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    Please accept my personal and sincere appreciation for your excellent support, and flexibility in standing up space here at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters and equipping them with all necessary equipment in support of the DEEPWATER HORIZON oil spill response. This is the largest pollution response in the history of the country and your efforts had a direct impact on the success of this response thus far. As the National Incident Commander, my team and I, experienced an extremely high operational tempo while subsequently experiencing a high demand for my time at various engagements throughout the Gulf Region. Through your relentless dedication and adaptability in an ever changing connectivity through this historic response. Thank you for your leadership and commitment to Unity of Effort.
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    I just wanted to go on the record for thanking Andrew Langley, and all of the NFC team, for the outstanding work they have been doing in regards to the NIC operation. Although NFC can always be counted up to get the job done “Right”, as well as “Right Now”, they have really gone above and beyond during the ever changing requirement mission of standing up the NIC. Working to address technical concerns for both SILC and C4IT operations, they have quickly accommodated all the needs that we have put upon them. Not only are their technical solutions extremely well thought and sound but implemented quickly as well. They have accomplished these goals while being short staffed through hard work of the dedicated staff, re-drections of manpower and by working extended hours, even working over the weekend to ensure that requirements were met Monday morning. Andy, although the mission is not completed, I thank you and your staff as we continue to fight ever changing requirements of the NIC Standup.
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Fleet & Family Support Program offers hospitality kits to eligible arriving and departing families. The program is open to military and other DoD personnel, with priority given to Active Duty Sailors.

Kits include basic kitchen supplies, dishes, cups, and flatware. Optional items include coffee pots, irons, ironing boards, and other small appliances.  Kits are free, available on a first-come, first-served basis, and are loaned for 30-day periods. Extensions may be requested. Military and civilian sponsors may request kits on behalf of incoming personnel and families.

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Is it safe to visit the dentist?

During public health outbreaks and global pandemics, the team at Naylor’s Court Dental Partners takes every precaution to keep staff and patients safe.

We follow guidelines put forward by the local and federal government, making changes based on the latest information.

Precautions we may follow based on the latest information may include:

  • Face masking
  • Social distancing
  • Limited hours
  • Temperature checks
  • A questionnaire prior to treatment
  • Removal of magazines or toys from the lobby

In short, we follow science and stay current with the latest guidelines. We also understand that safety protocols can change with little warning.

Even when there is no public health outbreak, we sanitize our dental office throughout the day, including corners and crevices. We also quickly dispose of dental instruments that are single-use and sterilize other equipment after every appointment, using medical-grade sanitizers and protocols.

The safety of your family and our team is our first priority today and every day.

Contact Your Dentist in Pikesville, MD

If you have any questions about our current safety protocols and guidelines, or if you would like to schedule an appointment, reach out to a friendly dental team member today.

We are always here to help our patients realize their healthiest smiles.

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Accessing funds can at times become quite a tricky task. You can decide to do it all by yourself, yet, there is always the risk of a mistake. Even small mistakes can result in adverse consequences for your business. It is for this reason that hiring commercial finance brokers is a wise choice.

More businesses are turning towards financial brokers for help and it has become quite a commonly made choice. Yet, there are still quite a few people who avoid hiring finance brokers. If you are one such sceptic, the following list of advantages might be enough to convince.

Why Seek Help From A Commercial Finance Broker?

  • If you lack traditional security for your funds, there is little you can do to ensure you get enough funds. It is in such cases where a finance broker can do wonders for you. With their skill and expertise in the field, they can make it easier for you to access funds for your projects.
  • Apart from helping you in accessing funds for the growth of your business, finance brokers hold expertise in communicating and dealing with commercial banks. They can provide you with funds for the most complex of deals. They will also ensure that the lenders do not abuse their power and you receive the funds with fair terms. After all, you have to be sure about any hidden terms and conditions, finance brokers will take care of it on your behalf.
  • Lenders feel more at home when there is a broker to deal with. As a business owner, you can use the strong relationships commercial finance brokers build for your benefit. There is little doubt about the importance of a healthy relationship wherever money is involved.
  • You can save a lot of time and money by hiring a finance broker. It is a tough task to access funds but the expertise of good finance brokers makes it easier. All you need to do is hire a finance broker and let them take care of accessing funds for your business projects.
  • Last but not least, finance brokers deal with different cases on an individual basis. There trade depends upon serving you well, this makes it a compulsion for them to access funds for you on fair terms. After all, if they fail in serving you well, they will soon go out of business. Hence, you can trust a good finance broker for funds.

Look For Finance Brokers Online

Browse websites and you will find quite a lot of finance brokers online. On the basis of experience and expertise, you can choose your pick from among different commercial finance brokers. The benefits are many and it is sure to save you a lot of your valuable time as well.

Hurray! By means of breaking the stereotype, Patricia has start-up the business and doing successfully on this. She is here to enlighten others by conveying some tricks on succeeding in the business thereafter.

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OBJECTIVE: Inactivating mutations in glucokinase (GCK) cause mild fasting hyperglycemia. Identification of a GCK mutation has implications for treatment and prognosis; therefore, it is important to identify these individuals. A significant number of patients have a phenotype suggesting a defect in glucokinase but no abnormality of GCK. We hypothesized that the GCK beta-cell promoter region, which currently is not routinely screened, could contain pathogenic mutations; therefore, we sequenced this region in 60 such probands. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The beta-cell GCK promoter was sequenced in patient DNA. The effect of the identified novel mutation on GCK promoter activity was assessed using a luciferase reporter gene expression system. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) were used to determine the impact of the mutation on Sp1 binding. RESULTS: A novel -71G>C mutation was identified in a nonconserved region of the human promoter sequence in six apparently unrelated probands. Family testing established cosegregation with fasting hyperglycemia (> or = 5.5 mmol/l) in 39 affected individuals. Haplotype analysis in the U.K. family and four of the Slovakian families demonstrated that the mutation had arisen independently. The mutation maps to a potential transcriptional activator binding site for Sp1. Reporter assays demonstrated that the mutation reduces promoter activity by up to fourfold. EMSAs demonstrated a dramatic reduction in Sp1 binding to the promoter sequence corresponding to the mutant allele. CONCLUSIONS: A novel beta-cell GCK promoter mutation was identified that significantly reduces gene expression in vitro through loss of regulation by Sp1. To ensure correct diagnosis of potential GCK-MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) cases, analysis of the beta-cell GCK promoter should be included.

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DNA Primers, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Glucokinase, Humans, Hyperglycemia, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Mutation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Sp1 Transcription Factor, Transfection


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Placental differentiation is closely correlated with the appearance of specific proteins, yet factors regulating cytotrophoblast differentiation are unknown. One strategy employed to search for such factors makes use of differential screening of cDNA libraries. For this purpose, cytotrophoblasts were isolated from human term placentae and cultured for 24 and 120 hr. cDNA libraries were constructed from the cell's RNA, and differential screening resulted in the isolation of three identical clones highly expressed after 120 hr. A DNA sequencing of 139 bp at the 3' end of these clones and a search of the data bank revealed that the sequence was identical to the parallel domain in the human H19 gene. This highly conserved gene is unusual in that it may not encode a protein. In the mouse, its RNA was shown to accumulate to high levels in embryonic tissues of endodermal and mesodermal origin. Our present findings imply that, in humans, the H19 gene is efficiently expressed in placental tissue and differentiated cytotrophoblasts, which are of ectodermal origin. RNA blot hybridization revealed a unique bimodal pattern of expression for the H19 gene in cultured cytotrophoblasts. The modulation in expression of H19 during cytotrophoblast growth was not due to the increase in the number of multinuclear cells. Size fractionation of cytotrophoblasts by centrifugal elutriation revealed that H19 expression is correlated with the stage of cell differentiation. We therefore propose that H19 transcripts might play a regulatory role in the process of cytotrophoblast differentiation.

