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Gold Coast aged-care residents distressed after Earle Haven Retirement Village's sudden closure

Police are called after medical equipment is stripped from the walls of the Earle Haven Retirement Village, where 70 elderly people some bedridden and living with dementia reside.




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Republic of Sudan v. Harrison

(United States Supreme Court) - Addressed a question concerning a method of serving civil process on a foreign state. The Republic of Sudan argued that a mailing must be sent directly to the foreign minister's office in the foreign state, not to the foreign state's U.S. embassy. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with Sudan's argument in an 8-1 decision. Justice Alito delivered the Court's opinion, in this case arising out of the 2000 bombing of the Navy vessel USS Cole.




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Republic of Sudan v. Harrison

(United States Supreme Court) - Addressed a question concerning a method of serving civil process on a foreign state. The Republic of Sudan argued that a mailing must be sent directly to the foreign minister's office in the foreign state, not to the foreign state's U.S. embassy. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with Sudan's argument in an 8-1 decision. Justice Alito delivered the Court's opinion, in this case arising out of the 2000 bombing of the Navy vessel USS Cole.




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Owens v. Republic of Sudan

(United States DC Circuit) - Held that claimants whose family members were harmed in a terrorist attack may state a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress even if the claimants were not present at the scene of the attack. The case involved District of Columbia tort law and terrorist bombings in East Africa.




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Here’s why you’re suddenly seeing colorful lights at homes and businesses around Denver

Along with howling every night at 8 p.m., Denverites are encouraged to decorate their homes with lights to support health care workers as part of the city's #KeepCalmDenverOn initiative.




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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Sat 9-May-2020




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Daily Sudoku for Kids: Sat 9-May-2020




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Daily Monster Sudoku: Sat 9-May-2020




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Daily Sudoku: Sat 9-May-2020




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#285: Live with Alison Sudol at LeakyCon 2018

Happy holidays! This week we are going back to LeakyCon in Dallas, where The Ringer's Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion interviewed Alison Sudol about Queenie Goldstein, writing, creation, and more. This was conducted BEFORE CoG came out in theaters, so maybe now is a great time to revisit everything we heard. 

 

We'll be presenting more of these interviews between now and the day we return in the second week of January! Enoy! And make sure to check out Mal and Jason's podcast, Binge Mode: Harry Potter — they truly are some of the best Potter podcasters in history.




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Ex-Kings assistant Dusty Imoo recalls sudden alarm, rush to leave China as coronavirus broke out

Dusty Imoo, former goalie development coach for the Kings, took a job in Beijing this season and got a close look at how the coronavirus affected China.




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Coronavirus means social distancing. For flight attendants, it's suddenly easier

Social distancing — a term we've all become familiar with — has been nearly impossible to accomplish on an airplane. Until now.




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Trevor Cherry dead: Leeds United legend dies suddenly and unexpectedly aged 72



Leeds United legend Trevor Cherry has died suddenly aged 72.




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Sudan'ın 'petrol sınırı' saptandı

Lahey'deki Uluslararası Tahkim Mahkemesi, hem hükümetin hem de güneydeki özerk yönetimin hak iddia ettiği petrol zengini Abyei bölgesinin sınırlarının hükümet lehinde değişmesini kararlaştırdı.




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Sudan'da pantolon davası

Sudan'ın başkenti Hartum'da bugün mahkeme önüne çıkacak olan bir kadın, "ahlak dışı kıyafet" -yani pantolon- giydiği için 40 kırbaç ve 100 dolar para cezasına çarptırılabileceğini söylüyor.




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Harley Quinn’s flailing ‘Birds of Prey’ suddenly changes its title

The film grossed only $33 million in its domestic debut.




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strataconf: Today's the last day to get best price discounts on #StrataRx Conf. Register by 11:59pmET http://t.co/cy4SudVIHZ #healthdata

strataconf: Today's the last day to get best price discounts on #StrataRx Conf. Register by 11:59pmET http://t.co/cy4SudVIHZ #healthdata




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AT#408 - Travel to Sudan

Hear about travel to Sudan as the Amateur Traveler  talks to Nicholas Bori of the I Quit project about his journey through that remote African country. Nicholas visited Sudan on an overlanding truck that traversed Africa from south to north.




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Can you rearrange these cards, sudoku style?

