Maria Sharapova won her first match at the Australian Open 6-0, 6-0 over fellow Russian Olga Puchkova.
Reported by Seattle Times 23 hours ago.
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Maria Sharapova wins 6-0, 6-0 in Australian Open | Tennis
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Maria, Venus 1st-round winners
MELBOURNE, Australia — Maria Sharapova finished her first match of the year in 55 minutes earlier today, cruising to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Olga Puchkova to start proceedings on center court at the Australian Open without showing any signs of trouble with her sore right shoulder. The No. 2-ranked Sharapova...
Reported by NY Post 23 hours ago.
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Maria Sharapova starts Australian Open with 6-0, 6-0 victory
Maria Sharapova finished her first match of the year in 55 minutes, cruising to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Olga Puchkova today to start proceedings on center court at the Australian Open without showing any sign of trouble with her right shoulder.
Reported by Freep 22 hours ago.
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Australia Open: Maria Sharapova, Li Na ease through in second round
Melbourne: Maria Sharapova and Li Na crushed hapless opponents to storm into the Australian Open second round, making their intentions clear as they bid for further Grand Slam glory. Fellow major winner Venus Williams also romped on a warm Melbourne Park day, but fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska was put through her paces by local qualifier [...]
Reported by The News Tribe 22 hours ago.
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Australian Open 2013: Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams through
• Sharapova beat Olga Puchkova 6-0 6-0
• Venus Williams only dropped one game
Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams remained on course for a third-round shoot-out at the Australian Open after registering emphatic wins on Monday. The British No1 Heather Watson also went through after a two-and-a-half hour contest against the Romanian Alexandra Cadantu![ext]()
.
In an opening session free of shocks, Sharapova and Williams were the first women to advance after dropping just a solitary game between them in seeing off Olga Puchkova and Galina Voskoboeva respectively.
Sharapova came into the tournament under a fitness cloud after damaging a collarbone just before Christmas while Williams arrived in Melbourne having won her last event – in Luxembourg in October, her first singles title in almost three years – after a long battle with injury and illness.
Their brief court appearances allowed little time for in-depth evaluation but both were happy with their performances.
Sharapova, who 'double-bageled' her Russian countrywoman Puchkova, said: "After a couple of close games I started to concentrate a bit better. I didn't want to focus on the fact I hadn't played a lot of matches but just focus on what was ahead of me and really be aggressive. Today was a good scoreline."
Although she didn't drop a game, Sharapova insisted there was still room for improvement.
"It's tough to feel completely satisfied," she said. "You always want to improve on things and work on certain things that you feel will help you in the later rounds towards the end of the second week. But overall I was happy with the way I started considering I didn't play any matches coming in."
Williams was pleased to have negotiated the first hurdle with the minimum of fuss.
The American said: "It's nice to spend less time on court and not be in long sets. A win is a win no matter what it is, but it's nice when it's more routine."
There were also wins today for the in-form fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska, the sixth seed Li Na and the home favourite Sam Stosur.
Radwanska, the winner of the warm-up events in Auckland and Sydney, looked in danger of dropping her first set of 2013 when the Australian wild card Bojana Bobusic served for the opener at 5-4 but the Pole upped her level and rattled off the next nine games to go through 7-5 6-0.
Li, the runner-up here in 2011, eased past Kazakhstan's Sesil Karatantcheva 6-1 6-3 but Stosur was made to work harder by Chang Kai-Chen of Chinese Taipei.
The ninth seed Stosur has only managed to reach the fourth round of her home grand slam and had her nervy moments once again before securing a 7-6 (7/3) 6-3 triumph. Reported by guardian.co.uk 19 hours ago.
• Venus Williams only dropped one game
Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams remained on course for a third-round shoot-out at the Australian Open after registering emphatic wins on Monday. The British No1 Heather Watson also went through after a two-and-a-half hour contest against the Romanian Alexandra Cadantu
.In an opening session free of shocks, Sharapova and Williams were the first women to advance after dropping just a solitary game between them in seeing off Olga Puchkova and Galina Voskoboeva respectively.
Sharapova came into the tournament under a fitness cloud after damaging a collarbone just before Christmas while Williams arrived in Melbourne having won her last event – in Luxembourg in October, her first singles title in almost three years – after a long battle with injury and illness.
Their brief court appearances allowed little time for in-depth evaluation but both were happy with their performances.
Sharapova, who 'double-bageled' her Russian countrywoman Puchkova, said: "After a couple of close games I started to concentrate a bit better. I didn't want to focus on the fact I hadn't played a lot of matches but just focus on what was ahead of me and really be aggressive. Today was a good scoreline."
Although she didn't drop a game, Sharapova insisted there was still room for improvement.
