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New hope for cystic fibrosis sufferers as drug shown to curb lung damage

Edit Belfast Telegraph 28 Oct 2016
A drug treatment that targets the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF) has been shown to slow irreversible lung damage by more than 40% ... Share Go To ... Professor Stuart Elborn, from the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, who treated a number of the patients, said ... Kalydeco only contains ivacaftor ... One route actively being explored is gene therapy designed to fix the underlying genetic fault that causes the disease ... Press Association. ....

Twins' English provides pop in Fall League comeback win

Edit MLB 28 Oct 2016
The game was firmly in the Javelinas' grasp, but Orioles prospect Jimmy Yacabonis blew the save in the top of the ninth as he walked two batters and gave up three hits en route to Surprise's five runs in the frame ... Mariners prospect Tyler Marlette, who hit a home run in the fifth inning, led off the bottom of the ninth with a first-pitch single up the middle, and Reds prospect Zach Vincej worked Royals prospect Eric Stout for a walk ... ....

The real crisis for refugees isn’t in Calais. It’s Westminster’s failure to act

Edit The Guardian 28 Oct 2016
The global refugee crisis is not abating. But Britain does not have a refugee crisis at all, despite what you may read in the newspapers ... There are more than 65 million refugees in total ... Calais ... It could use the Royal Navy to rescue people, even while it clamped down on the people smugglers ... Britain could also collaborate with all those internationally who are trying to establish safe and legal routes for refugees from conflict zones ... ....

2 Faded Glory Women's Maternity Tank Dresses for $7 + pickup at Walmart

Edit CNET 28 Oct 2016
Walmart offers the Faded Glory Women's Maternity Racerback Tank Dress 2-Pack in Black Stripe/Real Royal, Red Stripe/Black Soot, or Royal Stripe/Charcoal Grey for $7. Opt for in-store pickup to dodge the $5.97 shipping charge. That's $6 off list and the lowest price we could find. It's available in size XL only ... ....

Indigenous prison rates: Mundine says plan for fresh inquiry is a joke

Edit The Guardian 28 Oct 2016
Failure to implement recommendations on reports in this area dates back to the royal commission on Aboriginal deaths in custody, which made 339 recommendations in its final report in 1991 ... One of the royal commission’s recommendations was to introduce a national mandatory custody notification system, operated independently by the Aboriginal Legal Service....

Children to be seen and heard (ACU - Australian Catholic University)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
The need to listen to children and improve their confidence in adults to respond is the central focus of national symposium about children's safety in institutions the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is hosting in Sydney on Friday 28 October ... Commissioner Helen Milroy will introduce the research and outline how it will contribute to the Royal Commission's work....

New faces in England women and girls’ squads (England Golf - The English Golf Union Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
Louisa Brunt, 17, (Royal Birkdale) is an England girl international who won the Pleasington Putter, was third in the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and ninth in the English women's stroke play ... She tied for the Royal Birkdale scratch trophy (image © Leaderboard Photography) ... Bel Wardle, 16, (Prestbury) was runner-up in the British girls' championship and tied first in the Royal Birkdale Scratch Trophy....

Former Brewer Lucroy a finalist for NL Gold Glove (Milwaukee Brewers)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
(Source. Milwaukee Brewers). • Vote for Best Defensive Player in MLB Esurance Awards by Nov. 11. The Cubs and Indians, who are tied at a game apiece in the best-of-seven Fall Classic that resumes play on Friday at Wrigley Field (8 p.m. ET on FOX), have a total of five finalists ... Eight teams feature at least three finalists, including last year's World Series-champion Royals ... Salvador Perez, Royals ... Eric Hosmer, Royals ... Alex Gordon, Royals ... 1)....

ADOT Weekend Freeway Travel Advisory (Oct. 28-31) (Arizona Department of Transportation)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
The Arizona Department of Transportation says drivers should consider alternate routes and allow extra travel time while the following Phoenix-area weekend freeway restrictions are in place ... Consider alternate routes, including eastbound US 60 (Superstition Freeway) ... Westbound Interstate 10 narrowed to one lane in areas between Verrado Way and State Route 85 from 10 p.m....

Queen Elizabeth II went inside a grocery store and her reaction is priceless

Edit AOL 28 Oct 2016
The royal tour of Poundbury, a new town that is an extension of the experimental village of Dorset, comes 20 years after work on the development began. Just before the grocery store run, the royal family saw the unveiling of a statue of Queen Elizabeth II's mother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, which was resurrected in the development's Queen Mother Square....

Pvt bus employees demand implementation of fair wages

Edit The Times of India 28 Oct 2016
Clashes between bus employees also are common in some routes as each of them want to meet their collection target and earn maximum wage every day ... The employees also claimed that the routes, where fair wage system was introduced have witnessed considerable decrease in the number of road accidents involving buses ... routes have declined with the move....

CIF Southern Section unveils winter sports playoff groupings

Edit LA Daily News 28 Oct 2016
With the debut of the first CIF Southern Section fall sports playoffs based on competitive equity starting next week with girls volleyball, the section released its winter sports playoff groupings on Thursday ... Boys and Girls Soccer ... Francis, Chaminade Royal, Simi Valley, Notre Dame and Harvard-Westlake remain in the highest division ... Two-time defending CIF champion Royal moves up to Division 1 after dominating the Division 4 playoffs....

Air China Limited Announces 2016 Third Quarter Results (Air China Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Oct 2016
(Source ... Results Highlights ... Change ... RPK on international and domestic routes increased by 18.30% and 4.96% year-on-year to 18.671 billion and 30.147 billion while RPK on regional routes dropped by 3.25% to 1.724 billion ... Passenger traffic routes have reached to 377 routes, including 98 international, 16 regional and 263 domestic routes ... Through the Star Alliance, the Company's route network extends to 1,330 destinations in 193 countries....
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