of the Avatar Spirit and people only being able to bend one (if any) elements.

Roleplayers should be able to handle a quick-paced plot, post more than once per week, and maintain a high level of roleplaying.

About Me: I'm an Avatar fangirl - been with the series since its premiere (good memories watching the first episode with my brother as it came on air for the first time!) and I help to mod an Avatar fansite. I have about 7 years roleplaying and intermediate experience in GMing and DMing (for DnD). I'm happy to work on characters or plots with anyone!

About The Roleplay:

The Plot:
The year is 10,000 BSC (Before Sozin's Comet). The Great Lion Turtles have left the people of the land; and society is in the midst of the advent of bending. The nations have not yet formed, and the subsects of the elements have not yet split. There is no legend of the avatar yet; although there are whispers of a man who can bend with great skill more than one element.
The world is being ravaged by rogue spirits. The great guardians ? the Lion Turtles ? have left, and in their wake, a flood of malevolent spirits has entered in the space where they once reigned.

The Society:
Technology exists, but sparely. The world is not beautiful; while some may specialize in the creation of new technologies or art forms, the majority of humanity is attempting to survive and to, perhaps, conquer their rough world.
Naturally, the cultures of each respective area are just forming.
The Future Water Tribes are equal in prosperity; the brave settlers who have attempted to tame the landscape have erected huts and are figuring out short-distance travel over sea and snow.
The Future Earth Kingdom is the most diverse in culture. Their huts are made out of earth and wood. Some areas are inhabited by nomadic wanderers. Some areas have developed agriculture; and with that development, a social system is starting to blossom.
The Future Fire Nation is the newest colony. The settlers there are quick and intelligent, and have started to tame the shores of the volcanic islands. They are plagued by volcano spirits, by natural disasters, by their own failures.
The Future Air Nation has not even become a dream in the minds of the more spiritual people.

Even the ethnic boundaries have not yet split. Many villages are isolated by the color of their skin or shape of their eyes, but some are still a collection of settlers that still have diverse backgrounds and features.

Keep in mind; the geography that you know is not the geography of the past. The Great Divide is but a small creek. The Desert of the Earth Kingdom engulfs the majority of the Southwest continent. Kyoshi has not yet become an idea.

The Bending:
Bending is shifting. Where people were once able to control the energies of the land, they are realizing that their control is decaying.
Everyone can bend all elements, but most have a talent or preference for one instead of the other three. Some have retained some ability to bend the energies, but most have lost their abilities, finding instead that they can manipulate the world around them. It does not take a long time for people to pick out their preference in bending ? some have even lost their ability to bend all but their ?natural? element. No one knows the cause. Is it because the Lion Turtles left? Some sort of evolution? Or is it the intervention of more malevolent spirits?

The Game:
The village that will be focused on is in the Northwest Earth Kingdom. It is a small, diverse village, and very new.

Have any questions? Feel free to post below! If you're interested, please let me know here! I'm looking for at least a few people before I'll make it into a roleplay.

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Spotify marks its first anniversary in the US with 13 billion listens, a whole lot of sharing goin' on

They grow up so fast, don't they? Spotify's US launch was just over a year ago, and the streaming music outlet wants us to know just how big its baby is getting. Americans listened to more than 13 billion tracks on the service in the first 365 days, and they shared more than twice as many -- 27,834,742, to be exact. Not surprisingly, just over half of that socializing went through Facebook, as you can see in the company's sugar-coated chart. Spotify is likewise flaunting 2,700 years' worth of time spent skulking around its app platform. Don't feel any pangs of regret if you forgot to buy something for Spotify's birthday, by the way: the company isn't holding any grudges and says you'll "love" what it has gift-wrapped for year two. We're hoping that involves more free radio stations and fewer holdout musicians.

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Search for dark matter particles turns up zilch

The most sensitive search yet for the elusive particles that may make up dark matter has turned up nothing, putting stronger limits than ever on the ingredients of nature's invisible stuff.

Dark matter is thought to make up about 83 percent of the matter in the universe, yet scientists can't see or touch it. Astronomers detect its presence through its gravitational pull on the normal matter of galaxies and stars.

A leading idea suggests dark matter is made of particles called WIMPS (shorthand for "Weakly Interacting Massive Particles") predicted by some theoretical physics models. These heavy particles would pervade the universe, flying through Earth and our bodies every moment, yet would almost never collide with other particles, so would be virtually undetectable.

