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Study of HIV Increase in Pakistan Could Benefit Other Research

By Guest PostAugust 26, 2011General, Healthafghanistan, aga khan university, behavioral data, blood samples, disease, dna sequences, dow university of health sciences, genetic evidence, hiv, hiv epidemic in pakistan, hiv positive groups, hiv strains, karachi, marco salemi, middle east, north africa, Pakistan, virus, willi mcfarland

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rates of HIV have increased in Pakistan’s general population, as the virus has spread beyond at-risk groups to women and their children, according to an international team of researchers, including a University of Florida scientist.

The researchers raise concern that the transmission across subgroups into Pakistan’s general population may serve as indication that the virus may be spreading into populations within neighboring Afghanistan. The team’s epidemiological findings were published in July in the journal PLoS One. (more…)

Did Obama’s Election Kill the Antiwar Movement?

By Guest PostApril 6, 2011Politicsafghanistan, americans, anti-obama attitudes, anti-republican, anti-republican sentiments, antiwar movement, antiwar protests, capitol hill, Chicago, congress, critical mass, d c, democratic party, democrats, election, fabio rojas, Iraq, libya, michael heaney, new york, Obama, political system, presidency, pro-war decisions, radical political attitudes, republicans, united states, war, Washington

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Since 2003, the antiwar movement in the United States has had much to protest with Americans fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya, but the movement—which has dropped off sharply the past two years—may be more anti-Republican than antiwar, says a University of Michigan researcher.

A new study by U-M’s Michael Heaney and colleague Fabio Rojas of Indiana University shows that the antiwar movement in the United States demobilized as Democrats, who had been motivated to participate by anti-Republican sentiments, withdrew from antiwar protests when the Democratic Party achieved electoral success, first with Congress in 2006 and then with the presidency in 2008. (more…)

New CU Study Shows Acupressure Effective in Helping to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury

By Guest PostMarch 1, 20111 commentHealthacupressure, acupuncture treatments, afghanistan, complementary medicine, digit span test, effective, energy pathways, enhanced cognitive function, fingertips, Iraq, jin shin, jin shin treatments, kristina mcfadden, meridian, mild traumatic brain injury, military veterans, neuropsychological tests, placebo treatments, stimulate, stroop task, tbi, theresa hernandez, traumatic brain injury, treatment, u s war veterans

A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury, a finding that may have implications for some U.S. war veterans returning home.

The study involved a treatment known as acupressure in which one’s fingertips are used to stimulate particular points on a person’s body — points similar to those stimulated with needles in standard acupuncture treatments, said CU-Boulder Professor Theresa Hernandez, lead study author. The results indicate a link between the acupressure treatments and enhanced cognitive function in study subjects with mild traumatic brain injury, or TBI. (more…)

WikiLeaks Embarrasses U.S. in Espionage Efforts

By PravdaDecember 1, 2010Politicsafghanistan, anti-muslim, arab leaders, ban ki-moon, Britain, british government, China, france, hillary clinton, human intelligence, russia, soft intelligence, spies, u s, un secretary general, White House, wikileaks

U.S. accused of sending spies to Russia, Britain, France, China and UN Secretary General

UN Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, and diplomats from Russia, Britain, France and China in the Security Council were monitored (spied on) entities by order of the Secretary of State of the United States, Hillary Clinton.

The charge is from Wikileaks, a website dedicated to revealing the secret military documents of the U.S. and other countries. The site has already released 400,000 secret documents about the war in Iraq and 90,000 confidential reports on abuses in Afghanistan. (more…)

Microsoft Awards Up to $8 Million in Cash and Software to Help Veterans Get Jobs

By Guest PostNovember 10, 2010Technologyafghanistan, akhtar badshah, elevate america, Iraq, magdalena gonzalez, mi hausvater, Microsoft, microsoft information technology, military2microsoft, msit, naugle, technology jobs, veterans, vetworks, vin perrone

*Microsoft today awarded grants to six organizations that help veterans and their spouses find jobs. The grants were part of the company’s Elevate America Veterans Initiative, a series of training and placement programs.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 10, 2010 – Microsoft is providing millions of dollars in cash and software to help returning veterans find employment in technology jobs.

The company announced today the grant recipients of its Elevate America Veterans Initiative, a series of training and placement programs to help give veterans and their families the skills and resources they need to succeed in today’s work force. Six nonprofits that work with veterans and their spouses will share $2 million in cash and up to $6 million in software and information technology skills training curriculum. (more…)

Laser-based Missile Defense for Helicopters being Developed

By Guest PostSeptember 2, 2010Weaponsafghanistan, combat, fiber optics, helicopters, Iraq, laser technology, mid-infrared supercontinuum lasers, missiles, mohammed islam, shoulder-launched missiles, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Protecting helicopters in combat from heat-seeking missiles is the goal of new laser technology created at the University of Michigan and Omni Sciences, Inc., which is a U-M spin-off company.

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Religion: Convergence of Cultures or Clash of Creeds?

By PravdaAugust 15, 2010Cultureabraham, adhan, afghanistan, Bible, bubonic plague, bullet, burqah, christian crusaders, doctrine, god, ground zero, islamic calendar, jesus, jewish, józsef molnár, koran, last supper, moslems, mosque, mother nature, muezzin, new testament, ortega y gasset, Paris, patriarch abraham, pravda, prayer, president barack obama, prophet mohammed, ramadan, talmud, tel aviv, timothy bancroft-hinchey, Wikipedia

With the beginning of Ramadan, the Ninth Month of the Islamic Calendar, come hot debates, as to whether Moslems should be allowed to slit the throats of sheep in public, to make the call to prayer (Adhan) in non-Moslem communities, to build a Mosque near Ground Zero.

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Holland Leaves Afghanistan. Who’s Next?

By PravdaAugust 3, 2010Politics3-d strategy, afghan war, afghanistan, Barack Obama, david cameron, dutch contingent, Holland, isaf, joseph blotz, kabul, mikhail saakashvili, military experience, nato, peter van uhm, talibs, the netherlands, uruzgan province

Holland became the first NATO member to complete its mission within the scope of the international anti-terrorist coalition in Afghanistan. Holland was controlling the Uruzgan province; now the control has been officially handed over to US and Australian forces.

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