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Monthly Archives: February 2019

Musical Virtuoso Previn Dies at 89 

Musical virtuoso Andre Previn, who mastered almost every type of genre, died Thursday at 89. 

 

His manager gave no cause of death in making her announcement. 

 

The Berlin-born Previn was a child prodigy, but his family fled Hitler’s Germany when he was 9 years old. 

 

They eventually settled in Hollywood, where Previn launched his career orchestrating scores for films. His work can be heard gracing the soundtracks of such musicals as My Fair Lady, Porgy and Bess, and Gigi. 

 

While working in Hollywood, Previn became enamored with jazz, but may be best remembered as a classical composer and conductor, serving as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He also led the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Houston and Pittsburgh symphonies.  

 

Throughout his career, Previn won four Oscars and 10 Grammys. 

 

Previn was married five times, including to actress Mia Farrow, with whom he adopted three children.  

 

One of them, a Korean orphan named Soon-Yi, created a scandal when she married Farrow’s then-boyfriend, film director Woody Allen. 

 

Previn once said he would like to drive over Allen with a steamroller. 
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У Києві презентували книгу про репресованих міністрів Української революції 1917–1920 років

Із виданням незабаром можна буде ознайомитись безкоштовно на оновленому сайті Інституту національної пам’яті
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«Укрзалізниця» включила до поїзда «Чотири столиці» 2 плацкартні вагони

«Укрзалізниця» повідомила, що з 2 березня в складі поїзда «Чотири столиці» № 31/32 Київ – Рига курсуватимуть два плацкартні вагони, вартість проїзду в яких буде значно нижчою, ніж у купейних.

«Загалом у складі поїзда буде 5 купейних вагонів, 2 плацкартні та один СВ. Вартість квитка в плацкартному вагоні з урахуванням комплекту постільної білизни станом на 28 лютого 2019 року на поїзд № 31 становить у сполученні Київ – Рига – 1415,55 гривні, Київ – Вільнюс – 1065,50 гривень, Київ – Мінськ – 805,20 гривень. Для порівняння: вартість проїзду в купейному вагоні в сполученні Київ – Рига становить 2164 гривні, а у вагоні СВ – 4283», – йдеться в повідомленні на сайті залізничного перевізника.

В «Укрзалізниці» пояснили, що тарифи на перевезення пасажирів залізницею у міжнародному сполученні встановлює кожна з держав по своїй території.

Поїзд «Чотири столиці» курсує з 28 вересня 2018 року.

За даними «Укрзалізниці»,  найбільше пасажирів цим поїздом прямує до Латвії і Литви, менше – до Білорусі.
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Українців, які не змогли вилетіти з Делі, розмістили в готелях – консули

Консульська служба МЗС України повідомляє, що громадяни України, які не змогли сьогодні вилетіти з індійської столиці Делі наразі розміщені в готелях.

«Виліт заплановано на 01.03.2019», – йдеться в повідомленні консулів на сторінці у Twitter.

Раніше консульська служба повідомила, що посол і консул України в Індії працюють над вирішенням ситуації щодо відправки українських громадян на батьківщину.

У соцмережах українці, які не змогли вилетіти з аеропорту Делі, писали, що компанія Air Astana, квитки якої вони мали, скасувала усі рейси, і попросили допомоги. У Air Astana пізніше заявили, що пасажирам скасованих рейсів запропонували харчування в аеропорту. Через форс-мажорні обставини і відсутність вільних готелів надати місце тимчасового проживання пасажирам є неможливо, вказали в компанії.

Дипломати рекомендували українцям врахувати, що з 27 лютого Індія тимчасово закрила повітряний простір для пасажирських та комерційних перевезень над штатами Джамму і Кашмір, Хімачал Прадеш, Панджаб та Уттаракханд. Також через загострення безпекової ситуації на території Пакистану МЗС порадило громадянам України утриматися від відвідин території Азад Кашмір, провінцій Пенджаб та Хайбер-Пахтунхва.
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Lady Gaga: Bradley Cooper Duet Was Acting, Not Love

It was acting, not love, when Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper sang a duet Sunday at the 91st Academy Awards.

 

Gaga discussed the emotional performance of “Shallow” from their film “A Star Is Born” during an appearance Wednesday on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live .” The duet led online posters to say the stars are in love.

 

The artist rolled her eyes and called social media “the toilet of the internet,” saying it has hurt pop culture.

 

Gaga said, “Yes, people saw love and guess what, that’s what we wanted you to see.”

 

Gaga says it was a love song in a love story and they had “worked all week on that performance.”

