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Celiac disease, which affects approximately 1 percent of the Western population, is an autoimmune disorder that causes your immune system to interfere with the proper function of the small intestine. |
This study was funded by the Swedish Research Council. |
Emilsson, Louise, et al. This study was funded by the Swedish Research Council. Autoimmune Disease in First-Degree Relatives and Spouses of Individuals With Celiac Disease, Volume 13(7): 1271-1277.e2., DOI:10.1016/j.cgh.2015.01.026. |
American Gastroenterological Association. "Spouses & relatives of celiac disease patients at risk for autoimmune diseases ." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 1 Jul. 2015. Web. |
Guys, it's a big world out there. Here are some of the best posts from around the globe this week. Techniker ist informiert. |
This post is the top performing post in Espanol's history (and still going strong). The mix of it being timely, the images having not been used by us before and just the magic of fail posts made it an immediate smash. |
An explainer on what happens if there's an impeachment; BF Brazil's biggest post this week and a nice proof that social tabloid stories can be big in Brazil. |
Delhi's state elections this year were superduper historic for a lot of reasons, not least of which was MEMES. |
People ask Quora a lot of dumb questions about India, and Karima responded to the best. |
Huge scoop from Siraj, which blew up twitter and dominated the political conversation. |
One of the biggest scandals in recent French history has to do with people taking allegedly taking advantage of Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress of L'Oréal, to get money from her. A lot of money. A LOT OF MONEY. So we compared these huge sums with real life things to give an idea of how ridiculously huge they are. For ... |
NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 02/21/12 -- Atlantic Recording artist Diggy was among the winners at this year's NAACP Image Awards, taking home the trophy for "Outstanding New Artist." "It's so humbling to have my first award be an NAACP Image Award. The ceremony focuses on the positive influence on African American c... |
Daniel "Diggy" Simmons has the hip-hop community on the edge of their seats, calling him the "Next Hottest Thing." In 2010, Diggy teamed up with video director Phil The God to create a viral video that caught the attention of the entire music world. "Flow Stoopid," a freestyle track over Nas' "Made You Look," received ... |
After releasing his debut single, "Copy, Paste" in May 2011, which shot straight to the top of the 106th and Park countdown, the world is eagerly awaiting what's next as he puts the finishing touches on his debut album. From being named a member of XXL's Freshman Class in 2011, to his first BET Awards nomination in the... |
For more information on Diggy, please visit www.diggyworld.com www.twitter.com/diggy_simmons, www.youtube.com/diggysimmons and www.facebook.com/DiggyWorld. |
For press materials on Diggy, visit http://press.atlanticrecords.com/DiggySimmons. |
Just a year ago, scientists presented results that seemed almost too good to be true: Carbon sheets only a single atom thick, called graphene, took on a pair of important physical properties when they were twisted at just the right “magic” angle relative to one another. |
If the atmosphere this month at the world’s largest physics conference was any indication, twisted graphene has now spawned an entirely new field of physics research. |
Despite frigid Boston temperatures and a late-winter snowstorm, physicists swarmed rooms at the March meeting of the American Physical Society, many standing out in the hallway looking in, hoping to hear the latest results about this magic-angle graphene. The result has drawn interest from physicists around the world w... |
Back in 2004, scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov first isolated graphene by peeling the single-atom laters off of graphite (also known as pencil lead) using adhesive tape, creating a two-dimensional material. Since then, graphene has become well-known for its flexibility, conductivity, and ability to store ... |
Last year, a team of physicists led by graduate student Yuan Cao made a discovery as close to shocking as science can get. They stacked a pair of graphene sheets on top of one another, cooled the system down to near absolute zero, and twisted one of the sheets to a 1.1-degree angle relative to the other. |
They added a voltage, and the system became a kind of insulator such that the interactions between the particles themselves prevent electrons from moving. When they added more electrons, the system became a superconductor, a kind of system in which electrical charge can move without resistance. |
They knew that their result would be important, and tried to do as many experiments as quickly as they could to present rock-solid evidence of what they had found. “We were very worried that we would get scooped,” Jarillo-Herrero said. |
These magic-angle effects are related to the Moiré patterns that develop in the twisted sheets. When you stack two hexagonal sheets on top of each other, larger hexagonal patterns begin to form. These larger hexagons become the individual units, rather than the small hexagons traced out by the carbon atoms. |
The results have since been replicated by several teams, and a year after the discovery, physicists are researching the material in droves. Though theorists first predicted that new physical effects would manifest in these twisted layered graphene systems almost a decade ago, over a hundred new theory papers have appea... |