Here's a fun puzzle with an easy setup that makes for a good stay-at-home time-filler. Like sudoku, see if you can rearrange these cards so that no face or suit repeats itself in any column, row, or diagonal. Watch the video if you need some help. Read the rest




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The Dangers of Tribalism in South Sudan

19 December 2013

Hannah Bryce
Former Assistant Head, International Security

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South Sudanese soldiers patrol the streets of Juba 2 January 2014. Thousands of people are feared to have been killed, pitting army units loyal to President Salva Kiir against ethnic militia forces and mutinous army commanders nominally headed by former vice president Riek Machar. Photo by Samir Bol/AFP/Getty Images.

The violence in South Sudan this week suggests there could be worse times to come for the country. It will exacerbate the deep-rooted inter- and intra-tribal tensions that have defined the political landscape in South Sudan since it gained independence in 2011. It could also create a refugee dilemma for the country’s neighbours.

The dynamics of the leadership struggle between President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and former vice president Riek Macher, a Nuer, colours politics throughout the country, illustrating the prevalence of political tribalism at the highest office. Following Kiir’s dismissal of Machar and the entire cabinet in July, neither this week’s attempted coup nor its heavy suppression will have come as a surprise to many in South Sudan.

The perception of Dinka domination pervading the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) by other ethnic groups is not new. But it has become increasingly marked in a country with a fragile economy, limited opportunities for employment and deep-rooted patrimonialism throughout all tiers of government.

While there is a long-standing rivalry for power between the Dinka and Nuer, South Sudan’s two largest tribal groups, others, such as the Equatorians, perceive both groups as monopolizing power. Addressing this perceived inequity within the government will be integral to move beyond political tribalism towards an inclusive system of government that guarantees minority representation. Without this change, discontent and frustrations within the disenfranchised rural communities that make up the majority of the population are liable to rise to the surface, as this week’s events demonstrate.

While government policies since independence have been careful to use the language of inclusivity, the reality is very different. Jonglei, the largest of South Sudan’s ten states and home of the Nuer, has seen severe fighting between the Dinka, Nuer and Murle, for example. In December 2011 tribal attacks and counterattacks between Nuer and Murle caused at least 1,000 deaths. 

These tensions have been further aggravated by the failure of the central government to provide even basic levels of local governance, made worse by systemic corruption and patrimonialism. The extent of corruption, and the government’s lack of control over it, was demonstrated in 2012 when President Kiir issued a somewhat plaintive call to his government officials to return stolen cash.

Government reforms and legislation have stripped traditional authorities of their former functions and roles within local society, without reintegrating them into new roles within the government apparatus or providing viable alternatives. This has resulted in inconsistent and disparate systems of local governance throughout South Sudan, contributing to existing perceptions of inequity. This is often assumed to be based on tribal factors, regardless of whether this is in fact the case.

With tensions appearing to be unabated in the capital, Juba, and with the dry season approaching, which will facilitate a more mobile population, there is significant potential for security to deteriorate further. And it may not recover for a long time. Disgruntled and marginalized, the tribal populations that have felt excluded from the political process, or in the case of the Nuer, undermined in that process, may use the current political turbulence to bring matters to a head and challenge the authority of South Sudan’s leading figures.

A lasting conflict in South Sudan would likely lead to further displacement of people, which would place an increased strain on host communities in neighbouring countries. Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda already have a long history of accepting refugees from the Sudanese civil war. With the current flows of displaced populations from conflicts in Somalia, the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo however, an additional influx of South Sudanese refugees would have the potential to overburden and destabilize the region further.

To comment on this article, please contact Chatham House Feedback




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CBD Communiqué: Sudan Becomes the 11th Country to Sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources.




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CBD News: Montreal, 7 March 2014 - South Sudan deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 17 February 2014, thus becoming the 194th Party to the global treaty on biodiversity and sustainable development. With




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Sudan Stakeholder Dialogues: Options for Economic Stabilization, Recovery and Inclusive Growth

3 October 2019

The Chatham House Africa Programme designed the Sudan Stakeholder Dialogues series to help identify the factors that have led to the current economic crisis, the immediate steps that need to be taken to avert collapse and stabilize the economy, and the longer-term structural reforms required to set Sudan on the path to recovery. The project is funded by Humanity United.

Ahmed Soliman

Research Fellow, Horn of Africa, Africa Programme

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An employee removes bread from the oven at a bakery in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on 24 May 2019. Photo: Getty Images.