To exploit the slim, but not nonexistent, chances of WIMPS showing themselves, an experiment called XENON100 has been running deep underground at the Gran Sasso Laboratory in Italy. There, a vat filled with 137 pounds (62 kilograms) of liquid, ultra-pure xenon is protected by the 5,000 feet (1,520 meters) of ground above it, as well as layers of copper, polyethylene, lead and water, in an attempt to shield it from anything but WIMPS.

After collecting data for 13 months, scientists reported only two events that could have been collisions between WIMP particles and the xenon liquid. However, these two events could also have been caused by impacts from background particles, such as cosmic rays from space, that managed to bypass the detector's shields.

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"Two events being observed are statistically consistent with one expected event from background radiation," the researchers said in a statement. Thus, the experimenters concluded that their findings "provided no evidence for the existence of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles."

The null result doesn't mean that WIMPS don't exist, though ? for now, it means that the particles, if they do exist, are even harder to find, and interact even more rarely, than some models had suggested.

The researchers hope that further measurements will either discover the rumored particles, or rule them out completely.

"Continued measurements with XENON100 and the new experiment XENON1T, currently under construction, should either find evidence for WIMPs or other forms of dark matter would have to be considered," according to the statement.

The researchers have submitted a paper reporting their findings to the journal Physical Review Letters.

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Egypt's ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman dies

CAIRO (AP) ?

Democracy activists denounced plans for a military funeral honoring Egypt's former spy chief Omar Suleiman, who was the ousted President Hosni Mubarak's closest lieutenant, a key pillar of his authoritarian regime and holder of so many secrets he was known as "the black box."

The 76-year-old Suleiman died Thursday in a U.S. hospital. The shadowy statesman was considered Mubarak's most trusted man, handing the regime's most sensitive issues like relations with the U.S. and Israel and the fierce battle against Islamists. Suleiman's spy agency was responsible for tracking and suppressing opposition groups at home.

Tall, thin and often shown in dark sunglasses, Suleiman was also Egypt's point man in cooperation with the United States against terrorism and was involved in the post 9/11 rendition program in which terror suspects snatched by the Americans were shipped to Egypt and other countries for interrogation, sometimes involving torture.

In one case in 2002, the U.S. asked Suleiman for DNA material from the family of Ayman el-Zawahri, the Egyptian militant who at the time was al-Qaida's deputy leader and now heads the group.

"No problem, we'll get his brother, cut off his arm and send it over," Suleiman replied.

The Americans said just a blood sample would suffice, according to the account by author Ron Suskind in his book on the rendition program, "The One Percent Doctrine."

During the 18-day uprising last year, Suleiman was appointed vice president in a last-gasp attempt by Mubarak to save his political life as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets demanding his ouster. But the desperate measures, including talks between Suleiman and the formerly outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, were unable to stave off Mubarak's overthrow.

In the end, it was an ashen-faced Suleiman who appeared on state TV on Feb. 11, 2011 and read a terse announcement of Mubarak's resignation and the military's seizure of power.

Suleiman's sudden death came weeks after a member of his top nemesis, the Muslim Brotherhood, succeeded Mubarak as president. The intelligence agency Suleiman headed for 20 years was central to the Mubarak regime's repression of the Islamist group.

Now President Mohammed Morsi faces new woes from Suleiman ? over his funeral. Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali told the state news agency that Suleiman, who was a general in the military, should have a military funeral. That brought quick denunciations from activists against honoring a figure whom they consider stained by his regime role and who should have faced trial.

"Omar Suleiman is an international butcher," said rights lawyer Malik Adly. "All the time he was the pampered man of the regime, the old and the new. Even the Brotherhood is holding a funeral for him. Why? All the time he was never questioned despite so many lawsuits against him."

Activists on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook launched a campaign of "no to military funeral to Omar Suleiman." Adly said they planned a symbolic funeral for the revolution's "martyrs" would be held the same day as Suleiman's.

The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where Suleiman had been treated since Monday, said in a statement he died of "complications from amyloidosis, a disease affecting the heart, kidneys and other organs."

Egypt's state news agency MENA said earlier that Suleiman had suffered from lung and heart problems for months and his health condition had sharply deteriorated over the past three weeks. It said his three daughters will accompany the body to be buried in Egypt on Saturday.

Suleiman largely vanished from sight after Mubarak's fall. But he re-emerged in April in a surprise but short-lived attempt to join the race for president. He said he was running to prevent the Muslim Brotherhood from coming to power, warning that it would turn Egypt into a religious state.

But he was disqualified on technical grounds along with two Islamist candidates, including the Brotherhood's initial contender.

