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Best of 2011 ? App Publisher: Google Inc.

It may seem cliche to name Google, the company that created Android, as the best app publisher in 2011, but if you look at it from a broad perspective, it?s hard not to. If there is one company that has control and influence on Android, it?s Google. Google has been making apps for Android since the beginning, obviously, but in the ways it has this year. Google put a huge g-shaped footprint in the Android Market with their latest apps and app updates, and really set an example to third-party developers on how to get it done straight from the Plex.

First off, Google has updated a TON of apps with complete redesigns this year. This list includes apps like Google Talk, Google Voice, Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail, Google Books, Google Docs, Google Shopper, Google Reader, Google Music, and more. If you think about just how many things Google pushed this year, there?s really no other contender. A lot of these apps got their own special re-makes throughout the year, and then got the notion again with the release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, in which Google gave all of their core apps a makeover. The list above doesn?t even mention the overhaul the calendar app received with ICS, sporting a nifty pinch-to-zoom feature that is sure to gain lots of love. A lot of these apps were originally phone-only apps, and examples such as Google Voice and Google Books getting a makeover to support tablets running Honeycomb. Google has really stepped up their game this year with app updates, and while some , such as the Google Reader update, fall short of expectations, overall Google has done a fantastic job in 2011.

Another big jump that Google has made in the apps department is launching two of their newest products: Google+ for Android, and Google Currents for Android. Both of these apps are Android partners to new services Google has launched in 2011, and both of them really show the?capabilities?that Android has. Google+ started a little rough by not supporting a lot of key features such as Hangout, but after a few months they pushed updates that brought this and more to phones through the Google+ app. Google+ also comes with Messenger, the mobile?messaging?app paired with Google+, competing with Facebook for meeting the?needs of millions of chatty Android users. Google Currents also launched at the tail-end of the year, giving Android users a new way to read all of your favorite sites. Google Currents is like an RSS reader and a Flipboard competitor rolled into one, for both phones and tablets. This app is very pretty, and really shows the emphasis Google is placing on user experience lately. Sure, the app was a battery hog at first, but they?ve fixed that, proving Google hasn?t just blown it off in the aftermath of product launch after product launch like they have been known to do in the past.

Google has really done a tremendous job giving their faithful users some great apps in 2011. Whether it?s launching a new app or just updating an old favorite, Google has really made Android a better place for all of us. Be sure to check these apps out for yourself here in the Android Market.

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Elijah Ketchum is a writer and Senior Apps Editor here at TheDroidGuy. His Android experience started with the Motorola Droid and he has been a huge Android fan since. He loves everything tech including Google, Android, and even Apple (for Macs of course). Like Elijah?s writing? Have questions? Email Elijah at elijahthedroidguy.com and be sure to follow him on Twitter @ElijahIsMe.

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Iran Test-Fires Long Range Missiles During Naval Exercise In The Gulf, Semi-Official Fars News Agency Reports

TEHRAN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Iran test-fired long range missiles on Saturday during a naval exercise in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency said, following a threat by Tehran to close shipping lanes if the West imposes sanctions on its oil exports.

The 10-day naval drill in the Gulf began last week as Iran showed its resolve to counter any attack by enemies such as Israel or the United States.

"Iran test-fired missiles including long range (missiles), surface to sea, ... in the Persian Gulf," Fars said.

Tehran threatened on Tuesday to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf if it became the target of an oil embargo over its nuclear ambitions, a move that could trigger military conflict with countries dependent on Gulf oil.

Tensions with the West have risen since the U.N. nuclear watchdog reported on Nov. 8 that Iran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be pursuing research to that end.

Iran denies this and says it needs nuclear technology to generate electricity to meet growing domestic demand.

During military drills in 2009, Iran test-fired its surface-to-surface Shahab-3 missile, said to be capable of reaching Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East.

Washington has expressed concern about Tehran's missiles, which include the Shahab-3 strategic intermediate range ballistic missile with a range of up to 1,000 km (625 miles), the Ghadr-1 with an estimated 1,600 km range and a Shahab-3 variant known as Sajjil-2 with a range of up to 2,400 km.

Iranian media have said the naval exercise differed from previous ones in terms of "the vastness of the area of action and the military equipment and tactics that are being employed". (Writing by Ramin Mostafavi; editing by David Stamp)

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New drug can slow progress of ovarian cancer by up to six months

  • New trial of 1,500 women shows Avastin delays the advance of the disease
  • Doctors believe the drug already used to treat colon cancer could become the standard treatment for ovarian cancer

By Jenny Hope

Last updated at 2:16 AM on 29th December 2011

A drug can slow down the progress of ovarian cancer ? known as the? silent killer? ? by up to six months, claim researchers.

