Raw materials are a finite resource. As the number of industries which rely on these resources increases (e.g. metals for smartphones and tablets) so does the number of consumers. Not only will we start running out of these materials in the coming decades, but the processes involved in their extraction and manufacturing are often harmful to workers, citizens and the environment.
To rely on raw materials is not economically viable in the long term. As stocks run low, the market for the resource becomes increasingly volatile. Every country in the world trades its raw materials, so if one of these links can no longer deliver, the whole supply chain is affected. By 2050, the Dutch government wants the Netherlands to run completely on reusable raw materials. So the city of Amsterdam is testing out a solution: the circular economy.
Manufacturers will have to think ahead and create products that can be easily dismantled and reused – so in this case think of pure cotton rather than a blend. Another idea is for companies to lease products rather than sell them. So the company that leases you a washing machine would be responsible for its maintenance and repair. Then, when the machine reaches the end of its life, they would collect it and reuse the materials rather than having to mine for new ones. With advances in data science, storage capabilities and machine learning, these material flow systems are starting to become a reality.
ABN AMRO, a Dutch bank, has just opened the Netherlands first circular building at its headquarters in Amsterdam. Almost all the materials used are recycled, and when the building is eventually taken down, it can be easily disassembled and all materials reused. The Circl building boasts circular solutions such as insulation made of employees old denim jeans, window frames from demolished office buildings and 500 solar panels on the roof.
In our Smart Cities article, we spoke about the collaborative nature of the city. A study by Amsterdam Sharing City confirmed this, with 84% of residents showing a motivation to share. Extracting the maximum value from a product is the first step to creating a circular economy. 90% of the city has online access thanks to the excellent ICT structure, so startups in Amsterdam have been working with the municipality to create apps and platforms where residents can share with each other.
An online community platform designed by our very own founders at Eli5. Users can rent out their designer wardrobes to fellow fashionistas, so clothing gets maximum use. Plus users can soften the blow to their bank account with the rentals.
More than 20% of all CO2 emissions come from durable consumer goods. On average these assets are used for 10% of their lifetime. Peerby is an app made for sharing these items. Users can save the environment, save time spent purchasing items, save money on a costly purchase and meet lots of friendly people. The platform covers almost any item you can think of. From cars, bikes and cars for travelling; to gazebos, barbeques and folding chairs for a party.
Obviously, a sharing economy doesn't work without products to share in the first place. Producing these items still contributes to CO2 emissions, toxic pollution and other forms of waste. The Amsterdam Economic Board aims to close this loop by connecting waste streams to businesses.
Many manufacturing processes create heat, which is usually disposed of as a waste product via water or air. The Amsterdam Economic Board have enlisted a group of 32 government agencies, energy companies and heat producers to redirect this heat to homes.
In Amsterdam's Houthaven district, a new school and residential buildings will be heated using this network and cooled with water from the River IJ. Every home in the community will emit 80% less CO2 than apartments using a conventional boiler and air conditioning system.
The Sanquin blood bank has connected with Waternet (Amsterdam water company) to also use cold energy from drinking water during the winter months. This will initially be stored as thermal energy and used in Sanquins pharmaceutical processes. They expect to extract 20,000 gigajoules of energy in the first few years. There is also an expectation that money and energy will be saved by households, as the process raises the drinking water temperature and users will need less energy to heat water in the home.
One of the original Amsterdam Smart City schemes, the smart grid focuses on the storage and reclamation of surplus energy. In collaboration with the EU's City-Zen project, solar panels were installed across the city to collect energy throughout the day. However, once their batteries are at capacity, no more electricity can be stored, and precious daylight wasted. To increase capacity would involve expensive investment in infrastructure.
The winning solution at Appsterdam, a hackathon organised by the city, was to use electric car batteries as storage. This creates a temporary 'virtual power plant' while the government builds a larger depository. A smart grid would also allow solar panel owners to sell their surplus energy back to the provider using a smart meter platform. So each solar panel is used to its full potential, and there is always somewhere available to store the energy generated.
PUMA is a partnership between researchers from Leiden University, Delft University of Technology, the Waag Society and Metabolic. The research programme aimed to develop the idea of urban mines and to create a geological map of Amsterdam to indicate the presence of certain metals (e.g. copper). The PUMA team hope to create a database of buildings in the city and their material composition, so there is a possibility for mining these resources in the future.
The 2016 winner of Europe's Capital of Innovation Award, Amsterdam is often described as a 'living lab'. Buiksloterham, to the North, is the best example of a user-centered, open-innovation ecosystem.
Formerly home to many manufacturing ventures including an aeroplane factory, oil laboratory and shipbuilding yard, Buiksloterham was earmarked for private development until the 2008 economic crash. Unable to finance the construction themselves, the city opened the area to sustainable businesses and residents who wanted to self-build their own eco-friendly homes. The waterfront location opposite Centraal Station is now littered with startups, circular businesses and new housing.
De Ceuvel was built on the site of an old shipbuilding yard and is almost entirely circular. The land had been heavily polluted, so plants were chosen that will naturally detoxify the ground by the end of the 10-year lease.
What's Next For Circular Amsterdam?
van Plestik have now built their first working printer and in June 2017 won the 'Amsterdammers, Make Your City' prize to further develop their circular recycling project.
The next phase for the Amsterdam Economic Board is to make a Circular Data Platform which will combine all of the research, businesses and systems created already in one place, similar to the City Data platform for the Smart City. The primary purpose of this will be to store data about resource and waste flows in Amsterdam, to ensure the city can make the most efficient use of each resource. The platform will also be a place where businesses and citizens can gather and share data, discuss sustainability strategies and advise those who want to reduce their environmental impact and implement circular strategies.
An example of this is Instock, a restaurant in Amsterdam that uses food products that would otherwise go to waste. It relies on waste streams from Albert Heijn supermarkets but hopes to find other suppliers via the platform.
The final goal of a Circular Data Platform is to provide every material with a passport, so supplies of raw materials are not lost to landfill sites and other low-value waste disposal methods. At the same time, the Amsterdam municipality will keep running events like the Circular Creation Challenge, to encourage continued innovation to move towards a complete circular economy.


WestGate@Crane Technology Park would not be here without NSWC Crane, Indiana's strategic defense asset supporting high-tech solutions for the nation's warfighter. It may seem odd for a naval base to be rooted in land-locked, rural Indiana, but it has stood the test of time. Crane began as an ammunition supply point more than 70 years ago, but it has evolved into a hub for training, technology, and tremendous opportunity. Former NSWC Crane Commanding Officer, Captain JT Elder often said, the sun never sets on the work of NSWC Crane. The high-tech solutions the base provides to the Department of Defense are in action all over the world, protecting our service members and supporting their success.
Located just a mile outside the base, in South Central Indiana, WestGate@Crane Tech Park was established in 2005. EG&G was the first company to break ground on its facility in 2006, and the park has seen steady, consistent growth ever since, with more than 30 small businesses and Fortune 500 companies creating jobs, prosperity, and partnerships. It is truly a "miracle in a cornfield," as former Radius Indiana President/CEO, Becky Skillman, has often called it.
WestGate is the state's only tri-county tech park, encompassing parts of Daviess, Greene, and Martin counties. This unique partnership provides a strong base of local support for the WestGate@Crane Authority, a nine-member board created to develop and manage the tech park.
These leaders are passionate about the development of the park and the entire region. In 2012, WestGate Academy Conferencing and Training Center held its official ribbon cutting. In 2013, the Battery Innovation Center opened its doors, and developers are currently preparing to build a new hotel just over the Greene County line.
The Tech Park is moving at full speed toward future development, interstate speed, to be exact. When the state announced the construction of I-69, connecting Evansville with Indianapolis, it was the beginning of a new wave of investment for the region. To date, the interstate is fully operational from Evansville to Bloomington, with the next leg (Bloomington to Martinsville) slated to open within the next year. New companies continue to flock to the park for the unique blend of opportunity and quality of life in the region. They know and understand that this hub of activity for the defense industry may be nestled in the farmland of South Central Indiana, but it continues to be an ideal – if unexpected – location for businesses to thrive and grow.


