Orlando #15 Best City For Ice Cream Says Travel & Leisure

Travel & Leisure magazine published their 'America's Best Cities for Ice Cream' and Orlando came in at #15! It was the?only Florida city to make the list. ?

The magazine said, "In this kid-friendly town, ice cream stands and parlors may be the equivalent of coffee joints in Seattle: essential to everyday life."

Two ice cream shops were mentioned by name: Ivanhoe Village's Twister Bliss and Winter Park's Lu Lu's Ice Cream Shop.?

Lu Lu's said they were honored to be mentioned on ?their facebook page. The shop is on the same plot of land as Eat More Produce. ?We showed you?the shop in April before it opened. It's a mobile food vending trailer decorated to look like a tiny yellow house. As far as theming goes, this has to be one of Orlando's best looking food trucks. And now it's also one of Orlando's most famous ice cream spots.?

Twisted Bliss's new mechanical horse, Dancer, is giving visitors with a Twisted Bliss wristband free rides Saturday, July 20.?

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Nasdaq forum site hacked, passwords compromised

4 hours ago

? ERIC THAYER / Reuters

News of the hack was shared the same day Wall Street companies participated in an exercise against a cyberattack.

NEW YORK ? Cybercriminals targeted Nasdaq OMX Group's community forum website and gained access to the email usernames and passwords of the members of the site, which took two days to come back online on Thursday evening.

The New York-based exchange operator said in an emailed letter to users of the forum that no e-commerce or transactions of any kind were taking place on the website. The forum was open to the general public to join.

Nasdaq spokesman Joseph Christinat could not say how many people's information may have been compromised.

The cyberattack happened on Tuesday, the same day a report was released saying that around half of the world's securities exchanges had been targeted by cyberattacks last year.

Cybercrime appears to on the rise both in terms of sophistication and complexity, widening the potential for infiltration and large-scale damage, the report, by the International Organization of Securities Commissions' research department and the World Federation of Exchanges Office, said.

A major attack could result in widespread public mistrust and a retreat from the markets, it added.

On Thursday, Wall Street firms, along with exchanges and regulators, held a simulated cyberattack in order to help participants prepare to combat the real thing. The drill, named Quantum Dawn 2, was organized by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Nasdaq said in the letter to its forum users that it was upgrading and restoring the forum website, where users can discuss issues such as market moves.

The exchange said all passwords expired and asked that members update any other accounts that may have the same passwords.

Nasdaq has been targeted by cybercrime in the past. In 2010, hackers infiltrated the exchange's computer systems and installed software that allowed them to spy on the directors of publicly held companies, Reuters reported.

And last year in February, Nasdaq and Kansas-based exchange operator BATS Global Markets said they were hit by denial-of-service attacks, which seek to disrupt websites and computer systems by overwhelming the targeted organizations' networks with computer traffic.

In October 2011, NYSE Euronext's New York Stock Exchange website was inaccessible for 30 minutes, according to an Internet monitoring company, but the exchange said there was no interruption of service.

Copyright 2013 Thomson Reuters.

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Sony Rumored to be Making Crazy New Camera System for Smartphones

This is one of the crazier camera rumors we've heard in a while. According to some "top sources" at Sony Alpha Rumors, Sony is developing a unique set of lenses that actually contain their own sensors and batteries. Whoa.

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TV's dark dramas, Netflix take Emmy spotlight

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Anna Chan TODAY

16 hours ago

"Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul and surprise announcer Neil Patrick Harris delivered the news television's loyal binge watchers were hoping for: Netflix original series "House of Cards" cracked the Emmy code and scored a nomination for best drama series.

As a whole, it was a fine morning for Netflix: "Cards" actors Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright also snagged nominations, and Jason Bateman of "Arrested Development" was nominated for lead actor in a comedy. The streaming service received a total of 14 nods.

FX's horror/drama "American Horror Story: Asylum," which resets each season with a new location and cast, received the most nods with 17 for its 13-episode second season. The show was nominated for outstanding miniseries, and star Jessica Lange was recognized as a best lead actress in a miniseries for her portrayal of Sister Jude Martin.

