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Feed the gut bugs (2/22/2016)
Nigeria's big milk goal looks impossible (12/11/2015)
The average herd size is three cows (12/10/2015)
Rural employment sees turnaround (12/8/2015)
Dairy outlook for 2016 is "bah humbug" (12/4/2015)
Pouring water down the drain (11/17/2015)
Location, location, location (5/29/15)
The dawn of a new dairy exports era (4/3/2015)
Milk prices already falling in Europe (9/26/2014)
China's dairy demand is a growing beast (8/8/2014)
Shopping for grains is fun again (8/1/2014)
Robotic rotary parlor count is now 11 (7/7/2014)
China craves dairy knowledge (6/12/2014)
Milk has never been so valuable (5/2/2014)
Embryo sales go under the microscope multiple times (4/14/2014)
Food security is a global issue (4/02/2014)
Uganda: Where hand milking and high-tech coexist (3/17/2014)
Grain markets are twitchy (3/14/2014)
A cow numbers disaster for China's dairy industry (12/20/2013)
Fonterra dedicates the world's biggest milk powder dryer (12/13/2013)
Idaho needs to become a huge dairy exporting state (11/22/2013)
Who makes the world's cheapest milk? (11/15/2013)
U.S. dairy exports remain red hot (7/26/2013)
We an export opportunity (7/25/2013)
New Zealand plays U.S. dairying as a chump (6/20/2013)
Creating a niche market for dairy products and education. (4/23/2013)
Vodka from milk? Cheers! (4/19/2013)
A unique dairy competition exists in Australia. (4/17/2013)
New Zealand's woes boost U.S. milk prices (3/22/2013)
2012 was another banner year for dairy exports (3/15/2013)
Dairy farmers have a new friend in Congress (11/14/2012)
Wisconsin's future deserves a look to the past (10/31/2012)
Death is inevitable; estate taxes are not (10/26/2012)
We are in a war with terrorists (10/24/2012)
Three Irish dairymen pass away in manure storage accident (9/20/2012)
Producers vote to allow public shares in the country's largest co-op. (7/05/2012)
Genetic engineering: Who knows where it will go (6/22/2012)
New Zealand's dairy industry is still growing (6/11/2012)
Brazil holds big brush in U.S. ethanol picture (3/16/2012)
Are we ready to feed the world? (3/08/2012)
NMC takes 51 in stride (1/24/2012)
Carbon footprint dairy researcher returning to England (1/13/2012)
Why cheese sales potential to China is mind-boggling (11/28/2011)
Dairy case observations from Japan (11/17/2011)
Indonesia dairy farm rivals those found in California (9/21/11)
Dairy Down Under: Find passion, and you'll never have to work again (8/30/11)
Dairy Down Under: Say Cheese! (8/17/2011)
Dairy Down Under: Working with Wildlife (8/02/2011)
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DEFIANT REQUIEM tells the little-known story of the Nazi concentration camp, Terezin. Led by imprisoned conductor Rafael Schächter, the inmates of Terezin fought back…with art and music. Through hunger, disease and slave labor, the Jewish inmates of Terezin hold onto their humanity by staging plays, composing opera and using paper and ink to record the horrors around them.
This creative rebellion reaches its peak when Schächter teaches a choir of 150 inmates one of the world's most difficult and powerful choral works, Verdi's Requiem, re-imagined as a condemnation of the Nazis. The choir would ultimately confront the Nazis face to face… and sing to them what they dare not say.
For over ten years, conductor Murry Sidlin has dreamed of bringing the Requiem back to Terezin. Now, through soaring concert footage, powerful survivor recollections, cinematic dramatizations and evocative animation, DEFIANT REQUIEM brings the incredible story of this artistic uprising to life.


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Jeff Sessions and Paul Ryan: Obama's dereliction of duty
Given the fallen expectations for this president, his latest broken promise was no surprise to the millions of Americans who have seen great hope turn to great cynicism. We see serious danger in shrugging off the president's dereliction of duty — a danger compounded by Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate, who have refused to offer any budget at all for more than 1,000 days. The unsustainable growth of government spending is pushing the nation ever closer to a debt-fueled economic crisis.
By Jeff Sessions and Paul Ryan
President Obama has delivered the last budget of his term. Three of the four, including this one, were submitted late, shattering the previous record for an administration. Each of the four proposed more than $1 trillion in higher taxes on hard-working families and businesses, along with trillions in new spending and borrowing instead of a real strategy for growth and jobs. And — most disappointing of all — none of the four offered a credible plan to lift the crushing burden of debt, thus committing current and future generations to diminished prosperity and a nation in decline.
Although the White House claims to include $4 trillion in deficit reduction, the president's budget actually contains virtually no credible deficit reduction at all. Under his plan, the government is projected to borrow $11.2 trillion over the next 10 years. This is roughly the same amount of debt we are expected to incur under realistic projections of current policy. The budget does not change our debt trajectory.
Instead, the president has used a series of gimmicks to create the illusion of fiscal responsibility. He exploits the winding-down of overseas combat operations to claim almost $1 trillion in "savings" over 10 years — money that was never requested by our military and was never going to be spent. Rather than propose actual spending cuts, his budget takes credit for $2 trillion in spending cuts that have already been signed into law. Further, it suggests replacing half of those cuts with a tax hike. When it comes to measuring tax rates, Pell grants and Medicare, his budget adjusts the starting line to satisfy his finish line.
Where some had hoped that President Obama might take some responsibility for breaking his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term, he has offered nothing but the same old excuses. Given the fallen expectations for this president, his latest broken promise was no surprise to the millions of Americans who have seen great hope turn to great cynicism.
We see serious danger in shrugging off the president's dereliction of duty — a danger compounded by Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate, who have refused to offer any budget at all for more than 1,000 days. The unsustainable growth of government spending is pushing the nation ever closer to a debt-fueled economic crisis.
For four straight years, the federal government's budget deficit has eclipsed $1 trillion. The national debt now exceeds the size of the U.S. economy. Unable to escape the merciless math, President Obama's budget concedes (if you read the fine print) that, in the years ahead, the nation's "fiscal position gradually deteriorates." This admission is reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway's explanation of how one goes bankrupt: "Gradually, then suddenly."
Sluggish growth, stagnant wages and widespread joblessness have imperiled the economic security of millions of Americans. The president's health-care law, which hands control of Medicare to a board of unaccountable bureaucrats in Washington, jeopardizes the health and retirement security of millions of seniors. And deep reductions in our armed forces, crowded out by entitlement spending and interest on the debt, could put the national security of all Americans at risk.
For our part, we refuse to accept the diminished future outlined by President Obama's budget. A growing bipartisan consensus recognizes the core elements our country needs: responsible spending restraint; a repaired safety net; reforms that ensure real health and retirement security; and a simplified tax code oriented toward growth.
Achieving fiscal sanity will take time. It will not happen overnight. But while reforms can and should be phased in gradually and carefully, there can be no delaying the first step in the process, which is for both sides to come forward with honest plans to change the debt course in a real and meaningful way.
President Obama and his party's leaders have taken the opposite approach. In dealing with the most predictable economic crisis in our nation's history, they have decided to duck behind an empty promise and hope that those they serve don't notice.
The good news, of course, is that citizens are noticing, and they will have the final say. The American people demand leaders that take seriously their legal and moral obligations to put forward credible budget plans. In the House and Senate budget committees, we will continue to work with our colleagues — from both parties where possible — to advance bold solutions that lift our crushing burden of debt and ensure a future of opportunity, growth and prosperity.
If this president refuses to lead, the American people will be given an opportunity to chart a new way forward to ensure a new era of prosperity, for this generation and for generations to come.
Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, is the ranking member on the Senate Committee on the Budget. Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin's 1st District, is chairman of the House Committee on the Budget.
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The human brain is one of the most complex systems in existence. Even the top brain scientists in the world admit that there's still much about it that we don't understand. Despite all that we don't know, however, there is a great deal that researchers have uncovered in the last 20 or 30 years that has had a profound influence on how we view and treat mental illness.
