Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines

Thursday, November 8, 2007

India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in Thailand, Cardal in Uruguay and Galadima in Nigeria. The OLPC team are, in their reports on the startup of the trials, delighted with how the laptop has improved access to information and ability to carry out educational activities. Thailand’s The Nation has praised the project, describing the children as “enthusiastic” and keen to attend school with their laptops.

Recent good news for the project sees Uruguay having ordered 100,000 of the machines which are to be given to children aged six to twelve. Should all go according to plan a further 300,000 machines will be purchased by 2009 to give one to every child in the country. As the first to order, Uruguay chose the OLPC XO laptop over its rival from Intel, the Classmate PC. In parallel with the delivery of the laptops network connectivity will be provided to schools involved in the project.

The remainder of this article is based on Carla G. Munroy’s Khairat Chronicle, which is available from the OLPC Wiki. Additional sources are listed at the end.

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Wikinews reports from 2008 Taiwan Open Source Developers’ Conference

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Developers involved in open source products across Taiwan gathered together at the 2008 Taiwan Open Source Development Conference on Saturday and Sunday to present a variety of research relevant to the open-source community.

A variety of different issues were discussed at the conference, including 3D Graphical User Interfaces,web developing tools, new software platforms,and various hardware. Google, Yahoo, and Canonical also gave talks about Google Gears, Yahoo UI, and Ubuntu Mobile.

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Why Regenerative Medicine Training Is So Important In The Medical World

A stem cell training course combines a foundation of training with didactic presentations complete with research, protocols and outcomes. Our courses combine interactive hands-on, small group discussions, and direct faculty interaction with the ultimate goal of providing an opportunity for the exchange of new scientific principles and their applications in regenerative medicine.

Boston BioLife is an organization that provides cutting edge workshops that specialize in educational programs in the life sciences technologies for physicians and scientists interested in learning regenerative medicine. Our mission is to offer a “boutique style” forum, in which, we facilitate the understanding of emerging life sciences technologies by scientists and healthcare providers in a position to make an impact in people’s lives. Boston BioLife is proud to introduce companies and innovations that may not otherwise be recognized, provide scientific studies, and background information that ensures validation.

We are currently offering courses and hands-on training & education in regenerative medicine for the clinical applications of musculoskeletal, wound care, and spine care therapies.

Boston BioLife’s Primary Focus is Translating Science into Medicine

Bringing the Medical Professional and the Scientist together

Creating a forum for the exchange of ideas

Educating the medical community of the recent advancements in Life Sciences

Facilitating an informative environment with innovative medical techniques with the hope that it will ultimately enhance patient care and outcomes

An example course is as follows:

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Registration/Breakfast

8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

CME Lecture Series

CME LECTURE SERIES TO BE COMPLETED OVER 2-DAYS

Intradiscal Biologics & Fibrin

Clinical Applications & Research Landscape of Stem Cell Therapy

Cellular Anatomy of Regenerative Medicine

Fundamentals of Implementing Regenerative Medicine in your Pain Practice

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Regenerative Medicine Research & Historical Perspective

Adipose Derived Regenerative Medicine

Computerized Radiographic Measurement Analysis (CRMA)

Biochemistry of Alpha2 Macroglobulin (A2M)

Comprehensive Approach to Regeneration of Injured Skeletal Muscles via Delivery of Growth Factors & Progenitor Cells

3D Targeting Analytics for BMAC Harvesting

How to start and/or implement regenerative medicine into your practice

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch

*Lunch and breaks included on both days – Times and agenda subject to change. For all travel plans: Please plan on course completion at 4:45 on Day 2

2:30 PM – 6:30 PM

CME Break-out Stations

WORKSTATIONS 1-8 TO BE COMPLETED OVER 2-DAYS

You will participate in 4 workstations on day 1 AND 4 workstations on day 2 (all workstations will remain the same on both days). There will be time during and after for questions and answers.

