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They then calculated varying periods of air quality exposure for the average daily concentrations at the patient's home during the four stages of IVF and at the IVF clinic during fertilisation and embryo transfer.
Dr Liao added: "Since IVF is a well controlled and highly timed process, we have a much better handle on the assessment of the time of exposures to elevated air pollutants in relationship to fertilisation, pregnancy, and delivery.
"Therefore, the IVF population coupled with detailed assessment of air pollution exposures may provide us an ideal situation to investigate the potential health effects of air quality on human reproduction."
The study is published in the journal Human Reproduction.
A man has been arrested for stealing items from local storage units and stashing them in his own storage units and home, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man has been arrested for stealing items from local storage units and stashing them in his own storage units and home, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators searched the home of 38-year-old William Geoffrey Hopkins on Sept. 11 and found evidence of burglaries at the U-Haul facility on Beal Parkway and Personal Storage on Industrial Park Road in Destin, the Sheriff�s Office reported.
Hopkins� storage units at the U-Haul and Outback Storage Facility in Fort Walton Beach also contained stolen items.
Investigators believe Hopkins used a bolt cutter to cut off padlocks and then replaced the broken locks.
People with storage units at those facilities should check their belongings, the Sheriff's Office urges.
Hopkins was charged with resisting arrest without violence, three counts of grand theft, theft, dealing in stolen property, five counts of burglary of an unoccupied structure unarmed, and two counts of larceny.
Samsung has introduced a 160GB-capacity 1.8inch hard drive that can be used in portable devices, including iPods.
Samsung's new Spinpoint N2 160GB drive runs at 4,200rpm. 160GB is sufficient for 40,000 MP3 files or 100 HD quality movies.
The company expects the new drives to see use in the video camcorder, MP3 and PMP markets. Apple already deploys 1.8-inch drives inside its existing iPods.
"The 1.8-inch HDD market will grow at a tremendous pace with annual sales expected to increase up to 65% by 2010 as consumers demand smaller, more compact technology devices," says Andrew Higginbotham, Samsung's director of hard drive sales and marketing.
The company says it will continue to develop new storage technology for the mobile consumer and entertainment markets.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education will spend SR32bn ($8.5bn) on constructing 4,000 new schools in the kingdom as part of its plan to overhaul the Gulf state’s education system, it was reported on Sunday.
A total of 600 new schools have been built and 1,200 have been renovated so far this year, a Ministry of Education spokesperson told Saudi daily Arab News.
“We have already completed 600 new school buildings this year at a cost of SR9bn,” said Muhammad Al Dakhini, spokesman of the ministry.
The kingdom has allocated a budget for appointing 7,700 new teachers this fiscal year, he added. “We are now in the process of appointing 8,000 women teachers in various schools, in coordination with the Ministry of Civil Affairs,” he said.
Saudi Arabia, concerned that the wave of protests across the Arab world may spread to the Gulf state, has announced two social spending packages amid protests calling for more job opportunities and democracy.
The package, which was announced in March, included plans to spend $67bn on housing, and followed a $36bn handout announced on February 23.
Six years ago King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz launched an overhaul of state schools and universities in the kingdom. The efforts are part of a draft of reforms aimed at diversifying the economy away from oil and easing the influence of religious clerics in schools.
Authorities in the kingdom have allocated SR150bn for education and plan to create 52,000 new jobs for Saudis, said Arab News.
The Saudi Gazette newspaper on Sunday said 33,000 schools would be offering preparatory programmes for five million aimed at preparing students for their studies.
Rick Ross was hospitalized after someone in his home reported him unconscious. He is reportedly on respiration, possibly for pneumonia.
UPDATE: Rick Ross returned to his South Florida home early Monday after a four-day hospitalization, TMZ reported, adding that the rapper continues to receive treatment at his residence.
Rick Ross was hospitalized early Thursday morning and is now connected to machines to help him breath and to assist his heart in functioning, according to TMZ. He is in the cardiac unit, which suggests that he suffered a heart attack. The site says he’s hooked to a form of life support that oxygenates his blood from the outside before being put back into his body.
He was hospitalized after someone in his Miami-area home called 911 to report that he was breathing heavy and unresponsive at around 3:30 a.m., according to TMZ. The caller reportedly said that Ross had a history of seizures and that he or she had attempted to wake Ross but that he was “slobbing out the mouth.” The authorities told the site that when he came to, he was belligerent.
An ambulance subsequently took the rapper to a hospital where he is receiving respiratory treatment, which TMZ suggests could be for pneumonia. A family member, however, denied the report, telling the site that Ross had not been hospitalized.