New research from Allen Downey, a computer scientist at Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts, shows a startling correlation between the rise of the Internet and the decline of religious affiliation in the United States.
According to MIT Technology Review , back in 1990 only eight percent of the U.S. population did not have a religious affiliation. Twenty years later in 2010 that number was up to 18 percent. That is a jump of 25 million people. Americans seem to be losing their religion, and from Downey's research we may have an answer.
The data Downey looked at is from the General Social Survey, which according to MIT Technology Review is "a widely respected sociological survey carried out by the University of Chicago." Since 1972, the survey has been measuring the population's demographics and attitudes.
The approach to looking at the survey material was to see how socioeconomic status, education, religious upbringing and other factors correlated with the drop in religious affiliation. This is a good time to talk about the difference between correlation and causation. The data from the survey shows a relationship between these factors and decreased religious affiliation, but not direct causation.
Downey's findings show that religious upbringing is the largest influence on religious affiliation. However a drop in religious upbringing starting in 1990, does not account for the entire drop of religious affiliation. According to the analysis, religious upbringing was important, but only explicated 25 percent of the drop.
Higher education at the college level also has a relationship with the drop in religiosity. But the study shows that rates of the college education from the 1980s to 2000s only went up a little under 10 percent (from 17.4 to 27.2). Statistically, this can only account for five percent of the drop.
"For example, it's easy to imagine that a religious upbringing causes religious affiliation later in life. However, it's impossible for the correlation to work the other way round. Religious affiliation later in life cannot cause a religious upbringing (although it may color a person's view of their upbringing).
Of course we still have to contend with W and X causing Y — or a third factor that is causing both increased internet use and decreased religious affiliation. Thus far however, Downey has controlled most of the possible factors including income, environment, socioeconomic status, etc.
This still leaves us with nearly half of why religious affiliation is dropping in the United States unknown. One quarter going to religious upbringing, the other to the internet, and a small portion to higher education. A factor that was ruled out is date of birth, because that cannot alone cause why you are or are not religious. So what could this mystery factor be?
You say it like it is a bad thing. Religion is not salvation. It is the man made part of salvation that means little. It is the dirty rags Paul referred to. In my opinion, its a good thing. Losing the fake part of your faith so you can be more genuine is good for everyone.
I'm not losing my beliefs but I'm separating myself from organized theology-based politics which have metastasized into an ugly form of messaging (indoctrination) that serves not to glorify God, but to glorify narrow deity-stamped ideology.
I think more people are becoming disgusted with the politicization of religion in general but with Christianity specifically. Polls are consistent that 86% of Americans consider themselves to be Christian. But, the Bible is increasingly being cherry-picked by many who want to push science out of public schools and replace it with Creation Science, insisting that the Earth is only 6,000-years-old, men and dinosaurs coexisted and evolution never occurred.
Our Constitution protects the right to believe or not believe under the First Amendment.But, even that is under attack by fundamentalist Bible literalists who also insist that the Establishment Clause is a myth.
But, I didn't realize how political religion really is until my wife and I moved to Texas over seven years ago. We attended a small church in our area for a few months. The young pastor seemed amiable and the congregation was not so big that we felt drowned in it. One Sunday the pastor related how thrilled he was after watching a discussion between Bill O'Reilly and Brit Hume about Tiger Woods' infidelity. He presented the video clip on a drop-down screen. The gist of the conversation was that if only Tiger Woods would only give up his Buddhist faith and come to Christianity all would be forgiven. After the video finished the pastor then lit into "the liberal left." Well, needless to say I don't come to church to hear sermons on political ideology.
I accept that Texas is a deep, deep red state and it doesn't bother me all that much when I hear anti-Obama rants (much of it racist to the core) because I have lived in conservative areas a good part of my life in Ohio and in San Diego, Calif. I wasn't a bit surprised to learn that the governor, Rick Perry, brought his well-heeled friends to hunt at his family-owned Niggerhead Ranch. It was also not surprising that so many Texans (over 100,000 signed a petition to secede) expressed a desire to leave the Union and renounce their U.S. citizenship. After all, they did it once before and they were the last state of the Old Confederacy to rejoin the Union.
We attended a Baptist church in San Diego for nearly 20 years and I never once heard political eruptions such as those that are part of the culture in Texas churches. It is not only mean-spirited, nasty and hateful but it is pervasive and definitely NOT Christian. This level of rhetoric only defiles Christianity as well as the words and meaning in the Bible.
They can keep their tax-exempt churches, aka, political action committees, but I won't be adding anything to their collection plates which symbolize their real god — Money.
No thanks. I'll read my Bible at home and keep my personal relationship with God intact.


This week it's a Mega-Marvel Show, as we each have a Toy of the Week to review! Adam takes on the S.H. Figuarts Iron Man Mk VI, Scott looks at the Bowen Designs Doc Samson Statue and Ben checks out the Marvel Legends Wrecker Figure. Which one will get the highest dolly rating?
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Q: Android app glitch reviews when much better on Apple in Codenameone app Please could i have some advice from those who have been building apps for longer than myself. After 18 months of developing 2 quite complex CN1 apps, available on IOS and Android stores, I get starkly different customer feedback.
On both stores i get similar download levels (<10 a day).
From Google Play i receive nearly zero revenue and 1 and 2 star reviews, citing that the app of full of glitches, 'does not work' and freezes - but the same time reviews say they really like the app if it worked. I do not receive any examples of information to guide me on where to fix. It runs fine in my simulator (even slow network mode) and on my own Android device. Hence i'm not sure the best way forward, which is the advice i am after.
On IOS i receive mixed reviews, generally 2-4 stars but i get some revenue.
FYI, the app uses Rest web services to send data to/from my cloud database, so network is likely a cause, although i cannot reproduce. I can imagine customers clicking a button many times on the trot if the network is slow resulting in the transaction or screen showing multiple times. But just a guess. The cloud server is running fine with no spike in CPU or memory. I have tried to keep physical JSON network traffic loads small so that should be fine.
Would you agree that the next steps are to:

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*Verify the network traffic numbers, using the network monitor in the simulator and get these down if poss.

*Check that buttons disable themselves when pressed to avoid double tap.

*Write to a local storage log of timings when a user moves between screens, and pass that to my database on app exit, for my analysis on slow navigation.

Are there any other tips and tricks please?
Thanks in advance.

