This is the tyranny of sleep. Every animal on the planet is a junkie hooked on its restorative charms. Scientists have shown that if you keep rats in unrelenting wakefulness they will die within four weeks, a 20th of their normal lifespan.
Yet one species has begun an unprecedented mass experiment in defying the natural world's most ancient instinct. Humans stir themselves in the morning with chemical stimulants and little buzzing devices, and stay up long after sunset with artificial lights and still more little buzzing devices. The orthodox belief is that this is a catastrophic and irreversible problem that is leaving us more tired than we have ever been. But what if it is wrong? What if we could fight back against our sleep addiction and manage with six hours or even significantly less?
"There will," Benjamin Franklin once said, "be sleeping enough in the grave." Jim Horne is inclined to agree. In his book Sleeplessness, which will be published in October, the Loughborough University sleep scientist argues that the modern obsession with spending eight hours out of every 24 in a state of catatonia is misguided. What matters is not so much how long we sleep as how well and efficiently we do it. It is time, he says, to approach rest with the same thirst for economy we bring to all our other activities in the 21st century.
Around the world, hundreds of researchers and maverick amateurs are working on ways to maximise this quality and so minimise the amount of time we have to spend in bed. Some of these paths, such as the American military's attempt to engineer soldiers capable of fighting for a week without sleep, have proved to be quixotic blind alleys. Others work for a while, but their effects come at a prohibitive biological cost. Some, however, might just give us the benefits of eight hours' rest in the space of four or five.
The easiest fix is gadgetry. Two years ago Phyllis Zee, professor of neurology at Northwestern University in Chicago, brought 13 people between the ages of 60 and 84 into her sleep laboratory for two consecutive nights. On both evenings her subjects looked at 88 pairs of related words (such as "energy – oil") and tried to commit as many to memory as they could. Then they put on a pair of earphones and went to bed.
Beneath the apparent perversity of the experiment was a certain logic. The brain's rhythms of electrical activity can slip into sync with certain subtle patterns of sound in a phenomenon known as entrainment. In 2012 Chinese researchers had shown that continuous pink noise broke down the complexity of people's brainwaves as they slept, effectively stabilising the deeper stages of their slumber. Other groups found that entraining the sleeping brain with targeted blasts of sound made the method even more effective.
Even so, Professor Zee's results, published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience in March, were astounding. The morning after their pink noise-blighted night, her human guinea pigs performed three times as well in their memory tests as they did on the other day. Their slow-wave activity, the phase of sleep during which the body releases growth hormones while the brain stocks up on energy and consolidates its new neural pathways, was markedly increased. It was, in crude terms, super-sleep.
Then there are the brain-zappers. Every great culture has had its bioelectricity fad. In the first century AD Scribonius Largus, court physician to the Roman emperor Claudius, was in the habit of treating gout and migraines by applying a live electric torpedo fish to the affected spot. The Victorians used "electropathic" belts to boost the virility of feeble men. Today we have transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS). These clunky headsets are designed to pass a weak electrical field through a particular brain region, making it easier or harder for the neurons to chatter with one another. They have been used as experimental treatments for depression, chronic pain and belief in God. It was always going to be only a matter of time before scientists would test their capacity for sleep enhancement.
Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, one of Professor Russell's Oxford colleagues, thinks they may hold the key not only to discovering more efficient ways of sleeping but also to a more fundamental understanding of what sleep is. "You start wondering why on earth such a big animal as an elephant hardly sleeps at all," he said. "It must have found a way to fulfil this function by other means." Humans already sleep about two hours less each night than chimpanzees, our closest relatives. Margaret Thatcher and Donald Trump have claimed to get by on four hours a night. Harriet Green, the IBM executive and former head of Thomas Cook, says she manages with three. What do they do that the rest of us don't?
In a remarkable study that came out last year, Dr Vyazovskiy and his colleagues experimented with mice that ran voluntarily on a wheel for hours at a stretch, sometimes covering several miles in the course of a night. When the scientists examined the animals' brains they found something bizarre. Some of the mice's neurons completely stopped firing as they exercised. The activity in the motor and sensory processing regions dropped by more than a third.
More curious still, the mice spent considerably more time awake than their sedentary peers. Something about the rhythmic, repetitive drumming of their feet on the wheel seemed to send parts of their brains to sleep, enabling them to refresh themselves on the go. "This state," Dr Vyazovskiy wrote in a recent article, "may even allow the brain to rest without entering deep sleep and provide some of the same benefits." Much as migrating birds can snooze on the wing with only half of their brains, at least one mammal species appears to be able to drift into a mode that blends active wakefulness with the healing power of sleep.
Mice, it must be stressed, are not humans. But there is tantalising evidence that we may have similar abilities. Traditional Buddhist meditation practices, involving a balance between concentration and relaxation, are known to profoundly alter how the brain works. Their aim, according to Willoughby Britton, an expert on the psychology of meditation at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, is the cultivation of a "vigilant awareness in every waking moment [that extends] beyond the waking state to sleep states as well".
The polyphasic sleep movement is napping on steroids. Taking their cue from the way babies and the majority of other animal species break their sleep up into even smaller chunks, thousands of people have quietly abandoned the long goodnight altogether. On internet chat forums such as Reddit they swap tips about intimidating schedules with names like the Everyman, the Uberman and the Dymaxion. Buckminster Fuller, the American polymath and inventor, earned notoriety for his ability to drop off within 30 seconds and to sleep in 30-minute bursts every six hours. Even Dame Ellen MacArthur has tried her hand at the technique, sleeping as little as one-and-a-half hours a day in a series of micro-naps during her record-breaking circumnavigation of the world in 2005.
There may be a better way. Sleep needs vary enormously across the animal kingdom. Some bat species roost for as much as 21 hours out of 24, but according to a paper published in March African elephants may sleep for less than two. While their counterparts in zoos rest for as much as seven hours a day, the wild elephants were found to dream only once every three or four days.
The religion's ancient writings suggest that proficient meditators should end up sleeping about four hours a day. This is fairly counterintuitive, as the paradoxical Buddhist state of slumberous alertness turns out to drastically increase the amount of time spent in the shallows of sleep at the expense of the deeper, slow-wave phases. Yet 70 per cent of the participants in one study of a three-month Theravada retreat ended up sleeping about two hours less than normal, while a controlled experiment involving Indian master-meditators showed that they slept only 5.2 hours a night compared with 7.8 for a group of non-meditators.
Waking and sleeping; sleeping and waking. The two may not be quite the mutually estranged realms we once took them for. If it is possible to blur the hardest boundary in our cognitive experience by jogging or even simply by adopting the right habits of thought, then drugs or electronic devices guided by our emerging knowledge of neurobiology could one day have effects on our sleep that would have been indistinguishable from magic half a century ago. For now, this science is in its speculative childhood. The imperium of sleep will not be broken any time soon.


No better day to share a fall outfit than today! Let's get started on this look AND taking about the "Viral" bag from Amazon that you need this fall. A couple of weeks ago I was scrolling through Twitter and I saw a tweet that had a link to THIS article titled: "This $13 Bag Is Going Viral on the Internet" of course, me being me I had to check it out. I went on Amazon and saw the bag and immediately I had to have it. I don't know if it was because it was viral, or the fact that it was only $13 and really cute OR that I desperately have been looking for a black crossbody to fit my needs. If you've been following my blog for a while, you'll know that I need a black and brown in almost every staple item in my wardrobe. Since I have a brown crossbody, it was time to look for a black. Well, low and behold, I was brought to Amazon by that article and here we are.
I am super happy with the bag and I think it is really cute! Ever since I got it, I have been wearing it on repeat and it holds all the essentials. The description said it would hold a digital camera…but that is very false. However, keys, wallet, phone and chapstick are more manageable for this purse.
