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Celebrities, dignitaries and community leaders gathered on "Sweet Auburn" on Sunday, April 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. to celebrate 100 years of the historic Odd Fellows Building.
The event featured an installation of photos and memorabilia, anecdotes from people who are especially familiar with the building, and a musical tribute, as well as hors d'oeuvres.
The phenomenal growth of Black enterprise in the post-Civil War period was typified by the "Sweet Auburn Historic District." The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs and applies to Auburn Avenue, which was once called the "richest Negro street in the world."
The Odd Fellows Building is one of the most architecturally unique of the business structures along Auburn Avenue.
Constructed in 1912 and dedicated by Booker T. Washington, the building was local headquarters of the Atlanta Chapter of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization founded in 1843 for African-American members.
It was one of the major Black entrepreneurial centers in America, with office space for Black doctors, dentists, and craftsmen in the tower, a 1,296 seat auditorium and an exquisite roof garden. It was the site of most of Black Atlanta's elegant dances and social functions during the 1920s and 1930s.
For example, the building once housed the Royal Peacock Club, one of the city's premier African-American music venues early in the 20th century. Originally named The Top Hat Club, the Royal Peacock Club officially opened its doors in 1938, hosting both local talent and national acts, including Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, the Four Tops, Ray Charles, James Brown, Sam Cook, Jackie Wilson, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Joe Lewis, Jackie Robinson, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner and Atlanta's own Gladys Knight.
It also housed the Yates and Milton Drugstore, where African-American teens gathered to sip sodas and eat ice cream.
The Odd Fellows is presently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This six-story brick building is noted for the unique terra-cotta figureheads with their African features. These figures are located on opposite sides of the entrance and are clearly visible to the passerby or visitor.
A portion of all financial gifts for the invitation-only celebration will be donated to the Apex Museum for the continued preservation of the history and legacy of The Odd Fellows Buildings and Auburn Avenue. To learn more about their work, visit http://www.apexmuseum.org/.


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Marjean McConnell Marjean McConnell - Deputy Superintendent
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The Board of Trustees appointed Marjean McConnell as the Deputy Superintendent of the Bonneville School District effective July 1, 2012. Marjean is a graduate of Bonneville High School, received her B. S. Degree in Elementary Education from Boise State University and her M. Ed. and Ed. S. Degrees in Educational Administration from Idaho State University.
Ms. McConnell began her teaching career at Fairview Elementary School in the Bonneville School District. She has served as the Director of Human Resources and Assistant Superintendent in the District as well. Marjean also has several years of experience as an elementary and secondary school administrator. She is proud to be part of Bonneville School District and is committed to working with others to meet the needs of our students, staff and community.

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Economic Survey of Europe, 1999 No. 2
The Economic Survey of Europe
Since 1948 the Economic Survey of Europe provides regular, comprehensive analyses of economic developments and prospects in the entire ECE region. Following the radical changes in political regimes in the formerly Centrally Planned Economies of the ECE region, the Survey has since 1990 placed particular emphasis on developments in the countries in transition of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and the western response in terms of aid, trade and private investment. Starting in 1998 the Survey is published in three issues (April, July, November), incorporating the Economic Bulletin for Europe.
Issue No. 2 of the 1999 Survey was submitted to the Economic and Social Council's (Ecosoc) substantive meeting in Geneva, 5-30 July 1999. It is now available as a UN sales publication (Sales No.: E.99.II.E.3).
Economic Survey of Europe, 1999 No. 2
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Any data provided under the heading "Yugoslavia" relate to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which, in accordance with General Assembly Resolutions 47/1 and 47/229, cannot continue automatically the membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .
Below are selected elements of this issue of the Survey.
- Table of contents
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- Chapter 2 - The Economic Situation in the ECE Region in mid-1999 (PDF version)
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- Table 1.2.4 - Selected external financial indicators for the south-east European economies, 1998
- Table 1.3.1 - Trade of the south-east European transition economies: exports and imports by direction, 1997
- Table 2.2.2 - Real GDP in the developed market economies, 1996-1999
- Table 2.3.3 - GDP and industrial output in the ECE transition economies, 1998-1999
- Statistical Appendix - (HTML or PDF version)
- Appendix A - Macroeconomic Indicators for Market Economies
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TU Vienna: Domain-Specific Information Retrieval
183.578 - Seminar aus Medieninformatik, 2011
The Domain Specific IR seminar introduces the students to the problems that IR methods face when confronted with specific issues of certain commercially very important areas. In particular, the focus will be on the Bio-Medical/Healthcare and the Patent domains.
