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Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...
Murofushi loses appeal in IOC member election

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed Athens Olympic champion Koji Murofushi's challenge of an International Olympic Committee's (IOC) disqualification from member election. The Japanese hammer thrower was disqualified from IOC's athletes committee member election after claims he excessively lobbied fellow athletes ahead of voting at the London Olympics, reports Xinhua. The IOC has ...
ESPN layoffs 7000 workers as TV rights fees rise

Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to nearly 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement. The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line. In a statement the company said that they were implementing changes across the company to enhance their continued growth while smartly managing costs. It added that while difficult, they ...
Microsoft launches all-in-one home entertainment system Xbox One

Microsoft has unveiled its latest video gaming console 'Xbox One' which is believed to transform games, TV and entertainment for the 21st century living room. The latest console reportedly promises a vision of the future. According to a report by the Mirror, 'Xbox One' will allow users to turn on the device with words like "Xbox On", and "snap" will allow users to watch two things at ...
Fitness-for-work tests unfair on people with mental health problems court says

The judge ruled that the Department for Work and Pensions had breached its duties to make 'reasonable adjustments' under the Equality Act to ensure that people with mental health problems were treated fairly. Photograph: Toby ...

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Beowulf [DVD]

All hail technology and what it hath wrought! Bow down at the altar of infinitely malleable pixels and the bounty they provide: Impossible visuals! Epic landscapes! Monsters that heretofore have only resided in mans imagination! And slightly rubbery-looking humans who in close-up offer every nua ... ...

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Lessons from Australian local government

Melbourne, setting for the local government summit. Councils in England and Australia can learn from each other, says John Tizard. Photograph: Lonely Planet ...
The Highest-Paid Coaches In U.S. Sports

Bill Belichick's two-year run as America's highest-paid coach has come to an end. That title now belongs to Sean Payton, the fellow NFL coach who will be paid around $8 million per year to lead the New Orleans Saints for the next five seasons. Payton's future employment was something of a mystery at the end of last year when the NFL voided his contract extension with the Saints, ...
Children’s fitness gets D-minus on national report card

Sedentary lifestyles, faraway schools and expensive sports programs are seeing fewer Canadian kids achieving the recommended level of fitness in their daily lives. But a local recreation centre is partnering with a national healthy living body to create better, more innovative ways to squeeze unstructured play and daily exercise into busy schedules. According to Statistics Canada, one in three ...
High heels dont cause bunions Study

High-heeled shoes are known to shorten calf muscles, cause pain, and even trigger migraines, but according to new research, they won't lead to bunions. For that, you can thank your parents. The study, led Dr. Marian Hannan from Hebrew SeniorLife and Harvard Medical School in Boston, included 1,370 participants enrolled in the Framingham Foot Study. Participants had a mean age of 66 years ...
Aritzia tags offend disability groups

Vancouver-based Aritzia has yanked some of its clothing tags that drew angry complaints from offended customers and disability groups. Aritzia executives admitted to QMI Agency Tuesday that clothing tags with the ...

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Biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease uncovered

University of Cincinnati researchers have identified a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which could help with earlier diagnosis and intervention in those who have not yet shown symptoms.

This finding was made possible by using the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR).

The DoDSR is a biological repository operated by the U.S. Department of Defense and contains over 50 million human serum specimens, collected primarily from applicants to and members of the U.S. uniformed services.

This discovery, the first of its kind and led by UC's Bruce Yacyshyn, MD, is being presented via podium presentation by staff from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Digestive Disease Week 2013, being held May 18-21 in Orlando, Fla.

"With collaborators from Walter Reed, we were able to identify all of the active duty service men and women who developed IBD and then used the repository to go back and look at various biomarkers to see what each person had in common," said Yacyshyn, a professor of medicine at the UC College of Medicine and UC Health gastroenterologist.

IBD is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine. The main types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; inflammatory bowel diseases are considered autoimmune diseases in which the body's own immune system attacks elements of the digestive system. ...