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Animals, Blotting, Northern, Cell Differentiation, DNA, Female, Gene Library, Humans, Mice, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Proteins, Transcription, Genetic, Trophoblasts


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BACKGROUND: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is used to diagnose type 2 diabetes (T2D) and assess glycemic control in patients with diabetes. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 18 HbA1c-associated genetic variants. These variants proved to be classifiable by their likely biological action as erythrocytic (also associated with erythrocyte traits) or glycemic (associated with other glucose-related traits). In this study, we tested the hypotheses that, in a very large scale GWAS, we would identify more genetic variants associated with HbA1c and that HbA1c variants implicated in erythrocytic biology would affect the diagnostic accuracy of HbA1c. We therefore expanded the number of HbA1c-associated loci and tested the effect of genetic risk-scores comprised of erythrocytic or glycemic variants on incident diabetes prediction and on prevalent diabetes screening performance. Throughout this multiancestry study, we kept a focus on interancestry differences in HbA1c genetics performance that might influence race-ancestry differences in health outcomes. METHODS & FINDINGS: Using genome-wide association meta-analyses in up to 159,940 individuals from 82 cohorts of European, African, East Asian, and South Asian ancestry, we identified 60 common genetic variants associated with HbA1c. We classified variants as implicated in glycemic, erythrocytic, or unclassified biology and tested whether additive genetic scores of erythrocytic variants (GS-E) or glycemic variants (GS-G) were associated with higher T2D incidence in multiethnic longitudinal cohorts (N = 33,241). Nineteen glycemic and 22 erythrocytic variants were associated with HbA1c at genome-wide significance. GS-G was associated with higher T2D risk (incidence OR = 1.05, 95% CI 1.04-1.06, per HbA1c-raising allele, p = 3 × 10-29); whereas GS-E was not (OR = 1.00, 95% CI 0.99-1.01, p = 0.60). In Europeans and Asians, erythrocytic variants in aggregate had only modest effects on the diagnostic accuracy of HbA1c. Yet, in African Americans, the X-linked G6PD G202A variant (T-allele frequency 11%) was associated with an absolute decrease in HbA1c of 0.81%-units (95% CI 0.66-0.96) per allele in hemizygous men, and 0.68%-units (95% CI 0.38-0.97) in homozygous women. The G6PD variant may cause approximately 2% (N = 0.65 million, 95% CI 0.55-0.74) of African American adults with T2D to remain undiagnosed when screened with HbA1c. Limitations include the smaller sample sizes for non-European ancestries and the inability to classify approximately one-third of the variants. Further studies in large multiethnic cohorts with HbA1c, glycemic, and erythrocytic traits are required to better determine the biological action of the unclassified variants. CONCLUSIONS: As G6PD deficiency can be clinically silent until illness strikes, we recommend investigation of the possible benefits of screening for the G6PD genotype along with using HbA1c to diagnose T2D in populations of African ancestry or groups where G6PD deficiency is common. Screening with direct glucose measurements, or genetically-informed HbA1c diagnostic thresholds in people with G6PD deficiency, may be required to avoid missed or delayed diagnoses.

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NEED Career and Workforce Development Programs

NEED can be your partner in creating and delivering workforce development and career readiness content. NEED has been working with partners to create hands-on content and training for students of all ages – from middle school to adults in need of a career change. NEED works with partners to customize the content to fit the program needs.  For more information on programming, please contact NEED at

The NEED Project provides curriculum on a variety of energy topics including energy transformations, energy sources, electricity, transportation fuels, and energy efficiency & conservation, and workforce development in the energy sector.  Career-focused content can be its own module, focused on preparing workers for a job in a certain field, or the career content can be contained within a standard classroom-style unit to help reinforce content. Take a peek at some examples of existing units. For more information about partnering on future curriculum, please contact NEED.

Training and Programs

NEED works with individuals, organizations, schools, professional societies, and utility providers to provide training in the areas of interest. Trainings are tailored to fit the needs of the partner and can incorporate custom curriculum, speakers, tours, and more. Programs can fit any age range. For more information about creating a training program, please contact NEED.

    • U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration – Energy Industry Studies Program – a primer program for new employees in the department
    • Summer Youth Enrichment Program (SYEP), Prince George’s County, Maryland – an energy-focused enrichment and workforce readiness program for students aged 14-15 during summer break
    • Exelon STEM Innovation + Leadership Academy – a summer immersion experience for high school-aged young women to learn more about STEM, energy and climate change, while gaining leadership opportunities and networking experience
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    • Pacific Gas and Electric (PGE), Career Energy Academies – helping to create high school programming that prepares and trains students for energy sector jobs and certifications


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Northeastern to host Flamin’ Hot creator Richard P. Montañez for next Goodwin Lecture

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Richard P. Montañez, creator of the popular Flamin’ Hot line of snack products, will serve as the next speaker in Northeastern Illinois University’s Daniel L. Goodwin Distinguished Lecture Series. His talk, titled “One Revelation Will Lead to a Revolution,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Auditorium of the Main Campus, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Chicago.

The event is free, but tickets are required as seating is limited. Tickets are currently available to students, employees and alumni at, in person at the Welcome Desk and Box Office or by calling (773) 442-4636. Tickets will be made available to the public on Jan. 26. Parking permits will not be required during this event.

Montañez started his PepsiCo career at Frito-Lay in 1976 as a janitor. He is currently the vice president of multicultural sales and community activation for PepsiCo North America. Montañez is recognized as the creator of the Flamin’ Hot line of products, which have become a billion-dollar business and cultural phenomenon. His life will be the subject of a new film, “Flamin’ Hot,” directed by Eva Longoria.

Montañez has received several notable awards, including PepsiCo’s Chairman’s Award—the company’s highest honor—four times. He serves on several boards of directors and advisory boards. He was the first Latino board member to serve on the board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an African-American civil rights organization whose first president was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recognized for his visionary leadership, ability to innovate, philanthropy and his commitment to diversity, Montañez is often named one of the most influential Latinos in corporate America.

The Daniel L. Goodwin Distinguished Lecture Series was created in 2015 by Daniel L. Goodwin, Chairman and CEO of Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc., as part of his historic $2.5 million commitment to Northeastern Illinois University. The lecture series fund supports freedom of speech by providing prominent thinkers representing all sides of issues.

Previous featured speakers in the Goodwin series are:

  • Journalism icons Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
  • Political strategist Donna Brazile and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer
  • Political pundits James Carville and Mary Matalin
  • Olympic champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Financial expert Terry Savage
  • Environmental activist Erin Brockovich

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The Best Paint Color For Exterior

If you are planning to paint the exterior walls of a new home, things to consider include not only the woodstock exterior painting service but also choosing neutral colors to paint. Even though it looks simple, in fact, you still have to be careful. The reason is, just a little wrong will be fatal. A good color scheme applies not only to the interior but also to the exterior of the house. Before making your choice, it’s a good idea to first look for exterior color inspiration for the house through websites and other print media. This is important when considering the many types of colors to choose from, or when you decide to combine two wall paint colors at once

Apart from that, the parts that need to be considered are the main colors of your house, the colors for your trim, and the colors for the window panes. Remember exterior paint color is just as important as interior paint color. For that, do a test of the desired paint color, to avoid purchasing mistakes and wasting the budget. Also, the paint color will look different in the store than in your home. This is due to the different lighting in the two rooms. Therefore, choose and test the colors carefully, and you will be satisfied with the results. Being concerned about the neighbors here does not mean you have to choose their favorite color as the color of your home. But you have to match the color theme of the wall paint, which is used by most of your neighbors. Do not choose a house paint color that is too contrasting with other homes, because this can provide a different flow and is unsightly. Besides, the non-contrasting color of your home can also increase the price of your home if you are planning to sell it.

