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From WIC food packaging changes to autism screening, our editors have selected Pediatrics articles that had the greatest impact on our readers in 2019. Find them here.
Prednisolone for the First Rhinovirus-Induced Wheezing and 4-Year Asthma Risk: A Randomized Trial
Ammara G. Ahmed and Elizabeth Matsui
Pediatrics December 2018, 142 (Supplement 4) S251-S252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2420QQQ
Ammara G. Ahmed
Elizabeth Matsui
A Koistinen, M Lukkarinen, R Turunen. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2017;28(6):557–563
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY.
To investigate the effect of rhinovirus load on the effectiveness of oral corticosteroid (OCS) use on the subsequent development of asthma in children with a history of rhinovirus-induced wheezing.
STUDY POPULATION.
The study population included Finnish children, ages 3 to 23 months, born ≥36 gestational weeks, with a first acute wheezing episode found to be positive for rhinovirus via PCR test of nasopharyngeal aspirate. A total of 59 (75%) children who had sufficient data about rhinovirus load and follow-up were included in the analysis.
METHODS.
This was a prospective, randomized placebo-controlled trial in Finland. At study entry, during the first-time acute wheezing episode, children between 3 and 23 months of age were examined by study physicians, and blood samples and nasopharyngeal aspirates were collected for PCR testing. Children who were rhinovirus positive were randomly assigned to receive a 3-day course of either oral prednisolone or placebo. Children were reexamined by a study physician, and data were captured by using a standardized questionnaire at 2 weeks, 2 months, 12 months, and 4 years after the first wheezing episode. The primary outcome was incident asthma, defined as time to initiation of asthma controller medication until the age of 5, on the basis of the 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma. An interaction analysis was performed to determine if the effect of OCS on incident asthma was modified by rhinovirus genome load.
A total of 79 children were randomly assigned to receive prednisolone or placebo, and 59 (75%) children who had sufficient follow-up and data were analyzed. Initiation of asthma controller medication occurred in 40 of 59 (68%) children, in 20 of 29 in the prednisolone group, and in 20 of 30 in the placebo group. The interaction analysis revealed evidence of effect modification by rhinovirus genome load. Rhinovirus genome load modified the effect of OCS use on the time of initiation to asthma controller medication. In children with a rhinovirus load >7000 copies per mL, this risk of initiation of asthma controller medication was lower in the prednisolone group compared with the placebo group (hazard ratio: 0.38 [0.14, 1.01]; P interaction: .05). No differences were found between the prednisolone and placebo groups among children with a rhinovirus genome load ≤7000 copies per mL.
CONCLUSIONS.
Although prednisolone did not affect the time to initiation of asthma controller medication when compared with placebo, children with a high rhinovirus load who received OCS during the first acute wheezing episode had a reduced risk of developing asthma by age 5.
REVIEWER COMMENTS.
Although OCS treatment has not been found to be effective for acute treatment or secondary prevention of asthma in children suffering from early wheezing, it is suggested in findings from this small trial that OCS may reduce the risk of developing asthma among a subgroup of children with high rhinovirus load. Limitations include incomplete follow-up, small study size, and the fact that the authors performed multiple analyses to identify a rhinovirus threshold that was statistically significant. Future authors should aim for their research to be larger and more generalizable. Better predictors of asthma are needed not only to be able to provide better asthma anticipatory guidance to parents but also to be able to target appropriate populations for the development of prevention approaches.
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Kenya's $580m medical equipment leasing deal 'criminal' -Senate panel
By Duncan Miriri
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan government's deal to lease various medical equipment in a 63 billion shillings ($580 million) deal was a "criminal enterprise" that flooded hospitals with overpriced, unnecessary equipment, a senate committee said in a report.
A nurse demonstrates how to activate a respirator as the hospital prepares for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Karen hospital near Nairobi, Kenya, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
Kenya signed contracts with five private firms in 2015 to lease specialised equipment like CT scanners to the country's 47 county governments, who manage most health services, in a deal praised by the World Bank at the time for its ability to be replicated elsewhere on the continent.
The firms included China's Shenzhen Mindray, India's Esteem Industries, General Electric and Philips. [nL4N29Y2XV]
But lawmakers said the deal left many patients, some suffering from serious diseases like cancer, without proper care because there was no one to operate the equipment or problems replenishing supplies needed to make it function.
Officials at the health ministry, which was in charge of the project, were not immediately available to comment.
The report also found that some equipment, like patient stretchers, linen and equipment trolleys, was overpriced.
"The cost of the equipment supplied under the MES Project was grossly exaggerated," the committee said.
It called on the police and the anti-corruption watchdog to investigate the deal.
"The MES (Managed Equipment Services) project was a criminal enterprise shrouded in opaque procurement processes," the senate's ad hoc committee on the deal said in the report, which was made public late on Tuesday.
The government also contravened the constitution by deducting cash to pay for the deal from the accounts of the county governments, the senate committee said in the report.
"All public officers found culpable... be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and be barred from holding public office," it recommended, adding that private individuals and firms who participated in any illegalities should also be investigated.