He also testified in the trial of his former boss, Mubarak, who was eventually sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising. In his testimony, Suleiman denied Mubarak issued orders to shoot at protesters but said the president did learn about the killings when he ordered the formation of an investigative committee. Mubarak supporters blame that testimony for bringing the conviction.

But rights activists insist Suleiman should have been tried as well, for the protester deaths and for activities during Mubarak's rule. Adly, the lawyer, said Suleiman hid information that could have convicted Mubarak for directly ordering the killings.

"Suleiman himself is deeply involved. But no one brought him to justice, why? This is the thing we never know," he said.

Suleiman was born in Qena in southern Egypt and graduated from the military academy as an infantry officer in 1955. He rose through the ranks and became deputy head of military intelligence in 1987. He became military intelligence chief in 1991 during the Gulf War, when Egyptians fought alongside other Arab forces in the U.S.-led coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's military out of Kuwait.

He indirectly saved his boss's life when he advised Mubarak to take an armored Mercedes with him on a state visit to Ethiopia in 1995. Islamic militants there sprayed his convoy with gunfire as he drove from the airport after arrival, but Mubarak was unscratched.

But his name only became known to the public in the early 2000s when Mubarak began moving the most vital issues of state to Suleiman, including relations in the U.S. and Israel and dealings with the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.

Hossam Sweilam, a former general who has known Suleiman since they were in the military academy together, said Suleiman's lack of political ambition helped him keep his job so long in a paranoid regime.

"There was no intelligence chief who survived that long but Suleiman," he said. Mubarak was known to fear and get rid of politicians who rise in prominence.

Still, his power made some view him as a potential successor to Mubarak. That created silent tension between Suleiman and the president's younger son, Gamal, who was seen as being groomed by his father as a successor.

In one U.S. diplomatic cable released by the whistleblower site WikiLeaks, Suleiman was said to "detest" the idea of Gamal as president. Another 2007 memo reports that a purported personal friend said the spy chief was "deeply personally hurt" when Mubarak failed to make good on what he said was an earlier promise to name him vice president.

The uncertainty over the succession and the fear that Mubarak was trying to set up a family dynasty helped spark the uprising.

Sweilam said Suleiman had warned of an impending revolution after spotting activities of pro-democracy groups and that the spy chief blamed Gamal for "giving his father a dishonorable ending."

"He tried to rescue the regime from sinking at the very last stage because he is a man with strong loyalty to the political leadership."

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France: Gunman takes hostages at Toulouse bank

TOULOUSE, France (AP) ? A man took hostages Thursday in a bank in the southern French city of Toulouse and fired a shot, police said. French television reported that he claimed allegiance to the al-Qaida terrorist group.

Tensions have been higher than usual in Toulouse since March, when a gunman whom police said claimed links to al-Qaida killed three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and three paratroopers in the area. Those were France's worst terrorist attacks in years.

Thursday's hostage-taking began about 11 a.m. (0900GMT) at a CIC bank branch in central Toulouse, a Toulouse police official said. The official said a single shot was fired but no injuries have been reported so far.

The official could not confirm the report on France's BFM television that the hostage-taker claimed ties to al-Qaida. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.

The neighborhood around the bank is cordoned off. Calls to the CIC bank branch went unanswered.

BFM also reported that four hostages were inside ? the bank branch director and three others ? and that the hostage-taker wanted the elite RAID police force to come negotiate with him.

The RAID police force led a 32-hour standoff with Frenchman Mohamed Merah, whom police say was behind the March shootings, in his Toulouse apartment. Merah was shot in the head in a gunfight at the end of the standoff.

French authorities described Merah as an Islamic radical who had trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Apple releases WWDC 2012 session videos

Barely a week after the WWDC 2012 keynote, Apple has released the session videos. For any registered developers who either couldn't attend WWDC, or who simply couldn't attend every session they wanted to, here's what you missed.

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Dating evidence: Relics could be of John the Baptist

ScienceDaily (June 18, 2012) ? New dating evidence supports claims that bones found under a church floor in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist, who is described in the Bible as a leading prophet and relative of Jesus Christ. A team from the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit at Oxford University dated a knucklebone from the right hand to the 1st century AD, a date which fits with the widely held view of when he would have lived. The researchers say they were surprised when they discovered the very early age of the remains adding, however, that dating evidence alone cannot prove the bones to be of John the Baptist.

The bones were originally discovered in 2010 by archaeologist Kazimir Popkonstantinov, excavating under an ancient church on an island in Bulgaria known as Sveti Ivan, which translates into English as St John. The knucklebone was one of six human bones, including a tooth and the face part of a cranium, found in small marble sarcophagus under the floor near the altar. Three animal bones were also inside the sarcophagus. Oxford professors Thomas Higham and Christopher Ramsey attempted to radiocarbon date four human bones, but only one of them contained a sufficient amount of collagen to be dated successfully.