Reps for Rick Ross did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s requests for comment.
In 2011, Ross lost consciousness and suffered a seizure on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis. The plane had to make an emergency landing to save him. He also suffered a seizure on another flight around that time. A couple of weeks later, he said that the cause of the seizers was exhaustion. “I would get two hours of sleep and keep moving,” he said at the time. “That has to stop.” At the time, he said that doctors tested him for a battery of illnesses, including cancer, diabetes and HIV and gave him a clean bill of health.
TMZ reports that Ross subsequently shed 100 pounds as he changed his diet and habits, as a result of the scares.
The trailer you never thought you needed has arrived on this lazy Friday of Memorial Day Weekend. Does it matter that it is a trailer for a movie that came out 15 years ago? No, the answer is that it does not matter.
That’s right, ‘The Fast and the Furious’ is returning to theaters to celebrate (get ready to feel old) … its 15th anniversary! Just in case you want to feel older, this was the first of the now soon to be eight editions of these films. They continue to put people in the seats and rake in the cash, so why not bring back arguably the best of the eight films to celebrate this ridiculously long franchise.
'The Fast and the Furious' franchise will be getting back to its roots this Memorial Day Weekend by re-releasing its original film in theaters.
Full disclosure, I have only seen the first two of these films and the second, ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’, is by far the best in my humble opinion. Despite no appearance from Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris come in to pick up the slack and absolutely knock it out of the park. And also Eva Mendes is in it and I’m not sure why you are still reading this and not putting that movie on right now.
But the original is still the bee’s knees, and if you have yet to see it, there isn’t a better place to see it than in a movie theater. It’s set to hit theaters in a limited nationwide the same day it was released in 2001, June 22. So slam on those Nos buttons and rip it as fast as you can to a theater near you (don’t do this you’ll get pulled over for speeding).
Jhabrera (Uttarakhand), Apr 02 (ANI): Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh addressed a public rally in Uttarakhand's Jhabrera. While addressing the gathering, Singh hit at opposition and said, "Our opposition may say our Prime Minister Narendra Modi have not done anything.
Or, he has not done the required work. Oppositions can debate on how much work has done but they cannot deny the truth that in these 5 years, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not done any corruption.
Same was our leader Atal Bihar Vajpayee. Congress was saying 'Chowkidar chor hai' and they do not know prime ministers or presidents are not people but are organisations.
These kinds of things bring dictatorship."
Gilani says Afghanistan and Pakistan have to enhance coordination in the fight against terrorism.
KABUL: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Saturday, said the war against terrorism cannot be won without Pakistan’s support and that Afghanistan and Pakistan have to enhance coordination in the fight against terrorism.
Gilani reached Kabul on a two day visit to Afghanistan Saturday morning and held a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Addressing a joint press conference after the meeting, Gilani said that Pakistan has paid a heavy price in the war against terrorism but is nonetheless determined to help Afghanistan to establish peace in the region.
Meanwhile, Karzia said Pakistan has been a gracious host for the Afghan refugees. He expressed hopes of Pakistan’s cooperation with Afghanistan to achieve a better future.
Political, military leadership worried about Obama's Afghan end game, fearing it may be an abrupt pullout.
@Ashutosh: When and who said that War-on-terror is against Pakistan:S…what kind of statement have you made my friend? please make some sense out of it….War-on-terror is not against even Afghanistan. It is against those turbulent forces who are causing terror across the region.
I don’t seem to understand what is being fed into the minds of young Indians by Indian media. Do you all think that if some in-spotlight terrorists have happened to reside in Pakistan then it means those are provided asylum by Pakistani State….:S what kind of non-sense is that?….
First of all, there no extra amount of extremists/terrorists in Pakistan which are not there in other countries, and if we see from the proportion of population, there would be more extremists in India than in Pakistan, would that make Indian state an official safe heaven for breeding of terrorist.?? No!….
Terrorists don’t belong to any country, they just exist for the fulfillment of their agendas, that’s it. Moreover ‘Extremists’ have a share of population in every country, and they create problems for the prosperity of that country from time to time, in some cases they happen to convert into ‘terrorist’ too, if they are not controlled in limits.
Pakistan’s problem has been that, it has not been able to control the extremists very well for some years and they have become a bed-sore for its own. But most of the terrorists which are active in Pakistan have their strong bondages with the global terror organizations and they are being funded for a variety of agendas. They are acting as proxies of different big players around the globe, who don’t want to see Pakistan as a strong, developed and prosperous country.