Three private roundtable meetings were convened in the first quarter of 2019, with the aim of generating informed and constructive new thinking on policy options and reforms that could help Sudan build a more economically prosperous, stable and inclusive nation. The roundtables were held under the Chatham House Rule.

The project sought to offer a neutral space for discussion to policymakers and influencers from a broad range of backgrounds: Sudanese government officials, opposition figures, economists, experts on Sudan’s political economy and governance, civil society figures, representatives of international financial institutions, and other international policymakers.

This paper draws together the key themes and findings from each of the three roundtables, ranging from broad structural economic issues to sector-specific priority interventions. It presents options and recommendations for Sudanese leaders, including the transitional government, in support of building a more economically prosperous, peaceful and inclusive nation.




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Prospects for Peace and Stability in South Sudan

Research Event

11 November 2019 - 5:00pm to 6:15pm

Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

Event participants

Alan Boswell, Senior Analyst for South Sudan, International Crisis Group
Miklos Gosztonyi, Conflict Analyst, South Sudan, Norwegian Refugee Council
Naomi Pendle, Research Fellow, Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, London School of Economics
Golda Abbé, Founding Member, Ghidam (Via Skype)
Chair: Teohna Williams, CEO, Business Plan for Peace

South Sudan’s prolonged peace process is approaching a critical juncture. There is uncertainty about whether the country’s political leaders will meet the 12 November 2019 deadline to form a transitional government of national unity – a process already delayed after a revitalized power-sharing deal was signed in September 2018. A political impasse has been caused by a lack of progress on outstanding issues such as deciding on the number of states and reunifying the security forces. The latter issue is seen as critical to preventing the reoccurrence of large-scale violence which would exacerbate already considerable humanitarian needs. Continued mediation by regional and international partners remains important to finding a way forward and preventing a return to widespread conflict.

At this event, a panel of speakers will examine the status of the peace deal, the issue of federalism and subdivision, measures needed to prevent the humanitarian crisis from worsening and opportunities to foster greater security and unity in the country.

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL AND REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED.

Sahar Eljack

Programme Administrator, Africa Programme
+ 44 (0) 20 7314 3660




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Realizing South Sudan's Peace Deal

Invitation Only Research Event

24 February 2020 - 5:00pm to 6:15pm

Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

Event participants

Miklos Gosztonyi, Conflict Analyst, South Sudan, Norwegian Refugee Council
Matthew F. Pritchard, Research and Policy Specialist, McGill University
Joshua Craze, Writer and Researcher
Teohna Williams, CEO, Business Plan for Peace

South Sudan’s new power sharing government must be formed by 22 February 2020, as specified in the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS). There have been two extensions to this process already, reflecting the continued distrust among leaders and the complexity of the conflict.

The lack of progress in several contentious areas has delayed the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) for nine months, but the recent decision taken by President Salva Kiir Mayardit to re-establish 10 states has been welcomed by opposition groups, regional mediators and international partners.

It is seen as the breakthrough needed for an agreement to be reached, despite some outstanding concerns. Further meaningful compromises and difficult decisions will be needed to implement a lasting peace agreement.

At this event, a panel of speakers will examine the status of the peace deal following the February deadline and the steps needed to progress the key issues underlying implementation.

Event attributes

Chatham House Rule

Sahar Eljack

Programme Administrator, Africa Programme
+ 44 (0) 20 7314 3660




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Famine Threatens South Sudan

9 July 2014

Rob Bailey

Former Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources
Despite early warnings that the country could soon be facing famine, a half-funded appeal and muted media coverage suggest that lessons from Somalia’s 2011 humanitarian crisis have not been learned.

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Thousands of people wait in the hot sun in Leer, South Sudan 5 July, 2014 for the first air drops by the ICRC for nearly two decades. Photo by Nichole Sobecki/AFP/Getty Images.

On its third anniversary, South Sudan is teetering on the brink of humanitarian disaster. Without urgent action, some parts of the country face famine as a result of conflict, a poor harvest and high, pre-existing levels of malnutrition and poverty. If all this sounds eerily familiar, it should. In July 2011 similar conditions saw famine strike in Somalia, just as South Sudan gained its independence. It is estimated that more than a quarter of a million people died during this catastrophe, most of them children.