Professor Higham said: "We were surprised when the radiocarbon dating produced this very early age. We had suspected that the bones may have been more recent than this, perhaps from the third or fourth centuries. However, the result from the metacarpal hand bone is clearly consistent with someone who lived in the early first century AD. Whether that person is John the Baptist is a question that we cannot yet definitely answer and probably never will."

Former Oxford student Dr Hannes Schroeder and Professor Eske Willerslev, both from the University of Copenhagen, also reconstructed the complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequence from three of the human bones to establish that the bones were all from the same individual. Significantly, they identified a family group of genes (mtDNA haplotype) as being a group most commonly found in the Near East, which is better known as the Middle East today -- the region where John the Baptist would have originated from. They also established that the bones were probably of a male individual after an analysis of the nuclear DNA from samples.

Dr Schroeder said: "Our worry was that the remains might have been contaminated with modern DNA. However, the DNA we found in the samples showed damage patterns that are characteristic of ancient DNA, which gave us confidence in the results. Further, it seems somewhat unlikely that all three samples would yield the same sequence considering that they had probably been handled by different people. Both of these facts suggest that the DNA we sequenced was actually authentic. Of course, this does not prove that these were the remains of John the Baptist but nor does it refute that theory as the sequences we got fit with a Near Eastern origin."

The Bulgarian archaeologists, who excavated the bones, also found a small tuff box (made of hardened volcanic ash) close to the sarcophagus. The tuff box bears inscriptions in ancient Greek that directly mention John the Baptist and his feast day, and text asking God to 'help your servant Thomas'. One theory is that the person referred to as Thomas had been given the task of bringing the relics to the island. An analysis of the box has shown that the tuff box has a high waterproof quality and is likely to have originated from Cappadocia, a region of modern-day Turkey. The Bulgarian researchers believe that the bones probably came to Bulgaria via Antioch, an ancient Turkish city, where the right hand of St John was kept until the tenth century.

In a separate study, another Oxford researcher Dr Georges Kazan has used historical documents to show that in the latter part of the fourth century, monks had taken relics of John the Baptist out of Jerusalem and these included portions of skull. These relics were soon summoned to Constantinople by the Roman Emperor who built a church to house them there. Further research by Dr Kazan suggests that the reliquary used to contain them may have resembled the sarcophagus-shaped casket discovered at Sveti Ivan. Archaeological and written records suggest that these reliquaries were first developed and used at Constantinople by the city's ruling elite at around the time that the relics of John the Baptist are said to have arrived there.

Dr Kazan said: "My research suggests that during the fifth or early sixth century, the monastery of Sveti Ivan may well have received a significant portion of St John the Baptist's relics, as well as a prestige reliquary in the shape of a sarcophagus, from a member of Constantinople's elite. This gift could have been to dedicate or rededicate the church and the monastery to St John, which the patron or patrons may have supported financially."

The scientific analysis of the relics undertaken by Tom Higham and Christopher Ramsey at Oxford, and their colleagues in Copenhagen was supported by the National Geographic Society. The documentary 'Head of John the Baptist', featuring the scientists' work was shown on the National Geographic Channel on 17 June 2012.

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Search ends for four climbers on Mount McKinley

NBC's Veronica de la Cruz reports.

By Msnbc.com staff and wire services

Crews?have suspended efforts to recover the bodies of four Japanese climbers killed in an avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley, the National Park Service said Sunday.

A two-day ground search of the debris path from the avalanche turned up clues Saturday indicating the likely location of four deceased climbers, a Denali National Park spokeswoman said.

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A mountaineering ranger lowered himself into the same crevasse that the party's one survivor fell into. The ranger probed through avalanche debris 100 feet beneath the glacier's surface and found a broken rope that matched that of the Japanese team. He began to dig further, but encountered heavily compacted ice and snow debris.

"Due to the danger of ice fall within the crevasse, it was decided to permanently suspend the recovery efforts," the park service said in a?press release.??

Rangers also now say that the avalanche, which happened at approximately 11,800 feet on the West Buttress, occurred early Wednesday morning, not Thursday. The lone survivor, 69-year-old Hitoshi Ogi, reached a base camp to report the avalanche Thursday afternoon. He suffered only a minor hand injury.

Mount McKinley, also referred to as Denali, is the tallest peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,320 feet.