A Quick Brain Primer
In addition to processing thoughts and emotion, the brain is responsible for every sensation we feel, as well as the basic functioning of our bodies. What are called lower-order brain functions regulate breathing and the beating of the heart. The brain also controls movement and other bodily functions. The brain regulates body temperature, when and how much we sleep, and even the immune system to some degree.
The brain is made up of millions of miles of interconnected nerve fibers comprised of cells called neurons. Neurons operate through bioelectric impulses that travel the network of these cells. Where neurons meet, a chemical system of neurotransmitters transfers the signal from one neuron to the other. When the neurons are damaged, or the neurotransmitters don't function properly, all sorts of problems in thinking, feeling and body function can occur.
Though we don't yet fully understand how and why various mental illnesses develop, one of the breakthroughs of modern science has been a greater understanding of the way that neurotransmitters function.
Proper Transmission
Various types of neurotransmitters are involved in the transmission of signals from one neuron to another. One of the most studied in depression research has been serotonin. Researchers observed in the 1950s that people became depressed when certain chemical compounds suppressed serotonin levels. These discoveries led to the development of most of the modern arsenal of antidepressants. Discoveries about other neurotransmitters, such as norepinephrine and dopamine, have led to still other therapies for a variety of mental illnesses.
Though some experts are skeptical that neurotransmitter problems are the sole cause of mental illnesses, or that the treatments that have been developed work primarily or only because of their effect on neurotransmitters, most brain experts agree that the neurotransmitter system does have a profound influence on proper brain function and potential problems such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder.
The endocrine system, which produces and regulates the hormones responsible for cell growth, body temperature, appetite and sleep—among other things—is also controlled by the brain, which in turn is affected by hormone levels. If this sounds complicated, that's because it is.
Some diseases that disrupt hormone levels, such as thyroid disorders and Cushing's disease, can cause people to become depressed. Researchers are interested in learning more about how the interconnection of the endocrine system and the brain may influence the symptoms of mental illness.
Architecture May Be Key
Some researchers have begun to wonder whether the basic architecture of the brain (for example, how neurons grow and form connections) might play a role in the development and persistence of mental disorders. Scientists used to think that the brain was largely formed and unable to continue growing and changing much once a person reached adulthood.
Since then, researchers have discovered that the brain is more able to regrow and adapt than previously thought. One new area of research is looking into how the architecture of the brain may cause some mental disorders and whether repairing the current architecture or growing entirely new neurological pathways could treat or cure those disorders.
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Earlier versions of this version of Touch Orbiter work fine on Dianemo. However I'm not familiar with what was updated in this version and that may be causing an issue. One of my co-workers is testing with some Android tablets so i will ask him to test this.RegardsAndrew
Did you get a chance to do any testing Andrew - looking for an Android solution for Dianemo, and see the same issue as reported in this thread with Dianemo and the touch orbiter.


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The view from Pharrell Williams's penthouse makes an unequivocal statement: "I am monarch of all I survey." Topped by a frosted-glass dome, the empyrean apartment floats 40 stories above Miami. A gargantuan great room rises the full three levels of the space, which pivots around a white spiral staircase. Bold contemporary art lines the walls, and sybaritic delights—an outdoor pool overhung with an improbable vine-covered trellis, a supersize purple crocodile Hermès bag—can be found at every turn. But the coups de théâtre are the massive window walls, which provide a breathtaking panorama over the city, across Biscayne Bay and Miami Beach, and out to the Atlantic. "Living your life 40 floors up, looking out every day on ocean and skies, you see the world from a different point of view," Williams says. "It's like living in a very interesting fishbowl, but since no one can see up here, it's like a fishbowl with a limo tint."
More than a fishbowl, Williams's penthouse feels like the world's most luxurious tree fort. "Kidult"—a portmanteau of "kid" and "adult"—is a term he often uses to describe himself. For the adult half of the equation, there's his track record as a producer and performer, a series of triumphs that makes him one of the most sought-after talents in the industry. And his work beyond the music world is also undoubtedly grown-up: In the past eight years, he has put his stamp on fashion, jewelry, furniture, contemporary art, and industrial design. But it is Williams's inner child that is most immediately apparent in his quirky-luxe apartment, where he shuffles around on this bright Miami morning in a white T-shirt, sweatpants, and bulbous yellow Mickey Mouse slippers, his solid gold BlackBerry never far out of reach. His steroidal closet is filled with a teenager's fantasy trove of Technicolor sneakers. In the living room, a pair of Christian Liaigre armchairs is drawn up to a low video-game table offering Ms. Pac Man and Galaga. And the home theater, furnished with cushy red leather seats, has been converted into another personal arcade. "I don't watch movies here. I mainly use it to play Mario Kart," Williams explains. Even at age 38, he says, "I'm finding it hard to grow up."
Childlike is one thing, childish another. Though the penthouse bears all the hallmarks of an MTV Cribs pleasure palace, ripe for louche and Lucullan delights, Williams eschews the kind of bacchanals endemic to the music business. "I only entertain very close friends," he says. As for the caricatured rap-star ethos of Cristal, hot tubs, and hotties and homies by the score, he insists, "I don't even understand that."
Still, like any kid, he can't resist a prank. When visitors arrive at the penthouse, they are confronted with a life-size and startlingly lifelike statue of Agent Smith, Keanu Reeves's relentless nemesis in The Matrix. A gift from film producer Joel Silver, the replica of the grim-faced villain strikes the only menacing note in the place, which Williams purchased from Miami real-estate titan Ugo Colombo in 2007.
In addition to his video-game addiction, Williams is a hard-core fan of cartoons, especially SpongeBob SquarePants, Family Guy, The Simpsons, and The Smurfs. It's a quirk that's reflected in the contemporary paintings and sculptures that dominate the apartment. A Takashi Murakami sculpture—a sphere covered in smiley-face plush fabric flowers—sits center stage on a round white platform on the main level. A Keith Haring drawing that depicts his moppets being gunned down by flying saucers hangs in a hallway off the great room. And the stars of the show are the dozen or so works by Brooklyn artist Brian Donnelly, known as KAWS, who made his name on the street devising sly alterations to advertising posters on bus kiosks and telephone booths. His early trademark was a sperm-shaped character with x-ed out eyes, which turns up here in a series of prints that riff on an old Chanel No. 5 image by Andy Warhol. More theatrical still are KAWS's mural-size odes to SpongeBob characters and banner-size paintings of Stewie and Brian Griffin from Family Guy, which flank the second-floor landing. His seven-foot-tall sculpture of the Michelin Man stands vigil nearby, like a security guard minding the shop. "I just like the pop life," Williams says. "And I like the way KAWS looks at it. Every time you look at KAWS's paintings or sculptures, you're trying on his glasses."
Williams's passion for collecting was ignited during his travels through the increasingly intertwined demimondes of art, fashion, and music, where collaborations and mutual admiration have been the order of the day for the past decade. He is a popular presence at Art Basel Miami Beach—the annual orgy of kunst and commerce fueled on cross-promotion—stirring curiosity among the jaded gallery set whenever he appears. It's a far cry from Virginia Beach (or "Normalville, USA," as Williams refers to it), where he grew up and kicked off his career, forming an off-tilt house music group called the Neptunes with high school pal Chad Hugo in 1990. During the next few years, the group morphed into a production duo, with a signature sound based on a platform of luscious beats, sparked by tweets, blips, sirens, and a heavy layer of sexy sighs. Soon Williams and Hugo were shaping tunes for the likes of Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, and Mary J Blige. An oft-cited survey from August 2003 found that the Neptunes had produced nearly half the songs playing on pop radio stations that month.