"It's tough to feel completely satisfied," she said. "You always want to improve on things and work on certain things that you feel will help you in the later rounds towards the end of the second week. But overall I was happy with the way I started considering I didn't play any matches coming in."
Williams was pleased to have negotiated the first hurdle with the minimum of fuss.
The American said: "It's nice to spend less time on court and not be in long sets. A win is a win no matter what it is, but it's nice when it's more routine."
There were also wins today for the in-form fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska, the sixth seed Li Na and the home favourite Sam Stosur.
Radwanska, the winner of the warm-up events in Auckland and Sydney, looked in danger of dropping her first set of 2013 when the Australian wild card Bojana Bobusic served for the opener at 5-4 but the Pole upped her level and rattled off the next nine games to go through 7-5 6-0.
Li, the runner-up here in 2011, eased past Kazakhstan's Sesil Karatantcheva 6-1 6-3 but Stosur was made to work harder by Chang Kai-Chen of Chinese Taipei.
The ninth seed Stosur has only managed to reach the fourth round of her home grand slam and had her nervy moments once again before securing a 7-6 (7/3) 6-3 triumph. Reported by guardian.co.uk 19 hours ago.
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Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams remain on course for third round showdown
Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams remained on course for a third-round shoot-out at the Australian Open after registering emphatic wins today.
Reported by Independent 19 hours ago.
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Maria Felicidade "FaFa" DeSousa: Former American Tourister Employee
Patch Bristol-Warren, RI --Maria Felicidade "FaFa" DeSousa, 84, of Franklin Street, passed away on Jan. 10, 2013, at Silver Creek Manor
. Born in San Antonio, Nordeste, Sao Miguel Acores, she was the daughter of the late Maximiano and Maria Felicidade (Medeiros) DeSousa.She was a nanny and also worked at American Tourister Luggage of Warren.
She is survived by her nieces and nephews, Alcida Pacheco, Cidalisa Costa and Paul Sousa of Bristol; Saul Vrzinho of New Bedford; and her sister-in-law Maria E. (Correia) Sousa. She was the sister of the late Hermano, Eduardo and Maximiano Sousa, Odelia Sousa, Maria do Carmo Vezinho, Maria dos Claudino, Lidia Xaraz and Maria Encarnacao Botelho.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Jan. 14th at 10 am from the George Lima Funeral Home
, 367 High St., with a Mass of Christian Burial 11 am at St. Elizabeth Church, 577 Wood St. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Bristol.Memorial donations may be made to Beacon Hospice, 1 Catamore Blvd., East Providence, RI 02914. Reported by Patch 13 hours ago.
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Obituary: Adelia Silva, 87
Patch Bethel, CT --Adelia Magalhaes De Sousa Silva, age 87 of New Milford, formerly of Danbury died on Wednesday at the Danbury Hospital. She was the wife of the late Jose Julio Goncalves Silva.
Adelia was born May 6, 1925 in Monteiros, Portugal the daughter of the late Francisco Jose and Ana Goncalves (Magalhaes) Sousa. She had been a resident of Danbury since 1970, and was a retired employee of the Messenger Co., Bethel. Following her retirement, Adelia spent the summer months in Portugal. She was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Danbury, and loved traveling, gardening, crocheting, and praying the Rosary.
Adelia is survived by one son: Francisco J. Silva and his wife Isabel of New Milford, five daughters: Maria Silva Pereira and her husband Mario of New Milford, Maria Fatima Pereira and her husband Manuel of New Milford, Maria Piadade Machado and her husband Antonio of Danbury, Maria Lurdes Batista of Padrela, Portugal, and Almerinda Pereira and her husband Jorge of Danbury, one brother: Armando Sousa of Bethel, 12 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Adelia was predeceased by her brothers Jose and Pedro Sousa, and sisters Maria Rodrigues, Engracia Ribeiro, and Florinda Machado.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30am on Monday January 7th in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Danbury. Burial will be in Monteiros, Portugal. There are no calling hours.
The Green Funeral Home 57 Main Street Danbury is in charge of arrangements. Reported by Patch 16 hours ago.
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Classical With a Bang! NY-Based Chamber Ensemble Bringing Fireworks to Middletown
Patch Middletown, CT --
The Greater Middletown Concert Association![ext]()
’s spring season begins Feb. 10, by bringing the internationally-recognized Fireworks! chamber cross/over instrumental ensemble, based in New York City, to the MHS Performing Arts Center in Middletown at 7:30 p.m.
Following on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. will be the Spanish tango opera, Maria de Buenos Aires, by the newly-acclaimed Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla and sung fully-staged by the Connecticut Lyric Opera accompanied by the full orchestra of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra with the Mystic Ballet.
On Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m., the well-loved Irish group, The Morgans, will present a St. Patrick’s Day theme special program.