A: I would suggest using something like the rating widget to track user satisfaction. When a user provides a low rating ask him to email you personally so you can discuss the problems.
I would also suggest crash protection. Most of these cases occur due to on device exceptions that are hard to pinpoint and generally happen more on Android. Crash protection will send out emails with such details. Also check out the ANR/Crashes in Google Play's developer console to see if there's something you can improve.
Also you can add the play store link, I'll take a look and see if something pops out for me.

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The 2006 death of 14 year old Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi was shrouded in mystery due to a deeply corrupt military cover up. Dedicated journalists (like those at Women's Media Center) have helped to keep this story and Abeer's memory alive--read the latest here. As the last man accused stands trial, we learn more about what happened that day and drop deeper down the rabbit hole that is the state of some of our troops in Iraq today. Read the piece by Gail McGowan Mellor, a Pulitzer prize nominated journalist, posted on Women's Media Center today. Poet and author Robin Morgan wrote this piece "Their Bodies as Weapons", in 2006, as Abeer's story first surfaced and the many veils of this horrific story were just lifting.


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Update on Implementation of COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Federal Employees
December 09, 2021 • Blogs
In order to ensure the health and safety of the Federal workforce and the efficiency of the civil service, President Biden issued an Executive Order on September 9, 2021, requiring COVID-19 vaccination for Federal employees. As of November 22, 2021, Federal employees need to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, except for limited circumstances where an employee has an approved or pending request for an exception or extension.
On November 24, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shared that the Federal Government had achieved 96.5% compliance—meaning employees who have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination or have a pending or approved exception or extension request—with 92.0% of employees having received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose. This is across the largest workforce in the United States, with more than 3.5 million employees covered by a requirement working in every part of the country and around the world. And the Federal Government has implemented its vaccination requirements without disruptions to critical services people depend on.
The November 22, 2021 deadline wasn't an end point. For those employees not yet in compliance, agencies are undertaking a period of education and counseling, to be followed by additional enforcement steps, consistent with guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force and the Office of Personnel Management. These efforts have already resulted in increased levels of vaccination and compliance. As of December 8, 2021, the Federal Government has achieved 97.2% compliance with 92.5% of employees having received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose.
Given the Federal Government's tremendous progress, the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management have encouraged agencies to continue with robust education and counseling efforts as the first step in an enforcement process, with no subsequent enforcement actions, beyond that education and counseling and, if warranted, a letter of reprimand, for most employees who have not yet complied with the vaccination requirement until the new calendar year begins in January. Agencies may need to act on enforcement sooner for a limited number of employees, such as where there are additional or compounding performance or workplace safety issues under consideration, but in general, consistency across Government in further enforcement of the vaccine requirement after the start of the new calendar year is desired.
As the successful implementation of this requirement across the Federal Government has shown, vaccination requirements work: they increase vaccination rates—leading to a safer, more productive, and efficient workforce. They're good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the country. That's why the President has called for businesses to follow the Federal Government's lead and put these requirements into place right now.
The chart below provides data as of December 8, 2021, regarding the percentage of employees at each agency who are in compliance with the requirement. It also shows the percentage of employees who have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination as of December 8, 2021. As reflected below, every agency has a compliance rate of over 95%.
This chart provides a snapshot in time. In the days and weeks ahead, employees will continue to provide vaccination information and documentation, as well as submit requests for exceptions, and agencies will continue to process and review that information and documentation, and consider those requests. Over time, new hires into the Federal Government will, similarly, submit vaccination information and documentation, or exception requests, which agencies will process.
Each step of this process will result in more Federal employees becoming vaccinated.
Agency Agency-wide compliance percentagei Agency-wide vaccination percentageii
Agency for International Development 99.3% 98.1%
Department of Agriculture 97.8% 88.1%
Department of Commerceiii 99.5% 94.0%
Department of Defenseiv 96.5% 93.8%
Department of Education 99.9% 96.6%
Department of Energy 98.5% 91.0%
Department of Health and Human Servicesiii 99.6% 97.1%
Department of Homeland Securityv 96.2% 89.5%
Department of Housing and Urban Development 98.9% 93.5%
Department of the Interior 97.2% 90.2%
Department of Justice 98.8% 90.6%
Department of Labor 98.6% 93.9%
Department of State 98.3% 97.0%
Department of Transportation 99.7% 90.7%
Department of Treasury 98.9% 92.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs 98.7% 88.5%
Environmental Protection Agencyiii 95.6% 92.4%
General Services Administration 99.3% 93.4%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 97.7% 92.2%
National Science Foundation 99.9% 97.7%
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 98.1% 92.7%
Office of Personnel Management 99.4% 91.4%
Small Business Administration 99.0% 90.2%
Social Security Administration 97.7% 90.3%
i Percentage of agency employees covered by a vaccination requirement with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination or a pending or approved exception or extension
ii Percentage of agency employees covered by a vaccination requirement with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination
iii Includes both civilian and Commissioned Corps personnel
iv Includes both Department of Defense civilian and active duty personnel
v Includes both civilian and Coast Guard active duty personnel
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Is your website ready for Google's Mobile – First indexing?
The search giant has announced that your search value can get degraded if your mobile friendly site does not have enough content.
You have put many hours in SEO optimization of your website. With precision, and care you have mapped out your search words, and incorporated them on all the correct sites. You finally benefit from the hard work through good rangings on the search engine. However, with Google's Mobile – First indexing approaches you risk a downgrade of your search value, if your desktop site (your site as it appears on a computer) has more content than your mobile site (your site as it appears on smartphones).
An effective analysis of your mobile site enables you to both keep, and improve your search value to be prepared for 2017.
We have outlined the most important areas that you must consider, and what you can do to test your own mobile site.
What if I don't have a mobile site?
Per Google "don't sweat it". If you do not have a mobile site, the search engine will continue to assess your search value based on your desktop site.
However, we always recommend a mobile friendly version of your site as the searches on mobile, per Google, have already flown past the computer as the preferred method for internet searches.
Google is starting to range your website based on the content on the mobile site even though the search might be conducted on a computer. Therefore, you risk falling behind competitors who have already optimized their mobile sites. It can take some time to build the placement on the search engine that you had before. Therefore, the message is clear: Your mobile site should be optimized now.
In short, your mobile page is now more likely to affect your Google location than your desktop page. If your mobile page distinguishing itself from your desktop page, you risk having less visitors to your page because your Google ranking may deteriorate.
Many people are under the impression that the computer is still the most used device for online searching. Therefore, content is often adjusted to the desktop page and not necessarily to the mobile page, if the two pages are separate.
Google suggests a responsive web design, which means that your server always sends the same content to your mobile page when you update your website with content. If you do not have a responsive web design, and your mobile page is not updated with as much content as your desktop page, it may impair your search value.
How to do Google: As an example, when Google indexes your page, it looks at the front of your mobile page, and compares it to the front of your desktop page. If there is less content on the mobile page, it may potentially exceed your search engine location. For example, there may be fewer blog posts or products on the mobile page than found on the desktop page. Therefore, in short, the advice is: Make sure to update content on both sides, and at the same time.
Test where your traffic comes from: Google Analytics gives you an overview of how much of your traffic that comes from a computer, mobile and tablet, respectively. The numbers tell you the importance of mobile searches for your website, and therefore your business.
Test if your site is already mobile-friendly: You can easily, and quickly, test if your website is already mobile-friendly. Simply insert your website's URL, and then Google will analyze your page, and tell you if you should optimize your page or not.
If your mobile page differs significantly from your desktop page, an external assessment of your page may need to be required before your search value is potentially impaired. At Kruso, you get the right knowledge to create greater exposure that attracts more visitors to your site.