For a music impresario to expand his purview beyond the recording industry is hardly a rarity these days (see Jay-Z, Diddy, and Russell Simmons). But Williams's side projects have had a uniquely sophisticated spin from the start. In 2005, with Tomoaki "Nigo" Nagao—the Japanese record producer and designer of the street-wear label A Bathing Ape—he founded two fashion lines, Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream, which straddle the line between hipster and hip hop. That same year Williams's fashion cred got a major boost when he and Tomoaki designed a sunglasses collection for Louis Vuitton. And in 2008 he returned to the venerable French luxury goods house to create Blason, a line of hefty, diamond-frosted jewelry with cherub, crown, and shield motifs. Today a dozen vintage Vuitton steamer trunks—some covered in stickers from customs inspectors, grand hotels, and defunct airlines—dot the apartment. "We're family," Williams says of the label. "They're good to me; I'm good to them."
His recent entrée into furniture design, meanwhile, came through another French connection: Parisian dealer Emmanuel Perrotin, whom he met four years ago at the now shuttered Miami outpost of Perrotin's gallery. "I had an idea, and he thought it would be interesting to make it as a chair," Williams says, recalling the genesis of his Perspective chair, models of which are displayed near the kitchen. The design is made up of an Eamesian, midcentury-style shell seat upholstered in leather and supported by resin legs that are, well, legs—the front pair are those of a woman poised on her toes; the rear are those of a man. Clearly, the two are enjoying each other's company, to put it politely. "I wanted to offer a perspective on what love must feel like," Williams explains. Perspective was followed by a second limited-edition design, Tank, which utilizes the same classic shell supported by stationary acrylic wheels that resemble the treads of a combat vehicle. After debuting at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2009, the chair was featured at the French boutique Colette in 2010 and then displayed at Perrotin's Paris gallery.
During that same period, Williams was upping the ante on his artmaking aspirations by collaborating on a sculpture with Murakami, who, like KAWS, is represented by Perrotin in Paris. Called The Simple Things, the piece comprises seven of Williams's favorite objects—a cupcake, a Trojan Magnum condom, a can of Pepsi, a bag of Doritos, a bottle of Johnson's Baby Lotion, an Ice Cream sneaker, and a bottle of Heinz ketchup—all encrusted in diamonds and other gems and spilling from the mouth of Mr. DOB, Murakami's magic mushroom monster character. According to Perrotin, the piece, which was unveiled at the original Swiss location of Art Basel in 2009, sold for $2 million to a pair of unnamed collectors. Before settling in with its owners, the sculpture migrated to Murakami's blockbuster 2010 installation at Versailles.
Projects and collaborations continue to multiply. There's the Velo bike for the French firm Domeau & Pérès (which fabricated the Perspective chairs), covered in hand-stitched water buffalo hide and available through Larry Gagosian for about $28,000. And there is Williams's work with Chinese conceptual artist Yi Zhou, who featured him in her 2009 video, "The Ear," and her 2010 3-D animated film, "The Greatness." On a less lofty plane, Williams is also working on a series of ice cream–flavored liqueurs: "I think beer tastes nasty—and wine, for that matter. I like anything sweet." And he also "has some ideas" for chocolate. But back on the domestic front, his ambitions are far bigger than bonbons. "I love everything that Frank Gehry does. I wish I could have that man build me a Wayne Manor–style mansion, like his idea of it," Williams says wistfully, gazing out at the sea from his tricked-out aerie. "And Zaha Hadid. I'd like her to do a house for me that is partially submerged in the ocean. Those would be my two dreams."
Life on Neptunes
Williams wearing his favorite slippers.
Williams in front of Takashi Murakami's Giant Plush Flowerball. Polo Ralph Lauren's cotton mesh polo. De Beers's platinum and diamond stud, Ray-Ban sunglasses.
Williams plays his toy piano. Junya Watanabe's cotton shirt; G-Star's cotton denim jeans.
Williams, poolside, wears Chanel's cap and custom-made necklace.
A Chanel doll from Japanese toy company Medicom.
A monkey figurine by A Bathing Ape
A "Chum" statue by KAWS
Williams's Perspective chair
Beatles dolls by Medicom
KAWS's Untitled (Kawsbob and Sandy)
Williams with photographer Walter Pfeiffer in the trellis-topped pool
Giant Plush Flowerball: © 2008 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., ltd. All rights reserved.


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Thomas Sowell is not only one of the finest columnists in the business, he's a prolific author, a brilliant economist, and he has an incomparable knack for simplifying complex concepts that few other human beings can match. Enjoy the distilled wisdom!
25) "Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?"
24) "Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America."
23) "Four things have almost invariably followed the imposition of controls to keep prices below the level they would reach under supply and demand in a free market: (1) increased use of the product or service whose price is controlled, (2) Reduced supply of the same product or service, (3) quality deterioration, (4) black markets."
22) "What sense would it make to classify a man as handicapped because he is in a wheelchair today, if he is expected to be walking again in a month and competing in track meets before the year is out? Yet Americans are given 'class' labels on the basis of their transient location in the income stream. If most Americans do not stay in the same broad income bracket for even a decade, their repeatedly changing 'class' makes class itself a nebulous concept."
21) "There are few talents more richly rewarded with both wealth and power, in countries around the world, than the ability to convince backward people that their problems are caused by other people who are more advanced."
20) "The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most of the media. Similarly you look at those blacks that have gone on to college or finished college, the incarceration rate is some tiny fraction of what it is among those blacks who have dropped out of high school. So it's not being black; it's a way of life. Unfortunately, the way of life is being celebrated not only in rap music, but among the intelligentsia, is a way of life that leads to a lot of very big problems for most people."
19) "The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."
18) "Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late."
17) "The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices and behavior. To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by 'society'."
16) "No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems – of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind."
15) "Life has many good things. The problem is that most of these good things can be gotten only by sacrificing other good things. We all recognize this in our daily lives. It is only in politics that this simple, common sense fact is routinely ignored."
14) "There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs."
13) "Civilization has been aptly called a 'thin crust over a volcano.' The anointed are constantly picking at that crust."
12) "We seem to be moving steadily in the direction of a society where no one is responsible for what he himself did, but we are all responsible for what somebody else did, either in the present or in the past."
11)" For the anointed, traditions are likely to be seen as the dead hand of the past, relics of a less enlightened age, and not as the distilled experience of millions who faced similar human vicissitudes before."
10) "It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."
9) "Intellect is not wisdom."
8)" The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common sense. But the very commonness of common sense makes it unlikely to have any appeal to the anointed. How can they be wiser and nobler than everyone else while agreeing with everyone else?"
7) "Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good."
6) "Experience trumps brilliance."
5) "The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling."
4) "One of the consequences of such notions as 'entitlements' is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence."
3) "Weighing benefits against costs is the way most people make decisions – and the way most businesses make decisions, if they want to stay in business. Only in government is any benefit, however small, considered to be worth any cost, however large."
2) "In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no one traces the politicians' fingerprints on the murder weapon."
1) "There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs."


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THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Early exposure to pest and pet allergens -- cockroaches and mice droppings included -- may actually guard children against asthma, a new study of inner-city kids suggests.
"This confirms a similar finding last year that June Cleaver was, in fact, wrong," said Dr. Kelvin MacDonald, a pediatric lung specialist at Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Oregon who reviewed the findings. "So the apron and string of pearls and Lysol-disinfected home are probably not to your benefit."
But don't ditch your feather duster yet, Mom.
If a child actually had asthma, then reducing exposure to these allergens helps control the respiratory condition. Plus, an analysis of dust from homes where kids developed the disease by age 7 found elevated levels of certain harmful bacteria, including some present in feces.
And a child's asthma risk is significantly higher if their mom smoked during pregnancy or if she was stressed out or depressed, according to the team led by Dr. George O'Connor. He is a professor of medicine at Boston University.
The findings could prompt new strategies to prevent asthma, which affects more than 8 percent of Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disease intermittently inflames and narrows airways, causing patients to wheeze and cough, and is a major cause of emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
"Our findings suggest that primary prevention strategies for childhood asthma in low-income urban communities should probably not focus on home allergen reduction," the authors wrote. "Interventions to reduce prenatal smoking and to reduce maternal stress and depression during pregnancy and infancy might hold promise for asthma prevention."