There have six climbing fatalities on McKinley this season, according to the park service. Since 1932, a total of 120 climbers have perished on the mountain, 12 due to avalanches. This week's four avalanche fatalities were the first to occur on the popular West Buttress route.

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Mysterious Air Force space plane lands after 15 months in orbit

An unmanned space plane built by Boeing, the second of its kind, returns to Earth after 463 days in orbit for a clandestine mission.

By Alicia Chang,?Associated Press / June 18, 2012

Image from video made available by the Vandenberg Air Force Base shows the X-37B unmanned spacecraft landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The spacecraft, which was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in March 2011, conducted in-orbit experiments during the 15-month clandestine mission, officials said.

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The spacecraft, which was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in March 2011, conducted in-orbit experiments during the mission, officials said. It was the second such autonomous landing at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles. In 2010, an identical unmanned spacecraft returned to Earth after seven months and 91 million miles in orbit.

The latest homecoming was set in motion when the stubby-winged robotic X-37B fired its engine to slip out of orbit, then pierced through the atmosphere and glided down the runway like an airplane.

"With the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet, the X-37B OTV program brings a singular capability to space technology development," said Lt. Col. Tom McIntyre, the X-37B's program manager. "The return capability allows the Air Force to test new technologies without the same risk commitment faced by other programs. We're proud of the entire team's successful efforts to bring this mission to an outstanding conclusion."

With the second X-37B on the ground, the Air Force planned to launch the first one again in the fall. An exact date has not been set.

The twin X-37B vehicles are part of a military program testing robotically controlled reusable spacecraft technologies. Though the Air Force has emphasized the goal is to test the space plane itself, there's a classified payload on board ? a detail that has led to much speculation about the mission's ultimate purpose.

Some amateur trackers think the craft carried an experimental spy satellite sensor judging by its low orbit and inclination, suggesting reconnaissance or intelligence gathering rather than communications.

Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who runs Jonathan's Space Report, which tracks the world's space launches and satellites, said it's possible it was testing some form of new imaging.

The latest X-37B was boosted into orbit atop an Atlas 5 rocket. It was designed to stay aloft for nine months, but the Air Force wanted to test its endurance. After determining the space plane was performing well, the military decided in December to extend the mission.

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'Madagascar 3' stampedes, 'Rock,' Sandler flop

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Zoo animals remain hot at the box office. Singing stars and Adam Sandler are not.

Ben Stiller and his voice co-stars of "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" held on to the No. 1 spot again, with $35.5 million for the animated sequel's second weekend in domestic theaters.

Studio estimates Sunday put Ridley Scott's sci-fi adventure "Prometheus" at No. 2 again with $20.2 million.

"Madagascar 3" and "Prometheus" held off two under-achieving newcomers. The star-studded musical "Rock of Ages," whose cast includes Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Alec Baldwin, flopped at No. 3 with $15.1 million.

Sandler's "That's My Boy" bombed with $13 million, the worst showing for one of his broad comedies since the mid-1990s. "That's My Boy" came in at No. 5, behind the $13.8 million for "Snow White & the Huntsman," a film that's been out for three weekends already.

"Sure, we would have liked to have done more," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution at Sony, which released "That's My Boy" and most of Sandler's past movies. "But you've got to give it to Adam. He mixes it up. This is a really off-the-wall comedy."

"That's My Boy" stars Sandler as a guy who became a fleeting teen celebrity after getting his seventh-grade teacher pregnant and now is a middle-aged loser trying to reconnect with his son (Andy Samberg).

As with most Sandler movies, the reviews were bad, but that usually does not stop his audience of young males from showing up.

The R rating for "That's My Boy" may have cut into the movie's business, prohibiting those under 17 from seeing it without an adult. Sandler's comedies usually are rated PG-13.

But Sandler has plenty of fans in their late teens and 20s, and that crowd had little interest in "That's My Boy."

Among Sandler's mainstream live-action comedies, it was the worst debut since 1996's "Happy Gilmore," which played in far fewer theaters than "That's My Boy" and came as Sandler was just climbing to stardom. And factoring in today's higher admission prices, "That's My Boy" sold fewer tickets than "Happy Gilmore."

Some of Sandler's handful of comic dramas and other more serious movies did less business than "That's My Boy." But even his 2000 bomb "Little Nicky" opened bigger, with $16.1 million in its first weekend.

Sandler has been one of Hollywood's steadiest earners since the late 1990s, with hits such as "The Longest Yard," ''Anger Management," ''Big Daddy" and "Grown-ups" opening with more than $40 million and becoming $100 million hits.

Sony remains high on Sandler, backing his upcoming animated comedy "Hotel Transylvania," along with "Grown-ups 2."