There’s still plenty that physicists don’t understand about the origin of the superconductivity and the nature of the insulating states. |
But why has this system taken off? Jarillo-Herrero explained that it combines already-flourishing fields of physics, including those that study graphene and other two-dimensional materials, topological properties (characteristics that don’t change despite certain physical transformations), super-cold matter, and unusua... |
On top of that, stacked graphene sheets are controllable and accessible in a way that other materials aren’t, given that they are relatively easy to produce. And the ability to switch between various effects with just a twist, a voltage, and some electrons allows a higher level of control than other materials. Research... |
The research has seen an influx of graduate students and post-docs looking for a field where they can make an impact. “To be able to contribute to something this exciting and see this interesting new stuff has been really fun,” Aaron Sharpe, Ph.D. student in applied physics at Stanford University, told Gizmodo. Sharpe’... |
The field has also attracted seasoned experts; I sat in on a talk by famed Harvard graphene scientist Philip Kim on characterising the twisted sheets with various scientific tools. Other researchers stood on tiptoe out in the hallway to hear what he had to say. |
Even as physicists are buzzing with excitement, it will probably be decades before you see twisted bilayer graphene in your smartphone or any consumer device, though obviously that’s hard to predict. Researchers have realised that lots of the graphene on the market today is actually just expensive pencil lead. |
The two-dimensional sheets are difficult to work with: They must be held at 1.7 degrees above absolute zero, and the sheets would prefer not to be held at that 1.1-degree angle (similar to how two bar magnets would prefer not to have their north poles touching). It’s understandably hard to manipulate a material that’s ... |
Excitement for bilayer graphene stems from the physics that underlies it, not the promise that it will become useful in tech like quantum computers or solar panels. But the field likely won’t die soon. |
No one in the world believes that Bernie Madoff could have carried off his massive fraud alone. In his WSJ column today, Holman Jenkins calls for investigators to start digging into the question of who knew what and when. |
“Mr. Madoff may have gone on for 40 years, and one suspects a certain folk knowledge existed among many participants that something was not quite right (which is not the same as deciding not to participate). |
We agree that Avellino and Bienes are a great place to start. They were placing money with Madoff for years, promising investors a certain return and keeping all the excess. They started investing with Madoff as early as 1962, at the very beginning. They made so much money--by taking money from investors, giving it to ... |
We want to know, in the first place, why these two decided to start investing with Madoff way back in 1962 and whether or not they continued to raise money for Madoff after the SEC busted them in the 1990s. How did they even meet Madoff, who had just started his firm in two years earlier. Both men are now very wealthy,... |
The two accountants who mysteriously started investing with Madoff 47 years ago. |
Great lot in this beautiful sub. It is over 1.5 acres and it is a walkout. Perk and survey has been done. Close to Great Lakes Mall and Highways. |
Dem Rep. Gabbard: Kerry "Completely Missing The Point Of Radical Islamic Ideology That's Fueling These People" |
Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) appeared on Friday's broadcast of CNN's The Situation Room to once again call out the Obama administration for not identifying "radical Islamic ideology" as the cause for recent terror attacks. |
"The first and most important step, and I talked to you about this last week when I was on your show, is we have to identify exactly who they are," Gabbard told host Wolf Blitzer. "Something happened today where Secretary Kerry made a statement which I think was very evident of the problem we're seeing. In a speech he ... |
"This is completely missing the point of this radical Islamic ideology that's fueling these people and mistakenly, a huge mistake, thinking that somehow, 'Okay, well look, if we give them $10,000 and give them a nice place to live that somehow they're not going to be engaged in this fighting,'" Gabbard also said. |
"Osama bin Laden is a perfect example, a millionaire who left and went and lived in the desert because of this radical ideology that was fueling his actions, his attack on the United States and these attacks we're seeing further now," she said. |
REP. TULSI GABBARD (D-HI): The first and most important step, and I talked to you about this last week when I was on your show, is we have to identify exactly who they are. Something happened today where Secretary Kerry made a statement which I think was very evident of the problem we're seeing. In a speech he talked a... |
This is completely missing the point of this radical Islamic ideology that's fueling these people and mistakenly, a huge mistake, thinking that somehow, 'Okay, well look, if we give them $10,000 and give them a nice place to live that somehow they're not going to be engaged in this fighting.' Osama bin Laden is a perfe... |