Intradiscal Biologics & Fibrin

  • Stem Cells • Growth Factors & Cytokines • Fibrin

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)

  • Anatomy • Composition • Processing

Bone Marrow Acquisition Techniques with Cadaver

  • Anatomy • Composition • Harvesting Techniques

Stem Cell Basics

  • Biochemical Composition, Amniotic Fluid • Stem Cells • Growth Factors & Cytokines

Lipo Aspiration Techniques with Cadaver

  • Clinical Techniques • Acquisition & Processing • Equipment

Fluoroscopic Interventional Biologics for Pain Management with Cadaver

  • Joints • Discs • Fibrin & Other Biologics

Bone Marrow Aspiration Imaging Technologies

  • Imaging • Targeting • Bone Marrow Acquisitions

Live Patient MSK Joint Imaging & Anatomy Using Ultrasonography

  • Shoulders, Knees, Elbows, Ankles with a Live Patient

Laboratory Fundamentals for Regenerative Medicine

  • Protocol Development • Sample Preparation • GMP

Alpha 2 Macroglobulin*

  • Acquisition • Processing • Concentration

*Alpha-2-macroglobulin (A2M) is a powerful inhibitor of cartilage catabolic factors and stops the progression of Osteoarthritis (OA) by preventing cartilage breakdown and preventing cartilage loss.

Sunday, November 19, 2017

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM – 11:45 AM

CME Lecture Series

11:45 AM – 4:45 PM

CME Break-out Stations

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Lunch

*Lunch and breaks included on both days – Times and agenda subject to change. For all travel plans: Please plan on course completion at 4:45 on Day 2.

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Bratz picture filmed at high school in rough area of Los Angeles, while in session

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Described in press materials as a “low budget” production, the crew of Bratz: The Movie turned to a busy LA high school to film the picture’s main scenes.

Shot in 30 days, during February and March 2007, the film had to work around the roughly 3,500 students at Santee Educational Complex in South Los Angeles, California. Most productions, like High School Musical and Degrassi: The Next Generation, do principal photography shoots during the summer. Since the Bratz film had a summer release, and the Santee school goes year-round, such a pattern was impossible.

Director Sean McNamara “was adamant about using this school”, named in the film as “Carry Nation High”, said production designer Rusty Smith. “We knew it was going to be complicated, and it was, but we pulled it off. I’m sure it was a big distraction for us to be there and it’s really a compliment to the principal and the students’ cooperation because we couldn’t have done it without them.”

One of the stars, Chelsea Staub, agreed. “I was amazed at how orderly and respectful the students at Santee High were during our invasion.” She admits that she “would have had issues walking by our heavenly omelet station every morning,” if she were a Santee student.

Such good behavior could be deemed extra surprising considering the school, which opened in 2005, is located in an area known for its amount of gangs. Some students walk through 50 different gang “territories” on the way to school, 18 of which have documented members enrolled as students. Students have brought AK-47s to class, and jumped police officers for their guns. A two day melee at the school, whose principal is a former cop, resulted in 34 arrests and 10 hospitalizations, mostly for pepper-spray-related injuries. Half of the instructors, as of March 2006, were in their first year of teaching.

The school board superintendent and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa rode the bus to the first day the bus was routed through the neighbourhood; a photographer for the Los Angeles Times caught a 10th grader tagging a window. The first gun shots rang out the second day the school was open.

Bratz: The Movie is a story based on an internationally successful line of dolls. Three “best friends forever” are forced by the queen bee of the high school to separate into various existing cliques. Growing lonely, they rebel by choosing to be true to themselves.

“Filming at a real high school was interesting because you could see real cliques and compare them to the simulated cliques in the movie,” commented Logan Browning, one of the movie’s stars, herself a senior in high school.

