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...death. Both events are being commemorated by a bid to spark fresh interest in the Nobel-prizewinning physicist, who was named Time magazine's Person of the Century in December 1999. "Einstein was not only a brilliant physicist, but also a lateral thinker, pacifist, cosmopolite and visionary," says Gerd Weiberg, head of Germany's Einstein Year celebrations. Here are some highlights of Einstein-related happenings around Europe: Einstein, who was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, in 1879, lived and worked in Berlin for 18 years before emigrating to the U.S. in 1933. And from May 16-Sept...
...bravado undiminished, Konrad Kujau, confessed forger of the notorious Hitler diaries, awaited the verdict of a Hamburg court by scrawling facsimiles of the Führer's signature. Kujau's mood grew more somber when Judge Hans-Ulrich Schroeder declared him guilty, along with former Stern magazine Reporter Gerd Heidemann, of defrauding Stern of $3.8 million between 1981 and 1983. The German weekly had purchased 60 volumes of the phony diaries in what it billed as the "scoop of the post-World...
...death. Both events are being commemorated by a bid to spark fresh interest in the Nobel-prizewinning physicist, who was named TIME's Person of the Century in December 1999. "Einstein was not only a brilliant physicist, but also a lateral thinker, pacifist, cosmopolite and visionary," says Gerd Weiberg, head of Germany's Einstein Year celebrations. Here are some highlights of Einstein-related happenings around Europe...
First comes Halloween, then, as any parent of a trick-or-treating child can tell you, comes indigestion. But sometimes what passes for a stomachache can be something far more serious: gastro-esophageal reflux disease, or GERD. Well known to adults as heartburn, this disorder of the stomach and esophagus can also strike children, especially if they eat large quantities of chocolate, peppermint or spearmint candies. These treats tend to open up the valve between the esophagus and the stomach and allow food mixed with acid to pass back into the food pipe, causing the uncomfortable burning sensation...
...GERD, there are a number of steps you can take. Elevating the head of the bed and having the child lie on the left side at night--which tips the stomach so gravity can hold the acid in--seems to help. Meanwhile, kids should cut down on soda and citrus products and stay away from secondhand smoke. They should also avoid pants or skirts with waistbands that are too tight...