A new trial of 1,500 women shows Avastin delays the advance of the disease by an average of two months, compared with standard chemotherapy.

But women with the most aggressive disease got the biggest benefit, with the disease stalled for almost six months.

About 4,400 women die each year from the disease, which claims the lives of over 85 per cent of patients if found at a late stage

About 4,400 women die each year from the disease, which claims the lives of over 85 per cent of patients if found at a late stage

Avastin, also known as bevacizumab, is already widely used in patients with colon cancer, and doctors believe it will become a standard treatment for ovarian cancer.

Chief investigator Dr Tim Perren, Consultant Oncologist from St James?s Institute of Oncology, St James?s University Hospital, Leeds and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds, said: ?These results are potentially very encouraging particularly for women with advanced ovarian cancer.

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?Bevacizumab is the first new drug for 15 years to show an advantage over existing treatments for women with this disease.

?These results are however preliminary and will not be fully confirmed until early 2013.?

Ovarian cancer, which affects almost 7,000 women a year, is dubbed the ?silent killer? because symptoms are often diagnosed too late.

About 4,400 women die each year from the disease, which claims the lives of over 85 per cent of patients if found at a late stage when it has spread to other parts of the body.

There has been little improvement in overall survival rates since the introduction of the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel 15 years ago.

Latest findings from an international trial sponsored by the UK Medical Research Council are published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The trial followed 1.528 ovarian cancer patients who were randomly allocated to receive either standard chemotherapy, or a combination of standard treatment and Avastin, following surgery to remove their tumour.

The researchers recorded the time taken for the disease to return, measured by CT scan.

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International trials show Avastin gives women in the late stages of ovarian cancer an extra six months of life

The interim results of the trial, reported after 28 months of follow-up, show an overall slowing down of disease progression by around two months.

The results suggest it may improve overall survival in women, and the biggest effect on delaying the disease was found in women with an aggressive form of the disease ? by almost six months.

Professor Max Parmar, director of the MRC Clinical Trials Unit and co-author of the study, said ?This suggests that bevacizumab could be considered as a treatment for women with an advanced form of the disease, or whose cancer has come back after chemotherapy treatment.

?However, the decision on whether to include the drug routinely should be delayed until we have further evidence on its impact on overall survival.?

Avastin is a ?targeted? cancer therapy that works by blocking the development of new blood vessels and interfering with the tumour?s ability to grow and spread to other parts of the body.

Combining the drug with chemotherapy has been shown to improve the effectiveness of treatment in several other forms of the disease including lung, kidney and colorectal cancers, although it has proved to be less effective than hoped in breast cancer.

Annwen Jones, chief executive of Target Ovarian Cancer, said ?It is very exciting and positive news for women living with ovarian cancer in the UK.

It is the first glimmer of hope that there are significant advancements in treatments for ovarian cancer on the horizon at last.

?We said previously the real challenge was to find well-tolerated treatments that prolong the lives of women, and it seems that Avastin is now a significant step nearer to realising that goal.?

Roche, which manufactures the drug, has applied to the European Medicines Agency for a licence to use it to treat ovarian cancer and a decision is expected shortly.

It will need to be approved by the NHS rationing body, Nice, before it is widely used but in the meantime cancer specialists can apply for funding on behalf of patients to the Cancer Drugs Fund in England.

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Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2079649/New-drug-slow-progress-ovarian-cancer-months.html?ITO=1490

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UPDATE: Ilford police appeal after yobs smash up church?s Christ painting

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Thursday, December 29, 2011
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A police forensics team is due to visit the Ilford church hit by vandals later today.

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They will be searching for clues after a painting of Christ and war memorial were left smashed, as well as Victorian silver plates and candlesticks were stolen from St Mary the Virgin Church in High Road, Ilford.

Police are appealing to anyone who has information in connection with the crime to call their burglary squad on 020 8345 2681.

It is believed the crime took place between Boxing Day evening and yesterday (December 28).

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Brent E. Sasley: Israel and the Arab Spring: But the Season Doesn't Matter

At first glance, it appears that the Arab Spring has had an isolating effect on Israel, and damaged its regional position and strategic calculus. But this is only impressionistic, because the Arab Spring has coincided with changed domestic politics in Israel: a right-wing government more or less supportive of illiberal efforts among secular nationalists, religious Zionists, and the haredi.