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reigns." said people always had opinion about her," For all the latest Sports News, (Source: Hocke India) Top News Indian hockey team lost 2-0 to Germany after the hosts overpowered them at the three-nations invitational tournament.Despite a good start for India who received a penalty corner in the 2nd minute itself they failed to break the strong German defence Harmanpreet Singh who scored both the goals during their 3-2 win against Belgium on Monday could not do anything as his side was dragged to a loss by Rio 2016 bronze medallist Germany which won 2-1 against Belgium in their last match finished with seven points while India stand with just four points Thies Ole Prinz hit the ball into the post in the seventh minute to give his side the lead The Germans kept posession of the ball from the beginning of the match and were brilliant with attack India keeper Akash Chikte came up with a good save minutes later after the hosts earned a penalty corner India had a chance of a comeback in the 29th minute when they got awarded with a second penalty corner but the visitors failed to convert it Timm Herzbruch found the net in the 60th minute before Harmanpreet was denied a chance with three minutes of the game left to play after a goalless third quarter In their previous matches Germany won 2-1 against Belgium drew 2-2with India and lost 2-5 in their opening match to Belgium For all the latest Sports News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Top NewsTo say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Hangzhou China for the G20 summit was eventful would be an understatement Apart from meeting several world leaders and discussing key issues with them Modi made one of the strongest statements against Pakistan and the country's involvement in terrorism Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on a lot of important issues during the G20 summit PTI Here are the key issues on which Modi spoke during the G20 summit: Pakistan and terrorism Perhaps the most important statement made by the prime minister was his sharp attack on Pakistan when he said on Monday "Indeed one single nation in South Asia is spreading these agents ofterror in countries of our region" Soon after Modi's assertion the G20 countries including India also came down heavily on terrorism as they vowed to tackle all sources techniques and channels of terror financing "We expect the international community to speak and act in unity and to respond with urgency to fight this menace Those who sponsor and support terrorism must be isolated and sanctioned not rewarded" Modi further said in his intervention during the concluding session of the meeting of the world's 20 strong economies Modi had earlier said that India appreciates the G20's initiative on combating the financing of terrorism and asserted that all countries should meet the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards "Growing forces of violence and terror pose a fundamental challenge There are some nations that use it as an instrument of state policy India has a policy of zero tolerance to terrorism Because anything less than that is not enough" Modi said "For us a terrorist is a terrorist" he asserted Modi's remarks at the G20 Summit came a day after India called on other Brics members to intensify joint efforts to combat terrorism The comments also assume significance amid a war of words between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the unrest in the Kashmir Valley that broke out on 8 July after Hizbul commander Burhan Wani was killed by security forces Indo-China ties CPEC Modi also raised India's concerns with China over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which runs through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the terrorism "emanating from the region" Modi also told Chinese President Xi Jinping that the two countries need to be "sensitive" to each other's strategic interests Asserting that the fight against terror should not be motivated by "political considerations" Modi said it is of "paramount importance that we respect each other's aspirations concerns and strategic interests" to ensure durable bilateral ties Besides a host of energy-related projects the CPEC consists of rail road and pipelines to ferry oil and gas from Gwadar port on Arabian Sea to Kashghar in China's Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province through PoK "As a matter of principle both countries would have to be sensitive to each other's strategic interests" Vikas Swarup Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson said while touching upon broad themes that Modi stressed upon during his 35-minute bilateral with Xi their eighth meeting PM Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit PTI "In order to promote positive convergence we would also need to prevent growth of negative perception For this the specific actions by both countries would play the major role" he said In particular Modi highlighted that "we have succeeded in maintaining peace and tranquility on the border" he added Condemning the recent suicide bomb attack on the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek capital of Kyrgyzstan Modi said it is yet another proof of the continuing scourge of terrorism "The Prime Minister reiterated that our response to terror must not be motivated by political considerations" Swarup said About the bilateral relations — which experienced turbulence due to differences over a raft of issues involving Pakistan including China's technical hold on UN ban against Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar and its attempts to block India's entry into Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) — Modi said in order to make the Asian century a reality the countries of the continent would have to take responsibility Asked whether Modi raised the issue of China blocking India's bid for the membership of the NSG during the bilateral Swarup declined to get into the "nitty-gritty" of the issues discussed "I am not going into the nitty-gritty of each and everything that was discussed Everything is not meant for public consumption There are certain things (which) need to remain between the two governments" he said On yet another question on the NSG issue he said: "I will not go into the specifics if you read between the lines you pretty much understand when we talk about strategic interests concerns and aspirations it is not as if China is not unaware of our strategic interests aspirations and concerns or we are unaware of their concerns So it is something both sides are well aware.This was a meeting at summit level between the two They are meant to provide high-level guidance and direction to overall relations" Citing that India has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty China had opposed its bid to join the elite 48-member bloc during NSG's meeting in Seoul in June Modi said he always had a strategic vision for India-China ties The India-China partnership is important not only for the two countries but for the entire region and the world Ahead of the 8th Brics Summit next month Modi extended a personal invitation to Xi to come to Goa which the Chinese leader said he was very happy to accept Black money Underlining that fighting corruption and black money is key to effective financial governance Modi asked G20 leaders to act to eliminate safe havens for economic offenders unconditionally extradite money launderers and end excessive banking secrecy that hide the corrupt "G20's efforts should be for zero-tolerance for corruption and black money; zero administration policy and treaty loopholes; zero barriers and full commitment to action" Modi said in his intervention on the second day of the G20 Summit Modi said fighting corruption black money and tax evasion were key to effective financial governance He said to achieve that "we need to act to eliminate safe havens for economic offenders track down and unconditionally extradite money launderers and break down the web of complex international regulations and excessive banking secrecy that hide the corrupt and their deeds" A stable global economic and financial system is imperative for development as it promotes inclusive and sustainable growth the prime minister said and called for further strengthening of the global financial safety net "We need a regular dialogue between the IMF Regional Financial Arrangements and Bilateral Swap Arrangements Important mechanisms like financial stability board should stick to their core mandate" Swarup quoted the prime minister as saying in a series of tweets "IMF should remain a quota-based institution and not depend on borrowed resources" Modi said emphasing that the "long-delayed 15th General Review of Quotas must be completed by 2017 Annual Meetings" India has been pressing for reform of the Bretton Wood Institutions – IMF and World Bank – which would give it and other major emerging economies greater say in the multilateral lenders India had recently said governance reforms are required to ensure IMF's credibility legitimacy and effectiveness Trade The Prime Minister said global trading regime must respond to needs and priorities of developing nations "Global value chains must provide them level-playing field" Earlier Modi said India's priority was to work towards a Trade Facilitation Agreement for services and a "transformed and liberalised" investment regime has put India among top host nations for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) "Knowledge and innovation-driven economy requires free mobility" he said At another intervention on 'Robust International Trade and Investment' he said the "global trade is at a cross roads" He said the vision of a "transparent equitable non-discriminatory open inclusive and rule-based global trading architecture should underpin collective efforts" Modi urged G20 members to fully implement the Bali and Nairobi Ministerial decisions to facilitate trade The Nairobi Decision builds on the earlier 2013 Bali Ministerial Decision on preferential rules It includes Ministerial Decisions on agriculture covering a Special Safeguard Mechanism for developing countries (to counter import surges of farm items) "Global trading regime must respond to needs and priorities of developing nations" Modi said He closed his second intervention of the day saying global investment principles shouldn't be prescriptive "Countries need policy space depending on national circumstances and development focus" Scorpene submarine data leak Modi also raised with French President Francois Hollande the leak of confidential data on the Indian Scorpene Class submarines being built in Mumbai in collaboration with French defence company DCNS on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou PM Modi with French President Francois Hollande PTI Over 22000 pages of secret data on the capabilities of six highly-advanced submarines being built for the Indian Navy in Mumbai in collaboration with French defence company DCNS were leaked The data leak reportedly happened overseas "This issue has also figured (in the talks)" Swarup told reporters India's NSG membership On the second and final day of the summit Modi held a separate "pull-aside" meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with whom he discussed India's NSG membership The discussion with Erdogan on NSG was significant as Turkey was among the few countries — along with China — which had stalled India's bid to join the elite grouping at its plenary meeting in June in Seoul Turkey too raised its concern over the presence of supporters of dissident Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen in India Turkey accuses Gulen of masterminding the failed July coup attempt India-UK ties Britain's new visa policy could have a "negative impact" on Indian working professionals' short-term business visits to the UK Modi told his British counterpart Theresa May during their first meeting after she became Premier Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit the two Prime Ministers also discussed further enhancement of bilateral defence partnership Swarup said "Prime Minister also touched on UK's visa policy In particular he said that the new UK regulations could have negative impact on Indian working professionals wishing to visit UK for short term business visits" Swarup said PM Modi with UK PM Theresa May PTI The Prime Minister invited British firms to 'Make in India' as both leaders also looked forward to an early visit by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to the UK he said "The Prime Minister underlined that even after the Brexit the UK remained as important to India as before" Swarup further said Modi also sought the British Prime Minister's suggestions on further strengthening the partnership particularly trade and investment ties In this context he referred to the recent launch of the HSBC Corporate Rupee bond on the London Stock Exchange which has been very successful India Modi said also needed more UK participation in 'Make in India' The Prime Minister also referred to passage of GST bill which he said would further boost trade and investment ties with UK Swarup said Modi also invited May to visit India in her new capacity May accepted the invitation and said she would like to make as early a visit to India as possible Climate change On climate change Modi said that though the Paris Agreement showed the way forward "focus shouldn't just be on early ratification but full success" "Many global issues may not seem economic but carry significant economic cost" he said The prime minister said "(we) have to safeguard climate justice (It) requires affordable financing and environmental sound technology for developing countries" With inputs from PTI By: PTI | Los Angeles | Updated: July 12 2015 5:49 pm Underwood 32 took to Twitter to share the news of her Saturday struggle reported People magazine Related News Singer Carrie Underwood had to break into her own car to save her four-month-old son Isaiah after her dogs accidentally locked the car from inside Underwood 32 took to Twitter to share the news of her Saturday 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Rockstar Tamasha were great He always comes and narrates the stories of his films in which I am not there He has always sat and discussed films with me as a friend And the one day he said I have a script for you but I want to make a happy film with you" WATCH:How Shah Rukh Khan is Prepping Son Aryan For His Film School Education The Fan actor also revealed that he will start shooting for Anand Rai's next from November and said that the other cast for the same would be locked soon For all the latest Entertainment News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Top NewsBerlin: Five-time European champions Bayern Munich must draw the consequences from their "very painful" 3-0 Champions league defeat by Paris Saint-Germain according to the German club's chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara (R) vies with Paris Saint-Germain's Thiago Motta during their UEFA Champions League match AFP Coach Carlo Ancelotti could even find himself out of a job according to German press after Bayern bosses were summoned to a crisis meeting on Thursday "It's a very painful defeat a defeat we have to analyse and after which we'll have to talk about clearly and draw the consequences because what we saw was not Bayern Munich" Rummenigge was quoted by AFP subsidiary SID as saying at the post-match meal in a Paris hotel "It's important we reverse this curb and that we again present ourselves as Bayern Munich and show that we're a team that has been all the rage in Europe and Germany and that we're going to kickstart that again" Dani Alves Edinson Cavani and Neymar netted as PSG claimed a convincing victory over a disappointing Bayern in their heavyweight Champions League clash in the French capital on Wednesday The result left the French club top of Group 'B' with the maximum six points from two games eight goals scored and none conceded They are on course to win the section –Bayern are level on three points with Celtic who won at Anderlecht The Sport Bild newspaper reported that Bayern officials will assemble later on Thursday for a crisis meeting with coach Ancelotti fully in their crosshairs after the crushing loss Bayern's worse in 21 years of European competition "A separation is no longer to be ruled out the Bayern coach wavers" said Sport Bild not alone in its criticism of Ancelotti who has previously coached Real Madrid PSG Chelsea AC Milan and Juventus "The Italian so experienced provoked stupefaction and irritation with his team line-up" said Die Welt Kicker football magazine said that "with his selection Ancelotti took a big risk. he's the big loser" "I tried to put out the best possible team and if I am criticised for that I'll accept it" Ancelotti said post-match with the likes of French star Franck Ribery and Dutch winger Arjen Robben left on the bench Bayern players however opted to stay mum on Ancelotti's team selection and instead deflect responsibility onto themselves "I'll not say anything on this subject" 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Anthem has implemented the ED policy, announced last year, in six states.
It calls for Anthem to reject ED claims when a patient goes to the ED for an issue that's later considered not an emergency.
Anthem officials make that decision after a later review.
The payer is hoping the policy will nudge patients to less expensive care locations, such as urgent care centers, primary care offices and retail clinics or use 24/7 telehealth services.
Despite provider backlash, Anthem has stood firmly behind its ED policy, though agreed to make some exceptions.
These include approving ED claims for patients sent to an ER by a provider, people who are from out of state or go to the ER on a weekend and those receiving certain medical care, like surgery, IV fluids or an MRI or CT scan in the ED.
The policy is one of multiple ways Anthem is looking to reduce healthcare costs.
Anthem also is not paying for imaging done in hospitals that could be done at lower-cost facilities.
The payer initially planned to also cut provider payments by 25% for separate evaluation and management services billed using CPT modifier 25 when a different procedure or service is performed on the same day.
The payer ultimately decided against the cut after provider backlash.
However, Paul Kivela, president of ACEP, said in a statement on Tuesday that Anthem's ED policy is dangerous in that it expects people to know the difference between minor and potentially life-threatening conditions.
Kivela alleged that the payer ignored concerns from the ACEP and MAG.
MAG President Frank McDonald said 70% of Georgia doctors recently surveyed don't believe an average patient "is knowledgeable enough to make judgments about what qualifies as a medical emergency."
"Even stopping to consider if it's an emergency could mean the difference between life and death. Patients should never hesitate to seek emergency care out of fear of getting a large bill," McDonald said.
The two physicians groups join Piedmont Hospital and five sister facilities that sued Anthem over the same policy earlier this year.
The policy has also been a sticking point in contract negotiations.
Saint Joseph Health System in Mishawaka, Indiana, objected and warned patients that it restricts patient choice and adds to patient costs.
Payers are watching how Anthem's policy progresses.
Consistent provider opposition may cause others to avoid following Anthem's lead.
However, if the insurer winds up reducing unnecessary ED use and costs, more insurers may feel the headache could be worth it in the long run.
Hospitals are also watching closely.
Any policy that may decline reimbursement and result in patients needing to pick up the tab could cause more uncompensated care and revenue cycle impacts for hospitals.