If you're feeling impulsive, here's the link: https://rstyle.me/n/c9wfmfcher7 to the Amazon bag that I had to have because it's "viral". It's definitely cute and fits my lifestyle, so maybe you'll check it out!
That's all I have for today, I'm going to go enjoy this weather!
Here's the rest of my outfit details and links where you can shop this look completely!


If you're a Facebook user, you may have noticed that the videos in your News Feed have been coming to life on their own, thanks to Facebook's new autoplay feature.
Late last year, Facebook began testing its autoplay feature on users of Facebook's iOS and Android apps. Videos uploaded from personal Facebook accounts, verified Pages, and musicians' and bands' Pages automatically play (albeit without sound) as users scroll through the feed. If mobile users want audio, they simply click on the video; if they keep scrolling through the feed, the video stops playing. A wider launch of the autoplay feature is "imminent," according to CIO.
Facebook's video autoplay feature is great news for brands because it provides a relatively non-intrusive way to get customers' attention in the social environment. Because Facebook's autoplay videos don't interfere with users' Facebook experience, they're likely to be viewed as a positive feature.
The user-friendly autoplay may get more engagement from people who are not fans of pre-roll ad videos because they decide whether they want to watch.
Another nice touch: After users watch an autoplay video ad, they'll see options to view additional videos from the same merchant, allowing them to dig deeper into the content.
Because Facebook is creating a new model for video ads, merchants may need to rethink how they develop their videos. You may need to create some videos from scratch to take advantage of the benefits of Facebook autoplay. Because videos are muted when Facebook users scroll, your visuals need to grab attention and compel viewers to click on the video and get the sound. Watch your existing videos with the sound off, and ask yourself if they tell a compelling story even when silent. If they don't, do some video reworking.
Another option is to build text into autoplay videos, which can help hammer home messages supporting the visuals. Ideally, you want to grab viewers' attention as they scroll down their Facebook home pages and see the silent video. One way to do this is to include a special offer banner in the video, such as 10% discount, and if you say that it's a Facebook exclusive, you may do a better job of luring viewers to click on the video and watch with sound. Or you can add a banner that answers a burning question your buyers are likely to have.


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Ottawa is launching a new work-placement program for postsecondary students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and business that includes extra incentives for underrepresented groups.
Companies in these fields that provide placements for first-year students, women, Indigenous students, people with disabilities and new immigrants will be eligible for wage subsidies of up to 70 per cent or $7,000. All other student placements will be eligible for funding of up to 50 per cent of the wage, or $5,000.
The $73-million program was first announced in the 2016 federal budget but was officially launched Monday by Employment Minister Patty Hajdu. It is now up to postsecondary institutions to finalize details with private-sector companies on specific placements.
Ottawa says the program will create 60,000 student work placements over five years.
In an interview, Ms. Hajdu said the federal government is looking at other ways to have employment programs target underrepresented segments of the work force. She noted that it's a theme that Canada is carrying into the North American free-trade negotiations as Canada pushes for chapters on gender rights and Indigenous people.
Ms. Hajdu said it's an approach that helps workers and the economy but can also save governments money in terms of social-safety-net spending.
"When you don't truly maximize people's true potential, then, in fact, not only do you miss out on that growth potential, but you also cost governments at all levels an extraordinary amount of money to take care of people who have been left behind," she said. "We often don't calculate those costs."
Government officials are currently working on an update of the broader federal youth-employment strategy, and Ms. Hajdu said she expects to be presented with policy options in the fall.
The Canadian economy faces demographic pressures over the coming years as the baby-boom generation retires. Policy makers have been warned that Canada faces growing skills shortages in a wide range of fields. Federal and provincial governments have pledged to encourage training programs that target traditionally underrepresented groups so that they can fill some of those shortages.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's advisory council on economic growth reported last year that there is "significant" potential for boosting economic growth by improving work-force participation rates of underrepresented groups. The council also said that this type of policy focus would have the advantage of disproportionately benefiting Canadians with the lowest incomes.
Earlier this year, another federal advisory panel focused exclusively on youth employment warned that young Canadians are facing "a new world of work" that is far more precarious and uncertain than the work force faced by earlier generations.
The Expert Panel on Youth Employment also recommended that federal youth-employment programs should focus on the most vulnerable, including Indigenous youth. Another recommendation was that Ottawa should look at devolving youth-employment programs to the provinces and territories, subject to conditions.
It also called for the Canada Summer Jobs program to broaden into the Canada Youth Jobs program, which is recommended by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations.
Michael McDonald, executive director of CASA, said his organization welcomes Monday's announcement and the focus on disadvantaged groups. He said he hopes it will become a model for student work-placement programs in all fields.
"We are hoping that this is kind of a jumping-off point," he said. "We think there's real opportunity throughout the other departments and other fields of study at polytechnics, at universities and colleges that you're going to be able to create better work transitions for students in a variety of other programs as well, but this is a really, really strong start."


What makes a prospering museum and how can you use the AIM Hallmarks to inspire new ideas and help you face the future with confidence?
Find out at our special seminar on Tuesday 30 January 2018 in Edinburgh with lunch included.
This winter, AIM is holding a series of seminars to launch 'Preparing to Prosper': a new publication that will show museums how to use the AIM Hallmarks to benefit their organisation and you can join us in Edinburgh on Tuesday 30 January.
Distilling the very best ideas from museums that have used the AIM Hallmarks, the new publication includes case studies, new insights and questions to help museum staff, trustees and volunteers think about the way they work.
Attendees will be the first to receive this new hard copy publication.
The seminar – sponsored by Perrett Laver and supported by Arts Council England – will feature keynote speaker, Moira Sinclair, CEO of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
There will also be an opportunity to take part in informal and friendly discussions and workshops to help museums share ideas and experiences, along with lunch.


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Planning Better Walkable, Bikable, Drivable Streets
Let's say you're taking charge of your health and want to walk every day in your neighborhood. Or, you'd like to teach your kids the self-reliance skill of biking to school. Well, if sidewalks aren't there, or you don't feel comfortable using them, achieving those goals won't be possible. That's why the attitudes of the public agencies who plan streets and sidewalks really matter. The health of a community is literally in their hands. By baking in the opportunity for exercise on sidewalks, bike lanes, and trails, they also build a healthy population.
Only recently has transportation been directly linked to health. Research now proves that if you walk, bike or otherwise use your muscles on a regular basis, you can avoid or lessen a host of metabolic and other diseases, including obesity, heart disease, depression, and type-2 diabetes. It's easiest to be physically active if the opportunity is right outside your door.
A few success stories from the Durable Human post, "How Walking Can Save America":
3,000 borderline diabetics who walked 30 minutes 5 days a week over a 6-month period reduced their diabetes risk by 50%.
After the city of Charlotte, North Carolina opened a light rail line in 2007, drivers who switched to the train (and therefore walked more) lost an average of 6 pounds and reduced their long-range chances of becoming obese by 81%.
Older Americans who walked 45 minutes 3 days each week for a year had a 2% increase in brain volume while the brains of those who didn't exercise shrank by 1.5%.
For about the last hundred years, street planning has focused on how to make driving a vehicle safe and unimpeded. But lately, transportation planners have reawakened to the needs of other road users. "Multimodal" is the parlance for this kind of comprehensive planning: making it safe and convenient for people to have a variety of options to get from here to there.
Until now, however, due to a lack of sanctioned guidelines, many agencies have been reluctant to go beyond car-centric planning. A new survey of state departments of transportation finds that, when planning road projects, most agencies rely on "engineering judgment" when it comes to including other modes, and 75% of respondents admit they have no procedures for multimodal risk analysis.
