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Promising drug slows down advance of Parkinson's disease and improves symptoms
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GM1 ganglioside slowed progression of disease in patients over at least a 2-year period
PHILADELPHIATreating Parkinson's disease patients with the experimental drug GM1 ganglioside improved symptoms and slowed their progression during a two and a half-year trial, Thomas Jefferson University researchers report in a new study published online November 28 in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences.
Although the precise mechanisms of action of this drug are still unclear, the drug may protect patients' dopamine-producing neurons from dying and at least partially restore their function, thereby increasing levels of dopamine, the key neurochemical missing in the brain of Parkinson's patients.
The research team, led by senior author Jay S. Schneider, Ph.D., Director of the Parkinson's Disease Research Unit and Professor in the Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology and the Department of Neurology at Jefferson, found that administration of GM1 ganglioside, a substance naturally enriched in the brain that may be diminished in Parkinson's disease brains, acted as a "neuroprotective" and a "neurorestorative" agent to improve symptoms and over an extended period of time slow the progression of symptoms.
What's more, once the study participants went off the drug, their disease worsened. The study enrolled 77 subjects and followed them over a 120-week period and also followed 17 subjects who received current standard of care treatment for comparison.
"The drugs currently available for Parkinson's disease are designed to treat symptoms and to improve function, but at this time there is no drug that has been shown unequivocally to slow disease progression," said Dr. Schneider. "Our data suggest that GM1 ganglioside has the potential to have symptomatic and disease-modifying effects on Parkinson's disease. If this is substantiated in a larger clinical study, GM1 could provide significant benefit for Parkinson's disease patients."
Symptoms of the Parkinson's disease, which affects over 1 million people in the United States today and is diagnosed in 60,000 adults every year, include tremors, slowness in movement, difficulty initiating movements, difficulty walking, balance problems and decrease in speech volume and facial expression. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the death of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra, the brain region that dies in Parkinson's disease; the cause of this cell death is unknown.
GM1 ganglioside is a chemical that is normally found in the brain and part of the outer covering of nerve cells. It plays important roles in neuron development and survival and modulates a wide variety of cell activities. GM1 has been found to rescue damaged neurons and increase dopamine levels in pre-clinical studies, and has been suggested to have beneficial effects in other neurodegenerative conditions.
Dr. Schneider and his team made a case for the use of GMI for Parkinson's disease beginning in the 1980s. The pathological processes contributing to the development and progression of Parkinson's disease are still unclear, but they appear to be multifactorial. Because GM1 has effects on many different cellular functions, it seemed a logical approach to try using a drug like GM1 ganglioside to modify the pathological processes occurring in Parkinson's disease, rather than focusing on a specific potential disease mechanism, said Dr. Schneider.
"Instead of a magic bullet, we think of it like a magic shotgun," he said. "This study was truly a success of translational research."
The GM1 research started in mice, where Dr. Schneider and his team found that animals with an experimentally induced form of Parkinson's disease and administered GM1 had significantly higher levels of dopamine in their brains and less loss of dopamine neurons than animals that did not receive GM1.
A follow-up study in a non-human primate Parkinson model found similar results: animals that received GM1 had higher levels of dopamine than animals that did not and had a significant improvement in Parkinson symptoms.
In the late 1990s, Dr. Schneider conducted a short-term study (16 weeks) using GM1 in a small number of patients. Improvement in symptoms was observed in patients who received GM1 compared to patients who received a non-active placebo. However, in order to determine if there was potential for GM1 to slow the progression of the disease, they would have to study patients over a longer period of timewhich led them to this current study.
There were three main groups of subjects in this controlled, randomized, delayed start trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. Patients were given a placebo for the first six months and then GM1 for 2 years (known as the delayed start group); patients were given GM1 from the beginning and continued on GM1 for the duration of the study (early-start group); and a comparison group, where patients agreed to be observed over the same time period, but did not take the drug or a placebothey only took the drugs prescribed by their doctor.
The delayed start study design has been suggested to be useful for studying a drug that may have effects both on symptoms and disease progression in Parkinson's disease.
The change over time in the Unified Parkinson's Diseasing Rating Scale (UPDRS) motor score was the primary measure used to assess symptoms and disease progression in patients.
At the end of the first six months of the study, the early-start group had significant improvement in UPDRS motor scores versus a significant worsening of scores in the delayed-start group. Over the next two years, early start subjects maintained much of the initial benefit of GM1 treatment, showed relatively minor symptom progression compared to patients using standard anti-Parkinson medications, and at the end of the study, their symptoms were still less severe than at the start of the study over two years earlier.
Delayed start subjects also showed improvement of symptoms after switching to GM1 use and also showed less symptom progression over the next two years compared to the standard-of-care patients. Both groups had significant symptom worsening over the next one to two years after stopping use of GM1.
In short, GM1 appeared to improve symptoms and with extended use, slow symptom progression.
"The data from this small proof-of-concept study suggest that GM1 has the potential to have a very positive effect on the lives of Parkinson's disease patients," said Dr. Schneider. "We've been working on this for a long time and have some good ideas on how to move this forward. I think it's important to continue to develop this therapy."
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Share ] Contact: Steve Graff
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215-955-5291
Thomas Jefferson University
GM1 ganglioside slowed progression of disease in patients over at least a 2-year period
PHILADELPHIATreating Parkinson's disease patients with the experimental drug GM1 ganglioside improved symptoms and slowed their progression during a two and a half-year trial, Thomas Jefferson University researchers report in a new study published online November 28 in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences.
Although the precise mechanisms of action of this drug are still unclear, the drug may protect patients' dopamine-producing neurons from dying and at least partially restore their function, thereby increasing levels of dopamine, the key neurochemical missing in the brain of Parkinson's patients.
