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Security desk: No Troops In Syria? Don't Be So Sure
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is "quietly" pressing his colleagues to "question the underlying assumptions" of an anti-ISIS war plan that calls for only "a light US ground troop presence in Syria," reports Eli Lake at Bloomberg. If that view proves true, then President Trump's "biggest foreign policy surprise may be yet to come." McMaster's critics claim "he wants to send tens of thousands of ground troops to the Euphrates River Valley" and are resisting him. Trump himself "has been on different sides of this issue," and there is no consensus among top White House aides. But the president may have to decide "whether he wants to wage [George W.] Bush's war or continue [Barack] Obama's."
Military writer: What the Media Is Missing About MOAB
Kori Schake at Fox News says that for all the "breathless news coverage," there is "nothing particularly significant about the employment of the weapon slyly titled the MOAB ('Mother of all bombs')." Despite the comparison by some, "it is not the conventional equivalent of the Hiroshima bomb: It releases only one-tenth of one percent of the destruction that bomb did and with no radiological effects." It hasn't been used before because most US recent combat has been in urban areas, "which would unduly risk civilian casualties." So what's really interesting about the strike is that "the US apparently had good intelligence" and "took action to kill as many ISIS fighters as possible while they were training and organizing, before they deployed to an area of operations."
From the left: Don't Overread Kansas Special Election
This week's special US House election in Kansas — where the Republican won by 7 percentage points in a district that went for Trump by 27 points — was "a moral victory" for Democrats, says Bill Scher at Politico. But he's skeptical whether this "means anything for the elections yet to come," especially the 2018 midterms. In Kansas, the Democrat campaigned against the state's unpopular GOP governor — and later admitted that Trump's last-minute robocalls cost him the election. So "without the aid of a gubernatorial albatross, and with uncertainty over how much Republican voters have soured on Trump, Democrats will need a potent national message that resonates in red America." Meaning that despite the "morale boost," they "have yet to solve the biggest political puzzle of all."
Liberal take: Trump Derangement Syndrome Does Exist
Longtime doubter Fareed Zakaria finally admits that Trump Derangement Syndrome — "hatred of President Trump so intense that it impairs people's judgment" — is a real thing. What convinced him, he says at The Washington Post, was the reaction from the left to his support of Trump's airstrikes against Syria. "You would have thought I had just endorsed Trump for pope," says Zakaria. "Otherwise-thoughtful columnists described my views as 'nonsense' and a sign that the media has 'bent over backward' to support Trump." This, even though the strikes were "discreet, measured and intended to convey a signal." Liberals need to accept that Trump's pursuit of a policy doesn't make it automatically "wrong, evil and dangerous." Asks Zakaria: "Do we want what's better for America or what's worse for Donald Trump?"
From the right: The Surprise Return of 'Duck and Cover'
Back in the 1950s, the federal government's "Duck and Cover" film for schoolkids, instructing them how to survive a nuclear blast (by diving under their desks), "became an icon of the Cold War," recalls Glenn Harlan Reynolds in The Atlantic. Yet surprisingly, he reports, "duck and cover" is back — "not as kitsch but once again as serious advice from the federal government," faced with "growing concerns about a nuclear attack on one or more major cities." But Reynolds says the "understandable snark" is misplaced. "A terrorist bomb is likely to be relatively small — possibly only a fraction of [even] the Hiroshima bomb's explosive power," which pales next to today's hydrogen bombs. And being sheltered indoors "is likely to be adequate, and much safer than, say, being stuck in traffic."
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- Garmin has a GSPR which is much easier to handle in the Oregon than with the Colorado. The back fits more comfortably in my hand and the missing inch at the top for the antenna and Rock 'n Roller. Removal of the battery cover is simple. Though it might be on the bottom and force the Oregon to hang up-side-down like a possum, the addition of a lanyard connection is very welcome.
- The touch screen is pressure sensitive, not thermal, permitting use of a stylus and gloved fingers. More important is that the pressure sensing screens have a wide range of temperatures in which they will function.
- Paperless caching mode is much more usable. There's now an internal counter to track your total finds, and the option to add comments to the field note entry.
- The change I most welcome over the Colorado comes in the form of the text entry. No longer must you suffer through the endless scrolling of characters, but you tap them out through an alpha or numeric key pad on screen. This makes entry much quicker and far less cumbersome.
- One major drawback though is the lack of mechanical buttons. There's no quick access to a home screen, no single button press to mark a waypoint, just the tapping of drawn buttons against glass and the power/backlight button. While much more versatile, it does seem to take much more time to flip through screens, zoom in or out, and even adjust the intensity of the backlight.
- While it does appear have the same beautiful screen as the Colorado, the Oregon's touch panel does seem to reduce the amount of light able to pass through. In bright daylight the backlight was still required to read the display.
- Alas the accuracy of the Oregon 400T we tried didn't seem to match the previous generation of GPSRs. We were about 25 feet from the cache when the Oregon sang the song of being 4 feet from the cache with a 20 foot margin of error. While that's certain not a bad reading, its not the accuracy of the 60CSx nor the Legend Cx (or at least before ours flaked and would constantly read being off 50+ feet).
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First Look: Garmin Oregon 400T
We had the opportunity yesterday evening to take out a Garmin Oregon 400T for a quick find on one of our caches. Our frequent caching partners TeamLegend4 returned their Garmin Colorado 400T to REI and picked up one of the first Oregons only a few hours earlier. Sitting in a local café, we browsed through the screens and functions, checked the interface, and made some observations compared to the Colorado and 60CSx. Then we took the unit on a short trip to a nearby cache we'd hidden which TL4 had not yet had the chance to find. From that short experience I'd like to share my impressions.
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A petition urging the government to allow policy increases for expats with 'frozen' pensions has been signed by more than 196,000 people.
Currently the majority of pensioners living in the UK have their state pension increased according to the triple-lock principle, by a minimum of 2.5 per cent, the rate of inflation, or average earnings growth, whichever is the highest.
But the same applies only to expat pensioners living in certain countries, such as the US, all European Union countries, Barbados, Bermuda and Israel.
Pensioners living in countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa have had their state pension frozen at the value that it was in the year they left the UK.
According to the all-party parliamentary group on frozen British pensions, 550,000 British pensioners, equating to 4 per cent of all recipients of the state pension and half the pensioners living overseas, are currently adversely affected by the government's frozen pension policy.
The petition was created by the daughter of one of these pensioners, Gillian Mittins. She said that her mother, a 93 year-old WW2 veteran, served her country and spent the rest of her working-life paying National Insurance before moving to Canada to be close to her family at age 76.
Ms Mittins said: "If mum had stayed in the UK she would be receiving £126.95 a week. Instead she is punished for living with a pension stuck at £72.50 for the rest of her life.
"For my mum a frozen pension means having to choose between a muffin or half a dozen eggs at the checkout, but for others the difference can mean poverty.
"Many vulnerable overseas pensioners have been forced to return to the UK, leaving their support network and family behind. It's humiliating. And just plain wrong."
FTAdviser reported in July that the government has no plans to change its current policy on this matter, as it would cost more than £500m per year to be corrected.
