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LONDON (AP) ? The inmates are locked up, but where's the key?
A Birmingham Prison officer's set of keys has gone missing and now every lock at one of the country's largest prisons must now be replaced, a union official said Friday.
Terry Fullerton of the Prison Officers Association said he's been told the set went missing a couple days ago and an investigation is under way.
"Nobody knows how the keys have gone missing," he told The Associated Press. "They were there at one particular key check, then they were gone."
Fullerton described the security implications as "vast," saying the keys could have been stolen and copied.
"You wouldn't want someone coming into possession of a set of security keys," he said.
He said its not the first time he's heard of keys going missing, but he's learned it will take three weeks for all of the locks ? including cell locks ? to be replaced. It wasn't immediately clear how much it would cost to replace the locks.
Birmingham Prison became the first U.K. prison to be privatized when security firm G4S took it over this month.
G4S said it doesn't comment on security matters and would not elaborate on the situation beyond a brief statement.
"All prisons have well-established contingency plans to deal with incidents of this nature," the company said in a statement. "There is no risk to public safety."
A spokeswoman declined to specify the details of what happened and would not be drawn on if the inmates are currently locked into their cells or in public areas.
Birmingham Prison houses around 1,400 "category B" prisoners ? the second most serious class of offender.
G4S would not say how many prison officers work in the facility, exactly what keys had been lost and what those keys unlocked.
It was also not immediately clear if the keys had been found.
"Contingency measures are being followed," G4S said.
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WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama's top political adviser is giving GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney credit for something he'd rather not be thanked for ? inspiring the national health care overhaul.
David Axelrod says the Obama health plan was largely modeled on the system Romney shepherded into place as Massachusetts governor.
Romney's Republican rivals have latched onto his state's health plan as a main point of criticism. Romney says the plan was specific to Massachusetts ? not meant to work on a national scale.
But Axelrod, speaking Wednesday on CBS' "Early Show," says Romney is switching positions now that he's running for president. He says it appears Romney "has no core to him." If Romney wins the GOP nomination, such criticism might help Obama deflect GOP attacks on his health care plan.
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By Chuck Mikolajczak, Reuters
Stocks rose Tuesday, led by financials, as better-than-expected bank earnings overshadowed new worries about the crisis in Europe fueled by a warning over France's credit rating.
The three major indexes spent the early part of the session in negative territory before banks led the way higher. The KBW bank index advanced nearly 4 percent.
Volatility was still evident as U.S. stocks suffered their worst loss in two weeks on Monday on the heels of its first two-week rally since July.
Bank of America Corp jumped 5.8 percent to $6.38 after it reported a third-quarter profit boosted by accounting gains and asset sales.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc added 1.9 percent to $98.78 after reporting a rare loss but said it was moving to cut costs, including employee pay.
State Street Corp climbed 6.6 percent to $36.11 after its net income rose, lifted by tax benefits and double-digit gains from servicing and investment management fees.
"Part of the reason financials are acting better than people were largely expecting ... is because though earnings are by historic standards very, very disappointing, they are not as bad as a lot of the naysayers were expecting them to be," said Peter Kenny, managing director at Knight Capital in Jersey City, New Jersey.
"There was some genuine panic the banks, the financials, were going to start reporting earnings that were going to just undermine any shred of confidence and any kind of sustainable rebound and really the earnings haven't done that."
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 66.26 points, or 0.58 percent, to 11,463.26. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 10.79 points, or 0.90 percent, to 1,211.65. The Nasdaq Composite Indexclimbed 18.94 points, or 0.72 percent, to 2,633.86.
But International Business Machines Corpfell about nearly 5 percent to $177.40 after Big Blue's earnings beat failed to stem worries about a slowdown in technology spending.
Gains were kept in check after Moody's cautioned it may slap a negative outlook on France's Aaa credit rating in the next three months if costs from helping to bail out banks and other euro zone members stretch its budget too thin.
Another negative was data showing China's growth slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace since early 2009. Gross domestic product rose 9.1 percent in the quarter from a year earlier, but was down from 9.5 percent in the previous period.
"China slowing and now Moody's is possibly warning on France, add that to the list of the European countries," said John Papa, President of Diversified Planning Strategies in Caldwell, New Jersey.
"The news is not great, that is dragging down the markets, which you have to expect is going to happen."
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DALLAS Oct. 20, 2011 A recent UT Southwestern Medical Center study found that estrogen regulates energy expenditure, appetite and body weight, while insufficient estrogen receptors in specific parts of the brain may lead to obesity.