But HBO's epic fantasy drama "Game of Thrones" wasn't far behind, nabbing a total of 16 nominations, including supporting actor and actress for Peter Dinklage and Emilia Clarke. The series, which features sweeping landscapes and detailed costumes, was also recognized for cinematography, costumes and drama series.

"Game of Thrones" was just part of HBO's huge morning. The premium cable network snagged a total of 108 nominations to top all the networks. Drama "Boardwalk Empire," which stars Steve Buscemi, helped add to the total with 10 nominations, as did the Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra," which snagged 15. HBO far outpaced NBC and CBS, which both earned 53 nods. Broadcast networks ABC received 45, PBS 25 and FOX 19.

"Breaking Bad," which debuts its final season next month, wasn't far behind with 13 nominations, including one for announcer Paul, who was recognized for his role of Jesse Pinkman on the AMC drama. Star Bryan Cranston is up once again for best lead drama actor, a category in which he's won three times for his role as chemistry teacher turned drug lord Walter White. (Damian Lewis of "Homeland" beat Cranston last year.)

Critical darling "Mad Men" walked away with 12 nominations, including nods for actors Jon Hamm (lead actor), Elisabeth Moss (lead actress), Christina Hendricks (supporting actress), Robert Morse (supporting actor), Harry Hamlin (supporting actor) and outstanding drama. It's a bit of a slide for the AMC drama, which last year received 17 nods but won nothing. According to Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil, it was the biggest shutout in Emmy history.

British period series "Downton Abbey" tied "Mad Men" with 12 nominations, with the stars nabbing a number of the nods. Hugh Bonneville is up for lead drama actor, Jim Carter for supporting drama actor, Michelle Dockery for lead drama actress and the amazing Maggie Smith for supporting drama actress. The show was also recognized for its writing, music, costumes, and of course, overall drama.

Last year's winner, "Homeland," nabbed 11 nominations, including outstanding drama, writing and directing and nominations for four actors. Stars Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, who both won last year, were recognized again. Supporting players Mandy Patinkin and Morena Baccarin both scored their first nominations.

"Being with this company of people ? these writers, these actors, this crew, it?s just a beautiful place to go to work," Patinkin said on Thursday. "And I love being in the mindset of where Saul?s mind is a lot. He?s a deep, optimistic, hopeful human being. And to put my mind in that frame of mind for 12 to 14 hours a day is a wonderful place to live."

Surprisingly, AMC's wildly popular critical hit "The Walking Dead" was mostly ignored by Emmy voters. The drama about a group of survivors living in a world overrun by zombies received only one nod: prosthetic makeup.

Comedy juggernaut "Modern Family" was not the top sitcom after the Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday. NBC's "30 Rock" beat it by one nod with a total of 13 nominations. Both shows are up for the best comedy trophy, but "Modern Family" has dominated in this category, winning the last three trophies.

"Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet, who was the show's only actor not to be nominated, was quick to cheer on his co-stars.

But the show could face tough competition from "The Big Bang Theory," which received eight nods. The CBS comedy about a group of geeky friends gave further depth to its characters this season and also set new ratings records, at points reaching more than 19 million viewers in January.

Julia Louis Dreyfus of "Veep" and Amy Poehler of "Parks and Recreation," who cracked up viewers of the awards show last year when Dreyfus was pronounced the winner and they both stood up, collided and mixed up their acceptance speeches, were nominated for lead actress in a comedy again. They both issued statements on Thursday morning without getting them mixed up.

"It's taken me decades, but I have finally avenged Lucille Ball. I am euphoric," said Louis-Dreyfus, who has won three times in her career and on Thursday broke Ball's record of 12 nominations.

"I appreciate the nominations. I love my job. But nice try, guys. I'm not falling for this old trick again," Poehler said.

"Saturday Night Live" was the big winner for NBC, snagging a total of 15 nominations, including outstanding variety series and a supporting actor nod for Bill Hader, who announced that this past season was his last. Other standouts for the network include a best reality host nod for "Betty White's Off Their Rockers," coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, outgoing comedy "30 Rock" and singing competition "The Voice."

In reality TV, ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" dominated with nine nods. Host Tom Bergeron was once again nominated for best reality host, which he won last year. The ballroom bash was also recognized in the best reality program, choreography, makeup, lighting and other categories.

