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CARDOSO, Adalberto. A Brazilian utopia: Vargas and the construction of the welfare state in a structurally unequal society. Dados [online]. 2010, vol.5Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0011-5258.
This article joins the persistent (and still current) effort to decipher the riddle of Brazil's equally persistent inequality. Resuming the interpretation of modern Brazil proposed by Juarez Brandão Lopes in the 1960s, the article proposes to revisit the "Vargas Era" and its historical meaning and scope, in light of the reproduction of inequalities over time. The author contends that "regulated citizenship" generated the expectation of social protection among Brazilian workers, feeding the promise of citizens' integration, which was not fulfilled, while performing the task of finally (but not definitively) incorporating workers as artifices in the Brazilian state-building process.
Palavras-chave : Vargas Era; social inequalities; regulated citizenship; migrations; state-building.


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Now that I've actually seen a few episodes, "Duck Dynasty" is relatively harmless entertainment. Whatever "reality TV" means, it's definitely not that. It's a semi-scripted sitcom, basically cornball self-parody. Think "Hee Haw" without the music. I find it utterly inane, but then I don't watch TV with children.
The "tell" is the show's women, cute Southern sorority girls turned mommies. In real life, no way would those women tolerate their "menfolk" running around looking like a truckload of ZZ-Top impersonators. They're also not going on TV with hay in their hair like some Hollywood director's idea of a country girl. Every comedy needs a straight man; on "Duck Dynasty" it's the women.
But realism? Please. The beards, hair and overalls are costumes every bit as theatrical as the outfits the Rolling Stones wear onstage. In the rural Arkansas county where I live, you could hang around the feed store for a month without seeing anybody like "Duck Dynasty" "patriarch" (and head bigot) Phil Robertson. And if you did, his wife wouldn't have any teeth.
The Robertsons are country-clubbers posing as rednecks. Duck hunting itself - requiring, as it does, quite a bit of expensive gear and pricey leases - is mainly a rich man's pastime in the South. Deer hunting makes economic sense; duck hunting's a luxury. It's what doctors, lawyers and bankers do when the weather's too lousy for golf. Bill Clinton used to go duck hunting once a year to prove he loved guns.
(My own most recent - and final - duck hunting trip began with me tasked with lugging an outboard motor across a muddy soybean field at 5:30 a.m. Never again.)
But I digress. Although many Southerners wince at yokel stereotypes, the basic "Duck Dynasty" joke is that every redneck is a Peter Pan at heart. The Robertson men spend their time bickering like children and making mischief with pickup trucks, ATVs, shotguns, handguns, deer rifles, chainsaws, outboard motors, dynamite, etc. Basically anything that makes loud noises and/or throws mud around.
But the laughter ended abruptly when "Duck Commander" Phil Robertson inserted himself into the nation's vituperative culture wars.
Concerning which, a few thoughts:
First, Sarah Palin and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal notwithstanding, nobody has a First Amendment right to appear on TV. Make controversial public pronouncements deeply offensive to your employers, and you'd better have a backup plan.
The creator and producer of "Duck Dynasty" is one Scott Gurney, who once appeared in a gay-themed film called "The Fluffer." (Don't ask.) The guy helps make you rich and famous, and you denounce gays as evil? That's appalling.
Second, it has nothing to do with Christianity. Robertson didn't just say he's against gay marriage, nor even that God is. He spoke in the coarsest possible terms about homosexuality, equating it with bestiality.
He's also characterized gay men and women as "full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. They are insolent, arrogant, god-haters, they are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless, they are ruthless, they invent ways of doing evil."
Here's my favorite moral philosopher, Fox News' own Bill O'Reilly: "It's not about the Bible, or believing or not believing in the Bible. It's singling out a group, could be any group, and saying to that group, 'Hey, you're not worthy. You're not worthy in the eyes of the Lord, or in the eyes of God, you're not worthy because of who you are.' So once you get that personal, once you get down into that kind of a realm, problems arise."
Third, 10 years ago, many of the same people portraying Robertson as a martyr burned Dixie Chicks CDs and cheered their banishment from country radio stations for saying they were embarrassed by George W. Bush before everybody was. And those girls have genuine talent.
Fourth, as for the happy, singing darkies of Robertson's Louisiana childhood, where are they on "Duck Dynasty"? Know what the African-American population of Monroe/West Monroe is? It's roughly 60 percent. I've seen no black faces on the program.
Another prominent American from West Monroe is Boston Celtics great Bill Russell - a black man who's been known to have strong opinions about race. Maybe Robertson ought to talk with him, although it wouldn't be easy.
"Duck Dynasty" may be this month's right wing cause celebre. Longer term, however, unapologetic bigots always fade into obscurity, basically because they embarrass people.
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In 1965, the Ford Mustang was the talk of the nation. The first calendar year of production saw sales of more than 400,000 units, well over the 100,000 units projected in the original business plan, making it the fastest-selling new car of all time.
Today, with instantaneous multimedia communication around the world through the Internet and social media, generating marketing buzz is a huge industry. In 1965, it was a bit more challenging.
Robert Leury, vice president and general manager of the Empire State Building saw the Mustang sales figures and thought he'd love to gain a slice of that frenzy. In the fall of 1965, Leury invited Ford division merchandising manager William Benton in for a meeting to discuss how to pull off a headline-grabbing spectacle. What follows is one of the most outrageous examples of 1960s-era advertising moxie.
After the meeting Benton returned to Dearborn and formed a tidy team of eight with one goal: Put a 1966 Mustang on the 86th floor observation deck of the world's tallest, most iconic building. The challenges were significant. Due to the building's stupendous spire and sloping upper architecture, it was determined that lowering a complete car onto the observation deck via helicopter was just too complex and dangerous, so another approach had to be developed.
This is where Ford engineers set to work. The crew took a trip to New York, measuring tapes in hand, carefully noting the dimensions of the building's doorways, halls, rooms and elevators. After some back-of-the-napkin calculations the plan was set: Slice a perfectly good '66 Mustang convertible into pieces, stuff it into the passenger elevator, then put it back together at the top.
The trick would be to split the car and put it back together in such a way that it wasn't apparent as anything but a production vehicle – no cuts to the sheet metal, no trick hinges or fake fiberglass panels. Everything had to appear to be stock Mustang.
Back in Dearborn, the team went to work. In order to fit the 15-foot-long Mustang into the seven-foot-tall elevators, they decided to cut the body of a white convertible into four main sections: windshield, front end, center body and rear end.
The front seats, center console and doors were temporarily removed to simplify access. Next, the engine, transmission and driveshaft were removed. At this point, they could do the dirty work and cut the floor pan out – the rear slice was done right at the rocker panel below the trailing edge of the door, while the front followed the seam at the bottom of the leading edge of the door. The final cut was at the base of the windshield frame. Now the trick was putting it back together. A series of brackets was designed and fabricated so the pieces of the car could slide together and be bolted in place, once again rigid enough to act as a display car.
To make the job of moving the heavy pieces around managable, a rolling dolly was built to guide the front and rear halves into and out of the elevators. The team made three practice runs up similar elevators at the Ford headquarters in Dearborn and everything checked out. The only thing left was to set a date.
At 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 20, 1965, the crew, decked out in crisp white overalls, met at the base of the 1,472-foot-tall Empire State Building and unloaded the car. They disassembled it in front of astonished onlookers. Everything was progressing as planned and they started moving parts up the elevator.
Despite all the upfront planning, the front section was found to be exactly ¼-inch-too tall for the elevator door; the steering wheel was in the way. After some careful jostling, it was slipped through the doorway. Once at observation deck level, the team rolled the sections out the 32-inch-wide door and reassembled the Mustang in gusting 40 mph winds by 4:30 a.m. – just in time for a short break, before news helicopters gathered to begin photographing the car from above.
By 11 a.m. photographers had gotten their fill and the car was taken apart once again and reassembled in the observation floor's inner room, where it greeted an estimated 14,000 visitors that first day and countless more for many months to come.
This sort of high-profile marketing no doubt played a part in getting people into showrooms that year. In 1966, Ford sold an incredible 607,568 Mustangs – the most ever in a single year. By March 1966, an unbelievable 1 million copies had been sold since launch – just about the same time the little white Mustang convertible on top of the Empire State Building was about to retire from the highest showroom in the world.
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Emmy(R) Award-nominated Ryan Seacrest will continue as host of AMERICAN IDOL, broadcast television's No. 1 show. Seacrest has served as host of AMERICAN IDOL since its debut on June 11, 2002. Over the past decade, he has guided the IDOL contestants and judges through each season's incredible journey, from the first tickets to Hollywood to every star-studded finale. Seacrest has introduced every guest performer, played referee with the judges and was the first to announce and congratulate each of the winners.
"For the last 11 seasons, I've had the privilege to be a part of one of television's most iconic shows. It's been a wild ride, and I'm excited for my journey with AMERICAN IDOL to continue," Seacrest said. "The legions of fans, amazingly talented contestants, judges, and producers, along with the hard working IDOL crew, impress me every time we go on air and make hosting the show a dream job. I especially appreciate the support and confidence of Peter Rice, Mike Darnell and the entire FOX team - as well as the support of everyone at FremantleMedia North America - and I look forward to continuing our partnership."
"Ryan is one of a kind," added Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. "His ability to engage the viewers, keep the contestants at ease during intense moments and adapt to any situation, especially during the live shows, solidifies him as the absolute best in the business. He is an integral part of why AMERICAN IDOL is a true phenomenon, and we can't imagine doing this show without him."