The Seminar consists of 12 2-hour units, including 9 lectures, 1 invited speaker lecture and 2 sessions for student presentations. Students are invited to chose a report topic at the beginning of the Seminar and present it in the last two units, in June.
University Klagenfurt: Selected Topics in Interactive Systems
Master Course 2011
IRF senior researcher Allan Hanbury is going to teach a course on Selected Topics in Interactive Systems at the University of Klagenfurt this summer semester. For more information please refer to the course pages.
IRF - TU Vienna Doctoral Seminar
Since 2009 the IRF collaborates with the Department of Software Technology and Interactive Systems of the Vienna University of Technology offering a joint doctoral seminar. Please follow the IRF news for announcements and updates.


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The next ASD Market Week is set to occur over a four-day period spanning from February 28, 2016 until March 2, 2016. The tradeshow will be on exhibit in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The ASD Market Week is one of the biggest consumer goods tradeshows in the nation. The 2016 show will begin on a Sunday and conclude on a Wednesday. The first three days of the event will open at 9 AM and conclude at 6 PM. The final day of the event will begin at 9 AM and conclude at 4 PM on Wednesday, March 2, 2016.
Plenty of Reasons for Retailers to Attend!
Retailers attend this tremendous trade show for a variety of reasons. First, there are plenty of new, trending products that give the retailer an opportunity to invest in hot, popular merchandise that consumers covet.
Second, the wholesale pricing is exceptional and the tradeshow proves an ideal place for retailers and wholesalers to network with one another.
ASD Market Week is, after all, all about creating opportunities.
There are more than 2,600 vendors who present their merchandise thereby giving the retailer plenty of diversity in terms of product. The show is exceptional in offering different merchandise from an array of categories including fashion, apparel, accessories, seasonal, home décor, novelties, and much more. Now retailers will have one more reason to attend the trade show this Spring – an entire electronic section will soon be added to the list of vendor exhibits.
Expansion of Electronics Industry at the ASD Marketplace
The electronics industry is huge, as it is now a $285 million USD industry. The expansion of the industry is colossal and the ASD Marketplace is looking to take full advantage of consumer interest in electronics.
According to the ASD Marketplace's Group Show Director, David Bertlesen, by adding the new section for electronics, it increases the overall value the show provides to wholesalers and retailers alike. Some of the new vendors who will be at the Spring exhibit include Global Phoenix Computer Technologies, Fesco Distributors, Sakar/Vivitar designs, and iWorld.
Meanwhile, vendors representing Scosche Industries will be making a first time appearance at this Spring's upcoming event.
For more in-depth details about the Spring ASD Marketplace visit http://www.asdonline.com.


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With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the seasons of 30 teams that might not actually have one seems about as worthwhile as raking leaves on a windy day. But I love raking and the wind only makes it last longer. We here at Razzball have you covered, even if you didn't want to be covered. That's love. You'll appreciate it when you're older. Look at it this way, the only way any of this stuff can be proven wrong is if the season starts. So go ahead, NBA, make me a fibber! I dare you. Until then, here before you is the NBA fantasy gospel. Don't even bother reading anything else – it's all lies. From now until the start of the season, we're bringing you the 2011 Fantasy Team Previews, which will focus on each team in order to paint a clearer fantasy picture. Who's starting? Who might surprise you? And who might make you want to hurl yourself off a bridge in a few months. Enjoy! Next up – The Washington Wizards (get excited!)
Gained – Jan Vesely, Chris Singleton, Shelvin Mack
Lost – Yi Jianlian, Mustfa Shakur,
Kevin Seraphin (these might also count as a gains)
Probable position depth –
PG – John Wall, Shelvin Mack
SG – Nick Young, Jordan Crawford, Othyus Jeffers
SF – Rashard Lewis, Jan Vesely, Chris Singleton, Josh Howard, Larry Owens, Maurice Evans
PF – Andray Blatche, Trevor Booker
C – JaVale McGee, Kevin Seraphin, Hamady N'diaye
Surprising Fact From Last Season – The Wiz led the league in blocks last season. Let no one claim JaVale McGee's CrazyLimb® technique didn't scare away at least a few players driving the lane in 2010. I'm not saying he plays good defense – I'm saying he plays bad defense terrifyingly.