The research team, led by senior author Jay S. Schneider, Ph.D., Director of the Parkinson's Disease Research Unit and Professor in the Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology and the Department of Neurology at Jefferson, found that administration of GM1 ganglioside, a substance naturally enriched in the brain that may be diminished in Parkinson's disease brains, acted as a "neuroprotective" and a "neurorestorative" agent to improve symptoms and over an extended period of time slow the progression of symptoms.
What's more, once the study participants went off the drug, their disease worsened. The study enrolled 77 subjects and followed them over a 120-week period and also followed 17 subjects who received current standard of care treatment for comparison.
"The drugs currently available for Parkinson's disease are designed to treat symptoms and to improve function, but at this time there is no drug that has been shown unequivocally to slow disease progression," said Dr. Schneider. "Our data suggest that GM1 ganglioside has the potential to have symptomatic and disease-modifying effects on Parkinson's disease. If this is substantiated in a larger clinical study, GM1 could provide significant benefit for Parkinson's disease patients."
Symptoms of the Parkinson's disease, which affects over 1 million people in the United States today and is diagnosed in 60,000 adults every year, include tremors, slowness in movement, difficulty initiating movements, difficulty walking, balance problems and decrease in speech volume and facial expression. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the death of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra, the brain region that dies in Parkinson's disease; the cause of this cell death is unknown.
GM1 ganglioside is a chemical that is normally found in the brain and part of the outer covering of nerve cells. It plays important roles in neuron development and survival and modulates a wide variety of cell activities. GM1 has been found to rescue damaged neurons and increase dopamine levels in pre-clinical studies, and has been suggested to have beneficial effects in other neurodegenerative conditions.
Dr. Schneider and his team made a case for the use of GMI for Parkinson's disease beginning in the 1980s. The pathological processes contributing to the development and progression of Parkinson's disease are still unclear, but they appear to be multifactorial. Because GM1 has effects on many different cellular functions, it seemed a logical approach to try using a drug like GM1 ganglioside to modify the pathological processes occurring in Parkinson's disease, rather than focusing on a specific potential disease mechanism, said Dr. Schneider.
"Instead of a magic bullet, we think of it like a magic shotgun," he said. "This study was truly a success of translational research."
The GM1 research started in mice, where Dr. Schneider and his team found that animals with an experimentally induced form of Parkinson's disease and administered GM1 had significantly higher levels of dopamine in their brains and less loss of dopamine neurons than animals that did not receive GM1.
A follow-up study in a non-human primate Parkinson model found similar results: animals that received GM1 had higher levels of dopamine than animals that did not and had a significant improvement in Parkinson symptoms.
In the late 1990s, Dr. Schneider conducted a short-term study (16 weeks) using GM1 in a small number of patients. Improvement in symptoms was observed in patients who received GM1 compared to patients who received a non-active placebo. However, in order to determine if there was potential for GM1 to slow the progression of the disease, they would have to study patients over a longer period of timewhich led them to this current study.
There were three main groups of subjects in this controlled, randomized, delayed start trial funded by the National Institutes of Health. Patients were given a placebo for the first six months and then GM1 for 2 years (known as the delayed start group); patients were given GM1 from the beginning and continued on GM1 for the duration of the study (early-start group); and a comparison group, where patients agreed to be observed over the same time period, but did not take the drug or a placebothey only took the drugs prescribed by their doctor.
The delayed start study design has been suggested to be useful for studying a drug that may have effects both on symptoms and disease progression in Parkinson's disease.
The change over time in the Unified Parkinson's Diseasing Rating Scale (UPDRS) motor score was the primary measure used to assess symptoms and disease progression in patients.
At the end of the first six months of the study, the early-start group had significant improvement in UPDRS motor scores versus a significant worsening of scores in the delayed-start group. Over the next two years, early start subjects maintained much of the initial benefit of GM1 treatment, showed relatively minor symptom progression compared to patients using standard anti-Parkinson medications, and at the end of the study, their symptoms were still less severe than at the start of the study over two years earlier.
Delayed start subjects also showed improvement of symptoms after switching to GM1 use and also showed less symptom progression over the next two years compared to the standard-of-care patients. Both groups had significant symptom worsening over the next one to two years after stopping use of GM1.
In short, GM1 appeared to improve symptoms and with extended use, slow symptom progression.
"The data from this small proof-of-concept study suggest that GM1 has the potential to have a very positive effect on the lives of Parkinson's disease patients," said Dr. Schneider. "We've been working on this for a long time and have some good ideas on how to move this forward. I think it's important to continue to develop this therapy."
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London 'Should Follow New York Airports Model'
London should follow the example of New York by allowing its secondary airports to add new runways to better compete with the capital's Heathrow hub, the head of London's Gatwick airport said on Wednesday.
Heathrow - the capital's busiest airport - is operating close to full capacity after the UK's coalition government blocked development of a third runway, which would have led to a significant increase in the number of planes flying over the capital.
But Prime Minister David Cameron is under intense pressure from business leaders to end years of deadlock and create more airport capacity in southeast England to counter competitive threats from other European hubs.
A commission chaired by former Financial Services Authority head Howard Davies to examine ways to do this will report in the summer of 2015.
"The key decision for Davies is whether to create a competitive airports market in London with a second runway going into Gatwick and Stansted, having three two-runway airports competing with one another," Stewart Wingate, Gatwick's chief executive, told reporters.
"London should follow the example of New York, which has several airports competing with one another, offering more choice to passengers and pushing up service levels."
Gatwick, southeast of London, and Stansted, to the north, are both currently single runway airports.
However, in New York, Newark and LaGuardia airports both have two runways, competing for passengers with the larger John F. Kennedy.
In London, Heathrow believes it should be able to expand because it operates as a hub, with around a third of its customers being transfer passengers. Hub airports allow passengers to change planes easily for travel on to another destination.
Wingate, however, claims Ferrovial's Heathrow has overstated the importance of transfer traffic, citing research from industry body IATA that shows 93 percent of people who travel through the capital start or end their journey in London.
Gatwick is a point-to-point airport, mainly focusing on the leisure market and moving around 34 million passengers a year through its two terminals.