"I am thrilled that Ryan will continue to be the face of AMERICAN IDOL. He runs the show with such expertise, warmth and charm that he makes one of the hardest jobs in television look easy," noted Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America. "He is one of the best in the business and we are lucky to have him."
"Ryan has been with AMERICAN IDOL from the very first day. I can't imagine the show without him," stated creator and executive producer Simon Fuller. "He is the consummate host and an exemplary professional. Having Ryan continue to be a part of the AMERICAN IDOL family is great news for everyone."
With his thriving broadcasting career and multiple ventures, Ryan Seacrest is at the forefront of the media and entertainment industry. While hosting and producing multiple television and radio programs, building his Ryan Seacrest Productions banner (RSP) into a leading entertainment production company, and managing a myriad of media investments and brand ventures, Seacrest is redefining what it means to be a successful Hollywood entrepreneur.
Seacrest holds preeminent positions in broadcast television, nationally syndicated radio, local radio and cable as both a producer and on-air host. He is celebrated internationally as host of the top-rated primetime talent showcase AMERICAN IDOL, and hosts and produces "E! News" and its red carpet awards show coverage. He also serves as an executive producer and co-host of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest." He has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the "Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program" category for his work on AMERICAN IDOL, and has also hosted the live network broadcast of the Emmy Awards show. On radio, Seacrest is host of "On Air with Ryan Seacrest," his market-topping No. 1 nationally syndicated Los Angeles morning drive-time radio show for Clear Channel's 102.7 KIIS-FM, as well as a nationally-syndicated Top 40 radio show.
In 2006, Seacrest launched Ryan Seacrest Productions (RSP), which has since become a television production powerhouse. RSP produces the hit series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," one of cable's highest-rated shows, and the spin-offs "Khloe and Lamar," "Kourtney and Kim Take New York" and "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami." RSP also produced the Emmy Award-winning reality series "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution." RSP recently produced two new reality series: "Melissa and Tye" and "Shahs of Sunset." In January 2012, Clear Channel acquired a minority stake in RSP.
In early 2012, Seacrest entered into a joint venture through a holding company, Ryan Seacrest Media, along with HDNet, AEG, and Creative Artists Agency (CAA) to rebrand HDNet/HDNet Canada and launch AXS TV (pronounced: access). AXS TV will debut this summer, providing viewers with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to live concerts and music festivals, red carpet premieres, award shows, parties, pop culture events, and in-depth interviews with the people and artists who make live entertainment so uniquely fascinating.
Seacrest also has extensive deals with brand heavyweights Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Microsoft, and recently announced a strategic marketing and technology alliance with Eventful, Inc.
Seacrest, along with his family, is also committed to the Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF), a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for seriously ill and injured children through unique programs that utilize multimedia and interactive platforms. RSF is building broadcast media centers within hospitals for children to explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media. RSF has launched two centers: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Originally from Atlanta, GA, Seacrest's professional career in broadcasting began at the age of 16 when he applied for an internship at one of Atlanta's top radio stations, WSTR-STAR 94. While working at STAR 94 he finished high school and went on to attend the University of Georgia where he majored in journalism. Seacrest currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
AMERICAN IDOL is produced by 19 Entertainment, a division of CKX, Inc. and FremantleMedia North America, Inc. The series is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, CEO, XIX Entertainment, and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.; Ken Warwick, Executive Producer, FremantleMedia North America, Inc.; and Nigel Lythgoe, CEO, Nigel Lythgoe Productions.
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The BBC News informs us that "faecal transplant" is the "clue to treating the gut bug" Clostridium difficile (C. difficile).
C. difficile are bacteria that usually survive in the digestive system (gut) and do not cause any problems in healthy people. Sometimes, when people are given antibiotics to treat other illnesses, the balance of 'friendly' bacteria in the gut is disturbed. When this happens, C. difficile can multiply rapidly and produce toxins (poisons), which can cause severe diarrhoea. As C. difficile infections are usually follow antibiotic treatment, most cases happen in hospitals or care homes.
A relatively new treatment for C. difficile is termed 'faecal transplant'. This involves ingesting a sample of another person's faeces (poo) provided by a healthy donor. The bacteria inside the faecal matter are thought to help restore the balance of good bacteria. But two drawbacks to the treatment are:
- faecal matter can introduce other harmful bacteria into the gut
- most peope are, understandably, unwilling to eat another person's faeces (although the transplants are often done by enema)
The researchers had two main goals:
- to see if faecal transplant worked in mice (which it did)
- to identify what bacteria contained in the faecal matter had a beneficial effect
The researchers did identify six types of bacteria that seemed to be effective in suppressing the infection. But it is often difficult to interpret the results of animal research and caution should be exercised when trying to generalise the findings to humans.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It was funded by the charitable foundation the Wellcome Trust and the UK Medical Research Council. The study was published in the peer-reviewed open access journal PLoS Pathogens.
The study was reported appropriately by BBC News.
What kind of research was this?
This was an animal study that investigated the effect of faecal transplantation from healthy mice to mice infected with C. difficile bacteria.
Researchers also looked at which particular bacteria species were involved in suppressing the infection. Their hope was that this research may be helpful in combating the infection known to cause epidemics in humans.
What did the research involve?
The researchers infected a group of healthy mice with C. difficile bacteria, treated them for seven days with a range of antibiotics and monitored their progress over several months. This was done in order to mimic the natural transmission of the bacteria, which is often stimulated in humans by antibiotics, which disrupt the balance of bacteria inside the digestive system (the so-called 'intestinal flora'). After treatment these mice were considered highly contagious and referred to as 'supershedders'.
Some of the mice were then treated with the antibiotic vancomycin, a strong antibiotic used as a first line of treatment in humans infected with C. difficile, and the effect on the infection was examined.
The researchers then treated some of the other infected mice (that had not been treated with vancomycin) with faecal transplantation, which is the oral administration of faeces from healthy mice to infected mice. They investigated whether this method of treatment suppressed the C. difficile infection.
Based on the results of this experiment, the researchers then further investigated the precise bacteria species that restored balance in the infected guts of the mice.
What were the basic results?
Healthy mice that were infected with C. difficile bacteria developed a chronic infection and a highly contagious state that persisted for months. Treatment with vancomycin, although initially effective, was found to lead to a relapse in disease.
The key finding of this study was that a single treatment of faeces, called faecal transplantation, from healthy mice to infected mice "rapidly suppressed C. difficile" levels within five to seven days of treatment. This suppression lasted for a period of months. The researchers found that this method was consistently associated with highly effective suppression of the 'supershedder state' in 23 out of 25 attempts. This resulted in a significant loss of contagiousness, or transmission, between mice. Faecal transplantation was also associated with a return to normal intestinal flora (bacteria levels in the gut) and a reduction in the inflammatory processes in the gut.
As part of further investigations, the researchers identified six specific bacteria species (which has been referred to in the media as a "super-six cocktail") they considered to be responsible for suppressing the infection.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers conclude that intestinal (gut) imbalances in mice caused by infection with C. difficile bacteria can be suppressed with the faeces of healthy mice leading to rapidly resolved disease, reduction in contagiousness and restoration of a healthy intestine.
As a result of the study findings, the researchers say that faecal transplantation is a promising alternative therapy for recurrent C. difficile disease in humans.
This was an early stage animal study that examined the effect of faecal transplantation from healthy mice to mice infected with the bacteria Clostridium difficile.
The researchers note that although faecal transplantation is a promising alternative treatment for C. difficile infection, "it is not widely used because of the time required to identify a suitable donor, the risk of introducing opportunistic pathogens" and, to put it mildly, "general patient aversion".
One of the researchers, Dr Trevor Lawley, said "antibiotics are the greatest intervention ever, but maybe we've overused them and C. diff is the result". He went on to add that there were differences between the bacteria growing in the guts of mice and people, so the same experiments now need to be repeated in people to find an equivalent cocktail for suppressing the infection in humans.
This is valuable research into the treatment of Clostridium difficile – a significant cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea. It does raise the possibility that by isolating the so-called "super-six cocktail" of bacteria, and then finding a way conveniently to introduce them to the body (such as in probiotic yoghurt), it may be possible to exploit the benefits of faecal transplantation without the obvious downsides.
However, at the current time, trialling such a step in humans who are already likely to be considerably unwell seems unlikely.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
'Faecal transplant' clue to treating gut bug
BBC News, 25 October 2012
Links to the science
Lawley TD, Clare S, Walker AW, et al.
Targeted Restoration of the Intestinal Microbiota with a Simple, Defined Bacteriotherapy Resolves Relapsing Clostridium difficile Disease in Mice
PLoS Pathogens. Published online October 25 2012