Number of Top 20 Fantasy Players (par 0-1) – 0
Number of Top 50 Fantasy Players (par 1-2) – 2, Wall, McGee
Number of Top 75 Fantasy Players (par 2-3) – 0,
Number of Top 100 Fantasy Players (par 3-4) – 4, Blatche, Young
Number of Top 200 Fantasy Players (par 6-7) – 8, Lewis, Crawford, Vesely, Booker
3 Concerns Heading Into the Season –
1. Are there enough alley-oops to go around for both Vesely and McGee?
I'm hoping there are, but my guess is both McGee and Vesely just aren't strong enough to position themselves correctly under the basket with any regularity. Neither big can really create his own shot and that's going to mean that players defending either of them just need to park it under the block and dig in a hip. "Dig in a Hip" was my favorite James Brown b-side, bee tee dubya.
2. Will Nick Young feign illness at any point to give Jordan Crawford a little playing time?
Yeah, it was called spring 2011 and it worked out pretty well for young Crawford. He won't be so lucky come fall. Here's what I said about him several months ago, "[Crawford] didn't shoot threes well, didn't get to the line, turned the ball over more than a SG should and shot .390 as a starter. To be fair, he averaged four more minutes per game in April than he did in March, yet scored 1.2 fewer points. Why? Because he improved his passing game (rising from 3.7 March dimes – my favorite old-timey charity! – to 5.4 in April). But that's the kind of improvement that solidifies his position as one of the first players off the bench, not maintaining 33 mpgs next season." Remember that? My, my, we were all so young back then. Anyway, I wouldn't count on much more from Crawford than what his season totals ended up being because unless Young feigns an ankle injury, he won't take a backseat on this team.
3. Is this the year D.C. finds some leadership? Wait, is that a political question? 'Cause we try to stay away from that here. Wait, was that second question asking about the first question the actual comment on the political climate in Washington disguised as an innocent question? Because we try to stay away from that here. Wait, was identifying Razzball's writing gimmick too revelatory? Because we … have no opinion on that, really. Anyway, this is John Wall's team, but he won't take hold of it with any regularity until next season. They'll be better this year in congress with Wall, but still not quite good. Wait, was "Congress" and "Wall" meant as a subconcious comment on the debt ceiling?
Fantasy Disappointment in '11 – Rashard Lewis. There's always one sucker every draft that wildly overpays for name recognition. If you're at your draft and it takes you longer than five minutes to figure out who that sucker is – it's you.
Biggest Fantasy Contributor in '11 – John Wall. Of all the players who belong in the top 40, Wall is the guy I'm most convinced is going to fall a round or two later in a lot of drafts. He was an unknown commodity who missed 13 games early, played for a team with little exposure and most importantly, remained in Blake Griffin's shadow all season. If you owned him last year, you probably recall how valuable he was, but a lot of people left the season thinking of him as a disappointment … you know, one of those 16/5/8 disappointments who averaged 2.3 stl+blk to boot. He's a more fantasy-relevant Rondo. Don't say you weren't told.
Deep Sleeper – Trevor Booker. After injuries ripped through D.C.'s roster faster than a Qdoba burrito rips through my digestive track, Booker was simply one of the few guys left on the floor. In the last dozen games of his season he averaged 10/8/1 in 29 mpgs. Not great, but in leagues with more than 12 owners, it was probably enough to buy competing teams an extra point or two. He shouldn't be considered before Round 15 in most drafts, but if he should be considered sooner than that, he wouldn't be a deeper sleeper now would he? Logic!


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Saving Jordan
Bishop, Calif., teen survives hantavirus infection with lifesaving treatment
Jordan Herbst, a 14-year-old resident of Bishop, Calif., is at home recovering from a life-threatening and rare infection with hantavirus, through the efforts of pediatric specialists at hospitals in Inyo County, Reno, Nev., and at UC Davis Children's Hospital, including critical-care medicine physicians in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the truly heroic efforts of the hospital's Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team, which hand-ventilated the teenager for more than two hours while airlifting him from Reno to Sacramento.
Hantavirus is exceptionally rare. It is transmitted almost exclusively by contact with rodent excrement or urine. Only 55 cases have been confirmed in California, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A notable outbreak occurred in 2012 in the Curry Village area of Yosemite National Park, where eight people became ill, three of whom died.
Jordan began to feel sick on Saturday, Aug. 10, while returning to Bishop from a vacation in Eugene, Ore. with his mother, Katharine Allen, co-president of InterpretAmerica and owner of a translation and interpreting business in Bishop called Sierra Sky Interpreting and Translation. With a population of about 4,000, Bishop sits in the northern part of Inyo County at the northern end of the Owens Valley, with the Sierra Nevada to the west and White Mountains to the east.