 

She said, “I guess we did a good job. Fooled ya!”

 

Gaga brought her Oscar for “Shallow” to the show.

 

 
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Swiss Study Shows Language Learning During Sleep

A new study suggests you can learn language while you sleep.

Researchers from Switzerland’s University of Bern say they discovered people were able to learn new language words during deep levels of sleep. Results of the study that recently appeared in the publication Current Biology and other studies suggest the same findings.

The research group was led by Katharina Henke, a professor at the University of Bern and founder of the school’s Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory. The group carried out experiments on a group of young German-speaking men and women.

During normal sleep, human brain cells are alternately active and inactive. The Swiss experiments centered on periods of slow-wave peaks or deep sleep called “up-states,” which the researchers say are the best moments for sleep learning.  

Researchers observed individuals in a controlled environment and recorded brain activity as pairs of words were played for the study subjects. One word in the pair was a real German word. The other was a made-up foreign word.

Each word pair was played four times with the order changed each time. The goal was to create a lasting memory link between the false word and the German word that individuals could identify when awake.  

When the subject woke, they were presented with the false language words – both by sight and sound. They were tested on the false words played during sleep.             

During this part of the experiment, some subjects had their brain activity recorded by magnetic imaging technology to measure brain activity when subjects were answering questions.

Results of the study found that a majority of subjects gave more correct answers about the sleep-learned words than would be expected if they had only guessed. Researchers said memory was best for word pairs presented during slow-wave peaks during sleep.

The researchers say more study is needed to support their findings. However, the experiments provide new evidence that memories can be formed and vocabulary learning can take place in both conscious and unconscious states.

 
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Ice Castles Turn US Farmland Into Winter Wonderland

On a clear, frigid night in a courtyard made of walls of ice, Bruce McCafferty and his young son stand mesmerized, bathed in the pulsating rainbow light emanating from a series of stout ice formations.

McCafferty and his son Dougie have come out to Ice Castles in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, a collection of ice tunnels, caverns and a 97-foot (30-meter) ice slide that cover an acre (half a hectare) of farmland that some have said are like something out of the movie “Frozen.”

The winter wonderland, one of six in North America, is built from scratch when the cold conditions allow the ice to sprout from the barren ground.

Other parks are located in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; Excelsior, Minnesota; Dillon, Colorado; Midway, Utah; and Edmonton, Alberta. This year, the attractions will stand until early March in most locations.

At the center of the New Hampshire attraction stand six ice structures that are nearly four feet tall (more than a meter tall) and are lit from within by colored lights.

“It’s quite magical isn’t it?” McCafferty said. “It’s an amazing creation. I’d really like to know how they actually built it.”

The attraction starts small in December, when the site’s lead builder Matt Pasciuto and his team set up icicle farms: metal racks that are sprayed with water to allow icicles to grow on them overnight. The icicles are then harvested by “ice artists,” who place them around more than 70 sprinklers.

“Once we turn the sprinklers on, the water starts freezing to those icicles, making them grow together, bigger and bigger and thicker and thicker,” Pasciuto said. “We grow the castle about two to three feet [a half-meter to one meter] at a time.”

Within a few weeks, the icicles have managed to cover the entire park, and some reach heights of 20 feet (six meters).

On a recent sunny day, the massive ice walls shined with a glacial blue hue. After the sun went down, the castles seemed to burst with colors thanks to LED lights embedded in the ice. The astonishing visuals are complemented by a synchronized fantasy soundtrack playing throughout the venue.

The attraction, which moved to this year from neighboring Lincoln, draws tens of thousands of visitors each season.

“When the movie `Frozen’ came out, that was a huge boost because now everyone says, ‘Oh, we get to see an actual ice castle,'” Pasciuto said.

Three years ago, Adam Schellinger started bringing his girlfriend on annual dates to the Ice Castles in New Hampshire, a three-hour drive from their hometown of Brooklyn, Connecticut. On last year’s visit, Schellinger got down on one knee and popped the question. The crowd immediately began cheering. The couple was married in September.

“When I proposed, it was blue, and then it went to purple,” recalled Schellinger, who returned for a visit with his wife Ashley a couple weeks ago. “It was just awesome — a great backdrop for sure.”

After a mild start to the winter, the weather in New Hampshire this year has mostly cooperated with only a few days with above-freezing temperatures. But that isn’t always the case, according to Melissa Smuzynski, public relations director for Ice Castles. She said some locations occasionally have had to cut their seasons short due to warmer winters but that “we haven’t noticed a long-term pattern over the years of our seasons becoming shorter.”

But Pascuito says he dreads the warmer days.

