It never would start. Did you find it helpful? Its amazing - if you type "mysqld /?", or "mysqld -help", it doesn't give you any help. button At the User tab, click on Find button After that, you choose the folder that contains the x86 JRE.
I'm using 5.7, so I used net start mysql57. thanks. First time. User is unable also to telnet to port 8080.
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Delete C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server x.x/. Uninstalling all antivirus software. Are there textbooks on logic where the references to set theory appear only after the construction of set theory? There are some differences between the two kinds of services you should be aware of: * Apache will attempt to start and if successful it will run in the background.
I hope this will not impact Apache DS as any way Jetty server is not invoked by default and we have no plan to configure http setting in server.xml. -- Sudheer force apache start in spite of errors shutdown Apache Forum Index -> Apache View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ademusJoined: 11 Jan 2009Posts: 5 Posted: As a service, I justget a terse: "Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly."Where can I get better output?I've tried running it command-line (below) to get some betterinformation, but it just errors Your advice on how to work around this?
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InfiniDB (a MySQL compatible database) installs 100%, as does Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft SQL Server, etc, etc. Then click on Java tab. How could banks with multiple branches work in a world without quick communication? I installed manually apache, php and mysql and wrote a batch to launch apache (httpd.exe) and mysql server (mysqld.exe).
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We have approval for bcprov-jdk15-134 but not for bcprov-jdk15-140.jar. Which requires more energy: walking 1 km or cycling 1 km at the same speed? I added:Wrapper.debug=trueTo the apacheds.conf to get more output, but there is nothing obvious. Check TCP/IP networking but DO NOT change security settings (leave them unaltered).
What tool can I use? Hope this helps! asked 3 years ago viewed 4441 times active 1 year ago Related 2Custom partition in ApacheDS2Apache Directory Studio1Linux commands for Apache-ds LDAP0Unable to remotely access apacheDS LDAP0How to add posixAccount and How can I remove perfectly round locking wheel lugs?
In order to see what is really causing the problem you should follow the instructions for Running Apache for Windows from the Command Prompt. i have same problem too. Try our newsletter Sign up for our newsletter and get our top new questions delivered to your inbox (see an example). See the answer below.
There are lots of situations that can have resulted in a system file error. I have set the service start to manual and have attempted to manually start but all I get is service error that reads: "Could not start ApacheDS - default on local Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Issue in starting Apache DS up vote 2 down vote favorite 1 Hi I am facing an issue in starting the Apache However, I'd rather not use an alpha release, given that the "stable" release is anything but :( Update 2010-12-21 Found http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/windows-troubleshooting.html, dealing with troubleshooting under Windows.
P.S.:Reboot and clean temporary files -after reboot- with CCleaner. GBiz is too! Latest News Stories: Docker 1.0Heartbleed Redux: Another Gaping Wound in Web Encryption UncoveredThe Next Circle of Hell: Unpatchable SystemsGit 2.0.0 ReleasedThe Linux Foundation Announces Core Infrastructure Installing with defaults, not changing anything. Now reinstall the service with the defaults-file parameter: mysqld –install –defaults-file= For example: mysqld –install MySql –defaults-file=c:\mysql\my.ini Enjoy your error-free MySQL install.
I mean a test case to test this feature? 2. Hide Permalink Emmanuel Lecharny added a comment - 19/Dec/13 14:18 Bottom line : the server takes too long to start, and the wrapper daemon stops because he does not detect the First let's open up the command prompt. Discovered that you can generate an error log if the service doesn't start - see here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/error-log.html Update 2010-12-21 Aha!


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Nov 09 Jet Set Willy Rehearsals
We're all geared up to head into the studio this weekend to work on a new British IBM track entitled Jet Set Willy. Have just spent the evening in a rehearsal room in Cambridge playing through it over and over again to ensure that can actually play it as a band and now we can!
Nov 03 Win a signed copy of Zombies Ate Our Roadies!
That's right folks! You can win your very own copy of Stuart John's Zombies Ate Our Roadies for the Acorn Electron signed by himself and the British IBM.
All you have to do is complete the game and send a screenshot of the ending to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
First two people to do it win! It's that simple.
You can download the image from our shareware section and play it in your emulator of choice here:
http://thebritishibm.com/index.php/shareware
If you simply can't wait to own this gem of a game then head over to Stuart's site Acorns From Electrons where you can buy yourself a copy for a mere £1.99.
Oct 29 The British IBM - Nothing (Lyric Video)
We have a brand new lyric video for the track Nothing from our album Psychopaths Dream in Black and White. Available on Spotify, iTunes, bandcamp and this very website!
Sep 17 Corner House, Cambridge - 15th September 2017
Back at the old Corner House in Cambridge once again, this was our first outing with our new drummer Scott Wilson. Was good to play as a full band again with electric guitars and amps etc.. hopefully this will become a more regular occurrence in the new year.
Corner House Setlist 15/09/2017
Hey Mikie
Just Get By
We Were The Stars
I'm Just Like You
Nothing Ever Lasts That Long
The British IBM
Sep 12 Zombies Ate Our Roadies!
Excited to announce that we have another awesome fan game from Stuart Johns over at Electrons From Acorns. Zombies Ate Our Roadies is text adventure featuring "your favourite band" (that's us!) and a zombie infestation.
In true retro style it's for the Acorn Electron game but will also work on a BBC B or Master that's running DFS. Plus! We've just been sent a whole box of them on 3.5" floppy and we'll be giving them away at upcoming gigs.
Zombies Ate Our Roadies!

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Let me just say, I love chic flicks. I love watching romantic comedy movies. I know they are very predictable and the story is always basically the same thing, but they are always so easy and enjoyable to watch.
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Florals and sequins...ah I'm in love. You are so brave. I really want to try this combo now.
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News / Institute of Coding Calls for an Industry Reboot
If you've ever wondered what the younger generation thinks about the state of the digital sector, then you're in for a treat. The Institute of Coding (IoC) recently conducted research to discover that Gen Z believes the digital industry doesn't have the opportunities that they need. According to the IoC, these perceptions could be stopping the next generation from entering digital careers.
Around 70% of young people believe that the coding industry is run entirely by white, British people, while more than 56% of people want more diversity, and 41% state that female role models simply aren't present enough.
The nationwide poll of 1,000 people between the ages of 16 and 18 shines a light on the state of the digital environment, and what it could mean for the next generation.
One of the biggest issues that Generation Z had with the current workplace was a lack of diversity. Around 83% said that they think the space is led almost entirely by men. What's more, over 34% said there aren't enough opportunities for women. One in ten respondents said that they're actively discouraged from pursuing digital jobs and education because of the lack of diversity in the space.
Click here to read in full.
Find out more about the Institute of Coding and CTRL Your Future here.