"The care that Jordan received at UC Davis went above and beyond all expectations. When the Pediatric Transport Team walked into Jordan's room in Reno, we felt like the Navy Seals had come to the rescue. And then when Jordan arrived at UC Davis, it was clear that he was receiving the highest level of care possible. We knew he was dying and that his only chance was getting him to the trauma team and sophisticated technology available at UC Davis."
— Katharine Allen, Jordan's mother
Allen recalled that her son had been feeling under the weather throughout the two-day road trip home. She thought he had a virus, possibly the flu. "On both days of the drive he was complaining of feeling achy and kind of feverish. I thought, 'Well, he's either getting a cold, or he's tired from all of the driving,'" Allen said. "Still, he was pretty perky until he went to bed on Sunday night."
Jordan became nauseous and began vomiting shortly after midnight. Allen said that she decided to spend the night in her son's bedroom because he felt so badly. His temperature hovered at around 103 degrees. He seemed to be feeling better the next morning, though, and she thought that he had "sweat out" the fever. That evening, however, his fever returned and she spent another night with her son.
But early on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 13, Allen said that she could see that her son was struggling for oxygen. His breathing was rapid and shallow, and his heart was racing. She had called the local clinic for advice. The nurse there was a survivor of hantavirus and suspicious of flu symptoms in the summertime. She immediately referred Jordan to the local emergency department at Northern Inyo County Hospital, a 25-bed hospital in Bishop.
Jordan had been a healthy, active and athletic teenager, whose blood oxygen saturation level on previous examinations had hovered around 100 percent. The physician suggested that Jordan might have pneumonia and immediately placed him on oxygen. Doctors there drew Jordan's blood, took X-rays of his chest, and found that both of his lungs were filling with fluid.
Jordan's father, David Herbst, a research scientist with the University of California's Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab, joined Jordan and his mother at the hospital emergency department.
The first airlift: Renown in Reno
The doctors told the parents that, although he was young, healthy and strong and could handle struggling to breathe for a long time, eventually that struggle would exhaust him and he would need medical support not available at Northern Inyo Hospital. Fearing that moment was imminent, they immediately made arrangements to have Jordan airlifted to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno. Because there was room for only one person to accompany Jordan in the aircraft, his mother traveled with him. David Herbst and Jordan's older sister, Anna, 17, made the four-hour-long drive to join them in Reno.
Jordan arrived in Reno on Tuesday afternoon. The staff there placed him on oxygen and medications, but eventually had to sedate and intubate him and place him on a ventilator. Intravenous lines were placed in his arms and into his femoral artery, signaling the therapy that was to come and that ultimately would save his life. At this point, despite their determined efforts, the physicians at Renown barely were keeping Jordan alive. His blood pressure and oxygen levels had 'crashed.' "We stayed up with him throughout the night as his blood pressure and blood oxygen remained at dangerously low levels," Herbst said.
Then, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 14, Jordan's physicians came and spoke with his parents again. Jordan was pale, blue and sedated.
"They said 'We can't manage this. You need to get him to a better-equipped hospital,'" Herbst recalled. "His only hope was to be airlifted again to UC Davis Children's Hospital in Sacramento, where they had a device called ECMO (extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation)," he said.
Dean Blumberg, chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital, said the decision by doctors at Renown to transfer their patient was crucial to Jordan's survival.
"One of the scariest aspects of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is the dramatic clinical deterioration that occurs over the course of hours," Blumberg said. "Despite maximal conventional supportive efforts, the respiratory failure relentlessly progresses. Intervening with extra-corporeal life support for a relatively short period of time is a lifesaver for these patients."
The second airlift: UC Davis Children's Hospital
Physicians in Reno already had contacted UC Davis Children's Hospital, which dispatched its specially trained Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team. The team provides specialized neonatal/pediatric transports from referring facilities back to UC Davis Children's Hospital. Although sending a specialized team may prolong the arrival to the accepting facility, recent studies have shown that improved care and better outcomes are realized with such teams.
