An intelligence report suggests that a secretive military unit in China has been hacking the computer systems of American corporations and organizations since 2006 and stealing information. President Obama highlighted the need for greater cyber security in his recent State of the Union address. Judy Woodruff reports.
JUDY WOODRUFF: A U.S. security firm charged today that there's an all-out effort to break into computer systems in the U.S. and elsewhere. The report laid out an extensive case against China and its military.
The newest allegations of cyber-attacks by the Chinese government came up at the White House today. Reporters asked spokesman Jay Carney about a study that blames China's military for a large-scale years-long hacking campaign.
JAY CARNEY, White House Press Secretary: We have repeatedly raised our concerns at the highest levels about cyber-theft with senior Chinese officials, including in the military, and we will continue to do so.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The report alleges this nondescript 12-story office building is the locus of the hacking. It's situated in Shanghai and is run by unit 61398, a bureau within the general staff of the People's Liberation Army.
A Virginia-based security firm, Mandiant Corporation, traced the hacking there and concluded it is one of the most prolific cyber-espionage groups in terms of the sheer quantity of information stolen. Mandiant said the Chinese stole reams of information from U.S. military contractors, energy companies, the aerospace and telecommunications industry and others.
In Beijing, a Chinese government spokesman called the report groundless, without addressing the specific findings.
HONG LEI, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman: China firmly opposes hacking, has implemented relevant laws and regulations and adopted strict enforcement measures to prevent hacking activities. China is also a victim of Internet hacking attacks.
We have stressed many times that hacking attacks are transnational and anonymous. Determining their origins is extremely difficult. We don't know how the evidence in this so-called report can be tenable.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Still, the Mandiant findings are some of the most detailed accusations yet against China over hacking.
More generally, a U.S. national intelligence estimate said this month that China is carrying out a major cyber-espionage campaign against American targets. And Apple said today it was hacked by the same group that attacked Facebook last week. Both companies said no data was compromised and both traced the attacks back to China.
The report noted that there have been more than 140 different victims since 2006, and that the Chinese unit maintained access to those networks for nearly a year on average.?
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Fibromyalgia prevalence at 2.1 percent of general German population Public release date: 19-Feb-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Dawn Peters sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 781-388-8408 Wiley
Study suggests fibromyalgia is a spectrum disorder
Researchers have determined that fibromyalgia prevalence is 2.1% of the general population in Germany. Results appearing in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), suggest that fibromyalgia is a spectrum disorder rather than a categorical illness. Additionally, a number of fibromyalgia cases in the general population satisfy proposed criteria for physical symptom disorderthe presence of one or more physical symptoms that impair function, which cannot be explained by another clinical or psychiatric illness.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic, musculoskeletal syndrome characterized by chronic widespread pain together with fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive problems, and multiple somatic symptoms. In 2010 the ACR released modified diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia, eliminating the tender point count assessment that was part of the 1990 criteria. Shortly after the modified criteria was published it was decided that the widespread pain index and symptom severity score could be combined to form a new measurement of pain and symptom severity termed the polysymptomatic distress scale (PSD).
The lead author of the current study, Dr. Frederick Wolfe with the National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita, reported on 2,445 subjects who were randomly selected from the general German population in 2012. The team used the 2010 modified ACR preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia to identify patients with the disease.
Findings show fibromyalgia prevalence at 2.1% with occurrence in women and men at 2.4% and 1.8%a difference that was not statistically significant according to researchers. Furthermore, the team found evidence supporting the hypothesis that fibromyalgia is a spectrum disorder and not a distinct disease. Nearly 40% of fibromyalgia patients met the proposed criteria for a physical symptom disorder.
The authors suggest that fibromyalgia should be considered a spectrum or dimensional disorder by giving the range of polysymptomatic distress experienced by patients. A patient with a widespread pain index of 7 or more out of 19 pain sites and symptom severity score of 5 or more out of 12 will have a PSD scale score of at least 12, a cut point below which fibromyalgia criteria will not be met.