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We've been itching to get a pair of the Nokia Purity Pro wireless headphones for some time now. The over-the-ear design plus active noise cancelling feature always sounded awesome, but the $349 price tag gave us pause.
Luckily, right now on Amazon.com, you can pick up the Purity Pros in either black or white for over $100 off (unfortunately red and yellow are still at the high price). Specifically the black model is discounted to $249 and the white model is a cheaper $223 ($125 savings). That's not a bad deal or at least, it's a significant drop from the full retail price.
The Nokia Purity Pro BH-940 headset features…everything. Seriously, it has NFC for tap-to-pair, wired playback, wireless playback (Bluetooth), a microphone built in for phone usage, it can pair to multiple devices, has noise cancelling and probably the kitchen sink. To turn 'em on you just unfold them open and the over-the-ear fit sure ensure they stay comfortable for some time.
We'll order up a pair and give you our thoughts when compared to the Nokia Purity (wired). Just too bad we can't get that yellow at a cheaper price!
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There were 85 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,396 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
There were 85 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,396 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Fraud: Deputies conducted a traffic stop near Bieghle and East 8th streets about 9:50 p.m. Friday and found that the driver was on searchable probation for narcotics. Inside the vehicle, deputies found fraudulent documents belonging to multiple victims, including names, dates of birth, driver's licenses, social security numbers, and debit and credit cards. Donyetta Fox, 35, was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property and forgery as well as traffic-related crimes.
Carjacking: A 19-year-old man was at a stoplight at North Wilson Way and North Sanguinetti Lane about 3:01 a.m. Friday when two men approached his vehicle. One of the men punched the victim in the face two or three times and pulled him out of the car. The carjackers stole the victim's car and fled north on North Wilson Way. The vehicle was later found crashed into a tree in the front yard of a home in the 2400 block of East Alpine Avenue. One of the carjackers was described as a black man in his mid- to late 20s wearing a white T-shirt. The other was described as a black man in his mid- to late 20s with dreadlocks and a red T-shirt.
Attempted arson: A resident in the 100 block of North Aurora Street told officers someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the front window of his home about 5:50 a.m. Saturday. The ignition source fell out of the bottle before it entered the home, so the only damage was a broken window.
Weapons arrest: Community Response Team officers and members of the multiagency San Joaquin County gang task force conducted a traffic stop near Oak and Stanislaus streets about 3:40 p.m. Friday. Inside the vehicle, they found a loaded handgun under the passenger's seat. Benjamin Butler, 36, the passenger in the vehicle, was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and other crimes.
Dwelling shot: A 51-year-old man told police he was home in the 8600 block of Santa Paula Way at 10:18 p.m. Friday when he heard gunfire and the sound of gunshots hitting his house. No one was injured, but officers found expended shell casings outside the home. The shooters were not described in detail.
The California Highway Patrol did not submit an incident report for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 206 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday, including four vehicle accidents, 84 medical calls and one structure fire.


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Olivier Giroud, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Iwobi, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla were on the scoresheet as the Gunners coasted to victory.
Wenger has only signed Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech this summer while title rivals Manchester United and Manchester City have been busy in the transfer market.
And despite being linked with Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema and Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, Wenger believes his side are not in desperate need of another forward.
"We are open-minded but we are not desperate. Today we didn't have (Danny) Welbeck or (Alexis) Sanchez, who are big players," he said.
"(Jack) Wilshere didn't play as well, so we will have a good squad when everyone is back. We are open-minded but many clubs are on the market with big, big money.
"At the moment our squad is well-balanced quality-wise and numbers-wise.
"When you win the FA Cup final scoring four goals and score six today, it shows scoring goals is not our problem."
Arsenal scored 71 goals in the league last season, the third highest total after Manchester City and champions Chelsea.
The Frenchman added that with no major international tournament this summer, his players can made a strong start to the new Premier League campaign.
Wenger believes the Gunners??? slow start to last season ??? which saw them draw five of their first eight games – was down to a post-World Cup hangover suffered by several of his players.
"I think we have more cohesion than we had last season and everyone has better focus," he added.
"Last season after the World Cup some players came back mentally exhausted. Hopefully we can take advantage this season.
"Football is subtle, it's not mathematics. That means everyone playing for each other, then if you have quality players you have a chance."