Under a long-standing local agreement that runs to 2019, Gatwick is not allowed to build a second runway.
But bosses at Gatwick, owned by Global Infrastructure Partners, are studying options to build a second runway and plan to submit the findings to a government next year.
Earlier on Wednesday Gatwick said its first half profit rose 4.8 percent to GBP?172 million (USD$275.7 million).
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Europe has right stuff to take NASA back to moon
Read more: "Humans head for moon's orbit ? and beyond"
An uncrewed NASA spacecraft will fly to the moon in 2017 and a crewed mission will go into lunar orbit in 2019, according to NASA's new partner in human space flight, the European Space Agency (ESA).
ESA announced on 21 November that it is developing a service module for NASA's Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, which is designed for deep space missions. ESA will base the service module on its Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), a drone that carries supplies to the International Space Station.
The new service module will be a stumpy, cylindrical unit that will sit behind Orion's pointy crew capsule. Its job is to provide the fuel, breathable air, solar electricity and the manoeuvring systems Orion will need for an extended space flight.
"Orion's first mission in 2017 will be an unmanned moon flyby mission. The second crewed mission, yet to be confirmed by NASA, will go into lunar orbit," says Nico Dettman, head of the ATV programme at ESA's research centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Both missions will test Orion's ability to escape Earth's orbit, position itself near the moon and head home on a safe trajectory for re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, adds Dettman.
Recycle and reuse
European industry sees ESA's involvement in NASA's human space programme as a major boost. "This is the first time NASA has asked a non-US country to develop a critical technology for a manned space flight program," says Matthias Spude of EADS Astrium, the firm that builds the ATV in Bremen, Germany. Until now, ESA's crewed space flight contribution was limited to the Columbus lab on the space station.
NASA and a contractor, Lockheed Martin, had started development of an Orion service module, but that programme was halted when it became apparent that ESA's highly reliable ATV technology could be repurposed for the job, says Dettman.
ESA says it is already working with Lockheed and NASA, and a major design review is slated for July 2013. There are lots of changes to work out before then, says Dettman. "For instance, the service module will not carry cargo like ATV, nor will it have its automated docking intelligence that will be in the Orion capsule," he says.
As part of the partnership, the new service module will replace the ATV's four main engines with a single 27-kilonewton engine originally designed for manoeuvring NASA's retired space shuttle. Such component reuse is a big aim for NASA, not least because tax dollars were spent on development. The module will keep the ATV's clutch of 24 vectoring thrusters, which have allowed the unpiloted craft to achieve reliable, fine-grained control during docking with the space station.
'Orion will lift off on the Space Launch System, a rocket now in development at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, says spokesperson Brandi Dean at the Johnson Space flight Center in Houston, Texas. Using the SLS rocket, the spacecraft could ultimately "go to a number of destinations further afield, including asteroids, Mars or Mars's moons'", says Dean.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
PFT: Bowman, 49ers reach 6-year extension
APThe Ravens are 9-2, but it hasn?t been an easy season.? Apart from key injuries and periodic ineffectiveness and a defense that ain?t what it used to be, coach John Harbaugh had to deal with an unexpected uprising last month.
The moment came, according to Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports, on Halloween morning.? Back from a bye-week break after a backbreaking loss to the Texans, Harbaugh told the team that they?d be practicing in full pads.? Several veteran players openly challenged their head coach.
?It was practically a mutiny,? a Ravens player told Silver.? ?It came very close to getting out of control. But the way Coach Harbaugh handled it was amazing.? He let people have their say, and he listened, and he explained himself, and pretty soon it was like a big group-therapy session.? In the end, a lot of positive things were said.? We didn?t practice in pads, but we came out of there stronger as a group.?
Coincidentally (or not), the Ravens haven?t lost since then.
?I?ve never seen a head coach handle anything like that as well as he did,? a Ravens assistant who attended the meeting told Silver.? ?There were some things said where we were like, Damn.
?A lot of coaches would have acted like dictators and been very sensitive about the way their authority was being questioned.? John said, ?Hey, let?s talk about this.?? He showed great leadership.? Instead of worrying that it would make him seem weak, he turned it into a strength.?
Harbaugh realizes the value of encouraging players to speak their mind.
?I wasn?t threatened by it,? Harbaugh said.? ?That?s the main thing.? And, you know, they had some good points, and I had some good points.? Other guys stood up and said some great things.? To me, it embodied everything that you should have on a team.
?The point was that, we have what I call ?Open Mic,? and we can all say anything that we need to say and have to say. You know then that you?re responsible ? when you say it, everybody?s gonna hear it, so you?d better make it your best stuff.
?That brings out the best.? Otherwise, it?s ?Why are they sneaking around talking behind corners??? You know what I mean?? If you?ve got something, you put it right out here in front of me.? I?m man enough to handle it.? If you?re right, then you?re right!? It?s OK to be right.? But more important it?s OK to be wrong.? And it?s OK for me to be wrong, too.?
By being willing to admit that he?s wrong and make changes, Harbaugh could be poised to take his team right to the Super Bowl.
In fact, the only thing Harbaugh may have done wrong in this episode is to let it be known what happened.? Now, other coaches facing similar challenges may opt not to be hardheaded, which could help their own teams play better, possibly when playing the Ravens.
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Three San Jose residents killed, San Leandro man injured in Central California crash
CHOWCHILLA -- Authorities say three San Francisco Bay area residents are dead and a fourth hospitalized after a head-on crash on a Central California highway.
The California Highway Patrol says the collision took place around 8 a.m. Tuesday after a semi-truck overturned and spilled its load of cotton bales, partially blocking lanes of Highway 152 near the Madera County city of Chowchilla.
The CHP says when 38-year-old Liwei Xu of San Leandro, who was driving a Volvo pulling a container trailer, swerved to avoid the overturned semi and the cotton bales, his car collided head-on with a Honda.
The three occupants of the Honda, all from San Jose, were killed in the crash.