Indeed, Israeli leaders and commentators themselves feed into this impression of the Arab Spring as a new development Israel must contend with. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees a dark tide of intolerance of religious fundamentalism diametrically opposed to Israel's democratic values. The (not unexpected) rise of Islamist parties where open elections have taken place is a trend that Defense Minister Ehud Barak has called "very, very disturbing." The Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff stated that these trends "are redrawing the range of threats faced by Israel."

Others argue that the Arab Spring provides an opportunity for Israel to connect to the publics who have taken control of their destiny and will soon be in control of their countries, and together build a new Middle East.

But the reality is that the Arab Spring hasn't changed Israel's regional position or strategic calculus to any great degree -- at most, it has augmented existing trends. Instead, the challenges the Arab Spring poses for Israel are no different from the broader cyclical challenges Israel has been facing since 1948.

First, there is the claim that the Arab Spring had nothing to do with Israel. But Israelis -- particularly in the wake of the attack on the embassy in Cairo -- came to see it as another element in the "siege" of Israel.

Ari Shavit at Haaretz says

The combination of the Arab spring with the Palestinian September could create a perfect storm. Since the big Arab revolution is not offering real hope, it awakens rage and hatred. The first wave of rage and hatred was focused on Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Gadhafi and Bashar Assad. The second wave will be focused on Israel.

This is not different from the threats Israel faced from a region-wide Arab nationalism in the aftermath of the 1948 War, the emergence of Nasser's pan-Arabism, and the efforts to redress the "Arab loss" in both the 1948 and the 1967 wars, and then liberate Palestine.

Second, there is nothing new about the fact that the Arab Spring, ostensibly about domestic issues, also drags Israel in, particularly in Egypt. This is no different from the rousing anti-Israel rhetoric found pre-Arab Spring in state-run media, religious sermons, and among professional associations.

Third, the argument that the Arab Spring is isolating Israel does not pose a new condition for Israel. Pre-Arab Spring, Turkish-Israeli relations were already growing cold; the global BDS movement was already advancing; and the peace process with the Palestinians has been in constant crisis since the Oslo Accords were signed -- indeed, the Accords themselves were subject to several crises that some feared would derail them before they were put into place.

This is no different from the isolation Israel experienced after the 1967 War, when African, Eastern European, and Asian states began severing ties with Israel; when delegitimization of Zionism -- that it is a racist ideology -- was promoted at the United Nations; and peace talks with the Arab states were alternately called for and rejected.

Finally, discussions of how Israel must respond to these conditions are also recycled. Reports that Israel is searching for new friends (e.g., those it can count on to be at odds with Islamists or other Middle Eastern states for geostrategic reasons) are no different from David Ben-Gurion's "periphery strategy," in which Israel would leap over its immediate Arab neighbors to strategic ties with Iran, Turkey, and some African states.

An overly-assertive strategy is not warranted under the current circumstances. Rather, a wait-and-see posture allows Israel to gauge where these dynamics are going, and to respond accordingly to specific changes and issues.

Israel is on edge as a result of the Arab Spring, as to be expected. But it will not be affected in a major way because it has already dealt with these similar circumstances. Certainly Israel needs to construct clear tactical policies for responding to the Arab Spring and the changed regional dynamic. But this, too, shall pass. Israel has successfully made it through (most would say muddled through) past changes. This is in part because the changes that take place in the region are new only in the form they take, but not the patterns and conditions they represent.

The Arab Spring is of course an important development in the Middle East, restructuring parts of Arab politics. But nobody knows how things will turn out, even in the short-term. It's not clear how strong the moderate Islamists parties who've won in Tunisia and Egypt will be in parliament and in governing, faced with harder-line Islamists, non-Islamists, and remnants of the old regimes. And the successes of the regimes in the Gulf have also demonstrated that the Arab Spring is a contained phenomenon.

Already, there are signs that the Arab Spring has changed Hamas's calculations: the organization has announced it would accept non-violence as a tactic against Israel, would accept the pre-1967 borders as the foundation for a Palestinian state, and might even consider a peace treaty with Israel under the right conditions -- even as it reduces ties with Syria.

This only strengthens the sense that Israel can do little but go slow.

First published at Mideast Matrix, on December 27, 2011.

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A Lazy New years Eve Washington DC Holiday and No School

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This New Years Eve Washington DC was a fun day. I was lazy for the first half of the day. I woke up around thirty five minutes after nine of the clock in the morning.
That is considered sleeping in for me, for my children usually awake me around early seven or eight of the clock each day.
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