"Given the continuum of symptoms in patients, our study provides important evidence supporting fibromyalgia as a spectrum disorder," concludes Dr. Wolfe. "Our findings have important implications for epidemiologic and neurobiologic studies, clinical diagnosis and disease management, along with determining disability in those with fibromyalgia."
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This study is published in Arthritis Care & Research. Media wishing to receive a PDF of this article may contact sciencenewsroom@wiley.com.
Full citation: "Fibromyalgia Prevalence, Somatic Symptom Reporting, and the Dimensionality of Polysymptomatic Distress: Results From a Survey of the General Population." Frederick Wolfe, Elmar Brahler, Andreas Hinz and Winfried Hauser. Arthritis Care and Research; Published Online: February 19, 2013 (DOI: 10.1002/acr.21931).
About the Journal
Arthritis Care & Research is an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), and the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP), a division of the College. Arthritis Care & Research is a peer-reviewed research publication that publishes both original research and review articles that promote excellence in the clinical practice of rheumatology. Relevant to the care of individuals with arthritis and related disorders, major topics are evidence-based practice studies, clinical problems, practice guidelines, health care economics, health care policy, educational, social, and public health issues, and future trends in rheumatology practice. The journal is published by Wiley on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). For more information, please visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2151-4658.
About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace.
Wiley is a global provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions in areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research; professional development; and education. Our core businesses produce scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, reference works, books, database services, and advertising; professional books, subscription products, certification and training services and online applications; and education content and services including integrated online teaching and learning resources for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley's global headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia. The Company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb.
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Fibromyalgia prevalence at 2.1 percent of general German population Public release date: 19-Feb-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Dawn Peters sciencenewsroom@wiley.com 781-388-8408 Wiley
Study suggests fibromyalgia is a spectrum disorder
Researchers have determined that fibromyalgia prevalence is 2.1% of the general population in Germany. Results appearing in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), suggest that fibromyalgia is a spectrum disorder rather than a categorical illness. Additionally, a number of fibromyalgia cases in the general population satisfy proposed criteria for physical symptom disorderthe presence of one or more physical symptoms that impair function, which cannot be explained by another clinical or psychiatric illness.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic, musculoskeletal syndrome characterized by chronic widespread pain together with fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive problems, and multiple somatic symptoms. In 2010 the ACR released modified diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia, eliminating the tender point count assessment that was part of the 1990 criteria. Shortly after the modified criteria was published it was decided that the widespread pain index and symptom severity score could be combined to form a new measurement of pain and symptom severity termed the polysymptomatic distress scale (PSD).
The lead author of the current study, Dr. Frederick Wolfe with the National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases and University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita, reported on 2,445 subjects who were randomly selected from the general German population in 2012. The team used the 2010 modified ACR preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia to identify patients with the disease.
Findings show fibromyalgia prevalence at 2.1% with occurrence in women and men at 2.4% and 1.8%a difference that was not statistically significant according to researchers. Furthermore, the team found evidence supporting the hypothesis that fibromyalgia is a spectrum disorder and not a distinct disease. Nearly 40% of fibromyalgia patients met the proposed criteria for a physical symptom disorder.
The authors suggest that fibromyalgia should be considered a spectrum or dimensional disorder by giving the range of polysymptomatic distress experienced by patients. A patient with a widespread pain index of 7 or more out of 19 pain sites and symptom severity score of 5 or more out of 12 will have a PSD scale score of at least 12, a cut point below which fibromyalgia criteria will not be met.
"Given the continuum of symptoms in patients, our study provides important evidence supporting fibromyalgia as a spectrum disorder," concludes Dr. Wolfe. "Our findings have important implications for epidemiologic and neurobiologic studies, clinical diagnosis and disease management, along with determining disability in those with fibromyalgia."
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This study is published in Arthritis Care & Research. Media wishing to receive a PDF of this article may contact sciencenewsroom@wiley.com.
Full citation: "Fibromyalgia Prevalence, Somatic Symptom Reporting, and the Dimensionality of Polysymptomatic Distress: Results From a Survey of the General Population." Frederick Wolfe, Elmar Brahler, Andreas Hinz and Winfried Hauser. Arthritis Care and Research; Published Online: February 19, 2013 (DOI: 10.1002/acr.21931).