Thankfully, though, some new tools are here to help. Introduced at the highly respected Transportation Research Board, an arm of the National Academies of Sciences, the resources are expected to have wide-ranging influence on creating or improving the "built environment," i.e., streets, sidewalks, and associated accoutrements, such as traffic signals.
States and metropolitan areas can now easily incorporate health measures and goals into transportation planning using the U.S. Department of Transportation's aptly-named Transportation and Health Tool. Agencies can use the web-based platform to custom-design strategies for improving their own community's health through transportation plans and policies.
Another new arrival is the Federal Highway Administration's Guidebook for Developing Pedestrian and Bike Performance Measures. This is also a free, interactive tool agencies can use to "take a look at what are their overarching community goals and how they can find measures that really align with those goals to help evaluate and track and implement pedestrian and bicycle systems," explains Karla Kingsley, co-author of the Guidebook.
Included is a Performance Measures Toolbox that presents how 30 different considerations (such as Job Creation, Land Value, and Connectivity) tie into each travel mode. For example, the Toolbox might make it clear in a road widening plan that including bike lanes will provide a missing link in the regional bicycling network.
At this point you may be thinking: That's all well and good, but the vast majority of road users are drivers, so shouldn't they count for more in the road design?
"I don't think the tool is meant to replace vehicular Level of Service (LOS)," says Kingsley. "In fact, one of the measures we have in the guide is LOS, but it's applied to all modes, so 'multimodal LOS'. So, we can look at LOS for vehicles, but also look at it for bicyclists, pedestrians, and people riding transit and you can really see how the transportation network is serving all these different modes."
Kingsley explains how the Guidebook ties into health in this 2-minute interview:
Also see Guidelines for Designing Low and Intermediate Speed Roadways That Serve All Users. The guidelines pertain to the majority of streets in suburbia and almost all of them in cities: those with speed limits of 45 miles per hour or less.
While all this new transpo thinking shakes out, the easiest way for you to get a running start on good health and overall durability is to live in a place where sidewalks, bike lanes, and transit stops are already there.
If you'd like practical tips and tricks for doing your own personal land use planning, read How To Be a Durable Human: Revive and Thrive in the Digital Age Through the Power of Self-Design.
About the author: Jenifer Joy Madden is a health journalist, digital media adjunct professor, and award winning active-community advocate. When she realized she couldn't walk safely with her young son from their home to a nearby park, she became a self-taught land use planner and won public support for her vision of Virginia's first "Leave No Child Inside Corridor," (also known as the NoVi Trail Network): a system of sidewalks and trails connecting one national park, two regional parks, ten local parks, three schools, one town, and Tysons – a revitalized edge city of Washington, D.C. Read more about the health benefits of active design and why Fairfax County, Virginia, serves as a national model for supporting the durability of its young people through its free student bus ride program in Jenifer's book, How To Be a Durable Human: Revive and Thrive in the Digital Age Through the Power of Self-Design.
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100 not out! Rikesh Jagatia hasn't missed a day off school in 12 years
Rikesh Jagatia maintained a perfect attendance record throughout his 12 years of schooling
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Ninestiles School pupil Rikesh Jagatia who has a 100 per cent attendance rate pictured with proud principle Gaetano Ferrante.
He's the pupil known as Mr 100 per cent – because he hasn't missed a day of lessons since nursery.
Rikesh Jagatia maintained a perfect attendance record throughout his 12 years of schooling.
Now aged 16, he even turned up for classes when he felt poorly – after ordering his mum to dose him up on medicine.
Rikesh, who has just left Ninestiles Academy in Acocks Green, said: "I suppose I could have stayed in bed when I felt under the weather but I made the effort myself.
"I started by taking each day as it came and, the next thing I knew, I had a very good record.
"By years 7 and 8, I knew I might as well keep the record up and put in the effort to get to school each day.
"It will look good on future job applications."
A younger Rikesh Jagatia who has a 100 per cent attendance rate.
Rikesh, from Hall Green, went to Lakey Lane Primary School before Ninestiles. He dodged traditional childhood illness like chickenpox and measles, which could have ruined his proud record.
Now he is set to study for A Levels in biology, chemistry, maths and economics at The Sixth Form College in Solihull. He hopes to take up medicine or dentistry.
Rikesh's dinner lady mum, Gita said: "I'm very proud of him.
"I remember once he had a high temperature at night, I gave him Calpol and in the morning said: 'You don't have to go to school'.
Ninestiles School in Acocks Green
"But he said: 'No, I want to go to school. Give me another Calpol.'
"They gave him a certificate for his attendance he had at primary school. When he went to secondary school I didn't think he'd be like that but he was."
Ninestiles principal Gaetano Ferrante said: "It's an outstanding achievement.
"Excellent attendance at school provides a strong foundation to any success and Rikesh will have acknowledgement of this on GCSE results day on August 22. The school will also recognise this achievement at the annual awards evening at the Town Hall in November."
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BID FORMS for IFB No. 08-140, with plans, Upgrade Electrical Wiring & Air Conditioning, Buildings 380 & 381, Hawaii Community College, will be available from and received in the OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT AND REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (OPRPM), UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, 1400 LOWER CAMPUS ROAD, ROOM 15, HONOLULU, HAWAII 96822. OR OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS/BUSINESS OFFICE, HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 200 WEST KAWILI STREET, HILO, HAWAII 96720.
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Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto has said its automated 'Mine of the Future' programme is critical in meeting a surge in commodity demands.
Tom Albanese, chief executive at the company, told shareholders at this week's AGM that the company was making "smart use of new technology and finding new ways to tackle problems such as locating new, deeper deposits". At the meeting, the company faced significant pressure from protestors over its handling of environmental issues.
Key technology includes automated trucks and trains running on specialist software, autonomous drilling and "smart" blasting. IT systems and innovation "can provide us with solutions to the challenges we face", he said.
At the "heart" of the Mine of the Future programme, he said, was the "vision of better mining operations, greater energy efficiency, lower production costs, and improved safety and environmental performance".
The programme began in 2008 with an advanced remote operations centre in Perth, Western Australia, to manage operations in mines up to thousands of miles away. Remote-control 'intelligent' trains, drills and trucks operate within the group's iron ore mining operations, with Pilbara in Australia being the first site.


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Why Is Ontario Letting Coca-Cola Fund a Healthy Active Kids Conference?
The what's in it for Coca-Cola is clear - it's health washing plain and simple, both in terms of being able to claim they're working together for a solution, and also in terms of dilution. What I mean by "dilution" is that Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the event will almost certainly dilute the speakers' abilities to candidly discuss sugar sweetened beverage (SSBs) taxes, vending machine bans, zoning law preventing fast food or convenience stores from cropping up within walking distance of schools, public health campaigns that vilify SSBs and promote tap water. At the very least Coca-Cola's funding will soften the words of the speakers when considering these issues (and given the subject of the discussion, it would be wholly appropriate for SSBs to be discussed), and at best (for Coca-Cola) it will silence them altogether.
But the question I can't seem to answer is why Ontario allowed it. To be fair, this isn't formally a provincial conference, it's being put on by Toronto's Board of Trade which no doubt has a mandate to serve industry, but it does include the Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Promotion Division, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, along with the co-chairs of Ontario's government appointed Healthy Active Kids panel. And to be fair too, "allowed" is a nonsensical word when it comes to privately organized events like this one.
But it sure is a shame.
It's a shame because just like the Board of Trade notes in its pitch to potential sponsors, sponsorship allows sponsors (which in this case is Coca-Cola) to,
"Build your brand. Raise your profile through brand exposure on site and in Board media. And make an impression at Toronto's premier business events, including our Annual Dinner Gala, Business Excellence Awards Golf Tournaments and more.