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Xu was hospitalized with what the CHP described as moderate injuries.
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Crocodile Skin Confers Delicate Touch Sense
The bumps that cover the skin of crocodilians are full of nerve endings that are exquisitely sensitive to pressure and vibration. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports
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A crocodile?s thick, rough skin looks like an impenetrable suit of armor. But the croc?s skin actually confers a delicate sense of touch that?s among the most acute in the animal kingdom. That?s according to a study in the Journal of Experimental Biology. [Duncan B. Leitch and Kenneth C. Catania, Structure, innervation and response properties of integumentary sensory organs in crocodilians]
Researchers found that the small, spotted bumps that cover the skin of crocodiles and alligators are chock full of nerve endings that are exquisitely sensitive to pressure and vibration. Even more sensitive than human fingertips.
These touch-sensors are especially good at detecting the vibrations caused by tiny water ripples?something that may help the animals locate swimming prey. And the most sensitive areas were found near the face and teeth?likely helping the animals to identify and manipulate objects with their mouths: crucial for crocodile females who must delicately carry and protect hatchlings in their powerful jaws.?
Researchers say they?ve known about the spotted bumps for years, but because of crocodile skin?s tough, armor-like appearance, they simply assumed their function was something other than feeling. The lesson? Never judge a croc?by its cover.
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How To Protect And Find Out If Your Mobile Phone Has Virus | Pinoy ...
All smartphone owners should be aware of and concerned about viruses that affect smartphones, but most aren?t. Only 4 percent of mobile phones use virus protection software, according to Juniper Network Global Threat Center?s Malicious Mobile Threats Report 2010/2011. Personal and identity information such as financial passwords and contact lists ? once stored on protected personal computers ? now appear on unprotected smartphones. That?s right folks! The cell phone can get virus too. Mobile phone is now the target of the hackers to listen to your private conversation and read your SMS or text messages without your knowledge. So, if you are hiding secrets from your wife or husband or friends then you better find out if your cell phone has spyware or Virus in it before the Hackers will post your secret online or on the Internet.?The mobile phones infected with malware, Trojan horses and other viruses leave your mobile phone unusable, send the virus to your contacts or worse: Perpetrators steal usernames and passwords that can lead to identity theft. Protecting your phone is a twofold process; avoid possible viruses and download legitimate virus protection on your mobile phone.
Instructions
End-User Tips
1.?Open attachments on your phone with the same caution as you do on your computer. This includes attachments in emails and in MMS messages. Don?t open attachments from people you don?t know. Also, don?t open attachments from a contact if the message looks suspicious. Your contact?s phone or computer may be infected with a virus that is emailing or messaging itself to everyone on his contact list, including you.
2.?Watch for suspicious links sent through email or text messages. Never click on questionable links. Like attachments, these may be sent by people you don?t know who are posing as individuals on your contact list. If you are suspicious about a link sent to you by a contact, email or text message the sender to ask if he sent the message. He may not know his phone or computer is infected by a virus that is sending messages to his contacts.
3.?Download apps only from legitimate app stores, and read the reviews before buying to make sure there is no buzz about a virus attached with the app. The Malicious Mobile Threats Report finds that as the demand for apps increases, so does the proliferation of viruses, particularly spyware. Viruses can transfer through any type of application, including gaming apps, fake anti-virus apps, fake financial-tracking apps and social networking apps.
4.?Practice safe memory card use. Never share your memory card with another cell phone. An infected memory card can spread a virus to each phone it contacts.
5.?Set the Bluetooth option on your phone to the?undiscovered?setting. Some viruses penetrate phones through a Bluetooth connection. This attack is especially tricky; you need only walk by an infected Bluetooth device while your phone is?discover-able? and the virus can transfer to your phone. The first documented Bluetooth virus, the Cabir virus, which arrived in 2004, didn?t harm your phone or steal valuable information, but it ran the phone battery down quickly by constantly trying to discover nearby Bluetooth connections through which to spread. Current Bluetooth viruses are more malicious; they steal contact information and disable phones.
Third-Party Apps
6.?Protect your iPhone from malware and other virus infections with anti-virus apps. Choose from a handful of well-known and trusted anti-virus software providers, as some viruses present themselves as inexpensive or free virus software from unknown companies. SmrtGuard Solutions? Snap Secure app and the Lookout Mobile Security app from Lookout Inc. both protect your iPhone from viruses while backing up your important data and allowing you to track or wipe your iPhone if it?s lost or stolen. McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management from Trust Digital is designed for business environments with multiple mobile devices, including iPhones. Snap Secure, Lookout Mobile Security and EMM are all free downloads at the iPhone App Store. Intego created the Virus Barrier iOS software specifically for the iPhone and iPad to scan for and block any viruses from transferring to your computer when you connect the mobile device to it. Virus Barrier can be downloaded from the App Store for a small fee.
7.?If you own an Android-powered phone, download anti-virus from reliable suppliers to protect your personal information. The Kaspersky Mobile Security app offers find-and-wipe services as well as virus and spam protection. In addition to standard virus scans, Norton Mobile Security can lock your phone to protect personal data during a virus attack or if the phone is lost or stolen. The Bullguard Mobile Security app protects against viruses, identity theft and online fraud, and it offers parental controls, a basic backup and SIM card protection. All these apps are available for download from the Android Market.
8.?Add anti-virus protection for your BlackBerry with Bullguard Mobile Security, which offers a user-friendly online interface that allows you to manage your virus protection and back up information from your phone or your computer. Also useful is SmrtGuard?s Snap Secure app for handy information in addition to virus protection; the app warns how new apps may affect your privacy settings and leave your device vulnerable to virus attack. The app also provides BlackBerry users with Personal Guardian service, with which you create a panic button that sends out a text message or phone call with your location. The NetQin Mobile Security for BlackBerry app provides two levels of protection: one local for your phone and one cloud based. It offers real-time virus scanning and a backup of all your data. Download Snap Secure from the BlackBerry App World. Bullguard Mobile Security and NetQin Mobile Security are available for download at the developers? websites.