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White Tongue, Geographic Tongue, Tongue Cleaning Information
Posted: May 18, 2009
A white tongue is something that nobody wants to have. Not only does a coated tongue look abnormal, but if it is left untreated, it's a strong indication of a breath problem. People who have the condition known as geographic tongue are definitely more likely to experience a white tongue. Geographic tongue simply means a tongue that has lots of grooves and fissures in it, and these grooves and fissures make an excellent breeding ground for the anaerobic bacteria that cause bad breath and a white tongue. The way around this problem is simply making sure that your tongue is kept as clean as possible. However, not all tongue cleaning is created equal.... Tongue cleaning (or tongue scraping) is a process that the majority of people in the United States don't do on a daily basis. It's one of the most important steps you can take to keep your breath clean and fresh! It's not difficult to do, and it's not even that time consuming. That extra minute or two per day can reap huge rewards in preventing bad breath, helping to prevent white tongue and returning it to its normal color.
- It's not necessary to scrape hardI've seen patients make their tongues bleed because they were pressing down too hard. In general, pressing harder does not remove more bacteria. You simply need to press hard enough so that the tongue cleaner contacts your tongue, flush across the cleaning surface. Try not to leave any gaps.
- Tongue cleaning alone does not prevent bad breathTongue cleaning does not remove the bacteria that cause bad breath that are breeding below the surface of a geographic tongue. It simply removes the gunk on the surface of your tongue (mucus and food debris) which are a food source for the anaerobic bacteria. In order to get rid of those anaerobic bacteria (which are responsible for white tongue), you must use an oxygenating toothpaste which can penetrate beneath your tongues surface.
- It's not necessary to use one of those complex, expensive gizmos to successfully clean your tongue. All you need is a fairly rigid instrument that you can easily make flush with the largest amount possible of your tongue's surface area. The electronic tongue cleaners you see can be helpful if you have arthritis, difficulty with coordination, or in general have a tough time performing the actions listed below.
Step-By-Step Instructions to Successfully Clean A Geographic Tongue and Prevent White Tongue Here is an average tongue cleaning from start to finish from one of my patients who volunteered to allow me to take his picture.
- Starting at the very base of your tongue, place the tongue cleaner flush against your tongue's surface and make slow sweeping strokes from back-to-front. Start at either side (left or right) and work your way to the other. Depending on the tongue cleaner you are using, you might need to make 3-4 different 'swaths' across your tongue.
- Once the surface debris from your tongue has been removed, apply a small bead of oxygenating toothpaste to the head of your tongue cleaner.
- Gently coat the surface of your tongue (as far back as possible without gagging) with the toothpaste. This allows it to penetrate below the surface of your tongue to neutralize those sulfur-producing anaerobic bacteria! There are more bacteria in the rear of your tongue than in the front.
- Once your tongue is coated, allow the toothpaste to stay on the surface of your tongue as long as you can, up to 90 seconds is ideal. If you begin to cough, or your gag reflex kicks in, it's alright to spit it out whenever you need to.
- Ideally, it's best to leave the toothpaste on the surface of your tongue, while you brush your teeth normally.


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Gucci PH 1.
Totem Eclipse by Smell Bent - a cheapie, and without a doubt one of the best green scents I have tried I love it.
Gucci PH 1.
Gucci Pour Homme 1.
Current Favorites (in no particular order)
Royal Oud
CK One
Aqua Celestia
1725 Casanova
Aqua Universalis
Rose 31
Prada L'Homme
Green Irish Tweed
Les Exclusifs Eau de Cologne
Terre d'Hermes Parfum
Tom Ford Extreme
Bergamote Soleil
Hanae Mori H.M. EDT
Nasomatto Duro.
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Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
My Antaeus can beat up your Armani.
terre d hermes
Another vote for Chene.
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." - Thomas Jefferson
I'll second both Tam Dao and Santal 33 and I'll add...
Let Me Play The Lion
Gucci Rush For Men
CDG Standard
Ormonde Man
Juicy Couture Dirty English. The very first thought I had upon smelling this was fresh sawdust.
I don't have a signature fragrance. My signature changes a little bit every day, why shouldn't my fragrance?
It immediately brings back memories of when I used to work in a dusty woodshop restoring antiques. Gucci Pour Homme has a similar dry down as well. They don't really remind me of cutting wood exactly, but more of the smell of old sawdust and woodchips.
But the fragrance that reminds me most of actually "cutting wood" is by far Dior Fahrenheit. Not cutting wood with an axe, but with a gas-powered chain saw. My Dad used to always go out cutting wood with a chain saw and when he came back inside the freshly cut wood, gasoline, and sweaty musk would all mix together and smell remarkably similar to Fahrenheit. The fist time I smelled Fahrenheit I was convinced my dad used to wear it because it brought back so many memories of him from my childhood. But my mother assures me that he never wore cologne. Now I'm certain it was just the smell of cut wood and gasoline on his skin.
+1 Let Me Play the Lion
+1 Hinoki
Also check out Black Tourmaline - the smell of pine sap, wood, and some wood smoke.
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Ungaro I 75ml
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Tommy Bahama
Another for Hinoki and Chene.
Wild at Heart and Weird on Top
Le Boise by Ginestet
CDG Artek Standard
More like pencil shavings: L'Artisan Navegar and Andree Putnam
Kanon Norwegian Wood
Cedre by L'Occitane came immediately to mind when I saw this thread.
In a world where people smell bad, it is the personal responsibility of every Basenoter to improve the world one SotD at a time...
Where can I find a sample of the Hinoki by Monocle/Comme des Garçons. I have looked everywhere.
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Ah the smell of Home Depot...I have not found it's equal
^^^^you probably mean "Homme Depot"
Tam Dao in my opinion is just sandalwood, i think Noble Cedar by Chopard and Chene is a superb recommendation
Seems Gucci PH 1 smells much like sawdust. I can't comment but I have started to notice a lot of cedar in Gucci's Envy, so if you are happy with cedar sawdust this could be the one.
Laboratorio Olfattivo Cozumel. No doubts!
Edit; +2 The Ginestet Le Boise!
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Gucci Pour Homme. (After the oil has blown away from my chainsaw cutting the wood).
Actually DeSquared's Potion is pretty close too.


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TG 1000 live on stage
Udo Jürgens' Musical Uses the TG 1000 Digital Wireless System from beyerdynamic
Project report
Udo Jürgens' Musical Uses the TG 1000 Digital Wireless System from beyerdynamic
Heilbronn, June 2013:Since last November, Zurich's "Theater 11" has been running the musical "Ich war noch niemals in New York" (I've never been to New York). The new TG 1000 wireless microphone from beyerdynamic, the audio specialists from Heilbronn, Germany, plays a key role in this Stage Entertainment production in Zurich.
In terms of acoustics, "Theater 11" is a typical musical theatre. In other words: Instead of "built-in" acoustics, the design focuses on suppressing the hall's own acoustics to allow flexible use of the sound system. The advantage of this design is that it provides a wealth of possibilities for different styles and sophisticated sounds to achieve the desired dramatic and aesthetic effects. This Zurich production, for example, features a complex directional sound concept. However, this concept requires all acoustic details to be produced by the sound system. This means there are many possibilities, but they can only be implemented if proper source material is available and the sound system is able to reproduce all the details of this material according to the sound engineer's plans.
As a result, the wireless microphone system is particularly important, because this acoustic source already determines the maximum sound quality that the production can achieve. Simple acoustic transmission of the actors' voices is not the main focus of a musical production with a speaker-oriented sound design, the quality of the wireless microphone system is essential for providing the audience with maximum sound quality and clearly audible acoustic details.
Sound quality is not everything: The system also has to work reliably and consistently. Felix Hohl, a sound engineer at Audiopool, the Basel-based company, who is responsible for the sound design, sums up the requirements: "Sound quality, reliable reception, sturdiness, and battery life. Of course, sound quality is the most important; it absolutely has to be perfect. Reliable reception is almost as important – What good is the best sound quality if there are dropouts and interference? It's also important to have sturdy equipment; the beltpack transmitters have to be particularly durable because they are often integrated into costumes or masks, which expose them to the impacts of sweat. Last but not least, the battery life is also an important issue – a beltpack transmitter has to work reliably during the entire performance with a sufficient power buffer."
beyerdynamic's new TG 1000 wireless microphone system has state-of-the-art technology to meet all these requirements: Digital transmission eliminates the need for the compander systems of earlier analogue FM wireless systems. For that reason, it does not suffer from the typical sonic artefacts that can occur in transient signals, but rather replaces this sometimes poor audio quality with consistent digital transmission featuring 24-bit sampling and perfect modulation due to gain ranging. Thanks to the special codec, the system's total latency is just 2.1 ms.
The integrated error correction function ensures a highly stable, perfect digital transmission signal over the entire range – which extends over an impressive 200 m. For this reason, the Zurich production only needs two antennas in the stage area.
Fortunately, the available UHF frequency spectrum was not really an issue for this production. But in general, the flexibility of wireless systems regarding use of the frequency spectrum is becoming increasingly important as more and more of the frequency spectrum is cut off. The beyerdynamic TG 1000 system offers exceptional flexibility with a transmitter and receiver that feature an enormous bandwidth of no less than 319 MHz to cover the UHF frequency range of 470 to 789 MHz with a single unit of hardware. The system's configuration can be controlled using the receiver's web interface. It can even configure several receivers linked with each other at the same time. As a result, setting up the Zurich theatre's relatively large system with 30 wireless channels was no problem.
Of course, both dynamic and condenser microphone heads – and even a one-of-a-kind ribbon microphone head – are available for the handheld transmitters. The handheld and beltpack transmitters work for at least 7 hours with 2 AA batteries.
All in all, the new TG 1000 provides a stable foundation for the musical production in Zurich. And not just in terms of acoustics: beyerdynamic's system ensures stability and operational reliability, even if the available UHF frequency spectrum continues to be reduced in the future.
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Further information are available at www.beyerdynamic.com/tg1000.