Develop powerful collaborations. Connect with respected leaders from business, professional services, government, and cultural communities."
Not exactly the platform I'd want the ADM for the Ministry of Health's Health Promotion Division to help extend to Coca-Cola.
[And just in case someone tries to make the case of needing the money and taking it where we can get it, the talk is part of a Pfizer funded series and there's also a non-nominal per person charge for all attendees]
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Arizona Is One Step Closer To Passing A Controversial Abortion Bill
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Arizona lawmakers have passed a measure that blocks women from buying insurance that includes abortion coverage through the federal health care exchange, Reuters reported.
The bill will now go to Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who has said he's opposed to abortion, but it's unclear whether he'll veto the bill or sign it into law.
The bill also requires doctors to tell women they can reverse the effects of a chemical abortion, although there's no scientific evidence to support that claim.
Though the bill provides exemptions for incest, rape and situations in which the mother's life would be at risk, opponents say the bill overreaches the confines of the law.
Supporters argue that the bill prevents taxpayer dollars from paying for abortions because many of the people who seek coverage through the federal health care exchange receive government subsidies.
Opponents counter that there's no evidence taxpayer money has been used for elective procedures like abortion.
The bill, which was highly contested, was passed by an 18-11 vote in the predominantly Republican Senate, and House members passed the bill 33-24.
Democrats largely opposed the bill and pointed to the lack of scientific evidence backing the bill's claim that a drug-induced abortion could be reversed.
"This is junk science, this is quack medicine," said Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs, a Phoenix Democrat. "There is absolutely no evidence anywhere ... that supports this as a valid medical procedure."
Cathi Herrod, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, a conservative group that supported the bill, said, "This is a great day for woman [sic] in Arizona who are considering getting an abortion to get all the facts they need and a great day for Arizona taxpayers."
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Azure Data Center Migration just got easier..
How do you migrate your cloud assets from one Azure data center to another? How do you move your cloud deployment from one subscription to another in the same data center? These are fairly common scenarios, for example when Microsoft adds a new data center closer to your current one which provides lower latency, or you want to duplicate your current cloud deployment to a test deployment, and vice versa. In each case, migration can be a complex manual affair. Writing a script to add automation, customization and repeatability to your data center migration can become a major programming project, with extensive investment in error handling in case a problem occurs mid-migration. Persistent Systems have released a free open source solution developed in collaboration with the Microsoft Azure CAT team in Bangalore that takes much of the pain away from these types of migration. The solution, aptly named Azure Data Center Migration Solution (ADCMS) and licensed under Apache v2.0, provides a highly flexible and extensible method of moving assets from one Azure data center to another. With a focus on atomicity, this utility is designed to handle interruptions and either start from where it left off or roll back. ADCMS produces a JSON based template of your subscription configuration metadata (including affinity groups, networks, disks, availability sets, load balancers and cloud services) which can then be used to stand up a replica, or edited to produce a modified version. This methodology enables export, import and migration. The solution can be downloaded from github, and comes with a comprehensive user guide. For more information, see the Persistent Systems blog post announcing the release. You can also see ADCMS in action in the this video. ..and for more detail, refer to the more detailed engineer posting from architect Satish Nikam on LinkedIn. A key advantage of this solution is the flexibility and extensibility provided by the template based and open source approach. One caveat to keep in mind, is that migration is performed offline – you need to shut down VMs before migration to maintain disk consistency.
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Suppose you need a migration which keeps downtime to an absolute minimum, where the source VMs are not switched off until cutover to the target system? Microsoft Migration Accelerator, a free data-replication based solution for migrating assets into Azure from VMware, AWS and Hyper-V with near-zero downtime, currently in preview, will be adding Azure data center -> data center migration to their range of supported migrations soon. Another option to consider is Double-Take MOVE from Vision Solutions – an easy to use and comprehensive "anywhere to anywhere" migration solution also with minimal downtime. To save the trouble of installing, there are multiple pre-installed Double-Take MOVE images with various licensing options available in the Azure Marketplace. As more Azure migration products become available, it's getting easier to find a solution to match your requirements, whether you need the flexibility and atomicity of Persistent's open source JSON based template approach, the high availability approach of Migration Accelerator or Double-Take MOVE.


This week, writer and mom Ruth Manuel-Logan shares her tricks for travel with children on the spectrum.
But traveling with kids who have autism is possible and doesn't have to be difficult. Here are tips that can make your trip a pleasurable one for your child and a positive experience for the family.
Vacations mean transition, which children with autism may find difficult. You have to know your child and have a thorough understanding of his needs first. Children with autism tend not to be socially intuitive, and new experiences can result in meltdowns, so planning what can be executed and enjoyed by your child is imperative. "Children with autism are stress detectors. They sense others' stress and react in ways that are considered an interruption to the planned agenda for the day. For this reason, vacations at the beach or in the mountains, where schedules are often flexible and unhurried, can be ideal for a child with autism," says Rebecca Landa, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.
Does your child like amusement parks? Is hiking in your child's comfort zone? Do you find that his sensory issues fade when he's basking in the sun on the beach? No matter where you travel, you should always remember the activities that your child will enjoy. Try not to overload him by bombarding him with too many things to do, as this will cause stress for everyone involved.
Include your children as active partners in the planning. Adapt it to your child's interests, information-processing abilities, and attention span, and relate it to the upcoming trip. Researching the destination and how you're getting there, and talking about accommodations and the kinds of activities that are well suited to your child are all part of planning process.
Kim Stagliano, mom of three girls ages 11, 15, and 17 (all whom have autism) and author of All I Can Handle: A Life Raising Three Daughters with Autism, is a firm believer in planning ahead before she and her husband take their trio anywhere. "If we fly, I use the pre-boarding opportunity to tell the airline staff that the girls have autism, so that they can understand if we have a situation and offer us extra assistance if we need it.
Theme parks across the country are also finding ways to accommodate children with autism. "We usually go to the guest relations office that can be found in most theme parks and request special passes so that we don't have to wait on long lines," says Amy Dingwall, of Trumbull, Connecticut, whose 17-year-old son, Ryan, has autism.
Getting your child a medical bracelet or necklace with contact information is essential, particularly when traveling. If your child has sensory issues that would prevent him from wearing the jewelry, you can order ID tags that can be attached to shoelaces or even zipper pulls (like the ones from Zoobearsmedicalid.com). If your child is nonverbal, you might want to make an ID card to put in his pocket with a current photo, contact information, and a list of allergies. Be sure to also indicate that your child is nonverbal. "No matter where you go, remember to think ahead about safety for your child," Dr. Landa advises.
Put together a checklist to ensure that you leave nothing behind that your child will require. Children on the autism spectrum often need reinforcements, many of them tangible, so don't forget to bring these along on your trip to reward his good behavior. All children are attached to their loveys, but children with autism can't leave them behind because they see the loveys as extensions of themselves; forgetting them can end up putting the brakes on a much-anticipated getaway.
Dingwall finds that preparing Ryan just a few days before a trip works best for him. If she reveals details about a vacation too far ahead in advance, Ryan will lose sleep because of his anxiety and will also perseverate, a common trait among children with autism, whereby they repeat a certain phrase or action. "We are always prepared with two types of picture schedules — one on Ryan's iPod Touch, using his picture-based prompting app iPrompts, and the other a backup with pictures and Velcro backings that can easily be switched as needed," Dingwall says.