9.?Even if your Windows computer is protected with anti-virus software, you still need a separate mobile app for your phone. Find Windows Mobile virus protection with the Kaspersky Mobile Security app, which offers a full range of protection not available in its BlackBerry and Android apps. These additional features include data encryption and parental controls. In addition to virus protection, the Bullguard Mobile Security app offers a spam filter and firewall protection with its Windows Mobile apps, which are not offered with its Android and BlackBerry versions. NetQin?s NQ Mobile Security for Windows Phone app offers anti-virus scans and data backups as well as private and safe-browsing capabilities. NQ Mobile Security is available from the Windows Phone Marketplace. Kaspersky Mobile Security and Bullguard Mobile Security can be downloaded from the developers? websites.
Tips & Warnings
- The Juniper Network Global Threat Center?s Malicious Mobile Threats Report predicts the market for mobile device virus protection software will grow exponentially over the next few years as ?the vulnerability of data-centric mobile devices becomes more widely appreciated both in the business and consumer sectors? said Nitin Bhas, one of the report authors. Awareness of the danger is the first step. The second is to protect your phone and the personal information it contains with smart downloading and anti-virus protection.
- Choose anti-virus software that offers additional safety features when possible. Many offer the ability to track your phone when it?s turned on, and some enable you to wipe the phone?s memory remotely. Although these features are particularly helpful when your phone is stolen or lost, a remote wipe protects your personal information if you?re away from your phone when you discover your close contacts have infected phones, and you suspect yours may be infected. Some programs, such as Lookout, Bullguard Mobile Security and Snap Secure, also offer online backups to protect your data in case of loss during a virus attack.
Source: http://www.pinoytechnologies.com/how-to-protect-and-find-out-if-your-mobile-phone-has-virus/
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Eliminate Body Ache by going to a Chiropractor in Melbourne ...
Have a terrible back or joint pain that won?t subside? The remedy might be to go to a Chiropractor in Melbourne for fast treatment. Not many of us know what a chiropractor does and how a visit will help you treat your body pain issues. This article reflects on who a chiropractor is and the fundamental fields of expertise they have.
What is Chiropractic?
Before we comprehend what a chiropractor does, let us find out what chiropractic is. It is basically a type of complementary medicine treatment that is accomplished by specialists called chiropractors. These health care professionals diagnose and also treat neuromusculoskeletal ailments and that assists in controlling any more damage to the body and help you in becoming healthy and fit.
How do you become a chiropractor?
Chiropractors are people who have obtained a specialist degree in the realm of chiropractic from an accredited chiropractic program. After graduation, one needs to pass provincial assessments that provides chiropractic permit in a certain jurisdiction. These licenses will be renewed upon continuing education and training.
What are the Treatment Techniques?
The main technique used in chiropractic is manual ? that is, through manipulation of the joints and the spinal cord that the chiropractor relieves you off all body aches and pains.
Spinal or joint manipulation is one of the most widespread procedure used by chiropractors all over the world. Also called spinal realignment, spinal manipulation is a passive move where the chiropractor cures dislocated bones and joint damages received due to a personal injury. It is here that the chiropractor uses his/her hands to massage therapy, adjust, stimulate, and influence the spinal column and the adjacent tissues. Another form of this treatment is High-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation or HVLA-SM where the thrusts have physiological and neurological impact. The effectiveness and the time period of such type of treatment usually rely on the ability of the chiropractor.
There are more strategies like varied process where the full spine is treated through various solutions; activator technique where a chiropractor uses a spring-loaded tool to adjust the spine; Thompson Method where a drop table is required for the method; Cox/flexion-distraction in which chiropractic remedies are combined with osteopathic treatments. These are medicine-assisted techniques where the customer is under the influence of anaesthesia.
Another type of chiropractic medication involves standard exercises and making modifications in the lifestyle to allow healthy living.
Effectiveness
Chiropractors are very productive in their muscular treatment particularly in parts such as low back pain or neck pain or pain in the spinal area where the pain is lessened and this also properly improves the performance. In a number of situations, patients have reported that chiropractic consultations have minimized migraines and headaches. All these lead in improving the mobility and performance of joints that enhances the quality of life.
In short, a chiropractor is a practical health specialist that assures that your body joints are pain free and are not restricted in any way. Hence, the next time there is a nagging pain in your joints or the neck and spinal part communicate with the closest chiropractor who will effectively assist you eliminate such pains. You may also visit sites like yourownlocalchiropractor.com.au to acquire these services.
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Pro-settler Israeli hardliners sweep Netanyahu party vote
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Pro-settler hardliners swept a vote on Monday held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, effectively tossing four of his closest allies and backers of Middle East diplomacy off a list of candidates running with him in a January 22 election.
Party members ranked candidates on a list for the national poll to determine which of dozens already nominated could actually be elected to parliament.
The top 15 chosen, or those most likely to become or be re-elected as lawmakers, overwhelmingly included ultra-right champions of Jewish settlement on land Palestinians want for a state.
Netanyahu is predicted to win re-election in the national election in two months' time. But being surrounded by more hardline lawmakers than previously could toughen his policies on such issues as Iran's nuclear program which Israel has vowed to stop, and diplomacy with the Palestinians, already frozen since 2010.
The main losers in Monday's vote or those who garnered too few votes from some 100,000 party faithful to guarantee re-election, were Dan Meridor, Benjamin Begin, son of late Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and Avraham Dichter, in addition to Michael Eitan, a rare civil libertarian in Likud.
Among the winners were ex-general Moshe Yaalon, currently a minister for strategic affairs, seen as a possible successor to the more moderate Ehud Barak as defense minister.
"With such extremists Netanyahu could have problems," Roni Milo, a former Likud cabinet minister, quipped in a video interview with Ynet's news Web site.
Netanyahu, though, had no immediate comment.
Likud's balloting had been fraught with tension, also for technical reasons when computer malfunctions forced the vote to stretch into a second day.