In a written answer to Parliament, Guy Opperman, minister for pensions and financial inclusion, stated this was the cost the government would have to pay if all pensions in payment overseas were increased to current UK levels.
This figure would increase further in future years, he added.
Gem Durham, independent financial adviser at Obsidian, said the subject was "contentious".
She said: "Whilst I understand Ms Mittins' disappointment regarding her mum's situation, the fact is that pensioners who choose to continue to live in the UK continue to contribute to the country's economy - almost every time they make a purchase they will pay VAT and their money will go towards business within the UK.
"The cost of the state pension is an ongoing problem, set to potentially get worse. While this is being addressed for the future through auto-enrolment, for now the cost to the current working population is very high.


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Agendas. Surely they're the one thing a journalist shouldn't have. Yet, so many do. It was a topic of conversation between a bunch of Australian and foreign journalists in Cairo recently.
Sitting around a table at an Egyptian restaurant the day after the Young Socceroos had made their exit from the U20 World Cup, the point was made to me that so many of the old guard of football journalists in Australia have agendas because "you can't be around for as long as they have and not pick up a few".
It's an understandable reason, but to me, not a justifiable one. It may be idealism but I believe that as a journalist, once a reader feels you've compromised yourself, even fleetingly, they will forever think of you as such.
That's why it was a surprise to find that an article on Football Federation Australia's new World Cup 'strategist' was running as the lead piece on The World Game, a site which I contribute to, on Saturday.
On the surface it would seem reasonable to be excited by any case where "England's loss (becomes) Australia's gain" unless you know about Peter Hargitay, the man at the centre of all of this.
I've been aware of the Hungarian for quite some time but he really splashed onto the Asian Football scene earlier this year during the Asian Football Confederation's messy and controversial elections. Despite that, it was only last week that I met him and it was a meeting that was as intriguing as one might have expected.
So who is Hargitay?
Well you can read about him on this site and this piece but here are a couple key facts about him.
In 1984 a chemical factory in Bhopal, India released 40 tonnes of the highly toxic chemical methyl isocyanate into the air.
It caused the deaths of at least 3,000 people in the following hours and days. The figures of how many people eventually lost their lives due to this incident will never be known but at least another 15,000 people died from related illnesses.
It was the worst industrial accident in human history.
The company responsible for the disaster was Union Carbide and the spin-doctor they hired shortly afterwards was Peter Harigtay.
Following his time with Union Carbide, Hargitay moved on to work with Marc Rich, a man who is famous for two things: being at the top of the US Justice Department's Most Wanted International Fugitives list and breaking UN sanctions against the South African government that was enforcing a policy of apartheid.
Towards the end of their campaign to host the 2010 World Cup, South Africa broke out Nelson Mandela as their trump card. Meanwhile we've got a man linked with those who put the former South African president in jail in the first place.
So all this has had me thinking, what price are we willing to pay for the right to host a World Cup? And I'm not just talking about the $45 million of taxpayer's money.
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Are you comfortable with your money going to a man who as recently as three years ago had to move his offices from London to the legal safe haven of Cyprus (not Zurich as the article on The World Game purports – that is only where a branch is) to avoid paying the US$2 million dollars a court order found he was responsible of owing.
These questions are important because with our World Cup bid it's the path we are now heading down.
The corridors of global sport politics are messy and few walk away from them with clean consciences and pure reputations.
We've started our journey through these very corridors and at the least we must understand that the price we will pay wont just be in dollars and cents.
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Lunatic Restaurant wins the Tapas Rally
The first prize of the Salou Rally of Salou 2018 has fallen on Lunattic Restaurant, which also wins the prize for the most original cover with the creation "Costa Dorada". The winning dish is composed of "seasonal zucchini and mushroom cream, tempura of its own flower, Iberian pork cochifrito and ovipate oil ice cream and tomatito en rama".
The tourist season maintains the 2017 figures regarding overnight stays
The number of overnight stays in establishments in Salou during this year 2018 already accounts for 7,803,648, a figure that has been reduced by 0.6%, comparing the figures with the same period last year. Spaniards, English, French, Russians and Irish are the ones who visit the capital of the Costa Dorada the most, where the promotion of a sun, beach and family destination within Catalonia is emphasized. Regarding the number of overnight stays that were carried out in 2016, the decrease is more than 6%, since 2016 was a record year in tourism.
Salou shows its most traditional face with the Fishing Contest of the Squid
The Fiesta del Calamar has become a long-term tradition, as evidenced by the 44 years it has been held in the capital of the Costa Dorada. An important part of these holidays is the fishing contest related to this tasty mollusk. So next Monday, November 26, the kick-off to fans of the fishing world of the municipality is given around this meeting organized by the Department of Culture of the City of Salou with the collaboration of the Nautical Club of the municipality.
The Tourist Board seduce the English people at a tourist fair in London
Overnight stays on the Costa Dorada fall by 3% and return to the statistics of two years ago
The Tourism Business Federation of Tarragona (FEHT) and the Provincial Council of Tarragona have published the figures for the 2018 season, which highlights a 3% decrease in the number of overnight stays compared to 2017. The data for this season is now closed they have more similarity with 2016 than with last season, where a record rise was experienced.
The Salou Rally of Salou "starts" in the kitchens next Friday
Coinciding with the start of the RallyRacc-Catalunya Costa Daurada, Salou organizes a very different "rally": that of gastronomy. From October 19 to 28 a new edition of the Tapas Rally begins, which will take advantage of the increase in visitors to the city due to the sports event. Some thirty establishments will participate with their best gastronomic creations in the form of tapas that visitors and followers of the motor world will be able to taste. They will go to the capital of the Costa Dorada to see the vehicles participating in the rally.
Campaign to raise awareness about safety in the circulation of cyclists
The Local Police of Salou has presented a campaign, which the city has baptized as "Salou, space of coexistence", and whose purpose is the responsible and safe use of the bicycle. The action began last week informing cyclists about the rules to follow for proper circulation in Salou, after which penalties will begin for non-compliance with regulations, such as helmet use, correct lighting or compliance with the rules of security.
The story of King Jaime I sister the towns of Salou and Calvià
The procession and the castle of fires, high point of the Nits Daurades
The City Council is satisfied with the arrival in Salou of the "Archery Tag"
The leisure park "Bosc Aventura" of Salou has presented a new activity, the "Archery Tag", which will be a pioneer in our lands. The commitment to this multi-adventure activity in the municipality has generated the satisfaction and support of the consistory, which yesterday visited the facilities, directed by Xavier Guardià. The "Archery Tag" is especially "fashionable" in the United States, where it has thousands of followers.
The Nits Daurades de Salou 2018 will feature performances by Macaco and the Consortium as main courses
Macaco and the Consortium will be the main protagonists of the Nits Daurades de Salou 2018, which will begin on August 9. The proclamation of the festivities, by Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo, will be the starting shot of the activities. De Yarza is president of Henneo-Heraldo de Aragón and president of the European Publishers Association News Media Europe.