Parliamentary committees' reports carry legal authority and the senate can compel the investigation agencies to implement them within a set timeline.
($1 = 108.3500 Kenyan shillings)
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We have been working on our Gazetteer for a long time and while we have collected a lot of information, there is much yet to be done. Keep in mind that whenever we find the mention of a community, we simply add it to our list so that we can go back and do further research. While this has proven a good way of finding communities, it has created many more questions than answers. If you can, we would appreciate your help in answering these accumulating questions.
For whatever it's worth, we have been asked many times why don't we just look-up the information ourselves (like from Wikipedia). Our list contains over 160,000 communities and in fact, we spend most of the day doing those searches. At a guess, we figure that it will take nearly a decade to go through the list just once. As you can imagine, any additional help is really appreciated.
Given its bulk, our data obviously contains scattered errors. The majority of the errors come from reference documents that should have been definitive. Some occur while entering our findings and others result from our methodologies. The problem is identifying the errors. As you read through our pages about Foothills and find errors, please let us know - we are working to be as accurate as we can.
The last point that we want to make is that we do our updates in blocks and with over 160,000 communities in our Gazetteer, it can be months between updates. We just wanted to warn you that if you sent us a note today, it may be days, months or even longer before the correction actually appears on our Gazetteer. While this seems to be a long time, please remember that it's just my wife and myself doing the work.
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In the case of Foothills, we are searching for the following information.
While we have added Foothills to our Gazetteer, we don't have any information about how large it might be or even if it still exists. Is it a cluster of houses and buildings or is the community scattered throughout the area. If it's gone, have all traces of Foothills been erased or is there some kind of indication of where it was located?
We are uncertain about the GPS coordinates that we are currently using for Foothills. We would appreciate help in finding a more accurate location than what we have now. The easiest way to find the latitude and longitude is to visit our Interactive Map for Foothills On the map, we usually switch to 'Satellite' mode and zoom-in as needed. You can then move the Map Marker to the desired location (you'll see a cross-hair as you move the Marker). When you release the Marker, the Latitude/Longitude for the Marker will be found just below the map and to the right. Just copy/paste those numbers into your note.
How do the people of Foothills refer to themselves (also known as a Denomyn)?<1> For example, a person from Alberta is called a Albertan. In the same way, how would a resident of Foothills be called?
Do you know when the community was founded or settled?
What is the story behind the name of Foothills (also known as a Toponym)?
Many communities are founded with one name and then eventually change to something else. Do you know any of these previous names, the approximate date and the reason for the change? If there was more than one name change, do you know those names and the order in which they occurred?
Are there alternate names for Foothills, variations in the spelling, etc?
Are there nicknames, slogans or sobriquets for Foothills?
Do we have the correct time zone for Foothills?
Do you know the postal code(s) for Foothills?
Do you know if there is an official website for Foothills?
Is there a Chamber of Commerce website for Foothills?
We are looking for descriptions from old books (1800s thru early 1900s), such as Gazetteers and Shipping Guides, that describe Foothills. If you have such a description, please send it to us with the name and year of the book that it came from. If available, please include the author and publisher of the book.
Are there cemeteries in the area? Whether they are large or small, famous or forgotten, we would appreciate it if you would send us their name and GPS coordinates (the latitude/longitude). Even if you don't know the name of a cemetery, please send its coordinates - somebody, someplace, may know its name.
If you're interested, we have a list of nearby cemeteries which are relatively close to Foothills and you can find this list on our Cemetery List for Foothills.
In closing, thank you for any help you can provide. While it might take time for everything to appear on our website, it will make it eventually.
<1> A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Foothills refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Foothills may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
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Bike running miscreants shot dead youth in Mau for preparing for army recruitment
Publish Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Arvind Ram, who was practicing running on Tuesday night in Asalpur village of Mau Chirayakot police station area, was shot dead by bike-riding miscreants to prepare for army recruitment. At around eight o'clock, the miscreants escaped after carrying out the incident.
Mau, jnn. Arvind Ram, who was practicing a race on Tuesday night in Asalpur village of Chiraiyakot police station area, was shot dead by bike-riding miscreants to prepare for army recruitment. At around eight o'clock, the miscreants escaped after carrying out the incident. At the same time, Aman, another running man, is missing. Angry villagers burnt Dial 112 vehicle, bike and police vehicle on the spot. At the same time, accusing the vicious crook Rahul Singh of shooting a mob, he set fire to a man's straw in an attack on a particular caste colony. The miscreants severely injured and stoned retired teacher Kailash Singh. The incident of shooting the young man is linked to the village head Munna Rao Baghi massacre in September last year. Arvind Ram's uncle is said to be a witness in the murder of Pradhan.
Enraged that police kept searching for dead bodies for hours
There was outrage among the people after the shooting and killing of a youth who was running for army recruitment in Asalpur village of Chirayakot police station area. The outrage was so intense that even after 3 hours of the murder, the police could not reach the dead body. After reaching the force of several police stations, Superintendent of Police Sushil Ghule himself stayed in the village. Despite this, the crowd of angry villagers was not taking the name of being upset.
