Australia's degree Election Day

As many as 14 million Australian voters will cast their votes today in national elections. Two strong candidates are Julia Gillard, the first woman prime minister, and Tony Abott representing conservative groups.

This election is predicted to be tight. A poll shows a very close vote result. Gillard from the labor party is seeded with the acquisition of 50.2 percent of the vote, while Abott of the coalition Liberal Party / National pocketed 49.8 percent.

These results are not much different from Nielsen poll conducted which favor the Labour party than the Liberal / National by acquisition 52:48.

Gillard benefited from the growing popularity rise since he was surprisingly elected as Prime Minister last June, replacing Kevin Rudd.

48-year-old woman who was a lawyer's promise to improve services in education and health, do not miss his efforts to improve the economy. While the 52-year-old Abott makes the problem of illegal immigrants as an effort to boost voter sympathy.

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Transactions of Silence, the U.S. stock market fell to a new level

U.S. stock market fell to its lowest level in the last month. The trigger was the fears of market participants that economic recovery can occur.

Action on sales occur evenly, with each of five stocks declined for each one shares rose on the New York Stock Exchange. The sectors most sensitive to economic growth in the most severely affected. For example 3M, United Technologies, and Boeing who dragged three major Wall Street indices tumbled.

"I am pessimistic about the economy. And just the fair market also experienced a slowdown right now. Macroeconomic data out to the end of last month and the middle of this month is not a positive sentiment, and even tends to negative," said NYSE floor trader and managing director of ICAP Corporates, Kenneth Polcari quoted as saying by Reuters on Friday (08/20/2010).

The Dow Jones fell 144.33 points, or 1.39 percent to 10271.21. Index Standard & Poor's 500 fell 18.53 points, or 1.69 percent to 1075.63 which is the lowest level since July 21. So also with the Nasdaq fell 36.75 points, or 1.66 percent to 2178.95.

In fact, the report showed factory activity in the Atlantic states received a new contract in August, the first time since July 2009. But investors seemed not to notice, this is an activity expected to increase.

Earlier, the Labor Department said jobless claims rose to if the biggest since the last nine months.

Polcari noted that low trading volume, demonstrating a lack of participation of fund managers, who seem to wait and see due to uncertainty about the economy. Volume on the NYSE Arca, Nasdaq and American Stock Exchange reached only $ 7, 97 billion, while average daily trading last year reached USD9, 65 billion.




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U.S. Military Develops iPhone and Android based phones

United States Army will develop specific applications iPhone and Android based phones in the future. The application aims to help increase the ability of U.S. troops.

"Google Android, Apple iPhone and other smart phones can be used by soldiers in war zone this year." Chief Information OfficerMiliter said U.S. Lt. Gen. Jeff Sorenson.

To achieve these objectives, the U.S. military held a contest with prizes of USD 3000, for each member who gave the best ideas for the development of the application.

One contestant who successfully won the first championship contest, Major Greg Motes, said he and some of its members to design a program "Physical Training Program" for the iPhone platform. These applications will help the soldiers to develop their own training programs.

iPhone and other smart phones have long been used by the U.S. military. Sophistication of the iPhone and iPod has been proven in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. iPod can store up to 30 000 computer program. Additionally iPod can also do a variety of jobs ranging from translation to track the path a bullet shot while in a state of war.

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Since the Games, Former U.S. Model Sues Youtube

United States A former model, Carla Franklin to sue YouTube to the high court in Manhattan. He asked YouTube to provide video on YouTube commentator identity.

Franklin is also a graduate of Columbia Bussiness School sued Youtube is not without cause. Franklin said he had been the victim of an anonymous commentator on YouTube.

In a video featuring himself on the video sharing site, a visitor calling himself as a prostitute. According to Franklin, because of those comments he suffered the loss mentally. And of course the comments are also feared to endanger her safety.




The lawsuit asked that the judge gave the order that could force owners as YouTube and Google's YouTube to hand over the identity of the anonymous comment author.

"People feel more brave and courageous to be able to say whatever they want when they hide behind the identity, but of course there are consequences if it says is slander," said Franklin's lawyer, David Fish

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Amauri to Juventus hero

Gol Leonardo Bonucci ke gawang Sturm Graz/ Foto: Reuters

Carvalho Amauri to Juventus hero in the first leg play-off Europa League. He scored the decisive 1-2 victory over Sturm Graz, Friday (08/20/2010).

Juventus appear with a full squad in this match. They may even lose a player who nearly banished to Werder Bremen, Diego Ribas.