Landscape — or landscaping — is also an important thing that you shouldn’t forget about painting the exterior of your home. If the front garden in your house has a green-yellow color combination, then using bluish-green paint will make your house look pale. In doing this, you should find out about the right color combination. If you are hiring a landscaper or designer, consult them.


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Personal Injury News: Pick of Last Month: Apr-2019

Monday, Mar 25, 2019

A Cook County jury ordered Chicago's Amita Health Saint Hospital to pay $23.6 million to a 4-year-old who suffered brain damage during birth as the doctors failed to perform a cesarean section quickly enough to deliver her in a healthy condition.

After two days of deliberation, the jury awarded the toddler, and her family, for loss of a normal life, pain and suffering, and future medical expenses among other things.

According to the lawsuit filed in 2015, the girl's mother was taken to the emergency room during her pregnancy after she suffered a fall. After conducting certain tests and observation, she was discharged. On December 19, she returned to the hospital after she was kicked in her stomach by a patient she was attending to at her job as a nursing assistant. It was discovered that there was some issue with the baby's heart functioning.

The lawsuit stated, after three hours of arriving in the ER, the woman underwent a c-section. It was later discovered that her daughter, did not receive adequate oxygen and blood for a certain period of time, which caused brain dysfunction. She had extensive mental and motoric deficits, for which a lifetime of ongoing treatment and supervision will be required.

The family blamed the hospital and the doctors for their negligence. The jury found the hospital responsible for the infant's condition. The award was placed in a fund which will help the kid's family to cope with the cost of lifelong medical treatment and day-to-day care.

Wednesday, Mar 13, 2019

Monmouth Jury recently awarded $3.2M to a slip and fall victim who suffered a hip injury after slipping on an icy walkway at the Jackson Premium Outlets.

According to the case records, the defendants had ignored a leaky soffit which required an immediate fix; this caused the plaintiff a hip fracture with three screws to set the bone in place. Treating medical professionals removed the screws later and performed hip replacement surgery as the plaintiff experienced continuous pain. However, the surgery was not helpful, and the plaintiff was unable to return to work.

The trial, held before Judge Lucas, concluded with the jury agreeing with plaintiff attorney's arguments. The jury awarded $3.2 million to the plaintiff, which included $2.75 million for pain and suffering, $373,580 for lost income, and $100,000 for loss of consortium. The damages awarded by the jury totaled $3,223,580 which will be reduced by 15% due to the plaintiff's comparative negligence. To include the medical lien, which totals $186,865.40, a post-judgment hearing will be conducted.

Tuesday, Mar 12, 2019

A Trinidad and Tobago resident survived a heart attack onboard NCL's Norwegian Pearl vessel in 2016; however, his lawyers said he suffered unnecessary additional damages since he was kept on the ship for two days after the incident until the ship docked. His lawyers stated in a court document that the victim was assured by the ship personnel that the attack was a minor one, and it was okay to remain on the vessel till the ship docked; however, the ship did not speed up to get him there faster.

The ship docked in Miami on November 17, and the victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was diagnosed with cardiogenic shock. He was implanted with four stents and kept on life support for five days. A jury found the NCL negligent and awarded the man $1.2 million for pain and suffering, loss of capacity for enjoyment; an additional $800,00 for future hospital and medical expenses; $84,000 for loss of past and future services.

Friday, Mar 8, 2019

On March 7, a federal jury in Miami ordered Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to pay $3.38 million to the estate of a passenger who died of cardiac arrest in 2016, while on board an Alaskan cruise.

According to court records, the victim was on the Explorer of the Seas, with his family members to celebrate his 70th birthday when the incident happened. The lawsuit filed by the victim's estate stated, he arrived at the ship's clinic at 10 a.m. on July 31, with a complaint of shortness of breath. The ship's doctor, conducted an EKG, diagnosed a septal infarction, age undetermined, gave him medicines and indicated that the patient had in the past suffered a heart attack. The victim was then asked to go back to his room by the doctor. His family argued that the doctor could have contacted the family members and kept him for further testing or taken him to the nearest hospital on shore. The victim collapsed in his room about a half hour later. After much delay, he was taken to a hospital in Juneau and later airlifted to an intensive care unit in Anchorage, where he breathed his last on August 4, 2016.

The family accused Royal Caribbean of failing to provide immediate and appropriate medical care at the clinic. The jury found the cruise 70% liable for the man’s death and ordered it to pay $3.384 million. The verdict included medical expenses and damages totaling to $4.834 million.

The plaintiff's lawyer argued that the ship's doctor was careless in treating the victim. The doctor should have ordered to offboard the victim and admit him to a hospital. Contrary to this the doctor prescribed metoprolol, a drug used to treat several heart-related conditions including high blood pressure and chest pain. He even stated that the cruise-line industry needs to make long-overdue and necessary changes, as many families suffer life-changing tragedies because of such incidents.

It is not the first time that such an incident happened. Earlier a couple claimed that they were left behind due to illness by the Royal Caribbean crew on the advice of their medical staff. In another incident, the medical staff of Holland America cruise failed to provide adequate medical attention for 17 hours to a passenger who suffered a stroke.

Thursday, Mar 7, 2019

Lackawanna County Judge Terrence Nealon ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit awarding $2.3 million to his estate.

As per court papers, on August 28, 2016, the defendant was in a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe driving on South Main Avenue in the northern direction, when suddenly, he crossed over the southbound lane onto the western sidewalk, hitting the decedent's bicycle and dragging him ahead.

The settlement resolved personal injury claims filed against the driver and the vehicle owner. Since the defendants failed to respond to the lawsuit, a default judgment was entered against them. The plaintiff's pretrial memorandum stated that at the time of the crash, the driver had consumed drugs, alcohol, and some other substances which made him incapable to drive a motor vehicle. As a result of his negligent and reckless driving, the plaintiff was injured and left with permanent injuries which caused his death.The attorneys also blamed the driver for neglecting the plaintiff's condition and allowing him to operate the vehicle.

The driver was imprisoned at Lackawanna County Prison. Plaintiff's estate also sought to get insurance coverage from the defendant's insurer, CSAA General Insurance Co.; however, the company claimed it was not their duty to insure the defendants.

Wednesday, Mar 6, 2019

The jury at a Broward County, Florida, awarded $37 million to the family of a smoker who died as a result of lung cancer and COPD, in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA Inc.

The lawsuit was filed by the victim's family, who claimed that she died from complications caused due to her addiction to R.J. Reynolds' cigarettes, which she started smoking in her teenage years. Her attorney told, she was hooked to the nicotine in cigarettes and blamed the company's advertising campaigns for her addiction. The campaigns promoted cigarettes as a safer and healthier option since it was sold under a filtered brand. She had quit smoking when diagnosed with cancer and removed a lung seven years prior to her death.