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Blogging for IBM
Hello all, it's been a while since I posted content here on my own blog, but I do regularly write for several other blogs, including IBM developerWorks Open, IBM OpenTech, Bluemix Dev, and Thoughts on Cloud.
Here are a few recent entries:
- Upcoming open tech conferences: Cloud Foundry, OpenStack, and Docker
- IBM Research talks cloud innovation at OpenStack meetups.
- IBM contributions to OpenStack go beyond the code.
- Cross-origin resource sharing for Bluemix APIs.
- Learn about cloud (or share your expertise) at a local meetup.
If you're interested on my take in various areas of cloud computing – particularly in the realm of open source – add those feeds to your reader.
Cross-origin resource sharing on IBM Bluemix
Update: A newer version of this post has been published to the IBM Bluemix blog.
The IBM Bluemix Platform-as-a-Service (based on Cloud Foundry) naturally supports applications that are composed of many services that are in turn deployed to different hostnames.
For example, if you push an application to Bluemix, the name you provide will be prepended to .mybluemix.net resulting in an address such as:
- http://my-sample-app.mybluemix.net
If your cloud-native app follows the best practices of a microservices architecture you'll probably have two or more subcomponents that live on discrete hostnames like this.
But what if you have a JavaScript based front-end that needs to aggregate information from the disparate hosts? By default you won't have access to data on these other subdomains.
The solution is to take advantage of the HTTP headers that are available to allow you to control cross-origin resource sharing (CORS).
To illustrate the problem and the solution, consider the simple Ajax application here:
If you click the red box, you'll initiate an asynchronous HTTP call in JavaScript to a servlet on another host at:
The source of this servlet shows that no particular HTTP headers are set, thus the JavaScript call never reaches it.
However, if you click the blue box, you'll initiate a call to a different servlet on that host:
This time the Ajax call will successfully consume data from the service, because the HTTP headers allow services from a different domain to access the servlet.
[code lang="java"]
If you need to allow access to all client hostnames, replace the whitelist with a wildcard:
[code lang="java"]
There you have it; a simple way to build dynamic JavaScript applications composed of several microservices on IBM Bluemix (or any other Cloud Foundry PaaS).
I used Java in this example, but the same HTTP headers apply whether you're using Ruby, Node.js, PHP, Python or any other runtime.
The Washington Americans
This week presented yet another opportunity to suggest a proposal to rename the Washington Redskins to something less controversial. As I see it, the "Washington Americans" makes the most sense.
It removes a racial slur from the name, expands the appeal of the team to represent the capital city (as a kid, I thought the team hailed from Washington state), and it requires little – if any – change to the existing uniform and logo.
I'm not sure if I'm the first one who came up with the idea, but I've sent messages via the redskins.com feedback form a couple of times over the past 10 years.
December 2005
Congrats on the win today, and good luck next week at Seattle.
I just wanted to share my thoughts on your team name. I enjoy the history of the team, and the logo and colors. However, every time I hear the word "redskin," I cringe (and it's not just because I'm a New York Giants fan :).
My suggestion is to seize the opportunity and rename the team the Washington Americans. You would honor both native-American heritage, and unify that with your home in the nation's capital.
Just a suggestion. And again, good luck… Unless you face the Giants in the NFC Championship. :)
December 2009
I wrote a similar note about four years ago through redskins.com, and after watching the prime time Sunday night game last night, I thought I'd write again.
I wanted to share my thoughts on your team name. I enjoy the history of the team, and the logo and colors. However, every time I hear the word "redskin," I cringe (and it's not just because I'm a New York Giants fan :).
My suggestion is to seize an opportunity and rename the team the Washington *Americans* without a change to logo or team colors. You'd continue to recognize native-American heritage and team history yet also strengthen the team's association with your home in the nation's capital.
Furthermore, by using the name "Americans" by itself, without any hyphenated prefix suggesting exclusion or exception such as "Native-," makes a statement that all US football fans are united as a single nation with a common history.
Of course, this is just my suggestion. But, in what's looking to be an off season full of change, I think you have a golden opportunity to break with a negative aspect of the past and look to a greater future of the franchise here.
If you could float the idea by Daniel Snyder I'd very much appreciate it.
I've also shared the idea a couple of times on Twitter to a positive reception.
@danielkrook @Redskins @SenatorReid That's the only sensible tweet that's FOR changing the name.
— Captain SaveAHoe (@DrSeaBishop) May 29, 2014
@danielkrook @Redskins @nfl — that makes a lot of sense
— Dave Winer ☮ (@davewiner) October 30, 2013
Putting aside whoever it was that first came up with the suggestion to rename the team to the Americans, it's at least a positive starting point to find common ground in this controversy.
It addresses the most offensive part of the name, reduces the cost of change to logo and uniform, and it expands representation of the city and the sport of American Football during this dreadful onslaught of World Cup "football." :)
Please vote for my OpenStack talk proposals
I've submitted two abstracts for the OpenStack Atlanta conference that happens in May.
- Building the right infrastructure for your OpenStack workloads
After this presentation, you will have a firm grasp of the hardware (and costs) required to build your own OpenStack cloud and the confidence to get started immediately.
- Optimizing OpenStack for large scale Cloud Foundry deployments
After this presentation, you will have a strong grasp of what it takes to optimize OpenStack for Cloud Foundry and a starting point for deploying your own massively scalable PaaS clusters.
The OpenStack project is interesting in that it allows members of the community to weigh in on the topics they'd like to see at the conference.
If you like my presentation topics, please consider voting for them (ideally with 3 stars: "Would Love To See This!").
To vote, you need to be a member of the OpenStack Foundation. You can join as an individual member for free.
The community review period ends on March 3rd, so please vote today!
IBM forges its new PaaS with Cloud Foundry
IBM recently announced an open cloud architecture, based on OpenStack at the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (server, storage, and network) level, and on Cloud Foundry at the Platform-as-a-Service (runtime, framework, and database) level.
The partnership follows a fifteen year trend at IBM. This strategy to start with – and contribute back to – open source projects benefits IBM, its customers, and the community itself.
- By building on top of an existing open source foundation, IBM can focus its efforts on higher level services tailored to specific customers.
- By generating interest in the technology – and dedicating employees to the open source project – the community and its software is strengthened.
I'm proud to be a part of the work at IBM to build our next generation PaaS on top of Cloud Foundry. We've already got 1,000 IBMers running 1,200 apps on it, and we're growing fast.
As with Apache, Linux, Eclipse, and OpenStack before it, I have have high hopes for Cloud Foundry. It's good news for IBM customers, and everyone else who can benefit from a free, open source PaaS.
This post is my own and doesn't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
An alternate history of Super Bowl matchups
The NFL's conference championship (semifinal) games always capture my imagination.
In many cases, it's where the two best teams in the league face off, even if they still move on to face a weak opponent from the other conference in a largely ceremonial Super Bowl. Most of the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboy match ups from the early 1990s fall into this category. So these conference games represent the de facto league championship game.
In other cases, there are some teams that just can't catch a break, like the Cleveland Browns or New York Jets, despite numerous, and often successive, championship game appearances. Without at least a Super Bowl appearance, these teams fall by the wayside of NFL history.
The forgotten championship
In all cases, the loser quickly disappears from the public's memory – unlike the Super Bowl participants who have at least a moment's glory on the national stage – despite an excellent season up to that point.
Do you remember how dominant the Browns were in the late 1980s? Or the Los Angeles Rams in the late 1970s?
A second chance at three hours
I often contemplate what NFL history could have looked like, had the NFC and AFC championship games gone the other way and the losers instead advanced to the Super Bowl.
See the full results below, starting with the 1970 season, with the winner shown in bold. I assume the conference that won the real Super Bowl also wins the alternate match up, though admittedly this is unlikely in several match ups. My observations follow the results.
|Super Bowl
|AFC team
|NFC team
|Oakland Raiders
|San Francisco 49ers
|Baltimore Colts
|San Francisco 49ers
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|Dallas Cowboys
|Oakland Raiders
|Dallas Cowboys
|Oakland Raiders
|Los Angeles Rams
|Oakland Raiders
|Los Angeles Rams
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|Los Angeles Rams
|Oakland Raiders
|Minnesota Vikings
|Houston Oilers
|Los Angeles Rams
|Houston Oilers
|Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|San Diego Chargers
|Dallas Cowboys
|San Diego Chargers
|Dallas Cowboys
|New York Jets
|Dallas Cowboys
|Seattle Seahawks
|San Francisco 49ers
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|Chicago Bears
|Miami Dolphins
|Los Angeles Rams
|Cleveland Browns
|Washington Redskins
|Cleveland Browns
|Minnesota Vikings
|Buffalo Bills
|Chicago Bears
|Cleveland Browns
|Los Angeles Rams
|Los Angeles Raiders
|San Francisco 49ers
|Denver Broncos
|Detroit Lions
|Miami Dolphins
|San Francisco 49ers
|Kansas City Chiefs
|San Francisco 49ers
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|Dallas Cowboys
|Indianapolis Colts
|Green Bay Packers
|Jacksonville Jaguars
|Carolina Panthers
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|San Francisco 49ers
|New York Jets
|Minnesota Vikings
|Jacksonville Jaguars
|Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|Oakland Raiders
|Minnesota Vikings
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|Philadelphia Eagles
|Tennessee Titans
|Philadelphia Eagles
|Indianapolis Colts
|Philadelphia Eagles
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|Atlanta Falcons
|Denver Broncos
|Carolina Panthers
|New England Patriots
|New Orleans Saints
|San Diego Chargers
|Green Bay Packers
|Baltimore Ravens
|Philadelphia Eagles
|New York Jets
|Minnesota Vikings
|New York Jets
|Chicago Bears
|Baltimore Ravens
|San Francisco 49ers
Some observations
- The New York Giants never reach the Super Bowl. The New England Patriots appear only once (and win).
- The Vikings, Lions, Eagles, Chargers, Oilers, Panthers and Seahawks each win at least one Super Bowl.
- San Francisco still wins 5 Super Bowls, but also loses 3 times. Oakland wins 5 (including 3 in a row, which has never happened in Super Bowl history) and loses two.
- The Browns make it to 3 Super Bowls but lose all of them. The Jets make 4 but win only one.
- There is an expansion team meeting the year after both new teams joined the league, when the Carolina Panthers defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys still meet two times.
- The Bears go 3-0, representing the best overall Super Bowl record.
- The Buffalo Bills still don't win a game.
- There are lots of interesting local rivalries. Los Angeles and Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay.
It would also be interesting to consider alternate MVPs, though I'd limit this to quarterbacks, since defensive or special teams players reflect a strong individual performance rather than the overall team strength. Kenny Stabler and Joe Montana would probably lead the MVP tally.
Best practices of the daily scrum at NYPHP
Join us tonight at the New York PHP meeting in midtown Manhattan to hear best practices for agile PHP development from Patricia Ju of Hackerbilt.
As a former scrum-half, I'm particularly interested in the actual rugby ball Hackerbilt brings to the daily standup. :)
Zend on IBM private/public clouds at NYPHP
Next Tuesday, June 26th, I'll be speaking at the New York PHP user group about the project I led to bring the Zend Application Fabric onto IBM's on-premise private cloud rack, PureSystems, and onto IBM's public cloud, SmartCloud Enterprise.
I'll describe the Zend Application Fabric for highly available PHP clusters, and show how its topology is supported by scaling and failover policies built into the IBM platform. I'll also show how it integrates with the DB2 based Database-as-a-Service.
At the core of the Zend/IBM system is an IBM virtual application pattern (based on the TOSCA standard) that specifies how virtual machines are layed out, which other VMs they should link (or react) to based on life cycle events, and when they should scale up or down.
You will learn how to activate the Zend pattern, customize the topology, set a scaling policy, monitor the infrastructure, tweak the Zend configuration, view IBM elasticity and fault tolerance in action, and perform repeatable deployments using a template.
RSVP now, or make a note to catch the live stream.


