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They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery stores, and place a levy on other plastic bags, all to combat the country’s environmental problems stemming from the bags’ popularity.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005A compound in the common daisy-like plant feverfew kills human leukemia stem cells and could form the basis for newer, more effective drugs for the disease.
American researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York say that it could take months to develop a useable drug from the compound, parthenolide.
However, they are working to do so with chemists at the University of Kentucky who have identified a water-soluble molecule with the same properties. The US National Cancer Institute has also accepted the work into its rapid access program, which aims to speed experimental drugs into human clinical trials.
“This research is a very important step in setting the stage for future development of a new therapy for leukemia,” says Rochester researcher Craig Jordan. “We have proof that we can kill leukemia stem cells with this type of agent, and that is good news.”
Parthenolide appears to target the roots of myeloid leukemia, stem cells, while current treatments including the relatively new drug Gleevec don’t. So, “You’re pulling the weed without getting to the root,” says Jordan.
Used for centuries to fight fevers, inflammation and arthritis, feverfew earned interest from the Rochester researchers after other scientists showed that it could prevent skin cancer in animal models.
So the researchers investigated how a concentrated form of the plant component parthenolide would affect leukemia cells and normal cells.
Comparing the impact of parthenolide to the common chemotherapy drug cytarabine, they found that parthenolide selectively killed leukemia cells while sparing normal cells better.
While the findings suggest that parthenolide is a good starting point for new drugs, people with leukemia aren’t being encouraged to take high doses of feverfew as they could not take enough of the remedy to halt the disease.
The research is reported in the journal Blood.
Friday, January 26, 2018
Fire broke out on Friday morning and destroyed the bottom two floors of a six-story hospital in Miryang, South Korea, killing at least 37 people, most of them elderly. More than a hundred injuries were reported, with eighteen people in critical condition. This is the highest death toll from fire in South Korea in almost a decade.
The fire is believed to have started at about 7:30 local time, according to fire chief Choi Man-woo. It originated on the ground floor in the emergency room as per various officials. The hospital has 98 beds and a medical staff of about 35, and specializes in long-term care of elderly patients. It adjoins a nursing home, all of whose 94 residents were evacuated. Staff carried some patients out of the hospital on their backs.
One patient, Jang Yeong-jae, who told his story to JoongAng Ilbo, said he escaped by removing a screen from a window to get to a ladder placed by firefighters. He described people “running around in panic, falling over and screaming as smoke filled the rooms”. The majority of the victims died from smoke inhalation and are believed to be elderly, said the head of the city’s public hospital, Chun Jae-kyung. A doctor, a nurse, and a nursing assistant have died, according to the fire service; it took three hours to put out the fire.
In a press briefing, Seok Gyeong-sik, the director of the hospital, apologized to patients and their families. Son Kyung-chul, its chairman, stated that there were no sprinklers because the facility was small. Sprinklers are being installed in the nursing home, where a new law requires them by June 30.
Last month, 29 people died in a fire in a gym in Jecheon; the owner and the manager were arrested for safety violations. In 2014, a blaze in a nursing home in Jangseong left 21 dead. The President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, responded to the Friday fire by calling an emergency meeting of his staff, and promised that the cause would be found rapidly “to prevent the recurrence of the fire in the future”.
How to Choose a Good Hair, Skin & Beauty Parlours Salon?
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The beauty industry is at boom, huge numbers of parlors, salon and beauty care service providers are emerging. Since there are a wide number of choices available to the customer, choosing a parlor or salon is becoming difficult. The salon and parlor service providers are putting their best foot forward to satisfy the customer. So there is huge competition among salon owners, therefore, to attract customers they keep in mind every aspect which can affect their reputation. Nowadays online booking of the parlor and salon services are also provided by the salon owners. The customer can compare, review and choose best ladies beauty parlor and unisex salons, but every customer need is different. Some of the most basic factors which a customer consider while choosing a salon are discussed below.
