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Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...
Sports Tusker coach denies claims of high-handedness and revolt

The team have only won three matches in their last 10. When Gor Mahia coach, Zdravko Logarusic jokingly told Matano, that his days at Tusker are numbered and that he (Zdravko) would send him home, they both laughed it off. In order to strengthen the technical bench, Tusker board hired former Gor Mahia Team Manager, Tom Ogweno although their Team Manager Willis Waliaula was still there. One of ...
Sports Tusker face Gor in a match they must win to retain credibility

Gor Mahia Wednesday in a Kenyan Premier League (KPL) Top eight return match at Nyayo Stadium. It is a repeat of last season's semi-final match, which Gor won 4-0 on goal aggregate. However, this time the results have been reversed ...
Sports Handball coaches to attend Global lectures course

The course was held at the Nyayo National Stadium handball gymnasium from May 3-12. Four coaches out of the 15 who qualified, will attend another one month global lecturer's course in South Africa in September. According to the course ...
Lifestyle Poor results blamed on teachers low morale

Heads from nine districts pointed out that schools continued to post poor results. Addressing over 300 head teachers on the second day of a heads conference in ...

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Over the Hedge

The computer-animated comedy Over the Hedge, which is being billed as the new movie from the creators of Shrek and Madagascar even though the only thing they have in common is the fact that they were all produced by DreamWorks (no, wait, co-director Tim Johnson g ... ...

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Governor Kizito Wangalwa said the funds would facilitate construction of ECD classes in every primary school and employment of at least one teacher in every school. This seeks to end perennial problems facing early childhood education since independence. ECD teachers especially in public schools have had extremely low wages. Speaking at a funeral of the late Erasto Mulamba at Busiada in Butula ...
Xbox One Home Entertainment System Unveiled by Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. unveiled its new Xbox One, an all-in-one gaming and home entertainment system at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Tuesday morning Turning on the device with the phrase "Xbox on," executives said they emphasized simplicity in the new device that puts ...
Job security is a thing of the past - so millions need a better welfare system | Guy Standing

Skills and Employment Survey , published on Monday? The national survey, carried out every six years, shows that more employees feel insecure than at any time in 20 years; that work is being intensified, with people being asked to do more and work longer; and that for the first time people working in the public sector feel more insecure than those in the private sector.The reasons for this are ...
Letters We need an inquiry into sex abuse cases

The prime minister has rejected the call for a public inquiry into the Oxford sex abuse ring. I disagree; there is an absolute requirement for an inquiry ...
T Magazine On View | Steven Sebring’s Fourth-Dimensional Perspective

Steven Sebring compiled these films, shot with a revolutionary multicamera system of his own design, exclusively for T. ';It’s dope, isn’t it?'; asked Steven Sebring in his Lower Manhattan studio. He was gazing at what he calls the Rig, a 10.5-by-15-foot igloo-like silver contraption (or ';geodome';) designed to capture the form and movement of the subject ...

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New Malaria Drug Shows Promise in Animal Tests

ST. LOUIS, MO U.S. researchers have developed a new fast-acting drug against malaria that appears to avoid the problem with current medicines, which often lose their effectiveness against increasingly drug-resistant strains of malaria parasites, called Plasmodium.

Scientists say the new malaria medicine may have a decisive edge against this persistent tropical-world killer.

Michael Riscoe of Oregon Health and Science University, in the U.S. Northwest, says the new drug, known as ELQ-300, targets the mitochondria -- energy-producing structures in the parasite's cells -- and the DNA building blocks they produce.

A chemical model of ELQ-300. (Image courtesy of Michael Riscoe) x A chemical model of ELQ-300. (Image courtesy of Michael Riscoe) "So the Plasmodium mitochondrion serves as a factory to make these DNA building blocks, but this is completely blocked by ELQ-300," explains Riscoe. "Studies show that the drug acts very quickly to shut down this process. In fact, (in) only about 10 minutes.rdquo;

Perhaps the biggest obstacle in the fight against malaria, Riscoe adds, is the Plasmodium parasite's ability to mutate and develop resistance to each new drug used against the disease. ...