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Simple Skin Test May Detect Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Years In Advance, Study Says

 The Huffington Post By Yagana Shah Email Posted: 02/25/2015 1:48 pm EST

While severe problems with the memory and the nervous system are hallmarks of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's respectively, it's the skin that could detect the disease early on, perhaps even before symptoms surface.

Dermatologist examines patient

A new study says a simple skin test could be the next breakthrough in predicting the onset of neurodegenerative diseases before obvious symptoms appear. Researchers from the University of San Luis Potosi predicted that evidence of the diseases could be found in skin samples, as brain and skin tissues have the same origin. They studied 53 people with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and dementia, taking samples of skin tissue in a minimally invasive procedure, and compared them against the samples of 12 healthy people.

As they'd expected, people with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's had seven times the amount of tau protein, which forms problem-causing tangles in the brain, as the healthy control group. The Parkinson's group also had eight times the amount of alpha-synuclein protein, which some studies say is related to the risk of developing the disease.

The study has some limitations due to its relatively small scope, but researchers say the method could improve future research in the area. There is currently no cure for Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, but early detection and treatment are stressed for managing the diseases. Diagnosis typically consists of lab tests, brain imaging, andphysical exams, though recent research has come up with more unconventional ways of detection. In 2013, researchers experimented with a peanut-butter smell test for Alzheimer's and a blood test for Parkinson's. more

Couple Married 67 Years Dies Holding Hands, Just Hours Apart....Floyd and Violet Hartwig died on February 11 just five hours apart at their home in Easton, California.

Courtesy of the family/The Fresno Bee

After 67 years of marriage, Floyd and Violet Hartwig died on February 11 just five hours apart at their home in Easton, California.

With their beds pushed together, the couple held hands up until Floyd's last breath, The Fresno Bee reports. Violet died five hours later.

Courtesy of the family/The Fresno Bee

"We felt blessed because we knew that's what they wanted," their daughter Donna Scharton said.The Hartwigs first met while they were in elementary school. They began dating in the 1940s while Floyd was on leave from the Navy during World War II. While he was away, the young lovebirds kept in touch through love letters like the one below: more

Love you my dearest and want you so. Vi, I heard our song this evening and it sure did make me homesick for you. Honey, did you ever get a record of it? I certainly hope so as I want to listen to it and have you in my arms at the same time

UPDATE: Lawyer says Dancehall artist, Admiral Bailey has explanation..."I indicated that the travel documents they are alleging are fraudulent are documents that he [Admiral] has been using for over 25 years. I am satisfied that when the matter comes before the court, we will be able to offer an explanation...," Tavares-Finson told the Jamaica Observer.

Thursday, February 26, 2015    

TOM Tavares-Finson, attorney-at-law representing deejay Glendon 'Admiral' Bailey, said charges brought against his client are a misunderstanding.

Admiral Bailey

"I indicated that the travel documents they are alleging are fraudulent are documents that he [Admiral] has been using for over 25 years. I am satisfied that when the matter comes before the court, we will be able to offer an explanation...," Tavares-Finson told the Jamaica Observer.

Admiral Bailey, whose given name is Glendon Bailey, was slapped with fraud-related charges when he attempted to renew a passport in the name Micheal George Sullivan at the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency on Monday.

He is booked to appear in the Corporate Area Criminal Court on Thursday, March 5.

Admiral Bailey is charged with two counts of uttering forged documents, two counts of obtaining passport by false pretence, two counts of possession of forged documents, one count of attempting to obtain a passport by false pretence, and one count of conspiracy to defraud.

"Admiral Bailey is someone who is highly regarded by many members of society and not as someone who has been associated with any criminality or even the hint of criminality," said Tavares-Finson.

A cross-over artiste in his own right, Admiral Bailey started his career as a dancehall duo with Chaka Demus, their hit One Scotch (Boops Riddim, Jammys Records) introduced to the mainstream. As a solo act, Bailey went on to rule the 1980s and '90s with hits including Big Belly Man, Think Me Did Done, and Heathly Body. With the assistance of musician Byron Lee, he won over to soca fans with Dancehall Soca and Soca Butterfly.