For the study, researchers followed 560 kids in Baltimore, Boston, New York City and St. Louis from birth to age 7. The investigators analyzed microbes in dust samples from their homes. The children were at high risk for asthma based on family history.
Of 442 kids assessed at age 7, 29 percent had asthma. Those whose homes had higher levels of cockroach, mouse and cat allergens during their first three years of life were less likely to have an asthma diagnosis, the study revealed. A small link with dog allergen was also found.
But kids who had more exposure to all four allergens -- cockroach, mouse, cat and dog -- by 3 months of age had a significantly lower asthma risk, the findings showed.
The researchers also discovered links between a home's bacteria population, or "microbiome," and asthma risk. Homes of children who developed asthma had higher levels of harmful bacteria; other homes had more abundant levels of good bacteria.
Study co-author Dr. James Gern, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said pests and pets affect the microbiome, and it appears they all work together to help prevent asthma in children.
It's akin to the disease protection farm kids get from early exposure to outdoor plant and animal allergens. In a similar vein, suburban kids with dogs at home seem to have less allergy and asthma.
"In three very different environments, we're getting a similar story," Gern said.
The new study also confirmed previously noted links between a mother's health and habits, and her child's asthma risk.
Specifically, it found that children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy were more likely to have asthma by age 7. The same was true for those whose mothers experienced extreme stress or depression during the child's first three years. Researchers aren't sure why, and emphasized that the association does not prove cause and effect.
Dr. Cindy McEvoy, a professor of pediatrics in the division of neonatology at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital, said the study suggests that women who want to get pregnant should keep asthma prevention in mind.
"If you're planning a pregnancy, thoughtful consideration of optimizing the mother's health and environment can have a lifetime impact on what a baby's pulmonary [lung] trajectories are going to be," she said. "If one has decreased lung function after delivery, there is a likelihood of decreased lung function throughout life and increased lung disease risk as an adult."
The researchers are continuing to follow the children, hoping to learn more about which factors influence asthma development.
The study was published Sept. 19 in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
More information
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology has a primer on asthma symptoms and diagnosis.
SOURCES: James Gern, M.D., professor, pediatrics and medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kelvin MacDonald, M.D., associate professor, pediatrics, division of pulmonology, and Cindy McEvoy, M.D., professor, pediatrics, division of neonatology, both from OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, Ore.; Sept. 19, 2017, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; Sept. 19, 2017, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, news release; Sept. 19 2017, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, news release
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I've always been forgetful. I put things down and forget where I put them. Now that I'm getting older it seems to be getting worse. I can lose something in less than a minute. I put something down and then I can't find it. I asked my Doctor if there's a medication for this kind of forgetfulness. He said it's only for Alzheimer's patients. It slows the progression of the memory loss, but he assured me my forgetfulness isn't Alzheimer's. At least that's a relief.
I put my new glasses on the Dining Room table last week. That's the last place I remember putting them down. A few minutes later they weren't there and I can't remember where I moved them. I've been looking for them for over a week and can't find them. I'm using an older pair of glasses to write this right now.
I almost threw away a new Master Card, which I just received in the mail. I couldn't find it. I looked everywhere. Finally I emptied the waste basket in the Living Room and it was there. I had accidentally thrown it away with the empty envelop. I hope I didn't throw my glasses away.
At least I was lucky and found my wallet and Master Card. I've been missing some things for years. My house looks like a cross between messy and hording. I plan to start cleaning up everything before the end of the year. Then maybe I'll find my glasses, a second set of car keys, a china cat a friend gave me for my birthday five years ago and a bunch of other things that are missing, but I can't remember what they are anymore.
That's why I like using a computer. I've been storing emails and documents on my computers for years. I have ten-year old emails still stored on Yahoo. All of my Observer columns from 2002 until I merged with the Express are saved in PDF format on an Observer webpage that's part of the Express. So whatever disappears in my personal life, my historical memories of San Ramon can still be found.


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Over time – from the first census in 1790 to the 2010 census today – the number of categories has grown and the racial designations have changed, all except for one = "white." While the category "white" has remained a constant on census forms, the meaning of whiteness – and who is, and is not, included in the category "white" has changed a great deal. In this fascinating interview (7:39) from The Takeaway, scholar Nell Irvin Painter the changing definition of whiteness and the U.S. census:
She's discussing her new book, The History of White People. One of the points that she makes is this:
"Until the 1960's, there were two racial dialogues going on the United States. One was more or less Southern, and that was black-white. The other had to do with various kinds of white people."
The audio piece above includes an audio recording of NY-Governor Al Smith talking about "every race in the world" in which he lists a number of groups that we would now regard as white.
We see this kind of changing definition of whiteness taking shape in the 2010 census as well. There is a active movement among Arab Americans to resist being included in the category "white" in the current census. The "Yalla! Count" campaign, whose slogan "Check it Right, You Ain't White," as Jillian C. York points out is, for some, "simply a matter of feeling recognized as a distinct group, separate from the White majority," and for others, it's a deeply political issue and an important site of resistance.
The census, for good or for ill, is a key mechanism in shaping how we think about, research and analyze race and ethnicity, including what it means to be white.


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United Kingdom: Latest developments in working life Q4 2019
Recent political developments, the progress of Brexit and the omission of the commitment to protect EU-derived employment rights from the December 2019 EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in the United Kingdom in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Conservative government majority has implications for Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government gained an overall majority in the December 2019 election. With 80 seats in parliament and with internal remain-backing critics removed from the Conservative Party, the prime minister is expected to 'accelerate the passage of the legislation through parliament'. [1] Accordingly, on 19 December, the government published a revised European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill (WAB), which differed from the October version of the bill. This revised bill did not include the concessions previously made to opposition parties, leading many commentators to express fears that the ensuing legislation paves the way for a 'harder Brexit'. [2]
Question mark over workers' rights in new employment bill
The December WAB removed clauses contained in the October version that pledged alignment with the EU on workers' rights and the future safeguarding of those rights. Under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, these rights constituted 'retained EU law', and would have continued to apply after the UK leaves the EU. However, unless there are provisions about maintaining existing workers' rights in a future UK–EU agreement, these rights could be amended by domestic legislation post-Brexit, despite commitments in the (non-binding) Political Declaration negotiated between the UK government and the EU.
The UK government has stated that such protections will be enshrined in another bill. On 19 December, the government outlined its plans for a new employment bill in the Queen's speech. However, it is not clear how the government intends to protect existing workers' rights in the proposed bill. The previous Conservative government's plan to have a separate Workers' Rights Bill that was concerned solely with protecting EU-derived rights seems to have been scrapped. The Queen's speech does not explicitly refer to retaining EU-derived rights and suggests that the new employment bill will encompass a range of additional employment-related issues. These issues include the creation of a new single enforcement body, the introduction of a new right for all workers to request a more predictable contract, the extension of redundancy protections to prevent pregnancy/maternity discrimination, and the introduction of an entitlement to one week's unpaid leave for carers.
- UK House of Commons: Removal of workers' rights in the new EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
- UK government: The Queen's speech: Briefing notes
If the WAB is ratified and an implementation period until 31 December 2020 is agreed, the UK will not be able to legislate to reduce EU workers' rights during this period. However, the proposed employment bill would need to be passed by the end of the implementation period to protect EU-derived workers' rights. As yet, there has been no indication as to when the bill will be introduced, or its position on EU-derived rights. In October 2019, the Financial Times reported that the government was looking to deregulate workers' rights post-Brexit. [3]
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) criticised the Queen's speech for falling short on Prime Minister Johnson's pre-election promises to support workers, stating its belief that many in the cabinet are desperate to drive down labour standards. On 23 December, the TUC published the findings of its post-election poll of 2,975 working adults, which found that 73% of respondents want the government to protect and enhance current workplace rights guaranteed by the EU. [4]


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3D Entertainment Distribution's new theatrical release, "Air Racers 3D," narrated by actor Paul Walker opens this weekend at select IMAX theatres, including the Naval Aviation Museum (Pensacola, Florida), Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (Hutchinson, Kansas), National Infantry Museum (Columbus, Georgia) and U.S. Space & Rocket Centre (Huntsville, Alabama).