About the Journal
Arthritis Care & Research is an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), and the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP), a division of the College. Arthritis Care & Research is a peer-reviewed research publication that publishes both original research and review articles that promote excellence in the clinical practice of rheumatology. Relevant to the care of individuals with arthritis and related disorders, major topics are evidence-based practice studies, clinical problems, practice guidelines, health care economics, health care policy, educational, social, and public health issues, and future trends in rheumatology practice. The journal is published by Wiley on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). For more information, please visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2151-4658.
About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace.
Wiley is a global provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions in areas of scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly research; professional development; and education. Our core businesses produce scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, reference works, books, database services, and advertising; professional books, subscription products, certification and training services and online applications; and education content and services including integrated online teaching and learning resources for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley's global headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia. The Company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb.
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The Council of Europe?s Youth Department is looking for 2 educational consultants acting as authors and one consultant acting as general editor for a Toolkit on combating discrimination, anti-Gypsyism and Romaphobia affecting young people.
About the publication
The publication will serve as a starting point to understand what young people can do in order to counter discrimination, anti-Gypsyism and Romaphobia. It should include approaches to understand anti-Gypsyism, Romaphobia and discrimination targeting Roma, educational methodologies and activities, ideas for action and an overview of the existent know-how in the youth sector and other sectors of the Council of Europe (e.g. European Court of Human Rights, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, Parliamentary Assembly, Commissioner for Human Rights etc.).
The publication will include references and materials as print version, but all contents shall also be made available online at a later stage.
The youth sector will build upon the experience gained with its previous educational activities and materials related to the topic, which will serve as sources of reference and information, mainly the Education Pack, Companion and Compass ? the Manual on Human Rights Education with Young People.
The main purpose of this publication is to provide young activists and educators an educational support to understand and address anti-Gypsyism, Romaphobia and discrimination affecting European societies and targeted at Roma. The Toolkit will be based on human rights education principles. The Toolkit is created in view of non-formal education activities but should also be of interest, and therefore usable, in formal education contexts.
Role of authors and general editor
The authors and the general editor:
develop the contents of the Toolkit;
draft sections and chapters of the publication in line with the terms of reference and in close communication with the youth sector secretariat and other partners invited for the editorial team;
submit drafts for discussion in line with the given timetable;
?integrate comments from the youth sector secretariat in order to ensure a coherent content and style;
ensure the respect of deadlines;
take part of the preparatory meetings related to the development of the Toolkit (one meeting of 2 days is foreseen to take place in spring 2013, dates t.b.c.);
iaise with the youth sector secretariat.
Additionally to the above roles, the general editor:
coordinates the writing of the Toolkit;
is responsible for content;
amends (and rewrites, if necessary) texts submitted by authors in order to
ensure coherence of content and style;
seeks and integrates the feed-back of the Youth Department?s secretariat.
Eligibility
The authors/ general editor should have the following qualifications and experience:
experience of working with Roma youth and youth work;
?relevant experience in combating discrimination, anti-Gypsyism and Romaphobia;
solid understanding of the mechanisms, manifestations and consequences of discrimination, anti-Gypsyism and Romaphobia from a European and human rights perspective;
experience in writing and developing educational publications and training materials;
excellent English writing skills; knowledge of other languages will be an asset;
awareness of existing publications and programmes of the Council of Europe related to Roma is an added value.
Conditions
This call is open for expressions of interest by members of the Trainers Pool alone and to other experts non-members of the Trainers Pool.
The authors and general editor will be paid on the basis of the rules in place in the Youth Department regarding the Trainers Pool, at a senior rate.
How to apply
Trainers and experts interested in this call, should send the following documents to the youth sector secretariat no later than 25 February 2013:
The form for expressions of interest;
An updated CV (2 pages maximum);
A short (max 3 pages) sample of previous written material in English, related to the thematic content of the Toolkit.