He has had a successful career in football at the national level, leading Olympic Gardens to the Premiere League and making Tivoli Gardens Football Club multiple winners of the trophy. more

IN JAMAICA: Residents agonise over gruesome murder of 14-year-old Santoya Campbell...."Him wicked. Rope feh go round him neck and hang him because him kill the pickney," an enraged community member lashed out.

BY HORACE HINES Observer West reporter  Thursday, February 26, 2015   

ALTHOUGH 14-year-old Santoya Campbell was last Saturday laid to rest here, three days after 37-yearold Cornelius Robinson was sentenced to life in prison for murdering her, members of her Logwood, Shrewsbury community are still in shock over the teen's horrific end.

Protesters

Like several other members of the rustic farming community, Veniesha Hill is of the view that the penalty handed down for such a gruesome crime was a mere slap on the wrist. Hill strongly believes that Robinson, a fashion designer and photo studio operator, should instead have been given a death sentence for the Janury 26 murder.

"Him wicked. Rope feh go round him neck and hang him because him kill the pickney," an enraged Hill lashed out. But father of the deceased, 75-year-old Felix Campbell, who lives outside the community but frequents Logwood, was contented with the sentence handed down by Justice Martin Gayle in the Westmoreland Circuit Court last week. "Let me tell you something, I loved my daughter. [And] I am very satisfied with the judge's action. I am not going to say I am not satisfied. I am very, very satisfied. It is only because I can't get her back," the broken-hearted father, who describes himself as a carpenter and cane-cutter, told the Jamaica Observer West on the weekend.

However, while the father was willing to speak to the Observer West team, Pauline Ferguson, Santoya's mother, was reluctant. She chided the Observer for reporting the testimony given by the convict in court that it was she who approached him to supply the child with lunch money.

"Everything over and she [Santoya] bury yesterday [Saturday] so what unoo come bout again?" said the

seemingly distressed mother. "Don't talk to them!" was her daughter's [Shanika> more

IN JAMAICA: Teachers, administrative and ancillary staff locked out as Protesting students padlock gates at Trench Town High School upsett against a Government decision to merge the school with neighbouring Charlie Smith High."No Trench Town, no school" chanted some of the placard-bearing students....Dr Omar Davies, Ronnie Thwaites lash Trench Town students.

BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com  Thursday, February 26, 2015    

TEACHERS, administrative and ancillary staff were yesterday locked out of the Trench Town High School in Kingston for several hours as students, joined by their parents and residents, padlocked the gates to the institution to protest against a Government decision to merge the school with neighbouring Charlie Smith High.

A Trench Town High School student holds on to a placard
 while Member of Parliament for St Andrew Southern Dr Omar
Davis addresses a meeting at the school following a protest
 by students and parents, yesterday. (PHOTO: GARFIELD
ROBINSON) DAVIES... I don't deal with intimidation
and that is what it is

"No Trench Town, no school" chanted some of the placard-bearing students.

The action of the protesting students forced teachers and other staff members to stand outside the compound and watch.

The padlocks were removed following intervention of a senior education officer and Member of Parliament for the St Andrew Southern Dr Omar Davies, in whose constituency the school is located.

"We are frustrated and angry about the plan to merge Trench Town and Charlie Smith. Trench Town is a school with a rich history, it is an institution that has helped to uplift a lot of young people in the community; this is unacceptable," said one parent who supported the action of the students.

Dr Davies, however, chided the behaviour of the students and their parents.

Students

"I don't take lightly the padlocking of the gate. If you have a grievance, that grievance should be heard in a professional way," said Davies.

He added that not only did he think that the approach taken by the students was disrespectful, but that the approach was an intimidatory tactic. more

IN JAMAICA: National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation pumps $30 million into MVP's support programme for athletes....The NCB Group chairman Michael Lee-Chin oversaw the handing over of a $30-million cheque at the club's University of Technology base in St Andrew

Thursday, February 26, 2015    

BRUCE James, president of the MVP Track & Field Club, says the multi-million dollar boost provided by National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation is evidence that the club's achievements in athletics have not gone unnoticed.