Vacations do not fall into usual routines, so children with autism may feel lost and unanchored, and that can lead to breakdowns. Know your child's trigger points and plan accordingly. "We don't feel as if we have to spend all day at a theme park. Just a few hours that my daughters can handle and then a swim is much easier than eight long hours in a park followed by meltdowns. We also make sure to stick close to our bedtime routine even though we're on vacation. Getting a good night's sleep often helps prevent [unruly] behaviors," Stagliano says.
Does your child tend to tire at around the same time each day? Does too much visual or physical stimuli kick start bouts of anxiety? Did you overschedule your child? "As you assemble the trip agenda, it's essential to plan for breaks and downtime so that it is not an afterthought," Dr. Landa cautions. As the parent, you have to know when to throw in the towel by anticipating needs and taking a break by bringing your child to a quiet spot, a relaxation space, or back to the hotel room to wind down.
Ruth Manuel-Logan is the proud mom of a 12-year-old child with autism whom she loves to Reese's Pieces. Ruth is hopeful that she'll be able to flip on the auto pilot switch and allow her son to make his own independent mark in the world one day.
Written by: Different Roads to Learning on April 6, 2017.
Last revised by: April 5, 2017.
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Khashoggi crisis highlights why investment in Asia is more productive than in the Middle East – James M Dorsey
By Dr. James Dorsey
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Growing Western political and corporate reluctance to be associated with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the suspected killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi spotlights fundamentally different investment strategies and environments in the bulk of Asia and the oil-rich Gulf states, the continent's most western flank.
The Khashoggi crisis highlighted the fact that much of investment in the Gulf, irrespective of whether it is domestic, Western or Chinese, comes from financial, technology, and other service industries, the arms industry or Gulf governments. It is focused on services, infrastructure or enhancing the state's capacities rather than on manufacturing, industrial development, and the nurturing of an independent private sector.
China's US$1 trillion, infrastructure-driven Belt and Road initiative may be the Asian exception that would come closest to some of the Gulf's soft power investments.
The crisis has put on display the risks Gulf governments run by adopting policies that significantly tarnish their international reputations. Technology, media, financial, and other services industries as well as various European ministers and the US Treasury Secretary have cancelled, in the wake of Mr. Khashoggi's disappearance and likely killing while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, their participation in Davos in the Desert, a high-profile investors' conference in Riyadh later this month.
By contrast, the military industry, with US President Donald J. Trump's encouragement, has proven so far less worried about reputational damage. Sponsored by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is suspected of being responsible for Mr. Khashoggi's likely murder, the conference was intended to attract investment in his Vision 2030 plan to reform and diversify the Saudi economy.
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In highlighting differences in investment strategies in the Middle East and the rest of Asia, the fallout of Mr. Khashoggi's disappearance goes beyond the parameters of a single incident. It suggests that foreign investment must be embedded in broader social and economic policies as well as an environment that promises stability to ensure that it is productive, contributes to sustainable growth, and benefits broad segments of the population.
In contrast to the Gulf– where, with the exception of state-run airlines and DP World, Dubai's global port operator, the bulk of investment is portfolio managed by sovereign wealth funds, trophies or investment designed to enhance a country's international prestige and soft power– major Asian nations like China and India have used investment to lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, foster a substantial middle class, and create an industrial base.
The Khashoggi crisis and the Aramco delay followed a series of political initiatives for which there was little equivalent in the rest of Asia.
To be sure, with small populations, Gulf States are more likely to ensure sustainability in services and oil and gas derivatives rather than in manufacturing and industry. Nonetheless, that too requires enabling policies and an education system that encourages critical thinking and the freedom to question, allow one's mind to roam without fear of repercussion, and grants free, unfettered access to information – categories that are becoming increasingly rare in a part of the world in which freedoms are severely curtailed.
China's US$1 trillion, infrastructure-driven Belt and Road initiative may be the Asian exception that would come closest to some of the Gulf's soft power investments. Yet, even so, the Belt and Road initiative, designed to alleviate domestic over capacity by state-owned companies that are not beholden to shareholders' short-term demands and/or geopolitical gain, contributes to productive economic growth in the People's Republic itself.
Read more: US moves to break deadlock in Gulf Crisis
Asian nations, moreover, have been able to manage investors' expectations in an environment of relative political stability. By contrast, Saudi Arabia damaged confidence in its ability to reform and to diversify its oil-based economy when after repeated delays it suspended indefinitely plans to list five percent of its national oil company, Saudi Arabian Oil Company or Aramco, in what would have been the world's largest-ever initial public offering.
The Khashoggi crisis and the Aramco delay followed a series of political initiatives for which there was little equivalent in the rest of Asia. These included the Saudi-United Arab Emirates military campaign in Yemen causing the world's worst post-World War Two humanitarian crisis; the 16-month-old diplomatic and economic embargo of Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt; the detention and failed effort to force Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to resign; and the diplomatic Saudi spat with Canada in response to a tweet criticizing the kingdom's human rights record.
At the bottom line, China is no less autocratic than the Gulf States, while Hindu nationalism in India fits a global trend towards populism and illiberal democracy.
As a result, foreign direct investment in Saudi Arabia last year plunged to a 14-year low. All of this is not to say that the rest of Asia does not have its own questionable policies such as Chinese claims in the South China Sea or the Pakistani-Indian feud, and questionable business practices such as China's alleged industrial espionage.
However, with the exception of China's massive repression of Turkic Muslims in its north-western province of Xinjiang, none of these are likely to fundamentally undermine investor confidence, derail existing social and economic policies that have produced results or produce situations in which avoidance of reputational damage becomes a priority.
Read more: China's step into the maelstrom of the Middle East
At the bottom line, China is no less autocratic than the Gulf States, while Hindu nationalism in India fits a global trend towards populism and illiberal democracy. Nevertheless, what differentiates much of Asia from the Gulf and accounts for its economic success are policies that ensure a relatively stable environment and are focused on social and economic enhancement rather than primarily on regime survival. That may be the lesson for Gulf rulers.
Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg's Institute for Fan Culture, and the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog. This article is republished with the permission of the author. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Global Village Space's editorial policy.
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5 Job Trends to Look Out for in 2017
There is always a level of uncertainty when it comes to looking for a new gig, but having the information you need to make the right decision is key. A great resume will also help!
To that end, Dr. Andrew Chamberlain, job-hunting platform Glassdoor's chief economist, recently released a report detailing his predictions for the factors that will shape hiring practices and the job market in 2017. Read on for the five trends that emerged from his research.
Data science will find its way into human resources.
Many companies have hired data scientists to better streamline the way they approach things such as marketing and logistics, but in the year ahead, Chamberlain expects that more HR departments will take that tack when they are dealing with employee engagement, from utilizing A/B testing to tracking their feelings.
Automation will be everywhere.
While technology won't make jobs disappear entirely, multiple industries including retail, finance, transportation and, of course, manufacturing will see automation augment existing roles. To offset these changes, Chamberlain recommends professional development — on both a personal and a company level — focusing on building skills that will be complementary and separate from the machines that will become an integral part of the work.
Say farewell to ostentatious office perks.
In critiquing the startup world, there is often the concern that companies that provide cushy perks — ping pong tables and video games, catered lunches, on-site spa treatments — are more style than substance. In the year ahead, Chamberlain sees those kinds of bonuses beginning to recede from view in lieu of more of an emphasis on things such as paid leave and comprehensive healthcare packages.
There'll be efforts to close the gender pay gap.
In 2017, Chamberlain predicts that companies will be more transparent about what they pay their employees, and armed with that knowledge, there will be an uptick in businesses working to ameliorate wage inequality. In a Glassdoor survey earlier this year, 67 percent of American employees said that they were not likely to apply for a position at a company known to pay men and women differently for the same work.
The idea of the "gig" economy will be reshaped.