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Hi! Here is your daily dose of useful links and articles related to renewable energy and technology. Enjoy!
Tech giants power record surge in renewable energy sales
The world's biggest tech companies fuelled a record surge in the amount of renewable energy sold directly to global corporations last year, according to new figures. The amount of clean energy from renewable energy developers bought by companies has tripled in the past two years, driven by a growing corporate appetite for sustainable energy…
The clean energy portfolios of some of the largest corporate buyers rival those of the world's biggest utilities. These companies are facing mounting pressure from investors to decarbonise.
Kyle Harrison, the lead author of the report
Cenfura Partners with C4D to Tokenize Renewable Energy Assets in South Africa
Cenfura has entered into an agreement with C4D to tokenize microgrid assets in South Africa. The partnership will construct and operate the solar PV and battery storage-based microgrid assets in 6,500 gated communities across South Africa with potential power demand of 3,000 MW. Together Cenfura and C4D will deliver the first tokenized assets to…
We are very excited to be finally implementing these plans that we have worked extremely hard on – this is the culmination of a lot of great work from our team.
Randall Meals, Cenfura President & CEO
Thailand's Path to Green and Clean – part 1
The Kingdom of Thailand is located in Southeast Asia. It is home to 69 million people in an area of 513,000 square kilometers adjacent to Laos in the east, Myanmar in the northwest, Malaysia, and Cambodia in the south. This makes it an important passage for the long-distance transmission of electricity. In recent decades, Thailand has made noticeable…
The New Industrial Revolution Will Be Undeniably Green
While the news about the climate crisis worsens and some national leaders, notably President Trump in the US, continue to champion the fossil fuel industry, there are still reasons to be cheerful, notably the developing green business boom of abandoning fossil fuels. Fighting climate change has become the world's single biggest business…
Portugal is in a position to be the largest producer of green hydrogen – which will allow the country to become the biggest producer of green energy in Europe.
Portuguese minister of environment and energy transition, João Pedro Matos Fernandes
Turning cow waste into clean power on a national scale
A 1,000-pound dairy cow produces an average of 80 pounds of manure each day. Multiply that by the estimated 9 million dairy cattle in the U.S., and that's a lot of manure. Dominion Energy, one of the nation's largest energy producers — headquartered in Richmond, Va. — wants to put some of that tremendous amount of livestock waste to good use by…
The projects are a powerful example of the environmental progress we can make through innovation and partnering with other industries.
Ann Nallo, who works in media relations for Dominion Energy
Driving blockchain forward: new innovations and business models to transform mobility
Disruption is a difficult word. Clients are often advised by Navigant Research, a Guidehouse company, to take the long view and consider disruption as part of a larger transformation—a constant push to evolve and adapt to a changing energy and transportation landscape. Transformation involves many small disruptions, not all…
Blockchain-based micropayments will enable service providers to create incentive programs and business models that attract customers and potentially undercut competitors that rely on traditional technologies.
All the things carmakers say they'll accomplish with their future electric vehicles between now and 2030
The electric-vehicle market made big gains in 2019, across multiple car manufacturers — and the industry has even bigger plans for the years to come. Rivian, for example, closed out the year with an extra $1.3 billion in investments. Tesla turned a profit, debuted the Cybertruck, delivered the first Model 3s built in its Shanghai plant, and announced…
Some manufacturers have revised their earlier estimates and are planning to reach electrification targets sooner than expected.
PG&E is betting heavily on microgrids. But can it move away from fossil fuels?
Late last October, when Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) shut off power to vast swaths of its service territory in anticipation of heightened fire conditions, four towns in Northern California managed to keep the lights on, in part. The towns — Angwin, Calistoga, Placerville and Grass Valley — are part of PG&E's effort to build a network of…
We see there being tremendous value in the flexibility that these sort of temporary microgrids provide.
Paul Doherty Spokesperson, PG&E
5 Things Fuel Cell Investors Need to Know
While the hype around fuel cells is high, the fundamentals on the ground haven't changed much in years. Fuel cells have challenges that will be difficult to overcome, and these companies have been disappointing investors for years. Here's what you need to know before jumping into a stock just because the company makes fuel cells…
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This week, members of the 114th Congress were officially sworn in. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was elected for a third consecutive time to serve as Speaker of the House and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was named the Majority Leader in the Senate. Republicans now hold majorities in both the House and Senate. Congress is already gearing up for debate on key infrastructure legislation, which includes funding for the construction of the Keystone Pipeline, but President Obama has already indicated he will veto the measure.
Additionally, House and Senate leadership have released tentative schedules for 2015. Click here to view the House schedule and here to view the Senate schedule.


Mrs. Madsen is a master certified dog trainer and owner/operator of multiple Northern Virginia Sit Means Sit Dog Training franchises which led to the founding of K-9 Caring Angels Therapy and Service Dogs. Mrs. Madsen comes from a career as an award winning manager and public speaker with an emphasis on sales, training and motivation.
It is through K-9 Caring Angels that Mrs. Madsen's dreams are being realized. She enjoys what she considers "the honor of training and certifying our Caring Angles therapy teams" which allows her to expand on giving back to the community by offering K-9 Caring Angels where there is a demand and a need. This has allowed her to assist veterans, local schools, underprivileged children, toys for tots, nursing homes, juvenile detention centers, first responders, domestic violence programs, human tracking prevention, counseling organizations, etc.
Her ultimate goal is to build the "Warrior Angels project" where families can come to a private facility and stay on location as they learn the proper way to integrate a Service dog into their lives. By offering this option she feels it will better set the family and the dogs up for optimum success. Statistic show that at least 22 soldiers a day commit suicide and over 40% of those are due to PTSD. Mrs. Madsen feels strongly that Warrior's Angels can make a difference, she has seen if first hand.
Mrs. Madsen continues to explore ways in which Caring Angels can work to better peoples lives and the community while expanding her own knowledge base and community understanding of the benefits of Therapy and Service Dogs.
Ted Madsen is a professional dog trainer and business owner and the Vice President of K-9 Caring Angels. K-9 Caring Angels is a 501(c)(3) organization doing business as Caring Angels and Warrior's Angels based in Northern Virginia. As a professional dog trainer and partner in Sit Means Sit Dog Training of Northern Virginia, Ted spends his days working on the business and with dogs and their humans to build stronger bonds and condent, obedient, and happy dogs (and owners). Ted joined his wife Sonny in starting Caring Angels Therapy dogs to give back to the community that has given so much to us and the Warrior's Angels Service Dogs to help our soldiers and veterans by donating psychiatric service dogs to those with challenges like PTSD and doing our part for those that have given so much to us as Americans.
Before becoming a dog trainer, Ted worked in the corporate world as an executive in the travel and tourism industry with Hilton, Wyndham and Resort Condominiums International (RCI) into 2008 when the economy crashed and the travel and tourism industry faced unfamiliar challenges. Ted then founded Quintessential Consulting Group, a partnership designed to help businesses in the industry through the changing landscape. It was in 2010 that Sonny came to Ted with the idea of starting a dog training business after meeting with the founder of Sit Means Sit, Fred Hassen, in Las Vegas, NV. She thought he would think it was a crazy idea but his support and her drive made it happen and the same is true for K-9 Caring Angels. In 2012 Ted closed up his consulting business to train full time.
Gary W. Davis is a Certied Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certied Financial Planner (CFP) specializing in providing growing businesses the accounting and business strategy and hands-on assistance necessary to succeed. As a business owner and a CPA for almost 30 years, we know the challenges of operating a company, keeping an eye on growth and protability and how important accurate information is to the business.
Our mission is to provide the accounting expertise and practical business knowledge a business owner needs to operate eciently, according to regulations and in a manner that aligns with the business owners' goals.
Our client philosophy is to advise every client with the highest professional standards standards and personal dedication to delivering information and support, guidance and practical advice. It involves honest, proactive communication and responsiveness that we, ourselves value in a business relationship.
Lynn came to us as a Sit Means Sit client looking for trainer for her dog Noodle. She then joined as an evaluator for Sit Means Sit part time and through her strong work and commitment trained and got Noodle certified as a Therapy Dog with K-9 Caring Angels. Giving back to the community really drove her to get more involved with K-9 Caring Angels organizing and participating heavily in our activities. It was only natural that she join the Board.
Stephanie Shane, DVM has been a practicing veterinarian since graduating from VirginiaMaryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. She is the current owner and Medical Director of Staples Mill Animal Hospital in Woodbridge, Virginia. She is a member of the American Animal Hospital Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Feline Practitioners. She is a Fear Free Certied doctor and is committed to providing the best experience for her patience while they are in her care.
Michael Shane, CVPM has over 16 years of Veterinary Practice Management experience. He received his Bachelor of Science in Management Science from Virginia Tech in 1987. He spent the first 12 years of his career developing Management Information Systems for most of the major pharmaceutical companies.
In 1999 he and his wife, Dr. Stephanie Shane opened their first animal hospital in Northern Virginia which was a journey of discover which led to the sale of that practice to launch their dream practice with Staples Mill Animal Hospital.
Angela is a lead trainer and top producer at Sit Means Sit Dog Training of Northern Virginia and was responsible for training one of the first Service Dogs that K-9 Caring Angels Donated in Dee Dee the Warrior Angel (See the All Hands US Navy video in Impact). She works with many of the K-9 Caring Angels Therapy and Service dogs and helps mentor some of our other trainers that work with our K-9 Caring Angels.
My name is Beth Sloane and I am a full time elementary school teacher, mother of 4 children, 5 cats, and an amazing therapy dog, Kuzi. Kuzi and I have been members of the Caring Angels Therapy Team for a little over a year.
Our journey began with basic obedience training with Sit Means Sit. Kuzi's eagerness to please and sweet disposition lead us to further our training to become a therapy team. In 2017 I stepped up to volunteered to head up the fundraising division of the K-9 Caring Angels. When were not brain storming on fundraising ideals Kuzi and I visit schools, libraries, assisted living facilities, and anywhere in the community our services are needed.
By profession Kenneth Vierra has been an Oceanographer for the past 36 years. Ken is also an American Red Cross Instructor and Instructor Trainer as well as an Assistant Scuba Instructor. As a Scuba Diver Ken has had the opportunity to dive around the world with hundreds of Hammerhead Sharks, Great White Sharks and other sea life; as well as dive on World War II Shipwrecks and see / experience the underwater world very few have seen.
In 2013 Kenneth Vierra acquired his four-legged fur-baby Keeshond, named Nikita, born in Charlottesville, VA. Together, Nikita and Ken quickly started down the path of training as a Therapy Dog team. At 9 months old Nikita began obedience training with the team. Nikita Graduated as a Therapy Dog / Advanced Canine Good Citizen on September 14, 2014. Ken and Nikita work as a team providing care and comfort to children and adults. Nikita is truly a teddy bear in the form of a loving Keeshond that longs and loves to have adults and children pet her.
Ken continues helping in the Community as a Therapy Dog Team member with Nikita. Ken utilizes his background, experience and connections to provide new and exciting visitation opportunities for the Caring Angels Organization. As one of Caring Angels Handler's, Ken provides Therapy Dog outreach by facilitating unique events and being a Liason for the Caring Angel Therapy Dog program opportunities within the community.
Ken is actively involved in working with organizations to raise funds for the Caring Angel Therapy Dog Organization Warrior Angel Project which provides Service Dogs for Veterans and Children with special needs.
Ken as Nikita's handler continued her training and she became an Arch Angel in June 2017. The Arch Angels in the Caring Angel Therapy Dog Organization are truly the Elite Therapy Dogs. Handler and dog are a team, and as such they must be able to show complete control both on and o leash, in any situation. They train and test together so both handlers and canine companions are experts equally. The Arch Angel teams have gone above and beyond in serving our communities, often times creating unique or specialized programs for organizations in need. Ken is fortunate to have a canine like Nikita as she truly exemplies the qualities that Caring Angel Therapy Dogs represent; and both Ken and Nikita continue their journey as both work towards helping those in the Community as Therapy Dog Handler and Canine Ambassadors.