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Lockheed IMAX Theatre in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Air Force Museum (Dayton, Ohio) will launch Air Racers 3D on May 25, followed by the Houston Museum of Natural Science (Houston, Texas), COSI The Center of Science & Industry (Columbus, Ohio), New Mexico Museum of Space History (Alamogordo, New Mexico) and Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen (Denmark). The film will roll out in both 2D and 3D at additional domestic and international IMAX theatres as well as in digital 3D cinemas over the coming 24 months. A Google Map featuring the IMAX theatre locations opening Air Racers 3D is available online
Air Racers 3D, which was three years in the making and required a USD $5 million budget, is produced by 3D Entertainment USA and Pretend Entertainment in association with Stereoscope, and distributed worldwide by 3D Entertainment Distribution. Directed by Christian Fry and Jean-Jacques Mantello (Sharks 3D, Ocean Wonderland 3D), principal photography in 4K and in 3D took place during the 2009 and 2010 Reno National Championship Air Races and was completed at Reno Stead Field Airport in June 2011.
Narrated by Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise, Takers), Air Racers 3D is the first-ever IMAX theater film devoted to the fastest race in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. With aerial photography filmed entirely in 3D and unprecedented access granted to the course, Air Racers 3D takes audiences into Nevada's Valley of Speed to experience the intensity and high-speed thrills of a sports event like no other. Moviegoers will discover this ultra-competitive world through the eyes of rookie pilot Steve Hinton as he attempts to fly his P-51 Mustang fighter plane to victory in the most highly-anticipated and unpredictable race class.
"The Reno Air Races and Air Show is a unique event that is full of incredible characters, from the pilots to the amazing vintage aircraft," said the film's directors, Christian Fry and Jean-Jacques Mantello. "As storytellers, we always knew that this was a perfect subject for the IMAX medium, primarily because of the spectacular visuals that are available in this world, as well as the truly unique opportunity to put audiences inside the cockpit at 500 mph."
"I have always been fascinated by the sheer power, precision and skills of these tremendously talented pilots who race just 50 feet off the ground at twice the speed of a Nascar race," said narrator Paul Walker. "I was further drawn to the film by its unique historical view of this legendary sport and for the educational insight into the science of flying that it provides."
The film is recommended for all audiences.
For more information: AirRacers-theFilm.com
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The entire country of Greece is currently facing economic ruin.
In case you haven't been keeping up with news of the Greek debt crisis, here's CNN's take in a nutshell: "Years of unrestrained spending, cheap lending and failure to implement financial reforms left Greece badly exposed when the global economic downturn struck. This whisked away a curtain of partly fiddled statistics to reveal debt levels and deficits that exceeded limits set by the eurozone."
Right now, Greece's debt is bigger than it's economy. That should sound pretty familiar to readers in the United States.
As Greek political leaders toss around the pros and cons of a European bailout of their country's entire economy, the people of Greece have found their own cashless way to cope.
Tired of inflated prices and devalued money, Greek communities have begun to ressurect an alternative economy from past centuries. In the two years since Greece's economy has been in really bad shape, more than a hundred networks which deal in non-currency transactions have sprung up across the country.
Instead of tapping into already stressed bank accounts to pay for clothes, food, or even a much-needed respite like art or yoga lessons, people are using their own time and talents to facilitate trades with others in their community.
Think about it: everything from clothing, to home repairs and child care services can be bartered. Of course, there's no need to wait for a national economic crisis to erupt before utilizing the barter system to procure goods or services that you may need.
Check out these handy Shareable posts for more info about how to organize cashless bartering systems in your own community!
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Julius Rosenwald, (born August 12, 1862, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.—died January 6, 1932, Chicago), American merchant and unorthodox philanthropist who opposed the idea of perpetual endowments and frequently offered large philanthropic gifts on condition that they be matched by other donations. He was especially noted for his aid to the education of blacks.
After moderate success in the clothing business in New York City (1879–85) and Chicago (1885–95), Rosenwald bought a one-fourth interest in Sears, Roebuck and Co., which became the world's largest mail-order house and chain of retail stores. In 1910 he succeeded Richard Warren Sears as president, and in 1925 he was named chairman of the Sears board of directors. Rosenwald and A.H. Loeb, treasurer of the company, established an exemplary savings and profit-sharing program for employees. Under Rosenwald's leadership, Sears began to manufacture its own merchandise and instituted the policy of guaranteeing full refunds to dissatisfied customers.
Generous to Jewish charities, Rosenwald nonetheless opposed Zionism. From the early 1900s he was concerned with the welfare of U.S. blacks, and in 1917 he established the Julius Rosenwald Fund (to be expended within 25 years after his death and liquidated in 1948), the chief purpose of which was the improvement of education for blacks. Augmented by local taxes and private gifts, the fund paid for the construction of more than 5,000 schools in 15 southern states. In Chicago he established (1929) the Museum of Science and Industry, contributed heavily to the University of Chicago, and founded dental infirmaries in the public schools.


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DETROIT -- Make no mistake: The Detroit Lions gave their city a first-in-a-generation scene Monday night.
Michael Buffer bellowed the pregame introductions. Barry Sanders took the field as an honorary captain. A record crowd at Ford Field induced nine false-start penalties and later emptied into the streets as if the French Quarter had been transported north. Detroit's burgeoning cadre of celebrity fans, including pop stars Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker, held court in the Lions' postgame locker room.
It's a sight I won't soon forget. Neither will the 67,861 in attendance nor the Lions' still-gestating roster. But to me, the takeaway memory of the Lions' 24-13 victory over the Chicago Bears was the evidence that Monday night won't be a once-in-a-lifetime event.
The Bears matched up well against the Lions, largely stifling their offense and moving the ball decently against their defense. At halftime, the Bears led 10-7. But no matter how the Lions play, they have a critical ingredient that helps any good team navigate dips in efficiency: the ability to score easy touchdowns. In the NFL, that attribute is known as "explosiveness," and for the Lions, it is the ultimate equalizer.
The Lions won Monday night largely because of three huge plays:
Receiver Calvin Johnson's 73-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.
Running back Jahvid Best's 88-yard scoring run in the third quarter.
Best's 43-yard run in the fourth quarter, which put the Lions in position for a game-clinching field goal.
Those three plays totaled 204 yards, or 51.6 percent of the Lions' total offensive output Monday night. They had 191 yards on their other 43 plays, an average of 4.3 yards per pop.
"Our playmakers answered the bell tonight for us," receiver Nate Burleson said. "We knew we were going to need that."
It probably didn't surprise the national television audience when quarterback Matthew Stafford caught the Bears trying to defend Johnson with a single-high safety in the second quarter. Johnson blew past strong safety Chris Harris, and free safety Brandon Meriweather was too late providing help.
But Best was another story. He had averaged 3.2 yards per carry over the Lions' first four games and hadn't produced a run longer than 19 yards. Most of us had written off both him and the Lions' running game, but the mistake was forgetting what Best can do when he gets in the open field.
Crushing blocks from right guard Stephen Peterman and right tackle Gosder Cherilus opened a crease at the 12-yard line in the third quarter, and Best said: "I figure if I get in the open field, nobody should catch me. I knew nobody was going to catch me from behind."
It sounds simple, but not every NFL team has one player like Johnson or Best, someone who can turn a relatively simple play into a game-changing touchdown.
It's true that the Bears have been vulnerable to the kind of runs Best broke. Entering Week 5, they were allowing 5.3 yards per rush between the tackles, the NFL's third-worst mark. And some of you might like Best to provide more of a consistent threat.
Since joining the Lions last season, Best has five carries that have totaled 229 yards. He has averaged 2.9 yards on his other 238 carries. But what he did Monday night helped win a key NFC North game and, more importantly, will have ramifications for the rest of the season -- even if he never comes close to replicating it.