"What's amazing about the medical technology at UC Davis is that, you can line up all of these pieces of technology so that the net result is homeostasis. It was really impressive to see it firsthand. It wasn't just the technology; it was the knowledgeable and truly caring people who impressed me. From the doctors who were doing the work to support him, to the nurses and respiratory technicians. They accomplished a pretty miraculous save, because they truly cared. Everybody was so stoked they saved Jordan's life. "
— David Herbst, Jordan's father
When they arrived at the hospital at around 9 a.m. one of the members of the transport team was Darrell Griswold, a seasoned pediatric transport nurse. Griswold informed Jordan's parents that it was difficult to stabilize him for transport. And he had to give them more sobering news.
"He wasn't able to maintain a blood pressure," Griswold said. "He was pale and had really cold extremities. His oxygen saturations were in the 70s and 80s ― really low. He was one of the most critically sick patients I've ever transported.
"I had to tell them that he was so sick, I didn't know whether or not he would be able to survive the transport," Griswold said. "That was really hard."
But the transport team was determined to save Jordan. So determined, in fact, that Griswold and another member of the team, transport nurse Ken Toles, would hand ventilate — or 'bag' ― Jordan throughout the trip from Renown to the fixed-wing airplane at the airport in Reno and throughout the flight to Executive Airport in Sacramento and then from the airport to UC Davis Children's Hospital ― for a total of about two hours.
"After two hours of driving," Jordan's father recalled, "I heard that he had arrived alive and had been taken to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Within minutes of arriving at the hospital we heard over the intercom 'code blue on Floor 10.' I rushed there to find his room filled with medical staff, busy in life-saving mode, that they had done CPR on Jordan for six minutes, and had just brought his heartbeat back after inserting a cannula into his heart to connect him with ECMO.
"He had been pale and blue when he left Reno. Now at least he was getting oxygen," Herbst said.
A "miraculous save"
Herbst had witnessed his very sick son's response to being placed on extra-corporeal life support, called ECLS, or ECMO. The technology is reserved for patients who have an at least 75 percent chance of dying should they not have access to the procedure. ECMO is used to provide pulmonary support to patients whose own lungs are so damaged that they cannot function properly. In Jordan's case, blood from his veins was circulated through the machine, re-oxygenated and then returned to the right side of his heart, pumping blood to his lungs and the rest of his body.
At UC Davis Children's Hospital, all patients on ECMO have a bedside nurse dedicated to the care of the patient and a second, specially trained nurse committed to the management of the ECMO machine. A physician trained in ECMO technology manages or co-manages each of the patients on ECMO and a UC Davis Medical Center perfusionist is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to assist with the equipment and patient management.
Herbst, who is a UC Davis alumnus, said that, once Jordan no longer was struggling to breath, his immune system could do the work of fighting off the hantavirus infection.
"What's amazing about the medical technology at UC Davis is that you can line up all of these pieces of technology so that the net result is homeostasis," he said. "It was really impressive to see it firsthand. It wasn't just the technology; it was the knowledgeable and truly caring people who impressed me. From the doctors who were doing the work to support him, to the nurses and respiratory technicians," Herbst said.
"They accomplished a pretty miraculous save, because they truly cared. Everybody was so stoked they saved Jordan's life."
A collaborative approach to medicine
John Holcroft, assistant professor of pediatric critical-care medicine, was the attending physician when the young patient arrived in the intensive care unit. He spoke for all of the emergency and critical-care medicine physicians, and the specially trained nurses and therapists who treated Jordan at UC Davis.
"It is a privilege to work with so many caring, hard working providers at UC Davis Children's Hospital," Holcroft said. "Upon Jordan's arrival, he had waiting for him: a cardiothoracic surgeon, a cardiologist, an echosonographer, an ECLS perfusionist, several registered nurses (including one called in from home to monitor the ECLS circuit), a respiratory therapist and administrative support. All of these people, working together, saved Jordan's life, and that was just in the first few minutes of his arrival. Within hours, many other physicians, nurses and therapists continued to provide support. I believe that this collaborative approach to medicine is what makes UC Davis Children's Hospital special."
"This is what we do here," Holcroft continued. "We have the state-of-the-art equipment and the highly skilled people trained in its use who can treat the very sickest patients, often bringing them back from near death. I feel very glad to have been able to be a part of caring for Jordan, and am genuinely gratified that we were able to send him back home to his family and friends. It's the best part of what I do here."
Jordan would remain on ECMO for about 60 hours. He would be removed from the device on Thursday, Aug. 22. In a rapid turnaround, he would be ready to be discharged from the hospital five days later on Aug. 27. The teenager is continuing to mend at home, and is expected to make a full recovery, though he will receive physical therapy to help him regain his strength. Throughout the ordeal he lost 10 pounds, most of it muscle.