A machine rolled into (the patient's) room with a video live link to a doctor explaining the terminal nature of his illness and how the best option might be hospice. He died the next day, and his family has apparently not raised concerns about his medical care. But the family has complained about the fact that the doctor shared the prognosis via robot. Technology is the helper to the physician but not presently the replacement. If we allow technology to strip away our common humanity, we will all be diminished as a consequence.
At 2 a.m. in February, I found myself speaking with the family of a dying man. We had never met before, and I had only just learned of the patient. As an ICU doctor, I have been in this situation on many occasions, but there was something new this time. The family was 200 miles away, and we were talking through a video camera. I was staffing the electronic intensive care unit, complete with a headset, adjustable two-way video camera, and six screens of streaming data.
The eICU at Emory University in Atlanta provides care by physicians trained in critical care medicine to a number of hospital locations within the large Emory system. It also provides coverage to some smaller hospitals, away from the large academic medical centers, that are not able to provide continuous on-site ICU physician staffing. The eICU functions 24 hours a day with nurses in the day and physicians and nurses at night and on the weekends. For physicians, interacting with patients and families through the small screen and without the benefit of touch is an unusual and sometimes uncomfortable feeling. As physicians, we are trained to use all of our senses to make sense of a situation, and the eICU does not allow the shared intimacy frequently needed in diagnosis and treatment. It can feel remote, and when wearing my headset, at times I feel more like an air traffic controller than a doctor. Never was that truer than when I was confronted with a dying man and grieving family 200 miles away.
Recently, a similar event occurred in a hospital in California. Unlike my moment, this screen and camera were on wheels. Like some sort of R2-D2, it rolled into the patient's room and began.
According to CNN, Annalisia Wilharm, granddaughter of patient Ernest Quintana, 78, was sitting by his bedside in the ICU of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fremont, California. Quintana suffered from chronic obstructive lung disease, a condition characterized by difficulty breathing. As it worsens, the patient can require the assistance of mechanical ventilation to stay alive. Quintana's wife and adult child had left the hospital for some rest. That evening, a machine rolled into Quintana's room with a video live link to a doctor explaining the terminal nature of Quintana's illness and how the best option might be hospice.
But this was not an example of a robot doctor, which would suggest an artificial intelligence was responsible here. An actual, live person was simply communicating through a large rolling video phone.
This is not a failure of technology, it seems. More likely, it was a failure to communicate via any method.
I can understand why the animated and mechanical nature of the doc in the mechanical box was clearly startling. This is something I have grappled with, too. At 2 on that morning, my screen and camera were fixed to the wall, staring down at the patient with the swiveling camera eye controlled by me. I surveyed the room. I saw the patient on the bed, connected to the ventilator, and in the room, I counted three anxious family members. Slowly and calmly, I explained who I was and how the camera worked. I looked directly into my camera lens so that on the video monitor, my eyes would meet theirs. I acknowledged the strangeness of the technology and worked through the data in an unhurried way. After some back and forth, we all began to relax and accept the communication. Now we could get to it. I found I was still more than able to make a connection, provide information, and demonstrate compassion. They cried, as they should, when I told them their loved one would die. When I have done this in person, I retain the option of providing physical comfort with a hug or even a handshake. These are the natural inclinations shared in our common humanity. In the eICU, I am unable to provide my physical self and a family might interpret this as cold indifference. It is nothing of the sort. These are the limits of this technology.
Nevertheless, the California story misses the point. This is not a failure of technology, it seems. More likely, it was a failure to communicate via any method. Medical schools are bad at teaching how to deliver bad news. Patients often don't know how to receive it, either. A doctor-patient relationship of trust can successfully occur over the phone and be bungled completely in a face-to-face encounter. We do not know the mind of the doctor, of what came before, or the mental state of the patient or his granddaughter. Absent that, this story tells us nothing about whether remote technology should be used to deliver this sort of news.
The medical profession can perhaps nearly entirely be seen as an exercise in communication. A capable physician is able to sort out the state of mind of the listener, but it takes skill. Some people are good at this; others are not. Optimizing the conditions for this interaction must occur before any conversation about sickness and health or about life and death. In this case, in addition to an explanation about who I was, what I do, and how the doctor-patient relationship is configured in the ICU, I needed to tell them about the eICU generally, including the camera, the headset, where I was, why I was there, and how they should interact with me. If a doctor skips this step and goes right to the medical information, the listeners might feel like they are receiving a data dump, not participating in a conversation. This is not magic. This is not art. It's a technical skill requiring rapid assessment of the stakes and the players. It requires a nimble vocabulary. It requires ongoing verification that the patient and the family are absorbing the words, and their meaning.
In my case, we established a connection. The family understood and thanked me, genuinely, for my time and explanation. It was 2 a.m., and it occurred to me that these tragic stories seem to be, not uncommonly, things of the night. If I had not been there on the camera, no intensive care doctor would have been available to provide an explanation. The patient would still have died, but perhaps his family would have felt caught off guard. Doubt about the cause of death and uncertainty about treatment options can plague and crush a family forever.
It is likely that this California hospital was just trying to deliver ICU physician care in a way it believed would be sufficient. Difficult conversations are difficult in person and exceedingly difficult over the camera. I believe it is still possible with eICU-style technology to provide the necessary comfort, even when the conversation concerns death. It will, however, require a style and method of communication beyond what an in-person conversation provides. My own story was, I believe, a success of this technology because I took the extra time to overcome the constraints. Technology is the helper to the physician but not presently the replacement. If we allow the technology to strip away our common humanity, we will all be diminished as a consequence.


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BEIJING — China on Wednesday accused the U.S. of having "weaponized" the issuance of visas following the reported inability of a top Chinese space program official to obtain permission to travel to a key conference in Washington.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters that the head of the Chinese delegation to the International Astronautical Congress wasn't able to obtain a visa following an Oct. 12 interview, making it difficult for Chinese representatives to attend important events at the meeting.
Reports said the vice chairman of the China National Space Administration, Wu Yanhua, had planned to attend the congress.
Hua said the U.S. has "weaponized" visa issuances and "repeatedly defied international responsibilities and obligations and impeded normal international exchanges and cooperation."
She said that "threatened and damaged the legitimate rights and interests of all parties in the international community.
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said it couldn't discuss individual visa cases because of privacy issues.
Hua said that "for some time, the U.S. has frequently rejected and delayed visa applications, revoked long-term visas of Chinese applicants and investigated and harassed the Chinese scholars, students, businesspeople, and scientific and technical personnel."
China last year launched more missions to orbit than any other country, and is on track to do the same this year. Those missions include the first-ever soft-landing of a space craft on the far side of the moon.
However, close ties between the Chinese space program and the country's military have limited its participation in multinational efforts, including the International Space Station. China is instead building its own permanent station and has invited other countries to join in the effort.
The visa incident also comes amid a simmering trade war between China and the U.S. in which accusations that China steals or coerces foreign firms into handing over sensitive technology have played a major role.
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Architectural Studio - Cubex based in Belgrade, founded in 2005 by Ksenija Bulatović. Name Cubex comes from cubic forms from which is our urban system constructed.
The question of the representation has always followed every artistic work. Architecture as a creative activity in the domain of aesthetical has a certain specifics in the relation to other arts.
This uniqueness can be traced back to the very ontology of architectural work. As a spatially and temporally defined construct of human reality, architectural work possesses a significant component of utilitarity. Regardless to its basic or acquired purpose it is, therefore, pragmatic in its essence.


Last week, the whole place seemed to be muffled by a great, white blanket. And for just a short few hours we seemed to have a silent world.
This entry was posted in Nature and tagged Daily prompt, Ireland, silent, Snow, weather, West of Ireland on December 16, 2017 by Murtagh's Meadow.
I love that temporary quietude that a snowstorm brings. Lovely photos!
It's kind of magically isn't it?
Silence. Beautiful breath of clean tonight. Thank you for sharing.
Snow at night has an even more magically quality, doesn't it – especially when combined with moonlight.
Particularly like the snow outlined on the tree bark. Lovely detail.
Snow does magically transform objects!