Satisfaction in the sector for the increase of 2% of overnight stays on the Costa Daurada during 2018
Núria Rion wins the X Salou Prize for pictorial research
The work "Projecte Retorna / Pell", by Núria Rion Virgili, was the winner of the X Salou Prize for pictorial investigation José Luis Rubio Sáez Memorial, which failed yesterday at the Torre Vella, and which is endowed with 7,000 euros. The works of Ruth Moran and Anna comellas Alaben have won the two second prizes of 2,000 and 1,000 euros.
Marine itineraries, the new way of tourism in Salou
Salou wants to take advantage of the attractiveness of its marine ecosystem by means of an activity, a prioress on the Costa Dorada, which consists of swimming along signed marine itineraries. A team of specialized monitors will lead those who want to do this activity, which will be free. The aim is to disseminate the Vias Bravas, marine routes marked for swimming and diving. It is a project supported by the Tourist Board of Salou that aims to promote sport at sea.
The "Déjate llevar" tour brings Baute and OT artists to the free Salou concert
Salouenses and tourists who visit the city these weeks will enjoy the performance of front-line artists in the world of music through the "Déjate llevar" tour, which stops in Salou on July 12. Carlos Baute, Luis Cepeda, Beatriz Luengo, Lorena Gómez and other Operación Triunfo artists such as Moisés Losada and Gonzalo Hermida will perform at the breakwater pier at ten o'clock on Thursday night, in a free concert.
New giant letters with the motto "Salou" in the area of Pilons
The area of Pilons, at one end of Llevant beach, has one more attraction for the visitor. Especially for lovers of selfies, since giant letters with the motto "Salou" have been installed. It is the second set of letters of the same style and size (1.40 meters high and 5 meters long) in the municipality, after which it was placed in the Plaza de las Comunidades Autónomas.
Inauguration of the new space of Cala Morisca, a prized balcony to the sea
The tourist forecasts for the Costa Dorada this season are optimistic, although they will not surpass that of 2017
The Costa Dorada expects good results for this season, but without breaking any record, as the aggressive offers that are made in other destinations in the Mediterranean, such as Egypt or Tunisia, will decrease the number of visitors in 2018, according to the Federació Empresarial d 'Hostaleria i Turisme de Tarragona (FEHT).
Instagram video contest "Rec Salou" to show the creativity of visitors
The RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada will debut new routes in 2018
A dozen new timed stages, which will pass through the Terra Alta, are the main novelty of the 54th edition of the RallyRACC, which will have one of the two timed events in Salou. Last Thursday the test was presented at the Auditorium of the Provincial Council of Tarragona, entity that promotes the test, along with its Tourist Board, the City Council of Salou and PortAventura World.


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Hello, world ! Welcome to the weblog of Kristof Willen. This is the place where I publish some weird and interesting links I encountered during my dwellings in cyberspace. Apart from that, you can find some useful/useless information about myself.
A long living Xorg bug has finally been fixed : on my Ultra-10, Xorg crashes the system when starting up. The code in Xorg was trying to mimmick VGA routing by disabling I/O responses behind the Simba PCI controller. Unfortunately, doing this also happens to disable access to the IDE controller I/O registers, thus crashing the system. No console messages because the console has been put into framebuffer mode by the X server already.
This took a painfully long time to track down and debug. Luckily, once fixed, the code got blindingly fast implemented in the Debian packages, and the fix is now available in xserver-xorg-core-1.1.1-10. No luck however in SparcUbuntu, cause the package isn't yet available, and the Debian xserver-xorg-core package cannot be installed on Ubuntu, because of conflict issues. However, by unpacking the deb file, one can simply copy the Xorg binary to /usr/bin, which fixes also the problem.
It seems the bug is back....
I tried the experimental version of debian with a feisty install of ubuntu but the problem is again there. (x 7.2)


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The Lazy Guide to Cooking a Healthy Thanksgiving Dinner
No one really knows how much work goes into Thanksgiving until it is his or her turn to play host or hostess. The grocery shopping, the cleaning, the cooking, and all the other preparations take a lot of time and energy.
Click here for The Lazy Guide to Cooking a Healthy Thanksgiving Dinner slideshow.
On the other hand, Thanksgiving not only calls for a ton of food, but a lot of dishes that take a long time — sometimes all day — to make. Unfortunately, these dishes are not necessarily the healthiest. Swapping out the ever popular ingredients, such as potatoes and fried appetizers, for vegetable-based foods will not only keep you from getting the dreaded food coma, but it will also help your waistline.
To find the happy medium between cooking a delicious and healthy Thanksgiving while also saving time, we created a lazy guide that will help you prepare without any stress. These useful tricks will inspire you to create a healthy Thanksgiving dinner in no time.


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Moolika Ayurveda Guduchi or Giloy or Tinospora Cordifolia Capsules:
These have been formulated by qualified ayurvedic doctors of Moolika Ayurveda who have a 30 years of clinical experience. This formulation has been approved by AYUSH and is being manufactured at GMP certified manufacturing unit. These capsules contain high quality guduchi or giloy extract and the whole process is supervised by qualified ayurvedic doctors. It passes through a statutory quality control process
Texts of ayurveda and ayurveda acharyas have lauded medicinal properties of guduchi. This medicinal herb is a climber and known as Tinospora Cordifolia or Guduchi or Giloy. In ancient times the whole plant was used to treat different conditions. Now the extract of guduchi or giloy is encapsulated in capsule form and is being used by ayurvedic practitioners in many health conditions.
Health Benefits of Guduchi or Giloy or Tinospora Cordifolia
Guduchi is mainly used as rejuvenator or 'rasayana'. Texts of Ayurveda explain health benefits of guduchi as follows.
Guduchi or Giloy is pungent and bitter to taste. But attains "madhura rasa" or sweet taste when it gets digested. It is light to digest and improves agni or metabolism.
This herb balances all three doshas
It is a rasayana or rejuvenating herb. Hence helps to strengthen immunity.
Giloy improves body strength and stamina.
Ayurveda acharyas recommend this herb in 'prameha' (diabetes), 'kasa' (cough), 'Shwasa' (bronchitis) and 'pandu" (anemia).
This also helps in 'kamala' (jaundice or hepatitis), skin diseases, 'vatarakta' (gout), 'jwara' (fever) and 'krumi' (parasites)
The bio-chemicals that have been isolated from Tinospora Cordifolia include tinosporide, furanolactone, diterpene, furanolactone clerodane diterpene, etc. These bio active ingredients are reason for aphrodisiac, diuretic, astringent, anti-diabetic anti-oxidant, anti-stress hepatoprotective, immunomodulatory activities of this herb.
Glimpses of Research conducted on Guduchi or Giloy
Scientists have identified seven active compounds in Tinospora cordifolia with immunomodulatory activities. They work together to stimulate the immune system. The active constituents found in Guduchi stem work by activating macrophages and lymphocytes, thereby providing fast relief from infections. (Sharma U et al. "Immunomodulatory active compounds from Tinsopora cordifolia." J Ethnopharmacol. 2012 Jun).
Tinospora cordifolia helps in fighting gastrointestinal and respiratory infections. The antibacterial activity of the herb against E. coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus and a number of other pathogenic bacteria species have been demonstrated in experimental studies. (Narayanan AS et al. "Antibacterial activity of selected medicinal plants against multiple antibiotic resistant uropathogens: a study from Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India." Benef Micorbes. 2011 Sep).