A favorite Italian opera Don Giovanni by Mozart will round out the season on May 11, at 7:30 p.m., when the Connecticut Lyric Opera![ext]()
and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra![ext]()
once again appear on the appropriately-large stage in the 700-seat auditorium of the MHS Performing Arts Center in Middletown![ext]()
.
The flexible and high-energy instrumental ensemble Fireworks can literally play anything, regardless of category, vintage or orchestration. It tours through North America each year and has appeared on prestigious stages such as Carnegie Hall, The Library of Congress, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and The Chautauqua Institution, as well as radio’s WNYC and television’s NBC’s “The 10 Show.”
In February 10’s concert Fireworks![ext]()
’![ext]()
American Music Program moves from the bluegrass fiddles of Appalachia to the earthy hallelujahs of the Sacred Harp, from Louisiana Zydeco to Chicago Blues, and from composers Ives and Copland music to even newer sounds. This chamber ensemble of eight outstanding string, woodwind and keyboard musicians is electrifying the entire music world.
Maria de Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla will include exciting set tango dance pieces that are integral to the opera. It is a true tango opera (tango operita.), and the Mystic Ballet will be part of the production. The opera begins with Maria as a young woman leaving a poor suburb of Buenos Aires and heading for the center of the city. There she is overwhelmed by the music of the tango and walks the streets under its influence.
After her death her shadow, a new and older Maria, lives on the city’s streets experiencing a surreal visit from a goblin ghost that ends in an ecstatic religious-like event and surprise ending. Piazzolla’s music enhances the drama of his Maria de Buenos Aires, and the dance of the tango scenes captivates the audience as well. The opera is sung in Spanish with English titles projected above the stage.
The Morgans return in response to its acclaimed 2009 Middletown appearance. They have an extensive repertoire of not only Irish music but also folk songs that include sea chanteys and all things nautical. Instrumentally The Morgans play a variety of traditional instruments from the wind, string and percussion families. Their singing features rhythmic multi-part harmonies along with melodious solo ballads. Member Tom Callinan is originally from Middletown. He was Connecticut’s first “Official State Troubadour” and continues to delight his audiences as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Don Sineti of Mystic Seaport fame, noted for his powerful voice, and three other talented members of the band bring The Morgansto Middletown once again. Irish step dancers will round out the program of St. Patrick’s celebration. [Sunday, March 10, at 3:00 p.m.]
Don Giovanni, Mozart’s much-performed Italian opera will blend comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements. It is the Don Juan story (Don Giovanni is Don Juan) of that outrageous young Spanish nobleman who thinks he must conquer many women daily with his seductive art. Donna Elvira, whom he has formerly wooed and abandoned, and Zerlina, a country girl in the process of marrying her fiancé, along with Donna Anna whose father’s murder was Don Giovanni’s fault, are the three central female characters.
Don Giovanni’s servant Leporello is ever present and adds a comic touch to the plot. In the end Don Giovanni encounters something that he cannot overpower! This opera is sung in Italian with English titles projected above the stage.
Ticket prices are $30 (front) and $25 (rear) for each of the two concerts and $40 (front) and $35 (rear) for each of the two operas. Combined tickets for more that one concert or opera performance are available at reduced prices. Call 860 347-4887 or 860 346-3369![ext]()
for all tickets.
Major credit cards are accepted. Information is presented on the website www.GreaterMiddletownCncerts.org![ext]()
. E-mail is bmwa@aol.com![ext]()
. Checks for tickets may also be sent to GMCA, P.O.Box 2622, Middletown, CT 06457.
Reported by Patch 13 hours ago.
The Greater Middletown Concert Association
’s spring season begins Feb. 10, by bringing the internationally-recognized Fireworks! chamber cross/over instrumental ensemble, based in New York City, to the MHS Performing Arts Center in Middletown at 7:30 p.m.Following on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. will be the Spanish tango opera, Maria de Buenos Aires, by the newly-acclaimed Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla and sung fully-staged by the Connecticut Lyric Opera accompanied by the full orchestra of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra with the Mystic Ballet.
On Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m., the well-loved Irish group, The Morgans, will present a St. Patrick’s Day theme special program.
A favorite Italian opera Don Giovanni by Mozart will round out the season on May 11, at 7:30 p.m., when the Connecticut Lyric Opera
and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra once again appear on the appropriately-large stage in the 700-seat auditorium of the MHS Performing Arts Center in Middletown.The flexible and high-energy instrumental ensemble Fireworks can literally play anything, regardless of category, vintage or orchestration. It tours through North America each year and has appeared on prestigious stages such as Carnegie Hall, The Library of Congress, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and The Chautauqua Institution, as well as radio’s WNYC and television’s NBC’s “The 10 Show.”