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Die Neue Jüdische Pester Zeitung war eine jiddischsprachige Zeitung, die von 1884 bis 1888 in Budapest im Königreich Ungarn in der Habsburgermonarchie erschienen ist.

Literatur

 Heinrich Réz: Deutsche Zeitungen und Zeitschriften in Ungarn von Beginn bis 1918. München 1935, S. 77.

Albert Weber: Bibliographie deutschsprachiger Periodika aus dem östlichen Europa. Teil 4: Jüdische Periodika. Regensburg 2017, S. 24 (Online-Publikation).

Weblinks

 Digitalisat auf difmoe.eu
 Bibliographische Kurzbeschreibung auf ios-regensburg.de

Einzelnachweise

Jiddischsprachige Zeitung
Zeitung (Ungarn)
Königreich Ungarn
Medien (Budapest)
Ersterscheinung 1884
Erscheinen eingestellt 1888
Judentum in Ungarn

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The light and colors in this image remind me of a painting by one of the Old Masters.
Images like this can sometimes be found by peeking in buildings, stepping through a doorway and actually going in a building that may not be a tourist attraction. If you do this though, remember to be respectful and if you are asked to leave, just smile and turn around.


Thank you Imam Twahidi. If AOC and Omar think we are at a level of incitement to violence, then maybe they should stop doing it.
His name is Imam Mohammad Tawhidi and he is an Australian cleric. What makes him special is that he recently called out Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar as clueless and anti-American.
"You are absolutely clueless when it comes to national security. I am a Muslim Imam, citizen of Australia/Iraq/Iran, and I enter the US without any problems; because I do so legally by declaring all my identities. Border Force don't care about religion, they care about intentions," he tweeted.
As for Omar, he attacked her with class, informing readers that she shouldn't be trusted but neither should those who defend her agenda and actions.
"Ilhan Omar is a genuine & honest person. She is telling us exactly what she believes because she is in a position of power. She makes it clear that she is against the US and its values; and pro Sharia, terrorist CAIR & Co. Those making excuses for her: Pelosi & AOC are the liars," he tweeted.
Ilhan Omar is a genuine & honest person. She is telling us exactly what she believes because she is in a position of power. She makes it clear that she is against the US and its values; and pro Sharia, terrorist CAIR & Co. Those making excuses for her: Pelosi & AOC are the liars.
Ilhan's life is in danger because some people said something. Do not quote those people because then you'd be inciting violence against them.
Play their game and win at it.
Thank you Imam Twahidi. If AOC and Omar think we are at a level of incitement to violence, then maybe they should stop doing it. Their rhetoric and demagoguery are fueling the fire.
According to Democrats and the opposition media, it's all Trumps' fault. Good thing he loves our country or we would be in big trouble because he is doing so many divisive things to hurt all Americans. Imagine what he would do if he hated the USA like the radical Dems. (I'm being sarcastic if you didn't figure it out already).
I can't stop thinking about what he could have accomplished so far if he didn't have resistance from the leftists against everything he's trying to do for the country he loves. A pure 180 from Barack Obama.
President Trump sacrificed his life and salary to work for us because he really loves this country, probably more than even Ronald Reagan. Let us support him as best we can, and pray hard for his protection and the soul of our country.
Three new representatives sticking together like glue. All three are clueless! The attacks on 9-11 were attacks on all Americans! I'm an Air Force veteran and to this day I stand true to the oath I voluntarily took when I entered the USAF! We fight for what's right and we do it viciously.
I'll always stand true to my oath will always viciously fight to the bloody end. All three of these freshmen representatives should be removed from all committees and called out for their anti-American and anti-constitution stances each and every time they open their mouth or tweet their insanity!


Monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM) have recorded over 3,700 ceasefire violations and the deaths of two locals last week, OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug said.
The security situation did not change over the past week, but the level of violence dramatically increased over the last three days, Hug said at a news briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.
The mission recorded 1,400 violations over the first four days and over 2,300 over the last three days of the past week; thus, their number grew by 60%, he said.
The monitors also confirmed the deaths of two local civilians, and two others sustained injuries in that period, Hug said.
He put the blame for these casualties on those who do not honor their obligations.
The OSCE monitors have confirmed the deaths of 39 local civilians since the beginning of 2018, and 166 others have been injured over this period, he said.


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Healthy planet
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Nearly 2.2 billion people live below USD $2 a day, with almost 21 million adults and 85 million children engaged in forced labour.
Furthermore, an estimated 200 million smallholder farmers are producing food within the world's supply chains and many of them live in poverty. Our goal is to harness our power by collaborating to create value in communities where we operate.
Partnering with young vets
In many emerging markets there are usually too few veterinary clinics in relation to the growing pet population. Therefore, we want to support young veterinary students in their journey to become practitioners by providing them capabilities to operate and run their own clinics. We've already conducted a successful pilot test in Indonesia in 2018 and now want to expand to other geographies.
Improving working life
At Royal Canin we aim to improve the working life of small holders in our value chain through income and human rights by 2025. Our goal is for everyone working within our extended supply chains to earn a sufficient income to maintain a decent standard of living. Although our relationship with smallholder farmers is rarely direct, we recognise their importance for our business. We're especially focused on helping the current generation of smallholder farmers to prosper, while also ensuring that the next generation is motivated to stay connected to farming as a profession that allows them to thrive.
Sustainable working environment
Living your own purpose at the work place is fully part of the ROYAL CANIN experience. Within Royal Canin we have a community of sustainability champions named GoGreen. They work voluntarily to implement environmental and social-friendly solutions on our sites, ranging from recycling issues to daily mobility. By 2020 we aim to share this program in partnership with other companies in our neighbourhood and create a GoGreen community in every Royal Canin office.
Pet friendly offices
Driven by a sincere belief that pets make our lives better, Royal Canin is committed to lead by example and be the pet-friendly employer of choice. Enabling our associates to bring their pets into the office is the perfect foundation to develop a truly pet-centric culture and encourage pet ownership. By 2020, all our offices will be pet-friendly.
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Across the globe, our Associates help make the world a better place by creating mutual benefits for our business and the lives we touch. They aren't super heroes, but they are making a difference every chance they can. Individual Associates have the opportunity to build lasting, meaningful relationships in their communities through company-sponsored paid time off to volunteer.
We are encouraging our associates to participate in the Mars Ambassador Program, with the aim that by 2020, 15% of Mars ambassadors will be ROYAL CANIN Associates. the program enables eligible associates from all areas to develop their skills and capabilities while building strong partnerships worldwide.
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We continually work to create and maintain great workplaces where our 7500 Associates can thrive. This includes seeking to ensure that their human rights are respected and that we are engaged with the communities in which we operate.
As part of this program we; train Associates on our global Guide to Ethics & Compliance, which explains our human rights values and expectations, ensure all Associates have access to a local Ombudsman to whom they can confidentially and anonymously report workplace issues, and provide independent auditors with access to all our workplaces to assess our human rights performance and to ensure that any issues are addressed.
Guided by science and innovation, our goal as a business is to waste less today for a better world tomorrow.
Nourishing wellbeing helps us drive our central purpose of health nutrition, with our partners, to make a better world for pets.


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The technology of generating and using light and other radiant energy forms, photonics is best known for fiber-optic communications, but its potential in a wide range of fields of applied science is vast: from diagnosing cancer without a biopsy to detecting bioterrorism. Researchers also use photonics to explore areas such as plant photosynthesis to advance basic scientific knowledge.
Photonics was chosen as an ASRC flagship initiative because it has become a strength for CUNY—an area that has been expanded over the last several years through the University's "cluster hiring" initiative in the sciences—and because it offers unusual potential for collaboration across disciplines. Photonics research encompasses biology, medicine, physics and technology fields such as computer display and lighting, as well as the futuristic fields of quantum information processing and quantum encryption, in which data reside on single photons, which are to light what electrons are to electricity.
Andrea Alù, renowned engineer and photonics researcher, is the founding director of the Photonics Initiative


The rehearsal process irked him increasingly.
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
What aggravates you most about this country?
I didn't want to do anything to provoke him.
I only did it to bug my parents.
It was their smugness that galled her most.
I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him.