The whole incident is linked to the Pradhan Munna Rao Baghi massacre that took place in broad daylight panchayat on 8 September 2019. Shambhu Ram, uncle of the deceased Arvind, is a witness in the Pradhan murders. The main accused Rahul Singh, who was accused of that murder, is still out of the grip of the police. Seven people were named in the murder case, in which six were arrested. The rumor market also continued to heat up late into the night due to the disappearance of two young men, Aman and Abhishek, who had been running with Arvind since his assassination in Tuesday's incident. After the killing of a young man in a scheduled settlement, the boil was such that the people of another caste were forced to remain imprisoned in their homes. Here an angry mob threw stones at people's homes, burnt police jeeps and bikes, set fire to a pile of straw.
On receiving information about the incident, the police of Chirayakot, Ranipur, Mohammadabad Gohna police stations reached there. The jurisdictional Nandlal and Superintendent of Police Sushil Ghule also stood on the spot. After much effort and persuasion, the ruckus subsided but the anger of the crowd persisted. The villagers had taken the dead body in their possession. Police kept talking to the people to capture the body till 11:30 pm, but the angry mob kept on arresting the attackers immediately.
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Q: reserved keyword in dynamodb - Swift 3 Here is code:
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but I got the following error and I didnt know that status word is a reserved word in DynamoDB:
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I have looked at the below link but I do not understand it and I can't find a Swift example. How do I accomplish this?
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Expressions.ExpressionAttributeNames.html#Expressions.ExpressionAttributeNames.ReservedWords
I am new to DynamoDB things.
Thanks!

A: Here is a list of all the reserved words in DynamoDB:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/ReservedWords.html
so ExpressionAttributeNames and expressionAttributeValues are ways of aliasing to use #fooattribute and :foovalue even if foo were a reserved word within the above list.
So in your case, I believe your error is because the term status is reserved, you may try changing your last line to be :
queryExpression.projectionExpression = "#status"
That way you wouldn't be using the reserved word, it would read the alias instead. That alias would resolve to your actual attribute name which might as well be status.

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There are several instances in the GATK documentation where you will encounter the terms "likelihood" and "probability", because key tools in the variant discovery workflow rely heavily on Bayesian statistics. For example, the HaplotypeCaller, our most prominent germline SNP and indel caller, uses Bayesian statistics to determine genotypes.
So what do likelihood and probability mean and how are they related to each other in the Bayesian context?
In Bayesian statistics (as opposed to frequentist statistics), we are typically trying to evaluate the posterior probability of a hypothesis (H) based on a series of observations (data, D).
We use the term likelihood instead of probability to describe the term on the right because we cannot calculate a meaningful probability distribution on a hypothesis, which by definition is binary (it will either be true or false) -- but we can determine the likelihood that a hypothesis is true or false given a set of observations. For a more detailed explanation of these concepts, please see the following lesson (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-05-introduction-to-probability-and-statistics-spring-2014/readings/MIT18_05S14_Reading11.pdf).
Now you may wonder, what about the posterior probability P(H|D) that we eventually calculate through Bayes' rule? Isn't that a "probability of a hypothesis"? Well yes; in Bayesian statistics, we can calculate a posterior probability distribution on a hypothesis, because its probability distribution is relative to all of the other competing hypotheses (http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4127). Tadaa.
See this HaplotypeCaller doc article for a worked out explanation of how we calculate and use genotype likelihoods in germline variant calling.
So always remember this, if nothing else: the terms likelihood and probability are not interchangeable in the Bayesian context, even though they are often used interchangeably in common English.
A special thanks to Jon M. Bloom PhD (MIT) for his assistance in the preparation of this article.


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Float Your Boat: Amsterdam Gay Pride
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Where: Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
When: August
What's it about: Celebration of all things queer with canal floats, sports and nighttime decadent partying
Remember to Bring: Revealing outfit – sailor boys and rubber fetishists always welcome – and always play safely
Where It's At
There is no other city in the world that takes a more tolerant or liberal attitude towards homosexuality and individual freedom than Amsterdam, the 'gay capital of Europe'. This is fitting, because every year in early August more than 250,000 people descend on the capital to witnessGay Pride – a wild celebration of street parties, sporting events, extravagant club nights, and the showpiece Canal Parade.
Of all the major events in Amsterdam, only the cultural Uitmarkt and April's Queen's Daycelebrations draw bigger crowds. Amsterdam Gay Pride has been the largest gay event in the Netherlands since 1996 and has gradually attracted more people annually since the city played host to the 1998 Gay Games.
What Happens at Gay Pride?
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Like Mardi Gras in New Orleans, floats play an important part in the festival – quite literally! The highlight of the weekend is Saturday's Canal Parade, in which boats sponsored by the city's Gay Business Amsterdam pass down theCentrum of Canals in the centre of the city from around 2pm.
