Finally, it's here: the official uncorking of the Beaujolais Nouveau, France's favorite fruity wine. This year, the vintage is being touted as one of the best in half-a-century.
Internet giant Google has for the first time showed how its long-awaited operating system, Chrome OS, will work. The 100% cloud computing system will run on netbooks as soon as 2010.
you are the media you consume.
Palaeontologists have unearthed five new crocodile species that lived with the dinosaurs about 100 million years ago until they too became extinct about 64 million years ago.Professor Paul Sereno of Chicago University and his colleagues discovered the dinosaurs while excavating remote sites in the Sahara desert, which was once part of the ancient southern continent of Gondwana and enjoyed a warm, moist climate similar to present-day Florida. The finds show that these large reptiles once consisted of a far more diverse range of species than can be seen from today's crocodiles and alligators. They included a crocodile with dagger-like teeth that stuck out like the tusks of a boar and another with a snout shaped like a duck's bill...In 2001, Professor Sereno led an expedition to the same area that uncovered fossilised bones belonging to the largest crocodile ever discovered, an eight-tonne, 40ft giant called Sarchosuchus imperator - "flesh crocodile emperor" - which was said to be so large that it not only walked with dinosaurs, it ate them.
Palaeontologists have unearthed five new crocodile species that lived with the dinosaurs about 100 million years ago until they too became extinct about 64 million years ago.
Professor Paul Sereno of Chicago University and his colleagues discovered the dinosaurs while excavating remote sites in the Sahara desert, which was once part of the ancient southern continent of Gondwana and enjoyed a warm, moist climate similar to present-day Florida.
The finds show that these large reptiles once consisted of a far more diverse range of species than can be seen from today's crocodiles and alligators. They included a crocodile with dagger-like teeth that stuck out like the tusks of a boar and another with a snout shaped like a duck's bill...
In 2001, Professor Sereno led an expedition to the same area that uncovered fossilised bones belonging to the largest crocodile ever discovered, an eight-tonne, 40ft giant called Sarchosuchus imperator - "flesh crocodile emperor" - which was said to be so large that it not only walked with dinosaurs, it ate them.
There are almost three million Turkish people living in Germany and, according to a new study released this week, almost half of them intend to return to Turkey at some stage. And interestingly, more younger Turks want to return to Turkey than their elders. This is despite the fact that almost two thirds of respondents to the study (61 percent altogether)-- one of the first polls to compare the world views of around a thousand individuals from Turkey, Germany and the Turkish population living in Germany -- had been born in Germany or had been living in the country for over 30 years. Turks are the largest ethnic minority in Germany and make up almost 4 percent of the country's population. Yet only 21 percent of those polled feel happy to call Germany home. In fact, over half of the Turks living in Germany (62 percent) said that when they are in the country they felt like Turks. But when they were in Turkey they felt like Germans. A significant percentage of the migrants (45 percent) felt that they were not wanted in Germany and only 54 percent believed that Turks and Germans had the same educational opportunities.
There are almost three million Turkish people living in Germany and, according to a new study released this week, almost half of them intend to return to Turkey at some stage. And interestingly, more younger Turks want to return to Turkey than their elders.
This is despite the fact that almost two thirds of respondents to the study (61 percent altogether)-- one of the first polls to compare the world views of around a thousand individuals from Turkey, Germany and the Turkish population living in Germany -- had been born in Germany or had been living in the country for over 30 years. Turks are the largest ethnic minority in Germany and make up almost 4 percent of the country's population. Yet only 21 percent of those polled feel happy to call Germany home.
In fact, over half of the Turks living in Germany (62 percent) said that when they are in the country they felt like Turks. But when they were in Turkey they felt like Germans. A significant percentage of the migrants (45 percent) felt that they were not wanted in Germany and only 54 percent believed that Turks and Germans had the same educational opportunities.
Once your medicines regulator decides it should change the side effects warnings on the patient information of a drug taken by millions of people, how long do you think it would take for that change to be implemented? In February 2008 the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency published Drug Safety Update, Volume 1, Issue 7. This is a boring government document which you have not read. After a review of clinical trial data, spontaneous reports of suspected adverse drug reactions, and published literature, they concluded: "product information for statins is being updated to reflect a number of different side-effects as class effects of all statins."
Once your medicines regulator decides it should change the side effects warnings on the patient information of a drug taken by millions of people, how long do you think it would take for that change to be implemented?
In February 2008 the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency published Drug Safety Update, Volume 1, Issue 7. This is a boring government document which you have not read. After a review of clinical trial data, spontaneous reports of suspected adverse drug reactions, and published literature, they concluded: "product information for statins is being updated to reflect a number of different side-effects as class effects of all statins."
A tactic used by insurance companies to deny expensive behavioral therapy to autistic children has been deemed illegal by a Los Angeles judge. In a preliminary ruling, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant found that Kaiser Permanente's refusal to pay for a child's autism treatment because the provider was not licensed by the state runs counter to California's Mental Health Parity Act. That act requires insurers to cover care for mental and behavioral problems at the same levels they do for physical illnesses. "A refusal to pay for . . . services based on the fact that the provider is not licensed is inconsistent with the intent of parity," Chalfant wrote in his Oct. 20 ruling. It's the latest development in a long-running battle by parents nationwide to require insurers to pay for treatment of their autistic children. One of the most promising -- and expensive -- treatments is known as applied behavioral analysis. Therapists break down tasks such as feeding and dressing into tiny steps, then teach their autistic patients to master them through repeated drilling and rewards. The ruling came as part of a lawsuit filed by Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica advocacy organization, against the California Department of Managed Health Care to require the agency to side with consumers when insurers refuse to pay for the autism therapy. The ruling clears the way for a trial to determine whether the department, which is responsible for regulating health plans, is doing enough to require insurers to cover such treatment.
In a preliminary ruling, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant found that Kaiser Permanente's refusal to pay for a child's autism treatment because the provider was not licensed by the state runs counter to California's Mental Health Parity Act. That act requires insurers to cover care for mental and behavioral problems at the same levels they do for physical illnesses.
"A refusal to pay for . . . services based on the fact that the provider is not licensed is inconsistent with the intent of parity," Chalfant wrote in his Oct. 20 ruling.
It's the latest development in a long-running battle by parents nationwide to require insurers to pay for treatment of their autistic children. One of the most promising -- and expensive -- treatments is known as applied behavioral analysis. Therapists break down tasks such as feeding and dressing into tiny steps, then teach their autistic patients to master them through repeated drilling and rewards.
The ruling came as part of a lawsuit filed by Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica advocacy organization, against the California Department of Managed Health Care to require the agency to side with consumers when insurers refuse to pay for the autism therapy. The ruling clears the way for a trial to determine whether the department, which is responsible for regulating health plans, is doing enough to require insurers to cover such treatment.
And Kaiser is one of the best HMOs. They are obviously as capable of hiring or retaining qualified therapist for autism in addition to all of the other specialties they have. But it won't be cheap, given the current incidence of autism. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
on some level these kids' inability is a reflection of the looneytoon cog-diss asked of them.
little human canaries, mirroring our cosmic cluelessness about what surrounds us... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Primary school children in England will have to learn about evolution and British history under a shake-up of the national curriculum.Schools Minister Vernon Coaker says the subjects will be compulsory elements of a new primary school curriculum being introduced in 2011.
Primary school children in England will have to learn about evolution and British history under a shake-up of the national curriculum.
Schools Minister Vernon Coaker says the subjects will be compulsory elements of a new primary school curriculum being introduced in 2011.