In February 10’s concert Fireworks
’ American Music Program moves from the bluegrass fiddles of Appalachia to the earthy hallelujahs of the Sacred Harp, from Louisiana Zydeco to Chicago Blues, and from composers Ives and Copland music to even newer sounds. This chamber ensemble of eight outstanding string, woodwind and keyboard musicians is electrifying the entire music world. Maria de Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla will include exciting set tango dance pieces that are integral to the opera. It is a true tango opera (tango operita.), and the Mystic Ballet will be part of the production. The opera begins with Maria as a young woman leaving a poor suburb of Buenos Aires and heading for the center of the city. There she is overwhelmed by the music of the tango and walks the streets under its influence.
After her death her shadow, a new and older Maria, lives on the city’s streets experiencing a surreal visit from a goblin ghost that ends in an ecstatic religious-like event and surprise ending. Piazzolla’s music enhances the drama of his Maria de Buenos Aires, and the dance of the tango scenes captivates the audience as well. The opera is sung in Spanish with English titles projected above the stage.
The Morgans return in response to its acclaimed 2009 Middletown appearance. They have an extensive repertoire of not only Irish music but also folk songs that include sea chanteys and all things nautical. Instrumentally The Morgans play a variety of traditional instruments from the wind, string and percussion families. Their singing features rhythmic multi-part harmonies along with melodious solo ballads. Member Tom Callinan is originally from Middletown. He was Connecticut’s first “Official State Troubadour” and continues to delight his audiences as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Don Sineti of Mystic Seaport fame, noted for his powerful voice, and three other talented members of the band bring The Morgansto Middletown once again. Irish step dancers will round out the program of St. Patrick’s celebration. [Sunday, March 10, at 3:00 p.m.]
Don Giovanni, Mozart’s much-performed Italian opera will blend comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements. It is the Don Juan story (Don Giovanni is Don Juan) of that outrageous young Spanish nobleman who thinks he must conquer many women daily with his seductive art. Donna Elvira, whom he has formerly wooed and abandoned, and Zerlina, a country girl in the process of marrying her fiancé, along with Donna Anna whose father’s murder was Don Giovanni’s fault, are the three central female characters.
Don Giovanni’s servant Leporello is ever present and adds a comic touch to the plot. In the end Don Giovanni encounters something that he cannot overpower! This opera is sung in Italian with English titles projected above the stage.
Ticket prices are $30 (front) and $25 (rear) for each of the two concerts and $40 (front) and $35 (rear) for each of the two operas. Combined tickets for more that one concert or opera performance are available at reduced prices. Call 860 347-4887 or 860 346-3369
for all tickets.Major credit cards are accepted. Information is presented on the website www.GreaterMiddletownCncerts.org
. E-mail is bmwa@aol.com. Checks for tickets may also be sent to GMCA, P.O.Box 2622, Middletown, CT 06457.
Reported by Patch 13 hours ago.
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The tweet taste of success for Maria Sharapova at Australian Open
Maria Sharapova celebrated her first-round win at the Australian Open by posting her first ever tweet. And boy, did she get a response. Within moments of writing: ‘Your ultimate sugarmama has arrived #myfirsttweet‘ she had more followers than you can shake a stick (well, racket) at. The @MariaSharapova account was quickly verified as the real deal [...]
Reported by Metro.co.uk 17 hours ago.
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WATCH: Has AIDS Met Its Match?
Researchers may have discovered a way to protect against the transmission of HIV--a worldwide epidemic![ext]()
that now infects about 35 million people.
Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore![ext]()
and colleagues at his Caltech lab![ext]()
are injecting mice with a powerful prophylaxis called VIP. And guess what? It works. Caltech postdoctoral fellow Alex Balazs![ext]()
is heading up this groundbreaking research. So is it now time to test this approach in humans?
Click the link below and watch the video above to hear the latest on HIV prevention research. And don't forget to join the discussion by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page. Come on, talk nerdy to me!
*CLICK HERE FOR FULL TRANSCRIPT*![ext]()
*DAVID BALTIMORE*: Nobody’s ever done anything like this before. And if we can really intervene in the spread of the HIV epidemic![ext]()
, we can begin to put HIV back in the box, get rid of it from the human context. And that would be a great contribution to public health.
*CARA SANTA MARIA*: Hi everyone. Cara Santa Maria here. There are an estimated 35 to 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. More than two-thirds of those cases come out of Sub-saharan Africa![ext]()
, and there are 50,000 new cases in the U.S.![ext]()
each year. Since the epidemic started in the early '80s, there've been many false starts, would-be cures, hopes (and lives) lost. But now, Dr. David Baltimore![ext]()
, biology professor at Caltech, thinks he may be able to prevent the transmission of HIV. He received the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine![ext]()
for his discovery of reverse transcriptase, an enzyme used by retroviruses like the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
*DB*: With this procedure we’ve developed, which we call VIP, we are able to protect mice against infection with a huge dose of HIV.