Hear you can see an assortment of leathermen, thongs, divas, dancing boys and drag queens, partying on the float boats, while it seems every Amsterdammer has come out to witness the occasion. For the best viewing spots, try The Prinsengracht or the Amstel, although it is advised to get a spot early.
Colourful flotillas and leather-clad dancers are not the only sight you can view. With the Netherlands openly recruiting gays and lesbians to the military, Dutch soldiers and sailors also cruise the waters during the event. In recent years, the military has relaxed laws which allow participants to wear full uniform while parading on a float shaped like a warship.
Sporting competitions also play a part in the three-day event, with diverse activities such as wrestling, bridge, water polo and swimming. For those that can handle the plethora of partying and athletics, your stamina can be further tested by taking part in the mini-marathon.
Where To Party
On Friday night, street parties herald the start of the celebrations along the city's gay thoroughfares, a playground for sexual activity. Here you will find anything you are looking for in the mass of dark club rooms, parks, saunas and bookstores and bars. If its leather, theWarmoestraat area is thick with bars and shops suit to taste, while it also home to the famous The Cockring disco. The Amstel and Reguliersdwarsstraat areas are considered the trendy gay hang-outs, while the Kerkstraat area features all the best gay hotels.
Club nights take place on all three days. The parties start earlier on Saturday after the Canal Parade, while on Sunday the Stopera hosts the closing party, with a number of unofficial parties taking place around the gay centre.
For a more relaxed pace, try the Open Air Film Festival on the Nieuwmarkt, which shows gay-themed films, or The Club Beautiful in the Theater COC Amsterdam.
A Queer Old History
– Homosexuality in Amsterdam was first decriminalised in 1811.
– The first gay bar The Amstel is thought to have opened in 1927, while The DOK, the largest gay dance hall in the world at its inception in 1952, brought Amsterdam world fame and an influx of gay travellers from Britain and France.
– Amsterdam was the first city in the world to get its own gay monument, "Homomonument", which is made of pink granite. It features prose from a gay Dutch novelist, Jacob De Haan, from the early 20th century: "such a measureless yearning for friendship".
– The first same-sex marriage recognized by any country took place in April 2001 when four gay couples exchanged rings and vows at Amsterdam's City Hall in front of the Mayor. It ended a 15-year campaign to award gay couples equal rights under civil law.
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On January 4, 2019, Stemnova launched its third Junior Science Olympiad session at Warm Springs Elementary School. Back in 2016, the program was small and fledgling, but three years later, our class of students include 45 eager 4th to 6th graders.
Our hands-on, experimental learning classes are free of charge to ensure students have an amazing opportunity to learn science in a conceptual way without the high cost barrier imposed by other programs. Our classes, ranging from Epidemiology to Astronomy, are taught by dedicated and motivated high school students from Irvington High School.
Founder Isha Sanghvi explains to students the rules of the Disease Transmission Game, where they must model how to spread diseases by passing "Bunny Bacteria" from one student to another.
This year, our fourth grade students are learning Epidemiology and Geology, our fifth grade students experimenting in Oceanography and Chemistry, and our sixth grade students studying Cell Biology and Astronomy! By allowing for a diverse exposure to science, students are able to make connections from one discipline to another and form scientific skills, like data analysis, scientific experimentation, and model-making, which are the foundation for any science field.
At the end of the session, students will take part in a mock science and engineering fair to test the concepts they learnt over the 10 week program.
A student mimics vector-transmission by pretending to be an animal carrier who spreads "Bunny Bacteria" to a new host.
We are so thankful to our volunteers for their constant effort to make sure our students have the most engaging and fulfilling time possible! Additionally, we want to recognize Warm Springs Elementary and Warm Springs Gifted and Talented Program for allowing us use of on-campus resources! It takes a community to nurture a child, and we are so thankful for the constant stream of support from our local Bay Area community.
On June 21, 2018, Stemnova began its partnership with Junior Medical Academy to share respective educational resources and collaborate on a free, open-access joint curriculum, Cross Discipline STEM experimentation curricula, intended to allow students from across the world to learn and explore their interests in science and engineering.
Junior Medical Academy, co-founded by Reetam Ganguli and Lily Yang in 2015, is a Fremont-based nonprofit organization that focuses on creating and spreading a conceptual, engaging biology curriculum to students throughout the Bay Area and internationally. Their incredible work teaching biology and medicine lessons to Tier 1 elementary schools, local homeless shelters, and in chapters around the world truly demonstrate their goal to ensure every child has access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education regardless of their income.
Stemnova and JMA plan to work in the future by spreading their joint education resources to their respective chapters and programs. The Cross Discipline STEM experimentation curricula encapsulates a wide-range of science and engineering concepts, with emphasis on 4 specific parts: 1. Oceanography, 2. Biology, 3. Diseases, 4. Astronomy.
Stemnova looks forward to furthering the common mission of increasing access to STEM education to deserving students from all communities around the world. Ultimately, Stemnova and JMA agree that science and education is the key to a better future. We are excited to help build this better future together.
