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Nobel prize winner warns UK science will suffer unless it can gain access to Horizon Europe   Sir Paul Nurse said the seven-year programme was so important that exclusion would see the UK drop out of the top tier of research nations. Photograph: BBC/Jon Sayers/BBC One of Britain’s leading researchers has warned of a “major blow” to national science if ministers cannot secure access to a massive research programme that is being drawn up by the EU. The Horizon Europe programme will fund €100bn in research projects, making it one of the largest science funds in the world. British researchers will be locked out unless the government negotiates an access deal in the coming months. Sir Paul Nurse, the Nobel prize-winning director of the Francis Crick Institute, in London, said the seven-year programme was so important that exclusion would see the UK drop out of the top tier of research nations. Hard Brexit could cripple UK science, say Nobel prizewinners ...

A research says that owning cats actually makes you healthier, and not a crazy cat lady. According to  Psychological Medicine , there's no link to owning cats and psychosis later in life. "The Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 60 million people in the United States may be infected with the Toxoplasma parasite through all means, including cats," says David Haworth, doctor of veterinary medicine, Ph.D., and president of PetSmart Charities, "but very few people show symptoms because a healthy person's immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness." More researches have proven that cats are actually beneficial to several parts of our health. In fact, living with a cute kitten—or two or three or four—can actually reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. A study posted in the  Journal of Vascular and Interventional Nuerology  states that: "a decreased risk for death due to MI and all card...

It’s the middle of the night. Do you know who your iPhone is talking to? Apple says, “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.” Our privacy experiment showed 5,400 hidden app trackers guzzled our data — in a single week. It’s 3 a.m. Do you know what your iPhone is doing? Mine has been alarmingly busy. Even though the screen is off and I’m snoring, apps are beaming out lots of information about me to companies I’ve never heard of. Your iPhone probably is doing the same — and Apple could be doing more to stop it. On a recent Monday night, a dozen marketing companies, research firms and other personal data guzzlers got reports from my iPhone. At 11:43 p.m., a company called Amplitude learned my phone number, email and exact location. At 3:58 a.m., another called Appboy got a digital fingerprint of my phone. At 6:25 a.m., a tracker called Demdex received a way to identify my phone and sent back a list of other trackers to pair up with. And all night long, there ...

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Algeria – After a first ajournement on May 20, the trial of the boss of the ETRHB, Ali Haddad, in the case of holding fake documents is scheduled for Monday, June 3. In front of the court of Bir Mourad Rais, dozens of journalists are positioned since this morning not to miss the arrival of Ali Haddad. Shortly after 10:00, we already notice the arrival of the director of the secure documents department at the Ministry of the Interior, as well as Ali Haddad’s lawyer, Khaled Bourayou. DIRECT 10:50 am: The tycoon  Ali Haddad, arrives in the court of Bir Mourad Rais aboard a van police. 10:10 am: Arrival of Mr. Khaled Bourayou, lawyer of the defendant Ali Haddad. 10:05: Hassan Boualem, Director of the department of secured documents at the Ministry of the Interior, arrives at the court of Bir Mourad Rais.   He is accused of illegally issuing certain documents to Ali Haddad. source: www.dzbreaking.com

Algeria – Several figures attended, this Saturday, June 1st, the burial of human rights activist Kamel Eddine Fekhar, who died on May 28th at Blida hospital following a hunger strike. Four days after his death in dark circumstances, the late Kamel Eddine Fekhar is buried today in the Mozabite Square in El-Alia cemetery in Algiers.

kamel eddine fekhar بقلم: د. محمد أرزاق فراد ﴿ روح الدكتور فخار تلقي بظلالها على المسيرة ألـ 15﴾ • لقد أنعم الله عليّ بنعمة المشاركة في مسيرات الثورة الشعبية السلمية بالعاصمة، وكان آخرها المسيرة ألـ 15 (الجمعة 31 ماي)، التي تميزت بحضور لافتات حملت شعارات مساندة لقضية الدكتور كمال الدين فخار المتوفى بالحبس، رفعها الإخوان المزابيون الذين حضروا بقوة، وقد ساندهم الكثير من الحاضرين في مصابهم الجلل. • لقد أوصانا رسولنا الصادق (ص) بذكر محاسن موتانا وبالكفّ عن مساويهم. فرحم الله الدكتور كمال الدين فخار وأسكنه فسيح جنانه، وألهم أهله الصبر والسلوان، إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، وكلّ نفس ذائقة الموت. لقد توفي الفقيد وهو تحت طائلة الحبس المؤقت، عقب قيامه بتدوين رأي سياسي في فضاء الفايسبوك، ناقد لحكم قضائي تعسفيّ في حقّ بعض إخوانه المناضلين. • لعل أوّل سؤال يتبادر إلى الذهن، يتمحور حول الأسباب التي دفعت الدكتور كمال الدين فخار إلى حقل النضال السايسيّ وهو طبيب يفترض أنه خلق لتخفيف الآلام على البشر؟ لا شك أنه لاحظ خللا ما في المجتمع المزابي، تطلب منه الخوض في السياسة لإصلاحه. إن الخلل كامن في ش...

Carl V. Patton and David S. Sawicki   Chapter 1. The Need for Simple Methods of Policy Analysis and Plannng. Our increasingly complex society confronts us with more and more difficult pol­icy problems that are not easily solved. Although these problems may be “at­tacked” or “addressed,” often they have no dearly correct answers. Some au­thors characterize the problems of modern society as “squishy,” “fuzzy,” and “wicked” and as often having the following attributes: 1. They are not well defined. 2. Their solutions cannot usually be proven to be correct before application. 3. No problem solution is ever guaranteed to achieve the intended result. 4. Problem solutions are seldom both best and cheapest. 5. The adequacy of the solution is often difficult to measure against notions of the public good. 6. The fairness of solutions is impossible to measure objectively. There are many examples of complex problems. What is the best location in a state for ...