"It's a good business to be in, the Adam Sandler business," Bruer said.

Warner Bros. had its own dud with "Rock of Ages," adapted from the stage show built around 1980s rock hits and featuring an ensemble that includes Cruise, Zeta-Jones, Baldwin, Julianne Hough and Mary J. Blige.

Dan Fellman, the studio's head of distribution, was not ready to pull the plug on the movie, saying he hoped it might hang on in subsequent weekends. "Rock of Ages" drew mostly older, female crowds, an audience that does not necessarily rush out to a movie over opening weekend.

"Musicals, there have been a couple in the summer like "Hairspray" and "Mamma Mia!", that tend to have good holding power as counter-programming. We're hoping we can get back on track," Fellman said.

"Rock of Ages" added $4.1 million in a handful of overseas markets.

Between "Rock of Ages" and "That's My Boy," Hollywood fell back into a pattern that persisted at the start of summer season in May as new movies debuted weakly, unable to dislodge strong holdovers.

The superhero tale "The Avengers" has dominated so far, remaining in the top-10 after seven weekends, its $8.8 million take raising its domestic total to $586.7 million. The film has taken in $1.4 billion worldwide.

There have been only a few other hits, including "Men in Black 3," ''Madagascar 3" and "Snow White & the Huntsman."

"That's My Boy" and "Rock of Ages" have joined Johnny Depp's "Dark Shadows" among star-driven releases that fell flat.

"It doesn't always follow that big stars bring in the big bucks," said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. "'Madagascar' and 'Prometheus' tell you that it's about the concept more than the stars."

DreamWorks Animation's "Madagascar 3" raised its domestic total to $120.5 million after two weekends. The movie added $53 million overseas, bringing its international receipts to $157 million and its worldwide haul to $278 million.

"Prometheus," released by 20th Century Fox, lifted its domestic total to $88.9 million after two weekends. With $25.5 million overseas, "Prometheus" pushed its international revenue to $128.9 million for a worldwide haul of $218 million.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," $35.5 million ($53 million international).

2. "Prometheus," $20.2 million ($25.5 million international).

3. "Rock of Ages," $15.1 million ($4.1 million international).

4. "Snow White & the Huntsman," $13.8 million.

5. "That's My Boy," $13 million.

6. "Men in Black 3," $10 million ($19.7 million international).

7. "The Avengers," $8.8 million ($3.9 million international).

8. "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," $2.2 million.

9. "Moonrise Kingdom," $2.18 million.

10. "What to Expect When You're Expecting," $1.3 million.

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RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Bold 9930 Smartphone in China

June 14, 2012

Beijing and Guangzhou, China - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the BlackBerry? Bold? 9930 smartphone will be available in China through the corporate sales channels of China Telecom.?

Running on China Telecom?s CDMA network, the BlackBerry Bold 9930 smartphone is the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone yet and the first to offer the perfect union of a high-performance keyboard and touch display integrated within the iconic BlackBerry Bold design. It supports global roaming and Wi-Fi? connectivity. With its industry-leading keyboard and popular Chinese input options, responsive high-resolution touch screen and high-speed browser capabilities, the BlackBerry Bold 9930 continues the tradition of delivering the world?s best mobile communications experience. It features a highly refined and integrated suite of phone, email, messaging, social networking, multimedia and business apps to keep customers connected and productive throughout the day.
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The new BlackBerry Bold 9930 is also the first BlackBerry smartphone available in China to include built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that is enabling many new and exciting capabilities, including the ability to make mobile payments, pair accessories or read SmartPoster tags with a simple tap of the smartphone.

?We?re excited to launch the BlackBerry Bold 9930 smartphone in China,? said Urpo Karjalainen, Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific, at Research In Motion. ?The new Bold will feature the new BlackBerry? 7.1 operating system and provide customers with an outstanding communications, web browsing and multimedia experience. IT managers will also benefit from the renowned enterprise-grade features of the BlackBerry solution.?

?The BlackBerry Bold 9930 smartphone and BlackBerry? Enterprise Server software together provide a secure, manageable mobile solution for enterprise customers. The BlackBerry enterprise solution enables significant productivity and efficiency gains for Chinese customers and it is trusted by over 90% of Fortune 500 companies around the world,? added Karjalainen.