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Justin Bieber, One Direction Or Kristen Stewart: Who Are You Most Excited To See At KCAs?
Who are YOU most excited to see at the Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles March 30?
They might not be the Grammys or the Oscars, but the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards bring out the creme de la creme of Hollywood and we're can hardly wait to see who all turns out tomorrow for the huge show!
Justin Bieber is nominated and is expected to be attending with his girlfriend, Selena Gomez. One Direction is performing. And possibly most exciting of all, Kristen Stewart is coming too!
Be sure to come back to HollywoodLife.com for tons of KCA coverage — including a live chat and lots of hot pics!


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'Immediate Jeopardy'
Heads roll over Christus patient restraint snafu
A investigation by state health officials resulted in the resignations of two top Christus managers in Jefferson County. The state probe was prompted by a complaint on behalf of a patient at Dubuis Hospital, long term acute care hospital (LTACH) facilities operated as a hospital within a hospital at Christus St. Mary in Port Arthur and Christus St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.
Christine Mann, spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services, confirmed there was an investigation: "We did receive a complaint on this hospital and we did investigate."
Mann told The Examiner the action was "recent" and said, "We just completed our investigation about a week and a half ago, very recently, so no (enforcement) action has been taken at this time." Until the complaint is resolved, she said regulations characterize it as "private and not open to disclosure."
Gary Kempf, interim administrator for Dubuis Hospital, was not so reticent.
"We had an issue with some restraints," said Kempf. "The staff was trying to provide safe care for the patient. They did it the wrong way, there was some education needed. But the state, obviously they take that seriously – as we do – so they gave us an Immediate Jeopardy (violation)."
According to Kempf, patients are restrained "for medical reasons so they don't pull tubes and drains out, so for patient safety. In order for us to do that, we actually have to do an assessment – a physician has to do an assessment and they have to sign an order within 24 hours."
The violation that occurred in this incident was that "they just didn't have a doctor sign the order" said Kempf, who refused to dismiss that as a technicality.
"It's more of an education thing," he said. "The nurses actually – as we investigated – really had the patient's best interests at heart. … They just didn't follow the appropriate procedures."
Kempf said he was brought in to resolve the crisis. "I am the chief clinical executive for Christus continuing care, so I do other LTACHs, so yes, I am part of Christus but I don't live in the Beaumont area."
Acting almost as a first responder, Kempf arrived on the scene to extinguish the administrative conflagration.
"We had to come up with an action plan within 24 hours and submit that to the state. They had to accept it – which they did – and send it off to CMS. We're waiting for them to come back and do another validation survey," said Kempf.
CMS is an acronym for Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, the federal funding source that provides critical funding for nonprofit and for-profit hospitals alike.
"Because we license hospitals, we do the complete investigation for the Center for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS)," said Mann, who added she did not know if federal investigators were also on the hospital premises.
Kempf described how this Christus restraint issue was resolved.
"Basically what we've done is put an action plan together to address the issues and make sure we're doing things the appropriate way," he said. "In the meantime, the director of nursing and the administrator turned in their resignations, and we accepted those."
Kempf identified the departed employees as Tim Freeman and Troy Picard and said they were in charge of Dubuis Hospital operations at both Christus St. Elizabeth and Christus St. Mary, where the restraint incident took place.