Foster children's games Luigi Del Neri was quite promising in the early minutes. Some of the opportunities created through Amauri capable, Paolo De Ceglie and Davide Lanzfame, although there are no goals that can bear fruit.

Leonardo Bonucci successfully opened the scoring in the 15th minute. He used bait corner kick goal from Diego to penetrate the host and his team mambawa while leading 0-1.


The goal was whipped up the spirit of Graz. Austria's representatives had threatened goalkeeper Marco Storari escorted by Imre Szabics, but the movements of the bomber could still closed by Bonucci.

45 minutes walk game no additional goals. The first round was finally closed with the advantages of party delegates.

At half time the two played more aggressively Graz. They some times troublesome La Vecchia Signora defense through rapid counterattack from the flank.

Graz new players managed to make the UPC-Arena rumbled in the 82nd minute. They were able to equalize the position to be 1-1 through goals header Gordon welcomes feedback Schildenfeld free kick from the right side Juventus defense.

Not going home with a modest result, Juventus force attack until the final seconds. As a result, a hard tandukan soccer forward Amauri Alessandro Del Piero corner in injury time with a position of closing the game 1-2. This is a big capital to face Juventus for the second match at Olimpico of Turin.
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Israel Offer Hope for a cure for HIV

PARA peneliti Israel mengatakan, mereka telah menemukan cara untuk membunuh sel-sel yang terinfeksi HIV. Pada akhirnya, penemuan diharapkan bisa menawarkan harapan bagi obat untuk HIV.

Teknik yang dilakukan peneliti adalah mendapatkan virus untuk dibebani pada sel induk, yang mana membuat sel tersebut akan merusak dirinya sendiri dan membunuh virus.

Sejauh ini, terapi penyembuhan HIV yang dianggap senjata terkuat terhadap virus, yakni terapi antiretroviral, memang bisa menghentikan HIV bereplikasi, tetapi tidak memberantasnya dari sel induk atau menghilangkan sel-sel tersebut.
Para peneliti mengatakan bahwa pendekatan yang mereka gunakan dapat menciptakan sebuah terapi anti-HIV yang akan membasmi virus HIV. Demikian seperti dilansir okezone dari Health24, Kamis (19/8/2010).

One of the researchers, Professor Abraham Loyter from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said that HIV spreads through the human body when its DNA has been inserted into the stem cell gene. However, the virus that is inserted just enough for DNA to replicate, not enough to make stem cell gene is unstable, which will result in the death of infected cells in a process called apoptosis.

Loyter said, he and his team use of amino acids called peptides to enhance the integration of HIV DNA into human genes. This causes the infected cells into "panic mode" and self-destructive. For the record, the experiment did not have any effect on cells that are not infected.

The researchers warn that they are so far limited to "cure" HIV in the laboratory.

"Although this study are promising, a big warning to the study that this is the first step. So far, this experiment proved only 'cure' HIV in a small cup containing the cells in the laboratory, but the findings are interesting developments in the effort to eradicate this devastating global epidemic , "said Loyter.

"This process may eventually be developed into a new antiviral therapies and the general," he said.

The plan, these findings will be published in the journal AIDS Research and Therapy.

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Ability to Reduce Stress Married

A study found facts if a couple who have trouble just going to spend a bit of stress hormones than those who do not have a spouse.

The scientists have tested a few people who have a partner and what not. They are given a negative impact on career prospects in the future will be lived. In that study, respondents who have a partner just bring a little hormone cortisol in their bodies.

Cortisol itself is a hormone associated with stress. This hormone will appear when the body is experiencing stress, or react to a hazard. This could be a measure of the difference people experience stress.

"The fact that we found to show if the marriage is to give effect to reduce the reaction of cortisol in response to psychological pressure. This is a new finding," said chief scientist Professor Dario Maestripieri.



These findings also reinforce the results of both previous research that says if the marriage could make her partner are living longer and potentially avoid heart disease and other health problems.

"The results of this study suggest to oranng more or less single-person to pay more attention to the psychological stress they experience. In addition, in our opinion, these findings indicate that the marital and social support can reduce stress levels," Maestripieri said.

In this research, scientists involved approximately 500 respondents who are married or are still in touch. They are required to play a computer game to hone their intelligence. The respondents will be frightened if this game will greatly impact on their career ahead of him. This is done to create a situation that more and more depressed so that will impact on the rate of emergence of cortisol.

The results, levels of the hormone cortisol appear higher in the bodies of women respondents. But overall, both women and men who are still single, the hormone cortisol, which produces more than those who have been married.

"Although most people think marriage is something quite depressing but in fact this is actually going to make everyone to easily cope with stress or pressures of life.

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