Next-Generation BlackBerry 7.1 OS
The BlackBerry 7.1 operating system (OS) introduces a next-generation BlackBerry browser that is among the best in the industry. Combining the dramatically improved performance of the advanced WebKit browser engine, together with the powerful hardware enhancements of the BlackBerry Bold 9900, means that browsing results are up to 40% faster than BlackBerry? 6-based smartphones and up to twice as fast as BlackBerry? 5-based smartphones*. Additional enhancements to this next-generation BlackBerry browser also include optimized zooming and panning for smoother web navigation and optimized HTML5 performance for incredible gaming and video experiences.

With BlackBerry 7.1 OS, customers can now be productive from virtually anywhere. They can turn their BlackBerry smartphone into a mobile hotspot that can be shared by up to 5 Wi-Fi -enabled devices, including laptops and tablets**.

The BlackBerry 7.1 OS also incorporates a new feature called BlackBerry? Tag that allows BlackBerry customers to share information and content in a convenient new way. By simply tapping their NFC enabled BlackBerry Bold 9930 smartphone against another NFC enabled BlackBerry smartphone, customers can make sharing easier than ever. They can instantly invite a friend to BBM or exchange contact information, documents, URLs, photos and other multimedia content. They can also pair their BlackBerry smartphone with an NFC enabled Bluetooth? device.

The BlackBerry Bold 9930 will be showcased at the China Telecom 3G Trade Fair in Guangzhou from June 15 to 17. Please visit the BlackBerry booth at 9.2-B20.

* Testing was performed by RIM to measure average page load speeds using pre-release BlackBerry 7 software.
** Mobile hotspot feature requires BlackBerry 7.1 and may require an additional data plan. Please check with your service provider.

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About Research In Motion
Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry? solution in 1999. Today, BlackBerry products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market Exchange (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

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Forward-looking statements in this news release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws.? When used herein, words such as "expect", "anticipate", "estimate",? "may",? "will", "should", "intend", "believe", and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.? Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by RIM in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that RIM believes are appropriate in the circumstances.? Many factors could cause RIM's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those described in the "Risk Factors" section of RIM's Annual Information Form, which is included in its Annual Report on Form 40-F (copies of which filings may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov).? These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on RIM's forward-looking statements.? RIM has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, Research In Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.

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Video: Are Democrats panicking over Obama?

2012 as democratic strategists warn president obama 's losing his way on his economic message, will he look to the past or future in this major speech we're expecting tomorrow? reuters reports obama is not likely to unveil new ideas to create jobs according to democrats familiar with the preparations. instead, he will make the case that he needs four more years to undo the damage left by george w. bush . joining me now senior political editor mark murray . if that is the message, james carville and a few other democrats may not be too happy.

>> well, tamron, it depends how you took that memo from james carville and stan greenberg . one of the points they were making is what barack obama and the democrats seemed to do is look forward to the future and say who has the best ideas to making the economy better to improving it in the long-term. and so i wouldn't be surprise fundamental that is what is what president obama talks about tomorrow. the only guidance we have from the campaign is he's going to contrast his vision with mitt romney 's economic vision. we've seen that before. president obama talked about his economic vision in a speech in kansas in december 2011 and before the associated press news editors in april of this year. and so i don't know if it will be anything different but what would probably be different is that mitt romney would be the focus rather than republicans and the republican ideologies president obama is talking about in the previous speeches into for clarification, the carville letter and the remarks, do you believe they're being misinterpreted, that this was not a is warning that the president's message is not resonating with middle class americans?

>> my take is you can't say the economy is making steady progress. a lot of people, despite all the economic numbers out there, still aren't necessarily feeling a lot of progress. instead of talking about any type of progress that's been made since 2009 or 2010 , you need to talk about how you are going to make things better for people, not how you already have but ow how in 20 13, 2014 , the economy will be better than it is now or in 2008 or nine.

>> let me play what the president said last night against tim pawlenty was on and his response to the case the president at least is making now.

>> it's like somebody goes to a restaurant, orders a big steak dinner, martini, all that stuff, and then just as you're sitting down, they leave. and accuse you of running up the tab.

>> nobody wants to hear him whining and complaining what somebody did or didn't do four or five years ago. he's the president. we're not going to elect him because he got a participation ribbon.

>> strong words from pawlenty. but the reality, does the message resonate with the independents? those are the people we say matter at this point, the people at the base will follow who they plan to follow here. doesn't the past at all matter or is that seen as whining to independents?

>> the past does matter. actually president obama , one of his biggest challenges is going to try to make people remember where this economy was and where this country was in 2008 and 2009 . and talking about the debt, tamron, you can't say that there is this $1 trillion deficit and not mings what the drivers were and some of the biggest drivers in the current deficit have to do with the bush tax cuts , the economic downturn and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. so that, of course, president obama had a stimulus. of course, he and his administration have spent money but the biggest drivers of that deficit are those things i just mentioned to you.