In the coming year, Chamberlain writes that while Airbnb and Uber are widely known, the reality of the gig economy is that it likely won't expand beyond the current task-oriented phase it is in now. However, the ethos of the gig economy, especially with regard to flexibility in making your own hours and working from anywhere, will become more prevalent in more established fields.
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Mom Stops Kidnapping Of Daughter In Store (Video)
A brave mom fought off a would-be kidnapper who tried to abduct her daughter at a Dollar General store in Hernando, Florida on June 7 (video below).
According to police, Craig Bonello dragged a 13-year-old girl on the floor, but the girl's mom ran after them, grabbed her child and eventually laid on top of her daughter to stop the attempted abduction, notes WTSP.
The store manager called for Citrus County sheriff's deputy Jonathan Behnen, who was outside of the store, to stop Bonello. The off-duty lawman used his patrol car to block Bonello's car, pulled a gun on the suspect, ordered him out of his car and arrested him.
"Behnen is a bona fide hero today," Capt. Ricky Grant stated, according to WTVT. "If it weren't for him, this guy would have gotten away."
"This certainly supports the reason why we let deputies take their vehicles home," Grant told WTSP. "Thank goodness Dep. Behnen was there to catch Bonello before he got away."
The mother and daughter were not physically injured, but understandably upset. The girl has been offered counseling.
"In my 10 years on the road I have never seen anything like this," Sgt. Craig Callahan said, according to WTVT. "He truly intended to abduct this child right in front of everyone in the store."
"She may have saved her daughter's life today," Callahan added. "I don't exactly know a motive, but I'm sure it wasn't a good one."
Bonello is not a registered sex offender, but the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said he has a criminal record that includes trespassing, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and multiple misdemeanors.
Bonello is charged with kidnapping and child abuse, and is being held with no bond, according to a June 8 Facebook post by the sheriff's office.
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Francis Clark was born and raised in South Philadelphia. When going to college, he decided to stay close to home by attending Temple University. Upon graduating, Francis decided to pursue a graduate degree in that other city to the north. Since graduating from New York University, Francis has worked at various institutions serving students from a diverse array of backgrounds and situations. In his free time, Francis enjoys spending time with his friends and family, a good book and rooting for the Eagles and his beloved Temple Owls basketball team.
Matthew Kaulius grew up in the small Western Jersey town of Phillipsburg. While growing up, Matt dreamed of being like his heroes Harry Kalas and Merrill Reese and hoped to one day be the voice of the Phillies. He tried to make this dream come true as a Communication Arts major at Ramapo College of New Jersey. However, as his time as a student, he realized that radio was not the right place for him, and instead fell in love with the world of higher education. This lead him to pursue a master's degree in Student Personnel Administration at the State University of New York College at Buffalo. Since finishing his studies, Matt's journey has taken him to such places at Rockland County, New York, Philadelphia, and how here to Rutgers-Camden. He is continuously challenged and excited by the Rutgers-Camden students. He is also happy to still be living in an area where he can openly route for the Phillies and Eagles. In his spare time, Matt enjoys reading, watching trashy reality television, following the crazy world of politics and following obscure sports like the Canadian Football League.
I have worked at Rutgers-Camden for a little over a year now but have been working as a professional academic advisor for about a decade now. I'm from a small town in upstate New York and went to undergrad at the University at Albany. I majored in psychology and played football and ran track at the division I level while attending the university. I was a first generation student struggled academically my first year and was placed on academic probation. I quickly adjusted my commitment to earning my degree and graduated with a 3.0 GPA. I had a great deal of support from my academic advisors to help recover and decided to that I want to affect other students in a similar way. I earned my graduate degree from Springfield College in Massachusetts in counseling psychology with a concentration in student personnel administration. I have worked at the University of Rhode Island, Montclair State University, and Rutgers.
I am married and have two pets (a dog and a cat, no kids for now!), you will find that l love discussing both with my students. I spend a majority of my free time watching TV and movies or listening to music but I also like playing video games. I guess I'm kind of a nerd. I would love to travel the world more and maybe one day learn to fly a plane.
Lititz, Pennsylvania native, Jennifer Thiel took a long and winding way through higher education to establish her Jersey roots here in the College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-Camden. She has been in the Office of Advising since the winter of 2009. Dean Thiel is often heard stating that her international experiences were by far her greatest teachers, motivators and equalizers. She studied her junior year in Leeds, England and after earning her undergraduate degree, taught for a year in Pusan, South Korea and for a summer in Surrey, England. She often says that "International education should be required for all students, no matter how brief the experience." Once her son becomes a little older, she looks forward to participating in the international programs the campus offers. Other educational interests include: professional development of students and collaborating with different offices for the betterment and empowerment of Rutgers-Camden's students. For fun, Dean Thiel loves to spend time with her husband and son, travel to new places, eat Asian food, and volunteer at the Cherry Hill Library and Collingswood Farmers Market. Her favorite novels include: The Color Purple and anything by Amy Tan.
Dean Thurman is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved to Sicklerville, NJ at the age of 12, where she was raised as a Jersey girl. She enjoyed her education at Rutgers University so much that she decided to join the Rutgers staff in 2001 as an Assistant Dean. Dean Thurman's motto is "Consistency." She believes that all students should be treated equally and prides herself on being consistent when assisting students with their educational goals towards obtaining a Rutgers degree. Her famous saying is, "It's not what you say, but how you say it". For fun, Dean Thurman loves NFL football and is a Pittsburgh Steelers fan (Steeler Nation Stand Up). In addition to watching NFL football, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two teenage daughters. Dean Thurman prides herself on being a basketball and cheerleading mom who supports both of her daughters equally with their sports. She likes spicy food, and her favorite cuisine is seafood.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is kicking out 18 international charities after rejecting their final appeal to stay in the country, a move that an aid group spokesman said Thursday would affect millions of desperately poor Pakistanis and lead to tens of millions of aid dollars lost.
On Thursday, Pakistan's Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari said on Twitter the 18 groups that were asked to leave had spread disinformation. "They must leave. They need to work within their stated intent which these 18 didn't do," she said.
"No organization has been given a clear reason for the denial of its registration renewal applications," Hasan said.
Pakistan and its security forces are still stinging from a 2011 covert operation that involved a Pakistani doctor, an aid group and a vaccination scam to identify Osama bin Laden's home, aiding U.S. Navy Seals who tracked and later killed him.
Islamabad says the United States never notified it of the daring nighttime raid in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad — just a few miles from Pakistan's top military academy — in advance and that the mission that nabbed bin Laden invaded its sovereignty.
Many believe the sweeping crackdown on aid groups is the fallout from the CIA sting operation in which Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, posing as an international aid worker, used a fake hepatitis vaccination program to try to get DNA samples from bin Laden's family as a means of pinpointing his location.


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The Intrade market on the 2012 Republican nomination has declared Mitt Romney the winner of his second debate with Rick Perry. Romney's lead has widened slightly to 39.7% over Perry's 36.0%. Prior to the second debate, Romney's lead was about one point. The rest of the field is far behind, at less than 6% each.
It's obvious that Intrade investors felt Romney had a stronger debate than Perry. There are going to be many more debates between now and the Iowa Caucus. That gives Perry time to improve, but if he's a poor debater, it also gives him a lot of opportunities to hurt himself.
What's particularly significant about Romney's lead on Intrade is the fact that Perry hasn't been repudiated in the national polls yet. In fact, there has been very little polling data released since the first debate. Normally, Intrade investors take national primary polls at something close to face value. But here, they put Romney in the lead despite his trailing Perry in all available polls by a significant margin.