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The egg roll and Obamacare are in focus on late night.
Monday was holiday-centric on late-night television. Sunday marked Al Gore's 65th birthday, which was noted by Jay Leno and David Letterman tied April Fool's Day to Gore's combatant in the 2000 election, former president George W. Bush . Easter was a huge point of humor, though, with the White House Easter Egg Roll happening Monday. Michelle Obama's Let's Move initiative brought out food jokes, while the entire happening -- egg rolling and yoga gardens, specifically -- made Jimmy Kimmel question how much fun the event actually was.
On Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert spent much of his first segment on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- commonly known as Obamacare -- pointing out Canada's system and the health insurance that Congress receives. Jimmy Fallon was animal-centric, blaming Bo Obama for the president's late budget and talking panda reproduction at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Fast forward to 3:10 to learn what surprising things an overzealous kid found at the White House Sunday.


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Release Date: August 16, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. – When President Barack Obama addresses an audience at the University at Buffalo on Thursday, Aug. 22, it will mark the first time since 1853 that a sitting U.S. president has spoken at the university.
"President Obama's visit to the University at Buffalo will be a historic occasion for our university and our community," said UB President Satish K. Tripathi, "and we are happy to provide a forum for the president to address issues important to our nation.
"On behalf of the entire Buffalo-Niagara region, we look forward to welcoming the president of the United States to our university and our community."
Obama's address to the nation from the UB campus is expected to focus on issues important to America's middle class, such as the rising cost of higher education. As a major public research university and a leading voice in the national conversation about issues vital to higher education, UB is an appropriate setting for such a discussion, Tripathi said.
A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), UB was praised this year as a national model for higher education reform by the New America Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy institute.
The New America Foundation report highlighted UB as one of six "next generation" universities nationwide, citing the university's innovative approaches to controlling costs and expanding student access while improving the quality of education. UB was noted, in particular, for working with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher to enact the historic NYSUNY 2020 legislation, and the report praised UB's "Finish in 4" graduation pledge to students.
The university also is at the forefront of other issues important to the Obama administration, including health care, improving STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, and economic revitalization through development of university research.
For example, the university is building a new medical school in downtown Buffalo to strengthen the region's health care, pioneer new medical treatments and fuel job creation. And last year, UB launched the New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics, modeled after the Obama administration's Materials Genome Initiative, to spur discovery and development of new materials important to national security and essential to the manufacture of innovative products and technologies.
"Fostering a public space for discussing these and other pressing societal issues is vital to our mission as a leading research university focused on advancing the greater public good," Tripathi said. "We are delighted to have the opportunity to host such a timely and meaningful conversation here at UB."
Millard Fillmore, who served as the nation's 13th president, was university chancellor from 1846-74, h0lding the title even while serving as U.S. vice president from 1849-50 and as president from 1850-53. Since then, four former presidents have spoken at the university.
Further information regarding the timing, location and topic of Obama's address at UB will be forthcoming from the White House, as well as additional details about the availability of tickets for this event.
The university will provide updates about Obama's visit on its website, www.buffalo.edu.
John DellaContrada
Interim Vice President for Communications
Tel: 716-645-4601 (mobile: 716-361-3006)
Twitter: @UBNewsSource


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Martin Kaymer made a winning return from his US PGA Championship triumph as he cruised to victory at the KLM Open with a ruthless display of precision golf.
A 14 under par total for the week was more than enough for golf's newest Major Champion, as he ran out winner by four strokes.
After birdieing the last two holes of his third round to lead by one, the German quickly extended the lead over playing partners Fabrizio Zanotti and Christian Nilsson to three.
Paraguayan Zanotti and Swede Nilsson both dropped a shot at the first, and when the 25 year old birdied the second he began to dominate proceedings.
An unerring display of accuracy saw him make 17 greens in regulation - his display leaving the rest of the field needing something special to mount a challenge that never seriously materialised.
Nilsson did briefly reduce the gap to two when he chipped in from the rough on the par three 15th.
But at the next he pulled his drive left, hit his approach into the greenside bunker and then chipped through the green en route to a bogey.
Kaymer, on the other hand, responded by splitting the fairway off the tee, hitting a gorgeous seven iron approach to six feet and holing for birdie.
His four shot lead was never likely to be in danger at that point, and Kaymer underlined his supremacy with an approach to ten feet at the 17th, although he did miss the birdie chance.
But he birdied the par five last for a second consecutive four under par round of 66.
Zanotti and Nilsson shared second on ten under, while Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen, who made the cut on the mark, moved through the field with a 65 to join David Horsey, Jose Manuel Lara and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño in a share of fourth on nine under.
Kaymer's triumph was the fifth victory in a row by a member of Europe's Ryder Cup Team.
"I think I am ready to win again," the World Number Six had said on the eve of his return to action after three weeks off celebrating.
Kaymer's second successive victory takes him almost €500,000 clear of Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell - Europe's other current Major Champion - at the top of The Race to Dubai.
He also joins another cup team-mate, Miguel Angel Jiménez, as a three-time winner this season.
"I felt very strong and I was very patient," said Kaymer.
"The Majors are the biggest tournaments we play all year and if you win one of those it gives you probably the biggest confidence you can get.
"It was my goal to play well here, but I was not expecting to win again. It's a nice feeling."
Kaymer's triumph at Whistling Straits last month started the amazing run of success by Colin Montgomerie's men.
Peter Hanson won a week later at the Czech Open, then Edoardo Molinari in the Johnnie Walker Championship and Jiménez last week at the Omega European Masters.
His only mistake on the final day was a bogey at the short tenth, but he had gone to the turn in 33 to be three clear and a birdie two holes later widened the gap again.
Zanotti and Nilsson produced performances that will ensure they keep their European Tour cards for next season, having gone into the event precariously placed on The Race to Dubai.
Francesco Molinari and Ross Fisher were the other two Ryder Cup players in the field and they finished eighth and 11th respectively.
|Player name
|KAYMER, Martin
|NILSSON, Christian
|ZANOTTI, Fabrizio
|LARA, José Manuel
|OOSTHUIZEN, Louis
|HORSEY, David


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Mitchell C. Blackburn
b. 25 Apr 1851, Missouri
d. 8 Jan 1916
& Susan A. "Sudie" Norman
b. 18 Dec 1864, Alabama
d. 20 Jul 1908, Peak, Garland Co., Arkansas
m. 11 Jul 1892, Garland Co., Arkansas
|--Cynthia Lydia Blackburn
|----b. 1 Sep 1893, Arkansas
|----d. 1987
|---& Marcus Lawson Kinsey
|----b. 7 Nov 1887, Arkansas
|----d. 1972
|----m. 20 Dec 1908, Garland Co., Arkansas
|--Rena Blackburn
|----b. 20 Jan 1896, Arkansas
|---& Marshall M. Burden
|----b. 1874, Arkansas
|----d. 20 Jun 1933
|----m. 19 Jul 1916, Garland Co., Arkansas
|--Una Blackburn
|----b. Apr 1899, Arkansas
|---& Benjamin Franklin Powell
|----b. 29 Oct 1895, Arkansas
|----d. 22 Feb 1966
|----b. 24 Mar 1902
|----d. 1902
|--Evander Blackburn
|----b. 19 Oct 1903
|----d. 12 Jun 1904
This is the family of my great-grandfather William Henry Norman's half-sister, Susan A. "Sudie" Norman and her second husband, Mitchell C. Blackburn. This was also Mitchell's second marriage; his first wife was Josephine Johnson. Sudie was the oldest known child of Joseph Madison Carroll Norman and his second wife, Mary Patterson.
I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).