Allen said that everyone at his school, and as is typical in a sparsely populated community, everyone in the Eastern Sierra knows about his illness.
"The care that Jordan received at UC Davis went above and beyond all expectations," said Allen, who frequently works with hospital systems to help them improve care systems for non-English speaking patients. "When the Pediatric Transport Team walked into Jordan's room in Reno, we felt like the Navy Seals had come to the rescue. And then when Jordan arrived at UC Davis, it was clear that he was receiving the highest level of care possible. We knew he was dying and that his only chance was getting him to the trauma team and sophisticated technology available at UC Davis.
"I will be forever grateful to the many, many wonderful providers who first saved Jordan's life, and then worked so tirelessly to limit any long-term negative outcomes from his near-death experience. They never lost sight of a future for him that included a complete recovery. Thanks to them, Jordan is home and solidly on the path back to a healthy, normal, teenage life. For us, it is a miracle."
Jordan had one simple message for all of the doctors, nurses and others who cared for him, from Bishop, to Reno to UC Davis.
"I'm very thankful I'm alive," he said. "Thanks for saving my life."
About Extra-Corporeal Life Support
Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO, is one of the most advanced forms of life support available to patients experiencing acute failure of the cardiac and/or respiratory systems. The ECLS machine does the work of the heart and lungs, artificially oxygenating and purifying the blood and returning it to the body, allowing the patient's heart and lungs to rest and heal.
At UC Davis Children's Hospital, ECLS is provided by a team of physicians, nurses and perfusionists trained to provide extra-corporeal life support. All patients on ECLS have a bedside nurse dedicated to the care of the patient and a second specially trained nurse committed to the management of the ECLS machine. A physician trained in ECLS technology manages or co-manages each of the patients on ECLS and a UC Davis Medical Center perfusionist is available 24/7 to assist with the equipment and management of all patients.
Last year, UC Davis Children's Hospital received the Excellence in Life Support Award from the international Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) for its Extracorporeal Life Support Program. The program provides lifesaving support for failing organ systems in infants, children and, in some cases, adults. The award recognizes centers worldwide that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to evidence-based processes and quality measures, staff training and continuing education, patient satisfaction and ongoing clinical care. UC Davis Children's Hospital is one of only a few hospitals to receive the award since its inception in 2006.
The ELSO Award signifies to patients and families a commitment to exceptional patient care. It also demonstrates to the health-care community an assurance of high-quality standards, specialized equipment and supplies, defined patient protocols and advanced education of all staff members.
"The most wonderful part of this program is being able to offer to patients and their families an opportunity for recovery that otherwise would not exist," said ECLS program coordinator Laura Kenny. "It is incredibly rewarding to send a child home with their parents who would not have survived without ECLS."
Recipients of the Excellence in Life Support Award are designated as Centers of Excellence for having demonstrated extraordinary achievement in the following categories:
- Excellence in promoting the mission, activities and vision of ELSO
- Excellence in patient care by using the highest-quality measures, processes and structures based on evidence
- Excellence in training, education, collaboration and communication that supports ELSO guidelines and contributes to a healing environment
"What makes the Extracorporeal Life Support Program at UC Davis so special is the chance to work closely with such a wonderful team, to help our very sickest patients," said Robert Pretzlaff, chief of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics of the UC Davis School of Medicine.
The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization is a consortium of health-care professionals and scientists dedicated to the development and evaluation of novel therapies for the support of failing organ systems. The organization promotes ongoing research into the most effective treatment methods by maintaining a registry of patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and providing educational programs for member centers and the broader medical and lay communities. More than 115 international ECMO centers are members of ELSO, which is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: What are the risks?
Recent cases of hantavirus infection linked with a campground at Yosemite have increased interest in symptoms and risks for the disease. In this Q&A, Stuart Cohen, professor of infectious diseases and chief of infection control at UC Davis Medical Center, puts the disease in perspective.
Q: What causes hantavirus infection?
Cohen: Hantavirus infection is caused when the virus is excreted by mice or rats into the environment. The virus is then transmitted to humans when they breathe in airborne dust that includes urine or fecal matter from the infected rodents. In one case a number of years ago, for instance, a hantavirus patient was infected after shaking out a stored blanket in a cabin at a Northern California campground.
Q: What are the symptoms?