"When you have a quarterback like we have, when you have a receiver like we have, you're probably not going to be a team that's going to run the ball 40 times a game," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said. "So we're going to do what it takes to win the game, and we have a lot of explosiveness in our pass game. You saw the way it was able to be effective. We ran the ball well enough to be able to set it up."
Indeed, the Lions' third touchdown came on a play-action fake to Best. That's how tight end Brandon Pettigrew got wide open for an 18-yard touchdown reception. On Monday night, Stafford completed all five of his play-action passes, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Hereafter, Lions opponents who overlook Best, or lose track of him, will do so at their own peril. NFL teams fear players who can score on their own and build game plans around them. The Lions have two great equalizers in their arsenal, and that's the scene I'll remember from Monday night.
"I don't think we proved anything," Stafford said. "We go out ... expecting to win every game."
With big-play weapons such as Johnson and Best, the Lions have every right to feel that way. I don't know where this magical season will take them. But they've shown us they have the ingredients to continue winning well into January.
Now, wouldn't that be a scene to remember?


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As I grow older, I find making friends harder than it was when I was younger. Because I'm a mom, I am trying to make mommy friends so there can be kids for my daughter to play with as well.
I wrote a while ago about navigating through mommy groups, but I was thinking about the process of making friends. I think a lot of the women I've met in my mommy groups are pretty much acquaintances as we don't have a lot in common beyond the fact that we are all mommies.
I met my best friend through our local mommies group, and while she lived right down the street it was easy for us to just hang out together. It was nice – she is a fellow geek and our kids adore each other. But then she had to move 2 hours away to Charlotte, so my comfortable little bubble was popped.
So, I'm trying to make mommy friends again, instead of just mommy acquaintances. It's hard, because I'm a fairly shy person, especially around new people. But I'd love to find more friends with kids, for both my sake and for my daughter's. But it can be hard to find other moms that I have things in common with and can make a connection to. But I'm working on it!
Do you have lots of mommy friends?


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Thousands of Islamists clash with opponents in Egypt
At least 42 people were being treated for injuries, with some rushed to the hospital, a city health official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters.
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Thousands of Islamists clashed with their opponents on Friday in Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, a day before the second leg of voting on a proposed constitution that has deeply polarized the nation.
Riot police swung batons and fired volleys of tear gas to separate the stone-throwing crowds, made up of Muslim Brotherhood members and ultraconservative Salafis on one side, and youthful protesters on the other. The clashes started when the two groups met just after Friday afternoon prayers near the city's main mosque.
The demonstrators, some of whom carried black Islamic battle flags, withdrew from the mosque area under a heavy cloud of tear gas some two hours after the clashes began. Fighting continued along the coastal road of the Mediterranean city, near the Medical School and famed Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
At least 42 people were being treated for injuries, with some rushed to the hospital, a city health official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters.
It was unclear who started the fight. Islamists had called for a big rally outside the Qaed Ibrahim mosque, and some 20 liberal political parties had said they would not hold a rival gathering to avoid clashes.
Security forces had cordoned off streets leading to the mosque as throngs of Salafi Islamists, most wearing the long beards favored by the movement, gathered for what they called "the million-man rally to defend clerics and mosques." Some chanted "God is Great," and warned opponents: "with blood and soul, we redeem Islam."
The rally was called in response to violence last week, when a well-known Alexandrian Salafi cleric, Sheik Ahmed el-Mahalawi, was trapped inside a mosque for 12 hours while his supporters battled rock-throwing opponents outside with swords and firebombs.
El-Mahalawi, 87, had stirred anger with a sermon in which he denounced opponents of the Islamist-friendly draft charter as "followers of heretics." He denied that in a sermon on Friday, accusing the media of spreading "lies," and claiming that last week's clashes were meant to prevent voting on the constitutional referendum.
The final round of voting on the disputed charter is to be completed Saturday in the remaining 17 of Egypt's 27 provinces.
Critics charge that the Islamist-dominated body that wrote the draft document did not represent all Egyptians. Liberal and Christian members quit the assembly to protest clauses and articles they say were rammed through by hardline members aiming to create a religious state.
The opposition National Salvation Front reiterated its call on Friday for voters to oppose the document, and one of the group's leaders, Mohamed ElBaradei, urged President Mohamed Morsi to suspend the referendum and form a new constituent assembly.
With election authorities, army and police preparing for Saturday's voting however, ElBaradei's televised message looked unlikely to shift Morsi's position.
"If this constitution passed, there will be no stability," said Baradei, a Nobel Laureate and Egypt's leading pro-democracy advocate.
The first round of voting was held in 10 provinces last Saturday, including in Egypt's biggest cities, Cairo and Alexandria. Turnout was low, around 32 percent, and unofficial results showed around 56 percent of voters cast a "yes" vote in support of the constitution. Rights groups and the opposition immediately filed complaints alleging irregularities.
Controversy over the proposed constitution has in the past month plunged Egypt into political turmoil unprecedented since the February 2011 ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the longtime authoritarian and secular-minded ruler.
The draft has split the country into two camps. On one side are the Islamists from the country's most organized group, The Muslim Brotherhood, from which President Mohammed Morsi hails, and their backers from various Salafi and former Jihadist groups.
The opposition camp, led by the National Salvation Front, is an alliance of liberal parties and youth groups backed by Christians and moderate Muslims who fear the Brotherhood's attempts to monopolize power by passing a constitution that enshrines a greater role for clerics and Islamic law.
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians from both sides have rallied in the streets over the past month. The crisis peaked when Brotherhood supporters attacked an opposition sit-in outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Dec. 5. The ensuing violence left at least 10 dead and hundreds of injured on both sides.
The crisis was compounded by Morsi's decision to rush the draft constitution to a referendum after an Islamist-dominated panel approved it, as well as his move last month to grant himself near-absolute powers, which were later rescinded.
Morsi's moves have also split state institutions. The judiciary became another battleground, with the powerful Judges' Club calling on its members to boycott the vote while Brotherhood sympathizers in the legal system and other independents insisted on supervising it.
Egyptian prosecutors held a sit-in protest to press Morsi-appointed prosecutor general Talaat Abdullah to resign on Monday. Abdullah resigned, then retracted his resignation on Thursday, raising the prospect of new protests by fellow prosecutors.
Also, Zaghloul el-Balshi, the secretary general of the election committee who is also a judge and an aid to the country's justice minister, resigned Wednesday, citing health reasons. The media said his resignation was prompted by his inability to prevent voting violations in the first leg of the referendum.


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Computer-based instruction and educational activities have been a part of high school level curricula for some time, but the primary grades have adopted these techniques a little slower. However, the adoption of technological learning activities will increase sharply over the next few years. Experts disagree on the single most important driving factor, but there are clearly a number of distinct advantages to computer-based learning activities over more traditional educational activities. Here are five of the most important.
The pace of instruction concerns everyone involved in the development of educational activities. Parents often worry about their child being either left behind or held back by the performance of the other students in the classroom. Teachers using traditional learning activities have trouble progressing some of the students in a classroom if not all are ready. Computer-based educational activities assist here by allowing each student to learn at his or her own pace. One student can move onto more demanding educational activities before the rest of the class without disrupting anyone else's learning. Simultaneously, another student can repeat certain learning activities as often as advisable.
Computer-based instruction can also enhance the relevance and quality of educational activities. This will often register as a prime concern for parents and students. Collaborating with an appropriate site for learning activities will provide the school district or classroom teacher with a wealth of choices. With educational activities organized by grade level and covering a vast array of subject material, a valuable partnering site will empower the instructor with the ability to choose learning activities to target the students' needs best. Further, if the site includes authoring tools, the teacher or parent may create new educational activities to address any under-served curricular areas. Additionally, a user community, if offered, may enable the sharing of learning activities far more easily than before. Providing instruction on the computer then helps foster increased relevance for the lessons involved.