(From left) NCB Group chairman Michael Lee-Chin, MVP
 Club assistant coach Paul Francis, NCB Foundation chairman
Thalia Lyn, NCB Foundation CEO Nadine Matthews, Jamaica
 and MVP 400-metre runner Shericka Williams, MVP Club
president Bruce James and MVP athlete Simoya
 Campbell display a cheque which represents the $30 million
 promised to MVP by NCB Foundation. The presentation was
 done at the UTech field yesterday.
 (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)

The NCB Group chairman Michael Lee-Chin oversaw the handing over of a $30-million cheque at the club's University of Technology base in St Andrew yesterday as part of a project to give student athletes nutritional and medical support.

"NCB have said to us that they believe we will continue to develop the best athletes in the world right here in Jamaica. It's rewarding to know that your efforts are respected and appreciated," James told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.

"They (NCB Foundation) want to make sure that the nutritional and health needs of our student athletes and developmental athletes are met and that's specifically what the funds are for. These athletes, in a lot of cases, are not in a financial position to meet those needs themselves.

"The nature of track and field is that they are pushing their bodies to the maximum and injuries are part of the sport, so without the funding athletes can't survive." more

AMAZING: 10 y-o LeBron James Jr. recruited by Colleges and his dad does not like it. Report is that he has 3 scholarship offers from major colleges. WATCH his basketball skills (VIDEO)

LeBron James is not thrilled that his son and young basketball standout, 10-year-old LeBron James Jr., has already received letters and even scholarship offers from college coaches.

"Yeah, he's already got some offers from colleges," James told CBS Detroit before the Cleveland Cavaliers' matchup against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday. "It's pretty crazy. It should be a violation. You shouldn't be recruiting 10-year-old kids."

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Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY SportsLeBron James Jr. joined his father when the elder received his fourth MVP award in 2013.

His son is not alone.

Connecticut star Ryan Boatright committed to USC before he was in high school. Marquette's Matt Carlino reportedly received an offer from Arizona while he was in elementary school. Michael Avery accepted a scholarship offer from former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie in 2008, when he was an eighth-grader.

Per the NCAA handbook: "A prospective student-athlete is a student who has started classes for the ninth grade. In addition, a student who has not started classes for the ninth grade becomes a prospective student-athlete if the institution provides such an individual (or the individual's relatives or friends) any financial assistance or other benefits that the institution does not provide to prospective students generally."

So-Called Buying Of Student Athletes To Come To An End Education Minister Ronald Thwaites?

Ronnie Thwaites

So-Called Buying Of Student Athletes To Come To An End? Audio

 Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has tabled a ministry paper in parliament outlining measures aimed at stopping the so-called buying of student athletes by schools.

Describing the practice as unethical, Thwaites says the primary goal of a school is the formal education of students. He says there should be no transfer of students primarily for sporting activities without due consideration for their academic development. Education minister, Ronald Thwaites.

The new regulations stipulate that the sending and receiving schools and parents must sign consent forms before presentation to the Ministry of Education for approval of the request to transfer a student. Thwaites says the ministry will review the student’s academic record to determine if he or she is able to cope with the curriculum of the receiving school.

In addition, Thwaites says the transfer of students between schools must not involve economic gain to the student, parent or guardian and their involvement in sports should not compromise their educational advancement. Thwaites also says Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association will continue to impose a mandatory one-year wait period, but will add the option of additional waiting periods or school bans where there are proven breaches in the transfer process.  

However, Opposition members took issue with the new measures with Derrick Smith saying the measures should be withdrawn as they impinge on individual rights:

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WESTMORELAND, JAMAICA: Five Women Shot, One Dies In Negril Attack ... Police Commissioner Vows To Find Killers...The police say 18-year-old Ombretta Jackson of Lime Tree lane, West End address was pronounced dead at hospital.