“The last couple of years we’ve had some really bad warm spells in February where it gets to 60 degrees [Fahrenheit, 15 degrees Celsius]. This is New Hampshire — that shouldn’t happen,” he said. “We love the cold. We want a nice long winter.”
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Popular Fur-Trimmed Parkas a Boon for Trappers, Not for Coyotes

Those fur-trimmed parkas so common on city sidewalks have become a boon to backwoods trappers.

Coyote fur pelts are in big demand to provide the lush, silvery or tawny-tinged arcs of fur on the hoods on Canada Goose coats and their many global imitators. A good western coyote, prized for its silky, light-colored fur, can fetch more than $100. The top price at a recent Colorado auction hit $170, a 40 percent increase from four years ago.

“Coyotes are hot,” said John Hughes, a longtime buyer at J and M Furs in Roundup, Montana, “and it’s all due to the trim trade.”

Fur market

Late fall and early winter are the prime trapping time, when coyote coats are at their fullest, but a lot of the selling happens in late winter. Fur is sold at big auction houses in Canada, by individual fur buyers across North America and at local auctions near where the animals roam. At one such auction in a VFW hall in the upstate New York town of Herkimer, tables were piled high with the furs of hundreds of muskrats, beavers, fishers, mink, red fox, gray fox, otters, bobcats and coyotes.

“They like the white-belly coyotes, something like this, the whiter belly,” said John Rutherford, a trapper and hunter, showing a lush, long-haired coyotes.

Fur experts say the uptick in coyote demand began with Canada Goose parkas, with their distinctive Arctic Circle patch, a brand that went big in 2013 when model Kate Upton famously wore one over her bikini on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit Issue. Over the years, more celebrities and their fashion-conscious followers began donning the parkas, which now can retail for more than $1,000 each.

“Canada Goose is always the name that people relate to, but there are so many other brands that make similar coats,” said Mark Downey, CEO of Fur Harvesters Auction Inc. of North Bay, Ontario. “Basically, it’s just a coyote trim ruff that goes around the hood of all those kinds of coats.”

Downey suspects the bull market for coyote will continue. North American Fur Auctions was similarly optimistic in a November web posting, saying the trim business continues to be in full fashion with Canada Goose being the major taker.

Toronto-based Canada Goose did not respond to requests for comment.

Trappers face competition

The hot market for coyotes comes as trappers deal with recent economic slumps in China and Russia, competition from ranched fur and the intense ire of animal welfare activists, who consider the popular steel leg-hold traps particularly cruel.

Coyote trappers see themselves as sportsmen helping control populations of a ubiquitous animal often considered a nuisance. Coyotes have been spotted from the streets of Los Angeles to Manhattan’s Central Park. Farmers view them as chicken poachers, and suburban residents see them as threats to their pets.

To trappers, coyotes are one of the few money-making animals, along with bobcats and a few others.

“It is the one bright spot in most of the country,” said Dave Linkhart, of the National Trappers Association.

Hughes will pay trappers an average of $75 to $105 and as much as $120 for a western coyote. He sells to operations that create trim strips, which sells to garment makers.

“The coyotes that we have here in Montana are probably the best coyotes in the world for trim,” Hughes said. “They’re heavy, so the hair stands up for the trim, and they’re pale.”

Western coyotes scarce

He handles an average of 10,000 coyotes annually, though the numbers are down for western coyotes this year. Some blame early-season snow in Canada and the western United States, which made it harder for trappers to get out. Others believe there are simply fewer western coyotes this winter.

Either way, Downey said, “there’s not enough western coyotes to go around,” increasing demand on eastern coyotes, which tend to have coarser fur.

At the Herkimer auction, eastern coyotes tended to sell for $19 to $46. Rutherford made more than $200 for seven coyote furs.

“Coyotes are going to move,” he said. “Good-quality coyotes are going to sell. “
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Sculptures Add to the Attraction of Outdoor Ice Rink

Water turns to ice when it gets cold enough, and that physical state change turns a splashing summertime fountain in front of one of Washington’s museums into a smooth surface for skaters. Valdya Baraputri takes us to the Sculpture Garden Ice Rink.
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Рада сьогодні почне розглядати поправки до мовного закону

Верховна Рада України сьогодні планує почати розгляд поправок до законопроекту «Про забезпечення функціонування української мови як державної». Про це повідомляється у порядку денному сесії.

Законопроект передбачає створення Національної комісії зі стандартів державної мови та запровадження посади уповноваженого із захисту державної мови.