Staub, who plays the antagonist Meredith, also felt the real-life location was beneficial to the movie. “All the sounds and background images helped make it real for me. The shifting echoes of students on the bleachers and school bells that released the chaos of kids changing classes made me feel like I was truly a part of the high school experience as opposed to doing a scene on a soundstage.”

“The presence of that school and the way it’s laid out, almost like a prison, became a major character in the film,” said production designer Rusty Smith. (Interestingly, Meredith’s mantra in the movie is “take no prisoners”.) The school, devoid of color, easily contrasted against the vibrant and unique bedrooms of the Bratz girls. “We knew it was going to be complicated and it was but we pulled it off. I’m sure it was a big distraction for us to be there and it’s really a compliment to the principal and the students’ cooperation because we couldn’t have done it without them.”

A 16-foot high sculpture was added to the school courtyard, to help transform it into Carry Nation. The sculpture was of Nation, the most infamous and formidable member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in pre-prohibition America, wielding her hatchet in one hand and Bible in the other.

The production also filmed in the residential neighborhood of Studio City, and The Grove, a popular shopping centre at the heart of West Hollywood, both areas of Los Angeles.

The film opens in theaters across the United States and Canada on August 3, in the United Kingdom on August 17, in Spain on August 24, and Australia and New Zealand September 20.

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Homemade Hair Mask Recipes For Improving The Quality And Shining

Homemade Hair Mask Recipes for Improving the Quality and Shining

by

Dr Andrew Napier

Our hair gets easily damaged by blow of wind, sunrays and rain. It is necessary to take proper care. We must protect and improve the quality of our hair by preparing and applying masks. Hair masks are very important for improving the condition of the hair. But some of the hair mask is quite expensive. So it is better to prepare the hair mask at home only. There are many advantages in preparing the hair mask at home. The biggest advantage of preparing hair mask at home is that it won’t have any chemicals that why it will help in improving the quality of hair. There are many ingredients in our home by which we can easily prepare a hair mask at home.

Some of the homemade recipes

1. Egg mask – Take two eggs with 2 tablespoons of water and beat it properly. Apply this mask to your hair properly and massage it properly. Leave this mask for 10-15 minutes and then wash your hair with mild shampoo.

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2. Yoghurt mask – Separate the yellow and white part of an egg. Beat the white part till it becomes foamy. Mix 6 tablespoons of natural yoghurt into this mixture. Massage this mixture into your hair and leave it for 15-30 minutes. Wash your hair with mild shampoo.

3. Avocado mask – Take one ripe avocado and mash it properly. In this ingredient add 1 tablespoon of honey and 2 tablespoon of olive oil. Mix these ingredients until it becomes creamy and apply this mixture to your hair. Leave this mask on your hair for 20 minutes and then wash it out with a gentle shampoo.

4. Milk and honey mask – Take a cup of full fat milk and add a tablespoon of honey in it. Mix it properly and apply it to your hair for 15 minutes. Wash your hair with mild and gentle shampoo.

5. Honey and Olive mask – Take 3 tablespoons of olive oil and add 2 table spoons of honey in it. Apply this mixture to your hair and wrap your head with a plastic film or you can also put on a shower hat. Leave your hair for at least 30 minutes and rinse it well by using a proper shampoo.

6. Banana and almond mask for dry, damaged hair-take a ripe banana and mash it properly by adding few drops of almond oil in it. Mix it properly and apply to your hair. After 15-30 minutes wash out with gentle shampoo.

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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs

Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party.

The boy was today awake and smiling, still in some pain but in good spirits and expected to make a full recovery, according to plastic surgeon, Mr Robert Love.

“What we have is parts that are very much alive so the reattached limbs are certainly pink, well perfused and are indeed moving,” Mr Love told reporters today.

“The fact that he is moving his fingers, and of course when he wakes up he will move both fingers and toes, is not a surprise,” Mr Love had said yesterday.

“The question is more the sensory return that he will get in the hand itself and the fine movements he will have in the fingers and the toes, and that will come with time, hopefully. We will assess that over the next 18 months to two years.