Before saying anything like “Pakistan is Breeding terrorists” or “Pakistan is a terrorist country”, please take a while to use your heads and try to ask yourself, why would a country with an over 17 million population would choose to be a full-blown terrorist country? And which other country around the globe can be correctly classified as a ‘terrorist-country’.
Very interesting question? Who this war is against? Well, what do you think?
But even before anyone should think anything let me invite everyone to find the answer to the question ” WHO IS THE INVADER”?
Where they invaded? “Iraq and Afghanistan”.
On what pretext in Iraq?” Weapons of Mass Destructin” . US Govt. and Intelligence agencies aceppted that They were wrong . There were none. It was a Planned invasion on fabricated facts.
Before that, came the invasion of Afghanistan. On What pretext? 9/11!!!!
It can be equally false . But they invaded a whole nation for one person. Again a false premesis.
In all this where Pakistan came into picture? Problem is that You Indians have your own screwed up logic which is not based on facts but bias against Pakistan.
It is obvious from all this Theater of Invasion after invasions, that the Invaders who should have been condemned as Terrorists, are now looking for a scapegoat to put the burden of their own failure on Pakistan.
Pl clean up the sources first and then you will be surprised first at the sources that lay in your west rather than east. Cant wait for your repayment with love your sources.
Have you fixed your own house? I don’t see it fixed. I can see increasing terrorism by naxalites within and opening a Red Corridor. when you are going to fix that ? I don’t see you have cleaned up the sources yet. when you are going to do that?
I had not mentioned Kashmir but since you have mentioned so you answer that too. I will pass it for now.
Now what kind of a screwed up logic is this that ? Quote ” Nobody, nobody denies the most idiotic war in Iraq and Afganistan, The comments are about terrorist attacks in Pakistan and India. By the way what has India to do with the Afghan and Iraq wars”.
If Afghan war is Idiotic then Invaders and Occupiers are TERRORIST? Do you Agree? Beacuse illegal occupation is State Terrorism. Do your Logic understand that simple thing? If not Debate is over. Because then I will send you to read UN charter which supports my position and By the way on which Your country also signed.
Having identified the real terrorists, now we can understand better what is happening in Pakistan and India. Nothing was happening before 2001 precisely. Therefore it has to do something with this invasion and act of terrorism. Afghanistan and Pakistan are the direct victims. Can not India be indirect victim? Can it be a possibility?
African pride: Coddett encourages Kwanzaa Crawl participants to dress as “black as they feel.” This team leader donned a Kente cloth dress.
Dance: It’s a Kwanzaa extravaganza!
It’s black for the third time!
The business boosting Kwanzaa Crawl will return for its third year on Dec. 26, sending thousands of bar hoppers to 25 black-owned bars and restaurants scattered from Park Slope to Bedford-Stuyvesant. The day-long event, which also happens in Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood, is the brainchild of two Caribbean-American sisters who wanted to focus on black economic power on the first day of the pan-African holiday.
In a year when a white manager called the cops on two black men sitting inside a Starbucks, and Flatbush nail salon employees attacked two black customers, it is more important than ever for the black community to prioritize black businesses, said the event’s co-founder.
The bar crawl also puts a positive focus on spots that are often the subject of negative stereotypes, she said.
Every year the crawl’s popularity continues to grow, and ticket sales this year have already surpassed the 2,800 who joined the Kwanzaa Crawl last year, according to Coddett’s sister and co-founder, Krystal Stark.
“This year we are expecting 4,000 people, and we’ve exceeded sales from last year with 2,900 tickets already sold,” said Stark.
Most of the locations from the last two crawls have joined in again, along with several new additions, including Negril BK, Nzuri Lounge, and the Slope Lounge, among others.
Local businesses have been especially thrilled with the results of having a giant crowd coming out on the day after Christmas, traditionally a slow time, said Coddett.
“We had one owner in particular who hadn’t even been open for a year and was a first time restaurant owner when she participated, and she welled up in tears saying that we helped saved her business,” she said.
The siblings said hearing that type of testimony is not only rewarding, but a clear example of the positive effect the crawl has throughout the year, by exposing the businesses to new people, said Stark.
In Brooklyn, participants will gather at an early- or late-afternooon meeting location, where they will be divided into teams. Each group will set out on a different route to visit at least four bars, many of which offer drink and food specials.
This year the sisters will also add social media awards for best outfit, dopest venue, best disc jockey, and other categories, judged from the hashtag #KwanzaaCrawl2018.
Coddett said that the Crawl is a great event that people should join, whether they celebrate Kwanzaa or not.
“Kwanzaa Crawl” Brooklyn meet-up at Boys and Girls High School (1700 Fulton St. between Schenectady and Utica avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, www.kwanzaacrawl.com). Dec. 26; 12:30–2 pm. $35.