To compete in today's society, students need to achieve a much higher level of comfort and ease with technological tools. Today's primary age students will find computers and technology dominating their workplaces to a greater degree than their parents or perhaps even their older siblings. Another advantage of learning activities on computers for our children then is that it teaches on multiple levels. Our students not only master the curriculum materials embedded in the learning activities, but also become more adept at using computers, which is also of value to them.
Finally, computer-based instruction can help lower the cost of our kids' educational activities. Instead of buying multiple copies of a textbook for each subject matter area, schools can invest in computers and software to attend to all students. Many sites for learning activities can be accessed for a modest monthly fee. This one fee can then address an entire classroom's needs across many curriculum areas at once, and therefore provide an economical way to provide educational activities. For these reasons, classrooms will feature computer-based instruction going forward.


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Common Issues Surrounding Periodontitis
Common Issues Surrounding Periodontitis
Are you suffering from periodontitis? Actually, this is among the top reasons why people lose their teeth or suffer from serious oral problems. It's very common among adults aged thirty years and up, and even young adults who were not as mindful of their dental hygiene and care in their childhood and teenage years. This article aims to give you the information on the whole issue surrounding periodontitis, its treatments and diagnosis.
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For starters, it is a gum infection that needs a thorough dental treatment. This will result to a tooth loss if not treated immediately. Periodontal disease or gum disease includes gingivitis and periodontitis. This type of gum disease is caused by bacterial infection due to poor oral hygiene. If you are suffering from gingivitis and properly treated, this will cause to periodontitis. Usually the condition causes gums to bleed and inflamed.
The symptoms of this periodontitis include red gums, sore gums, sour taste in the mouth, swollen gums, bleeding gums, sensitivity on teeth, pulling away of gums on teeth, teeth loss, dentures fitting poorly, difficulty chewing and biting and bad breath. Some people suffering from this serious oral disease usually experiencing few symptoms but if few symptoms could be felt, it is still best to consult your dentist to avoid tooth loss. check out here
This condition usually arises from many factors. Mostly people having vitamin C deficiency usually suffer from bleeding gums and tooth loss. Plaque buildup is also one of the causes of periodontitis. There are also several types of periodontitis that you should consider and they are aggressive periodontitis, chronic, periodontitis related to some conditions and necrotizing periodontal disease.
Aggressive periodontitis is a bacterial disease of the teeth that occurs before the aged thirty five and usually common to prepubescent children. The first sign includes swelling of gum tissue and usually occurs with pain or sometimes there is no pain. Chronic periodontitis is the most common types of periodontitis and the inflammation occurs slowly and may result in tooth loss not properly treated. Some periodontitis can occur due to other health problems like heart diseases, diabetes and lung disorder.
If you are suffering from symptoms of periodontitis, make sure to visit your dentist immediately for proper treatment. During your visit your dentist will ask you about the history of your disease.
Then the inspection of your teeth and gums is being observed especially the color and the firmness. Your dentist would also test your teeth for looseness and the fitness of your teeth together. Mostly, x-ray is requested to know if you are suffering from bone loss due to periodontitis. Your dentist would also use a periodontal probing in testing for gum diseases.
Prevent this to happen by brushing your teeth regularly for at least two to three times after meals. Use a soft bristled tooth brush and replace your toothbrush if there is wear. Soft bristled toothbrush is superior in removing plaque of your teeth.CLICK HERE To Find Out More Brush your teeth effectively and take your time when brushing and also brush your tongue. Have regular floss and a regular checkup from your dentist.
Untreated periodontitis can lead to severe kinds of diseases.
So, don't be afraid to visit your dentist for proper treatment. As it's often said, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Besides, caring for your gums and teeth lessens the risks of heart and other cardiovascular diseases, as well as far more serious ailments that keep you from giving out your best smile more often!


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In this post I want to describe about a series of puzzles called weighing puzzles. These puzzle vary in hardness from simple to extremely mathematical involving either expertise in some fields or extreme ingenuity. Either you know it or you figure out it using extreme intelligence. So here is the chance for some people to burn your grey cells.
I am putting forward three puzzles with varying range of hardness. Sometimes you may feel the hardest one is very easy for you have already come across the theory, but I still made it the hardest for the people who will be solving it with out knowing the theory behind it, giving them an option to figure out a small part in evolution of computational history.
There is a shopkeeper who wants to weigh things who has a common balance. He must be in a position to weigh things of all possible integral weighing units from 1 to a given maximum sum. The question will be either about how many weights you will need or how will you weigh.
Problem 1: One Side Only (Simple Interview Question for Phone Screening usually)
In this version of the problem shopkeeper can only place the weights in one side of the common balance. For example if shopkeeper has weights 1 and 3 then he can measure 1,3 and 4 only. Now the question is how many minimum weights and name the weights you will need to measure all weights from 1 to 1000. This is a fairly simple problem and very easy to prove also.
Problem 2: Both Sides (Medium:5 to 10 mins onsite interview question)
This is same as the first problem with the condition of placing weights on only side of the common balance being removed. You can place weights on both side and you need to measure all weights between 1 and 1000.For example if you have weights 1 and 3,now you can measure 1,3 and 4 like earlier case, and also you can measure 2,by placing 3 on one side and 1 on the side which contain the substance to be weighed. So question again is how many minimum weights and of what denominations you need to measure all weights from 1kg to 1000kg.
Problem 3: Incremental (Hard)This is an altogether different one in the same scenario. You have to make 125 packets of sugar with first one weighing 1 kg, second 2 kg, third 3 kg etc ...and 125th one weighing 125kg.You can only use one pan of the common balance for measurement for weighing sugar, the other pan had to be used for weights i.e. weights should be used for each weighing.
It has come into notice that moving weights into and out of the pan of the balance takes time and this time depends on the number on the number of weights that are moved. For example - If we need to measure 4 kg using weights 1 and 3 only, it will take twice as much time needed to measure 1 kg. Lets say we want to make sugar packets of weights 1,3,4 using weights 1 and 3 only. For this first we measure 1 kg, with 1 unit of time, we place 3 kg along with 1 kg and measure 4kg with again 1 unit of time, and finally we move 1kg out of pan to measure 3kg in 1 unit of time. So in 3 units of time we could measure 1,3 and 4kg using weights 1 and 3 only.
Now you have to make sugar packets of all weights from 1 to 125 in minimum time, in other words in minimum movement of weights. The question here is to find out the minimum number of weighs needed and the weight of each the weights used and the strategy to be followed for the creation of 125 packets of sugar.


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On June 22 and 23rd, the final workshop of the first phase of the project "Fostering collaboration through mapping, analysing and interlinking of European Entrepreneurial Regions" took place.The objectives of the event were to:
The event was also the bridge between the first phase of the project and the second phase that will start in July 2020. The participants were representatives of EER regions, stakeholders of the regional entrepreneurial ecosystems, and representatives of the European Commission, EASME and the Committee of the Regions.
The workshop started with the Welcome and Introduction. Birgit Weidel underlined how in the present pandemic situation collaboration and cooperation among European regions and ecosystems is key. The lessons learnt and the tools used in the project can be found in the EER Guidebook and used as reference to be recreated by other regions. The project is also an example of how to reinforce Europe and the key industrial value chains of the future.
Thomas Wobben reminded the participants how the EER initiative started 10 years ago as a way to break the divide between local policies and European policies, since entrepreneurship needs mainly local actions. In the new context, it is also important to rethink the interregional value chains and to provide a better chance for collaboration and the promotion of growth and competitive advantages. Afterwards the EER Project and the Guidebook developed were presented by Kincsö Izsak, Technopolis Group, Daniela Kretz, IDEA Consult and Lena Tsipouri, University of Athens. During the project a set of common challenges have been identified such as skills, support to scale-ups, linking large companies and entrepreneurs or internationalisation.