*CSM*: VIP. Vectored immunoprophylaxis![ext]()
. It's name is telling. It's a prophylaxis--a preventive measure--that uses viral vectors to guide cells to make antibodies against HIV. Now these aren't the vectors you learned about in calculus. The word vector's latin for carrier. So, in VIP, genes are piggybacked on innocuous viruses, and they're delivered to targeted cells in the body. It's not a vaccine. It's something totally new.
*DB*: We know that the body’s own immune system is not good at making antibodies against HIV. That’s been proven over and over again. So we said, well, let’s take these antibodies that really do work, and we’ll direct the immune system, or we’ll direct some system in the body, to make them. We first tried to make the immune system do it, we found we really couldn’t work out that technology. So we said, well there are vectors, viruses, which will carry these genes into the muscle and the muscle can be the site of making antibodies. So we tried that and I must say we were amazed at how well it worked.
*CSM*: This is truly groundbreaking stuff. Dr. Baltimore's lab may have found the game changer in HIV prevention research.
*DB*: VIP is a bit heroic, nobody’s ever used a vector in this way. Nobody’s ever used genes in this way. And so we’re very much on the outer edge of technology but I think that’s where we have to be today because I think the more standard technologies just haven’t worked.
*CSM*: If you've been paying close attention, there's probably one thing you're wondering. How are they doing this research in mice? We're talking about the human immunodeficiency virus, right? Mice can't get human diseases! Ah, but they can if they have a human immune system.
*DB*: We use a special strain of mice that doesn’t have its own immune system and can’t reject a graft of human cells. So we put in the human cells and now we have a target for HIV to grow in those mice.
*CSM*: And how well does it work?
*DB*: This antibody is absolutely protective against HIV infection. It’s miraculous. We can put in huge doses of HIV and the animals don’t get infected. And so we have a prima facie case for saying that we could protect humans against the transmission of HIV if humans act like mice.
*CSM*: I hope you're as excited about the research coming out of Dr. Baltimore's lab as I am. Let me know your thoughts on Facebook, Twitter, or leave a comment on The Huffington Post. Come on, talk nerdy to me!
*See all Talk Nerdy to Me![ext]()
posts.*
*Like Cara Santa Maria on Facebook![ext]()
.*
*Follow Cara Santa Maria on Twitter![ext]()
.*
Reported by Huffington Post 16 hours ago.
that now infects about 35 million people.Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore
and colleagues at his Caltech lab are injecting mice with a powerful prophylaxis called VIP. And guess what? It works. Caltech postdoctoral fellow Alex Balazs is heading up this groundbreaking research. So is it now time to test this approach in humans?Click the link below and watch the video above to hear the latest on HIV prevention research. And don't forget to join the discussion by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page. Come on, talk nerdy to me!
*CLICK HERE FOR FULL TRANSCRIPT*
*DAVID BALTIMORE*: Nobody’s ever done anything like this before. And if we can really intervene in the spread of the HIV epidemic
, we can begin to put HIV back in the box, get rid of it from the human context. And that would be a great contribution to public health.*CARA SANTA MARIA*: Hi everyone. Cara Santa Maria here. There are an estimated 35 to 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. More than two-thirds of those cases come out of Sub-saharan Africa
, and there are 50,000 new cases in the U.S. each year. Since the epidemic started in the early '80s, there've been many false starts, would-be cures, hopes (and lives) lost. But now, Dr. David Baltimore, biology professor at Caltech, thinks he may be able to prevent the transmission of HIV. He received the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of reverse transcriptase, an enzyme used by retroviruses like the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.*DB*: With this procedure we’ve developed, which we call VIP, we are able to protect mice against infection with a huge dose of HIV.
*CSM*: VIP. Vectored immunoprophylaxis
. It's name is telling. It's a prophylaxis--a preventive measure--that uses viral vectors to guide cells to make antibodies against HIV. Now these aren't the vectors you learned about in calculus. The word vector's latin for carrier. So, in VIP, genes are piggybacked on innocuous viruses, and they're delivered to targeted cells in the body. It's not a vaccine. It's something totally new.*DB*: We know that the body’s own immune system is not good at making antibodies against HIV. That’s been proven over and over again. So we said, well, let’s take these antibodies that really do work, and we’ll direct the immune system, or we’ll direct some system in the body, to make them. We first tried to make the immune system do it, we found we really couldn’t work out that technology. So we said, well there are vectors, viruses, which will carry these genes into the muscle and the muscle can be the site of making antibodies. So we tried that and I must say we were amazed at how well it worked.
*CSM*: This is truly groundbreaking stuff. Dr. Baltimore's lab may have found the game changer in HIV prevention research.