Наразі законодавчий акт стоїть 15 питанням порядку денного, тому, орієнтовно, його почнуть розглядати під час вечірнього  засідання.

У першому читанні Верховна Рада ухвалила законопроект у жовтні 2018 року.

28 лютого 2018 року Конституційний суд України визнав закон «Про засади державної мовної політики» (так званий закон «Колесніченка-Ківалова») неконституційним через порушення Верховною Радою процедури його розгляду та ухвалення.

Це рішення оголосили обов’язковим, остаточним і таким, що не може бути оскаржене. Відтоді і донині в Україні не було чинного закону про державну мову.

 

 

 

ТАКОЖ НА ТЕМУ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОВИ:

Мова на часі: парадокси поточного моменту

Для Кремля російська мова як автомат Калашникова 

Мовне питання у контексті війни України з Росією: Путін не втрачає надії

Українська мова завойовує серця і розум відомих спортсменів
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Європейська мовна спілка прокоментувала відмову України від участі в «Євробаченні»

Організатори «Євробачення», Європейська мовна спілка прокоментувала рішення про відмову України від участі у цьогорічному пісенному конкурсі, який приймає Тель-Авів.

«З сумом можемо підтвердити, що українська телерадіокомпанія UA:Перший поінформувала нас, що після обговорень вони прийняли важке рішення вийти з пісенного конкурсу Євробачення 2019. Будуть продовжені дискусії між Спілкою і UA:Перший з цього приводу, але ми сподіваємося побачити їх знову в 2020 році», – мовиться у повідомленні.

Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія і переможниця нацвідбору Maruv відмовилися підписувати контракт про участь на «Євробаченні». На адресу співачки лунала критика через те, що раніше вона їздила виступати до Росії і також має заплановані концерти там у майбутньому.

Після цього НСТУ почала переговори з іншими учасниками відбору. Freedom Jazz та Kazka відмовилися представляти Україну на конкурсі.

28 лютого у НСТУ заявили, що відмовляються від участі в Міжнародному пісенному конкурсі «Євробачення-2019».
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How ‘Completely Avoidable’ Measles Cases Continue to Climb

The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017, and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine, federal health officials told Congress Wednesday.

Yet the vaccine is hugely effective and very safe — so the rise of measles cases “is really unacceptable,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious disease chief at the National Institutes of Health.

The disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, which means it was not being spread domestically. But cases have been rising in recent years, and 2019 is shaping up to be a bad one.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing bemoaned what’s called “vaccine hesitancy,” meaning when people refuse or delay vaccinations.

“These outbreaks are tragic since they’re completely avoidable,” said Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky.

“This is a public health problem for which science has already provided a solution,” agreed Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J.

WATCH: Measles on the Rise Around the World

 

Here are some questions and answers about measles:

Q: How dangerous is measles?

A: Measles typically begins with a high fever, and several days later a characteristic rash appears on the face and then spreads over the body. Among serious complications, 1 in 20 patients get pneumonia, and 1 in 1,000 get brain swelling that can lead to seizures, deafness or intellectual disability.

While it’s rare in the U.S., 1 or 2 of every 1,000 children who get measles dies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Q: How does it spread?

A: By coughing or sneezing, and someone can spread the virus for four days before the telltale rash appears, Fauci warned.

The virus can live for up to two hours in the air or on nearby surfaces. Nine of 10 unvaccinated people who come into contact with someone with measles will catch it. Fauci called it “one of the most contagious viruses known to man.”

Q: How widespread is measles?

A: In the U.S., the CDC has confirmed 159 cases so far this year in 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. That compares to 372 cases last year, and 120 in 2017.

But measles is far more common around the world. The World Health Organization said measles claimed 110,000 lives in 2017. The WHO says there’s been a 30 percent increase in measles cases in recent years. Unvaccinated Americans traveling abroad, or foreign visitors here, can easily bring in the virus.

For example, a huge outbreak in Madagascar has caused more than 68,000 illnesses and 900 deaths since September. But you don’t need to go as far as Madagascar, common tourist destinations like England, France, Italy and Greece had measles outbreaks last year, noted CDC’s Dr. Nancy Messonnier. Nearly 83,000 people contracted measles in Europe in 2018, the highest number in a decade.

Q: How many U.S. children are vulnerable?

A: Overall about 92 percent of U.S. children have gotten the combination vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, known as the MMR vaccine. Two shots are required, one around the first birthday and a second between age 4 and 6. Full vaccination is 97 percent effective at preventing measles.

But the CDC says 1 child in 12 doesn’t receive the first dose on time, and in some places vaccination rates are far lower than the national average. For example, an outbreak in Washington state is linked to a community where only about 80 percent of children were properly vaccinated.