Experimental studies have revealed that alkaloids found in the stem of Tinospora cordifolia mimic insulin and also stimulate insulin secretion. Hence, Tinospora cordifolia helps in decreasing the fasting blood glucose level and inhibits increase in the blood sugar level after meals. (Patel MB et al. "Hypoglycemic activity of alkaloidal fraction of Tinospora cordifolia." Phytomedicine. 2011 Sep).
Experimental studies have shown that Tinospora cordifolia extract stimulate growth and differentiation of osteoblasts. It also promotes mineralization of bones. Hence, Tinospora cordifolia has anti-osteoporotic property. (Abiramasundari G et al. "Effects of Tinospora cordifolia (Menispermaceae) on the proliferation, osteogenic differentiation and mineralization of osteoblast model systems in vitro." J Ethnopharmacol. 2012 May).
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Making new friends in Puerto Madryn, Argentina
The story I am about to tell did not happen at sea, but, as travelling by sea made it possible, I would very much like to include it in the same area. In May 2012, I signed on HS Liszt – together with my husband – for a four month voyage in the South Atlantic Ocean, covering an area between Uruguay and Argentina. This voyage brought out some of the most amazing encounters of my life and revealed to me the beauty of nature as I had never witnessed before. During our long stays in the small port of San Antonio Este, we got quite 'friendly' with a colony of sea lions living on the beach, during a whole week of anchorage in the proximity of the same port we took part in the greatest fishing parties of our lives (you can read the story here) and a little more South, in the UNESCO heritage protected area of Valdes Peninsula, we witnessed and admired the everyday life routine of hundreds of right whales coming in the Golfo Nuevo to mate and breed.
In Puerto Madryn – the port situated inside Golfo Nuevo – after spending many hours following the whales along the pier or alongside our vessel, after taking hundreds of photos from close up or from 2-3 meter distance to these huge mammals, we took the time and ran into the city for a few hours every time our ship arrived into the area.
During a three month period, we called Puerto Madryn 6 times, covering the months of June, July and August. Summer in Europe means winter in the South Atlantic, but with temperatures of 14-15° during the day, we found our sunny hours to enjoy outside and got to know the city very well.
The story about my magnificent encounter begins now. It does not include any sea animals, no birds either, but two stray dogs we met on the streets of Puerto Madryn.
It was a beautiful afternoon in June and we were wandering around the streets of the city, in search of a certain shop from where to buy some things for the ship. At some point, two brown dogs approached us and started to wag their tails looking very happy to see our faces. A little shy at the beginning, the dogs became more and more confident and, after sniffing and sniffing for a few minutes, they decided to accompany us for the rest of our walk. The thing might have looked a little curious – at least for the people passing by – and, while we were wondering about their intentions, the dogs seemed like they were having a lot of fun acting as our protectors and continued to do their job with strong determination. We started to ask ourselves if they had not mistaken us for somebody else but the dogs behaved like we were their masters and they were our loyal guardians.
We continued our walk from one shop to another for at least two hours with the dogs keeping very close to us, waiting for us every time we entered some shop and ready to move on every time we started to move. Many people on the street looked at us in admiration, some of them even asked about their names, but we didn't have any answer to give back because we knew nothing about these beautiful creatures. We only knew what we could see – that they were two stray dogs of an unfamiliar breed, one male and one female, both very clean and well behaved. We started to get attached to them and even started to enjoy this strange behaviour, but time was flying so fast and we had to go back to the ship. We offered them a small farewell gift – a piece of chocolate, which only one of them really enjoyed – and we climbed in the first taxi available and started our journey towards the port. The moment we entered the car, our friends burst ot barking loudly and fiercely, jumping around us, touching the doors with their paws and looking so desperate that I started to cry myself. I didn't understand what was happening, the taxi driver asked us if they were our dogs and he got really amazed when he found out that we had just met them few hours before. The car started to move slowly towards the centre of the intersection and the dogs continued to bark and jump around it until the light of the traffic light turned green and the car increased its speed. From that second, the dogs seemed out of control. They looked like somebody had released them for an unseen leash and they were free to put their skills to a test. We could only watched them through the window and admire their commitment. I was getting myself a little worried for their safety because they were running very close to the car or on the pavement from the right side of the road, crossing over the intersections at the same speed as our car was doing and showing no sign of giving up. From time to time, their long tongues were hanging out of their mouths and I could sense a slight sign of tiredness and disappointment in their faces. After we passed 2-3 intersections and the streets became more and more crowded, we lost them or, better said, they lost us and we continued our ride in complete silence, thinking about the strange encounter and the meaning of it.
We couldn't stop thinking about this incident for the following days and the next time we arrived in town – after two weeks – we looked for them on every street of the centre, hoping to see them again. Our search was in vain and our spare time was also very short. So we went back to the ship and we gave up thinking about them for the next week or so.
But, our ship came again in Puerto Madryn at the middle of July and we went out in the city for a short walk and for some shopping as well.
Only few minutes after we left our taxi and started the walk around the city centre we had the biggest surprise of our lives. The two faithful friends came out of nowhere and stuck to us like glue for the next two hours. They had some collars around their neck proving the fact that they were stray dogs in search of some adoptive parents and were looking even more beautiful as I could remember. They followed us everywhere, getting as close as they could and touching us continuously with their moving tails. When we stopped, they stopped, when we walked they walked, becoming our shadows. When we were entering inside one shop, they were waiting for us outside – one of them lying still on the pavement, while the other one was taking the safe guard position in the middle of the door with its face towards the interior, never losing us from its sight.
Moving from one shop to another, crossing the streets and the intersections, we became the most popular attraction of the city as more and more people came to speak with us about the dogs, patting their heads with affectionate care and taking photos of the funny assembly – two white people, tourists for sure, walking the streets of the city accompanied by two stray dogs.
The image must have been quite overwhelming for the onlookers, but it was completely devastating for me. Lots of questions started to come out of my head, but I couldn't find the answer to most of them: 'Is it really possible that these two creatures really recognized us after more than one month?' 'What do they see in us and why did they choose us?' 'Do they want to send us a message we do not understand?' 'Is it possible they really know us from before? Another life maybe?'
I really couldn't make any sense of it no matter how hard I tried. The dogs behaved like they knew us very well and looked like they were willing to accompany us forever and wherever we might go. Meeting new people in the street did not distract them a bit, they enjoyed the patting and the caressing but, when we made the first attempt of leaving the scene, they were up in their feet ready to follow.
The scenario repeated itself over and over again making us wonder again about what would happen when we finally had to leave them. If we were closer to home, we would have taken them with us in a second. We did this occasionally with stray cats and puppies we found abandoned in the streets of our home town and we didn't need any sign of affection from their side before we decided to 'rescue' them and offered them a home. But, with these special creatures we couldn't do the same. Our home was few thousands kilometers away and with the very strict regulations inside the ports we couldn't even bring them on the ship. The only thing we could do was to leave them and never come back.