The situation in South Sudan shows the lessons of 2011 have not been learned. Early warnings of disaster in Somalia accumulated for almost a year before famine was eventually declared by the UN. The threat was first explicitly raised by the Famine Early-Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) in March 2011 and again in May. Yet the humanitarian system remained dormant. Had donors and agencies intervened early, they could have prevented the downward spiral into destitution and starvation. The reasons why early warnings did not lead to early action were documented in a major Chatham House report that concluded with numerous recommendations for how programmes, funding and decision-making should be reformed to avoid such a failure ever happening again.

Fast forward to 2014 and head 1,000 miles west, and little seems to have changed. FEWSNET warned of famine in South Sudan in early May, yet official UN data reveals no subsequent increase in funding. If anything, contributions to the South Sudan emergency appeal appear to have slowed, with April, May and June showing markedly less being received than in previous months. With the lean season (when food insecurity peaks) now well underway, the appeal is less than half-funded.

Experience shows that the thing most likely to mobilize emergency funding is not early warning but media coverage, which can lead to pressure from publics for donor governments to act. News of the situation in South Sudan has been muted, however. According to Google Trends, there was no increase in the number of headlines on South Sudan following the famine warning in May for example. Three years ago in Somalia, it was not until famine was declared that the crisis caught the global media’s attention and donors finally responded. By then it was, by definition, too late to avert catastrophe.

Despite these alarming similarities, it is not inevitable that South Sudan will mark its third anniversary with famine. Like all complex forecasts, famine early warnings do not deal in certainties. And, although the window of opportunity for preventive action has probably closed by now and the challenge of reaching communities in the midst of conflict is huge, it is still possible for humanitarian actors to mitigate the worst-case scenario with a concerted and coordinated push to distribute aid and scale-up emergency infant nutrition programmes in the worst-affected areas. But even if famine is avoided, communities in South Sudan will be left weaker, poorer and more vulnerable to the next crisis. The risk will remain. 

To comment on this article, please contact Chatham House Feedback




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Spiraling Violence and Drought Drive Refugee Crisis in South Sudan

Nearly 4 million South Sudanese have been driven from their homes by violence or food insecurity since late 2013, roughly half seeking refuge in neighboring countries. Drought and conflict have converged in the young country to fuel one of the world's most severe humanitarian emergencies. This article examines refugee flows from South Sudan, underlying drivers, and regional and international responses to the crisis.




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How the coronavirus is impacting India -- and what needs to happen next | Gayathri Vasudevan

The coronavirus pandemic put India's population of 1.3 billion into an extreme and sudden lockdown. Social entrepreneur Gayathri Vasudevan explains how the situation is impacting the country's migrant workers, who are stuck far from home with limited access to food and shelter, and calls for an overhaul of India's social infrastructure in order to get people the essentials they need right now. (This virtual conversation is part of the TED Connects series, hosted by current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers. Recorded April 9, 2020)




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Sudan : 1885 / Michael Tyquin.

New South Wales. Army. Sudan Contingent.




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[Sudhana, lem 1]

19th century




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Remaining students describe life during lockdown at Laurentian University in Sudbury

Before COVID-19 hit, Hemliss Eloïse Konan had plans for how she'd spend her summer in Sudbury. After finishing her first year at Laurentian University, Konan planned to stay in residence, and get a job for the summer.



  • News/Canada/Sudbury

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How one Sudbury business owner is getting ready to reopen her hardware store

As the province of Ontario starts to relax some COVID-19 restrictions, one Sudbury business owner says it feels great to be opening back up.



  • News/Canada/Sudbury

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May snowfall breaks record in Sudbury

Those in Sudbury may have had a few choice words when waking up Friday morning after a snowfall overnight.



  • News/Canada/Sudbury

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Jennifer Jones was ready to pounce when Lisa Weagle suddenly became star free agent

The time was right for Lisa Weagle to join forces with Olympic champion Jennifer Jones. Jones told CBC Sports' Anastasia Bucsis that the latest addition to her five-person rink "was like the clouds parted and the sun came out."



  • Sports/Olympics/Winter Sports/Curling

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Helping Sudanese Nubians write worship music in their own language and style

Ethnomusicologists visited a North African country to help local singers and a Sudanese Nubian believer write a worship song in his language and style.




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Fresh start for church planters in Sudan

A new generation of Sudanese church planters, trained by an Arab OMer in North Africa, revive OM’s ministry in north Sudan.




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Association Between a Functional Polymorphism in the MAOA Gene and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

There is evidence of an impaired respiratory regulation in SIDS, in which serotonergic and noradrenergic neurons are involved. Monoamine oxidase A is the enzyme that degrades both neurotransmitters, and genetic variation of this gene might contribute to SIDS.