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Protesters backing President Donald Trump massed outside statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico on Wednesday, leading some officials to evacuate while cheers rang out at several demonstrations as a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of people gathered in state capitals nationwide to oppose President-elect Joe Biden's win, waving signs saying "Stop the steal" and "Four more years." Most of them didn't wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, and some carried guns in places like Oklahoma, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Washington state.
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Authorities search for 'Glee' star believed to have drowned
Authorities planned Friday to renew the search for "Glee" star Naya Rivera, who is believed to have drowned in a Southern California lake while boating with her 4-year-old son. Rivera, 33, disappeared after renting the pontoon boat for three hours Wednesday afternoon and taking it out on Lake Piru in Ventura County, the Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
Utility says its equipment may have sparked California blaze
Southern California Edison said its equipment may have sparked a fast-moving wildfire that forced evacuation orders for some 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent just such a possibility.
Damage reported as 5.4-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck near southern Puerto Rico on Saturday, briefly knocking out power and forcing the relocation of at least 50 families on an island where some people still remain in shelters from previous quakes earlier this year. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at a depth of 5.6 miles near the city of Ponce and the towns of Guanica and Guayanilla, where hundreds of homes were destroyed by a quake in early January that killed one person and caused millions of dollars in damage.
No hugs or handshakes: Pandemic complicates storm relief
For people who lost homes to the deadly tornadoes that rampaged across the South, there are no comforting hugs from volunteers or handshakes from politicians. For homeless families, there are no Red Cross shelters, only hotel rooms. These and other changes reflect how disaster response has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic: Workers are still trying to provide all the help they can, but from a distance.
Lawmakers vow to investigate police after Capitol breach
Lawmakers are vowing an investigation into how Capitol police handled Wednesday's violent breach at the Capitol, questioning whether a lack of preparedness allowed the mob to occupy and vandalize the building. Four people died, a woman who was shot and three other people who suffered "medical emergencies" related to the breach, Washington, D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee said. Police said 52 people were arrested as of Wednesday night, including 26 on the Capitol grounds. Fourteen police officers were injured, Contee said.
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As a pro-Trump mob laid siege to the U.S. Capitol this week, former Rep. Gabby Giffords could only wait nervously for news about her husband, Mark Kelly, who was barely a month into his job as a senator from Arizona. A decade earlier it was Kelly enduring the excruciating wait for news about Giffords, who was shot in the head in an attempted assassination that, like Wednesday's siege, shocked the nation and prompted a reckoning about the state of politics and discourse in the United States.
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There can be no financial bailout for Lebanon, a senior U.S. official said Saturday, calling on the country's political leaders to heed popular calls for change, real reform and an end to endemic corruption. David Hale, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, said the U.S. and its allies will respond to "systemic reforms with sustained financial support." He also called for a thorough and transparent investigation into the Aug. 4 blast that killed nearly 180 people and wounded thousands.
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October 2 through 18 2015
Our 9th season opens with the East-of-the-Rockies professional premiere of Lauren Gunderson's riotously funny The Taming, a laugh-a-minute mash-up of The Taming of the Shrew, contemporary partisan politics, beauty pageants and the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Taming features a cast of talented actors: Colette Divine as Patricia (workaholic aide to a right wing Senator, hell bent on getting her pet bill through Congress); Brooke Gronemeyer as Katherine (Miss Georgia, hell bent on winning the title of Miss America and changing the constitution); and Cate Jo as Bianca (bleeding heart liberal blogger, hell bent on saving her favorite endangered species by bringing down a particular right wing Senator).
The Taming, an official Artober event, is supported by grants from the Metro Nashville Arts Commission and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
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"What a delightful theater experience ... This hilarious spoof explores the polarization in American politics including enough stereotypes and insults to go around....challenges us to remember the intent of the founding fathers....[attend] one of the remaining performances. You won't regret it!"
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Rent in Toronto to increase 11 per cent in 2019: report
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If you're looking to rent an apartment in Toronto this year, one report says get ready to pay more than the previous tenant.
The national rent report from rentals.ca and Bullpen Research suggests rental rates will jump 11 per cent in the city this year, compared to a nationwide average increase of 6 per cent.
The average price of renting a two-bedroom apartment could jump to over $2600 a month, fueled in large part by a supply shortfall — despite the numerous condos you see being built as you drive into the downtown core.
Bullpen Research President Ben Myers says those appearances are deceiving.
"It's just more visual. Obviously when you drive down the Gardiner, you see all those units being completed," he says. "But there's a lot of areas of Toronto where people want to live and there just isn't the supply of rental units in those markets."
In addition to a shortage of supply, Myers says a number of steps taken to cool the housing market have had the unintended consequence of increased rental prices.
The new mortgage stress test is also part of what is driving rental prices up, by setting off a domino effect.
"The B-20 change requires people to qualify at 2 per cent higher than their contracted rate. That's reducing mortgage credit availability and is making people rent for longer," he says — which in turn increases demand for rental space. In addition, existing tenants are staying put instead of paying more to move
With low supply and low turnover, Myers says the rental market is now seeing bidding wars.
"Rental units going for 105 or 107 per cent of the list price — people are actually bidding on it. People are having to put together really detailed packages for potential landlords to see how great a tenant they are," he says.
Myers says 25,000 to 30,000 more units are needed to meet current demand, though he doesn't expect to see that happen.
The Ontario government blamed inaction by the previous government for the increases in rent and say the steps they have taken to exempt new units from rent control rules will help keep housing costs in check.
"Exempting new units from rent control will encourage large developers and small landlords to create more rental housings," said Julie O'Driscoll, Director of Communications.
She adds they have also started broad public consultation so Ontario residents can submit ideas on how to build more hosing and reduce housing costs.
You can complete a survey or submit your ideas on the Ontario website.
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Duke University team discovers a gene mutation tied to severe myopia
Published in the June 16, 2013 Raleigh News & Observer and Charlotte Observer
When it comes to reading, teachers re-tell the same stories year after year. One student holds a book inches from his face and requests to sit in the front row. His sister seems perfectly content in a desk toward the back of class and can easily read papers at arm's length.
It's not uncommon for children to have varying degrees of eyesight. But is such a big difference normal among siblings?
The reasons why one child inherits a parent's nearsightedness while another offspring has perfect vision have long been fuzzy. Now, new research out of Duke University is bringing some clarity to this puzzle.
Known clinically as myopia – and frequently blamed on significant time spent reading – nearsightedness is the most common eye disease affecting humans. Nearly 30 percent of American adults have myopia, according to the American Optometric Association. The condition occurs when the
A scene as it would appear to a person with myopia (nearsightedness). ( National Eye Institute/ National Institutes of Health)
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eye is either oval-shaped (rather than round) or the cornea – the transparent covering over the front of the eye – is too curved. In either case, the eye is unable to properly focus the light coming through the pupil.
The result is blurry vision, meaning a nearsighted person must stand closer to an object that a normal-sighted person in order to see it clearly. For example, a nearsighted person must stand 20 feet away from a street sign to see it as well as a normal-sighted person can at 40 feet.
But, according to research published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, the genetic cause behind myopia could now be a little clearer. Duke researchers found that a newly-identified genetic mutation that affects copper metabolism and oxygen regulation in eye tissue is a culprit in cases of severe myopia.
High-grade myopia is inherited and occurs most commonly in Asian cultures. But it also affects nearly 2 percent of nearsighted Americans, increasing their risks for additional eye problems, such as detached retinas, cataracts and glaucoma.
Several myopia-associated genes have already been discovered, but this one – SCO2 – is particularly important in the study of high-grade disease, said Terri Young, M.D., an ophthalmology, pediatrics, and medicine professor at Duke. When functioning properly, SCO2 helps metabolize copper, an element vital to controlling oxygen levels in eye tissue. A malfunctioning gene can allow oxygen levels to rise too high, increasing stress on the tissue. These high levels can, ultimately, alter the eye's development and function, she said.
"This is the first time a gene mutation like this has been discovered," she said. "It's one found in cases of inherited severe myopia among Caucasians where only one parent carries the gene for the condition and where the nearsightedness isn't associated with any other health conditions."
Finding the mutation
To find genetic mutations common among individuals with high-grade myopia, Young and her colleagues within Duke's Eye Center, Center for Human Genetics, and graduate medical school in Singapore analyzed DNA extracted from the blood and saliva of four individuals all from the same 11-member American family of European ancestry.
Her team used a new sequencing method – next-generation sequencing (NGS) – to produce large, more precise quantities of data. NGS enables researchers to sequence larger numbers of DNA pairs faster than when using the more traditional method, electrophoresis.
"Using next-generation sequencing, we were able to obtain more than 50 times the number of DNA copies than we would have through traditional sequencing," she said. "It was because we had more copies that we knew what we were seeing with the mutation was real. That's how we found the gene and discovered that the mutation was only present in people with myopia."
The team also found three additional SCO2 genes mutations in an additional 140 people.
After identifying the SCO2 gene mutation in human eye tissue, researchers explored the gene's expression in mice to further confirm their findings. They induced nearsightedness in otherwise normal-sighted, newborn mice by putting a translucent contact lens over one eye in each animal. After six weeks, they analyzed the eye tissue to see where SCO2 was most expressed, and in this case, mutated. By attaching a stain to the gene, they found these genes were most expressed in the retina – the tissue where the eye actually sees images – and the white, protective part of the eye called the sclera.
Combining the results from both human and mouse eye tissue analysis highlights the existing connection between low levels of copper in the body and eye disease, she said.
"What we've found – and what's in pre-existing research – suggests that copper deficiencies could set people up to become nearsighted," Young said. "We didn't specifically test diets, but it's possible that mineral- and vitamin-deficient diets could play a role."
If that's the case, she said, taking copper supplements could conceivably slow down or stop myopia's development.
Even though malfunctioning SCO2 has a significant, negative impact on eyesight, it is likely a very rare mutation, Young said. So, rather than test for it alone, her group plans to add it to a panel of studies known myopia-associated genes.
Additional work is also ongoing, exploring the impact an SCO2 mutation could have outside of eye disease. According to Dennis J. Thiele, Ph.D., a pharmacology and cancer biology professor at Duke who wasn't part of Young's team, one of the SCO2 mutations is pivotal in a deadly form of cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes the heart muscle to weaken and eventually leads to heart failure.
Because this gene mutation can affect multiple body systems, it's important for investigators to continue their explorations, said Gary Heiting, a practicing ophthalmologist in Minnesota, as well as the editor of All About Vision, an online eye-education publication. Knowing more about SCO2 will help scientists and doctors better understand how much of eye health is inherited and how much is cause by day-to-day activities.
"This new research is an important step in understanding what causes myopia to develop in some children and not others. But, it is just one step," Heiting said. "Further research, including research in the areas of genetics, nutrition, reading behaviors, time spent indoors versus outdoors during childhood, and other factors, is needed before we will fully understand what causes myopia and what we can do to effectively reduce the incidence and prevalence of nearsightedness in the future."
To read the story at its original News & Observer location: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/06/16/2959250/duke-university-team-discovers.html#storylink=cpy
To read the story at its Charlotte Observer location: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/16/4102306/duke-university-team-discovers.html
June 19, 2013 - Posted by	wjpalmer | Family, Healthcare, Science	| AllAboutVision.com, American Journal of Human Genetics, American Optometric Association, causes of myopia, causes of nearsightedness, Dennis J. Thiele PhD, Duke University Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine, Gary Heiting, myopia, myopia and genetic mutation, myopia and oxygen regulation, myopic and copper metabolism, nearsightedness, nearsightedness and copper metabolism, nearsightedness and genetic mutation, nearsightedness and oxygen regulation, nearsightedness and SCO2 genetic mutation, percentage Americans with myopia, role of copper in eye sight, SCO2 and fatal cardiomyopathy, SCO2 genetic mutation mouse experiments, severe myopia and SCO2 genetic mutation, studying myopia with next-generation sequencing, Terri Young MD