Four women are now hospitalised in serious condition while one lay dead following an attack on a shop in Negril, Westmoreland last night.

The police say 18-year-old Ombretta Jackson of Lime Tree lane, West End address was pronounced dead at hospital. It is reported that about 8:45 p.m., Jackson was among a group of persons at a shop in Lime Tree Lane, when they were approached by two armed men who opened gunfire hitting her and the four other women.

The gunmen then escaped on a motorcycle. Police Commissioner Dr. Carl Williams has strongly condemned the shooting of five women.

"No effort will be spared to track, find and bring to justice the cowardly gunmen who seem bent on turning their weapons on the most vulnerable in our society, our women and children," said Williams. He is also appealing to the public to support the police in their efforts to bring to justice these heartless criminals.

Anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of those involved in this shooting is being asked to call the Negril Police at 957-4268, Crime Stop at 311, 119 emergency number or the nearest Police station.

9 Ways To Fall Asleep Faster (Without Counting Sheep)....Approximately 60 million Americans report having experienced insomnia in any given year, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Even worse, 40 million Americans suffer from long-term sleep disorders...the health risks associated with missed Zzs can include poor cognitive function, problems with attention and concentration, dementia and an increased risk of heart disease..

By Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn

If you feel wide awake when your head hits the pillow at night, you're not alone. Approximately 60 million Americans report having experienced insomnia in any given year, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Even worse, 40 million Americans suffer from long-term sleep disorders.

Missing sleep is nothing to yawn about. "Chronic sleep deprivation has lots of negative consequences," says Sonia Ancoli-Israel, fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. She notes that the health risks associated with missed Zzs can include poor cognitive function, problems with attention and concentration, dementia and an increased risk of heart disease.

Why Every Night Of Sleep Matters
Are you getting enough shut-eye? Most adults need seven to eight hours of sleep a night, according to Ancoli-Israel. "People are so busy in their everyday lives and something has to give. They give up on sleep rather than something else," she says.

If you get tense and worried about not being able to sleep, your frustrated mindset could make it even harder to relax.
Even if you don't suffer from insomnia, odds are you've experienced nights when you've tossed and turned, wondering why you can't drift off. "Everyone has a bad night now and then," says Ancoli-Israel. But if you get tense and worried about not being able to sleep, your frustrated mindset could make it even harder to relax into slumber the following nights.

The consequences of missing even a few hours of sleep can be serious. Research shows that short-term sleep deprivation can cause you to crave high carbohydrate and high sugar foods. It can even make it harder to choose healthy options when grocery shopping. Plus, one sobering study revealed that drowsy drivers who had been awake for 18 hours were just as impaired as drivers who had been drinking. more

JAMAICAN Chris Gayle hits first ever World Cup double century – 215; Samuels 133 as WI pulverize Zimbabwe...Highest ODI partnership in Cricket history was done by two Jamaicans

 Tuesday, February 24, 2015 | 2:04 AM 

Canberra, Australia (AFP) — West Indies opener Chris Gayle became the first batsman to score a double century in a World CCanberra (AFP) - Chris Gayle's stunning innings of 215 in a West Indies total of 372 for two in a World Cup Pool B match against Zimbabwe at Canberra's Manuka Oval on Tuesday was a statistician's delight.
Below are the landmark numbers from a match the West Indies eventually won by 73 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method.