Cohen: The initial symptoms are similar to the flu, including muscle aches, headache and fever. The virus may also cause nausea or vomiting. After this initial stage, hantavirus rapidly affects the lungs, causing shortness of breath, oxygen levels in the blood to drop, and possibly fluid in the lungs and decreased heart function. It's the pulmonary effects that can make the disease fatal.
Q: Is it common?
Cohen: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is rare — the chance of getting the disease is 1 in 13,000,000, which is less likely than being struck by lightning. There have only been about 50 total reported cases in California since the disease was first recognized in the U.S. in 1993. However, because it is uncommon, physicians aren't necessarily on the lookout for it when patients have flu-like symptoms, especially in those who are otherwise fit and healthy. Effective treatment requires active management of pulmonary symptoms well before they become severe.
Q: Is everyone at risk?
Cohen: Anyone who has been camping, working or doing outdoor activities where mice or rats are common, especially in rural areas, and comes down with flu symptoms within six weeks should seek medical treatment. A blood test can confirm hantavirus exposure. It is important to know that the virus is not spread between humans, so friends or family members with the disease are not contagious.
Q: What are the treatments?
Cohen: There are no medications specific to hantavirus, but pulmonary interventions like intubation can help patients breathe adequately and prevent the lungs from retaining fluid until the virus runs its course. In severe cases, a technique known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can help maintain an adequate oxygen supply in the blood.
Q: Are there any new treatments in the works?
Cohen: It is hoped that better understanding of the genetics of hantavirus will lead to targeted antiviral medications that can halt it in its earliest stages, but the best approach to hantavirus control is prevention. All indoor areas where rodents are common should be cleaned with a 10 percent bleach solution, and then dirt and dust should be wiped up, rather than swept away, to reduce the possibility of dust becoming airborne.


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Today Show executive producer Jim Bell revealed—for the first time publicly—that the decision to dump Ann Curry from her co-anchor position was 100% his call and had nothing to do with Matt Lauer being a huge bitch. Curry got the position in the first place, he says, because she had "earned it," but...
"Hindsight is 20/20. You can sit there and think this or that, but we're comfortable with that decision and the one we've made now."
...He declined to call the original decision to name Ms. Curry to the anchor position a mistake, but he said that she is now "in the role she is naturally suited for."
Which is...not being on the TV that much, I guess.
Bell then took a moment to talk some shit about GMA ("calling 'Today' a 'more serious show' and accusing 'G.M.A.' of 'doing something else'"), and to defend Matt Lauer's snow-white virtue.
"These stories portraying Matt in a negative light are just preposterous," Mr. Bell said. "Matt is the heart and soul of the broadcast. He has a heart of gold. This stuff about him has been very irresponsible and in a lot of cases flat-out wrong."
Okey dokey, then!
Executive Producer of 'Today' Says Ouster of Ann Curry Was His Call [NYTimes]


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I found a few forum threads that wondered along these same lines, but they didn't usually go into much depth on analysis. For example, the Personality of the Druid thread just picked the most popular result, without taking into consideration the relative proportion of personality types in the overall general population. This sort of logic leads to conclusions such as "INFPs don't play WoW much," when they're estimated to be only about 1% of the total population to begin with.
I'm really interested to know what the breakdown among WoW players is, and not just what is the most common result among a class. Are certain personalities more likely to be tanks or healers? Enjoy a certain class? PvP over PvE? Be raid leaders, guild leaders, officers? Be bloggers?
Take the Personality Quiz:
If you are unsure of your type, I highly recommend you take multiple tests so that you can get a more accurate assessment. If you take two tests and get different results, try some others, and read through the descriptions to decide which best reflects you.
Be honest with yourself when taking those quizzes; it's the only way you can get an accurate result. Answer according to how would you WOULD react to the proposed situations, not how you think you're "supposed" to: there are no right or wrong answers, except with how truthful you are about yourself.
MBTI Descriptions:
Once you've taken one or a few, I recommend LifeExplore's descriptions, as they combine the descriptions used on multiple websites, in-depth. The Personality Page also has good descriptions. These descriptions can give you interesting insight into yourself, relationships, and career choices.
My Survey:
After you've figured out your MBTI through the above linked quizzes and descriptions, take this survey to help me collect class/role/personality data:
You can also access the survey through this link.
I will share the survey's results as I get enough data in. For now, I will keep my own MBTI a secret, though I am curious what others may guess of me :)
Number Surveyed as of 9:15pm EST: 44, representing 11 out of the 16 personality types. When I reach 50, I'll do a preliminary run-down of roles vs personality types.