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by David Ackley
Perhaps my grandparents, Fred and Lela, when they were growing up in Cutler, Maine would more than once have seen the Roosevelt family, passing through by horse-drawn caliche to spend those more leisurely summer days sailing the waters off Campobello, these watching barefoot, towheaded Maine farm kids, tanned and shyly waving at the rich folks as they rode past in clouds of dust and horse-turd, straw-hatted, scarves flapping in the wind, and the ever gregarious Franklin, still a child himself, standing to wave wildly back. At the end of Franklin Roosevelt's life, my father, Harry, two years into his army career in 1945, stood in the Honor Guard for the passage of the president's casket on a train through Columbia, South Carolina. Later, with my mother, I watched the funeral cortege pass us in front of an Italian bakery in Washington, D.C. while I ate the first bread hot from the oven I had ever tasted. We must have been on our way to join Harry, and take-up the gypsy, army life that would be ours for the indefinite future. I was seven years old. Despite the war's distant carnage, I'd never known death directly, and Roosevelt's, whose voice was familiar even to me from his radio chats, was my first close brush with death and with history, which somehow fused in my mind. I felt that the man behind the dark windows of the hearse would no longer be able to taste the delicious bread. It was puzzling and unfair that he would be deprived forever of this pleasure, especially him, our shield against all the evil of the world. (Though I didn't know he had also declared the war that would change our family life forever, though my being there in Washington, having left home in Nashua on our way to join Harry, was a small eddy in the whole subterranean flow.) I had some notion to ask Dot whether what I was thinking was right—but I could not think my real question into words and held my buttery tongue.
A brush with history from my family memoir.
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Gary Hardaway, May 02, 2018
Tim Young, May 03, 2018
Nice brush.*
David Ackley, May 03, 2018
Thanks, Gary and Tim for checking this out and your comments.
Steven Pirani, May 04, 2018
Killer final line.
eamon byrne, May 05, 2018
By connecting the family narrative to this part of the Roosevelt one, by so coupling the personal with the historical, you focus the readers' attentions more closely on the personal details of your story. This is more than a storyteller's trick - it is a way of adding a wider perspective to a highly personal one.
Dianne McKnight-Warren, May 06, 2018
Love "buttery tongue." Perfect metaphor, close.
Eamon,
"History is the nightmare from which I am trying to awake," Joyce said.My people are no less historical figures for being unknown than are the famous and powerful. Are we all history's toys, the weak and mighty alike? Thanks for one of your always germane comments, which are a great help as I try to think my way through the conundroms of memory and history.
Thanks, Dianne, your comments are a pleasure to read.