When it comes to beauty salon services, cleanliness is the most important factor to be kept in mind. A salon, which takes care of hygiene and cleanliness, will not only attract customers, but it will also provide a happy and peaceful environment for the customer. A clean salon lessens the risk of germs and diseases or infections. Make sure that the floor, beds, towels, equipment should be clean and fresh. The quality of crme, packs, astringents, wax strips used should be hygienic and branded. The staff should have a hygienic and clean look for e.g. their nails should be trimmed or they should use gloves.
Customers should choose a salon which has qualified, experienced and well-mannered professionals to get the best quality services. A customer visits a salon or spa not only to get services, but also to get a pampered experience. Therefore, staffs who directly communicate with the customers should be friendly and polite. Also, a salon should have well trained and qualified staff that does a decent job. This will prevent pain and inflicting injury to the customers.
Time is quite precious in present time. The customer prefers salons which can provide an option of pre-booking of appointment or online booking of appointments. Prior confirmed appointment saves time and energy of customer as well as a service provider. Pre confirmed appointment prevents wastage and waiting time period. In this way, the service provider will be able to do their job effectively and efficiently.
Customer visits the salon to get services. Therefore, its important to check what all services are provided by the salon. Now days salons and parlors are not only providing basic services like threading and facials, but they also provide skin care treatment, manicures, pedicures, hair treatments. So choose a beauty parlor or salon, which not only offers a complete set of beauty treatment but also provides professional beauty advice to the customer.
Ambiance plays an important role while choosing a salon. Customer likes to visit parlors which have a good and pleasant look. The interior should be soothing to the eyes. Customer visit salons to get a complete experience therefore the ambiance should be relaxing and welcoming.
Affordability is the top most priority for the customer. A customer chooses a parlor, which is easy on the pocket as well as provided best services. These days salons provide a comprehensive rate card which has prices of all the services provided by them. The customer can find these rate cards online and compare, review and choose the most affordable salons.
Location of the salon also plays an important role while choosing parlors. The customer should choose a salon which is located at convenient place. Usually, the customer prefers salon where they can reach without major traffic jams and rush.
Nowadays parlors provide huge number intensive services. For this, they need to have many number of equipment. This era of technology has developed many instruments which has helped salons and spa. Therefore salon should have this equipment which will not only save time, but also complete the job without major hustle. A salon should be well equipped with latest instruments like comfortable chairs, salon stations, facial and massage beds, hair steamer, hair treatment tools and techniques for hair care services. The equipment should be clean and should be in proper functioning position.
FemaleAdda is India’s largest platform for Beauty Parlour, Fashion and wellness services. Booking appointment of Parlours, Boutiques and Spa has now become easy for Indian females. Females can compare, review, and choose from bunch of options available to them at their one finger tips. FemaleAdda has brought all Indian Parlour, Salons, Spa, Massage Parlours, Boutiques on one platform and has created a hyper market for all Feminine Amenities. To Choose a Good Beauty Parlours, Salon in New Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and all over the India.
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
A $2,500 reward has been issued by the Humane Society of the United States for information on an “implied terroristic threat”, according to Sergeant Jim Gray of the St. Paul Police Department.
According to Crystal Brown, 17 year old owner of the dog, a gift-wrapped box with a note saying “Congratulations Crystal. This side up. Batteries included.”, was left on her doorstep along with the severed head of her dog, Chevy, and a Valentine’s Day candy.
The dog, an Australian shepherd mix called Chevy, went missing in February and Crystal, his owner, spent weeks searching for him, posting fliers, going door to door, and visiting the local animal shelter.
Dale Bartlett, Deputy Manager for the Humane Society said that “This case was extremely heinous. I deal with hundreds and hundreds of cruelty cases each year. When I read about this case, it just took my breath away.”
“This was so cruel,” Crystal said. “We’re dealing with one sick, twisted person.”
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn’t considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke’s Hospital who were amazed by the oddity.
In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition.
“Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn’t tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said,” said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby’s specialness didn’t even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. “I heard nothing before I gave birth so I’m still in shock, kinda,” Gross added. Despite the mother’s shock, Kamani’s father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition.
Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means ‘?????’ (polus) or “many” + ‘????????’ (daktulos) “finger[s]”), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes.
In Kamani’s case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. “I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in,” said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet.
Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. “My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes,” Kris noted.
“I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills,” Dr. Treece remarked.
“I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him,” said Kris.
Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint.
“It’s merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing,” said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke’s Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys.
Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.
Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.
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GPS fleet tracking is a technology that many companies are now using in several different ways to help raise the corporate bottom line. Utilizing GPS tracking helps businesses with fleets of vehicles such as taxi companies, bus lines, courier services and long haul transport providers keep track of many different elements of the process.
Unlike a traditional business, a company with a fleet of vehicles always out on the road doesn t have the same type of control over many of the hard costs associated with doing business. The habits of the drivers and how the vehicles are driven are loosely monitored at best, and often not at all. By implementing a sound GPS vehicle tracking system, companies can regain much of the control and shave significant amounts of money off expenses they previously had very little control over.
With GPS tracking, a fleet of vehicles typically incurs fewer accidents, which saves on the cost of new vehicles and repairs for the vehicles that would have been damaged. Driver habits such as heavy braking, speeding and seatbelt use can also be monitored, which helps to keep drivers on the right side of the law, and incur fewer tickets. The overall cost of fuel is also cut down, as the most efficient routes from point A to point B can always be followed. With quicker routes and more driver accountability, the productivity of each driver increases, which cuts expenses even more and results in greater profits. One of the more significant savings of vehicle tracking as far as monitoring drivers goes is that fewer insurance premiums having to be paid out. Reducing accidents also cuts down on worker s compensation claims.
Another way using vehicle tracking helps save money is from the maintenance of the fleet s vehicles. Without GPS fleet tracking, a company may service the fleet at regular intervals, regardless of the wear and tear on each individual vehicle. When GPS vehicle tracking is in place, the mechanics can service individual vehicles only when it is necessary, which cuts down on unnecessary repairs and downtime for the vehicles.
While keeping such close tabs on every aspect of a vehicle s trip may seem like it wouldn t save enough to justify using the technology, it is with fleet tracking that the real savings come in. Following the driving habits of the driver, modifying the route and servicing the vehicle only when necessary may not add up to significant savings for each vehicle. It is when the entire fleet is considered that the savings turn out to be massive for a company. GPS fleet management for a fleet of hundreds of vehicles with hundreds of drivers on the road at all times can translate to millions of dollars in savings over the course of one year. Even companies with only a handful of vehicles can realize substantial savings with GPS fleet tracking. In the end, GPS tracking of a company s vehicles makes the company run more efficiently, especially when the company relies on the vehicles for the bulk of its profits.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
So far, the news on the U.S. presidential election has been dominated by Republican Party and Democratic Party nominees John McCain and Barack Obama. However, recently, some “third party” candidates have begun to gain notoriety, namely Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr and independent Ralph Nader.
Unbeknownst to many, there are several other minor party candidates in the race. One of them is New American Independent Party nominee Frank McEnulty. McEnulty has been interviewed several times by Wikinews over the past few months, but in one held earlier this week with reporter Joseph Ford, he went into detail on why he’d be a good president, why its necessary to support a third party candidate this year, and most importantly, why you should give him your vote.
The interview can be read below.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in London. The player, who plays for Tottenham Hotspurs, was involved in a collision with a car at 10:30 GMT. The football club reported that he has fractured his wrists and injured his pelvis.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police released a statement saying “A 36-year-old male suffered injuries described by the London Ambulance Service as possibly life-changing and was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital for further assessment and treatment”. No arrests have been made.
Cudicini crashed his motorcycle into a Ford Fiesta with a female driver and a child passenger. Neither the driver or passenger were injured in the accident.
Cudicini is the son of former AC Milan goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini. During his career he has played for Lazio, AC Milan and Chelsea. He played for Chelsea for 10 years until he was transferred to Tottenham in January. He made one appearance for the Italian national team.