Project outcomes The main outputs of the project have been: a matrix of complementarities and synergies, indicator framework to map and monitor entrepreneurial ecosystems, 10 in-depth mapping reports (one per region), 6 Action Plans with various well-defined actions on the following topics: 1) Network start-up/scale-up support; 2) Soft landing scheme for start-ups/scale-ups; 3) Financing scale-ups; 4) Digital transition of industrial SMEs; 5) Agrifood: data sharing and reduction of food waste loss; and 6) MedTech: fostering digital health, 15 online meetups, EBN congress and SME exchange, The EER Guidebook has been also prepared with the aim to providing guidance to regions on how to foster their entrepreneurial ecosystems through interregional collaboration.
Putting action plans into action As a next step, the actions per action plan will be followed up. 'Quick wins' such as the policy exchange, the information platform, the sub-networks per common challenge identified will be pursued. Each participating EER region will re-prioritise the complex actions that require more resources with the aim to implementing at least one of the key horizontal and thematic actions in each action plan. It will be important to keep the momentum and go on with the practical actions. Matching the actions with the regional innovation strategies will be important.
Professor Lena Tsipouri summarised the lessons learnt from the mapping activities of the project. She presented the lessons from the theory and how they can be translated into policy. Since the elements of entrepreneurial ecosystems interact in complex and specific ways it is not possible to provide general remarks on how to create/sustain entrepreneurial regions. Any policy interventions should help to create the elements of the system, so they can co-evolve. Regulation and incentives are necessary to help build the missing elements in the region or to facilitate the access elsewhere. If the actors of the ecosystem are not connected, any funding given will not help to reach its objectives. Finally, she presented how EER can contribute in each stage of the ecosystems' maturity.
Patrick Jordens from VLAIO Flanders presented the "Network start-up / scale-up support" action plan, which involved 6 regions. After identifying common challenges in the regions, a set of actions were proposed to overcome them: a peer learning network for entrepreneurs and business support organisations, including study visits for start-ups and scale-ups. The next presentation was on the "Soft landing scheme" action plan introduced by Michael Moll from Accent Lower Austria and the experiences on the topic of the region of Lower Austria. After presenting the region and how Accent supports SMEs, the good practice from the BIC of CERN Tech was presented. Accent collaborates with CERN to investigate touching points between start-up needs and CERN know-how. Some of the areas of interest are big data, sensor systems, signals and data processing, or AI and robotics. The activities carried out in the context of the action plan, as well as the next steps and relevance of this action plan for Lower Austria, were also discussed. The last action plan presented was the "Financing Scale-ups" by Hava Yildiz, from the Île-de-France Region. After explaining the mission and objectives of the action plan, the activities proposed – collaboration with EuroQuity; capitalisation on existing EU initiatives; use of public procurement to support start-ups and the use of European Investment Funds – were presented in detail. In the case of France, the Government has convinced institutional investors to invest more heavily in late-stage VC.
Maria Dolors Nuñez and Montse de Riquer presented the measures taken in the Region of Catalonia to fight Covid-19. One of the measures taken was the creation of a Covid-19 Business Marketplace, it collects and connects companies that offer technology, medical equipment or production capacity related to Covid-19. At the moment there are more than 2500 registrations and 55,000 visits. Similarly, they have also created a catalogue of Covid-19 solutions, technologies and initiatives developed by companies and other agents in the region. As part of the business support activities, ACCIÓ has developed a virtual desk where they can answer questions and requests from companies. They also provide expert advice through their Offices of Technical Barriers to Internationalisation. Finally, OxyGEN and HumanITCare are some examples of relevant start-ups in the context of the pandemic. The Interregional Innovation Investment instrument was presented by Valentina Pinna, Policy Officer at DG Regio. Interregional innovation investments have the potential to encourage the development of European value chains through the commercialisation and scaling up of interregional innovation projects (Component 5 – ETC Art 3.5). This initiative will be funded with EUR 970 million, 11.5% of the European territorial cooperation resources, and the objective is that ERDF may support interregional innovation investments, bringing together researchers, businesses, civil society and public administrations involved in Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3). She also presented S3 Platform and the Thematic Smart Specialisation Platforms, which are closely linked with the topics of the Action Plans. The day 1 concluded with a presentation of the phase two of the project by Laura Roman, Technopolis Group. The second phase will welcome 8 new regions: Asturias, Navarra and Valencia from Spain; Gelderland from the Netherlands; Northern Ireland from the UK; Pomorskie and Malopolskie from Poland and Helsinki from Finland. The process in this new phase will be very similar to what has been done in the first phase.
The second day focused on the thematic action plans and how digitalisation as a cross-cutting theme affects various parts of the regional ecosystem. The discussion started with a short summary of the presentations and recap of day 1. The first presentation was about the action plan on "Digital transition of industrial SMEs". Coen de Graaf from the Province of North Brabant presented the objectives, creation process and the activities proposed: exchange of experiences and best practices, connecting with existing EU initiatives and benchmarking governance models on support to the digital transition of industrial SMEs. It is also foreseen to collaborate with the regions involved in the renewal phase. Afterwards Maria Goulaptsi from the Region of Central Macedonia presented the "Agri-food" action plan. She presented the objectives, creation process and the activities proposed. The regions involved have also looked at possible funding opportunities under Horizon2020, the thematic S3 Platform on Agri-food, the Interreg Programme or the Component 5, as presented on Day 1. Maria also presented the state of the agri-food sector in her region and their involvement in several EU initiatives.
Jacopo Buzzi from the cluster Techforlife in Lombardy gave insights into the main subject of the "MedTech" action plan from a regional perspective and how Lombardy is fostering digital health in the fight against Covid-19. He introduced the Techforlife cluster and the health ecosystem in Lombardy, moving on to the Covid-19 emergency in the region. As part of the support activities, Lombardy has set up a call to finance research projects in the field of health to fight the Covid-19 emergency and another one for the development of collaborations aimed at identifying therapies and protection, diagnostic and analysis tools to fight the Covid-19 emergency and other future pandemics. The next session of the workshop focused on building synergies with another European Commission project called 'Advanced Technologies for Industry'.
Kincsö Izsak from Technopolis Group presented the project implemented on behalf of the European Commission DG Grow and EASME. The objective is to systematically monitor technological trends and provide up-to-date data on advanced technologies to policymakers, industry representatives and researchers. The project covers 16 advanced technologies, such as IoT, nanotechnology, AI or big data. Regional stakeholders can take advantage in particular of the ATI Technologies Centres mapping tool and the knowledge produced within the Technology, Sectoral and Product Watch reports. The Technology Centres online mapping aims to provide the following:
The ATI Product Watch analyses novel products that are based on advanced technologies for the development of goods and services – enhancing their overall commercial and social value. It analyses the value chain of the selected ATI-based products, their link to the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) and the strengths and weaknesses of the EU competitive positioning. The website will be available soon at https://ati.ec.europa.eu and all EER participants will be informed.
Els van de Velde from IDEA consult presented the Product Watch report on 3D Printing of hybrid components prepared in the context of the ATI project. The objective is to map the key players in the metal 3D-printing value chain, as well as to identify their strengths and weaknesses. The report provides information on the value chain and its structure, as well as about the key actors in the field and an analysis of the competitive positioning of Europe. The report can be found here.
Anne-Jo Smits from the Poultry Excellence Centre presented the Product Watch report on sensors for farm management of livestock value chain. The increased use of IoT and sensors on farms can allow farmers to make informed decisions on crops or livestock. The report provides information on the value chain and its structure, as well as about the key actors in the field and an analysis of the competitive positioning of Europe. The report can be found here.
Natalia Martinez Paramo, Head of the COSME Unit – EASME, closed the event. She thanked everyone for their contributions during the project and the fruitful discussions over the 2 half days. She emphasised the importance and the need for cross-regional collaboration, that became more evident in this last period characterised by unprecedented challenges but that will remain key also in the future, rethinking growth and embracing a path of transition towards green and digital transformation in full alignment with the new Commission priorities and the Multi-annual Financial Framework. She also referred to the "Guidebook" developed as to a source of inspiration for many other European Regions.
Please find below links to the following relevant documents: