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Curing Psoriasis Naturally: Week 25. STALKED BY A FOX, A ‘BIG’ FLARE UP, VEGAN lifestyle – Video

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Curing Psoriasis Naturally: Week 25. STALKED BY A FOX, A #39;BIG #39; FLARE UP, VEGAN lifestyle
Good week all round, until today that is. Penny has been off colour today thanks possibly a bug of some kind. She had a high temperature, which then triggered a seizure a few hours later. Thankfull...

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Is this the new psoriasis cure?

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March 16, 2015

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Psoriasis is a medical condition typically marked by the emergence of itchy or burning patches of red, scaly skin, and those who suffer from it typically try to cope with the use of anti-inflammatory drugs and vitamin D supplements.

Now, according to a new study in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers at eight different research centers have developed a treatment that shows potential to cure the disease.

[STORY: High blood pressure and psoriasis linked]

For years, scientists have known that an inflammation-causing protein called interleukin-23 could be a key to a cure. However, past efforts have not produced very promising results.

The striking result we achieved using a human antibody that targets the signal interleukin-23 suggests we are on the threshold of doing something very different from our current model of treating psoriasis with immunosuppressive drugs throughout an adult lifetime, said study author James Krueger, head of the Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology at Rockefeller University in New York City. It raises the possibility of working toward long-term remission in other words, a cure.

In 2004, a team including Krueger indicated a major role for interleukin-23 in the disease, and study since then has backed this hypothesis. Researchers say that interleukin-23 commences a sequence of events that leads to inflammation in the skin, abnormal growth of skin cells, and dilation of blood vessels.

[STORY: Spontaneous DNA mutation causes miracle cure]

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Supermicro Green Computing Solutions from Ultra Servers to MicroBlade Transform Digital Business @ CeBIT, Hannover

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HANNOVER, Germany, March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing highlights its latest solutions transforming Enterprise, Data Center and Cloud infrastructure to meet demands for higher density and efficiency without compromising on performance. For the most demanding Enterprise applications, the highly innovative architecture of the 1U/2U Ultra SuperServer offers maximum performance, flexibility, scalability and serviceability with support for dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 (up to 160W), 24x DIMM slots, 4-port 10GBase-T, 10G SFP+, 40G QSFP, up to 10x hot-swap NVMe SSDs, 7x PCI-E 3.0 (x8) expansion slots and intelligent, cold redundant Titanium Level high-efficiency (96%) digital power supplies. For hyperscale Data Center and Cloud environments, the 6U MicroBlade microserver offers a flexible, modular, 28 blade platform supporting a variety of configurations from low-power 112 node Intel Atom C2550 (4-Core, 2.4GHz) or Intel Atom C2750 (8-Core, 2.4GHz), to performance oriented 28 node dual Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 (up to 14-core, 120W), single E3-1200 v3 or 4th Gen Core i3 (up to 84W) with a new 28x 10GbE downlink and 4x 40GbE QSFP uplink switch module. A newly announced MicroBlade offering an optimal balance of energy-efficiency, performance, and density will support 56 Intel Xeon processor D-1500 compute nodes with integrated 10GbE.

Supermicro will showcase its extensive line of SuperServer, SuperBlade, SuperStorage, and Networking solutions including the industry's widest selection of server-class motherboards for extreme solution customization. Highlights include VMware certified 4U FatTwin VMware Virtual SAN Ready Nodes for Hypervisor-converged storage and 2U TwinPro VMware EVO:RAIL for hyper-converged infrastructure and SDDC, 3U MicroCloud, 7U SuperBlade, Data Center Optimized solutions, High Performance Computing (HPC), Hyper-Speed, SuperStorage, and Embedded solutions.

"Supermicro is transforming digital business with our Green Computing solutions featuring the latest, most advanced acceleration technologies such as hot-swap NVMe, DDR4, 10/40/100G along with cooling architecture innovations and intelligent, cold redundant digital power supplies to deliver maximum compute performance and density with minimum power consumption," said Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. "Our unrivaled range of products enables lowest TCO with perfectly matched solutions, optimized for any scale application. Combined with our system design expertise, time-to-market advantages and Global expansion of service and support networks, Supermicro is driving the future of computing with total end-to-end solutions."

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Visit Supermicro at CeBIT 2015 in Hannover, Germany, March 16th through the 20th at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Hall 2, Stand B52 (C58). For more information on Supermicro's complete range of high performance, high-efficiency Server, Blade, Storage and Networking solutions, visit http://www.supermicro.com.

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Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology is a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green" initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

Supermicro, Building Block Solutions and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

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Les solutions d'informatique verte de Supermicro allant des Ultra Servers aux MicroBlade transforment le secteur du …

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-- Parmi les produits exposs, on trouve une vaste gamme de solutions de serveurs, serveurs-lames, stockage et rseautage optimises pour les entreprises, les centres de donnes, l'informatique en nuage et les applications intgres

HANOVRE, Allemagne, 16 mars 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), leader mondial de la technologie de serveurs, de stockage et d'informatique verte de haute performance et de haute efficacit prsente ses dernires solutions destines transformer l'infrastructure des entreprises, des centres de donnes et de l'informatique en nuage pour rpondre aux demandes en termes de plus grande densit et efficacit sans compromettre pour autant les performances. Pour les applications d'entreprise les plus exigeantes, l'architecture extrmement innovante des Ultra SuperServer 1U/2U offre les meilleures performances, flexibilit, volutivit et fonctionnement grce la prise en charge du double processeur Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 (jusqu' 160W), 24 barrettes de mmoire DIMM, 4 ports 10GBase-T, 10G SFP+, 40G QSFP, jusqu' 10 baies de disques SSD NVMe changeables chaud, 7 connecteurs d'extension PCI-E 3.0 (x8) et une alimentation numrique intelligente, redondante froid et hautement efficace de niveau Titanium (96%). Pour les centres de donnes trs grande chelle et les environnements en nuage, les micro-serveurs MicroBlade 6U offrent une plateforme flexible et modulaire de 28 lames qui prend en charge toute une gamme de configurations, allant des processeurs Intel Atom C2550 112 nuds faible puissance (quadri-cur, 2,4 GHz) ou Intel Atom C2750 (octo-cur, 2,4 GHz) aux processeurs doubles 28 nuds Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 orients vers la performance (jusqu' 14 curs, 120W), processeurs simples E3-1200 v3 ou la 4e gnration de Core i3 (jusqu' 84W) avec de nouveaux modules de commutation de 28 liaisons descendantes 10 GbE et 4 liaisons montantes QSFP 40GbE. Vient d'tre annonc un MicroBlade qui offre le meilleur quilibre entre l'efficacit nergtique, la performance et la densit, et qui prendra en charge 56 nuds de calcul d'un processeur Intel Xeon D-1500 avec 10GbE intgrs.

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Supermicro va prsenter sa vaste gamme de solutions SuperServer, SuperBlade, SuperStorage et de rseautage qui comportent le plus grand choix du secteur en termes de cartes-mres de type serveur pour la plus grande personnalisation des solutions. Les produits les plus remarquables englobent les 4U FatTwin VMware Virtual SAN Ready Nodes (des configurations de serveurs pr-valides) avec la certification VMware pour le stockage converg par hyperviseur et 2U TwinPro VMware EVO:RAIL pour les infrastructures hyper-converges, ainsi que des solutions SDDC, 3U MicroCloud, 7U SuperBlade optimises pour les centres de donnes, des solutions d'informatique haute performance (HPC), les solutions Hyper-Speed, SuperStorage, et des solutions intgres.

Supermicro est en train de transformer le secteur numrique grce nos solutions d'informatique verte qui englobent les dernires technologies d'acclration les plus avances telles que l'changeable chaud NVMe, DDR4, 10/40/100G, ainsi que les innovations en termes d'architecture de refroidissement et l'alimentation numrique intelligente redondante froid qui fournit la plus grande performance de calcul et la meilleure densit avec une consommation d'alimentation minimale, a dclar Charles Liang, prsident-directeur gnral de Supermicro. Notre gamme ingale de produits permet les plus bas cots totaux de proprit avec des solutions parfaitement adaptes et optimises pour des applications de toutes tailles. En conjuguant notre expertise de conception du systme avec les avantages de mise sur le march en temps opportun et l'expansion mondiale de rseaux de services et de support, Supermicro conduit l'avenir de l'informatique avec des solutions compltes de bout-en-bout.

Voici les plus remarquables solutions d'informatique verte de Supermicro exposes

Visitez Supermicro sur le salon CeBIT 2015 Hanovre, Allemagne, du 16 au 20 mars au Parc des Expositions d'Hanovre, Hall 2, Stand B52 (C58). Pour obtenir de plus amples informations sur la gamme complte des solutions de serveurs, serveurs-lames, stockage et rseautage haute performance et haute efficacit de Supermicro, veuillez visiter http://www.supermicro.com.

Vous pouvez suivre Supermicro sur Facebook et Twitter pour recevoir leurs dernires nouvelles et leurs annonces.

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Supermicro (NASDAQ : SMCI), socit innovante leader en technologies de serveurs haute performance et haute efficacit, est un fournisseur de premier plan qui distribue dans le monde entier des serveurs avancs Building Block Solutions pour les centres de donnes, l'informatique en nuage, les technologies de l'information pour les entreprises, Hadoop/Big Data, l'informatique haute performance (HPC) et les systmes embarqus. Supermicro a pris des engagements l'gard de la protection de l'environnement grce son programme We Keep IT Green et fournit ses clients les solutions les plus conomes en nergie et les plus cologiques disponibles sur le march.

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Kendrick Lamar's epic 'Mortal Man' features fiery 2Pac interview

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In the hours after Kendrick Lamars new album To Pimp a Butterfly was released a week early, one track, Mortal Man, started getting traction.

For good reason: Its a 12-minute epic that features wondrous Lamar verses about Nelson Mandela, devotion, spiritual enlightenment and power. More important, after a postscript Lamar spoken-word piece, the artist conducts a time-travel interview with the late Tupac Shakur that gradually rises into a free-jazz jam seeminglybeamed from 1967.

Its a fiery few minutes in which the two converse about, among other things, fame, the fattening of the upper class and the lifecycle of the black mans power, something that Shakur says diminishes at an early age. Once you turn 30 its like they take the heart and soul out of a man, out of a black man in this country. And you dont wanna fight no more. And if you dont believe me you can look around, you dont see no loudmouth 30-year-old [black men]. (That and other quotes viaGenius.com.)

Lamar updates the dead rapper on the current situation by saying theres nothing but turmoil going on.

With that, Shakur makes a (cuss-heavy) prediction, one sure to fuel right-wing fear-mongering for the rest of the year. I think that [black men] is tired-a grabbin' ... out the stores and next time its a riot theres gonna be bloodshed for real. I dont think America can know that. I think America think we was just playing and its gonna be some more playing but it aint gonna be no playing. Its gonna be murder, you know what Im saying, its gonna be like Nat Turner, 1831 ...

Lamar's response, which is followed by a parable about a caterpillar and its cocoon: "In my opinion, only hope that we kinda have left is music and vibrations. A lotta people dont understand how important it is. Sometimes I be like, get behind a mic and I dont know what type of energy Imma push out, or where it comes from. Trip me out sometimes."

The same could be said about "To Pimp a Butterfly," currently tripping out much of the music world.

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Introducing NASA's bouncy-house habitat for the ISS

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March 16, 2015

We think it's actually a bounce house for the astronauts. (Credit: NASA)

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It might look like a moon-shaped bouncy house, but a large, shiny, silver inflatable sphere scheduled to be transported to the International Space Station (ISS) later this year is actually a new expandable habitat co-developed by NASA and Bigelow Aerospace.

BEAM us up, Scotty!

Known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), the habitat is scheduled to be carried to the orbiting laboratory on a SpaceX flight this September, according to a Washington Post report published on Friday. Upon its arrival, it will be attached to the ISS and will undergo extensive tests over the next two years to see if it can handle the rigors of space.

