Syncapse, a well-known marketing company in the United States has gone into bankruptcy, laying off around one hundred people.
Syncapse was a social media marketing management company that had been developing marketing solutions within the social media sphere for companies such as Coca-Cola.
A US federal court has heard that Syncapse had been closely aligned with Facebook.
Syncapse was filed as a foreign company. It originated in Canada.
The court heard Syncapse had taken a $2 million loan which it was unable to pay on July 18th.
When a payment of nearly $2 million was demanded, Syncapse filed for court protection.
The comany has claimed liabilities of $1-$10 million, according to the court file.
Michael Thalassitis (pictured) scored for Ebbsfleet against a Gillingham XI
Dartford signed off their pre-season campaign with a 1-1 draw at home to a Fulham XI on Saturday. Lee Noble equalised for the Darts after former Brentford striker Marcello Trotta had put the visitors in front.
Meanwhile, Welling United will go into the Skrill Premier season on the back of a 3-0 win at Leatherhead. Their goals were scored by Joe Healy, Doug Bergqvist and Kurtis Guthrie.
Michael Thalassitis and Billy Bricknell were on target for Ebbsfleet United in their 2-0 win over a young Gillingham XI at Stonebridge Road.
Dover Athletic won 1-0 at neighbours Folkestone Invicta thanks to an early Moses Ademola strike.
There was a thumping 4-0 win for Tonbridge Angels at Whitstable Town. Chris Piper, Nathaniel Pinney and Mark Lovell all found the net for Tommy Warrilow's side.
Pierre Joseph-Dubois put Bromley in front at home to Dulwich Hamlet but the visitors came back to win 2-1.
It was a game of three penalties at the Gallagher Stadium, where Maidstone United saw off Sittingbourne 4-1. Frannie Collin converted two spot-kicks for the Stones and Ian Draycott bagged himself a brace, with Ryan Golding replying for Sittingbourne with a late penalty.
Cray Wanderers quickly raced into a 3-0 lead at Lydd Town, where they went on to win 4-1.
Result of the day came at Maidstone Road, where Faversham Town thrashed local rivals Chatham Town 7-0. There were two goals each for Luke Harvey, Wayne Wilson and Brendon Cass, with James Peacock completing the scoring for Ray Turner's side.
Hythe Town won 1-0 at home to Sutton Athletic, Craig Cloke scoring the only goal, while on Sunday, Herne Bay were 6-2 winners away to Lewisham Borough.
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Map shows U.S. embassies and consulates that will close; 3c x 3 inches; 146 mm x 76 mm;
Map shows U.S. embassies and consulates that will close; 3c x 3 inches; 146 mm x 76 mm;
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The threat of a terrorist attack led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning to Americans, the first such alert since an announcement before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 strikes.
"There is a significant threat stream and we're reacting to it," Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ABC News, according to interview excerpts released Friday. He said the threat was "more specific" than previous ones and the "intent is to attack Western, not just U.S. interests."
The warning comes less than a year since last year's deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and with the Obama administration and Congress determined to prevent any similar breach of an American embassy or consulate.
The State Department's warning urged U.S. travelers to take extra precautions overseas. It cited potential dangers involved with public transportation systems and other prime sites for tourists, and noted that previous attacks have centered on subway and rail networks as well as airplanes and boats.
Travelers were advised to sign up for State Department alerts and register with U.S. consulates in the countries they visit.
The statement said that al-Qaida or its allies might target either U.S. government or private American interests. The alert expires on Aug. 31.
The State Department said the potential for terrorism was particularly acute in the Middle East and North Africa, with a possible attack occurring on or coming from the Arabian Peninsula. The diplomatic facilities affected stretch from Mauritania in northwest Africa to Afghanistan.
U.S. officials pointed specifically to Yemen, the home of al-Qaida's most dangerous affiliate and the network blamed for several notable plots against the United States, from the foiled Christmas Day 2009 effort to bomb an airliner over Detroit to the explosives-laden parcels intercepted the following year aboard cargo flights.
"Current information suggests that al-Qaida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August," a department statement said.
Yemen's president, Abdo Rabby Mansour Hadi, met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, where both leaders cited strong counterterrorism cooperation. This past week, Yemen's military reported a U.S. drone strike killed six alleged al-Qaida militants in the group's southern strongholds.
Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, said the embassy threat was linked to al-Qaida and concerned the Middle East and Central Asia.
"In this instance, we can take a step to better protect our personnel and, out of an abundance of caution, we should," Royce said. He declined to say if the National Security Agency's much-debated surveillance program helped reveal the threat.