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AI, Robots and Humanity: What it Means to be a Robot in the Age of Humans (20th March 2018)
Posted on March 7, 2018 by Toby Bryans
A Panel Discussion and Debate Around Developing our Moral Code and Societal Ethical Understanding
We are bombarded with an oft-dystopian description of humanity's future driven by the dangers of artificial intelligence. From sci-fi old-and-new to our most eminent scientists and entrepreneurs we have been brainwashed towards a modern-day Luddite mentality around all-things-automated and digitally controlled rushing us to mankind's downfall.
Whether it be the so-called "ethics of AI" relating to transparency, privacy, personal data, communications, news and myriad more, AI technologies are already being used in applications from call centres to self-driving and autonomous vehicles, robotic surgeons, automated hedge funds, infrastructure control and weapons systems involving life-or-death decisions normally made by humans.
AI and machine learning is right now impacting on people; there are inherent legal or ethical consequences when it is used to automate decisions in areas such as healthcare, insurance, borrowing money, recruitment, news feed, political persuasion and policing to name a few areas where it's being used on a minute-by-minute basis.
Political, business, education and social leaders are only now considering the very complex challenges of using AI in a way that is ethical and sustainable; our understanding of this is only just being developed and a critical challenge in considering what "ethical AI" is needs a definition of ethics as a whole, understanding our humanity and Developing our Moral code and Societal Ethical Understanding so we better understand what it means to be a human in an age of AI.
Perhaps in our ethics development we should also consider a time when we need to ask what it means to be an AI-driven robot in the human age?
About our Expert Panellists:
Prof Maja Pantic
Maja Pantic is a Professor of Affective and Behavioural Computing and leader of the i·BUG group, working on machine analysis of human non-verbal behaviour and its applications to human-computer, human-robot, and computer-mediated human-human interaction at Imperial College London and the University of Twente, Netherlands.
Prof. Pantic has published more than 250 technical papers in the areas of machine analysis of facial expressions, machine analysis of human body gestures, audio-visual analysis of emotions and social signals, and human-centred machine interfaces. She has more than 20,000 citations to her work, and has served as the Key Note Speaker, Chair and Co-Chair, and an organization / programme committee member at numerous conferences in her areas of expertise.
Catalina Butnaru
Cat is an IEEE Committee Member for Ethics in Actions, whose work is focused on raising awareness around the Ethically Aligned Design framework, and contributed to re-defining Wellbeing in the future of work. She is a City AI London Ambassador, democratising and sharing knowledge about applications of AI, and a Women in AI Ambassador for London. and an IEEE working groups. She is currently developing an ethical-by-design process for integrating AI in software development.
She studied Change Management at European Technology Centre, Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Stanford 'Ignite', Psychology at Al.I.Cuza, and Marketing Strategy at Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Kriti Sharma
Kriti is an Artificial Intelligence technologist and a leading global voice on AI ethics and its impact on society. In addition to advising global software companies on AI, she focuses on AI for Social Good. She built her first robot at the age of 15 in India and has been building AI technologies to solve global issues ever since, from productivity to education to domestic violence. Kriti was recently named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for advancements in AI and was included in the Recode 100 list of key influencers in technology in 2017 alongside Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. She was elected as a Civic Leader by the Obama Foundation for her work in ethical technology. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Google Grace Hopper Scholar and recently advised the UK Parliament in the House of Lords on AI Policy. Kriti frequently writes about her views on the ethics of AI in global media such as Fortune, BBC, Harvard Business Review, The Times, Financial Times and TechCrunch.
Will Heaven (Chair)
Will Douglas Heaven is a freelance writer and editor. He is a consultant for New Scientist and editor of the New Scientist Instant Expert book on artificial intelligence. He was previously chief technology editor at New Scientist and founding editor of the BBC's tech-meets-geopolitics website Future Now. He has a PhD in computer science from Imperial College London and knows what it's like to work with robots. You can find him on Twitter: @strwbilly.
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On Monday, July 22, our clerical negotiating committee met with the University of Minnesota's management committee.
The University stuck to their proposed general increase that averages 14 cents an hour per person. A 14 cent an hour (.75%) raise works out to $24.27 a month before taxes, and would not even cover the cost of one copay at the proposed higher rates.
We said no to all of the University's proposals that would shift additional costs onto our members.
We also modified our proposed restructuring of the step system, from a maximum of 15 steps to reach the top of the wage scale, to a maximum of 17 steps.