*DB*: VIP is a bit heroic, nobody’s ever used a vector in this way. Nobody’s ever used genes in this way. And so we’re very much on the outer edge of technology but I think that’s where we have to be today because I think the more standard technologies just haven’t worked.
*CSM*: If you've been paying close attention, there's probably one thing you're wondering. How are they doing this research in mice? We're talking about the human immunodeficiency virus, right? Mice can't get human diseases! Ah, but they can if they have a human immune system.
*DB*: We use a special strain of mice that doesn’t have its own immune system and can’t reject a graft of human cells. So we put in the human cells and now we have a target for HIV to grow in those mice.
*CSM*: And how well does it work?
*DB*: This antibody is absolutely protective against HIV infection. It’s miraculous. We can put in huge doses of HIV and the animals don’t get infected. And so we have a prima facie case for saying that we could protect humans against the transmission of HIV if humans act like mice.
*CSM*: I hope you're as excited about the research coming out of Dr. Baltimore's lab as I am. Let me know your thoughts on Facebook, Twitter, or leave a comment on The Huffington Post. Come on, talk nerdy to me!
*See all Talk Nerdy to Me
posts.**Like Cara Santa Maria on Facebook
.**Follow Cara Santa Maria on Twitter
.*
Reported by Huffington Post 16 hours ago.
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Di Maria criticises match officials
Angel Di Maria believes Real Madrid are being treated unfairly by referees and has questioned their integrity in La Liga....
Reported by SoccerNews.com 15 hours ago.
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Maria Paladino prepares for the official debut of The Butterflies of Hope Foundation and the Keri & Jason Trinca Memorial Event on 1/24
SMITHTOWN, N.Y., Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --After months of careful planning and getting to know the Trinca Family, Maria Paladino, founder of the Butterflies of Hope Foundation is gearing up fo...
Reported by FinanzNachrichten.de 15 hours ago.
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Australian Open 2013: Maria Sharapova sets course for Venus
• Russian and American stroll to victory in first round
• Heather Watson says she feels she can beat anyone
If Maria Sharapova collides with Venus Williams in the third round of the Australian Open this week, they might both be so short of court time that the Russian and the American could be on closer terms than anyone would have imagined a week ago.
Sharapova, last year's beaten finalist, flexed her 25-year-old muscles ever so briefly on day one, while Venus, 32 but apparently fit again, reminded us in a similarly impressive blitz that she might yet have something to add to her glittering CV – just as her sister, Serena, proclaimed before the start of the tournament. All of a sudden the women's draw is bubbling up with unexpected promise.
The Russian, seeded No2, will probably need more than the 58 minutes she took to double-bagel her compatriot Olga Puchkova when she faces Japan's Misaki Doi in the second round; she might even wish it were so, because she learned little from her opening workout other than most facets of her game are in good working order.
Williams, meanwhile, took only two minutes longer to overwhelm Galina Voskoboeva, and will be bursting with confidence against Alizé Cornet of France, who had to fight all the way against the New Zealander Marina Erakovic.
It is good to see a smile on Williams's face after all she has been through over the past couple of years, and she was relaxed enough to talk with a lighter heart about her ongoing recovery from the auto-immune disease that still has the insidious power to leave her devastated. Asked about her switch to a vegan diet, the food-loving Williams revealed she is not exactly addicted to the regime, describing herself as a "cheagan".
She said: "If it's on your plate I might get to cheat. If you're sitting next to me, good luck. You turn your head once and your food might be gone. I'm not perfect, but I try."
She is philosophical about entering her 18th year as a Tour professional, owner of seven grand slam titles yet somehow regarded now as marginal in the run for big titles.
"My goals in '95, I didn't even know what I was doing," she admitted. "I just thought I had a dream and thought I could do it. Now I have done a lot of things and I don't really have anything to prove except for I have my desire to play and to play well. That really is what it's about at this point. I think what I have learned more than anything is to focus on the things I can accomplish and not to think about the things that I can't do [because of the disease]."
A fit and relaxed Venus Williams in that mood is probably as dangerous an opponent as Sharapova could face in the first week of a slam.
Heather Watson, who followed Cornet on to Court 13, did not look in quite such good shape, however, during a three-set struggle to overcome Romania's Alexandra Cadantu.
Her next task on the side of the draw that contains the delightful skills of fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska is against Ksenia Pervak, who finished a tough three-setter against 32nd seed Mona Barthel in the fading twilight on day one. A win there, and Watson gets Radwanska, but she has some work to do.
She revealed after dragging herself off court that her energy levels dropped alarmingly the very minute she hit up, and said she would seek medical advice after cramping up later in the match. "At the beginning I definitely wasn't there," she said. "I wasn't playing well."
Nonetheless, she has retained the buzz that came from winning her first WTA Tour event late last year and is unafraid to talk about her prospects now more in expectation than hope.