On May 31, 2018, Stemnova wrapped up our 10 week Innovation Program at Warm Springs Elementary with a mock build and engineering tournament! After 10 weeks of instruction on events (astronomy, cell biology, oceanography, fossils, chemistry, and epidemiology), students got the chance to apply their knowledge to solve different problems!
Students from grades 4-6 engaged in various activities from: building barges and testing general science knowledge and reflexes through Science Jeopardy to creating egg-drop contraptions and aerodynamic planes. Thank you to The Gifted in Fremont and Warm Springs GATE for making this event a possibility, and moreover, a success!
Warm Springs students along with founder, Isha Sanghvi, network director, Ryan Lee, and Stemnova volunteers, Lucas Melo and Cindy Zhang, celebrate the victorious end of the 10 week Innovation Program.


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June 9 declared 'George Floyd Day' in Harris County
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo made the announcement via her Twitter.
Published: 4:54 PM CDT June 8, 2020
Updated: 5:38 PM CDT June 8, 2020
HOUSTON — June 9 will be declared "George Floyd Day" in Harris County, Judge Lina Hidalgo announced Monday afternoon.
"We must never forget the name George Floyd or the global movement he has inspired," Hidalgo said. "George Floyd's death and the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many others have sparked a national conversation about race and police brutality. It has taken far too long for us to get here, but we must lean forward and work to make meaningful change in our nation. No family should lose another loved one in such a senseless way."
On Tuesday, Hidalgo said 10 proposals will be proposed regarding policing and criminal justice reform.
"Systemic racism has no place in Harris County," Hidalgo said. "As County Judge, I will continue working towards meaningful and lasting reforms to the criminal justice system and policing."
Floyd died in Minneapolis on May 25 when an officer was seen on video kneeling on his neck for nearly 11 minutes in an attempt to detain him for what police called a non-violent forgery.
The news of his death sparked protests in all 50 U.S. states and even other countries across the world including Australia.
RELATED: Former officer Derek Chauvin makes 1st court appearance in George Floyd's death
PHOTOS: March from Discovery Green to Houston City Hall honoring the life of George Floyd
These are photos from the March downtown, taken by KHOU's Janell Bludau, Marcelino Benito and Chris Costa
An estimated 60,000 people marched through downtown Houston in honor of George Floyd on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.
Floyd was a Houston native who attended Jack Yates High School.
A private celebration will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m at Fountain of Praise church in southwest Houston.
Guests will be invited by the Floyd family, and the church is expecting dignitaries and celebrities in attendance.
RELATED: Trae tha Truth: 'I believe George is the spark of something way different'
RELATED: George Floyd funeral: What to know for today's public viewing and tomorrow's service
Organizers have confirmed that Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Rev. Al Sharpton, Attorney Benjamin Crump, Slim Thug, Leela James, Paul Wall, Floyd Mayweather, Congressman Al Green and Bishop James Dixon will attend.
Rev. Sharpton will deliver the eulogy. Dr. Remus E. Wright and Pastor Mia K. Wright of the Fountain of Praise will deliver the life celebration salutation. Attorney Ben Crump is also expected to speak.
KHOU will stream the service on our website and mobile app, as well as all of our social platforms.


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The traditional culture of the Chinese nation is broad and profound and its concepts are hard to describe, so I have drawn a diagram illustrating the material balance of artificial soil - the circulation of material flow, which can offer some clues. The sky is round and the earth is square. The moon sets and the sun rises. The damaging process and repairing process are revolving cyclically. All these sound a little like the mysterious scenes of "Taiji". As for modern science and technology, almost all the subjects and sectors are involved, including pedology, petrology, agricultural microbiology, desert science, environment science, mechanical science, zoology, botany, medical science, information technology, program design, meteorology, paleogeography, modern economics, philosophy and traditional Chinese philosophical concepts, etc. It should be noted that the artificial soil project is the No.1 super large-scale project in history, requiring an estimated total investment of RMB ¥200000billion and 200 years to complete. To enable the smooth operation of the project, it is impossible to do the calculations, give orders, compile programs and allocate capitals without extra-large computers and any strategic errors will bring about irretrievable loss. During the operation of the project, various difficulties will be met at all times and subjects to be addressed will be unprecedentedly numerous, which provides a broad field for scientists, scholars and entrepreneurs to contribute their intelligence and wisdom.
(10)More than 5 billion tons of harmless solid waste needed for soil making each year.
(11)Artificial land increases the quantity of land resources.
(12)Artificial grassland increases the quantity of grassland resources.
(13)City greening improves the living environment.
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(17)Use engineering agricultural technique to prevent water from flowing towards the east and improve local climates.
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LivingSocial Raises $400M in Funding and Adds to Board of Directors
Local Commerce Expert Accelerates Market Expansion and Product Innovation
WASHINGTON – April 6, 2011 – LivingSocial, the online source for handpicked experiences at a value, today announced it has secured $400 million in investment from a mix of world-class public and private investors, which includes new and existing investors. This round brings the company's total investment raised to more than $600 million. LivingSocial will use this investment to carry on its aggressive domestic and international growth and continued product innovation.