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Home inContext Blast in Iran an Assassination Attempt?
Blast in Iran an Assassination Attempt?
Samara Greenberg • December 14, 2011
The mystery surrounding recent blasts in Iran continues to mount. The November 12 explosion at Bidganeh that killed 17 Revolutionary Guards members may have actually been an assassination attempt on Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Al Arabiya television reported Tuesday that Khamenei was invited to visit the weapons depot in Bidganeh on the day of the explosion last month. His arrival was apparently delayed, however, allowing him to escape the deadly blast. According to the report, some of the Revolutionary Guards leaders "were attempting to stage a military coup against Khamenei" by killing him during a rocket test at the base. Following his death, the plan was to declare a state of emergency and announce an interim ruling council to be headed by Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei. The Ayatollah has since ordered the arrest of a number of senior members of the IRGC, his bodyguards, and his own son — supposedly a supporter of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Other explosions have followed the one at Bidganeh. Two weeks later, there was an explosion in the city of Isfahan. While that blast was first thought to have hit a facility involved in Iran's nuclear program, doubts on that claim have since been raised. Moreover, two weeks after that blast, on December 12, there was an explosion at a steel factory in the Iranian province of Yazd that killed eight people. While reports claim Yazd may be home to covert nuclear facilities, there is thus far no proof that the blast targeted Iran's nuclear program. However, as Haaretz reported, North Korean nuclear arms experts may be among the dead.
While it is difficult to know with certainty what is going on in Iran right now, it is hard to believe that three blasts in such a short time frame is accidental or coincidental. Indeed, the regime is not short on enemies from within or outside of Iran.
Video: Reports from Inside the Iranian Uprising


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Kiwi Classic Rocky Road is our take on this old favourite, but we have used lollies from our gift selection. Try it you will be addicted!
Approx 300 grams of chopped lollies - we used candy bananas, chocolate fish, pineapple lumps, jet planes, strawberries and cream.
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