Intrade investors tend to come from an "establishment" mindset, which may give them a bit of a natural bias toward Romney over Perry. Even so, the comparison should be made between the "before" and "after" picture. Before the debates, Perry had a significant lead on Intrade. After them, Romney has an edge.
Elephant Watcher agrees that the debates have hurt Perry, and there isn't much sign that Perry won't be hurt in future debates. Romney has shown a greater ability to avoid making mistakes. Thus, Elephant Watcher recalculated the odds of each candidate winning the Republican nomination and found that Romney's advantage over Perry has grown slightly. If Chris Christie decides not to run, Romney will have the highest chance of winning, and a decent lead over Perry.
When the next debate occurs, Perry will need to prove himself capable of getting through unscathed.


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The News – 7 August 2014
Autism experts are calling for changes in diagnostic testing, saying the current approach is failing to identify the true number of females with the disorder.
Parents who have had children through surrogates in Australia say the thriving overseas surrogacy market is being fuelled by messy Australian laws.
Philip Nitschke's lawyers have argued an appeal against his suspension by the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) should be held in the Northern Territory where he has been registered as a doctor for 25 years.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-06/autism-experts-say-testing-fails-to-detect-condition-in-girls/5653068
They say a massive imbalance in the number of autism diagnoses between the sexes could be attributed to more subtle symptoms in females that are either dismissed by clinicians, or undetected by current testing, which focuses on signs associated with male behaviour.
American psychologist Dr Lori Ernsperger, who specialises in working with girls with autism, believes the high ratio of boys to girls diagnosed with the condition suggests a flaw in current diagnostic questionnaires.
The challenge in diagnosing girls with autism is a focus of Dr Ernsperger, who is speaking at a conference in Melbourne.
She believes the diagnostic questionnaires doctors use for autism focus mainly on the male characteristics of the disorder and are yet to be adapted for girls.
"That doctor is going to do a diagnostic checklist … it may have 20 questions or so [but] they're the sort of questions that lend themselves to male behaviour or boy behaviour," she said.
Dr Ernsperger says she has been contacted by many women with autism spectrum disorders who say they have been able to mask their symptoms and be successful in school and university while struggling in other areas of life such as forming enduring friendships.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-06/claims-overseas-surrogacy-cases-fuelled-by-messy-australian-laws/5653436
Their comments come in the wake of the baby Gammy scandal, where an Australian couple abandoned their disabled surrogate child in Bangkok.
Australian laws vary wildly, with some states banning gay couples and single women from having a surrogate child, while others criminalise anyone who pays an overseas surrogate.
One couple, Adrian and Kylie Raftery, have moved from Sydney's Blue Mountains to Melbourne because they are worried about possible prosecution if they have an overseas surrogacy.
Ms Raftery nearly died during the premature birth of their first child, Sophie, who was stillborn and doctors told her she would not survive another birth.
Four years later they had another child, Hamish, through a domestic surrogacy. Now they want to have another baby.
According to surrogacy law expert Professor Jenni Millbank, the Raftery family have been caught by 2010 NSW legislation.
"NSW introduced rules specific to surrogacy and also introduced extra-territorial criminal prohibition on commercial surrogacy," she said.
"So that means NSW couples travelling anywhere else in the world for commercial surrogacy are committing a criminal offence, as they are in Queensland and the ACT."
But Professor Millbank says that ban on commercial surrogacy has had little effect on the practice.
The medical director of IVF Australia, Dr Peter Illingworth, has great reservations about commercial surrogacy.
Calling for legislation change, Dr Illingworth says that legally, the baby is considered the child of the surrogate, and a judge must determine parentage after the baby is born.
That means that surrogates can walk away from an arrangement after the child is born.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-06/nitschke-lawyers-argue-suspension-appeal-should-be-held-in-nt/5653142
A directions hearing in Darwin today was dominated by arguments over jurisdiction, with lawyers for the MBA saying the appeal should be heard in South Australia.
Dr Nitschke was in South Australia when he emailed 45-year-old Perth man Nigel Brayley to support his decision to take his own life.
… the board used its emergency powers to suspend Dr Nitschke, saying he presented "a serious risk to public health and safety".
Dr Nitschke immediately vowed to appeal against the decision.
His lawyers have been given until August 15 to respond to arguments about jurisdiction.
A date for the next hearing has not been set.
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F1 returns to France with Marseille Festival
Following the success of events in London and Shanghai, the French city of Marseille will host the next 2018 F1 Festival on Friday 22 June...
Opening up the exciting world of Formula 1 for current fans and bringing a new generation of fans into the sport, the event heralds the return of F1 to France for the first time in ten years.
Taking place alongside the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018 on 22-24 June, the F1 Marseille Festival will bring the excitement and passion of an F1 Grand Prix event into the very heart of the city.
The event will be free to attend and will include an F1 Live car run on Friday 22 June. Former French racing driver Franck Montagny will be behind the wheel of a Renault E20 (2012) and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing ambassador David Coulthard will take to the streets in the Red Bull RB7.
F1 Live will also celebrate Renault's 120th anniversary with the Renault Passion Parade, providing a fitting tribute to this iconic French car manufacturer. 14 historic cars will take to the streets of Marseille in a display of Renault through the ages.
The F1 Park will be located on Marseille's waterfront and will be open from Friday 22 June to Sunday 24 June, providing the ultimate city centre festival hub with entertainment, a live stream of each stage of the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018, F1 experiences and more. F1 House will be the unmissable VIP destination within Marseille, and will take place at Sport Beach on Saturday 23 June and Sunday 24 June.
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Looks Like You Picked the Wrong Week to Quit Sniffing Glue: MPC's Star Wars Model Kits (1983-1984)
Ron writes:
Having previously covered MPC model kits released under the Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back banners, I suppose we're left with Return of the Jedi.
Do you find ROTJ product a little disappointing? I often do. Why is that?
I think it's because, with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1983, Star Wars arrived at peak commercialization. While Star Wars and merchandising were a thing from the get-go, there wasn't a lot of product on store shelves when Star Wars hit theaters in 1977. And the range of licensees that agreed to produce merchandise in conjunction with The Empire Strikes Back was, all things considered, pretty limited; it was a sequel, after all, and no one knew how it would perform commercially.
Return of the Jedi changed all of that. Right from the start stores were clogged with ROTJ-branded merch. And the movie seemed designed to sell that merch; many looked at it as a big-budget toy commercial.
Moreover, doesn't it seem like some of the companies to which Lucasfilm granted ROTJ licenses were somewhat unworthy? I can think of a few Star Wars and Empire products that were junk. But tons of Jedi trinkets qualified as outright crapola. In fact, I'm pretty sure that Adam Joseph Industries was licensed as the exclusive manufacturer of Star Wars crapola. Maybe we shouldn't hold them responsible. If they had made something nice, they probably would have violated their license.
All of this is my long-winded way of explaining my relative lack of enthusiasm for ROTJ model kits. I take one look at that logo and that red-and-silver deco scheme and I can't help but think of Adam Joseph or whatever company made those hideous school supplies. (Butterfly Originals, if you must know.)
My gut reaction is, of course, unfair. By and large, the kits in MPC's ROTJ line were just as nice as the ones they'd released in earlier years.
Which brings us to the first kits I'll be discussing in this piece: the ones originally developed for the Star Wars or Empire lines and re-released in ROTJ packaging. As the above catalog image shows, the line contained four such kits.
Naturally, one of them was the Millennium Falcon.
Although in Return of the Jedi the Millennium Falcon was tarnished somewhat by its association with Nein Nunb, it played a significant role in the offensive against the second Death Star.
Absent the Falcon, how would screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan have occupied Lando? Putting him on Endor wasn't an option, because there's no way that Lando would have tolerated the Ewoks' bullsh*t.