And at Kings Beer Hall (84 St Marks Pl. between Fourth and Fifth avenues in Park Slope). 4:30–8 pm.
Kwanzaa muthafukah, do you speak it?!
The creator of Kwangaa, Mr. Karenga, was convicted of, and served time for, torturing WOMEN. Look it up on Wikipedia. Karenga should not be celebrated, but vilified. Kwanzaa parties, in public schools and public places, should be banned, and the truth about Kwanzaa should be taught in public schools. Aren't we against legitimizing the torture of women??
Used for food, milk, clothing, testing or being abused for someone’s "entertainment," this is the sad and awful fate for billions of animals in this country today. From the dog chained outside on a freeing cold day, to the animal being skinned alive for a fur coat, none of them deserve to be treated with cruelty and none of them deserve to suffer for our pleasure or convenience.
Hidden behind well worded smoke screens, many companies hide the bloody truth from consumers because they know that the reality would mean an end to their business. And we have that power. We can choose to buy clothes without fur or leather. We can pick up cosmetics that are not tested on animals, or walk by the entrance to the zoo instead of going in. These actions, although they may seem small, affect companies where it hurts them the most – their pocket. If we choose not to buy a product, they will stop producing it. It really is that simple. But is it enough?
PETA has launched the ‘Never Be Silent’ video campaign, urging us to speak up for animals since they cannot do it themselves. They use the example of your neighbor talking about the circus as an opportunity to talk to them about the mishandling of animals in the name of entertainment. Or perhaps when asked out on a dinner date, making sure that the host knows that you would prefer going to a certain restaurant as it serves vegetarian or vegan food. No one is asking that you get up on soap box (unless you really want to), but unless we tell them, how can they ever know? Use your voice, your social network, and your personal choices to speak for the animals, and let people know what’s going on.
What do you think of the campaign? Let us know on Facebook.
Michigan Bev was born and raised in England but currently resides in Michigan. She's been a vegetarian since she was 14 years old, and became more interested in veganism several years ago after studying Agro-business as part of an Ecology degree. Bev has a gorgeous daughter in second grade who has been a vegetarian her whole life (lucky girl).
When I hear wireless headphones and iPod, I automatically think Bluetooth. Elecom has unveiled a new set of wireless headphones for the iPod shuffle that are in fact wireless, but are not at all what you probably expect.
The headphones aren’t Bluetooth enabled and don’t use any other wireless tech. The shuffle itself connects to the earpiece of the headphones making them more like a speaker dock for your head than typical headphones. The side of the headphones have a 3.5mm headphone plug that you connect to the shuffle and then you wear the thing on the side of your head.
I will say that the look of the headphones with the iPod hanging on your ear is very weird. The real name of the headphones is Actrail and they are behind the neck headphones. These are good for folks that don’t want to mess up their hair. The Actrail headphones sell for about $50 per pair and come in pink and white over in Japan.
Chase a rainbow this coming rainy season -- and don't forget this Saturday's colorful lunar eclipse.
For half a year now, rainbows have been conspicuously absent from San Diego skies. This will surely change within a few weeks as we encounter the first of several winter storms spinning out of the Pacific Ocean. Rainbows thrive on two necessary ingredients: rain and sunshine. Therefore, you can expect to see -- or even seek out, if you're willing to travel around a bit -- a rainbow wherever sunlight is shining on raindrops.
Rainbows seem magical, yet their true nature has been recognized since the 17th Century. In a treatise published in the year 1637, René Descartes elucidated the optical mechanism by which sunlight can refract and internally reflect through a spherical water droplet so as to emerge in different directions. One internal reflection results in light that exits, for the most part, at about 42 degrees from the antisolar point (the direction opposite the sun). Two internal reflections result in light that concentrates at an angle of about 51 degrees from the antisolar point, creating a fainter, secondary bow outside the curve of the 42-degree primary bow.
Dispersion -- a separation of colors -- always occurs when white light is refracted. Sunlight passing through a rain droplet separates into narrow bands of color -- violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Within each color band, we're seeing light rays of a particular color following symmetrical paths through many rain droplets. Asymmetric light rays through rain droplets result in a diffuse, white glow that makes the area of the sky inside the curve of the primary bow appear brighter than the area just outside it.
Each rainbow is unique to you, the observer, because you see a unique set of raindrops sending particular colors of sunlight your way. With a little forethought and the ability to move around, it is possible to purposefully "create" your own rainbow in the sky. To chase and catch a rainbow, place yourself between the sun, in one part of the sky, and clouds shedding rain in the opposite part of the sky.

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