Left-wing and centrist parties in Israel assailed Likud's candidate rankings. The centrist Kadima party headed by former general Shaul Mofaz charged in a statement the right-wing party he also once belonged to "has now lost its way and been swayed to the extreme margins of the political map".
(Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; Editing by Jon Hemming)
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Missing moon rocks found in Minnesota storage site
The Genesis Rock recovered during the Apollo 15 mission (Wikicommons)Several rocks taken from humankind's first lunar landing have been unearthed once again, with the moon rocks this time turning up in a Minnesota storage area.
The Star Tribune reports that the pebble-sized samples collected by the Apollo 11 voyage in 1969 somehow ended up in a government storage area in St. Paul.
"The Apollo 11 moon rocks were found amongst military artifacts in a storage area at the Veterans Service Building in St. Paul," Army Maj. Blane Iffert, the former state historian for the Minnesota National Guard, told the paper. "When I searched the Internet to find additional information about the moon rocks, I knew we had to find a better means to display this artifact."
Each state was given a sample of the moon rocks after Apollo 11's successful voyage.
On Wednesday, the rocks will be transferred to the state's Science and Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration (STARBASE) educational program.
Even if Iffert had wanted to sell the rocks, rather than donate them, he wouldn't have had much of a choice. As CBS News notes, moon rocks are considered a national treasure and selling them is illegal.
But before anyone starts making jokes at Minnesota's expense, Iffert says his discovery actually puts the state on the brighter side of moon rock history.
Reportedly, 180 of the 270 Goodwill Moon Rock samples former President Nixon gave to the 50 states after the Apollo 11 and 17 missions are currently unaccounted for.
Former NASA investigator? Joseph Gutheinz said 11 states are currently missing their moon rock samples from the Apollo 11 mission, including Alaska, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Texas.
"We are honored to have this in our collection to preserve for future generations," said Pat Gaarder, deputy director for the Minnesota Historical Society, in a statement. "It is also exciting to think that our collection includes artifacts from across the globe and, now with these moon rocks, the galaxy."
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Auburn fires Gene Chizik after 3-9 season
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) ? Gene Chizik led Auburn to perhaps the greatest season in the program's history, and two years later to maybe its worst.
The rapid fall from a national championship to 3-9 and the Southeastern Conference doormat led to Chizik's firing Sunday, the day after a humbling 49-0 loss to No. 2 Alabama that showed just how far the program has slipped.
The Tigers endured the worst slide within two years of winning a national championship of any team since the Associated Press poll started in 1936 and hadn't lost this many games since going 0-10 in 1950. The decision came 17 months after Auburn gave Chizik a contract worth some $3.5 million annually through 2015 with a hefty buyout.
Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said he informed Chizik Saturday night that he would recommend to President Jay Gogue the next morning that Chizik not be retained.
He said he had concerns with lopsided losses in 2011 but grew "very concerned in our fundamental approach to the game" after the Arkansas game.
"I had hoped our team would show some improvement this season," Jacobs said. "Unfortunately it didn't. The competition in our league is fierce. I decided we could not risk falling further behind by waiting for another year and hoping for improvement."
The players were informed in a team meeting Sunday.
"I'm extremely disappointed with the way this season turned out and I apologize to the Auburn family and our team for what they have had to endure," Chizik said in a statement released by Auburn. "In my 27 years of coaching, I have gained an understanding of the high expectations in this profession. When expectations are not met, I understand changes must be made."
The Tigers went from 14-0 with a perfect SEC record with Cam Newton leading the offense in 2010 to 3-9 and 0-8, losing their final three league games by a combined 150-21. Auburn was blown out by Texas A&M (63-21) and Georgia (38-0) but the finale was even more painful for Tigers fans.
The Crimson Tide cruised to a six-touchdown halftime lead and the second-most lopsided Iron Bowl victory in history, behind only the Tide's 55-0 win in 1948.
"While we experienced a tremendous low in 2012, I will always be proud of the incredible highs that we achieved, including three bowl victories, an SEC championship and a national championship," Chizik said.
He was 33-19 in four seasons and 15-17 in SEC games.
Auburn said the total buyout for Chizik and his assistant coaches is $11.09 million. Chizik's buyout is expected to total $7.5 million and will be paid in monthly installments for the next four years.
Six assistants are under contract through June 30, 2013 while defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder, offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler and wide receivers coach Trooper Taylor have deals extending another year beyond that.
The buyouts could be reduced if the coaches find other jobs.
Auburn joins Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky as SEC teams with job openings showing the huge divide in a league with six teams ranked in the Top 11.
Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen said players gave Chizik a warm ovation after the team meeting.
"I think we did what he deserved and we gave him a standing ovation and clapped for him," he said. "There's so much love for coach Chizik on this team. Would we have loved to see him get another year, another opportunity? Yes, but at the same time we understand where Jay Jacobs is coming from. Three wins isn't going to cut it in our league."
Defensive tackle Jeff Whitaker said, "It's kind of crazy right now. I had a special bond with Coach Chizik."
Chizik inserted tailback Tre Mason on the final play against Alabama to get him to 1,000 yards. The next day, Mason saw his coach get fired.
"It was a rough day for everybody," Mason said. "It's tough. There are going to be a lot of tears shed because there are a lot of relationships that may be put on hold or come to an end today. I have nothing negative to say about coach Chizik. He's done a lot for me and this program. I wish him the best of luck in his future."
Chizik had sandwiched two 8-5 seasons around the national title, but never approached the success of 2010, when Newton won the Heisman Trophy. The Tigers were 7-17 in SEC games outside of 2010 during his tenure.
His hiring was criticized by some fans after Chizik went 5-19 in two seasons at Iowa State and lost the last 10 games of his first head coaching job.
Jacobs was heckled at the airport after making the hire.
Chizik had been defensive coordinator on unbeaten teams at Auburn and Texas.