And we really did it. The final farewell followed the same footsteps as the previous one. We gave them the pieces of chocolate, one of them eating both portions and we said our 'goodbyes' with tears in our eyes and a great sadness in our hearts. What followed was even more amazing than the previous departure.
The dogs put on the same show of barking, howling and crying in despair as if they were about to lose their best friends. They started running close to our car, following from one side or the other, losing us from time to time because we were gaining speed, but finding us again at the next traffic light. All I could do was watching them through the window, getting sad when I didn't see them for a few seconds and always hoping they would appear unexpectedly. I felt like I had to support and encourage two runners in the Olympic Games and I was praying for their victory. I knew everything was in vain and nothing good would come out of it as I was sure the story didn't have a happy ending. My tears were falling down my cheeks as we were getting farther and farther from the city centre and I knew our friends would have to let us go eventually. And the end came in after few minutes when the street started to climb up an easy slope and the dogs just couldn't keep up anymore. They stopped in the middle of the road, following us with their eyes until we disappeared completely in the crowded street.
The taxi driver and our two companions – with whom we were sharing the cab – didn't know what to believe and they got really amazed by this strange display of affection and by the perseverance of the poor animals. We didn't know how to explain the strong connection we felt with these two dogs and we spent the following days asking ourselves all kind of questions. It is true that the dogs were looking for some adoptive parents, but it is incredible how they chose to show their love towards two strange people in a city where thousands of people were walking in the streets. Why us?
This question has been following me since then and I am still puzzled. I am sorry I couldn't understand their message. I am sorry I couldn't do more than just a little patting and caressing. I only wish I would have the chance of seeing them again and I hope to be better prepared and do more next time.
Two years have passed since I encountered them on the streets of Puerto Madryn. I hope they found their adoptive parents and I hope they will bring as much joy and love to their new masters as they brought to us in the few hours we spent together.
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Seven Features of Highly Successful Picture BooksBy Abby Connors
Ever wonder why some picture books hold young children's attention like a magnet, leading them to ask interesting questions and make meaningful comments, while others inspire blank stares and puzzled looks? I've been reading picture books to young children for about twenty years, and I have a long list of stories I've found to be sure-fire hits. But many times, I've brought in a story I thought was absolutely adorable, funny and interesting, only to have it fail the "real kid" test miserably. Some stories make excellent learning experiences, and some just don't. Here are some features I've found the "winners" have in common.
1. Repetition, repetition, repetition. Young children like to know what's coming. One or two surprises can be fun, but when a story's plot is too complicated and unpredictable, children tend to tune out. Children also enjoy saying repetitive words and phrases along with you, making them more engaged and focused. Some wonderful repetitive stories include:
"Mortimer" by Robert Munsch. Mortimer's mom, dad, and many others come upstairs to tell him to go to sleep, but every time each one leaves, the little boy sings the same silly, boisterous song. Young children listen carefully to know when to sing along.
"Stop That Pickle!" by Peter Armour. In this variation of "The Gingerbread Man," a runaway pickle attracts a crowd of pursuers, each of whom calls out, "Stop that pickle!" Children adore this silly and entertaining book.
"The Rickety Barn Show" by Jemma Beeke. One animal after another gets involved in putting on a show, only to find that they have no audience, because they're all in the show! The exchange "Show? What show?" – "The Rickety Barn Show!" is repeated many times, and each time the children join in with lots of giggles.
"The Doorbell Rang" by Pat Hutchins. This story is actually an early lesson in division – as more friends come over, two children need to share their cookies evenly – and the phrase "And just then, the doorbell rang!" is repeated often. I add the "Ding Dong!" sound for even more fun.
"The Cow Who Clucked" by Denise Fleming. The moo-less cow in this story goes around to each farm animal to try to get her moo back. But each time she meets an animal, it makes a different sound, and the cow exclaims, "It is not you who has my moo!" Spoiler alert: The chicken has it!
2. More, more, more. Cumulative stories are also repetitive, but add more and more characters, actions, or objects as the tale moves along. Often, more and more animals squeeze into a bed, tent, or other object; more and more objects are carried in a bag or suitcase; or more and more animals are asked to help solve a problem. In addition to the enjoyable predictability, these stories promote auditory memory, as the children try to remember all the previous animals or objects. I've had children respond enthusiastically to these cumulative stories:
"Bearsie Bear" by Bernard Waber. How cold is it? It's so cold that one by one, all the animals in the forest want to stay over at Bearsie Bear's nice warm house for the night. Of course, everyone has a hilarious name like Piggy Pig or Goosie Goose. Young children always love this one.
"The Enormous Potato" by Aubrey Davis. In this version of an old Russian folktale, a farmer is unable to pull a potato out of the ground due to its, well, enormousness. His wife, his daughter, his dog, his cat, and his mouse come to help. Finally, the potato comes out when they all work together. (But many children think it's because the mouse is super strong!)
"When the Rooster Crowed" by Patricia Lillie. The rooster crows, but the tired farmer doesn't wake up until the horse, the cow and several other characters make some noise. This one's always a crowd-pleaser – children love to make noise and wake people up!
"Creak! Said the Bed" by Phyllis Root. It's a dark and stormy night, and one by one, Evie, Ivy. Mo, and the dog crawl into bed with Momma and Poppa. Phyllis Root always writes in an irresistible rhythmic style that draws children into her very funny stories, and this one is no exception.
"Where There's a Bear, There's Trouble" by Michael Catchpool. A bear follows a bee, and two geese follow the bear, and so on and so on. The illustrations are charming, and children are always curious to see what trouble the bear is going to get into!
3. Two pages are better than one. In illustrations, that is. A "two-page spread" (also known as a "double-page spread") is an illustration that covers two pages. One-page spreads, obviously, cover only one page, so that on the left-hand page of a book, a pig might be talking to a horse, and on the right-hand page, the same pig could be talking to a duck. This can be terribly confusing to young children, especially those under four. "Who's the other pig?" "Why are there two pigs?" "Is that the pig's mommy?" It not only makes it more difficult for children to understand the story, it interrupts the flow of your read-aloud session while you have to stop to explain the illustrations. The following very fun stories have two-page illustrations:
"Clip Clop" by Nicola Smee. This sweet, simple story describes a "horsey ride" given by a real horse to his animal friends. Like the animals at the end of the story, your students will shout, "Again!"
"The Leopard's Drum" by Jessica Souhami. In this adaptation of an African folk tale, some animals try to steal the leopard's magnificent drum, but only the little turtle is clever enough to pull it off. The illustrations are two-paged and spectacular, with bright, clear colors.
"The Bear Came Over to My House" by Rick Walton. Set to the meter and rhyme scheme of "The Bear Went Over the Mountain," this silly story is sing-along-able and features charming illustrations by James Warhola.
"Chicken Chickens" by Valeri Gorbachev. Young children really relate to this story about two little chickens who are scared to go on the playground equipment. In the end, though, a kind beaver helps them go down the slide.
"Looking for a Moose" by Phyllis Root. Yes, I'm a Phyllis Root fan. In this book, a moose-hunting adventure involves lots of rhythm and repetition, in addition to the very original illustrations.
