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Pharmama: EU kippt die Preisbindung für rezeptpflichtige Arzneimittel – für ausländische Versandapotheken.

“Wie reagieren die deutschen Apotheker?

Sie sind entsetzt von diesem Urteil. Bin ich auch. Und ihr solltet das auch sein! Das Urteil sabotiert de facto das deutsche Gesundheitssystem. Apotheken sind nicht nur Medikamenten-Dispenser, sie sind auch erste Anlaufstelle bei Gesundheitsfragen. (Immer noch) leicht erreichbar und die wohl zugänglichsten Medizinalpersonen. Nimm sie weg und Du hast vielleicht noch die (überlaufenen) Notfallstationen der Spitäler. Die Versandapotheken können nicht die Aufgaben übernehmen, die die Vor-Ort Apotheke täglich leistet. Die haben keinen direkten Kontakt zu den Patienten zu den Menschen hinter der mit Medikamenten zu behandelnden Krankheiten.”

“It started with a fortuitous chair squeak.”

NPR two-way: A Spider Across The Room Can ‘Hear’ You, Study Finds. By Merrit Kennedy.

“Scientists have discovered a new kind of spidey sense.

We already knew that jumping spiders have exceptional vision. We knew that they are great at perceiving vibrations. We even knew that they can “hear” at extremely close range.

But in research published in Current Biology, researchers at Cornell University found that a common species of jumping spider called Phidippus audax can actually hear from much farther away than we thought — at distances of 10 feet away, or more.”

“A six-year-old knows that this is not how adults behave.”

The White House, Office of the First Lady: Remarks by the First Lady at Hillary for America Campaign Event in Manchester, Nh.

“The fact is that in this election, we have a candidate for President of the United States who, over the course of his lifetime and the course of this campaign, has said things about women that are so shocking, so demeaning that I simply will not repeat anything here today. And last week, we saw this candidate actually bragging about sexually assaulting women. And I can’t believe that I’m saying that a candidate for President of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women.
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This is not something that we can ignore. It’s not something we can just sweep under the rug as just another disturbing footnote in a sad election season. Because this was not just a “lewd conversation.“ This wasn’t just locker-room banter. This was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior, and actually bragging about kissing and groping women, using language so obscene that many of us were worried about our children hearing it when we turn on the TV.

And to make matters worse, it now seems very clear that this isn’t an isolated incident. It’s one of countless examples of how he has treated women his whole life.
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Because here’s the truth: Either Hillary Clinton or her opponent will be elected President this year. And if you vote for someone other than Hillary, or if you don’t vote at all, then you are helping to elect her opponent. And just think about how you will feel if that happens.”

You can watch the First Lady’s Speech on YouTube.

Apes, like very young infants, understand subjectivity and the limits of perspective.

NPR Science: Apes May Be More Like Us Than We Thought. By Alva Noë.

“Suppose I take the candy from the cabinet where you left it and put it someplace else. Where will you look for it when you get home?

Children younger than 5 will rarely get this right. When questioned, they will say, mistakenly, that you will look for the candy at its new location. […] If you measure not what they say, but what they do, in particular, where they look, it turns out that they are able to anticipate that you will look for the candy where you mistakenly believe it still is.

We now know the same is true of apes.”