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Introduction letter from Ash Hill's new Principal, Mr Moffatt
It is with a great sense of pride that I write to you as the new Principal of Ash Hill Academy. I am honoured to be have been entrusted by our sponsor, Delta Academies Trust with the responsibility of taking the Academy forward as its new leader and am looking forward to working with you and our staff to provide a first class education for your child.
The previous six months have been a source of great strain and uncertainty for families up and down the country due to the Covid-19 health crisis and it has been wonderful to see our students back in school fully, following our catch up curriculum and returning to some sense or normality.
I would like to personally thank our Governing Body and Mr Higgins for making me feel so welcome and allowing me to shadow senior members of staff to become familiar with Ash Hill Academy's systems and routines. I would also like to pay tribute to Mr Higgins and the Ash Hill staff for making the Academy the thriving success story that it is, acknowledged this year by Ofsted as being a good school, but also because of the improved GCSE outcomes that Ash Hill students have achieved. I realise that the strong leadership of Mr Higgins has played a pivotal part in this continued success and, as an experienced leader myself, I am incredibly keen and determined that these successes will be built upon.
I have 25 years of experience in education and have led three other schools successfully. Before joining Delta Academies Trust as a Principal in 2016, I was a successful Deputy Head Teacher in a school in Wakefield that secured three back to back outstanding judgements from Ofsted between 2005 and 2013 and finally left to pursue headship. I have a good understanding of what it takes to help a school become outstanding and that will be our aspiration for Ash Hill. My previous Academy, Hull Trinity House Academy was itself judged to be a good school back in February of this year and its Ofsted report reads very similarly to that of Ash Hill's.
The role of Principal is a one that I take extremely seriously and I will strive to ensure that your child is given the opportunities and quality of education that enables them to realise their potential.
Whilst this letter provides an opportunity for me to introduce myself as the incoming Principal at Ash Hill Academy, I would also like share with you two fundamental elements that I think are key to our improvement agenda:
Good behaviour: being our best, always
Throughout my lengthy career in education, I have learned that good behavioural standards, positive attitudes to learning and positive relationships are crucial to students being able to thrive and flourish and get the very best from their school years. This includes following reasonable requests in a timely manner and good standards of uniform and presentation.
After consulting with Mr Higgins, from Monday 5th October, students will be required to remove and carry their coats inside all school buildings, with their full uniform on show. Currently, some coats being worn do not add to the smart appearance of students and it is difficult to check uniform is being worn properly beneath them.
We are clearly in a situation because of an unprecedented global health crisis that may cause undue worry and I understand that some parents and carers have anxieties about their child attending school; however, I can assure you that our robust Health Risk Assessment and our staff's vigilance mean that your child can safely attend and access learning. Due to the months lost educationally since the Prime Minister closed schools on March 20th 2020, it is imperative that students are in the Academy to catch up lost curriculum time: the Government in their guidance state that all students should be back in school not only for their academic progress and future attainment, but for their own well-being and future prospects.
Persistently Absent Pupils (attendance falling on or below 90%)
Persistent absenteeism has a significant and detrimental impact on pupil progress. If your child's attendance is identified as a concern, we will contact you to make you aware and engage with you to improve low attendance, for instance through an Attendance Support Plan and Attendance Review Meetings. This will be with your child's Learning manager or with the Academy's Attendance Officer. We will work in partnership with you and your child to improve attendance to achieve our academy target of 97% attendance.
As an academy we work closely with the Local Authority Education Welfare Team and refer children and families in to the service who do not engage with us and with Attendance Action Plans and who continue to be persistently absent from school. In this instance a Penalty Notice for unauthorised absence may be issued. Students should not be missing school for holidays during term time and this is reinforced by the Local Authority.
If it is proved that you knew of your child's non-attendance and failed without reasonable justification to ensure regular attendance, a fine of up to £2,500 may be imposed by the court.
The court also has the power to direct a Parenting Order requiring you to attend at counselling and guidance sessions. It can also specify other appropriate action by you as directed by the named Local Officer on behalf of the Academy.
Ongoing serious medical conditions that adversely affect attendance, through no fault of the pupil, will of course be taken into consideration and authorised where appropriate
Attending school regularly
Students with good attendance:
achieve better and maximise their potential
become more resilient and better prepared for life after school
feel happier and gain confidence
often find it easier to develop positive relationships and make and keep friends
go on to have better prospects of employment and training
are less likely to be involved in risk taking behaviour, be at risk of harm or be involved in anti-social behaviour or criminal offending
Ash Hill Academy expects 100% attendance.
90% attendance means missing on average one ½ day EVERY week.
90% attendance means the equivalent of missing 4 whole weeks in one school year.
Over 5 years, this is the equivalent of missing HALF a school year.
Missing just 17 days in one year can mean dropping a full grade at GCSE.
Only 10% of persistent truants achieve 5 grade 9 - 4 passes at GCSE.
Historically, 5 or more good GCSE passes can increase wages by 42%.
75% of pupils with 95% attendance or more achieve five 9 – 4 grades at GCSE.
Conversely, of pupils with less than 90% attendance only 25% achieve 5 9 - 4 grades at GCSE.
Schools are open 195 days a year that leaves 170 other dates for leisure time.
A child on holiday for 2 weeks during term time will miss 50 one hour lessons. Some never catch up.
Being late 10 minutes each day for one year is equal to missing approximately 6 school days.
Good standards of behaviour and high attendance are crucial ingredients to a successful school. In order for us to ensure your child develops and maximises their potential we would ask that you talk to them about applying themselves, showing good effort and behaviour as well as attending consistently and punctually.
I am looking forward to working with all parents and carers and forging strong partnerships between home and school.
G Moffatt
Ash Hill Academy is a Delta Trust Academy
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Pratten denied leave to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada - no prohibition on anonymous gamete donation in Canada
This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada denied Olivia Pratten's application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. See the Vancouver Sun article here.
Ms. Pratten is a Canadian woman who was conceived through the use of donor sperm in the early 1980s. Ms. Pratten sued the Province of British Columbia (and others) for, among other things, discriminating against donor-conceived people as compared to adult adoptees by failing to take steps to ensure that identifying and medical information about the donor was available to donor-conceived people upon reaching the age of majority. Ms. Pratten alleged that donor-conceived people suffered from various traumas as a result of not having access to such information, and this allegation was accepted by the lower court. Ms. Pratten was successful in the lower court, but the decision was overturned by the B.C. Court of Appeal. For more information about the decisions, read this article here.
The fertility community - including parents, donor-conceived people, clinics, sperm banks, doctors, and lawyers - was waiting with baited breath for this decision. Although the case was originally brought in B.C., if successful, it was widely believed that the implication would be a national ban on the use of anonymously donated sperm and eggs across Canada. This would be the case for all donor sperm and eggs, despite the lack of known or open identification donors among various ethnic groups, the parents' preference, etc.
At this point in time, of all the donor sperm used in Canada that is not from a known donor (for the most part, such sperm being imported into Canada from the U.S. and Europe), about 60% is from open identity (open-i.d.) donors, meaning upon reaching the age of majority, the child already has access to information about the donor through the sperm bank (notably, though, this is a contractual relationship and the information provided is not through the state, province or territory). The specifics of what information is available to the donor-conceived person varies from sperm bank to sperm bank. The only remaining national Canadian sperm bank, Repromed, also offers donors and parents open-i.d. as an option. Over the past decade or so, there has been a definite increase in Canadian parents' preference to use known or open-i.d. donors as compared to anonymous donors. However, this preference isn't necessarily true for everyone, and isn't necessarily true of parents from every community. For example, some fascinating research has been published about the British South Asian community which seems to suggest that this community is one that would struggle with the idea of known gamete donation.
Is it acceptable that parents have a choice in deciding what is in the best interests of their child, taking into account many different factors, including the culture in which the family exists? Is it enough that through education and research, without imposing a complete ban, far more Canadian parents are choosing known or open-identity donors than are choosing anonymous donors?
In my opinion, the best way to encourage known gamete donation across Canada is not to impose a ban on anonymity (which clearly isn't legally sound as per the B.C. Court of Appeal's decision), but for each province to draft legislation which clearly sets out the rights and obligations of sperm and egg donors, parents and children conceived through gamete donation, with respect to parental rights. If parents were less concerned that a donor may have parental or other rights to their child, it seems logical that they would be less concerned about the issue of anonymity.
Hatched- A Conversation about Egg Donation
Last night, I saw the play Hatched at the Toronto Free Gallery. I had been waiting eagerly for the play to open, ever since first being contacted by the playwright, Claire Burns, reading a draft of the script, and then attending at and speaking at a fundraiser.
Hatched is a play about egg donation. It asks important questions: what makes a family? How important is biology? How much of a person is nature vs. nurture? Should parents tell a child born through the use of donor gametes about their conception, and if so, when? What role should a donor play in the life of the child conceived through the use of the donated gametes? Hatched goes a step further, though. It asks questions about the emotional experience of the egg donor. What does the experience mean to an egg donor? Is the donor curious about children born through the use of the donated ova? It explores the emotions of a woman who had donated her eggs in her youth and later ends up suffering from infertility; the only child with a biological link to her that will exist is the child who was conceived with the use of her donated eggs.
Because Hatched is a play and is therefore not required to be true to life, there are parts that are a little bit fanciful. An intended parent being able to steal the medical records of an anonymous egg donor seems unlikely. Even more unlikely is the egg donor being the guidance counsellor of the child conceived with the use of the donor eggs. Regardless, I think it's important to explore the issues surrounding egg donation (and other third party reproductive technologies) from all perspectives, and theatre and art are excellent forums for this. My one caveat, though, is that the audience must remember that this is a play, and not the actual experience of the donor. If we look back to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaids Tale, for example, when it comes to reproductive technologies, sometimes fiction has taken the place of reality in making policy which is a dangerous thing.
Hatched is playing through the 17th of November. Tickets can be purchased here.
J.C.M. v. A.N.A. - landmark Canadian decision finding frozen sperm constitutes property
The Supreme Court of British Columbia released a landmark fertility law decision where, for the first time, sperm was held to constitute property at law. You can find the J.C.M. v. A.N.A. decision here.
Briefly, here are the facts of the case:
A lesbian couple purchased sperm from a US sperm bank. Using this sperm, they conceived two children at Genesis Fertility Centre. The couple later broke up and divided up the assets of their relationship, but inadvertently failed to come to an agreement about the remaining sperm. The applicant, J.C.M., later met a new partner and wanted to use the remaining frozen sperm to conceive a child who was biologically related to her previous children. A.N.A. refused to allow the use and instead asked that the cryopreserved sperm be destroyed. J.C.M. brought the application seeking a declaration that the sperm was her sole property.
The Honourable Madame Justice Russell ordered that the 13 remaining sperm straws be divided between the parties.
Here is what I had to say about the decision: watch the brief video here
Take home point: while an important decision, I doubt that the issue of whether gametes are property at law is resolved by this decision. How would the judge have decided had the remaining donor gamete been a single cryopreserved egg that could not be divided? Would the decision have differed had the donor sperm not been purchased by the parties, thereby taking away any meaningful argument from the respondent that treating human gametes as property devalues and commercializes human tissue?
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Game 4 Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Houston Rockets
Vera Richards | 08 May, 2017, 06:21
They stifled the Rockets offense time and time again. The dynasty is done, they said.
Sitting in front in front of his locker wearing his game shorts and black compression tank top, Rockets guard Patrick Beverley wasn't quite ready to put the Rockets 103-92 game three loss to the San Antonio Spurs behind him.
What gives? The Spurs were supposed to be dead in the water.
Houston has struggled to replicate that kind of performance ever since as San Antonio have tightened their offence to shoot 49.7 per cent overall and 36.7 per cent on 3-pointers over the past two games. The Beard dropped 20 points on 6-of-13 shooting and dished out an impressive 14 assists. Luckily for San Antonio, Kawhi is good enough to handle it.
Not coincidentally, the Spurs' improved defense came as coach Gregg Popovich inserted Pua Gasol into the starting lineup and shifted Kawhi Leonard onto James Harden.
Then, Parker hurt his knee.
James Harden and the Houston Rockets will host LaMarcus Aldridge and the San Antonio Spurs for game 4 of what is turning into a wild second round playoff series. Lou Williams played only 10 minutes in a game where the Rockets couldn't score. With Harden on the floor and the shooting that surrounds him, this series could flip quickly. He also converted just 1-of-7 shots at the rim.
The Raptors were forced to play without All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry, who is still nurisng an ankle injury. Usually the beneficiary of whistles, he was slapped with a technical foul midway through the fourth quarter, the collective result of several protestations directed at the refs.
Now that Parker will miss the rest of the postseason with a leg injury, the Spurs will be tested like they rarely have been before. This unit was 74 together and typically the one Popovich deployed in end of game situations.
Hungary's president signs bill aimed at Soros-founded school
Among them were thousands of students who chanted anti-Orban slogans. Though passionate, the protest remained peaceful throughout. Police officers block the Hungarian Parliament entry.
"It's a challenge", Popovich said of trying to contain the freewheeling Houston offense.
Offensively, the Spurs had five players finish in double digits. Players approach it differently.
The Spurs power forward saw a long-awaited return to form in Game 3 against the Houston Rockets, finishing with 26 points on 12 of 20 shooting (60 percent) with seven rebounds and four blocks.
I noted in my preview piece about this game that Aldridge was the series X-Factor.
Before I get into it, let me point out that things turned out pretty well for the Houston Rockets this season.
Obviously, being down 2-1 in any series doesn't warrant panic.
Luckily for the most offensively and defensively balanced team in the National Basketball Association and one of the most experienced, San Antonio can compensate for that obstacle and make do with a pair of big men in Gasol and Aldridge, who between them have 11 All-Star selections. The Spurs' defense was the best performing throughout the regular season and after a blowout in Game 1, that trend has continued since. Even without their veteran point guard, or facing one of the best offensive teams in recent memory, San Antonio remains a force to be reckoned with.
It's easier said than done, but the Spurs must avoid taking the bait in Game 4.
11 lakh MBBS, BDS aspirants appear for NEET exam
Southwest monsoon to be normal in 2017, says IMD
Typically, it cuts rainfall in South Asia, including India, and triggers flooding in western United States and South America. There is almost 38% probability of mere normal rainfall in India in 2017.
Plenty at stake as 2017 BC election campaign begins
British Columbia New Democrat leader says it's high time government offered a helping hand to renters in the province. Minimum wage: The NDP, backed by the B.C.
Pence Tells North Korea: 'The Era Of Strategic Patience Is Over'
According to the adviser, the test had been expected and the US had good intelligence both before and after the launch. The officials weren't authorized to speak publicly on the results of the policy review and requested anonymity.
In Gujarat, apart from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot, the exam will also be conducted in Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar and Anand. Aspirants those who have appeared the examination can challenge the NEET Answer Key 2017 within the announced date .
Iraq opens new Tigris bridge escape route for people fleeing Mosul
Zawahiri has publicly criticised ISIS for its brutal methods, which have included beheadings, drownings and immolation. The fighting has killed several thousands among civilians and fighters on both sides, according to aid organisations.
RK Nagar polls: OPS faction uses Jayalalithaa's coffin replica as campaign prop
The opposition parties have been alleging that money was being distributed to voters by the ruling camp. Video footage of TTV Dinakaran supporters distributing cash to voters have also gone viral.
Celtics clinch No. 1 seed in East, beat Bucks 112-94
Knicks 114, 76ers 113: Carmelo Anthony scored 17 points after deciding to play in what could be his final game with the Knicks. LeBron is reportedly resting again for the season finale, and the Bucks reportedly plan to rest many of their players.
Alvarez sleepwalks through Chavez, Golovkin next Aguirre won by three scores of 60-54, even though he said he was injured during the bout. "I'll be at that one too". I'm staying at 168, that's the best for me and you know I could have changed a few things.
Netflix's The Crown is nominated for five BAFTA TV Awards Compared to The Crown's whopping five nominations, The Night Manager has only picked up one, for Tom Hollander as Supporting Actor .
Teen Wolf's Tyler Posey heads to Jane the Virgin These days, Posey is all grown-up and leading the charge as half-man, half-werewolf Scott McCall in hit show Teen Wolf . Tyler Posey is trading in the supernatural world of Beacon Hills for the sunny skies and attractive beaches of Miami!
Bombardment in Iraq's Mosul takes heavy toll on civilians Brigadier General Yahya Rasool says IS now controls less than a quarter of the land it held at its peak in the summer of 2014. The United States and other Western countries have assisted with air support, intelligence and equipment, Rasool said.
SC health officials say 6 more have died from flu According to the health department, the number of flu-associated hospitalizations continues to drop. There were six fatalities a year ago , officials said.
Symantec says Central Intelligence Agency tools found across 16 countries The researchers have found a striking resemblance between the tools and work practices described in Vault 7 and used by Longhorn . To date, Symantec has found evidence of Longhorn activities against 40 targets spread across 16 different countries.
Murder suspect raises unprecedented $35M bail via friends Green's body was found along a dirt road in Sonoma County May 11 and an autopsy determined he was killed by a single gunshot. In this May 23, 2016 photo, the front gate is shut at the mansion where Tiffany Li lived in Hillsborough, California.
Mel B granted restraining order against former nanny Stephen Belafonte's lawyer has accused Mel B of "creating further hysteria" by getting a court order over a storage locker. Mel B claims Belafonte is keeping sex tapes locked away in the facility, and the nanny, Lorraine Gilles , has access to it.
Sale dominant in Boston victory Right-hander Jake Odorizzi has been put on the 10-day disabled list by the Tampa Bay Rays because of a strained left hamstring. Castillo is batting.300 with six runs batted in and is coming off a streak in which he picked up two hits four games in a row.
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Fowler, Hoffman edge ahead at sun-drenched Masters His tee shot on No. 10 clipped a tree and shot back into the fairway, while Shane Lowry also hit a tree and couldn't find it. The last person to win a major championship after trailing by at least 10 shots after the first round was Harry Vardon.
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Stacey Demps, director of nursing at Life Care Center of Sparta, Tennessee, was named Director of Nursing of the Year for Life Care Centers of America's Eastern Division on April 9, 2018.
The award was presented during Life Care's annual Directors of Nursing Meeting held at the company's headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee. It is given to the director of nursing in each of Life Care's divisions who best demonstrates outstanding qualities in several areas, including customer service ratings, staff development and successful state surveys.
Under Demps' clinical leadership, the facility has earned a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as achieving high-performing state surveys.
Demps was praised for her commitment to performance improvement, her willingness to share her expertise with DONs from other Life Care buildings and her investment in helping her nursing staff to grow professionally. Her "Count on Me" initiative at Life Care Center of Sparta has helped staff to focus on the role each member plays in providing excellent customer service.
Demps was selected for the award from all the directors of nursing in Life Care's Eastern Division, which encompasses 39 facilities in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
Life Care honored seven other division winners and a Company-wide Director of Nursing of the Year, as well as a customer service winner.