LivingSocial is also adding Neil Ashe, former President of CBS Interactive, to its Board of Directors. Ashe led CBSi's content expansion strategy including numerous acquisitions and product and category extensions. Previously, he was CEO of CNET Networks; he has broad-based expertise in all facets of business coupled with outstanding management and leadership skills, which are invaluable assets.
"In a relatively short amount of time, LivingSocial has reshaped the way businesses market themselves and helped our members discover their neighborhoods," said Tim O'Shaughnessy, CEO and co-founder LivingSocial. "With this investment we'll bring LivingSocial to tens of millions of new members around the world and introduce innovative ways to connect our members to merchants."
As Q2 2011 commences, consumers have taken notice of the company's unique offerings and LivingSocial now has 26 million members in 206 daily deal markets and 46 Family Edition markets. The company has filled nearly 200,000 room nights through LivingSocial Escapes, more than doubled its country count with the acquisition of Let's Bonus and secured its technological stronghold with the acquisition of Ruby/Rails leader InfoEther. One of the fastest growing companies of all time, the local commerce expert employs more than 1300 employees.
Recently, LivingSocial launched a breakthrough in local commerce with Instant Deals in Washington, DC. Instant Deals helps consumers discover immediate deals at restaurants and attractions within a .5 mile radius via their LivingSocial mobile application and gives merchants the flexibility to drive business when they need it most. The company will be rolling Instant Deals out to other markets in the coming weeks.
In 2010, LivingSocial acquired adventure company Urban Escapes and launched two new verticals including LivingSocial Escapes, a travel site offering unbeatable savings on curated adventures and LivingSocial Family Edition. The company also acquired a majority stake in Jump on It, Australia's leading social shopping site. In addition, the company has launched one market per day on average and expects to reach 400 markets in 2011.
About LivingSocial
LivingSocial adds surprise to every calendar with handpicked daily deals you can share with friends. Members enjoy deep discounts on the coolest, local experiences. Local business owners get an easy and cost effective marketing tool to attract new, loyal customers. In 2010, one of the fastest growing companies in the space expanded with LivingSocial Escapes offering a "vacation in a box" for easy weekend trips at great value. Based in Washington, DC, the international brand and has saved more than 26 million subscribers nearly half a billion dollars in +250 markets worldwide. Please visit www.livingsocial.com for additional information. For a full list of markets where LivingSocial is live or to sign up your location, go to https://www.livingsocial.com. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/livingsocial.


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Kicking off #msnbcpride with a couple 51-years strong
Baton Rouge couple Claude Summer and Ted Pebworth share their story.
Claude Summers and Ted Pebworth.
June 7, 2014, 6:54 PM UTC / Updated June 9, 2014, 5:23 PM UTC
By Emma Margolin and Alicia Maule
Join us in celebrating the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. To gear up for the June 26 anniversary, msnbc will feature couples' and individuals' reflections on the impact the decision has had on their lives and the future of the LGBT rights fight in the United States.
In the last year, marriage equality has come to nine states. Federal judges have also struck down same-sex marriage bans in Idaho, Oklahoma, Virginia, Michigan, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin, though their decisions are on hold pending appeals.
No ban on same-sex nuptials has survived in federal court since DOMA's demise. And, as of this month, every remaining ban has been hit with a legal challenge. Both marriage equality advocates, and opponents alike, believe it won't be long before the issue is once again before the U.S. Supreme Court, and ultimately legalized throughout the nation.
Names: Claude Summers and Ted Pebworth
Date of Wedding: June 27, 2013
After 50 years together, same-sex couple says 'I do'
Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
Professions: Retired English Professors
Have you noticed a general shift in attitude toward the LGBT community since the Supreme Court ruling?
"After our wedding we felt more secure with the legal protections marriage offers and we felt an intangible but nevertheless real difference in the way we were perceived by others."'
Yes, we have noticed a shift in attitude toward the LGBT community since the Supreme Court ruling. We live in a very red state (Louisiana) though admittedly in a very blue island (the French Quarter of New Orleans); but even in our backward state, there has been a subtle shift toward greater respect for gay people. For example, the benighted legislature recently refused to repeal the state's unconstitutional sodomy law, but this time the legislators refrained from the harsh rhetoric they have usually employed. Nationally, the trend is stronger and more obvious. It has become clear that the ugliest forms of homophobic expression are no longer socially acceptable.
What are the ways in which the DOMA ruling has fallen short?
The principal way in which the DOMA ruling fell short is that it did not forthrightly declare a right to marry the person of one's choice. The consequence is that those of us who live in states that do not recognize same-sex marriage sometimes feel only "half-married." We are married in the eyes of the federal government, but not in the eyes of our state. People who live in states that ban same-sex marriage, not only must travel to other states in order to marry, but when they return home they face the indignity of their marriage not accorded respect by their state government.
What would you like President Obama and future leaders to prioritize in terms of LGBT rights?