The family was awarded $12 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages by the jury. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris USA were held 90% liable for the woman's cancer and death.

There are thousands of such "Engle progeny" cases from the Florida Supreme Court overturning a $145 billion verdict against the companies. The count of the plaintiffs is close to 700,000.

Saturday, Mar 2, 2019

In a landmark judgment on March 1, the Quebec appeals court ordered three tobacco companies to pay more than $11 billion to Canadian smokers who claimed in two class action lawsuits that they were never informed about the risks of smoking.

This judgment upholds a lower court's 2015 ruling that subsidiaries of Philip Morris International Inc., Japan Tobacco Inc., and British American Tobacco PLC are liable for CA$15.6 billion ($11.27 billion) with interest to Quebecois smokers and former smokers who developed smoking-related disease or addiction. The subsidiary companies, Imperial Tobacco, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans, and Benson & Hedges had appealed the lower court's ruling that found them choosing personal profits over customers' health.

A lawyer representing the smokers who filed the class action called the verdict as a complete victory for the victims. The appeals court concluded that the tobacco companies handled not disclosing adequate information about their cigarettes since the 1950s and promoted a campaign of disinformation by revolting to the warnings others made about cigarette smoking. The non-profit Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health indicated the total amount to be paid would be nearly $17 million in Canadian dollars ($12.24 billion USD), including interest added since 2015.

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HNN: Human Neocortical Neurosolver

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We recently built the Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN;, a user-friendly software tool that gives researchers/clinicians the ability to test and develop hypotheses on circuit mechanisms underlying EEG/MEG data in an easy-to-use environment. The foundation of HNN is a computational neural model that runs in the NEURON simulator with Python interpreter. Our model simulates the electrical activity of the neocortical cells and circuits that generate the primary electrical currents underlying EEG/MEG recordings.

On our website, we provide tutorials on how to import your data and understand the underlying circuit mechanisms. We encourage you to use this forum to ask questions about HNN, offer suggestions for future developments, or to report bugs. We also designed HNN to be expandable and generative. If you know about computational neuroscience, consider contributing to our open-source developments.
We look forward to hearing your feedback and working with you to improve HNN. Thanks for your interest!
HNN is being developed primarily by the Jones lab at Brown University, in collaboration with Yale University and Massachusetts General Hospital. HNN is funded by NIH BRAIN NIBIB R01 EB022889-02 (PI: Stephanie Jones; Co-PIs: Michael Hines and Matti Hamalainen), NIMH R01 MH106147, Carney Institute for Brain Science, and Providence VA CfNN.
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Heart Attack Death Risk Greater on Higher Floors

A study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) indicates that the survival rates of cardiac arrest (heart attack) is considerably worse at higher floors. Survival rates were compared by residential floor in Toronto. The article implied that the longer time necessary to reach patients after having arrived on the scene was likely a factor.  read more »

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Obama's Home Town

Hyde Park, in Chicago, is where President Obama called home before moving to Pennsylvania Avenue.

I once called 5118 S. Dorchester home.

Hyde Park is a college town surrounded by – but not really part of – a big city. The University of Chicago, founded in 1890, is the heart of the community. The campus was built of Indiana limestone, fake Gothic, and made to look old from its very inception. Some people like it.

In 1893, Hyde Park hosted the World's Columbian Exhibition (a year late). This showcased the new campus, and also what is now the Museum of Science & Industry, at the northern edge of Jackson Park. The Midway Plaisance – as in carnival midway – then a canal traversed by Venetian gondolas, now marks the southern boundary of Hyde Park.

The tradition continued with Robert Maynard Hutchins and Mortimer Adler – the latter founder of Encyclopedia Britannica, and both authors of the Great Books model of liberal arts education. Subsequent residents have included Muhammad Ali, William Ayers, Saul Bellow, and Barack Obama.

The community is bordered on the east by Lake Michigan, on the west by Washington Park (as in green grass – where few white residents dare to picnic), on the south by the ghetto community of Woodlawn, and to the north by Kenwood – also mostly a ghetto. The formal northern boundary is Hyde Park Blvd (51st St.), but really the neighborhood extends a couple of blocks north into Kenwood. Including this (say to 49th St.), Hyde Park is less than two square miles, and has about 30,000 people.

To preserve its integrity as a college town, the area is separated as much as possible from the surrounding ghetto. As a result, public transportation to and from Hyde Park is poor to anyplace besides the Loop. It is difficult to get to Hyde Park from nearby communities. This is what gives it the feel of a separate village. It takes half an hour to get to the rest of Chicago.

The Illinois Central tracks bisect Hyde Park along Lake Park Ave. East of the tracks is a lakeshore community, traditionally Jewish. Here are high-rise condos such as one would find on the North Side. The famous and impressive Shoreland Hotel has become a college dormitory. Hyde Park Blvd. turns south, east of the tracks, and is a very impressive avenue leading to the Museum of Science & Industry. A pedestrian tunnel leads under Lakeshore Drive to the marvelous Hyde Park Point – a peninsula jutting out into the lake. This offers the very best view of the Chicago skyline from anywhere in the city. Drive to the very end of 55th St. and you're there.

The town-gown divide runs right along 55th Street: south is gown (and mostly white), north is town (and majority Black). The entire community is racially integrated – one of the defining features of Hyde Park. Nevertheless, east of Woodlawn and south of 55th Street is mostly faculty and graduate student housing. Conversely, the northwest part of town is predominantly Black.

55th Street itself is very boring – the victim of urban renewal in the 60's and 70's. The only interesting place is the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, a modern but very satisfying building. (On my last visit the building looked to be in disrepair).

The commercial main street is 53rd Street from Woodlawn to Lake Park. I am pleased to say that while individual businesses have come and gone, the character of this street is mostly unchanged over the past 30 years. Half white and half Black, half university and half blue-collar, the street is a great place for people-watching. The center is a small shopping area known as Harper Court. When I last visited, the Valois Cafeteria (53rd and Blackstone) was still there – great place!

Four blocks south is 57th Street, the main street of the campus neighborhood. This used to be justly famous for fantastic bookstores, and probably still is. Please visit the Seminary Co-op Bookstore at the corner of 58th and Woodlawn. (It's inside the Chicago Theological Seminary building, in the basement; there are small signs.) A less interesting branch is along 57th Street. A small used bookstore on 57th Street just before the tracks is still there (called Powell's, but probably unrelated to the Portland store). I'm certain all the other independent bookstores are gone.

The university proper starts at Woodlawn and extends west. The impressive Rockefeller Chapel is on Woodlawn south of 58th Street. Frank Lloyd Wright's justly famous Robie House is at 58th and Woodlawn. The main quad of the university extends from 57th and University all the way to 59th and Ellis. It is well worth exploring. If you can, go into the Harper Library. And walk past the Divinity School. The unforgivably ugly Regenstein Library is across 57th Street – classic brutalism.

West of Ellis is a huge medical complex: the University of Chicago hospitals. This neighborhood is very different still, as neither nurses nor patients live in Hyde Park. The academic core of the university extends west of Ellis as well, and now includes a Science Quad.

By the time one gets to Cottage Grove – the western boundary of Hyde Park and the eastern limit of Washington Park – one is actually in the ghetto. I never felt safe walking along Cottage Grove. Indeed, except for the university campus, I rarely ventured west of Ellis. Otherwise I walked around town at all hours of the day or night.