The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce present role is that of a not-for-profit, membership-funded business organization that continues to serve the business community through the active involvement within the community, the publishing, distribution and management of the community's Visitor Guide, In Town guide, Group Travel guide, Wedding guide and website www.eurekaspringschamber.com. Also the daily attention to the Visitor Center and its guest and inquiries. The Chamber is a well-established, thriving organization offering a wide variety of services to its members and visitors.
To foster business and cultural growth of the community, contribute to the quality of life, promote tourism and enrich economic vitality through positive leadership, creating an active network of support and cooperation for the common good.
The Visitor Information Center located at 516 Village Circle Drive on US Highway 62 East (2000 block of East Van Buren) in the Pine Mountain Village Shopping Center. Make us your first stop when visiting Eureka Springs. Our Welcome Center is open Tuesday- Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
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Graduation season is approaching, and I'm fielding lots of questions about where to celebrate with family members. Many graduates are looking for small private rooms to dine in, and plenty have budget on the brain.
Here are a few of my favorite private rooms around town, perfect for toasting that new diploma.
• Ardeo+Bardeo: Featuring a tucked away rooftop patio, the private dining room at Ardeo+Bardeo can accommodate 40 for a seated dinner.
• Birch and Barley: At this beer-centric destination, ask about booking the semi-private space behind that beautiful beer organ, facing the kitchen. It can accommodate 18 guests.
• Central: I like that the private room at the back of Michel Richard's bustling brasserie still lets you peer out on the kitchen and dining room action.
• CityZen: If it's a splurge you're after, I love the round table facing Eric Ziebold's serene open kitchen in CityZen's semi-private wine gallery room.
• Estadio: A front section of this delicious Spanish spot (pictured above) can be made private for up to 26 guests, thanks to large rolling panels that block it off from the dining room.
• Oyamel: I've been to several great parties in the vibrantly colored private room at Oyamel, which seats up to 50.
• Poste: There are three private rooms that can fit 10-45 guests at this Hotel Monaco restaurant, featuring chef Rob Weland's seasonal and locally focused cooking.
• Zaytinya: Ask about booking one of the spaces up on Zaytinya's mezzanine, overlooking the dining room.
• 1789: Many a graduation has been celebrated at 1789, and if you're looking for a spot with some history, but a menu that's delightfully current, one of the private rooms in this classic Georgetown restaurant is a good choice.
Have a favorite private room at a DC restaurant or had a great experience dining with a big group? Let us know in the comments.
Have a question about dining out in DC? Ask Amanda.
We had a Poste Roast for my graduation dinner and it was spectacular. We had the goat, but I've since been back for the poussin and the pig. All well conceived and well prepared. If you've got a large family, even, better, because the family-style portions are gigantic.
I had my graduation dinner at Sequoia on a beautiful day overlooking the Potomac. We didn't do private dining but they sat us in a semi-private area and couldn't have been more accommodating. Bittersweet as I knew I was leaving DC soon, but it was a great send off.
I had my undergrad dinner at Old Ebbitt. I know it's not anything adventurous food-wise, but everyone found something that they liked and my friends and I stayed at the bar drinking oyster shooters after the older folks left. The staff was very accommodating.
The Wine Room in Plume at the Jefferson Hotel is one of my favorite places in town for a private dinner. Seating between 12-20 people (depending on the chairs), there's no better place to luxuriate in fine dining and fine wine. The food, and the wine collection, are both amazing.
Thanks for the additional ideas, all. The Wine Room at Plume sounds lovely.