Most stars have been plucked from NBA free agency, but there is one Mo guy on the market. The Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat and New York Knicks are fighting over former Utah Jazz point guard Mo Williams, who could boost the teams from playoff-bound to Finals contenders.
Williams is a good shooter, who has put up at least 12.0 points per game for eight consecutive years and has averaged 5.0 assists per game over his career.
Twitter has been full of pitches from fans hoping to woo Williams, who is expected to make his decision any day now. Each team offers Williams something different, from the starting reins, to the limelight, to being Mr. Offense off the bench.
Memphis Grizzlies
Williams would need to accept a bench role, but going to the Grizz could be his best move. Memphis is a serious playoff threat, and Williams just spent three days meeting with Grizzlies? personnel, showing his legitimate interest in the team.
Mike Conley isn?t moving out of the starting five, so Williams would be the team?s sixth man, a role he thrived in with the Los Angeles Clippers two years ago.
Adding Williams would allow JerrydBayless to compete with Quincy Pondexter as the backup shooting guard, or Pondexter could challenge the recently signed Mike Miller as the reserve 3.
The Grizzlies could use Williams? 38.6 percent career three-point shooting percentage after taking less threes than any other team in the NBA. When Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol get double-teamed in the paint, the big men can kick the ball out to Williams and Miller on the perimeter.
Miami Heat
One of the only holes in the Heat?s roster is at point guard, and Williams was named to the 2009 All-Star team while complementing LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers. The two could reunite if Williams takes his talents to South Beach.
After LeBron left Cleveland, Williams reacted like a high school cheerleader who just got dumped by the homecoming king. They had only been teammates for two years, but Williams told Yahoo! Sports? Mark J. Spears, ?I really sat down and envisioned life after basketball?I really saw myself not playing.?
The Heat?s other weakness is at center, and Miami has been pursuing Greg Oden?s cadaver for much of free agency. If Oden joins the Heat, Williams would need to take around the veteran?s minimum to reunite with LeBron.
New York Knicks
The Knicks need to bolster their point guard corps, as Raymond Felton and Pablo Prigioni are unlikely to duplicate last year?s success. JanneroPargo, Bobby Brown and BenoUdrih are still on the market, but the Knicks want Williams.
Problem is, the Knicks have already spent most of their money on Amar?e Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and (sigh) Andrea Bargnani. As Bleacher Report columnist Mike Chiari wrote, New York would only be able to offer Williams a minimum contract, and he could be looking for ?Mo Money.?
Who Will Mo Williams Play For Next Season?
Who Will Mo Williams Play For Next Season?
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
New York Knicks
Other
With Anthony and Stoudemire in the lineup, Williams would be the third or fourth scoring option, still more responsibility than the Grizzlies or Heat would offer. The Knicks have said they will let Anthony pick his teammates next summer to gear up for a title run, meaning Williams could join the next Heat-like dynasty.
My guess is that Williams ends up with the current Heat-like dynasty because of his love for LeBron and the chance to immediately contend for a title. The Knicks are too unstable and can?t pay more than Miami, while Memphis doesn?t have the same established track record.
At 31 years old, Williams is ready to become a role player on championship team rather than a key cog on a fringe playoff squad.
Zillow provides data on two kinds of "pre-foreclosures"... 1) 90 day late notice (required to be sent by law, and made public record).? That means 3 mortgage payments missed...? Most of those get "corrected" before it ever gets close to a "foreclosure sale".
2) Auction date set... If not corrected before the auction date (payments caught up....), it is sold at public auction.? Often the lender will buy it back to sell as an REO as no one wants to pay what is still owned...
If you check for "auction" on the search listings, you can check for the auction date, and buy at the auction if you want to learn that process.? Or you can just wait until it is put back on the market as an REO (Real Estate Owned).
One should be aware... Zillow doesn't do any automatic date checking, so if the auction date is already passed, most likely the missed payments issue was already resolved.
New surgical tool offers surgeons speedier diagnosis of tissues that are cancerous
By Stephen Ornes / August 2, 2013
A new electrical device called the iKnife can help surgeons know within seconds if the tissue they?re cutting is healthy or cancerous. This image shows liver tissue with cancer that has spread from another organ. The tissue on the left, which appears to be diagonal in this image, is cancerous. The tissue on the right is healthy. Credit: Science Translational Medicine/AAAS
Meet the iKnife: It?s a new tool that may help surgeons shorten the operating time for cancer patients. Within three seconds, it can tell whether cut tissue is healthy or cancerous, a new study finds. The same identification takes up to 30 minutes when done by a person, as it is now.