4. Child-sized words. Have you noticed that many children's books sound like the author is writing for adults? I'm particularly annoyed by books that include words that are "winks" to grownups, like "Camembert" or "savior-faire." (Yes, these were both in a children's book I looked at recently.) A few interesting words to stretch their vocabulary a bit is fine, but not to the point where you have to "translate" almost every line. Here are some children's books that have child-friendly prose:
"Huff and Puff" by Claudia Rueda. Instead of the traditional violent reprisal scene where the pigs trick the wolf into falling into boiling water, this extremely funny version of "The Three Little Pigs" ends with a sweet surprise.
"The Very Quiet Cricket" by Eric Carle. All of Carle's books are delightful and age-appropriate – this one is my favorite (maybe because teachers of young children need a little quiet sometimes!).
"Drip Drop" by Sarah Weeks. You'll find this one in the Easy Reader section at the library – I find that many easy-reader books have a nice simple vocabulary. A mouse struggles to find containers to catch the rain that leaks into his house. By the time the sun comes out, he's too tired to go out and play!
"A New House for Mouse" by Petr Horacek. Cleverly designed cutout illustrations enhance this tale of a mouse looking for a house that will be big enough for the giant apple he's found. He nibbles along the way, and by the end his old house is suddenly big enough!
"Hiccups for Elephant" by James Preller. Jungle animals come up with various ideas to help cure Elephant's hiccups. The mouse comes to the rescue! (It seems many of my favorite stories feature mice. How come they're so adorable in stories, and so not when you see one in your kitchen? )
5. Stories that make that children feel smart. I love to read books that have clueless characters who don't know something that's obvious to even a very young audience. Children love to feel smart – they laugh at the characters' obliviousness and sometimes even shout at the page, trying to knock some sense into the characters' heads! These ones are classics, or destined to be.
"Henny Penny" by Paul Galdone. Everyone knows that the sky can't fall down, except silly Henny Penny and her friends. An all-time favorite.
"We're Going on a Picnic" by Pat Hutchins. While searching for the perfect picnic spot, Chicken, Duck, and Goose don't notice that a squirrel and other small animals are stealing the food from their picnic basket. But your students will notice and point it out excitedly.
"Peanut Butter Rhino" by Vincent Andriani. Get ready for giggles, laughs and guffaws. Guess where Rhino misplaced his sandwich? Yup – he sat on it. Need I say more? 4. "Where's My Mom?" by Julia Donaldson. Due to a series of hilarious misunderstandings, a butterfly who's trying to help a little monkey find his mom keeps finding the wrong animals. Very cute illustrations make it even funnier.
"Are You a Horse?" by Andy Rash. Roy receives a saddle for his birthday and goes off to find a horse. Roy looks like a grownup, so it's kind of odd that he doesn't know what a horse is, but children find it very funny when he asks a snake, a crab, and other creatures "Are you a horse?" Again, young children love to feel smarter than Andy. This story also has a very silly surprise ending.
6. Plain pictures. Well, maybe not plain, but clear enough so that children don't have to ask, "Where's the puppy?" or "What's that blue thing?" This happens surprisingly often. You'd think the term picture book kind of implies that the pictures are the heart of the book, but a lot of picture books have overly complicated or "artistic" illustrations that confuse young children. Large, simple, bright, child-friendly illustrations are a feature of these stories:
"Clarabella's Teeth" by An Vrombaut. The illustrations in this story are not only clear, they're absolutely charming. It takes Clarabella the crocodile so long to brush her teeth that she doesn't have any time to play with her friends. But a surprise gift solves the problem.
"The Three Bears" by Byron Barton. Actually all of Barton's books have delightfully simple and sweet pictures. I just love how cute Baby Bear is in his version of this familiar story.
"Big Wolf and Little Wolf" by Sharon Phillips Denslow. Cathie Felstead not only illustrates the wolves with bright, fresh simplicity, she also illustrates words like "Suddenly…" in this happy story about a warm and loving wolf family.
"Way Up High In a Tall Green Tree" by Jan Peck. A little girl's exploration of the rain forest and its fascinating creatures has bold, bright illustrations by Valeria Petrone.
"Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack!" by Ivor Baddiel. This silly, sweet story about a confused little rooster features big, colorful illustrations by Ailie Busby. Children also love the mixed-up crowing sounds.
7. They've got rhythm. The bouncy, sing-song quality of rhythmic texts really draws young children into a story. These books often have repetitive rhythmic refrains for children to chant with you. And when children are engaged in helping to tell the story, it increases their comprehension and auditory memory. And they're fun! Here are some of my favorite rhythmic stories:
"Tiny Little Fly" by Michael Rosen. "My, oh my, Tiny Little Fly!" starts this irresistibly rhythmic story about a fly who bothers various large jungle animals. Children will be chanting along with you before you know it.
"Farmyard Beat" by Lindsey Craig. The chicks can't sleep, 'cause they've got that beat! With infectious rhythmic refrains, the sheep, the cat, and other animals start dancing to the beat. Add some clapping or foot-stomping for more noisy fun!
"The Baby Beebee Bird" by Diane Redfield Massie. This is one of my students' favorites. The zoo animals can't get to sleep because of the new arrival, a baby beebee bird, who sings, "Bee-bee, bobby bobby, bee-bee, bobby bobby!" all night long. I sing this in a high funny voice and soon the whole class turns into baby beebee birds!
"Hobbledy-Clop" by Pat Brissom. Brendan goes to visit his grandma, joined by various animals along the way. Each time he resumes his journey, his little wagon goes "hobbledy-clop, hobbledy clop" over the bumpy road. Children can rock back and forth like they're riding a bumpy wagon while they repeat the chant.
"Trashy Town" by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha. Children are fascinated by garbage trucks, and they love this story. Each time the garbage man throws more garbage in the truck, this rhythmic chant is repeated: "Dump it in, smash it down, all the way to Trashy Town!" There's also a cute, funny ending.
It's not always easy to find great picture books for your class, but looking for these seven features can help you discover stories your students will love and learn from!
Also by Abby Connors:
The Pinocchio Effect: 12 Ways to Make Read-Aloud Stories Come Alive
About the author
Abby Connors is an early-childhood music educator, author and presenter living in New Jersey. Her most recent book is The Musical Toddler (Whitmore Books, 2013).


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Ashes from Ebola victim's belongings to be buried
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — The ashes of items taken from the Dallas apartment where the man who died from the Ebola virus first became ill will be taken to a Louisiana hazardous waste landfill for burial.
The linen, bedding and carpet taken from the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan got sick were taken to the Veolia Environmental Services incinerator in Port Arthur, where they were destroyed Friday.
Company spokesman Dan Duncan tells the Beaumont Enterprise (http://bit.ly/1EI4tvv ) that the ash will be analyzed for two days for any remaining contamination before it is sent to the Louisiana landfill.
State officials say Duncan's body was cremated but aren't giving further details.
Beaumont-Port Arthur officials say they're upset that Veolia didn't advise them that potentially contaminated material was being shipped into the area for destruction.
Information from: The Beaumont Enterprise, http://beaumontenterprise.com
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Times change, and IT changes with the times.