Use the following email address to send your candidature: dys.trainers.pool@coe.int
For more information and clarifications, you can write to Mara Georgescu, mara.georgescu@coe.int, Educational Advisor, Youth Department
BOGOTA, Colombia -- At least seven Colombian soldiers were killed and five others were wounded in fighting with rebels who tried to seize a town on Wednesday, the military said.
The gunbattle erupted when rebels tried to take over Milan in the southern state of Caqueta and were repelled by dozens of troops, army Gen. Emiro Barrios said.
It was the deadliest clash between Colombian troops and rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia so far this year. On Jan. 29, four soldiers were killed in fighting with rebels elsewhere in the country.
The violence came while the Colombian government and FARC rebels are pursuing peace talks in Cuba.
Barrios said a group of rebels estimated at about 150 fighters had clashed with three platoons, or about 90 troops.
He said that in addition to the seven soldiers killed, five were wounded and were taken out of the area to be treated. No soldiers were missing, he said.
The combat occurred in a rural area considered a traditional stronghold for the leftist guerrillas.
The FARC declared a two-month unilateral cease-fire when the formal peace talks in Havana began, but that cease-fire lapsed on Jan. 20. The FARC had urged the government to join the cease-fire, but President Juan Manuel Santos has refused.
Santos argues that agreeing to a cease-fire would give the FARC the opportunity to regroup, as it did during failed 1999-2002 talks when it was granted a Switzerland-sized safe haven.
As the exchange traded fund space grows in size and popularity, online brokerage firms have set up special perks for trading ETFs. Some brokers offer discounted trades or even commission-free transactions, while others provide integrated ETF portfolios.
We recently covered low-cost online brokers for ETFs, but here?s one we missed. Folio Investing allows investors to manage ETFs as transparent, low-cost investment portfolios, or ?Folios.?
On the institutional platform, advisors can invest in portfolios with low asset based fees, reducing cost considerations when constructing a well-rounded portfolio. The asset based pricing is negotiated based on each advisor?s practices. On the other hand, advisors can still use a transaction based plan with $7 per trade.
For retail investors, a basic plan comes with $4 per ETF trade if executed within a twice daily window, or $10 trades outside of the windows. Additionally, retail clients can sign up for the Folio Unlimited Plan that costs $290 per yer, which comes with an unlimited number of trades.
While investors can create their own portfolios with ETFs, Folio Investing also offers ?Ready-to-Go Folios,? such as the company?s ETF-based target-date folios, which recently celebrated a five-year record of outperformance, according to a press release. The target-date folios include a more diversified blend of commodities, REITs, TIPs and other asset classes to help reduce volatility and generate higher returns.
In related news, Charles Schwab recently launched a new platform that will allow investors to trade over 100 ETFs commission-free. [Schwab Unveils ETF Platform]
For more information on trading ETFs, visit our ETF 101 category.
Max Chen contributed to this article.
The opinions and forecasts expressed herein are solely those of Tom Lydon, and may not actually come to pass. Information on this site should not be used or construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation for any product.
PARIS (AP) -Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti is uncertain about his future with the club and has not yet opened talks over extending his contract with president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
Ancelotti joined the club in December 2011 on a 2 1/2-year deal, but the final year is optional and must be renewed by PSG depending on results this season.
"I want to stay. But I know that, at the end of the season, the club will decide whether they're happy or not with my work," the Italian coach said in an interview with sports daily L'Equipe on Monday.
PSG is in first place in the French league, six points ahead of Lyon and eight clear of Marseille. But winning the title will not necessarily guarantee that Ancelotti will stay.
"I haven't spoken with Nasser. It's simple. We will see how things stand at the end of the season and, if the club is happy, and me too, we will continue," Ancelotti said. "Otherwise, there's no other choice. It's one or the other. I'm very happy here, but if the club is not happy, I will have no problem changing."
Ancelotti's comments come after sporting director Leonardo recently expressed a wish to one day manage a club in England.
"Leo did a lot to bring me here, but I don't think my future is linked to his," Ancelotti said.
Speculation has linked Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger as prospective replacements at PSG should Ancelotti leave.
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