Daily Archives: July 3, 2012

Paula Deen Loses 30lbs and Tells How

July 03, 2012   Samantha Kauffman   No comments

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Southern chef Paula Deen was greatly criticized earlier this year after revealing that she had type-2 diabetes and had found out about the condition three years prior.

Deen had spoken out about her condition around the same time as she landed an endorsement deal for a new diabetes drug, so the backlash for her speaking out in the first place was created.

Deen, being known for her high calorie cooking, dropped 30 pounds and is sharing how she did it.

“I was surprised by the depth of hate,” said Deen to People Magazine referring to the backlash from earlier in the year.

She explained that the condition was not something that she had chosen, “I was given lemons and I had to try to make lemonade-without sugar!” said Deen.

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Nearly 1.8 million still without power

July 03, 2012   Brittany Gasper   No comments

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Four days after the severe summer storm on the East Coast, utilities warned many neighborhoods could remain in the dark for much of the week.

Friday’s storm knocked out power to 3 million homes and businesses. Utility companies have had to wait days for extra crews traveling from as far as Quebec and Oklahoma.

Officials feared the death toll, already at 22, could climb because of the heat and widespread use of generators, which give off dangerous fumes in enclosed spaces. Adding to urgency are the sick and elderly, who are especially vulnerable in the triple-digit heat.

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Florida rejects two U.S. healthcare law features

July 03, 2012   Brittany Gasper   No comments

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According to Governor Rick Scott, Florida will not implement two provisions of the U.S healthcare law: an expansion of Medicaid for the poor and a creation of a private insurance exchange.

Republican governors for Wisconsin and Louisiana also opted out of the two provisions last week in wake of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The law takes full effect in January 2014, but Republican lawmakers hope to repeal it before then. Despite this Scott said Florida will comply with the law if it remains in effect.

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Enrique Pena Nieto declared winner of Mexico’s presidential election

July 03, 2012   Brittany Gasper   No comments

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After 12 years in opposition, Enrique Pena Nieto and his party were announced as the presidential winner by Mexico’s electoral authorities.

Despite opinion polls forecasting Pena Nieto winning by a margin of between 10 to 15 percentage points, he was only 5.4 percentage points ahead of his leftist rival, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Pena Nieto secured 37.6 percentage points compared to Lopez Obrador’s 32.2 percentage points and the 25.4 percentage points for ruling candidate, Josefina Vazquez Mota.

A visibly moved Pena Nieto told followers in Mexico City: “Mexicans have given our party another chance.” He continued, “We are going to honor it with results.

Pena Nieto will take office in December for a six-year-term as president.

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Katie Holmes being watched by Scientology

July 03, 2012   Lindsay Robbins   No comments

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Now that Katie Holmes is divorcing Tom Cruise, she believes Scientology sees her as a threat, according to TMZ.com.

She believes that men from the organization have been sent to tail her and keep an eye on her. This does not seem to be just paranoia.

In recent photographs, there have been mysterious men and cars surrounding her and following her when she’s out. Two cars in particular, a black Mercedes SUV and a white Cadillac Escalade, have been seen near her apartment in New York.

A publication has also been tailing Holmes, so it’s difficult to say whether the cars belong to Scientology or the publication.

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Longhorns Test Out the Safety of Unmanned Drones

July 03, 2012   Kimberly Kerr   No comments

This past week students at the University of Texas were busy in their Radionavigation Lab. These students under the watch of Professor Todd Humphreys were trying to show the US military just how strong their unmanned aerial vehicle systems are. With less than $1000 they hacked into the system using a “spoofing” tech.

 

The team took advantage of the GPS system in the unmanned aerial vehicle and hacked into its system to be in control of it by using its $1000 radio tools. Although they were able to do this, luckily the military’s unmanned aerial vehicles are not capable of being hijacked so easily. The military’s have an encrypted GPS system. But, researchers are a bit worried that foreign drones do not have the same protection and could be used against the military’s odds.

 

Professor Humphreys spoke to Fox News about some of his worries about these drones and their ability to be taken down from flight. He explained, “In 5 or 10 years you have 30,000 drones in [U.S.] airspace…Each one of these could be a potential missile used against us.”

 

The students and professor were invited to demonstrate their hacking techniques in front of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Homeland Security (DoHS). The DoHS were already in the works of creating two anti-jamming systems but it is nowhere near ready to be put into use.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. buys out Amylin for $5 billion cash

July 03, 2012   Kimberly Kerr   No comments

This past Friday the deal between Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals was announced. Bristol-Myers bought out Amylin fo $5 billion cash. Both companies were eagerly looking for new developments for separate reasons. This deal falls roughly a month after the approval of the generic version of Bristol-Myer’s blood thinner Plavix. And directly after the end of a marketing relationship between Amylin and Eli Lilly & Co.

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to team up with AstraZeneca to help evolve and brand the diabetic drugs. AstraZeneca is expected to pay $3.4 billion in cash and will share all of the companies profits as well as losses.

 

The high levels of obesity increases the odds of diabetes in the world. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention around 280 million people around the world have diabetes. Out of those 280 million people 25.8 million are from America.

 

Back in March Bristol-Myers offered $22 a share but the offer was never confirmed. Now they will pay $31 per share. When the first offer was put on the table activist investor Carl Icahn didn’t agree with the lack of communication Amylin had with the shareholders. He sued the company and attempted to find a whole new board but decided to drop the lawsuit.

 

Bristol-Myers is saying the deal will hurt their earnings for the next two years by 3 cents per share. The total of debt and payment to Amylin’s old marketing partner, Eli Lilly & Co., makes the company worth about $7 billion.

 

Both companies have had their own share of successful products. Bristol-Myers has the well known treatments of Onglyza and Abilify. Where Amylin created the diabetes drug Byetta and more present Bydureon.

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