Any diseased cells left behind during cancer surgery can cause a new tumor, allowing the disease to spread. So surgeons face a balancing act. They try to cut out every last bit of diseased tissue, but no more than is absolutely necessary. That can be tricky around the edges of the tumor. That?s where diseased cells join healthy ones.
Surgeons often use electric currents to zap diseased cells, rather than a sharp blade to cut them out. These electric tools are ?as common as scalpels,? Zolt?n Tak?ts told Science News. Tak?ts, a chemist at Imperial College London, led the new study. As it heats tissue, this new type of electric ?knife? releases some smoke. It?s ash from the zapped cells. The iKnife analyzes the smoke to tell if the cells had been healthy or diseased. The approach is similar to diagnosing what type of wood a fire had burned by studying the smoke.
With the iKnife, ?They are basically blowing up tissue, making smoke out of it and then sampling that smoke,? Nicholas Winograd explains. A chemist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, he did not work on the new study. ?I don?t think it?s at all obvious that this kind of thing would work and I give them a lot of credit for developing it,? he told Science News.
The iKnife ?sniffs? the smoke using mass spectrometry (spek TROM eh tree). It?s a standard tool that chemists use to uncover the ingredients in some unknown sample. Spectrometry can detect what types of material were in the ash. For example: Tak?ts? team found that healthy cells have different proportions and types of fat than cancerous cells. The iKnife might measure fat particles in smoke to identify which cells ? healthy or cancerous ? were burned.
The scientists tested the iKnife on 91 patients with cancer. For each patient, the device delivered a diagnosis that matched that given by a pathologist. This type of doctor is trained in examining tissues for evidence of trauma and disease. Tak?ts? team reported its findings July 17 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
The iKnife is off to a promising start. But before it can be released for use in operating rooms throughout the world, scientists must first test the tool repeatedly in human trials. Researchers must confirm that iKnife analyses are as reliable as the ones today performed by pathologists.
Power Words
mass spectrometry A technique used to determine the chemical makeup of a source material.
tissue Any of the distinct types of material, comprised of cells, which make up animals, plants or fungi.
electric current The flow of electricity along a given path.
cancer The rapid, uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. It can lead to tumors, pain and death.
In our culture, we seem to find peace in the common struggle to be thin and look perfect. We engage in group put-down sessions where we repeatedly talk about things we hate about ourselves or what we want to change, and it's not uncommon to hear people talking about their latest diet.
I've been in many a situation where I'm at a party and someone suggests we all take a picture together. You know how this goes. Everyone gathers, people suck in their stomachs or turn their heads in just the right way, the way they've practiced so you can't see that double chin, and Snap!?the picture is taken. Then, we gather around the camera to look at the captured image, and take turns saying what we don't like about it.Oh my gosh, I look so tired. My hair is all messed up! That double chin, blech. I look so fat. It's usually moments like these where the conversation turns to dieting or health or fitness. We go through our rolodex of fad diets, which ones we've tried and failed at. And this is when I about when the question comes out: I'm going on a new diet. Do you want to try it with me? I am so sick of this.
So sick of the line of thought that diets are the answer, that thinness is the answer to all of our problems, and that if we don't change, we're doomed.
I wrote a bit about this on Tuesday, about how these sorts of questions are intrusive and insulting to me, but I wanted to go a bit deeper. Deeper into what I think is the way out of all of this diet talk.
There are so many facets to this, but I think it all comes down to one simple phrase: I am enough. As I sit at my desk typing these words, I stopped to think about if I believe this phrase, in this exact moment. It takes some twisting and bending of my usual questions - am I thin? Am I well dressed? Those aren't the right roads. So I turn to the fact that I am healthy, that my skin is clear because I am eating whole, nutritious foods and exercising a few times a week. That my mind is alive and the creative juices are flowing. That I am contributing my story to the world, to this blog, to the Choose Beauty series. That I am in a strong and healthy marriage. That I have beautiful friendships.
I could go on.
The truth is, I am enough. Without changing one thing about myself, I am enough.
It's hard for me to write about this because I am at a point in my recovery where I am trying to lose the weight I gained when I first entered treatment last year. I'm doing it in a healthy way, and I am being monitored by health care professionals. With every meal, I think about my eating disorder and dieting, and can you imagine how hard it is to make the healthy choice to eat in a balanced way when I am being asked about going on a diet?