Chris Gayle on the attack

372 - The second-wicket stand shared by Gayle (215) and Marlon Samuels (133 not out), after Dwayne Smith was dismissed for a duck, was a new record for any one-day international partnership, surpassing the 331 shared by India's Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar against New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan) in 1999.
215 - Gayle's innings was the first double century at the World Cup and beat the tournament's previous highest individual score of 188 not by South Africa's Gary Kirsten against the United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi in 1996.
16 - The number of sixes Gayle struck equalled the most for an individual ODI innings shared by South Africa's AB de Villiers and India's Rohit Sharma.
5 - The number of double centuries now scored in the 3,612 match history of ODI cricket, with Gayle's the first by a non-Indian batsman after Rohit Sharma (two), Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar.
3 - Gayle's was the third-highest ODI innings behind Sharma's 264 against Sri Lanka in Kolkata in 2014 and Sehwag's 219 against the West Indies in Indore in 2011.
3 - The West Indies total of 372 for two was the third-highest by one Test nation against another at the World Cup following Australia's 377 for six against South Africa at Basseterre in 2007 and India's 373 for six against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1999.
2 - Gayle, who took two for 35 with his off-spin when Zimbabwe batted, is the only player to have scored 150 or more runs and taken two wickets in the same ODI. He made 153 not out and took two for 21 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in 2003.

1 - Gayle is now also the first man to score a double century and take two wickets in the same ODI.. more

JAMAICAN deejay Admiral Bailey is scheduled to appear in the Corporate Area Criminal Court on Thursday, March 5 after he was arrested yesterday on fraud-related charges.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 

JAMAICAN deejay Admiral Bailey is scheduled to appear in the Corporate Area Criminal Court on Thursday, March 5 after he was arrested yesterday on fraud-related charges.

Admiral Bailey

According to the police, the deejay, whose real name is Glendon Bailey, went to the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) about 10:30 am yesterday and attempted to renew a passport in the name Micheal George Sullivan.

"During the renewal process, his true identity was revealed. Subsequently, investigators from PICA detained him," the police communications unit said in a news release.

The police said he was charged with:

* two counts of uttering forged documents;

* two counts of obtaining passport by false pretence;

* two counts of possession of forged documents;

* one count of attempting to obtain a passport by false pretence; and

* one count of conspiracy to defraud. more

IN JAMAICA: Riverton residents protest against police killing of 35 y-o Oneil Calvin Thorpe, one of their own....He was allegedly found with his mouth gagged and bullet wounds to his chest..."Just like that; they shoot him and then took him up and drove off with him. That's not right, we want justice," ...He is survived by three children, among them a two-month-old girl.

BY KARENA BENNETT Observer staff reporter bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com  Tuesday, February 24, 2015 

SCORES of Riverton City residents early yesterday gathered on Spanish Town Road in Kingston to protest against the police shooting of Oneil Calvin Thorpe, one of their own.

Residents of Riverton City protest yesterday against Sunday
 night’s fatal police shooting of Oneil Thorpe in the inner-city
 community. (PHOTO: PETE SANKEY)

Thorpe, alias 'Chiney Man', was reportedly shot dead by the police about 9:00 pm Sunday at a dance in the community.

According to residents, the 35-year-old Thorpe was at the dance being held a short distance from his home when police surrounded the area. Thorpe, the residents claimed, was called by police officers who forced him around a corner, after which a number of shots were heard.

He was allegedly found with his mouth gagged and bullet wounds to his chest.

"A girl (woman) at the bar was listening to hear if he was going to scream or anything, but the police stuffed his mouth with his 'kerchief and started shooting him," a distraught sister Shaniel Thorpe told the Jamaica Observer.

"Just like that; they shoot him and then took him up and drove off with him. That's not right, we want justice," she added.

Thorpe was a part-time worker at Kingston Container Terminal. He is survived by three children, among them a two-month-old girl.

Mother of the two-month-old, Nardia Hunt, told the Observer that he was the sole breadwinner for the family.

The Riverton residents claimed that two policemen have been involved in a number of shootings in the community although there has been no recent flare-up of violence.

"One of them is after my brother too," one resident explained. "All the while dem coming down here like dem want to kill somebody, and look what happen. Oneil should have been at work now."

Another sister of the deceased, Delores Thorpe, said the police were trying to cover up what she called the cold-blooded murder of her brother by claiming that he was killed in a shoot-out with the police. more

JAMAICAN HISTORY: Leader for Jamaica William A. Bustamante Demands United States Apologizes - Jet Magazine, Feb 28, 1952..... Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, William A. Bustamante Knighted By Queen Elizabeth - Jet Magazine June 23, 1955

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