A search committee comprised of former Heisman Trophy winners Pat Sullivan and Bo Jackson and former Tigers fullback Mac Crawford will assist Jacobs, the school said.
Jacobs said he wants a proven winner ? not necessarily an experienced head coach ? who follows the rules and stresses academics.
A transition year in 2012 might have been expected.
Chizik had to replace the offensive and defensive coordinators after last season. Chizik made an ill-fated switch from Gus Malzahn's no-huddle, spread offense to a pro-style system with the hiring of former Temple offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler.
The Tigers struggled in the transition, partly because of shaky quarterback play and ended the season with freshman Jonathan Wallace under center.
Auburn ranked at or near the bottom of the SEC in every major statistical category offensively and defensively.
Chizik's tenure was marred by off-the-field problems, too, to the extent that he had employees of a private firm run curfew checks on players this season.
Four members of the 2010 national championship team were arrested on robbery charges in March 2011. Antonio Goodwin was convicted in April and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Dakota Mosley, Michael McNeil and Shaun Kitchens are awaiting trial.
Two-time 1,000-yard rusher Mike Dyer transferred to Arkansas State with Malzahn after being indefinitely suspended before the bowl game.
Freshman quarterback Zeke Pike was arrested in June for public intoxication and later dismissed from the team. Starting center Reese Dismukes was suspended for the opener against Clemson following a public intoxication arrest.
Auburn is also the subject of an NCAA investigation that includes the recruitment of Memphis running back Jovon Robinson, who was ruled ineligible after a guidance counselor admitted to creating a fake transcript.
Chizik's contract includes a clause that it wouldn't owe the buyout money if he is fired for cause, including findings of major rules violations or significant or repetitive violations" involving him or his program.
Chizik and Auburn have weathered past NCAA scrutiny. The governing body closed investigations into the recruitment of Newton and allegations from four former players that they were paid thousands of dollars during their college careers.
"I've got the utmost confidence in our NCAA compliance," Jacobs said. "Basically it boils down to winning and losing. Winning three games is unacceptable."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/auburn-fires-gene-chizik-3-9-season-192037021--spt.html
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Walmart protests draw crowds but shoppers undeterred
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Protesters demanding higher wages and better healthcare for hourly workers thronged to Walmart stores across the country, though there was no evidence they disrupted operations for the start of the crucial holiday shopping season.
OUR Walmart, an organization backed by the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, said it expected employees in 100 cities to walk off the job on "Black Friday," the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season that accounts for up to one-half of retailers' profits.
At a Walmart on Chicago's South Side, just one employee from the store's nearly 500 staff took part in the demonstration, according to Wal-Mart Stores Inc,, the world's largest retailer.
Outside the store, four busloads of protesters chanted in a demonstration that started almost an hour later than planned. The demonstration was peaceful, according to police and store security.
"We estimate that less than 50 associates participated in the protest nationwide. In fact, this year, roughly the same number of associates missed their scheduled shift as last year," Walmart U.S. Chief Executive Bill Simon said in a statement.
The one Chicago worker who protested, Tyrone Robinson, said he makes $8.95 an hour working in the produce department, and that his shifts have been cut back to less than 40 hours per week.
Rosetta Brown, who has been with the company for 15 years and works at the Sam's Club in Cicero, Illinois, joined the protest and lamented how employees are treated now versus in the days of company founder Sam Walton.
"Sam Walton was a good man ... Walmart passed away with him," she said. Walton opened the first Walmart store in 1962 and died in 1992.
OUR Walmart said protests also took place Thursday night in Miami, cities in Wisconsin and northern California, and in Washington, D.C. in addition to Chicago on Friday morning. More stores in Midwestern and Southern states were expected to see protests later Friday.
For its part, Walmart said it recorded its best Black Friday ever, with more shoppers than last year and nearly 10 million register transactions between 8 p.m. Thursday and 12 a.m. Friday morning. Among other items, it sold more than 1.8 million towels, 1.3 million TVs and some 250,000 bicycles.
Wal-Mart filed an unfair labor practice charge against the UFCW with the National Labor Relations Board last week in a bid to thwart the protests. Days later, OUR Walmart filed its own charge with the NLRB, saying Wal-Mart was illegally attempting to deter workers from participating in strikes.
The NLRB regional office completed its investigation on Wednesday and submitted a report for further legal analysis, NLRB Director of Public Affairs Nancy Cleeland said on Friday.
"We don't expect to have any announcements or decision today or during the weekend," Cleeland said.
Walmart opened some stores as early as 8 p.m. Thursday, which drew early demonstrators in places, including Texas.
Josue Mata, a 28-year-old employee of a south Dallas store, said he earns $8.70 an hour working full time as an overnight maintenance man. He raises four kids, pays child support and lives with his parents.
He was scheduled to work Thanksgiving night, but decided to join the protest instead. He said he is scheduled to work on Friday but doesn't know if he'll have a job.
"I worry about it, but it's a sacrifice we need to do to make a change," Mata said.
(Additional reporting by Jon Nielsen in Dallas and David Morgan in Washington; Writing by Ben Berkowitz; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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How to prevent snoring? | Health and Fitness Tips | Weight Loss ...
In everyday life, people who snore are not uncommon, many people think this is a performance sleeping, actually snore may not only lead to suffocation and even the night sudden death, and to influence others sleep.Today to tell you how to prevent snoring.
Methods / steps
1, Enhance physical exercise (preferably mountaineering, running, etc.), enhanced lung function.
2, Experts remind, the snoring if smoking habits you need to quit smoking immediately. Because smoking stimulus will only make the already clogged nasal and respiratory nasal mucosa worse. Drinking heavier snoring, nocturnal breathing disorders and hypoxemia. Especially bedtime Drinking.
3, Obese should actively lose weight.
4, Snoring patients more oxygen content decreased, often accompanied by high blood pressure, heart rhythm disorders, blood viscosity increased burden on the heart, easily lead to the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so attention should be paid to the monitoring of blood pressure, taking time to drop pressure drugs.