In fact, had Lando been allowed on Endor during the lead-up to the battle, he probably would have commandeered the Ewok Village as he did Cloud City. He would have made the Ewoks worship him rather than C-3PO. He would have made Logray into a furry child-sized Lobot.
Another re-release was the X-Wing Fighter.
By now you've probably noticed that, in designing the packaging for the ROTJ line, MPC substituted photography for artwork. Personally, I find this choice depressing, as I loved the artwork-heavy look of the Star Wars and ESB lines.
But the photographic approach did have one benefit: It displayed the actual product front and center in all its movie-authentic glory. Consumers certainly knew what they were getting when they purchased one of these kits.
Actually, I partially withdraw that last statement: On the boxes for the R2-D2 and C-3PO kits, both recycled out of the Star Wars line, MPC utilized actual movie photos. The R2-D2 box shows the droid engaged in a staring contest with Wicket.
Investing the obvious with unrivaled poetic force, the MPC catalog claims that R2-D2 is "cantankerous" and "cylindrical."
And what would a R2-D2 model be without a corresponding kit based on C-3PO?
Less annoyed, for one thing...
The MPC catalog claims that "The MPC [C-3PO] kit will become a real favorite with the kids."
Hmmm. I suspect MPC may have overstated the appeal of C-3PO.
The final re-release was the AT-AT. Perhaps you remember that the AT-AT appears in Return of the Jedi for about three seconds, in a high-angle effects shot showing the landing pad adjacent to the shield generator.
These three seconds were a blessing to licensees like MPC and Kenner, as they allowed them to re-issue their expensive-to-develop AT-AT products in updated packaging.
Is it me or is MPC's box design for the ROTJ AT-AT among their weirdest? In it the AT-AT herd seems to be solemnly marching behind their leader, as he leads them to the fabled AT-AT Graveyard.
What big new releases adorned the ROTJ line?
The first we'll discuss is Shuttle Tydirium.
The largest new vehicle in the MPC line, the Shuttle featured moving wings and cannons, and a ramp that descended to the ground, just like the one in the movie. According to the above catalog description, it also included a Darth Vader figure, though I was unable to find a photo of it.
Note that whereas the catalog refers to the product as the Imperial Shuttle Tydirium, the box omits the "Imperial." Kenner did the opposite: Their toy version of the vehicle was called the Imperial Shuttle.
Does Shuttle Tydirium sound a little Star Trek-y to you? It does to me.
The second big new release was the Speeder Bike, a faithful recreation of the hovering zoomy things that everyone remembers from the chase scene on Endor.
At 11 inches long, the Speeder Bike was comparable in size to the X-Wing and AT-AT. Consequently, the three products shipped together as part of the same assortment.
As I never miss an opportunity to prove my nerdlinger credentials, allow me to present a photo of an example of this kit that I built in the 1990s.
Dude, check that drybrushing. And the moss.
You may remember that, in my piece on MPC's ESB offerings, I discussed two snap-together dioramas representing broad scenic areas located on the ice planet Hoth. Jabba the Hutt's weird and wonderful throne room provided the company with an opportunity to release a similar item as part of their ROTJ range.
Happily, the product's box utilized a full-on painting, the only item in the ROTJ line to do so. It's a nice painting, too, though it's spoiled somewhat by the inset photographs of various JabbaMuppets.
Called the Jabba the Hutt Throne Room Action Scene, the kit boasted 29 figures, including fan favorite Joh Yowza.
Joh Yowza
I sh*t you not, Joh Yowza is there, just hanging out in a corner as he prepares to bust a rhyme, reveal himself as Snoke's alter-ego, or whatever the hell a Joh Yowza does when he wants to justify his rep as the coolest character in Star Wars.
The following is a critical assessment of Joh Yowza's music, as provided by Wookieepedia:
Jowza is delivering more than lyrics in his entertaining style -- he's communicating joy. If I didn't hear it myself with my own ears, I'd swear it's telepathic. But it's not. It's an actual pitch that affects me and makes me happy. Many species I've observed -- even if they don't like the sound of the voice -- will end up clapping and cheering when Joh Yowza finishes a set.
―Sullustan music critic
I suppose "Jowza" is to "Joh Yowza" as "Bird" is to "Charlie Parker"? Regardless, it's nice to know that Jowza communicates the joy of his music telepathically rather than -- uh -- musically.
"Pootie don't need no words, don't even need no music!"
A new component of the MPC line of 1983 was an assortment of mid-sized snap-together kits representing prominent ROTJ spaceships.
There were four in the original assortment: the A-Wing Fighter, B-Wing Fighter, X-Wing Fighter, and TIE Interceptor.
MPC described the B-Wing Fighter as having "the most spectacular flight characteristics of any movie space vehicle."
Okay, I guess I buy that.
Because Kenner didn't get around to releasing a toy version of the A-Wing Fighter until 1985, MPC's model-kit version was the only game in town for a couple of years. It featured a pretty cool-looking pilot figure.
Here's the TIE Interceptor, universally recognized as the trying-too-hard-to-be-cool version of the TIE Fighter.
Rounding out the assortment was this smaller version of the X-Wing Fighter.
Whereas the boxes of the other snap vehicles depicted scenes over the forest moon of Endor, beside which the second Death Star loomed menacingly, the ship on the X-Wing box is approaching what appears to be the most boring planet in the universe.
Is that supposed to be Tatooine? Perhaps the pilot was drawn to the desert planet by Joh Yowza's telepathy singing...
The snap vehicle line was expanded in 1984 to make room for two new entries, the Y-Wing Fighter and AT-ST.
The box of the Y-Wing features a pretty rad battle scene; it might represent the best photographic box art in the line.
Given the amount of screen-time devoted to the AT-ST in Return of the Jedi, it's somewhat surprising that MPC waited until 1984 to release a model-kit version of the vehicle. The box appears to feature a shot of the MPC kit that has been composited into a scene from the movie.
The year of 1984 also saw new varieties of model kit join the MPC line. One of them was a product range known as Structors.
Structors were model kits that included small motors to allow them to walk. There were three pieces in the line, representing C-3PO, the AT-ST, and the AT-AT.
Structors' low price and obvious sales hook (they move!) made them ideal impulse buys -- though I suspect they weren't a smash hit. I can't recall coming across a loose example.
The second entirely new product was known as Mirr-A-Kits.
Mirr-A-Kits were tiny half-models of vehicles that, when affixed to small mirrors (included, natch), kinda sorta maybe almost looked three-dimensional.
Sound horribly lame? That's because you're not suffering from a debilitating head injury.
There were six pieces in the line, all representations of vehicles that MPC had released in their snap- or glue-together lines. In fact, if you look closely, you'll see that some of the Mirr-A-Kit packaging reuses art from previous releases.
Well, that wraps up our three-part look at the Star Wars model kits released by MPC in the United States.
What happened after 1984? Good question.
In 1985, MPC considered following the lead of Kenner and continuing the production of Star Wars merchandise, even though, for the most part, Star Wars had ceased to be a presence in movie theaters.
They even considered using a familiar logo.
That's right, the 1985 MPC catalog utilizes Power of the Force branding.
However, no Power of the Force Star Wars model kits made it to store shelves. Instead, MPC was acquired by the Ertl Company, and Star Wars was temporarily mothballed.
When several familiar Star Wars models reappeared later in the 1980s, the old MPC logo had been replaced with one incorporating the name of the new parent company.
If you want to know if the model kit you're looking at is an original or a re-release, just inspect the logo. If "Ertl" is present below the "M," it's not the original MPC product.
Special thanks to Mark Enright for his help in assembling the information in this article.
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