President Obama has been the most supportive president in American history. One of his most important legacies as president will be the progress the country has made in GLBTQ rights during his tenure. I hope that he will issue an executive order requiring that government contractors not discriminate in hiring on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. In addition to employment discrimination, services to gay youth need needs to be a priority. Too many GLBTQ youth are homeless and need basic services.
If you were married recently, how has it affected your lives?
Our marriage has affected our lives in ways that surprised us. We got married on our 50th anniversary as a couple, so we knew each other very well, our relationship had weathered good times and bad, and we were regarded by friends and family as an "old married couple." But even so, after our wedding we felt more secure with the legal protections marriage offers and we felt an intangible but nevertheless real difference in the way we were perceived by others, and the way we regarded our relationship. The support we received from friends and family, and the recognition of our relationship by the federal government, spoke to our inclusion in the larger community.
Perhaps most important, being able to marry signified recognition of our equal rights under the law.
What are your hopes and dreams for the next generation or [for your children]?
We hope that succeeding generations can grow up in a society in which the question of whether GLBTQ people have equal rights under the law is no longer a contentious issue. Beyond that, we hope that sexuality itself becomes a less fraught topic and that people are judged by the content of their character rather than on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Send us your stories by posting a comment in the msnbc community group on this article.


EITI Secretariat (Regional Director Francisco Paris and Head of Secretariat Jonas Moberg) meeting with representatives of government, companies and civil society.
EITI Head of Secretariat Jonas Moberg meets with Prime Minister Rowley and Minister of Energy Franklin Khan, as well as the TTEITI multi-stakeholder group, companies and the EITI Secretariat.
Regional Director Francisco Paris visiting Mexico to support the multi-stakeholder group on working on the candidature application. Further meetings with civil society groups and PEMEX, Mexico's state-owned oil company.
Regional Director Francisco Paris is visiting Suriname (which became an EITI implementing country in May). He is meeting with the multi-stakeholder group to discuss mainstreaming, beneficial ownership, the reporting cycle and timelines, as well as governance of the multi-stakeholder group. Meeting with Minister Dodson.
Training for the multi-stahkeholder group on beneficial ownership and on mainstreaming conducted together with Ernst & Young. The main purpose of the workshop is to kick off the mainstreaming feasibility work supported by the EGPS (World Bank) carried out by Ernst&Young Kazakhstan.


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"Even though my book is titled 'Vegan Betrayal,' I do respect vegans and what they're trying to do. My own journey led me back to vegetarianism. I know that many … vegetarians that became vegans … are suffering from diminished strength and faltering health.
Kahn became a vegetarian at age 19, while traveling in Europe. She became an overnight convert after meeting a young vegan woman who Kahn refers to as "a beautiful specimen of humanity" and "extremely healthy" — not realizing this same woman would return to eating meat just five years later due to fading energy.
Up to that time, Kahn had eaten a very meat-based American-style diet, including bacon and hamburgers. At that time, in the 1970s, veganism was largely unheard of. It didn't get a strong hold in the U.S. until the 1980s.
"At this point, it's really important that we distinguish between vegetarianism and veganism. Vegetarianism has a very long and honorable history. It goes back at least 2,500 years to Greece, and much further than that in the Indus Valley, India and that part of the world.
While keeping your protein low is a wise move, excessively low protein can become a problem for vegans — especially if your diet is also low in healthy fats. Some will get just 8 to 12 percent protein from plants in their daily diet, which can trigger muscle wasting. "In that sense, vegans are consuming flesh after all — their own — if they're not eating enough protein," Kahn says.
Low fat is another, and in my view, more concerning problem, among vegans. When you eat a high-net carb diet (total carbs minus fiber), you're essentially burning carbohydrates as your primary fuel. If you shift down to relatively low levels of net carbs, which is easy to do on a vegetarian diet since vegetables are so high in fiber, then your body starts burning fat as its primary fuel. This means you need to increase the amount of healthy fats in your diet in order to satisfy your body's fuel demands.
The same with plants … Brilliant botanists believe that plants have elevated intelligence that we can't even begin to understand, because we don't speak the same 'language.' They know for sure that plants absolutely know when they are being eaten.
Yes, the animal will die in the end, but there's a tremendous difference between the life of an animal raised in a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) and one raised on pasture that is allowed to live a full, healthy and stress-free life. There's also a big difference in the way they're slaughtered.
"If you look at the most lauded diet in the world, the Mediterranean diet — which by the way, they were doing a long-term study on, and which they ended early in 2013 because the benefits were so enormous they felt it was unethical to deprive the control group — the Mediterranean diet, which is mostly plants, limited fish, limited red meat, limited dairy, [gives you] all the carni-nutrients you need … It's a complete diet.


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Meet the Women Who Protect Texas Wildlife
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Wildlife Division is home to many talented, dedicated and enthusiastic female professionals. In honor of Women's History Month, here's a small sample of the wonderful women who work to preserve and protect Texas wildlife.
From top left in the photo collage, row by row:
Shannon Grubbs is a district wildlife biologist covering Victoria, Calhoun and Refugio counties. She enjoys helping landowners manage their land for wildlife. In this photo, she is banding a mourning dove.