Q: Is the vaccine safe?

A: Yes, said Fauci and Messonnier, who point to decades of use by millions of children each year — and who made sure their own children were vaccinated.

In the late 1990s, one study linked MMR vaccine to autism but that study was found to be a fraud, and Fauci said later research found no risk of autism from the vaccine.

Still, misinformation about MMR safety is widespread. Fauci said the solution isn’t to criticize people who have no way to know what’s false. Instead, “we need to education them to show them what the evidence is.”

Q: Why isn’t everyone vaccinated?

A: Some people can’t be immunized for medical reasons, including infants and people with weak immune systems, and most states allow religious exemptions. But while vaccination against a list of contagious diseases is required to attend school, 17 states allow some type of non-medical exemption for “personal, moral or other beliefs,” according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

In Washington state, lawmakers are debating ending that personal or philosophical exemption, as are several other states. California ended a similar exemption in 2015 after a measles outbreak at Disneyland sickened 147 people and spread across the U.S. and into Canada.
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Congo Ebola Center Set on Fire After Armed Attack

Armed assailants attacked an Ebola treatment center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, setting off a fire and becoming embroiled in an extended gun battle with security forces, health officials said.

The identity and motive of the assailants were unclear. Aid workers have faced mistrust in some areas as they work to contain an Ebola outbreak.

Dozens of armed militia also regularly attack civilians and security forces in eastern Congo’s borderlands with Uganda and Rwanda, which has significantly hampered the response to the disease.

The health ministry said in a statement that 38 suspected Ebola patients and 12 confirmed cases were in the center at the time of the attack. Four of the patients with confirmed cases fled and are being looked for, it said.

None of the patients who have been accounted for were injured, nor were any staff members, the ministry added. 

French medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which runs the center together with the ministry, condemned the “deplorable attack” and said its efforts were focused on the immediate safety of patients and staff.

The attack in the city of Butembo was the second in Congo’s Ebola-hit east this week. On Sunday unidentified assailants set fire to a treatment center in the nearby town of Katwa, killing a nurse.  

The current Ebola outbreak, first declared last August, is the second deadliest of the hemorrhagic fever since it was discovered in Congo in 1976. It is believed to have killed at least 553 people so far and infected over 300 more.
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АМК визнав необґрунтованим підвищення тарифу на проїзд у підземці Харкова

Харківське обласне відділення Антимонопольного комітету України заявило про необґрунтованість нового тарифу на послуги з перевезення пасажирів у Харківському метрополітені.

«Попередньо встановлено, що до калькуляції включені витрати, не пов’язані з наданням послуг з перевезення пасажирів, та суперечать порядку формування тарифів на послуги міського електричного транспорту (метрополітену), затвердженого наказом Міністерства транспорту та зв’язку України від 05.03.2007», – йдеться в повідомленні на сайті відомства.

У відділенні АМК на Харківщині заявили, що інформацію за підсумками перевірки економічного обґрунтування тарифу на проїзд у підземці Харкова скерували до Прокуратури Харківської області.

6 лютого на засіданні виконкому Харківської міськради було ухвалене рішення про підвищення вартості проїзду в міському метрополітені з 5 до 8 гривень за одну поїздку. Подорожчання стосувалося і іншого громадського транспорту Харкова.

20 лютого Прокуратура Харківської області відкрила проти мерії Харкова кримінальне провадження через відмову виконувати рішення суду про зупинення підвищення тарифів на проїзд у громадському транспорті.

За день до того суд зупинив рішення виконкому мерії про підвищення вартості проїзду в метро до 8 гривень і про підвищення вартості проїзду в трамваях і тролейбусах до 6 гривень.

За словами активістів «Харківського антикорупційного центру», з моменту оголошення ухвали 19 лютого вартість проїзду в метро Харкова знову має складати 5 гривень, у трамваях і тролейбусах – 4 гривні.
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Malawi Vaccinates Young Girls Against Cervical Cancer

Malawi officials say the country has the world’s highest rate of cervical cancer, but only two oncologists serving the nation of 17 million people. In an effort to reduce cervical cancer deaths, the government has rolled out a massive vaccine campaign against the human papilloma virus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer.

The immunization project follows a pilot effort in two districts between 2013 and 2015.

The campaign is run with funding from the Global Alliance on Vaccines and is expected to reach 1.5 million girls between the ages of 9 and 14 across the country.

The U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF, is among organizations implementing the project.