"Estrogen has a profound effect on metabolism," said Dr. Deborah Clegg, associate professor of internal medicine and senior author of the study published Oct. 5 in Cell Metabolism. "We hadn't previously thought of sex hormones as being critical regulators of food intake and body weight."
The mouse study is the first to show that estrogen, acting through two hypothalamic neural centers in the brain, keeps female body weight in check by regulating hunger and energy expenditure. Female mice lacking estrogen receptor alpha a molecule that sends estrogen signals to neurons in those parts of the brain became obese and developed related diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease.
Similar results were not seen in male mice, although researchers suspect other unknown estrogen receptor sites in the brain play a similar role in regulating metabolism for males as well.
Estrogen receptors are located throughout the body, but researchers found two specific populations of estrogen receptors that appear to regulate energy balance for female mice.
The findings are potentially important for millions of postmenopausal women, many of whom have decided against hormonal replacement therapy. The study could lead to new hormonal replacement therapies in which estrogen is delivered to specific parts of the brain that regulate body weight, thereby avoiding the risks associated with full-body estrogen delivery, such as breast cancer and stroke.
Doctors stopped routinely recommending long-term estrogen therapy for menopausal women in 2002 when a Women's Health Initiative study showed the hormone also led to increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
"The role of estrogen in postmenopausal women continues to remain uncertain," Dr. Clegg said. "Current research is focused on the timing and the type of estrogen supplementation that would be most beneficial to women. Our findings further support a role for estrogens in regulating body weight and energy expenditure, suggesting a benefit of estrogen supplementation in postmenopausal women."
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Other UT Southwestern researchers involved in the study included lead author Dr. Yong Xu, a former postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Clegg's lab; Dr. Carol Elias, assistant professor of internal medicine; and Dr. Joel Elmquist, professor of internal medicine.
The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.
Visit http://www.utsouthwestern.org/nutrition to learn more about clinical services in nutrition at UT Southwestern, including treatments for diabetes, kidney disease and obesity.
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214-648-3404
UT Southwestern Medical Center
DALLAS Oct. 20, 2011 A recent UT Southwestern Medical Center study found that estrogen regulates energy expenditure, appetite and body weight, while insufficient estrogen receptors in specific parts of the brain may lead to obesity.
"Estrogen has a profound effect on metabolism," said Dr. Deborah Clegg, associate professor of internal medicine and senior author of the study published Oct. 5 in Cell Metabolism. "We hadn't previously thought of sex hormones as being critical regulators of food intake and body weight."
The mouse study is the first to show that estrogen, acting through two hypothalamic neural centers in the brain, keeps female body weight in check by regulating hunger and energy expenditure. Female mice lacking estrogen receptor alpha a molecule that sends estrogen signals to neurons in those parts of the brain became obese and developed related diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease.
Similar results were not seen in male mice, although researchers suspect other unknown estrogen receptor sites in the brain play a similar role in regulating metabolism for males as well.
Estrogen receptors are located throughout the body, but researchers found two specific populations of estrogen receptors that appear to regulate energy balance for female mice.
The findings are potentially important for millions of postmenopausal women, many of whom have decided against hormonal replacement therapy. The study could lead to new hormonal replacement therapies in which estrogen is delivered to specific parts of the brain that regulate body weight, thereby avoiding the risks associated with full-body estrogen delivery, such as breast cancer and stroke.
Doctors stopped routinely recommending long-term estrogen therapy for menopausal women in 2002 when a Women's Health Initiative study showed the hormone also led to increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
"The role of estrogen in postmenopausal women continues to remain uncertain," Dr. Clegg said. "Current research is focused on the timing and the type of estrogen supplementation that would be most beneficial to women. Our findings further support a role for estrogens in regulating body weight and energy expenditure, suggesting a benefit of estrogen supplementation in postmenopausal women."
###
Other UT Southwestern researchers involved in the study included lead author Dr. Yong Xu, a former postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Clegg's lab; Dr. Carol Elias, assistant professor of internal medicine; and Dr. Joel Elmquist, professor of internal medicine.
The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association.
Visit http://www.utsouthwestern.org/nutrition to learn more about clinical services in nutrition at UT Southwestern, including treatments for diabetes, kidney disease and obesity.
