Attacking MRSA with metals from antibacterial clays
IMAGE: Shelley Haydel, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Biodesign Institute.
In the race to protect society from infectious microbes, the bugs are outrunning us.
Gove says Clegg ‘showing some leg’ to Lib Dems over childcare
Michael Gove appears on The Andrew Marr Show – Lib Dems said he was simply trying to divert attention from his own Tory leadership ambitions and his party’s deep divisions over Europe. Photograph: BBC/Getty Images
Nick Clegg has been accused by Michael Gove of opposing childcare reforms purely in an effort to strengthen his position as Liberal Democrat leader, following mounting dissent within his party.
In a mischievous attack on the deputy prime minister on Sunday, the education secretary said Clegg “has to show a bit of leg” because the Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott was leading an effort to replace him with Vince Cable.
Lib Dems countered with claims that Gove’s attack has more to do with his own leadership ambitions and a need to distract from Tory divisions over Europe.
The row follows Clegg’s criticism last week of plans to loosen staff-to-child ratios in nurseries – part of a package of nursery reforms championed by the education minister, Liz Truss.
Truss has argued that the changes would lower childcare costs and allow professionals in the sector to be paid more. B
Bake With What’s In Your Pantry
Ever find yourself wishing you could bake but have no time to get to the store for ingredients (think an early weekend morning when the kids are bored or a late night realization that youre on snack duty the next day)? Â It happens to me more often than I wish to admit.
For example, I found flour, eggs, milk, vanilla and oatmeal in pantry. I input the ingredients and the tool delivered four viable recipes:
- Rolled Oatmeal Cookies- A classic oatmeal cookie Oatmeal Crispies- A basic drop cookie changed to create something unique Escapade in Oatmeal- Another take on oatmeal cookies, but thicker and gooeyier. Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Sandwich Cookies-A home made take on the Girl Scouts peanut butter sandwich cookies Do-si-sos®
And, while arguably, none of the recipes could be made with only the five ingredients listed above, I did in fact have ingredients in my pantry for all the recipes.
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P90X Fitness Program – It’s Not New But It Produces Results
The P90X fitness program has been around now for a few years and that is a good indication that its not a flash in the pan or one of these fitness programs that promise you the world but never quite deliver.
By seeing P90X year after year (with glowing customer reviews ) you know that it works!
You may have seen the P90X fitness program in an infomercial on television. If so, you know that it’s extreme – and, if you listened and watched the amazing results realized by its users you also know that it really works- and works quickly. You may also have read about stars and athletes using this incredible 90 day fitness plan for their own workout needs even though they could easily pay for the best personal trainer available.
How does it work? This