WOLF BLITZER, CNN: When you were with me here in The Situation Room with me last week you said you wanted the president of the United States to directly address this issue, I think, in your words, "Islamic terrorism." You wanted him to use those words which he's been reluctant to do. Have you heard from the White House... |
GABBARD: I haven't. It's really unfortunate and disturbing to me to see Secretary John Kerry doubling down on that refusal to use those words. And the words matter, it's not just empty words. Words matter because words are expression of understanding and feeling and intention. And if you refuse to understand this simpl... |
The 2014 Volkswagen Beetle ranking is based on its score within the 2014 Subcompact Cars category. Currently the Volkswagen Beetle has a score of 7.7 out of 10 which is based on our evaluation of 52 pieces of research and data elements using various sources. |
The Volkswagen Beetle has an upscale interior, peppy engine performance, and a comfortable ride. However, higher-than-average ownership costs pull this subcompact car toward the middle of its class. |
Is the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle a Good Used Car? |
The four-seat Volkswagen Beetle – available as a coupe or convertible – is a decent option if you’re shopping for a fun-to-drive subcompact car. It zips up to speed quickly, feels athletic around turns, and provides a smooth ride over rough pavement. Its cabin is posh and cozy, but its cargo space is slim. Overall, the... |
The Beetle is available with four different engines. Base models are equipped with either a 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine (2.5L trim) or a turbocharged 1.8-liter four-cylinder (1.8T trim). A five-speed manual transmission and front-wheel drive are standard; a six-speed automatic transmission is available. Both engines... |
With its turbodiesel four-cylinder, the Beetle TDI elevates fuel economy even further to 28/40 mpg city/highway. While this engine provides just 140 horsepower, its substantial torque gives the TDI plenty of muscle for getting up to speed. Lastly, the Beetle R-Line has a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 210 ho... |
The Beetle strikes a great balance between ride quality and handling. It’s smooth and comfortable over broken pavement, and even the sportier R-Line models soak up bumps with poise. The steering is nicely weighted and precise, and the Beetle feels stable through turns. |
The Volkswagen Beetle seats four, and the front seats are supportive and offer sufficient head- and legroom for taller drivers and passengers. The rear seats offer enough space for average-sized adults to sit comfortably on short trips. There are two full sets of LATCH connectors for securing child safety seats. The Be... |
The Beetle’s cabin may be retro-inspired, but it feels thoroughly modern inside and is fashioned with quality materials. All models have a CD player and Bluetooth as standard. Available features include a touch screen, a navigation system, satellite radio, and an excellent Fender sound system. The dashboard has a simpl... |
The price of a used 2014 Beetle coupe ranges from about $12,200 for a base model to around $19,000 for an R-Line model. Prices will vary depending on the vehicle's condition, mileage, features, and location. |
We’ve analyzed 52 VW Beetle reviews alongside hard data points like reliability scores and cost of ownership estimates to help you make the best car-buying decision possible. |
U.S. News & World Report has been ranking cars for a decade, and our team has more than 75 years of experience in the auto industry. While we’re passionate about cars, we’re even more committed to giving helpful consumer advice. To ensure our reviews remain impartial, we refuse gifts and trips from car companies, and t... |
How Reliable Is the 2014 Volkswagen Beetle? |
The Volkswagen Beetle has average reliability, earning a score of three out of five from J.D. Power. |
How Safe Is the Beetle? |
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Beetle a Good safety rating in four out of five areas tested, but only a Marginal rating for small overlap front crash safety. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave the Beetle a perfect five-star rating for overall and side impact safety, as well as ... |
Should I Consider Another Used Beetle? |
The Beetle was fully redesigned for the 2012 model year. In 2013, VW added new convertible and turbodiesel (TDI) variants to the lineup. Updates for 2014 included the addition of a new top-of-the-line GSR trim and a newly named R-Line trim (previously known as the Turbo). The most important change occurred halfway thro... |
Which Used Volkswagen Beetle Is Right for Me? |
Volkswagen offers the 2014 Beetle in five trim levels: 2.5L, 1.8T, R-Line, TDI, and GSR. The Beetle 2.5L and 1.8T base models have heated front seats, leatherette upholstery, air conditioning, cruise control, remote keyless entry, a CD player, AM/FM radio, and Bluetooth. An available Technology package (referred to as ... |
The Beetle R-Line adds sport seats, a stiffer suspension, and exterior cosmetic changes. Otherwise, it shares the same standard and optional features as base models. The Beetle TDI includes the Technology package as standard, while the Navigation package is optional. The Beetle GSR is a special edition coupe that has a... |