Heidi Bailey is a district biologist for Kaufman, Van Zandt, Henderson and Anderson counties in East Texas. She provides technical assistance and public outreach programs to the general public, private landowners/land managers and recreational enthusiasts. Her favorite part of the job is getting her hands dirty when demonstrating on-the-ground wildlife and habitat management. Her former supervisor describes her as "one of the most highly qualified burn practitioners we have in this region, if not the state."
Arlene Kalmbach (pictured with the all-female project team of Gaby Tamez, Krysta Demere and Megan Bean) is coordinator for the Landowner Incentive program and Pastures for Upland Birds program.
Jessica Schmerler is a habitat assessment biologist for Central and West Texas. She reviews environmental documents for development (including energy) projects and provides recommendations to minimize adverse impacts to wildlife resources. In this photo, she's visiting a wind farm in far West Texas, where several smaller wind turbines were proposed to be replaced with larger ones.
Gaby Tamez is a district biologist for Pecos County in far West Texas. She provides technical assistance and public outreach programs to the general public, private landowners/land managers and recreational enthusiasts. In this photo, she is teaching youth volunteers how to band a dove.
Caroline Ellison is as a wildlife biologist and assistant area manager on the Matador Wildlife Management area in Paducah. She facilitates public hunts and conducts wildlife research and habitat management on the WMA. In this photo, she is banding a vermillion flycatcher.
Courtney McInnerney is a district biologist for Tyler, Hardin and Liberty counties in East Texas. She loves to educate the public (especially youth) on nature and native Texas wildlife. She finds ways for them to get hands-on experience with alligators, snakes, pelts, skulls, plants and other fascinating things. This is a picture of her fixing a water leak.
Kelly Simon is an urban wildlife biologist in Central Texas. In addition to being a published author, Kelly works to retain natural resource conservation as a priority in municipalities and communities. She is committed to improving the diversity of our profession, too: she managed an urban coyote research contract/project with Huston-Tillotson University that facilitates field research experiences to study how coyotes and their prey use habitat within the urban environment.
Olivia Kost is a district biologist for Eastland, Brown and Mills counties in North Central Texas. She provides technical assistance and public outreach programs to the general public, private landowners/land managers and recreational enthusiasts. In this photo, she is banding a white-winged dove.
Andrea Webb is a district biologist for Panola, Shelby and San Augustine counties in East Texas. She provides technical assistance and public outreach programs to the general public, private landowners/land managers and recreational enthusiasts. In this photo, she is banding woodcock.
Anna Strong, one of two state botanists, administers federal pass-through and state funding for rare plants, works in conjunction with USFWS to review Species Status Assessments for federally listed (and petitioned) plants and reviews the state conservation status ranks of Species of Greatest Conservation Need plants. Additionally, Anna conducts in situ status surveys of SGCN plants and then creates and catalogs field reports and maps populations in the Texas Natural Diversity Database.
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As a woman, I appreciate the effort to conserve wildlife in Texas. I think it's important to have a variety of wildlife to hunt and fish, and I'm glad to see the state taking steps to protect its wildlife. I hope more women will get involved in conservation efforts, so we can ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy the great outdoors.
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House Democrats stage protest in dispute over guns - We Resist.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebellious Democrats disrupted the House's legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures. Exasperated Republicans were forced to recess while cutting off the C-Span cameras that showed the protest.
A group of about three dozen Democrats led by Georgia Rep. John Lewis demanded a vote on measures to expand background checks and block gun purchases by some suspected terrorists in the aftermath of last week's massacre in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people. It was the worst shooting in modern U.S. history.
"No bill, no break," shouted Democrats, who demanded that House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., keep the House in session through its planned weeklong recess next week to debate and vote on gun legislation.
Lewis said action on gun violence is long overdue.
"We have lost hundreds and thousands of innocent people to gun violence," Lewis said as he urged fellow Democrats to stand with him in the area near the podium, known as the well.
After the sit-in, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, tried to start the House's work at noon. The customary prayer and pledge of allegiance went ahead, but Poe was forced to recess the House when dozens of Democrats stood in the well of the House and refused to leave.
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., said lawmakers were "calling for the simple dignity of a vote." Joining the protest was Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who had waged a nearly 15-hour filibuster last week to force votes in the Senate. Those votes failed on Monday night.
Larson and other Democrats cited polls showing broad public support for expanding background checks for firearms purchases and blocking suspected terrorists from buying guns.
The House was not in session when the Democrats began their demonstration. Republican leaders again ordered C-SPAN cameras turned off as the protest resumed.
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The English surname Willis is of patronymic origin meaning son of, or descendant of Wil a pet form of William. The name may also be of topographic origin as a name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, Middle English wille (from wiell(a), West Saxon form of Old English well(a) 'spring'). The surname is found predominantly in the south and southwestern parts of the country. The fist recorded reference to the name was in 1327 when Walter Wilys was registered in the Poll Tax Rolls of Staffordshire.