“I’m sure that he’ll enjoy a game of basketball in the future.”

The weight and force of the collapse, and the sharp brick edges, resulted in the three limbs being cut through about 7cm above the wrists and ankle.

Terry’s father Tan said of his only child, the injuries were terrible, “I was scared to look at him, a horrible thing.”

The hands and foot were placed in an ice-filled Esky and rushed to hospital with the boy, where three teams of medical experts were assembled, and he was given a blood transfusion after experiencing massive blood loss. Eight hours of complex micro-surgery on Saturday night were followed by a further two hours of skin grafts yesterday.

“What he will lose because it was such a large zone of traumatised skin and muscle and so on, he will lose some of the skin so he’ll certainly require lots of further surgery regardless of whether the skin survives,” said Mr Love said today.

The boy was kept unconscious under anaesthetic between the two procedures. In an interview yesterday, Mr Love explained why:

“He could have actually been woken up the next day. Because we were intending to take him back to theatre for a second look, to look at the traumatised skin flaps, to close more of his wounds and to do split skin grafting, it was felt the best thing to do would be to keep him stable and to keep him anaesthetised.”

Professor Wayne Morrison, director of the respected Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery and head of plastic and hand surgery at Melbourne’s St Vincent’s Hospital, said he believed the operation to be a world first.

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Dock worker killed by snapped cable

Wednesday, October 5, 2005

A dock worker on the Panamanian cargo vessel Ma Altair was killed when a cable snapped and threw him through the air. Witnesses say that the 54 year old worker was struck on his right side by a 1-1/2 inch cable being used to unload steel products.

Authorities were notified at 8:10 am CDT (1310 UTC). The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Snapped cables are a significant occupational hazard, capable of maiming and dismembering people nearby. Equipment struck by cables snapping under load is often destroyed.

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Everything You Must Know To Keep Sciatica At Bay

However, there are times when finding the cause of the pain is not easy.

The Major Symptoms

The first step towards handling this problematic condition is understanding sciatica symptoms and treatment. Before checking out the treatment options, check out the main symptoms below:

  • Burning or tingling feeling down the leg
  • Shooting pain making it impossible to stand
  • Leg or buttock pain that grows more when sitting
  • Constant pain on a particular side of the buttock
  • Difficulty in moving the leg or foot
  • Numbness or weakness in the leg

Though sciatica affects one side of the lower body, it may also extent to the foot or toes. Degree of pain and discomfort varies from individual to individual. While some people find the pain irritating and infrequent, others experience severe and continuous pain.

What Actually Causes sciatica?

As already stated, irritation of the sciatica nerve is the main reason behind this painful condition. However there are some other possibilities as well. Take a look below to know them:

  • Pregnancy
  • Lumbar spinal stenosis
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Overweight
  • Improper exercising habits
  • Sleeping on extremely soft mattress
  • Wearing high heels

Diagnosis

To diagnose the problem, medical history of the patient is considered by the doctors. After this, examination of hips, back and legs is done to test the flexibility, reflexes, strength and sensation. Some of the other tests are:

  • MRI scans
  • Nerve conduction
  • X-rays
  • CT scans

Treatment

Sciatica treatment Raleighfocuses on treating inflammation and pressure. Some of the popular treatment options include:

  • Physiotherapy to prevent further consequences
  • Anti-inflammatory drugs or oral steroids to settle down inflammation
  • Epidural steroid injections at the origin of the swollen sciatica nerve roots
  • Surgery when all the manual and medical treatments don’t work the expected way

Conclusion

Sciatica is very painful and might damage the nerve permanent if left unattended. However, this is an exception and happens in rarest case. Still, if you have any of the above symptoms visit the doctor right away and get the problem addressed.

