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• NEW YORK, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Starburst , the open data lakehouse company, today announced at Data Universe its fully managed Icehouse implementation on Starburst's multi-cloud data lakehouse service, Galaxy.
• Starburst is setting new benchmarks in the industry, proven by the rapid adoption of its Galaxy platform, addressing customers' need for an open data lakehouse architecture.
• Organizations are increasingly turning to an open data lakehouse architecture to power interactive applications and run their business.
• Effectively operationalizing an Icehouse requires handling data ingestion, data governance, Iceberg data management, and capacity management at scale, especially in multi-cloud environments.

• Her comment attracted shock, horror and disgust from many social media users, but it’s not the first time Kardashian Barker has used her milk as medicine.
• In 2013, she applied her breast milk to her sister Kim Kardashian’s leg in an effort to heal a patch of psoriasis.
• But by drinking her own breast milk, the eldest Kardashian sister helped promote a health trend already steeped in centuries of medical history.
• One thing that is not recommended by any health organisation is adult consumption of human milk.

History of human milk as medicine

• Many healers of the day also recommended treating eye infections with human milk, which was known as “whitened blood”.
• We know that human milk contains many components which can be effective as antimicrobials – lactoferrin and antimicrobial peptides, for example.

Bodybuilders think breast is best

• Human milk is also used by some bodybuilders to lose fat and bulk up.
• This has created an online marketplace allowing easy access to breast milk.
• The 2020 Netflix series (Un)Well featured an episode focused on the safety and ethics of breast milk for bodybuilding.

Lack of research into potential benefits

• Considering human milk feeds most of the world’s population for the first six months of their life, it is a surprisingly understudied area.
• Researchers have shown preliminary evidence that specific components of human milk could have antimicrobial activity against pathogens that infect adults.
• If she does, there are many human milk banks in her native California that would welcome her donation.

Simon Cameron receives funding from UK Research and Innovation for work related to human milk microbiology and composition.

• As Sherman related, she had the necessary skill set and was in the right place at the right time.
• Sherman’s gift is part of the University’s Ever Brighter: The Campaign for Our Next Century.
• When she heard about the new theatre arts building—and what it would mean for students and faculty—she was inspired to make her gift.
• “Theater and film help change lives and minds in the very simplest way—we hear this all the time,” she said.

• QUINCY, Mass., April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Breezeline , a leading internet service provider in the U.S., has begun to activate fiber internet in previously unserved areas of King William County, Virginia.
• The 132-mile fiber expansion will make fiber available to over 1,500 homes and businesses by August 2025.
• The initiative will enable homes and businesses in King William County to access Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology with Gigabit-speed internet for the very first time.
• In addition to the King William County expansion, Breezeline is working to extend internet connectivity to nearly 7,500 unserved homes and businesses in Caroline County and Essex County through the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) and RDOF, with contributions from Breezeline and the counties.