“The disease starts when you engage in sexual behavior and contract a virus we call human papilloma virus that causes cancer slowly, over time,” said Steve Macheso, an immunization specialist for UNICEF in Malawi. “So we are trying to catch the girls early before their sexual debut so that when even they contract human papilloma virus, the virus does not cause cancer when they grow up.”

Other organizations supporting the effort are the World Health Organization and the Clinton Health Access Initiative.

Health experts say cervical cancer causes the largest number of cancer deaths among women in Malawi.

“For the whole Malawi, we are talking about close to 3,600 new cases every year. And over 2,000 of these women die from this kind of cancer every year. This is the highest number of cervical cancer cases in the world,” said Dr. Leo Masamba, one of only two oncologists in Malawi.

Masamba says results of the HPV vaccination effort will not be felt for decades.

“In between, whilst we are waiting for those 10 to 30 years, there will still be quite a lot of cervical cancer cases coming from people that have already been infected with HPV now. We need to make sure that treatments are still available, and other interventions like palliative care is still available,” Masamba said.  

Loveness Kalanda is happy that her 9-year-old daughter will be vaccinated.

“I wish if it was possible, government should have considered vaccination for us older women because this disease is not selective,” she said, adding that she wished there were another way to protect older women from the disease.

Jonathan Chiwanda, the national cancer coordinator in the Ministry of Health, told reporters in the capital, Lilongwe, that measures are in place to tackle the disease.

“All along we have been doing surgeries, we have been offering chemotherapy. We have also been giving antiretroviral drugs with help from remission for the Kaposi sarcoma (type of cancer),” he said.

In addition, he said, the government will soon open its first-ever cancer center in Lilongwe, which will be offering radiotherapy and other treatment to patients.
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Michael Jackson Brothers Say Accusers’ Film Neglects Facts

The family of Michael Jackson had a feeling the years-old child molestation allegations against the pop superstar would resurface at some point. So they say they weren’t entirely surprised to learn that a forthcoming HBO documentary would feature two of his accusers.

“I thought, ‘Oh here we go again,’” Jackson’s oldest brother Jackie Jackson said Tuesday of the moment he learned of “Leaving Neverland” while on tour in Australia. “That’s the first thing we said,” Jackie Jackson said during an interview with The Associated Press seated next to his brothers Tito, Marlon and his nephew, Taj.

The documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to a standing ovation , will starting Sunday air the abuse allegations of two men , Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who had previously denied Jackson molested them and supported him to authorities and in Robson’s case, very publicly.

“It was going to be the 10-year anniversary,” Taj Jackson said, referring to his uncle’s June 2009 death. “I remember a year ago I was like, ’This is too appetizing for the media. They’re going to do something. This is the time when everyone comes out of the woodwork, the same cast, the same characters that have been discredited throughout the years. They have a platform now to talk about Michael Jackson.”

It was the latest and most public pushback from the family and Jackson estate, which have repeatedly denounced the documentary in recent weeks through written statements, a lawsuit , and letters to HBO and Britain’s Channel 4, which plan to air the film. HBO announced Wednesday that it will air a special on Monday night in which Oprah Winfrey also interviews Robson and Safechuck.

Their central criticism has been the film’s failure to talk to family members or other defenders of Jackson, whom they insist never molested a child.

The brothers said they would have answered the allegations had the filmmakers asked them.

“Oh, we definitely would have come and talked to them about the situation … to protect our brother,” Tito Jackson said. “He’s not here no more. He’s passed, and, we’re his brothers, we’re supposed to do this.”

Marlon Jackson added, “I look at it as yes, you’re protecting your brother, but you’re telling the truth, and we want people to understand the truth. And I do not understand how a filmmaker can make a documentary and not want to speak to myself or some of the other families that were at Neverland.”

The documentary’s director Dan Reed has repeatedly defended his film, which uses only the voices of Robson, Safechuck and their families.

“It’s the story of these two families and not of all the other people who were or weren’t abused by Michael Jackson,” Reed told the AP the day after the film’s premiere. “People who spent time with him can go, ‘he couldn’t possibly be a pedophile.’ How do they know? It’s absurd.”

Robson, 36, and Safechuck, 40, both came forward as adults, first via 2013 lawsuits and later in the documentary, to talk about the alleged abuse, which Robson says started when he was 7, Safechuck when he was 10.

Both had previously told authorities there had been no abuse, with Robson testifying in Jackson’s defense at the 2005 molestation trial that ended with the superstar’s acquittal.

Jackson family members say they were especially stunned to first hear such allegations coming from Robson, a noted choreographer who has worked with Britney Spears and ’N Sync. Many Jacksons, including Taj, had known Robson and his family since he was a child. Robson had dated Jackie Jackson’s daughter for over seven years.