The campus has crossed the Midway Plaisance, and now includes a row of large buildings along 60th Street – notably the law school. This is a wall against impoverished (and increasingly uninhabited) Woodlawn.

I understand that one additional building needs to be built in Hyde Park: the Obama Presidential Library. Please let the White House know where you think they should put it. The matter is of some urgency.

I'm hoping they can start construction no later than 2013.

Daniel Jelski is Dean of Science & Engineering State University of New York at New Paltz.

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A Newport Home Care employee must have a minimum of one year of verifiable experience working for an agency or facility. Each Caregiver is carefully screened before caring for a client. We conduct an initial skills assessment to determine the abilities of each of our staff, and our staff receives ongoing support as they work with our clients in the field.

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Our case managers are available 24 hours a day to address any immediate concerns from clients or caregivers. Concerns are documented immediately and always kept in strict confidence. The safety and comfort of our clients and staff is our first priority.

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Former owner of Springfield roofing company pleads guilty to financial crimes

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The former owner of a Springfield roofing company pleaded guilty Wednesday to a pair of federal financial crimes.

Clinton Tackitt, 43, the former owner of Allied Roofing Systems, LLC, pleaded guilty to making false statements on a loan application and failing to pay over taxes, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.

The news release says Tackitt applied for a $1.4 million loan in May 2012 and failed to disclose that his company was heavily in debt and about to claim bankruptcy.

The release says Tackitt also failed to pay over to the government $262,000 in payroll taxes that he collected from his employees as well as the employer's share of FICA taxes, which totaled almost $400,000.

As part of the plea agreement, Tackitt must forfeit more than $1.3 million to the government, according to the release.

The release says Tackitt faces up to 35 years in prison on the two convictions. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.

Tackitt's attorney did not immediately respond to a message requesting comment for this report.

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Man gets two more life sentences for murder at Springfield's Fed Med

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The Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield houses federal inmates, many from other states, who need medical care.

A man already serving life in prison was given two more life sentences Tuesday for killing a fellow prisoner at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield.

Ulysses Jones Jr., 61, was sentenced to the additional prison time Tuesday at a hearing in Kansas City.

A jury in Springfield convicted Jones of murder in October for stabbing 38-year-old Timothy Baker to death with a makeshift knife in 2006 at the Fed Med.

It was the fourth murder conviction for Jones.

Federal prosecutors tried last year to get Jones sentenced to the death penalty for the murder at the Fed Med, but they faced a dilemma.

Jones has bad kidneys and is slowly dying.

His attorney Thomas Carver told the News-Leader that even if Jones were sentenced to the death penalty, he would almost certainly die before he was executed.

Still, federal prosecutors felt that another life sentence would not sufficiently punish Jones for his crime.

The jury ultimately split on sentencing, meaning Jones would be given another life sentence. That was made official on Tuesday in front of Judge Greg Kays.

More coverage:Springfield jury splits, allowing prisoner to avoid death penalty in 4th murder conviction

More:Man convicted of murder in Springfield Fed Med; death penalty proceedings begin

More:Federal death penalty trial underway for ailing man in Springfield

The motive for the Fed Med murder, according to prosecutors, was a petition that several inmates — including Baker — signed asking prison officials to investigate Jones for stealing items from them during meal breaks.

Jones stabbed Baker to death with a makeshift knife in the middle of the night while Baker was asleep and on sleeping medication.

Baker had served about half of a six-year sentence for cocaine distribution when he was killed. He left behind a wife and several daughters.

Jones has been on dialysis for the last 30 years, a remarkable feat since the average life expectancy for people in his situation is between 5 and 10 years, according to the National Kidney Foundation.

His attorney said Jones will soon be transferred back to a facility in North Carolina, where he has been held since 2006.

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30-day life reset: How minimalist makeover paid off my $15,000 debt

FIVE years ago, Elesha was drowning in debt and feeling lost. Now she’s paid it off, been travelling, found a vocation and has savings in the bank.

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Top tips on decluttering your life...

Top tips on decluttering your life

Top tips on decluttering your life

Elesha Piper, 34, was in $15,000 of debt when she decided to minimise her life.Source:Supplied

FIVE years ago, Elesha Piper was drowning in $15,000 debt and feeling lost. Just over 12 months later, she had paid it all off with a major reset of how she lived her life.

Since then, she’s been travelling, found a vocation and has savings in the bank. “It was a pretty diabolical situation,” she told news.com.au. “I had just under $15,000 consumer debt — credit cards and personal loans, no savings. I decided I was going to pay it off completely. I stopped purchasing anything that wasn’t necessary, I did that for a year.

“I realised I could live without most of the things I thought I needed.

“Then I moved on to decluttering my home. I let go of about 80 per cent of my belongings, and I went travelling for a while.”

It was never the 34-year-old’s intention to become a minimalist icon, but after she returned from her trip, she started a blog to share the tips and tricks she had learnt, and it was an enormous success. She joined the growing ranks of modern lifestyle gurus bucking the trend of promoting endless products, by showing people how to do more with less.

In three years, the blogger has paid off all her debt, been travelling, built up savings and found her vocation.

In three years, the blogger has paid off all her debt, been travelling, built up savings and found her vocation.Source:Supplied

Piper, from Queensland, runs a 30-day bootcamp for permanently streamlining your life and working out how to live on a budget. “It’s not just decluttering, it’s about a change in mindset. If I hadn’t had that, I would be back in debt. People will be caught in an endless cycle of decluttering and debt.”

The first step is to stop consuming so much. Piper had never considered herself a “shopaholic”, but realised she was constantly buying cheap fast fashion she didn’t need, overspending on beauty products and wasting money on small purchases.

Professional “eco organiser” and Stuff It author Tanya Lewis advises her clients to rethink and reuse. “Always ask, ‘Do I need it?’ and, ‘Do I want it?’ before buying something. It gives you that time to slow down,” she told news.com.au. “A lot of people I’m dealing with, they don’t ask, ‘Does it add value to my life?’

“The average Australian family spends $1226 on items they never use, according to a survey by the Australia Institute, “Stuff Happens”. They found that figure was mainly for storage products.”

Thanks in part to the popular War On Waste TV series, Australians mostly know the worst offenders — non-recyclable, single-use items such as bottles, coffee cups and plastic bags. Replace these with stainless steel or glass water bottles, fabric totes and Keep Cups. Take your own food to work rather than buying disposable food containers.

Eco organiser Tanya Lewis tells clients to always ask if they really want and need an item before they buy it.

Eco organiser Tanya Lewis tells clients to always ask if they really want and need an item before they buy it.Source:Supplied

The biggest change you can make is decluttering your home, workspace and mind. Recycle, sell, give away or donate. Be honest with yourself, Lewis said. “Are you ever going to read that stack of old magazines? Are they even still relevant?”

If editing your things seems like an overwhelming task, Piper suggested starting with just one room — perhaps the bathroom, as it contains relatively few items and little of sentimental value. “Never start with sentimental items because of the attachment you have to work through,” she said. “You build momentum.”

A life reset “looks different for everyone”, she said. Roadblocks can include anxiety, unsupportive partners or your own hoarding or lack of motivation. Piper runs a 50 things in five days challenge, in which you remove 10 items from your home each day for five days (recycling and charity shop donating as much as possible.)