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Hospitalization for chronic myelogenous leukemia
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
One of my close friends has recently been diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Is there a possibility of them being hospitalized from the disease?
Selina M. Luger, MD, Director of the Leukemia Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
CML or chronic myelogenous leukemia is often diagnosed when patients are found to have high white blood cell counts. The disease is characterized by an abnormality in the genes or DNA of the blood cells. Usually patients are diagnosed in the chronic phase and most of the treatment for chronic phase CML is given as an outpatient. There is usually no need for hospitalization. Depending on the age of your friend and on their response to the treatment chosen, there may be some discussion of bone marrow transplantation, and this would require hospitalization and be a quite complicated therapy. Fortunately, there have been some exciting new developments in our understanding of CML and its treatment and many patients are now being successfully treated without a bone marrow transplant.


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About The Event
The cluster environment offers a valuable laboratory to investigate astrophysical processes and examine the underlying cosmological model. In addition, clusters can act as powerful gravitational telescopes and magnify galaxy populations in the very distant universe. Clusters are therefore unique probes of the evolution of mass assembly on a wide range of scales.
In recent years, there has been tremendous theoretical and observational progress in deriving the mass distributions of clusters through combining weak and strong gravitational lensing data. Excellent HST and ground-based datasets are becoming increasingly available. Many powerful techniques have been developed to map the dark matter distribution from lensing data. However, to fully exploit cluster lensing and combine it with other mass-estimation techniques such as studies of kinematics, X-ray temperatures and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect will require understanding and characterizing the uncertainties in lensing models.
This workshop is an opportunity to discuss what we have learned from cluster lenses thus far, and discuss future directions for progress.
- New observational results from space and ground-based surveys
- Astrophysical implications from lensing-based mass distributions and highly-magnified objects
- Comparisons between different cluster mass estimators and lens modeling methods
- Comparisons between cluster lens observations and theoretical predictions from N-body simulations
Cluster Lensing Workshop on Facebook
How to Attend
If you are interested in attending the workshop, send email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include
- your name
- institution
- position (student/postdoc/faculty/research staff/civil servant)
We will have some opportunities for contributed talks and posters.If you would like to present at the meeting also tell us if you would prefer a
- poster or talk
- title and abstract
The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, February 15, 2013.
In order to promote discussion, we are trying to keep the size of the meeting to about 50 individuals. Therefore it is possible we will not have room for everyone who wishes to attend. We will send registration information to all those we can admit after the abstract deadline. We expect the registration fee to be no more than $200. However, we also expect to have some travel funds to help support attendance by graduate students and postdocs. Therefore, if you are in one of those categories and would like to apply for travel assistance, please include that in your email as well.
Frontier Fields Lensing Seminar April 18 2013
In HST Cycle 21, STScI will be launching the HST Frontier Fields campaign to obtain very deep ACS/WFC3 images of 4-6 high-magnification clusters and associated parallel blank fields. More information about the new Frontier Fields may be found here .
The HST Frontier Fields campaign will host a community seminar immediately following the Cluster Lensing workshop on April 18, 2013. This seminar will provide an opportunity for the lensing experts to discuss how best to model the new deep HST cluster images, and for the general extragalactic community to learn how to interpret and use lensing models.
Confirmed Speakers
- Marusa Bradac, UC Davis
- Larry Bradley, STScI
- Daniel Coe, STScI
- Brenda Frye, University of Arizona
- Ariel Goobar, Stockholm University
- Mathilde Jauzac, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Eric Jullo, Observatories Astronomique de Marseille-Provence
- Jean-Paul Kneib, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Elinor Medezinski, Johns Hopkins University
- Massimo Meneghetti, STScI
- Julian Merten, JPL-Caltech
- Priya Natarajan, Yale University
- Andrew Newman, California Institute of Technology
- Masamune Oguri, National Optical Observatory of Japan
- Justin Read, ETH Zurich
- Johan Richard, Observatoire de Lyon
- Stellar Seitz, Universitäts-Sternwarte München
- Keren Sharon, University of Michigan
- Brian Siana, UC Riverside
- Tommaso Treu, UC Santa Barbara
- Liliya Williams, University of Minnesota
Organizing Committee:
- Priya Natarajan, Yale University (Chair)
- Andy Fruchter, STScI (LOC Chair)
- Daniel Coe, STScI
- Jean-Paul Kneib, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Jennifer Lotz, STScI
- Marc Postman, STScI
- Darlene Spencer, STScI


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Mount Eden Volcano- (Maungawhau- hill of the whau tree)
Starting 250,000 years ago, small basaltic volcanoes erupted across the Auckland Isthmus.Some were violent eruptions where magma encountered water,but in the case of Mount Eden Volcano , the magma rose without meeting water and produced a steep sided cone from localised scoria and ash, and fields from the quiet outpouring of lava flows.
The crater is circular, about 180m in diameter and 50m deep.
The southern side of the crater rim is the highest point on the scoria cone(196m above sea level), and is the highest point on the Auckland Isthmus.
The Isthmus of Auckland is one of the most remarkable volcanic districts on the earth.The volcanoes are unique in their number(50) , and the peculiar shape of their cones and craters.
Most of the volcanoes in Auckland are thought to have grown by eruptions lasting a few months or possibly a few years.
Maungawhau is named after the Whau tree, one of the world's lightest woods it was used for fishing floats and utility rafts. New cultivation techniques brought from the Pacific saw massive production of Taro and Kumara. Huge gardens spread from the base of Maungawhau through the modern day Mt Eden suburb with volcanic rocks used as passive solar heating for seed raising beds to help tropical crops adapt to the colder environment.
Te Tuahu o Hua Kai Waka on the slopes of Maungawhau is the ancient shrine where ceremonies were performed for significant events and battles. Maungawhau is also the repository of koiwi (human remains) with burials across the mountain and the Mt Eden suburb. Tangata Whenua continue to observe customary practices on Maungawhau. Matariki or the Maori New Year is one such practice observed before dawn in June each year.
The road to the summit of Maungawhau is named for Puhihuia, a highborn daughter of Te Waiohua. Ponga of Ngati Kahukoka from Awhitu was visiting Maungawhau and although he was of lower social status they eloped to the anger of Puhihuia's disapproving parents. They escaped across the Manukau Harbour to Awhitu followed by an avenging taua. War between the Iwi was avoided when Puhihuia faced a series of duels. She defeated her opponents and the taua returned accepting Puhihuia's choice of a husband.
The early Maori Tribes took advantage of the Volcanic cone to gain an advantage over their enemies by having advanced fortifications established . This Pa was an established village with sleeping huts and food storage.
Today the Volcanic cone is a major Tourist sightseeing destination. For a guest to walk from Eden Park Bed and Breakfast is a 40 min walk. To catch a sunrise from this Volcanic point is a "must do " in Auckland City.
There are various organizations dedicated to the preservation of the Historical nature of this unique place.
The friends of Maungawhau are a non profit organisation that welcome any assistance that guests may have to offer. www.maungawhau.co.nz