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BY ANDY COLBERT acolbert@shawmedia.com Shaw MediaMay 29, 2019
OREGON – The Oregon School District granted diplomas to 91 graduating seniors Sunday at the Blackhawk Center.
"They are the ultimate example of our district's Four Pillars of academics, service, achievement and leadership," OHS Principal Heidi Deininger said.
Deininger acknowledged the myriad honors the class received, including student grade point averages, National Honor Society membership, entering the Armed Forces and ROTC, Silver Service Award for a cumulative 13,116 hours of community service and even blood donations.
All that in addition to winning roughly $600,000 in scholarships.
Of the 91 seniors, 30 met the criteria in one of more of these categories.
"There are members of the state choir and band, as well as highly awarded artists," Deininger said. "They brought home the first-ever girls track conference title and first-ever girls soccer regional title, and have not one, but two wrestlers finish third in the state."
The seniors also helped put OHS in the state and national spotlight with their social enterprise businesses – Oregon is one of the few high schools in the nation with such a program.
"They are good human beings, hard-working individuals and something for this community to be proud of," Deininger said.
Lora Stevens McKee gave a brief commencement address, while senior reflections were done by Isabelle Nelson and Christina Tranchina.
"We have experienced highs and lows that got us where we are now – the most important day of our lives," Tranchina said.
In a new tradition, the Class of 2019 selected as its guest speaker a district staff member who influenced them, in this case, sixth-grade teacher Nate Rogers.
"I'm impressed and amazed from the growth since they were 11-12-year-olds," said Rogers, a 1997 OHS grad himself. "When we had you in sixth grade, we could tell the whole class had a great bond."


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Hanna (2011)
Cate Blanchett as: Marissa Wiegler
Directed by: Joe Wright
Selected Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Olivia Williams & Tom Hollander
Written by: David Farr & Seth Lochhead
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Hanna is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
• On Saoirse Ronan
"I had worked with her father on Veronica Guerin (2003). When I bumped into him at the Oscars ceremony in 2008, it was then that I realised that the little child who used to visit the set was one of the year's nominees – Saoirse."
"Saoirse is an extraordinary actor and an incredible presence, self-possessed and unaffected. She connects with things by drawing on her own experiences. She has a rare spirit!"
Director Joe Wright at ADR and how well the cast worked with it
• "I don't know. Luckily most of the actors I work with are really good at ADR. Saoirse's really good at ADR. Cate [Blanchett's] brilliant. Most of the actors. Keira's a genius at ADR. Some actors are and some actors are really, really rubbish at it."
• "Because she's just about the best actress in the world, really. She's a very bold actress and a brave actress willing to take risks and not the kind of actress who feels she has to play the nice appealing character as so many of them do."
• "I love Cate! She's like a wicked witch in Hanna and she's great. She brought her little baby Iggy [Ignatius] on to the set and he was just adorable. She's really lovely – and she's professional and focused, and I like to be that way, too."
• "My dad worked with Cate on a film called Veronica Guerin and I don't remember meeting her but she remembers meeting me as a wee child and it was great to know I was the second generation of my family to work with her. She's a very grounded person who would sit in hair and make-up in the morning with me and be just a normal woman who is at her job but you can tell she really cares about her work."
• Marissa Wiegler: "Sometimes children are bad people, too."
• Filmed in Germany, Finland, UK and Morocco (view all.)
• Director Danny Boyle was developing Hanna with screenwriter Seth Lochhead in early 2009, but eventually left the project.
• The script was listed on both the 2006 and 2009 Black List, an annual list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year.
• Seth Lochhead wrote the original story and script on spec in 2006. He returned for production work in 2010.
• According to Joe Wright, Saoirse Ronan specifically requested that the studio bring him on-board to direct the film.