She also has a list of 50 mini decluttering jobs that are easy and feel good, including:

• Throw out odd socks

• Burn or get rid of candles with little or no wax

• Recycle empty batteries in a responsible way

• Review how you store food products

• Go through old papers or magazines and recycle or file

• Declutter your digital life: delete or file photos on your phone or computer, delete old documents on Dropbox, put photos of your favourite recipes in an electronic filing system like Evernote and donate the book

• Throw out instructions for gadgets if you can find them online

• Take photos of items to sell on eBay or Gumtree

• Sort through the pile of shoes by the door

• Get on the Garage Sale Trail

• Pick an overlooked spot to declutter: your garage, top of your fridge, car boot or laundry.

Declutter your wardrobe by creating a capsule or try out the 10x10 challenge.

Declutter your wardrobe by creating a capsule or try out the 10x10 challenge.Source:Supplied

For many people, organising our wardrobes is the hardest part. But it can also be the most rewarding. “Recognise that you no longer waste time looking for stuff, you’re out the door and you hit the ground running,” Lewis said.

There are many resources online. Courtney Carver, who runs the hit blog Be More With Less, created Project 333, the minimalist fashion challenge to dress with 33 items or less for three months.

Nyamka Bayanmunkh, who runs Melbourne Minimalist Meet-ups, said it changed her life. “I got rid of bags and bags of stuff,” she told the Herald Sun. “I had lots of university textbooks I no longer needed so I left those in the uni library for other people to use. I also uncluttered my life so I had time to think and I focus on spending time on what is important to me.”

Blogger Caroline, from Unfancy, felt stuck with “a closet full of cheap clothes but ‘nothing to wear’” so she created a downloadable capsule wardrobe.

Ethical shopping site Vetta has a useful Does Your Wardrobe Suit Your Lifestyle? article, and Anuschka Rees offers a 10 Step Wardrobe Revamp. Style Bee came up with the 10x10 challenge — pick 10 items; make 10 outfits with those 10 items; wear those outfits for 10 days (see also: The Thoughtful Closet).

Rethink your food storage, buy in bulk and throw out expired items.

Rethink your food storage, buy in bulk and throw out expired items.Source:Supplied

Don’t just mindlessly throw old things out. Lewis suggested repurposing shoeboxes for storage, turning dining tables into office desks or putting new prints in old frames to freshen up your decor.

Make one of your mini challenges dealing with the torn or broken things you have lying around — whether it’s clothes with missing buttons, furniture you could repaint or homewares. Tanya took a chipped vase to a glazier who ground down the top until it looked as good as new.

But be realistic about who you are and what your life is like. Piper said she not a “handy” person, so she’d be more likely to find somewhere to recycle or donate all those half-finished projects.

Avoid landfill as much as possible. Try op shops, selling items, recycling, composting and giving to friends. Check online if you can send off your old mobile phone or see if the council or a tech company offers collection.

Think about what you can make yourself — Tammy Logan’s Gippsland Unwrapped is a money saving, zero waste guide to DIY everything, from detergent to stain remover to ironing board covers.

Organising that drawer or little used space can relieve stress.

Organising that drawer or little used space can relieve stress.Source:Supplied

If this all sounds a little exhausting, Tanya has a solution — reward yourself for every achievement, only not by buying new stuff. After organising the guest room, take the dog for a walk. After clearing out a drawer or cupboard, watch your favourite TV show. When running on the treadmill, listen to your favourite playlist or podcast.

“Think about the positives,” Lewis said. “My decluttered, simplified life is standing in this perfect space and this is how I feel.”

Think about having minimalist routines. Tidy your workspace at the end of every day and lay out your gym clothes and/or work outfit the night before. Have a morning routine that’s energising — exercise, meditate or do yoga; eat a healthy breakfast and hydrate; write out a few thoughts or ideas.

At the end of the week, Piper suggested you spend 10 minutes writing out your decluttering plan for the coming week.

Minimal living doesn’t mean you can’t ever buy anything again. But always ask: “What can I add that resonates me and makes me feel good?”

1. Make CLUTTER a priority

Create a list of what you love and need in your home

Never waste the urge to declutter

Why do I want to declutter?

How will it change my life?

3. COMMIT to change

Create space in your life to declutter to let go of things no longer relevant

Remove unwanted items as soon as possible

Responsibly donate, sell or give away quality items

When it feels good, do more of the same

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Explaining the Enthusiasm Gap to a Sick Hillary Supporter

Last night a lovely friend and sick Hillary “supporter” was over for dinner. She asked me why I was certain Trump would win. Here was our conversation.

Cernovich: You’re voting for Hillary, right?

Her: Yes.

Cerno: Are you excited about this?

Her: [Pause]…not really.

Cernovich: Now imagine it’s election day. You wake up. Your car won’t start. Maybe you got in a fight with your boyfriend. Maybe you had a bad day at work. Do you stop what you are doing to go to the polls to vote for Hillary?

Her: I really don’t care that much who wins.

A poll is an answer to a question about your intent do so something.

My business is mindset and motivation. I know all about people (myself included) who intend to do all sorts of things like

  • Start a new business
  • Gain some muscle
  • Lose some fat
  • Spend more time with family
  • Read more books

On and on the list goes. I also know, as America’s top authority on mindset, that intent doesn’t mean anything unless you involve neurochemicals like dopamine. You must, in a word, GET HYPED.

  • Read: Dopamine regulates motivation. The widespread belief that dopamine regulates pleasure could go down in history with the latest research results on the role of this neurotransmitter. Researchers have proved that it regulates motivation, causing individuals to initiate and persevere to obtain something either positive or negative.

Where’s the hype for sick Hillary? How many of sick Hillary’s supporters FEEL excited about her?

Now compare the typical sick Hillary supporter with a Trump supporter.

On opening day of the NFL, on a Sunday, I am on Twitter talking about the election and other Trump-related news. My Tweets receive millions of impressions.

Pollsters are even starting to ask about the enthusiasm gap between Trump and sick Hillary. According to one recent poll, only 33% of sick Hillary voters are “very enthusiastic” about her. Forty-six percent of Trump supporters answered that they were “very enthusiastic about their candidate.”

Keep in mind that polls are limited to those who have outdated landline telephones. Online the numbers for sick Hillary would be much smaller – and, for Trump, much larger.

Furthermore, only 80% of sick Hillary voters said they are absolutely certain to vote, compared to 93% of Trump supporters.

In May I began writing about the lack of enthusiasm for sick Hillary.

Pundits and other “leading experts” said I wrong. Today they are copying me and talking about enthusiasm all day, without citing me, of course, as the hoax media plagiarizes me daily.

There’s no hype for sick Hillary.

Without hype – a feeling, an inspiration – there is no action. Who is hyped for sick Hillary?

Even sick Hillary’s own ad campaign unconsciously recognizes this lack of hype. People are “ready for her.”

Read: American’s Mindset Expert Tells You why Nate Silver’s Polls are bogus.

It’s Saturday and like most Trump supporters, I’m up reading election news.

Saturday used to be a slow traffic day for me, but because of this election, there are no slow days for me.

Trump’s supporters are hyped. Sick Hillary’s arent.

Expect gnashing and weeping of the teeth this coming November.

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Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

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Humpback coming out of water

Did someone say dinner?

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In a mysterious change to their normal behaviour, humpback whales are forming massive groups of up to 200 animals.

Humpbacks aren’t normally considered to be terribly social. They are mostly found alone, in pairs, or sometimes in small groups that disband quickly.

But research crews have spotted strange new social behaviour on three separate cruises in 2011, 2014 and 2015, as well as a handful of public observations from aircraft.

These super-groups of up to 200 were spotted feeding intensively off the south-western coast of South Africa, thousands of kilometres further north from their typical feeding grounds in the polar waters of the Antarctic.