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Wikinews interviews William Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE Foundation

Regardless of who wins the prize, people all around the world will be able to experience the mission through high-def video-streams.
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Andreas Hornig, Wikinews contributor and team member of Synergy Moon, competitor in the Google Lunar X Prize, managed to interview Senior Director of Space Prizes William Pomerantz of the X PRIZE Foundation about the competitions, goals, and impacts via e-mail for HDTVTotal.com and Wikinews.

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Tips For Preventing High Blood Pressure Naturally

High blood pressure is also known to cause erectile problems and prostate issues for guys. Having hypertension can also cause fatigue, brain fog, and memory problems.

In fact, hypertension also accelerates hair loss, high blood pressure accelerates aging… And one of the primary causes of hypertension is the negative changes in your hormones, due to aging.

However, it’s also very fixable and you do NOT need drugs. In fact, a combination of 6 specific fruits and vegetables, can dramatically lower high blood pressure.

You can treat high blood pressure at home by eating these foods separately, or you can blend them into juice or smoothie.

Blood Pressure MeaningYour heart pumps blood, oxygen, and nutrients through the arteries in your body. Blood pressure is the force of blood against your artery walls.

There are two readings that measure blood pressure:

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Systolic pressure is the higher number, it measures the force of blood being pushed around your body when your heart contracts.Diastolic pressure is the lower number, it measures when the heart relaxes between beats.High blood pressure is when your blood pressure is always higher than it should be, this is also known as hypertension and is usually diagnosed when your levels are always above 140 over 90 millimeters of mercury.

It makes your arteries less stretchy and damages the walls of your arteries, this makes it easier for fatty deposits to build up and limits the circulation of blood and oxygen. It can lead to a heart attack or stroke, high blood pressure typically has no symptoms, if left untreated, it can lead to heart and circulatory diseases.

Anyone can have high blood pressure, it can be caused by eating too much salt, drinking too much alcohol, being overweight or not being active enough.

Blood Pressure And ExerciseExercise helps to lower your blood pressure by increasing the efficiency of your cardiovascular system. The body movement that increases your heartbeat and breathing rate is called aerobic exercises.

Incorporating them into your daily routine is easy. You can choose any moderate physical activity like walking, jogging, climbing stairs, playing sports, swimming, bicycling, household chores like cleaning the floor, gardening, etc.

Blood Pressure And AlcoholA lot of people drink, and a lot of people have high blood pressure. It’s been shown that alcohol actually increases blood pressure.

Healthy blood pressure is considered 120 over 80, a number that can fluctuate depending on your lifestyle.

Blood pressure is not static, so if we were to put a catheter inside you to watch your blood pressure’s it would go up and down depending on the stress level, depending on your situation, and in this fluctuate, but the body is very good at regulating the norms.

Too much alcohol can keep your body dehydrated and keep your blood pressure high. If your blood pressure is consistently high, doctors may recommend making some lifestyle changes include diet, exercise, watching the salt intake and alcohol intake would make a huge difference.

If you drink doctors say to do so in moderation that means no more than two drinks per day for men and no more than one drink per day for women.

How to Treat High Blood Pressure At Hometreat high blood pressure at home by eating these fruitsHere are 6 fruits to treat high blood pressure at home.

1-CeleryThe best vegetable to add to the blender to fight high blood pressure is Celery.

Celery has almost no calories. However, they’re great for lowering blood pressure because they work similarly to calcium channel blocking drugs, but with NO side-effects. Unfortunately, you do need to consume a lot of it to get maximum benefits for lowering blood pressure.

For this reason, I take a special form of celery seed extract in a pill, 300 mg daily, which is the equivalent of taking 50 lbs of a celery stalk. It’s clinically proven to work, it’s easy and convenient.

2-TomatoesTomatoes contain Lycopene, a substance found in the Tomato seeds. It helps lower blood pressure and cholesterol, it’s a double benefit. I like the little baby grape tomatoes.

However, if you’re not a fan of Tomatoes, then you can take Lycopene extract about 40 mg daily.

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