[STORY: Inflatable bouncer injuries on the rise]

BEAM recently passed the US space agencys rigorous certification requirements, the newspaper added, but only time will tell if the habitat can withstand the radiation of space, the movement of the ISS itself, and potential collisions with the countless fragments of debris in orbit.

On its official website, Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace noted that it had been awarded a $17.8 million contract for the development of expandable space habitat technology. The module will be berthed to the stations Tranquility node, and a pressurization system will be activated by the ISS crew in order to expand the structure to its full size.

During the trial period, astronauts will periodically enter the module to gather performance data and inspect the unit, and at the conclusion of the two-year test, the BEAM module is slated to be jettisoned from the space station, where it will fall back towards Earth and burn up in the atmosphere.

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NASA helps EWU student realize rocket dream

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Eastern Washington University student Jesse Shelly has always been fascinated with rockets, space flight and the men and women who make it happen.The former air traffic controller got to live out one of his dreams last week.

EWU student Jesse Shelly with astronaut Stan Love

Shelly, a junior studying mechanical engineering and a member of the rocket club, was given the opportunity to participate as a social media ambassador for last weeks test firing in Utah of the largest rocket booster ever made.

Shelly attended the two-day event as a de facto member of the media. He earned his spot by applying through a program run by NASA that was looking for 45 people to learn about the rocket program, see the test firing and promote all of it on social media.

The March 10-11 event was called, Get Fired Up! Experience the Most Powerful Rocket Booster Ever Built. It featured the first test of NASAs Space Launch Systems booster that was built and tested by contractor ATK Aerospace Group.

NASA described the significance of the event on its website before the launch:

NASA Social participants will have the opportunity to see the test firing for the largest, most powerful booster ever built for theSpace Launch System (SLS) NASAs new heavy-lift rocket in development to enable missions farther into space than ever before.When completed, two five-segment boosters and four RS-25 main engines will power the SLS on its way to deep space missions, including to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. The solid rocket boosters operate in parallel with the main engines for the first two minutes of flight providing more than 75 percent of the thrust needed for the launch vehicle to escape the gravitational pull of Earth.

In addition to the test firing on March 11, Shelly and the NASA Social team were able to tour of the ATK facilities in Utah. ATK is the prime contractor for SLS boosters, which have been used in a long line of space missions. Shelly and other attendees also got a chance to ask questions of NASA and ATK representatives at a press conference that aired live on NASA TV.

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HK chief executive's daughter behaves oddly on red carpet

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Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Socialite Paris Hilton were among the luminaries who walked the red carpet in Hong Kong ahead of the city's first fundraiser for the Foundation for AIDS Research (AmfAR).

However, one arrival on the red carpet turned heads for all the wrong reasons.

Leung Chai-yan, the notorious daughter of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, arrived late on the red carpet and appeared to need support walking.

Leaning against the backdrop for support, she ignored pleas by the carpet host to leave, before stumbling off to laughter and jeers from the local media.

The 23-year-old law student has gained notoriety for a series of explosive social media pictures and messages, one in which she appears to show her slashed wrist, and another saying she feels no shame living luxuriously off taxpayers' money. The accounts have since been deleted.

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FORMER Stoke favourite Wayne Thomas is heading to the MLS to take up a coaching role at New York Red Bulls.

The 35 year-old defender will join the club as an Academy coach after working part-time in a similar capacity at Stoke.

But he is best remembered by Stoke fans for his 217 appearances for the club between the summers of 2000 and 2005.

Highlights included a goal - and pitch-long run to celebrate with Stoke fans at the other end - during an FA Cup defeat against Arsenal at Highbury in 2005.

He later played for the likes of Burnley, Southampton and Doncaster.

He even plied his trade in Greece for a spell before returning to play in non-league with Tamworth and Worcester City.

He appeared in a televised FA Cup tie for Tamworth against Bristol City last season.

And this season he played a starring role in Worcester's Cup run that saw them win at Coventry before going out in a replay to Scunthorpe when he missed the fateful penalty in a 14-13 shootout defeat.

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Orbital ATK and NASA test Qualification Motor 1 on March 11 2015 – Video

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