"I feel a lot more confident," she said. "I believe in myself. Like this match, I always felt I should have won, and if I didn't I would have been extremely disappointed. I'm using this confidence to push myself more in my training, make sure I'm working hard every day and not having a slack day."
Did she think she could beat anyone on the Tour now? A smile, a pause and a quiet but firm answer followed: "Yeah, I do." That is not something she would have dared utter a year ago.
A major part of maturing as a growing threat has been attention to detail in her training and diet. "The way I go about things, I just want to be more professional," she said, "like what I'm eating, things in my diet, making sure I get enough sleep, doing the right things before and after a match. Just small things, but they make a big difference."
She has had to cut back on the sort of devilish treats that do not sit well in such a strict regime, although not totally.
"It's really tough. Three days ago I had one of these Oreo cakes in the cafeteria. Oh, it was so good. But I'm not going to have another one … well, until next month." Reported by guardian.co.uk 14 hours ago.
• Heather Watson says she feels she can beat anyone
If Maria Sharapova collides with Venus Williams in the third round of the Australian Open this week, they might both be so short of court time that the Russian and the American could be on closer terms than anyone would have imagined a week ago.
Sharapova, last year's beaten finalist, flexed her 25-year-old muscles ever so briefly on day one, while Venus, 32 but apparently fit again, reminded us in a similarly impressive blitz that she might yet have something to add to her glittering CV – just as her sister, Serena, proclaimed before the start of the tournament. All of a sudden the women's draw is bubbling up with unexpected promise.
The Russian, seeded No2, will probably need more than the 58 minutes she took to double-bagel her compatriot Olga Puchkova when she faces Japan's Misaki Doi in the second round; she might even wish it were so, because she learned little from her opening workout other than most facets of her game are in good working order.
Williams, meanwhile, took only two minutes longer to overwhelm Galina Voskoboeva, and will be bursting with confidence against Alizé Cornet of France, who had to fight all the way against the New Zealander Marina Erakovic.
It is good to see a smile on Williams's face after all she has been through over the past couple of years, and she was relaxed enough to talk with a lighter heart about her ongoing recovery from the auto-immune disease that still has the insidious power to leave her devastated. Asked about her switch to a vegan diet, the food-loving Williams revealed she is not exactly addicted to the regime, describing herself as a "cheagan".
She said: "If it's on your plate I might get to cheat. If you're sitting next to me, good luck. You turn your head once and your food might be gone. I'm not perfect, but I try."
She is philosophical about entering her 18th year as a Tour professional, owner of seven grand slam titles yet somehow regarded now as marginal in the run for big titles.
"My goals in '95, I didn't even know what I was doing," she admitted. "I just thought I had a dream and thought I could do it. Now I have done a lot of things and I don't really have anything to prove except for I have my desire to play and to play well. That really is what it's about at this point. I think what I have learned more than anything is to focus on the things I can accomplish and not to think about the things that I can't do [because of the disease]."
A fit and relaxed Venus Williams in that mood is probably as dangerous an opponent as Sharapova could face in the first week of a slam.
Heather Watson, who followed Cornet on to Court 13, did not look in quite such good shape, however, during a three-set struggle to overcome Romania's Alexandra Cadantu.
Her next task on the side of the draw that contains the delightful skills of fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska is against Ksenia Pervak, who finished a tough three-setter against 32nd seed Mona Barthel in the fading twilight on day one. A win there, and Watson gets Radwanska, but she has some work to do.
She revealed after dragging herself off court that her energy levels dropped alarmingly the very minute she hit up, and said she would seek medical advice after cramping up later in the match. "At the beginning I definitely wasn't there," she said. "I wasn't playing well."
Nonetheless, she has retained the buzz that came from winning her first WTA Tour event late last year and is unafraid to talk about her prospects now more in expectation than hope.
"I feel a lot more confident," she said. "I believe in myself. Like this match, I always felt I should have won, and if I didn't I would have been extremely disappointed. I'm using this confidence to push myself more in my training, make sure I'm working hard every day and not having a slack day."
Did she think she could beat anyone on the Tour now? A smile, a pause and a quiet but firm answer followed: "Yeah, I do." That is not something she would have dared utter a year ago.
A major part of maturing as a growing threat has been attention to detail in her training and diet. "The way I go about things, I just want to be more professional," she said, "like what I'm eating, things in my diet, making sure I get enough sleep, doing the right things before and after a match. Just small things, but they make a big difference."
She has had to cut back on the sort of devilish treats that do not sit well in such a strict regime, although not totally.
"It's really tough. Three days ago I had one of these Oreo cakes in the cafeteria. Oh, it was so good. But I'm not going to have another one … well, until next month." Reported by guardian.co.uk 14 hours ago.