“I was like ’No that can’t be Wade Robson not the same guy that I knew, They must have got the names wrong,” Taj Jackson said. “Wade was the most adamant person when it came to 2005 and the trial. He was their first defense witness. He was the star witness. He was adamant that nothing ever happened.”

Taj Jackson said he remembers thanking Robson the day he testified, and Robson responding that it was the least he could do for Michael.

“To see that 180, it feels like the biggest backstab that you could possibly feel,” he said.

The film acknowledges and discusses the men’s initial denials of abuse. Both say they experienced trauma that emerged as adults when they started to accept what happened to them.

No one in the Jackson family has any memory of meeting Safechuck. They have focused their criticism on Robson, whose allegations, they say, have coincided with financial problems. They say in particular that being denied a job with a Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil show prompted him to change his story.

Robson has said it had no bearing on the allegations, and that he actually removed himself from the Cirque du Soleil show because he was having nervous breakdowns. Those prompted him to talk to his therapist for the first time about the abuse.

The men’s lawsuits have been thrown out on technical grounds, but are on appeal.

The Jackson estate’s lawsuit , filed last week, alleges “Leaving Neverland” violates a 1992 contract agreeing the channel would not disparage Jackson in the future. HBO called the lawsuit a desperate attempt to undermine the film.

Jackson’s family urged those inclined to watch “Leaving Neverland” to look deeper into the situation.

“That’s all we’re worried about is just facts,” Marlon Jackson said. “The facts, which are public record, tell a totally different story than what this documentary talks about.”
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В Амстердамі 11 березня розглянуть чергову апеляцію щодо «скіфського золота» – Нищук

В Амстердамі 11 березня суд розгляне чергову апеляцію підконтрольного Росії керівництва кримських музеїв на рішення про повернення колекції «скіфського золота» Україні. Про це заявив міністр культури України Євген Нищук 27 лютого на п’ятому міжнародному форумі «Захоплений Крим: 5 років опору» в Києві, повідомляє кореспондент проекту Радіо Свобода Крим.Реалії.

«Через 10 днів, а саме 11 березня, я і мої колеги будемо їхати в Амстердам на черговий апеляційний суд. Але природно, що Росія, залучаючи великі ресурси, почала великий судовий процес, апеляції, неявку на апеляції. Це вже тягнеться протягом двох років. 11 березня, я сподіваюся, що ми будемо мати якусь ясність і розуміння, коли закінчиться цей процес і коли ця колекція буде привезена в Україну», – сказав Нищук.

У грудні 2016 року Окружний адміністративний суд Амстердама (Нідерланди) ухвалив рішення про те, що експонати кримських музеїв з колекції «Крим – золотий острів у Чорному морі» (так зване «скіфське золото») повинні бути повернуті в Україну.

Колекцію «скіфського золота» вивезли з Криму на виставку в археологічний музей Алларда Пірсона в Амстердамі на початку лютого 2014 року, ще до того, як півострів незаконно анексувала Росія. Через анексію Росією Криму (яку Нідерланди не визнають) виникло запитання, кому повертати кримську колекцію.

Україна вимагала від музею повернути експонати.

Відмову повернути колекцію Національному музею історії України нідерландська сторона мотивувала побоюванням про можливі претензії з боку кримських музеїв. Україна ж наполягала, що поки Крим окупований Росією, експонати не можна повертати на півострів, а треба передати безпосередньо державі Україна.

Російська влада назвала незаконним рішення суду щодо «скіфського золота».
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Гурт Kazka відмовляється від участі в Євробаченні

Гурт Kazka, який посів третє місце у національному відборі на «Євробачення-2019», відмовляється від участі пісенному конкурсі. Гурт написав про це у повідомленні в Facebook.

«Ми хочемо i мали б за честь представляти Україну на Євробаченні. Ми вклали в це бажання багато сил, енергії, часу. Ми за цим йшли на Нацвiдбiр. Але нам не потрібна перемога будь-якою ціною. Наша місія – об’єднувати людей своєю музикою, а не сіяти розбрат. Тому на пропозицію НСТУ у нас є чітка відповідь: ми не поїдемо в 2019 році на Євробачення», – йдеться в заяві.

Водночас Kazka готова представити Україну на конкурсi в наступному році, якщо їх оберуть.

Напередодні член правління Національної суспільної телерадіокомпанії (НСТУ) Олександра Кольцова в ефірі Громадського заявила, що Україна може відмовитися від участі в «Євробаченні-2019» і не посилати свого представника для участі в пісенному конкурсі.