5, Bedtime prohibit taking sedative hypnotics and anti-allergic drugs, so as not to aggravate the conditioned inhibition of the respiratory center.
6, Take a lateral position sleep posture, especially in the right lateral position appropriate to avoid the tongue during sleep, the soft palate, uvula relaxation after the fall, adding to the blockage of the upper airway.
7, Patients after surgery to mainly soft food, do not eat hot food. Avoid strenuous activity.
8, Before going to bed try not to drink tea, coffee.
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Online auction is becoming entertainment for a lot of people just as online window shopping is catching with a lot of people. Look up some amazing products that you would not buy otherwise at their actual price and walk away with a steal! And there is only way for youto find the best online auction site. Compare all auction websites with respect to their policies for different stages of the process and then decideKeep the following in mind while comparing auction sites:
1. Check out how much these sites charge bidders. There are a few sites that make it mandatory for you to purchase bids in cents so that you can participate in the bidding process. This will not be refunded even if you lose the bid. It?s a sort of fee for using the website to bid. Also make a note of terms like ?buyer?s premium?. This is nothing but a percentage of the winning bid of heavy duty items like antiques and yachts.
2. It?s also a good idea to find out what are their charges for the sellers. The website will charge some fee for hosting your product. And then if your product is sold you will have to pay the website a percentage of the winning bid.
3. Verify the website?s reputation and credibility. This can be done by looking up the website in ?Better Business Bureau website?. Also check up online blogs and forums. Only go ahead if you are satisfied on all accounts. Keep in mind that they will know your credit card and other financial details.
4. Check if the site is user friendly and it?s easy to find products. Do a few searches by yourself and you will know what we are talking about. The point being that if bidders are unable to find your merchandise on the site then it kind of beats the point of auctioning it!
5. Then in the end check out the extra goodies that these sites offer for signing up with them. Some sites give back a percentage of how much ever you bid for. All this is done so that you go back to them, and this ensures repeat business for them and of course greater brand recall. Recommend these sites to others and also some sites have a referral system; so you refer and get some bids refunded, cool!. Redeem those amazing coupons, deals and vouchers in the stores of your choice and go wild shopping. Now who would have thought of that!
6. Customer service is also a make or break attribute of the auction sites. You have to find out how quick they are and this can be done by calling them up or dropping them email for help with some product.
Always remember, the better the site, the better the offers and these tips should get you comfortably started. You can start bidding on the bigger bucks as you get comfortable with the online bidding world. Along with fun and entertainment, there is a lot of scope of getting addicted to this too! It is competition too, so pull up your socks and get ready for some serious fun!
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Best-selling Australian author Courtenay dies
In this Aug. 30, 2012 photo provided by Penguin Books, Australian best-selling author Bryce Courtenay poses with wife Christine Gee on a park bench in Canberra Australia Courtenay, author of "The Power Of One" and 20 other titles died Thursday Nov. 22, 2012 of stomach cancer. He was 79. (AP Photo/Penguin Books) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
In this Aug. 30, 2012 photo provided by Penguin Books, Australian best-selling author Bryce Courtenay poses with wife Christine Gee on a park bench in Canberra Australia Courtenay, author of "The Power Of One" and 20 other titles died Thursday Nov. 22, 2012 of stomach cancer. He was 79. (AP Photo/Penguin Books) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
In this Aug. 30, 2012 photo provided by Penguin Books, Australian best-selling author Bryce Courtenay walks his dog Timmy in Canberra Australia. Courtenay, author of "The Power Of One" and 20 other titles, died Thursday Nov. 22, 2012 of stomach cancer. He was 79. (AP Photo/Penguin Books) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ? Best-selling Australian author Bryce Courtenay, whose first and final books drew on his tough early-life experiences in Africa, has died of stomach cancer. He was 79.
He started writing in midlife and called his first novels "practice books," but his debut was a success. "The Power of One" was published in 1989, translated into 12 languages and became a hit movie.
His publisher Penguin Group said Friday that Courtenay died at his family home in the Australian capital Canberra late Thursday surrounded by his family and pets.
His 21st novel, "Jack of Diamonds," was published on Nov. 12 and included a moving epilogue to his readers.
"It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a storyteller in your lives," he wrote.
"Now, as my story draws to an end, may I say only, 'Thank you. You have been simply wonderful,'" he added.
Courtenay was born the illegitimate son of a dressmaker on Aug. 14, 1933, in the mountain town of Barberton in what is now the Limpopo province of South Africa.
By the age of 17, he was working in the dangerous mines of what is now Zimbabwe, which paid his way to Britain where he studied at the London School of Journalism. He met an Australian, Benita Solomon, whom he followed to her hometown of Sydney in 1958 and married.
He fell into a career in advertising with U.S. agency McCann Erikson at the age of 26 and rose to creative director. He had an epiphany at the age of 50 when he decided to fulfill a lifelong ambition to be a novelist.
"The Power of One" was to be the first of three "practice books" Courtenay planned to write over three years before taking two years to write a fourth book which he hoped would find a publisher.
"I was absolutely staggered when somebody wanted to publish it in the first place," Courtenay said in his official biography released by Penguin.
"Now its worldwide success and the fact that it's available in 12 languages still amazes me," he added. It became a movie starring Morgan Freeman.
Courtenay dedicated its sequel, "Tandia," to his third son, Damon, who died of medically-acquired AIDS at the age of 24 on April 1, 1991 ? two months before the book was published.
That tragedy inspired his third book, "April Fool's Day," that deals with the public fear of AIDS and was published in 1993.
In June, doctors told Courtenay that there was no hope of curing his stomach cancer.
Bob Sessions, Courtenay's longstanding publisher at Penguin, said the author would produce a 600-page book in only six months, sometimes writing for more than 12 hours a day.
"He was a born storyteller and I would tell him he was a latter-day Charles Dickens with his strong and complex plots, larger-than-life characters and his ability to appeal to a large number of readers," Sessions said.
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