HomeDiabetesHave You Been Diagnosed With Diabetes? Check Out These Tips!
TIP! Foods have a "glycemic index" number which says how much they will affect blood sugar based on what is in them. Keep in mind that you want a lower GI number, this is better for diabetics.
If you, or a family member, has recently been diagnosed with diabetes, getting educated is the first step to dealing with the disease. This article contains valuable information to aid you in dealing with your diabetes. If you neglect the condition in the beginning, it will only worsen with time.
TIP! You will be able to deal with your condition more easily if you organize yourself. Place your insulin meter in the same location all of the time to ensure you can find it easier.
If your child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, you might think your life is ruined, but it isn't. Your child can still live a normal life since diabetes treatments have come a long way. The current oldest living diabetic is 90 years of age! This means that he was living in a time when all the current medical knowledge we now have wasn't available!
TIP! Diabetics must be careful during pedicures. You are more prone to getting a foot infection if you're diabetic, so you need to try and be careful when you get a pedicure, especially if you get a puncture or cut.
Do things the same way each time, and life will be easier and better organized. For instance, when you go to bed at night, leave your insulin and measuring meter in the same part of the room so that you know where they are when you get up. When testing, keep track of it as a routine so that you don't forget any steps. Also, try to jot down your numbers.
TIP! Anything like sugary soft drinks and ketchup, along with many other sweets, contain this syrup, so make sure you are reading all the nutrition data labels and ingredients before purchasing these items that include high fructose corn syrup. Canadian products list high fructose corn syrup as glucose/fructose.
Due to the large number of diabetics, diabetes awareness has really grown over the past decade. This will help you come to terms with your diagnosis, not to mention prevent you from being inconvenienced.
TIP! Research high glycemic index so that you can recognize them instantly. Stay away from high glycemic foods, such as cereal, breads, baked goods, and pastas.
TIP! Visiting the park for a jog is a great way to help with diabetes, and it won't cost you a penny. Try a few chin ups using the park's jungle gym, or use the canned goods in your kitchen as weights and do some lifts, then weight some sturdy fabric bags and use them for weight lifting.
Lower the risk of getting diabetes by eating a diet high in fiber. By eating more whole wheat and grains and more fiber-rich foods in general, you will be reducing your overall intake of foods high on the glycemic index that are packed with sugar. This will definitely help decrease your risk of diabetes. Many studies have proven that people who consume more whole grains have a lower risk of developing the disease.
TIP! This increases the odds that your child will have diabetes at birth or develop it as he gets older. Take care of your health now, and avoid cursing your children with this serious condition.
If you tend to get hypoglycemic reactions, make sure you carry sugary snacks with you. Hypoglycemia can strike at any time, and you must be prepared for an attack. Your body especially craves sugar in the morning, making breakfast a very important meal.
TIP! If you are dealing with diabetes, cinnamon is a great spice that can be included in your foods because it does not add sugar, sodium or calories to your diet. Cinnamon also helps draw out the sweetness in different foods without elevating blood glucose levels.
This makes your baby more likely to be a diabetic. Do not impart this terrible disease onto your child, do what you can to take care of this problem now.
TIP! For people who experience hypoglycemia, you might want to consult your physician on taking glucose tablets. Such supplements are simple to keep on hand, and are great for rapidly raising glucose levels in a healthier manner than sugars found in foods, which require longer digestion times.
If you have diabetes, you may want to put down that pack of cigarettes. Smoke is terrible for everyone, but it's worse for diabetics as it could dangerously raise blood sugar. Your doctor can help you to determine the best way to beat your nicotine addiction.
TIP! It is important that, as a diabetic, you eat nutritional foods on a regular basis and check your glucose levels, even when feeling unwell and you have no appetite. If your blood sugar stays low for too long, you can become dehydrated, so drink fluids even if you don't feel like doing so.
Cinnamon is an ingredient you can eat sweeten your food with without any extra calories or sugar. Additional sugars in foods can boost your blood glucose to unhealthy levels, but cinnamon does not do this and it enhances natural sweetness in a lot of foods. Some studies have shown that cinnamon will lower the sugar levels, but regardless it is a good thing to add to your foods.
TIP! Smoking is an unhealthy, dangerous practice, but it is even more dangerous for a person with diabetes. If you participate in this habit, you will be opening yourself up to have a lot of bad health problems.


Heikki Hiilamo and I recently published Limited implementation of the framework convention on tobacco control's tobacco tax provision: global comparison in BMJ Open. This paper, the latest in a series of papers we have done to assess the quantitative effects of the FCTC on tobacco control policies around the world, shows that the FCTC has had an effect on tax policy, but it has been limited and more likely to be in the richer countries.
The other papers are on the effect of the FCTC on advertising bans, smoke-free laws, and health warning labels in low and middle income countries and in general (with voluntary industry agreements slowing down progress).
OBJECTIVE: To quantify changes in tobacco tax rates and cigarette affordability after countries ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) using with the WHO MPOWER standards.
METHODS: We used logistic regression to assess the association of FCTC ratification with adoption of at least 50% and 75% (high) of retail price tobacco tax rates for the most sold brands in countries, accounting for years since ratification and other covariates. We also compared cigarette affordability in 2014 with 1999.
RESULTS: By 2014, 44% of high-income countries had taxes above 75% of retail value compared with 18% in 1998/1999. In 15 years, 69 countries increased the tobacco tax rate, 33 decreased it and one had the same tax rate. FCTC ratification was not associated with implementing high tobacco taxes. More fragile countries in terms of security, political, economic and social development were less likely to have at least 50% and 75% tobacco tax rates in 2014 compared with 1999. The higher the cigarette prices in 1999 the less likely the countries were to have at least 75% tobacco tax rates in 2014. However, cigarettes were less affordable in 2014 than in 1999 in countries that had ratified FCTC earlier.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite widespread FCTC ratification, implementing higher tobacco taxes remains incomplete. Guidelines for FCTC Article 6 implementation should assign definite targets for tobacco taxes and for implementation of a tax escalator that gradually increases taxes to match rising income levels. Fragile countries are less likely to have high tobacco taxes and less affordable cigarettes. The tobacco control community should intensify efforts to help fragile countries improve performance in FCTC implementation both through strengthening their administrative and technical capacity and through supporting basic functions of government.
The full citation is Hiilamo H, Glantz S. Limited implementation of the framework convention on tobacco control's tobacco tax provision: global comparison. BMJ Open. 2018 Oct 2;8(10):e021340. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021340. The paper is available for free here.


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OT4B: a start-up emerging from patients and clinicians to develop oxytocin, a new therapeutic solution for Prader-Willi syndrome
In early 2017, François Besnier, Maïthé Tauber and Jean-Hubert Gallouët laid the foundations for OT4B, a new kind of start-up in the medtech environment. Based on very promising results from clinical studies lead by Professor Maïthé Tauber in patients suffering from Prader-Willi syndrome and patents held by 4 co-inventors including Maïthé Tauber, OT4B mission is to provide families and children suffering from this syndrome a new therapeutic solution by 2020.
A rare genetic disorder, Prader-Willi syndrome is characterized by neurodevelopmental disorders associated with multiple hormonal deficits. Infants have difficulty sucking, growing (anorexia) and tone disorders (hypotonia). By the age of 2 to 3 years, their feeding behavior is reversed and they develop hyperphagia and food addiction which lead to morbid obesity. Later, these children will suffer from poor social skills and various disorders (behavioral, learning, psychiatric and endocrine). To date, there is no therapy to treat the disease as a whole nor to decrease its progression.
Oxytocin, a treatment for Prader-Willi syndrome
Since 2006, Maïthé Tauber has been interested in oxytocin in Prader-Willi Syndrome. Two patents were filed by the teams of Françoise Muscatelli and Maïthé Tauber in 2010 and 2016 based on a proof of concept in mice: the neonatal oxytocin administration corrects the sucking disorders, cerebral dysfunctions and behavioral disorders ( Hum., Mol. Genet 2010, Biol., Psych., 2015). The Phase I / II clinical trial with intra-nasal oxytocin in infants with Prader-Willi syndrome leaded by Maïthé Tauber's team showed that sucking / swallowing disorders and mother-child interactions are improved and identified potential biomarkers (Pediatrics, 2017).
OT4B, an international vocation
Patents for the use of oxytocin in the indication of Prader-Willi syndrome are, for OT4B, the founding elements of the company. With its scientific and clinical expertise, OT4B wants to make available to the entire Prader-Willi community an innovative therapeutic solution. With this in mind, OT4B will continue its clinical development in France, Europe and the USA and is looking for international partners to reach the market as soon as possible.
François Besnier
President of OT4B Father of a 46-year-old woman with Prader-Willi syndrome, he and other families initiated the creation in 1996 of the association Prader-Willi France (PWF, now close to 800 members). As a scientific engineer (Mines Paris), he was appointed as scientific and technical director of engineering companies and participated in numerous French and European research projects. Retired since 2007, today he contributes to various working groups on disability set up by the Ministry of Health. OT4B SAS 109, Avenue de Lespinet, FRANCE Toulouse Trade Registry 824 907 612,
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Jean-Hubert Gallouët,
CEO of OT4B As an engineer-economist (Mines and DES Sorbonne), he devoted his professional career to creating and managing of consulting companies in the field of service and financial development in the world (in Europe, Africa and in Asia). Among other companies, in 2005 he created a microfinance network (Advans). Since the partial sale of his businesses, JeanHubert Gallouët, through his investment holding company Galpaco, acts as an entrepreneur and a Business Angel in promising projects.
Maïthé Tauber,
Scientific Director of OT4B She is pediatrician endocrinologist and professor at the University of Toulouse (PUPH). President of RéPPOP (Prevention and Management of Pediatric Obesity Network) of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées since 2003, coordinator of the Prader-Willi syndrome center of reference since 2004, she has developed in her pediatric department a specialized unit for the multipdisciplinary management of care for obese patients with Prader-Willi syndrome. She is co-inventor of Oxytocin patents filed in 2010 and 2016.
For further information, please contact: François BESNIER, OT4B President,
fbesnier@ot4b.com
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