Перед цим стало відомо, що гурт Freedom-jazz, який посів друге місце у національному відборі, відмовився представляти Україну на «Євробаченні» після того, як НСТУ 25 лютого вирішила не підписувати контракту з переможницею нацвідбору Maruv.

На адресу Maruv лунала критика через те, що раніше вона їздила виступати до Росії і також має заплановані концерти там у майбутньому.

Співачка заявила 25 лютого, що готова була відмовитися від концертів у Росії заради виступу на пісенному конкурсі «Євробачення», але «не готова виступати з гаслами, перетворюючи своє перебування на конкурсі в промоакції наших політиків».

Після рішення щодо Maruv НСТУ заявила, що вестиме переговори з іншими учасниками.
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Україна може залишитися без представника на Євробаченні – член правління НСТУ

Україна може відмовитися від участі в «Євробаченні-2019» і не посилати свого представника для участі в пісенному конкурсі, заявила в ефірі Громадського член правління Національної суспільної телерадіокомпанії (НСТУ) Олександра Кольцова.

За її словами, Суспільне на даний час веде переговори з гуртом Kazka щодо участі в «Євробаченні».

«Але мені здається, зараз, в цій ситуації – це криза, на яку немає однозначної відповіді, правильної, тому що суспільство розділене», – сказала Кольцова.

Напередодні стало відомо, що гурт Freedom-jazz, який посів друге місце у національному відборі, відмовився представляти Україну на «Євробаченні».

25 лютого Національна суспільна телекомпанія України відмовилася від підписання угоди про участь у пісенному конкурсі з командою співачки Maruv, яка перемогла в нацвідборі. На її адресу лунала критика через те, що раніше вона їздила виступати до Росії і також має заплановані концерти там у майбутньому.

Перед цим голова Національної суспільної телерадіокомпанії України Зураб Аласанія заявив, що НСТУ не дійшла угоди з командою Maruv і не підпише з нею угоду про участь у «Євробаченні».

Співачка Maruv заявила 25 лютого, що готова була відмовитися від концертів у Росії заради виступу на пісенному конкурсі «Євробачення», але «не готова виступати з гаслами, перетворюючи своє перебування на конкурсі в промоакції наших політиків».

Після рішення щодо Maruv НСТУ заявила, що вестиме переговори з іншими учасниками.

 
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Parkinson’s Drug Trial Offers Glimmer of Hope for Brain Cells

An experimental drug could offer hope for restoring damaged brain cells in Parkinson’s patients, scientists said on Wednesday, although they cautioned that a clinical trial was not able to prove the treatment slowed or halted the neurodegenerative disease.

The trial involved delivery of a protein therapy directly into the brains of Parkinson’s patients. Scientists said some brain scans revealed “extremely promising” effects on damaged neurons of those who received the treatment.

“The spatial and relative magnitude of the improvement in the brain scans is beyond anything seen previously in trials,” said Alan Whone, a Parkinson’s specialist at Britain’s Bristol University who co-led the trial.

Researchers said the therapy warranted further investigation even though it failed to demonstrate improvement of symptoms in patients who received it when compared to others given a placebo.

“The primary outcome was disappointing,” Whone told reporters at a briefing in London.

Parkinson’s is a neurodegenerative disease that affects around one percent to two percent of people over age 65. It causes tremors, muscle stiffness and movement and balance problems. Although some medicines can improve symptoms, there is no cure or treatment that can slow progression of the disease.

This trial involved 41 patients who all underwent robot-assisted surgery to have tubes placed into their brains.

That allowed doctors to infuse either the experimental treatment – called Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) – or a placebo directly to the affected brain areas. GDNF is made by privately-held Canadian biotech firm MedGenesis Therapeutix.

Half of the patients were given monthly GDNF infusions and half received monthly placebo infusions. After nine months, all participants were offered the GDNF infusions for a further nine months.

Results showed some signs of improvements, Whone said, but there was no significant difference between the treatment and placebo groups. He said this was in part due to the sizeable placebo effect in this trial.

The placebo effect has been known to confound clinical trials of treatments for conditions involving the brain, boosted by patients’ expectations that a potential treatment will work.

But the brain scan results suggested the drug might be starting to reawaken damaged brain cells. After nine months, there was no change in the scans of patients who received a placebo, but those who got GDNF showed major changes in a key area of the brain affected by the disease.

Whone said this suggested GDNF could be “a means to possibly reawaken and restore” brain cells that are gradually destroyed in Parkinson’s.
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