A few interesting notes:
- The vast majority have all been introverts.
- 5 have noted that they're bloggers, themselves.
- Half of the respondents have been IN types (Introverted, Intuitive), which ironically are among the minority in general population studies.
- Part of me is wondering how much a person's personality will play into even finding/responding to this survey, and at what time :) Those responding on a Friday afternoon vs those in the evening, compared to the typical 8-5 work day? Hehee.


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The National German Honor Society, Delta Phi Alpha, seeks to recognize excellence in the study of German and to provide an incentive for higher scholarship. The Society aims to promote the study of the German language, literature, and civilization and endeavors to emphasize those aspects of German life and culture which are of universal value and which contribute to man's eternal search for peace and truth. Augustana University's chapter, Eta Delta, was installed on December 28, 1968; the faculty advisor is Dr. Stephan Lhotzky. For more information visit: www.deltaphialpha.org
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J.K. Rowling's plan for 'Potter'-inspired film franchise thrills diehard fans
Four years after publishing what was to be the last of the Harry Potter anthology, J.K. Rowling is bringing wizardry to America. Rowling surprised fans Thursday by announcing that she will be drafting a screenplay for a new wizarding world taken from her fictitious encyclopedia "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," which was published in 2001. Rowling said she will use New York City as a setting for the movie, which is expected to be the first in a series.
"Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world," Rowling said in a statement. "The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry's gets underway."
The series will focus on the book's supposed author, Newt Scamander, who diligent fans know was mentioned in the series' first book. And who also has the greatest name . . . ever?
Rowling diehards the world over are excited to see what comes of Scamander's New York-set wizardry, so we talked to a few fans, asking them to elaborate on their thoughts and hopes for the series.
"It's the best news for Harry Potter fans. It's like welcome back to 2001!" said Melissa Anelli, author of "Harry, A History." "We think the books are done, the movies are done, we entered this calm coasting of Harry Potter phenomenon, but then she comes out with this!"
"This is the first time we had social media to squee about a new Harry Potter happening," said Heidi Tandy, a longtime Potter fan at FictionAlley.org. "I was on LiveJournal in 2003 when they announced Book 5. To be able to get on Twitter and get it trending now was just joyful."
To some, the decision to use New York as a backdrop seems like a reward to devoted American fans.
"I think people have always wanted to know about the wizards in North America. We loved England and Scotland, but when there were mentions of the Salem trials in the books, I feel like our hearts jumped and we wanted to feel like a part of that world," Tandy said.
"I'm born and raised in New York City, and nothing could make me happier," Anelli said. "It's going to be earlier, like maybe the 1920s, so I'm kind of hoping it's in that glamorous Jazz Age with wizards in flapper robes, which is very on trend."
"I'm really pumped. None of her stories, movies, anything had to do with America, so we feel like we're a part of the story, and I feel like she did it for her fans over here," said Steve Petrick, who was named "America's Biggest Harry Potter Fan" by Moviefone in 2010.
Fans are seeing Rowling's amphibian Scamander as an intriguing person with whom to begin a new series of adventures.
"I'm interested to see him as a character, because you can tell that she has a special affection for him," Petrick said.
"I feel like he could be like a wizarding Indiana Jones, like the wizarding Steve Irwin," a.k.a. the Crocodile Hunter, Anelli said.
With this new installation, fans can also hope for a cameo by a very special and much-loved headmaster.
"I would be over the moon and just out of my mind if Dumbledore showed up," Petrick said. "Even if he popped up in the side of the screen and gave a thumbs up, that would be worth it."
The decision caught just about everyone off guard, but what fans agreed upon is that they would be supporting Rowling on every endeavor.
"Honestly, there is nothing in my life that hasn't been influenced by what she's done and what I've learned through the books," Tandy said. "For me, she can do no wrong."


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Authorities say a woman whose body was found in the woods in central Pennsylvania after she went on a walk with her dog likely died of hypothermia.
State police in Lancaster County say a neighbor saw 61-year-old Claudine Murphy of Brecknock Township walking her dog Saturday near her home, wearing a shirt with long sleeves but no hat or coat.
Police said she entered a wooded area near Hawk Valley Golf Course and was found dead at about 5:20 p.m. Sunday by a neighbor who heard a dog barking. Trooper Stephanie Trzaska said Murphy's dog had stayed with the body and was barking.
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Police, who are treating the death as accidental, said a medical condition could have contributed to Murphy's death, but they didn't go into details. Toxicology tests in the case are pending.