It's worth noting that the TDI engine is affected by Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal and will require modifications to meet EPA standards. Shoppers looking for used TDI models should be cautious, as these modifications may alter performance and fuel economy. |
Volkswagen provides a two-year/24,000-mile limited warranty on all of its certified pre-owned vehicles. Each CPO Volkswagen must pass a 160-point inspection. Additional benefits like towing and roadside assistance may be available, so read the Volkswagen warranty page carefully. |
Which Is Better: 2014 Volkswagen Beetle or 2014 Mini Cooper? |
The Mini Cooper and Beetle have a similar appeal. Both transplant 1960s style into the modern age and please with upscale interiors and zippy performance. The Mini has the edge for tech; it’s available with a more advanced infotainment system and better safety features like parking sensors and a rearview camera. The Be... |
Which Is Better: 2014 Volkswagen Beetle or 2014 Fiat 500? |
The Fiat 500 is yet another retro-inspired subcompact car. It offers go-kart-like handling that the Beetle can’t match, and used models are often far less expensive. That said, the tiny Fiat has major drawbacks, including severely cramped rear seats, a slim cargo space, cheap interior materials, and a below-average rel... |
The Linwood Community Library will show the anime movie “Princess Mononoke” from Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki at 3 p.m. Saturday. |
The movie will be shown after library hours with snacks and drinks provided and is for youth ages 13 and older. |
The public is invited to a special annual meeting at the Linwood Community Library. |
The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for the purpose of reviewing the previous year and the election of board officers. |
The Linwood Community Library will bring Prairie Park Nature Center to the library. |
The program will start at noon March 10 at the library. Live birds will be at the library for the Eagles of Kansas program. Meet the bald and golden eagles of Kansas and learn about the past and present status of these magnificent birds, their role as symbols in world cultures and their role in nature as apex predators... |
The Linwood Development Corporation will host a bingo night next weekend. |
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. March 10 at the Linwood Community Building. Game play will run from 6-9 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $10, and there will be prizes and concessions. |
What it’s like to lose to your AI master. Debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival last week was the documentary “AlphaGo," which follows the Google DeepMind research group’s quest to develop a system capable of mastering Go, a 2,500 year-old board game that contains more possible moves than the total number of atoms in t... |
Behind every effects-laden Marvel superhero blockbuster. The visual effects dominating the running time of summer blockbusters today are created primarily by companies headquartered in places like London and Vancouver. The New York Times’s Mallory Pickett reports that Hollywood can thank the guy responsible for ewoks f... |
Like the residents of Wallace, Idaho during the 1910 fires, your aim is to get a ticket to ride on the last train out of town. This escape room will provide participants with the chance to solve multiple Big Burn themed puzzles in order to locate a train ticket to “escape” the room. People will be allotted up to 30 min... |
Please note: We are extending the deadline for the general Call for Papers to Friday 27 January 2017! Please spread the word! |
This is a song for the genius child. |
Sing it softly, for the song is wild. |
Lest the song get out of hand. |
Nobody loves a genius child. |
I knew I had to achieve very quickly in order to beat the menacing development of my own body, to shine with undeniable brightness in my adolescent career, before giving it all up for the old-age home. I had to break in to the top six before puberty and curves and weight made it nearly impossible for me to fly through ... |
At what age should I enroll my child in music lessons, dance, or sport? At what point does the window to pursue virtuosic excellence close? A race against time, these decisions to begin training in such disciplines often must be made before a child is old enough to understand the ramifications of such a disciplined pra... |
At what point is the virtuosic body exhausted? Individually, it can occur at different moments during the training process, but what about as a collective? At some point, the record for the 100-metre dash will no longer be broken, the quadruple jump is likely the most revolutions that can be performed in figure skating... |
In the light of the recent doping scandal from the Sochi Olympics, the virtuosic body, like the earth in the epoch of the Anthropocene, seems to be in a state of crisis. This panel seeks paper submissions on the topic of the systematic breakdown of the virtuosic body in performance studies, dance studies, sports, music... |
With the goal of stimulating discussion across disciplines this panel seeks to examine this crisis of the virtuosic body across a variety of disciplines. |
This curated panel will include three to four paper presentations and will be followed by a question and discussion session moderated by Seika Boye. |
– Proposals are due by 17 February 2017. |
– Decisions will be communicated by the session’s conveners. |
– Presentations are limited to 20 minutes; time for questions will be included following all presentations. |
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