This news release is available on our World Wide Web home page at www.utsouthwestern.edu/home/news/index.html
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The Samsung Series 3 (NP305V5A) ($599.98 list at Staples) may look luxurious, but its AMD Llano APU's performance and battery life is anything but. It has little else to recommend itself, unfortunately, in the way of features?aside from its integrated Bluetooth technology, a spacious 750GB hard drive, and its AMD Radeon HD 6520G GPU, which gives it an edge on the gaming grid over Intel's integrated graphics. Better laptops, in terms of performance and features, can be had for $20 less in the Gateway NV55S05u ($579.99 list, 4 stars) or $40 more in the Asus U56E-BBL5 ($649.99 list, 4 stars).
Design
The Series 3 (NP305V5A)'s design is a huge part of its appeal. Its sharp corners make it stand out from the usual rounded edges of laptops like the HP Probook 6465b ($730 direct, 4 stars). Its lid has a dark brown brushed aluminum texture that makes it look like table-top wood, and a silver band frames the lid, further adding to its elegance. The whole package weighs in at 5.25 pounds (1.24 inches at its thickest point), which puts in on the lighter side of the 15-inch laptop space, compared with the Gateway NV55S05u (5.6 pounds) and Asus U56E-BBL5 (5.5 pounds). In general, toting around anything heavier than 4 pounds on a day-to-day basis isn't the best for your back, unless you have a backpack with great support or use a wheeled bag.
Its 15.6-inch screen is perfect for multi-taskers who like to work with two windows side-by-side. The screen displays in 1,366-by-768?a standard resolution found in most all laptops at this price. The speakers offered a fairly average listening experience: Bass was low, and audio didn't go up terribly high, but it was enough to satisfy two or three people crowding around a laptop watching a movie or some trailers. Above the screen is a webcam for video chatting and taking pictures. The full-size keyboard is in the chiclet style, with a half-sized numeric keypad off to the right side. I found the typing experience to be satisfactory as far as laptops go, and the navigating experience offered from the matte multi-touchpad was smooth. The mouse buttons were also easy to click and didn't make much noise.
Features
Compared with other budget systems, like the Asus U56E-BBL5, the Series 3 (NP305V5A) is limited when it comes to features. It has the usual offerings: three USB 2.0, HDMI and VGA video, a 4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDXC, MMC), audio and mic jacks, DVD-RW drive, and an Ethernet jack. The only outlier is its integrated Bluetooth technology, which allows you to connect wireless peripherals like headsets, mice, and keyboards. The Asus U56E-BBL5, on the other hand, features WiDi 2.0, a technology that allows you to wirelessly stream your computer's contents to your HDTV in 1080p (provided you have a Netgear Push2TV receiver, a $99 option). It also has an integrated 3G wireless broadband technology called WiMAX. The Series 3 (NP305V5A) only has 802.11n Wi-Fi.
The Series 3 (NP305V5A)'s 750GB, 5,400rpm hard drive is the largest capacity you can get at this price in a laptop. It's bigger than the 640GB hard drive found in the Asus U56E-BBL5 and Gateway NV55S05u. The hard drive is also filled with a number of pre-installed programs, better known as "bloatware." There's an eMusic app, Amazon reader, Bing bar, Skype, and a bunch of Samsung's own proprietary software. Personally, I'm of the mind that a new PC should feel like a fresh start, not some company's commercial playground.
Performance
The Series 3 (NP305V5A)'s AMD Llano APU does have an advantage when it comes to 3D gaming, as its graphics processor (AMD Radeon HD 6520G) sits on the same die as the CPU. In Crysis (DirectX 10) it managed 30 frames per second (fps) and 21.7fps in Lost Planet 2 (DirectX 9) on Medium quality settings at 1,024-by-768 resolution. However, it was beat out by the Gateway NV55S05u with its AMD Radeon HD 6620G GPU that was able to score 36.7fps on Crysis and 38fps in Lost Planet 2. At these frame rates, you'll be able to play most low-end titles easily (i.e. Limbo, Team Fortress 2), and mid-range titles like Starcraft 2 and Portal 2, provided you make some adjustments to the settings.
Its 48Wh (6-cell) battery only managed to last 3 hour 16 minutes on our MobileMark 2007 battery test. The Gateway NV55S054u lasted longer (4:54), and the Asus U56E-BBL5's larger 8-cell 74Wh battery garnered a total battery time of 7:34.
The Series 3 (NP305V5A) may have a luxurious exterior, but its parts are lackluster. If Web browsing and day-to-day tasks, with some gaming on the side, are what you have in mind, then the Gateway NV55S05u will give you a more advanced Llano APU and save you $20 on your overall purchase. However, the Editors' Choice Asus U56E-BBL5 (only $40 more) is equipped with a Core i5 CPU that will last for a few years before it start to become noticeably slower, and will chew through more CPU-intensive tasks at a quicker pace.
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