>> you hear and i describe it as a talking point because you don't just hear from pawlenty. anyone with an "r" near their name keep saying you can't bring up the notion of the years before, you have to talk about your record. how does this re-election team for the president avoid being boxed in so that that is not seen as he's just bringing up the past?

>> what you're seeing is incredible message discipline from republicans. they are basically saying that everything is occurring right now whether it's the economy or the deficit, president obama owns it. it's actually the democrats and the obama's campaign to argue that to be able to make their point that they inherited a very tough situation, that they've actually managed it and that thing are getting better. stan greenberg and james carville would say probably not to make that point but to be able to say that here is how what i'm doing right now is going to make middle class live better for you.

>> to your point, part of what you just explained would be something that a few of the heavy hitters in his party don't want him to say. obviously we know that the republicans will describe it as whining and looking back. so it will all hinge at least some of it on this big speech tomorrow. we'll see what the president has to say. thank you, mark.

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California home invasion leaves 4 dead

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Sacramento Police investigators gather evidence at the scene of a gang-related shooting in Sacramento, California.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Shooting erupted after a gunman entered a Sacramento home in a late-night assault - leaving four people dead, one critically wounded, and investigators trying to pin down a motive.

Officers who responded to reports of gunfire at the home found three men and one woman dead, police spokeswoman Officer Michelle Gigante said Sunday. She said the intruder shot and killed three people before being killed by someone in the house.

"At first we're thinking this was a home invasion. At this point we don't know what it was. We don't believe it was a random act. We believe it was gang related," Gigante said. "It's still early. At this point we're trying to figure out what happened."

Su Vang, who often acts as a spokesman for the Hmong community in Sacramento, said the dead included a husband and wife, and their son was the one who confronted and killed the assailant. He said the husband was known in the Hmong community as a shaman, or faith healer.

There were no signs of forced entry, but the gunman entered the home late Saturday night and fatally shot the male and female residents, then shot two guests in the home, one of them fatally, Gigante said.

Another resident was in a back room of the home.

"He hears all this, he comes out and they exchange fire, the suspect is killed at the scene," Gigante said. "We're pretty confident we've got our shooter, and he's deceased."

Police were not releasing names, but the dead woman and two of the dead men were in their 50s, while one of the dead men was in his mid-20s, she said. She did not have an age on the surviving guest. The resident who killed the suspect was not injured, she said; she would not release his age.

Deputy coroners removed the last two bodies from the single-story, eggshell blue home Sunday evening. Crime scene investigators were observed carrying a half-dozen rifles from the home and putting them in a police van.

As investigators worked Sunday, more than a dozen people gathered just outside of the crime scene tape that cordoned off the home and the entire block of the residential neighborhood of one-story homes.

Television news trucks were parked nearby, while reporters looked on and children rode their bicycles and played in nearby yards.

Authorities still hadn't released the names of the victims, but neighbor Mai Thao, who previously lived on the same block, said she knew the victims.

"They're really nice people," she said. "They're always quiet and looked really happy."

She said she had seen them tending to the flowers and vegetables that could be seen growing in the front yard of the home. The shades were drawn, and wind chimes swayed from the front porch.

Neighbors said they hadn't heard the shootings, though one said his nephew heard what he thought were fireworks and didn't pay attention until police began arriving.

The surviving victim remained in critical but stable condition Sunday, Gigante said, but she declined to provide additional details.

Police were asking members of the public who may have information about the shooting to contact them.

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In selecting flooring material, you must be careful. Flooring materials have a variety of types. Security level of this element must be considered. Interior designer expert, Imelda Akmal share tips on choosing the right flooring material, based on the types.

A. Quality (Strong and Durability)
Although expensive, solid wood flooring is a material that is strong and durable. While the soft floor coverings, such as carpet, having a period shorter than the life of a hard material, such as ceramic or terrazzo.

2. Safety
Consider carefully whether you want to apply the glossy ceramic floor balcony to the floor. But avoid the application of floor that has too much different height if you have a family member that is elderly.

3. Adjust to use
Ceramics is one of the wise choice to cover your kitchen floor. This material is not easily stained or easily cleaned. For the service corridor, rough concrete floors and minimal treatment can be selected.

4. Comfort
Activity of watching television and reading more and feel comfortable with the presence of carpet near the sofa. In addition to comfortable and soft when stepped on, the carpet is laid in the foyer to give the impression of welcoming.

5. Adjust the Budget
Marble floors tend to be costly. Not only the purchase price, but also when installing and maintaining it.

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