One of the biggest changes: last year the percentage of the world's labour force in service jobs (40pc) passed the percentage in agricultural jobs (39pc) for the first time in history.
Manufacturing trails even further, at 21pc. The IT industry has not been slow to notice this change, in part because it's experiencing the same shift as everyone else. Every company is always looking for a competitive advantage.
Ten or 20 years ago, IT companies could sell other businesses that competitive advantage by installing computers and automating back office functions. Now, everyone has computers. The next wave of competitive advantage must come from somewhere else and is likely to require a different, broader set of skills.
Some of the largest IT companies, led by IBM, believe that the answer lies in developing a new academic discipline dubbed SSME, which stands for Services Sciences, Management and Engineering.
The logic is simple. No one now questions the idea that computer science is a legitimate academic discipline or that creating new algorithms is an area for serious research. Yet only 35 years ago, few leading universities offered a degree in it; even top schools regarded it as a sub-discipline of the mathematics department.
Why shouldn't it be possible to establish a discipline that applies rigorous scientific discipline to the problem of innovating in services?
"There are a lot of cases," says Stephen McLaughlin, Adam Smith Research Fellow at Glasgow University, "where businesses have relied very heavily on technology to help build a competitive advantage, and their ability to do that has been largely eroded. But also the complexity of businesses nowadays means that technology can be a limiting factor to how responsive businesses can be to changes in the market."
One of McLaughlin's key examples is call centres. "Organisations deployed a technology to achieve cost reductions, but the fact of the matter was that how they were deployed was not fully considered."
The upshot is that every company has a call centre and lower costs - and customers whose loyalty is being turned into permanent resentment. If that's a win, it's only in the short term. Getting companies to think as much about the customer experience as they claim to do is a profound change.
McLaughlin's own focus is on the supply chain - action-based research, rather than starting from a purely academic basis. McLaughlin's colleague at Glasgow, management professor Robert Paton, says: "I would have thought that, if what we have is a new discipline, we don't have it yet."
Bringing together the three disciplines of technology, process and engineering isn't, he says, particularly new but the context in which they co-operate is. "How can you manage something like this and innovate from it?"
Paton points out that the big change is that the services industry is expanding from the traditional areas of finance and tourism to include manufacturing companies. Even small businesses now need to manage relationships with partners across the globe.
With greater job mobility, too, companies may have audit trails from a former salesman's contacts with customers, but no idea of the why behind any of it: data, but not information or understanding. The relationship is gone.
"How do you innovate in this new world?" he asks. Take the common problem of commissioning a new IT system at considerable expense only to find that the project fails at numerous points along the way because of a lack of understanding of how the business really operates.
This last is the sort of problem that notoriously causes large government IT projects to spiral over budget or founder completely. Or, also common, the problem of incompatible IT systems that stops merged companies from getting the promised benefits. A newer variant of this problem is trying to get disparate companies to work together as partners in a new service or supply chain.
"Increasingly," says Linda Macaulay, professor of system design at Manchester University, "we're enabling services between one partner and another. That's an argument for a focus on services."
She is involved in creating new SSME modules for the university's masters programme. She has also helped initiate a UK network, SSMENetUK, with representatives of many other UK universities to work on developing the educational agenda. "We're in the process of trying to form a major research centre," she says, "because, even within Manchester Business School, there are different silos of activity."
The idea is to bring together the various disciplines - not just computer science and business but other areas, such as psychology. Manchester, along with Glasgow and many other UK universities, was a participant in last summer's Institute for Manufacturing-sponsored symposium at Cambridge University that brought participants from many academic institutions in the US and Europe.
"We're great believers in services science and the idea of developing it because of all the arguments that [IBM's] Jim Spoehrer and others are making about the changing economy," says Macaulay. "Much more of the economy is focused on services, whether those are business-to-consumer or business-to-business."
Adam Thilthorpe, professionalism and IT programmer manager for the British Computer Society, is more cautious. But he says: "Some of the themes do chime with the stuff coming out of our professionalism programme. For example, the importance of IT in the broadest sense to UK plc and the world."
If, he continues, services really do dominate the economy now, "then perhaps we do need to have similar rigour with research in how services operate and trying to identify patterns and algorithms. It's interesting from an IT professional's point of view when somebody's working one of these programmes."
It's no longer enough, he says, to be skilled with technology. Professionals need "soft skills'' - how to interact socially with colleagues and the levers that drive people. "IT needs to understand the language of business."
But making technology the heart of a services business is far more complicated than building the automation systems of the past. "There are so many variables in how people interact with big, broad IT projects."
But with the economies of even developing nations migrating to services, "I can see how important it is. It will be interesting whether in future there can be enough scientific and intellectual rigour underpinning some of these issues."


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News Bites from CDA Knowledge Networks – 2015/06/19
Here is a sampling of news items that came across our desks at CDA in the past week.
Top 5 Must Read
1. "Walk Softly When You Carry the Dead". ubc.ca: Top forensic dentist Dr. David Sweet, OC, is all too familiar with the tragic aftermaths of violent crimes and natural disasters. And, more than once, he has been forced to confront his own mortality. Yet this gifted and compassionate scientist is as positive as they come. Read more
2. "No mouthguard no play", says Australia's dentists and sports medicine specialists. ada.org.au: For the first time two of Australia's leading health associations have come together to approve the use of a Mouthguard Policy that all sports clubs can sign up to. Read more
3. The FDA takes step to remove artificial trans fats in processed foods. fda.gov: The FDA has set a compliance period of three years. Read more
4. Association of periodontitis and human papillomavirus in oral rinse specimens. ada.org: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2009-2012. Read more
5. Important advance in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infection. bris.ac.uk: A new technology which could increase protection against antibacterial and antifungal infection has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol. Read more
Canadian dentistry news
"Walk Softly When You Carry the Dead". ubc.ca: Top forensic dentist Dr. David Sweet, OC, is all too familiar with the tragic aftermaths of violent crimes and natural disasters. And, more than once, he has been forced to confront his own mortality. Yet this gifted and compassionate scientist is as positive as they come. Read more
Dental hygiene students take on "sugar monsters" at local elementary schools. dal.ca: Second-year dental hygiene students visited Grosvenor-Wentworth Elementary School as part of their Population Health course, where they were met by 86 eager Grade 1 students. Read more
Ontario to beef up laws to protect patient privacy. canhealth.com: The province intends to introduce amendments to the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) to strengthen privacy rules, make it easier to prosecute offenders and increase fines. Read more
Canadian Dental Hygienists Association launches oral health website for the public. cdha.ca: The site features oral health facts and FAQs, information sheets and other resources, as well as a children's educational area with lots of fun downloads. Read more
International dentistry news
"No mouthguard no play", says Australia's dentists and sports medicine specialists. ada.org.au: For the first time two of Australia's leading health associations have come together to approve the use of a Mouthguard Policy that all sports clubs can sign up to. Read more