CBS' "The Amazing Race," which has won best reality competition show every year between 2003 and 2009, and again in 2011 and 2012, was once again nominated in the same category. Host Phil Keoghan did not get a nod this year. Former ratings juggernaut "American Idol" received only three nominations, with one being Ryan Seacrest for best host.

In the outstanding variety TV category, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" appears poised for yet another win. "The Daily Show" has won the Emmy every year since 2003. But Stewart and gang face tough competition ? again ? from sister show "The Colbert Report," which is also nominated this year. Also competing are "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," "Real Time With Bill Maher" and "Saturday Night Live."

"Honored to be nominated for an Emmy this morning," Fallon said in a statement. "Takes the sting away from being snubbed by the ESPYs last night."

Kimmel, who will soon compete with Fallon head-on when Fallon takes over the "Tonight Show," reacted, well, like you would expect: "It just goes to show you ? good things happen to bad people."

Neither of late-night TV's old guard ? "Late Show With David Letterman" and "Tonight Show With Jay Leno" ? received recognition for outstanding variety TV. It'll be interesting next year to see whether Leno's "Tonight" successor, Fallon, can stay in the competition once he gets settled at his new desk. And will Fallon's "Late Night" replacement, Seth Meyers, be able to elbow his way in?

The full list of Emmy nominations is available on the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences website. The awards ceremony airs Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on CBS.

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/2013-emmy-nominees-include-downton-abbey-house-cards-big-bang-6C10669670

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Arizona wildfire kills 19 members of elite crew

Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire burns in Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)

Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire burns in Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)

In this 2012 photo provided by the Cronkite News, Phillip Maldonado, a squad leader with the Granite Mountain Hotshots, trains crew members on setting up emergency fire shelters. On Sunday, June 30, 2013, 19 members of the Prescott, Ariz.-based crew were killed in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years. The firefighters were forced to deploy their emergency fire shelters - tent-like structures meant to shield firefighters from flames and heat - when they were caught near the central Arizona town of Yarnell, according to a state forestry spokesman. (AP Photo/Cronkite News, Connor Radnovich)

Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire approaches Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)

Dean Smith watches as the Yarnell Hill Fire encroaches on his home in Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013 near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)

This graphic shows the location of Yarnell, Ariz., where 19 firefighters died battling a wildfire on June 30, 2013. (AP Photo)

YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) ? An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields.

It was the most firefighters killed battling a wildfire in the U.S. in decades.

The lightning-sparked fire, which spread to at least 2,000 acres amid triple-digit temperatures, also destroyed 200 homes and sent hundreds fleeing from Yarnell, a town of about 700 residents about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix. Residents huddled in shelters and bars, watching their homes burn on TV as flames lit up the night sky in the forest above the town.

The disaster Sunday afternoon all but wiped out the 20-member Hotshot fire crew based in nearby Prescott, leaving the city's fire department reeling.

"We grieve for the family. We grieve for the department. We grieve for the city," Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said at a news conference Sunday evening. "We're devastated. We just lost 19 of the finest people you'll ever meet."

The National Fire Protection Association website lists the last wildland fire to kill more firefighters as the 1933 Griffith Park fire of Los Angeles, which killed 29. The most firefighters ? 340 ? were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, according to the website.

Most people had evacuated from the town, and no injuries or other deaths were reported.

Hotshot crews go through specialized training and are often deployed soon after a fire breaks out. Sometimes they hike for miles into the wilderness with chain saws and backpacks filled with heavy gear to build lines of protection between people and fires. They remove brush, trees and anything that might burn in the direction of homes and cities. This crew had worked other wildfires in recent weeks in New Mexico and Arizona.

As a last-ditch effort at survival, Hotshot crew members are trained to dig into the ground and cover themselves with the tent-like shelter made of fire-resistant material, Fraijo said. The hope in that desperate situation is that the fire will burn over them and they will survive.

"It's an extreme measure that's taken under the absolute worst conditions," Fraijo said.

Nineteen fire shelters were deployed, and some of the firefighters were found inside them, while others were outside the shelters, Mike Reichling, Arizona State Forestry Division spokesman, told the Arizona Republic.

Prescott, which is more than 30 miles northeast of Yarnell, is home to one of 110 Hotshot crews in the United States, according to the U.S. Forest Service website. The unit was established in 2002, and the city also has 75 suppression team members.