“It’s quite unusual to see them in such large groups,” says Gísli Vikingsson, head of whale research at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland.

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Feeding frenzy: unusual behaviour for humpbacks?

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Humpbacks mostly spend the summer in the polar regions of the Antarctic where the whales chow down on krill and build up fat stores. And winters are spent in the warmer waters of tropical and subtropical latitudes where female whales give birth and nurse new calves.

What has led to such a drastic change in whale behaviour? We don’t know for sure yet. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Ken Findlay, lead author of the study from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa.

The whales could be shifting their behaviour in response to changes in the available prey.

Humpback whales were found feeding in this area off the south-west Cape coast of South Africa once before nearly a century ago, but whaling has reduced their numbers by around 90 per cent. “It’s possible that the behaviour was occurring but just not where it was visible,” says Findlay. “Because there were so few of them, we may not have seen it.”

So it could be that this is a restoration of their natural behaviour as the population abundances re-establish to more natural levels.

The humpback whale population has seen an unexplained resurgence in recent years. “For the last few decades, suddenly they seem to have overcome some threshold and have begun to increase very fast,” says Vikingsson.

With greater numbers, who knows what interesting behaviours we’ll happen upon next.

Journal reference: PLoS ONE , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172002

Read more: Lost leviathans: Hunting the world’s missing whales; Vital giants: Why living seas need whales; I saw humpback whales save a seal from death by killer whale

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Josh Martin hopes to make season debut for Jets Sunday vs. Jaguars

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The Jets' Josh Martin was placed on injured reserve after suffering his second concussion in about five weeks.   Credit: James Escher

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Jets outside linebacker Josh Martin has been cleared from concussion protocol and hopes to make his season debut Sunday against the Jaguars.

Martin went through a full practice Thursday for the first time in more than a month. He suffered the concussion in the third preseason game against the Giants. Martin, who had a previous concussion, said he didn’t want to chance coming back too soon.

“It lasted a little longer than I thought it would have because of lingering symptoms,” he said. “I was trying to be cautious and smart about my return. I didn’t want to risk reinjury, so that was a big part of it.”

Martin said he was “chomping at the bit” to play but also expressed concern about returning too quickly because of what has happened to former NFL players who had concussions.

“It’s definitely concerning,” he said. “I’m very interested in having a career post-football, so that’s always in the back of my mind. That’s part of the game. You go through the protocols. They’re there to protect us. I trust the doctors and staff they have here. I’m comfortable where I am now.”

Todd Bowles said he should play “if he gets up to speed.”

Pryor limited

Receiver Terrelle Pryor was limited Thursday after suffering a groin injury in practice. Bowles wouldn’t rule him in or out for Sunday . . .  Marcus Maye (ankle/foot) was limited in practice for the second straight day. He could play Sunday. Bowles said he’s not worried about Maye’s conditioning because he has been running . . . Buster Skrine (knee) and Doug Middleton (knee/finger) were limited participants after not practicing Wednesday . . . Neal Sterling (concussion) and Charone Peake (hamstring) didn’t practice for the second straight day . . . For the Jaguars, Calais Campbell (ankle), Leonard Fournette (hamstring), T.J. Yeldon (ankle) and former Jet Austin Seferian-Jenkins (core muscle injury) were limited. Kicker Josh Lambo (hip) did not practice.

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'Kill Them All,' Congressman Clay Higgins Says of Terrorism Suspects After London Attacks

Armed police officers stand near the location where the attacker's van crashed, on London Bridge after it was reopened following the June 3rd terror attack on June 5, 2017 in London, England. Getty Images/Leon Neal

Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins, speaking directly to "Christendom," responded to attacks in London by stating anyone suspected to be an "Islamic radical" should be hunted down and killed in a Facebook post Sunday, hours after seven people were killed and 48 others injured in the British capital.

Higgins, a former law enforcement officer who claimed his seat for the state's third district last year, was one of many to vehemently condemn Saturday's attack by suggesting punishments such as death and internment camps.

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In the post, Higgins wrote: " The free world... all of Christendom... is at war with Islamic horror. Not one penny of American treasure should be granted to any nation who harbors these heathen animals. Not a single radicalized Islamic suspect should be granted any measure of quarter. Their intended entry to the American homeland should be summarily denied. Every conceivable measure should be engaged to hunt them down. Hunt them, identity [sic] them, and kill them. Kill them all. For the sake of all that is good and righteous. Kill them all. -Captain Clay Higgins "

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The post has already garnered more than 2,300 reactions and hundreds of comments. It was accompanied by a photo taken during the van and knife attack at London Bridge, showing a man with canisters strapped to his body lying on the ground. The three attackers were shot dead by police following the attack. It was the third such incident in the United Kingdom in the last three months, including a bombing in May at the Manchester Arena and a car attack at Westminster in March.

While the identities of the attackers has yet to be released, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attack.

According to Mother Jones, before running for Congress Higgins previously resigned as the public information officer for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office after his superior requested he stop making "unprofessional comments." The site also confirmed with Higgins' office that the Facebook post was real.

Back in January, while speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives, the Republican Higgins said, "radical Islamic horror has gripped the world and...unbelievably...been allowed into our own nation with wanton disregard."

Higgins' statements are in line with what seems to be disproportionate reactions on how to deal with terrorism around the world. On Sunday, two guests on "Fox and Friends Weekend" directly mentioned the potential use of internment camps to house those suspected of an affiliation with terrorism.

Former U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, who helped lead the country's vote to leave the European Union, as well as Daily Mail columnist Katie Hopkins, called for internment camps.

"We want genuine action, and if there is not action, then the calls for internment will grow," Farage said. "We have over 3,000 people on a sort of known terrorist list, and we're watching, monitoring their activities. But [there are] a further 20,000 people who are persons of interest, namely they're linked in some way to extremist organizations. Unless we see the government getting tough, you will see public calls for those 3,000 to be arrested."

In another segment later, Hopkins said: "We do need internment camps," she said. "Before, I would have bought the idea that this gets more people radicalized—you know, that's not the solution. But we've gone beyond the tipping point. This country cannot take another attack."

One host of the show, Clayton Morris, spoke both for himself and the network afterward—calling the idea of internment camps "reprehensible."


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The Bromance Myth of Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump

Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump met for the first time at a NATO summit in Brussels last spring, just a couple of weeks after Macron’s election to the French Presidency. If there had been a fight card for the encounter, it would have pitted globalism vs. nationalism, progressivism vs. populism, optimism vs. declinism, youth vs. age. At a meeting in the morning, the two men tugged at each other’s forearms as though they were trying to pull a rope over a line in the sand. That afternoon, at a photo call with the rest of the group, Macron performed a cheeky little fake-out before finally extending his hand to Trump, who yanked it as though he were trying to start a chainsaw. Handshakeologists the world over were thus surprised when, a couple of months later, Macron invited Trump to France.

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Macron, speaking of the historic alliance between the two countries, “which fully justifies the presence of President Trump today and tomorrow in Paris,” gave Trump a grand reception. There was a Bastille Day parade with vintage tanks and a flyover of the Arc de Triomphe; the Presidents and their wives dined at the Eiffel Tower on a solicitously bland menu of filet of beef and chocolate soufflé with chocolate ice cream. By the next day, Trump—who, in previous months had pulled out of the Paris climate accords, claimed that parts of Paris were so “radicalized and vicious” that the police refused to go there, and expressed his admiration for the far-right leader Marine Le Pen—was praising the French leader as “a great President, a tough President.” Macron—who had previously trolled Trump over his environmental policies, unfurling a “Make Our Planet Great Again” meme on Twitter—now said, “I very much respect the decision taken by President Trump” on the Paris accords, even if he disagreed with it, and affirmed that he and Trump shared a “common red line” on the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Thus was born the idea that there exists some kind of special closeness not between America and France but between Trump and Macron.