ADA supports responsible antibiotic use. ada.org: The statement notes the Association's participation June 2 in the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship and offers links to Association resources on antibiotic prophylaxis. Read more
Court upholds state teeth-whitening law. ada.org: The ruling affirmed a lower court's 2014 judgment in favor of the Alabama Board of Dental Examiners and against non-dentist vendors of teeth-whitening services. Read more
Failure to include dentistry in health hurting patients and taxpayers. nature.com: The British Dental Association has responded to David Cameron's first speech on health. The Prime Minister called for a new 'approach to public health and preventable diseases', but made no reference to oral health. Read more
San Francisco's controversial measure to require warning labels on soda billboards also would target Starbucks' Frappuccinos. Bloomberg.com: The city's board of supervisors tentatively approved the warning labels, aiming to warn consumers about the health dangers of sugary drinks. Read more
Restaurants affected by the healthy kids' drinks ordinance. davisenterprise.com: The Davis City Council unanimously gave the green light to a new city ordinance that will make the default beverage for children's meals at local restaurants milk or water, instead of sugary soda. Read more
Concerned dentists call for "sugar tax" and claim demand for NHS dental treatment outweighs supply. mirror.co.uk: A shocking survey last year revealed that one in eight three-year-olds had tooth decay leading to calls for a tax on unhealthy, sugary foods. Read more
Dental experts respond to Cochrane Review on fluoridation. bda.org: The British Dental Association's scientific and public health experts have responded to the publication of the Cochrane Oral Health Review on water fluoridation, which is received by around 10 per cent of the population in the UK. Read more
Dental procedure eases Edina man's snoring problem. cbslocal.com: A small invisible laser constricts the soft palate of the roof of the mouth, leaving more space between the tongue and a larger airway. Read more
The dentures made from the teeth of dead soldiers on the battlefield of Waterloo. bbc.com: From pulling incisors from bodies on the Belgian battlefield, to porcelain teeth set in vulcanite dentures – there were significant advances in dental care in the 19th Century. Read more
3D printing: 5 health care advantages. utsandiego.com: In the field of dentistry, making crowns and implants can now be completed while the patient waits from the waiting room. Read more
Clinical & scientific news
Association of periodontitis and human papillomavirus in oral rinse specimens. ada.org: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2009-2012. Read more
Important advance in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infection. bris.ac.uk: A new technology which could increase protection against antibacterial and antifungal infection has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol. Read more
Exclusive breastfeeding and risk of dental malocclusion. aappublications.org: An oral health study showed that predominant breastfeeding was associated with a lower prevalence of OB, OJ, and MSM, but pacifier use modified these associations. Read more
Dental implants result in better quality of life for osteoporotic women. sciencedaily.com: A new study by Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers suggests dental implants may result in better quality of life for osteoporotic women. Read more
Alcohol consumption can have a negative impact on gum health. perio.org: Brazilian researchers have found that consumption of alcoholic beverages can have a negative effect on the health of a person's gums, aggravating an existing case of severe periodontitis or raising periodontal disease risk factors. Read more
Oral health contributes to brain health. oshnewsnetwork.com: Researchers concluded that effective management of periodontitis may contribute to prevention of Alzheimer's disease, as periodontitis is both treatable and preventable. Read more
Researchers to kids: Drink more water. usatoday.com: More than half of U.S. children and teens could use a drink – preferably of water. Read more
Families of orofacial clefting not at higher risk for dental anomalies. medicalxpress.com: IADR/AADR published a study titled "Spectrum of Dental Phenotypes in Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefting," which is the largest international cohort to date of children with nonsyndromic clefts, their relatives and controls. Read more
Mind your business
ADA Professional Product Review – Caries Corner: Caries detection devices. ada.org: Before you buy. Read more
ADA Professional Product Review – Hand hygiene for the dental team. ada.org: What products to use and when. Read more
ADA Professional Product Review – An ADA laboratory evaluation: Bisphenol A released from resin based dental sealants. ada.org: Read more
Patient Information
Mouthguard Awareness Campaign. ada.org.au: The Australian Dental Association has developed information sheets to help teachers, PE staff, coaches, parents and children understand how best to protect teeth against injury while participating in sport. Read more
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Many conditions can cause feeling of burning in the mouth. mayocliic.org: A thorough evaluation can help determine if an underlying medical condition or a medication may be the source of the burning sensation. If burning mouth syndrome, a variety of treatment options are available to manage it. Read more
These in-office techniques and treatments can ease patient anxiety. webmd.com: Nearly 1 in 25 is dental-phobic. One of these methods could give patients the dose of courage they need. Read more
Brushing mistakes people make. heraldextra.com: while people may brush regularly, chances are they're making at least one of these six mistakes. Read more
Health tip: caring for sensitive teeth. healthday.com: Read more
Dental advice: How to save a knocked out tooth. ahwatukee.com: The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recommends the following steps if trauma causes a permanent tooth to become avulsed. Read more
Choosing a dentist. gmnews.com: The American Dental Association offers these suggestions. Read more
Your health & medical news
The FDA takes step to remove artificial trans fats in processed foods. fda.gov: The FDA has set a compliance period of three years. Read more
Health Canada proposes nutrition label changes. cmaj.ca: Health Canada has proposed changes to nutrition labels on food to help Canadians make healthy food choices, but some critics say the reforms don't go far enough. Read more
South Korea begins plasma treatment trial for Mers. bbc.com: The treatment – which has already proved useful for tackling other deadly diseases, including Ebola – uses blood from patients who have successfully fought off the same infection. Read more
Tracking universal health coverage: First global monitoring report. who.int: The report found that at least 400 million people lacked access to at least one of these services. Read more
These 7 small changes could add 12 years to my life. businessinsider.com: the Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator predicts an approximate age of death using metrics like diet, exercise, family history, and social life. Read more
Eating chocolate linked to 'lower heart disease and stroke risk'. bbc.com: Experts looked at the eating habits of more than 20,000 middle-aged and elderly people and concluded that compared to those who ate no chocolate, those who ate up to a small bar a day had a lesser risk of cardiovascular disease and reduced risk of stroke. Read more
Continuing education matters
Dalhousie University – Current course offerings
McGill University – Spring 2015 Continuing Dental Education Schedule
Université Laval – Formation continue
University of Alberta – Program and courses
University of British Columbia – Calendar of courses
University of Saskatchewan – Upcoming courses
University of Toronto – Continuing dental education
Western University – Continuing professional development
August 26–29 – 2015 Canadian Dental Association National Conference in St. John's, NL. Continuing Education
September 22-25 – FDI 2015 Bangkok –Read more
November 5-10 – ADA 2015 – Americas's Dental Meeting, in Washington, D.C. Registration opens May 20. Read more
November 14-17 – 101st Annual Meeting – American Academy of Periodontology in Orlando, Florida. Read more
Dentistry in long-term care course. ada.org: This online CE course is designed to help dental professionals understand how long-term care (LTC) facilities work and how you can work successfully in LTC facilities. You will learn how to deliver care in an environment outside your traditional practice location and care for your patients through their entire life span. Read more
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Dental industry news
Henry Schein Receives Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds Corporate Leader Award. corporate-ir.net: The Company was recognized for its commitment to community outreach through its donation of oral health care products in support of HKC's 2015 Act of Kindness project. Read more
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