Alleles with weak effect on the monoamine oxidase A gene activity (*2/*3) appear to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome in boys. This association is strongest in infants who died at the age with the highest SIDS prevalence. (Read the full article)




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Risk Factor Changes for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome After Initiation of Back-to-Sleep Campaign

Prone sleep, bed-sharing, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and prematurity increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. The sudden infant death syndrome rate initially declined dramatically after the initiation of the US Back-to-Sleep campaign in 1994, but subsequently plateaued.

The risk profile has changed since the Back-to-Sleep campaign; the prevalence of simultaneous risks has remained consistent. Intrinsic and extrinsic risks provide unification into 1 underlying triple-risk model and insights into potential underlying mechanisms. (Read the full article)




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Economic Evaluation of Strategies to Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes

Sudden cardiac death in young athletes is an uncommon but devastating event. Addition of routine electrocardiogram (ECG) screening to standard preparticipation care may reduce the number of sudden deaths. Lack of data regarding effectiveness and costs has prevented widespread implementation.

Adding ECG screening to current preparticipation evaluation is not cost-effective. Cost is driven primarily by the evaluation of the large number of false-positive findings. An ECG-only screening strategy is more cost-effective. (Read the full article)




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Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase I and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death in British Columbia First Nations

The CPT1A p.P479L variant is common to northern aboriginal populations, leads to reduced enzyme activity, and may be associated with increased infant mortality rates.

The p.P479L variant is common in British Columbia First Nations with a coastal distribution correlated with regions of high infant mortality. Homozygotes display an altered acylcarnitine profile and are overrepresented in cases of sudden unexpected infant death in these areas. (Read the full article)




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Maternal Alcohol Use and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Infant Mortality Excluding SIDS

Reductions in infant mortality in the 20th century have not continued. Racial and socioeconomic inequalities in both infant mortality and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) persist. Rates of infant mortality in English-speaking countries are higher than the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average.

At least 16.4% of SIDS and 3.4% of infant deaths not classified as SIDS are attributable to maternal alcohol use. Maternal alcohol-use disorder increases the risk of infant mortality through direct effects on the fetus and indirectly through environmental risk factors. (Read the full article)




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Potential Asphyxia and Brainstem Abnormalities in Sudden and Unexpected Death in Infants

Certain characteristics of the sleep environment increase the risk for sleep-related, sudden, and unexplained infant death. These characteristics have the potential to generate asphyxia. The relationship between the deaths occurring in these environments and neurochemical abnormalities in the brainstem that may impair protective responses to asphyxia is unknown.

We report neurochemical brainstem abnormalities underlying cases of sudden infant death that are associated with and without potential asphyxial situations in the sleep environment at death. The means to detect and treat these abnormalities in infants at risk are needed. (Read the full article)




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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Residential Altitude

Various clinical and demographic factors are associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and an association between altitude of residence and SIDS has been questioned but not yet demonstrated in any large observational studies.

This study demonstrates an association between altitude and SIDS, with higher SIDS rates observed at high elevation (>8000 feet) than at the more moderate elevations (<6000 feet). (Read the full article)




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Beyond Victimhood: Women’s Peacebuilding in Sudan, Congo and Uganda

Peacebuilding cannot succeed if half the population is excluded from the process. Crisis Group’s research in Sudan, Congo (DRC) and Uganda suggests that peace agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance do better when women are involved.




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SPFL come under fire for "giving clubs hope" in resolution as reconstruction plans are suddenly shelved

THE SPFL were tonight criticised for giving Scotland’s clubs hope that league reconstruction was a possibility in their controversial end-of-season resolution.




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Sudoku solver using Incisive Enterprise Verifier (IEV) and Assertion-Driven Simulation (ADS)

Just in time for the holidays, inside the posted tar ball is some code to solve 9x9 Sudoku puzzles with the Assertion-Driven Simulation (ADS) capability of Incisive Enterprise Verifier (IEV). Enjoy! Joerg Mueller Solutions Engineer for Team Verify




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Slackware Security Advisory - sudo Updates

Slackware Security Advisory - New sudo packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue.




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Slackware Security Advisory - sudo Updates

Slackware Security Advisory - New sudo packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue.




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What Would Happen If The Whole Internet Just Shutdown All Of A Sudden?