On Monday, Macron arrives in Washington for the first official state visit of the Trump Presidency. He will address a joint session of Congress; this time, the double date will take place at Mount Vernon. The bromance theory of Trump and Macron holds that their alliance is personal and unlikely. From Trump’s perspective, perhaps it is. Flattery, however crude or instrumental, plays an inflated role in the intellectual and moral vacuum of his Presidency, and a politics of ingratiation is by its nature erratic. Trump can easily find “a great guy” in whoever, for the moment, makes him feel important.

Macron’s seduction of Trump has been a determined exercise. Macron was going to be attentive to the American President, whoever he or she was. But the fact that it’s Trump, who has so alienated much of the rest of the world—“I try so hard to be his friend,” he tweeted, of Kim Jong Un, before word came of their potential meeting—makes a world leader who can forge some points of agreement with him look like less of a lapdog than an elephant tamer. With Angela Merkel sidelined by policy differences and Theresa May wrapped up in Brexit, Macron, who poses no threat in terms of seniority or gender, has positioned himself as Trump’s conduit to Europe and, consequently, as a player beyond. Macron has volunteered to mediate between Turkey and the Syrian Kurds, and he inserted himself as freelance fixer when the Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, went missing in Saudi Arabia. He also seems to have calculated that the boost to France’s international profile is worth some compromises. Without capitulating on major points of disagreement between France and America—climate change, the Iran nuclear deal—he has delivered on some of Trump’s pet issues, such as nudging France’s military budget toward the two per cent of G.D.P. target for NATO member states. (The loi Collomb, the harsh immigration bill that Macron’s interior minister is now pushing through the French Parliament, undermines his inclusive campaign rhetoric, though its intent is less to appease Trump than to placate the domestic far-right.)

The dialogue with Trump isn’t an anomaly for Macron, who has a penchant for trying to win over skeptics in face-to-face confrontations. “Is the President ever so much in his element as when in often heated, sometimes coarse contact with the French?” the news site BFMTV recently asked, after Macron ventured out into a scrum of railway workers, who, in opposition to his desire to limit their retirement benefits, are conducting rolling strikes that will continue until June. Despite the disappointment of some American liberals, Macron’s decision to grant an interview to Chris Wallace, of Fox News, is entirely in character—the apotheosis, perhaps, of a foreign policy of, as he once put it, “we’ll talk with everybody.”

The previous French President, François Hollande, felt badly betrayed by President Barack Obama over Syria. “From a French perspective, U.S. unpredictability actually preceded Trump,” a recent policy brief by the German Marshall Fund of the United States observed. “In French diplomatic circles, the turning point was in fact Obama’s decision not to follow-through in Syria in 2013, despite the Assad regime’s ‘red line’ violation, just hours before French warplanes were due to join the bombing mission over Syria. In the words of former French Minister of Affairs Laurent Fabius, this was a ‘world-changing event,’ that would durably undermine the U.S. credibility and reliability, and bolster Russia to annex Crimea just a few months later.” The recent joint air strikes against Syria thus represent a payoff for Macron’s treatment of Trump. Both countries have changed Presidents; one has changed its behavior. Macron has publicly taken credit for the shift, saying, “Ten days ago, President Trump said the U.S. should withdraw from Syria. We convinced him it was necessary to stay.” He added, “We also persuaded him that we needed to limit the strikes to chemical weapons, after things got a little carried away over tweets.”

The question is not whether Trump and Macron are friends; it’s why, and to what end. Will Macron be able to leverage his social capital, so severely lacking in the Trump Administration, to nudge a country that overpowers his in both money and might toward some of his objectives? Macron is a tricky friend to have: after assuring Hollande, who had appointed him economics minister at the age of thirty-six, that he wouldn’t dream of running for President, he did exactly that, effectively pushing his old boss out of the race. (He broke the news by text message.) “La politique est un sport de combat,” a recent political memoir by Gaspard Gantzer, who was a top adviser to Hollande, offers a glimpse of the competitive advantage that Macron gleans from proximity. “He has one weakness: he’s vulnerable to pressure in one-on-one conversation,” Macron told Gantzer, as he came to know Hollande. “The last to speak often prevails.” One suspects that he’s made the same ruthlessly intimate appraisal of Trump.


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Mice with Alzheimer’s disease walk well but remember poorly

Mice with Alzheimer’s disease walk well but remember poorly

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Modeling Alzheimer’s disease

A large number of genetically engineered mouse models are available to study different aspects of Alzheimer’s disease. APP/PS1 knock-in mice are mice in which two genes associated with the disease are inserted at a specific place in the genome. Much is known about the development of the disease in these mice. But until recently, there was less detailed knowledge on behavioral changes in APP/PS1 knock-in mice that are associated with the disease.

Alzheimer’s disease and symptoms

It is very well known that Alzheimer’s disease affects the memory of people. But the disease can also affect other behavior. People with Alzheimer’s disease may be more anxious, can be depressed and can lose initiative and interest when the disease proceeds. Locomotor deficits may also occur, like a lower walking speed and a more variable stride rhythm.

Behavioral testing

To determine what behaviors are affected in APP/PS1 knock-in mice by the progressing disease, Webster et al. carried out a large number of standard tests with mice of 7, 11, 15 and 24 months old. Laboratory mice have an average life span between 1.5 and 2.5 years. To see whether locomotor behavior was affected, they used a rotarod, performed a grip strength test, a beam walk test, and analyzed the distance moved and velocity in an open field test. To test whether anxiety was affected, they analyzed the time spent in the center of the open field and performed an elevated plus maze test. The authors also carried out a radial arm water maze with platforms in three of the arms, to investigate spatial memory. In addition to this, they did a novel object recognition test to investigate recognition memory.

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The locomotor behavior was not affected in any of the test that focused on that behavior. Also no effect on anxiety was found in the open field test, or the elevated plus maze test.

Spatial and recognition memory

In contrast to the lack of effect on locomotion and anxiety, the memory was clearly affected. This effect depended on the age of the mice and therefore the severity of the disease. APP/PS1 knock-in mice of 7 month performed equally well in the radial arm water maze test as the wild type mice. However, knock-in mice of 11 months old made more errors than wild type mice of the same age. This effect became larger when the mice were older and the disease progressed. The APP/SP1 knock in mice also failed to show interest in novel objects in the novel object recognition test. But this effect only became apparent when the mice were 15 months old.

Selecting the correct model

The results show that only memory is affected by the disease in this mice model. Spatial memory is affected at an earlier stage of the disease than recognition memory. This is in agreement with results of other studies and with other Alzheimer’s disease models. However, in other models in some cases also locomotor behavior or anxiety is affected by the disease. The authors conclude that none of the currently available mice models shows all symptoms related to Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers should therefore carefully select an appropriate model for their specific research question.

Webster, S.J.; Bachstetter, A.D.;  Van Eldik, L.J. (2013). Comprehensive behavioral characterization of an APP/PS-1 double knock-in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's research & therapy, 5(28), doi:10.1186/alzrt182.

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