In 1994, the Storm King Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colo., killed 14 firefighters who were overtaken by a sudden explosion of flames.

President Barack Obama called the 19 firefighters heroes and said in a statement that the federal government was assisting state and local officials.

"This is as dark a day as I can remember," Gov. Jan Brewer said in a statement. "It may be days or longer before an investigation reveals how this tragedy occurred, but the essence we already know in our hearts: fighting fires is dangerous work."

Brewer said she would travel to the area on Monday.

As the blaze spread, people started fleeing, including Chuck Overmyer and his wife, Ninabill. They were helping friends leave when the blaze switched directions and moved toward his property. They loaded up what belongings they could, including three dogs and a 1930 model hot rod on a trailer.

As he looked out his rear view mirror he could see embers on the roof of his garage.

"We knew it was gone," he said.

He later gathered at the Arrowhead Bar and Grill in nearby Congress along with locals and watched on TV as he saw the fire destroy his house.

Two hundred firefighters were working on the fire Sunday, and several hundred more were expected to arrive Monday.

The fire has forced the closure of parts of state Route 89. Fire crews had no containment late Sunday.

The Red Cross has opened two shelters in the area ? at Yavapai College in Prescott and at the Wickenburg High School gym.

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Billeaud reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writer Brian Skoloff in Yarnell, Ariz., and Associated Press reporter Martin Di Caro in Washington, D.C., also contributed to this story.

Associated Press

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Biomarker predicts risk of breast cancer recurrence after tamoxifen treatment

June 29, 2013 ? A biomarker reflecting expression levels of two genes in tumor tissue may be able to predict which women treated for estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer should receive a second estrogen-blocking medication after completing tamoxifen treatment. In their report being published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center investigators describe finding that the HOXB13/IL17BR ratio can indicate which women are at risk for cancer recurrence after tamoxifen and which are most likely to benefit from continuing treatment with the aromatase inhibitor letrozole (Femara).

"Most patients with early-stage, ER-positive breast cancer remain cancer-free after five years of tamoxifen treatment, but they remain at risk of recurrence for 15 years or longer after their initial treatment," says Dennis Sgroi, MD, of the MGH Cancer Center and Department of Pathology, lead and corresponding author of the report. "Our biomarker identifies the subgroup of patients who continue to be at risk of recurrence after tamoxifen treatment and who will benefit from extended therapy with letrozole, which should allow many women to avoid unnecessary extended treatment."

Previous research by Sgroi's team, in collaboration with investigators from bioTheranostics Inc., discovered that the ratio between levels of expression of two genes -- HOXB13 and IL17BR -- in tumor tissue predicted the risk of recurrence of ER-positive, lymph-node-negative breast cancer, whether or not the patient was treated with tamoxifen. The current study of patients from MA.17, the highly successful clinical trial of letrozole, was designed to evaluate the usefulness of the HOXB13/IL17BR ratio for both prognosis -- predicting which tamoxifen-treated remained patients at risk of recurrence -- and for identifying who could benefit from continued treatment with letrozole.

To answer those questions the investigators analyzed primary tumor samples and patient data from the placebo-controlled MA.17 trial, which confirmed the ability of extended letrozole therapy to improve survival after the completion of tamoxifen treatment. Tissue samples were available from 83 patients whose tumors recurred during the study period -- 31 who had received letrozole and 52 in the placebo group -- and 166 patients with no recurrence, 91 of whom had received letrozole, with 75 getting the placebo. Analysis of the tumor samples revealed that a high HOXB13/IL17BR ratio -- meaning the expression level of HOXB13 is greater than that of IL17BR -- predicts an increased risk for tumor recurrence after tamoxifen therapy, but that elevated risk drops significantly if a patient receives letrozole

Paul E. Goss, MD, PhD, director of the Breast Cancer Research Program at the MGH Cancer Center and a co-author of the report, explains, "This discovery means that about 60 percent of women with the most common kind of breast cancer can be spared unnecessary treatment with the concommitant side effects and costs. But more importantly, the 40 percent of patients who are at risk of recurrence can now be identified as needing continued therapy with letrozole, and many will be spared death from breast cancer." He and Sgroi note that their findings need to be validated by additional studies before they can be put into clinical practice.

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