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Maria Sharapova is finally on Twitter!
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is finally taking to Twitter after years of loyalty to rival social network Facebook.
Reported by Zee News 13 hours ago.
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ICE Says Activist's Role Didn't Spur Mom's Arrest
PHOENIX -- Federal immigration officials on Friday released the mother of an immigration activist, less than a day after the woman and another relative were arrested at the family's Phoenix-area home.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents "did not target" the relatives of activist Erika Andiola because of her role with the Dream Act Coalition, the agency said in a statement provided to The Associated Press.
ICE officials also said Maria Arreola was released with an order of supervision, meaning she must check in periodically with the agency.
Andiola earlier said ICE agents told her that there was a long-pending deportation order for her mother, an immigrant from Mexico. Andiola questioned whether that actually prompted the arrest.
"They knew who I was and they know what I did," she said. "I'm really surprised that they came after my family because of the activism that I do."
Andiola's 53-year-old mother and a 35-year-old brother were arrested Thursday evening at the family home in Mesa.
Family members said the brother, Heriberto Andiola, was detained because he refused to answer ICE agents' questions.
The daughter said agents asked for her mother.
"The minute she got close to the door, they handcuffed her and they took her," the daughter said.
Heriberto Andiola was released early Friday, while the mother was released Friday afternoon after being returned to Phoenix from an immigration detention center in Florence, Ariz.
Another brother, Angel Fernandez, said his mother told family members that she was on a bus to the border when the driver got a call and was told to return to Florence.
However, ICE officials said Friday that Maria Arreola was never on a bus to Nogales and she was returned to Phoenix from a staging area in Florence.
Before Maria Arreola was released, she was told she could remain in the United States for at least a year and might get a work permit, according to Fernandez. "She's pretty ecstatic right now," he said.
In releasing the relatives, ICE exercised its case-by-case discretion based on initial reviews, said ICE Press Secretary Barbara Gonzales, adding that "a fuller review of the cases is currently ongoing."
Immigration activists denounced the detentions, saying they showed a need for broad changes in immigration policy to end family separations.
"We cannot keep fixing this one worker, one family member at a time," said Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center. Reported by Huffington Post 13 hours ago.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents "did not target" the relatives of activist Erika Andiola because of her role with the Dream Act Coalition, the agency said in a statement provided to The Associated Press.
ICE officials also said Maria Arreola was released with an order of supervision, meaning she must check in periodically with the agency.
Andiola earlier said ICE agents told her that there was a long-pending deportation order for her mother, an immigrant from Mexico. Andiola questioned whether that actually prompted the arrest.
"They knew who I was and they know what I did," she said. "I'm really surprised that they came after my family because of the activism that I do."
Andiola's 53-year-old mother and a 35-year-old brother were arrested Thursday evening at the family home in Mesa.
Family members said the brother, Heriberto Andiola, was detained because he refused to answer ICE agents' questions.
The daughter said agents asked for her mother.
"The minute she got close to the door, they handcuffed her and they took her," the daughter said.
Heriberto Andiola was released early Friday, while the mother was released Friday afternoon after being returned to Phoenix from an immigration detention center in Florence, Ariz.
Another brother, Angel Fernandez, said his mother told family members that she was on a bus to the border when the driver got a call and was told to return to Florence.
However, ICE officials said Friday that Maria Arreola was never on a bus to Nogales and she was returned to Phoenix from a staging area in Florence.
Before Maria Arreola was released, she was told she could remain in the United States for at least a year and might get a work permit, according to Fernandez. "She's pretty ecstatic right now," he said.
In releasing the relatives, ICE exercised its case-by-case discretion based on initial reviews, said ICE Press Secretary Barbara Gonzales, adding that "a fuller review of the cases is currently ongoing."
Immigration activists denounced the detentions, saying they showed a need for broad changes in immigration policy to end family separations.
"We cannot keep fixing this one worker, one family member at a time," said Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center. Reported by Huffington Post 13 hours ago.
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Real treated unfairly by refs - Di Maria
Real Madrid's Argentine winger Angel Di Maria says his side are being treated unfairly by referees.
Reported by SuperSport 12 hours ago.
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Maria Sharapova finally has a Twitter account
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is finally taking to Twitter after years of loyalty to rival social network Facebook.
Reported by Zee News 10 hours ago.
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Maria Sharapova shakes off injury concerns to progress to Australian Open second round
Maria Sharapova led a host of stars into the women’s second round as she thrashed fellow Russian Olga Puchkova.
Reported by Metro.co.uk 10 hours ago.
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Di Maria says Real treated unfairly by refs
Real Madrid's Argentine winger Angel Di Maria says his side are being treated unfairly by referees."They expel us for any stupid thing when other teams don't have this pr
Reported by Sport.co.uk 8 hours ago.
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