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Reasons for Procedure
Possible Complications
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Damage to intestines
- Hernia formation at the incision site
- Chronic diarrhea
- Smoking
- Bleeding disorder
- Advanced age
- Prior surgeries in the abdomen
- Obesity, malnutrition, or dehydration
- Cardiac or respiratory disease
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
- Do not eat or drink anything after midnight.
- Your doctor may order a laxative. This will help you clean out your intestines.
- If you have diabetes, discuss your medicines with your doctor.
Talk to your doctor about your medicines. You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure, like:
- Aspirin or other anti-inflammatory drugs
- Blood thinners, such as warfarin (Coumadin)
- Clopidogrel (Plavix)
Description of Procedure
Immediately After Procedure
How Long Will It Take?
How Much Will It Hurt?
Average Hospital Stay
Post-procedure Care
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- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding or any discharge from the incision site
- Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given after surgery, or which persist for more than two days after discharge from the hospital
- Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you were given
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Severe abdominal pain or vomiting blood
- Dark-colored, tarry stools or blood in the stool
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Townsend CM. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery . 17th ed. St. Louis, MO: WB Saunders; 2004.
Yamada T. Textbook of Gastroenterology . 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins; 2003.
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The inn hosted our wedding and reception and did an amazing job. Everything was perfect, the food was excellent, and the staff friendly and accommodating. I would recommend this inn to anyone visiting the area!
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- Our Tudor style inn is located on Main Street in the lovely town of Bar Harbor, ME. Shopping is right outside our front door and the entrance to Acadia National Park is only two miles away. Whether you visit in the spring, summer or fall the flowers will be in bloom. All nine (9) rooms are uniquely designed with imported tiles from London and the classical decor gives each room an elegant warm feeling. Quaint outside balconies, fireplaces and all the amenities you expect adorn our rooms. We provide our guests with a gourmet breakfast every morning in one of three dining rooms, or choose to dine outside on our patio. Michelle's restaurant is a casual dining experience and is open daily to the public for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. We look forward to serving you at the Ivy Manor Inn. ... more less


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This advanced diagnostic capability (often used to pinpoint brain, neck, chest, abdominal, or orthopedic problems) is a safe and painless test performed using a large doughnut-shaped scanner with a tunnel in the center, which utilizes a magnetic field and radio waves to produce detailed pictures of your baby's organs and internal structures. Generally speaking, your head won't be in the scanner.
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A Belize trip can mean relaxing on the beach, sea kayaking for a few serene days, or sampling all the activity that Belize has to offer. White sand beaches, lush rainforest, reef snorkeling, limestone sinkholes and caves, vine-covered Mayan ruins – Belize is a multisport adventurer's heaven!
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The only landlocked country in South America, Bolivia is one of the most intriguing destinations on the continent. Bolivia travel is for adventurers looking to be immersed in indigenous culture and get off the beaten path. From historic and culture-rich towns, to the Amazon, experience the rugged and remote during your Bolivia vacation.
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Hinsdale District 86 eyes $75.5 million tax levy
Updated: January 28, 2013 1:58AM
HINSDALE — The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board on Monday tentatively approved the district's 2012 property tax levy of $75.5 million by a 5-2 vote.
The amount would be 4 percent higher than last year's levy, but the levy, which must be officially approved in December, is only an estimate at this point.
The tax levy is the amount the district requests, explained business manager Jeffrey Eagan. The extension is the amount the district actually receives.
District officials calculate their levy request based on the consumer price index, which is 3 percent, and the value of new construction in the district this year that will be added to the tax rolls.
Eagan estimates the value of new construction will be $30 million.
"But we don't know what our (equalized assessed value) is and we don't know what new construction is," Eagan explained.
Once the county clerks determine the value of the new construction this year, the offices notify the district in April the amount of property taxes it will receive.
School Board member Richard Skoda argued the school district should try to cut waste from its budget, rather than always levy for the maximum amount it legally can.
The proposed tax levy includes $57.2 million for the education fund, $9.7 million for operations and maintenance, $1.8 million for special education services, $1.8 million for transportation; $1.9 million for the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund and Social Security; and $2.4 million for debt repayment. The amount needed to repay debt is not subject to the state's tax cap.
In his report, Eagan explained the levy is the amount estimated to maintain the various fund balances at their current levels, "without any reduction in staffing and programs."
Board member Dianne Barrett joined Skoda in voting against the tentative levy.
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God created man and the whole world with so many varieties, so many good things. God made so many types of vegetables, fragrances, flowers and thorns, dragons and horror, to please man and keep him entertained. But man got more and more depressed.
God then acted tough and man had to start pleasing Him. And so, man kept himself busy pleasing God and he became happier since he had no time to get worried or depressed. So, when you have someone to please, it keeps you on your toes and you feel happier. But if your whole aim is just to please yourself, you will get depressed. Pleasure simply brings more craving. But the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service.
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Rosendale meeting to focus on parking
ROSENDALE, N.Y. — Three preservation groups will meet with residents and business owners on Nov. 30 to review ways that public parking can be improved so use of recreation areas works smoothly with commercial interests.
The session is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Rosendale Recreation Center, 1055 state Route 32.
"It's primarily about parking issues because the whole project is about connectivity between the Wallkill Valley Land Trust land the (Mohonk Preserve) land," Gretchen Reed said.
"We all recognize that with the opening of the trestle and the trails on Joppenbergh (Mountain), which are still being planned, as well as the trails on the Waterworks and Giant's Ledges properties that Mohonk Preserve has acquired, that there will be an influx of people into Rosendale," she said. "So we're trying to tackle the problem because Rosendale generally has some problems with parking in not having enough of it. So we're trying to find the best solutions to accommodate people who are going to be coming in to recreate and also to make sure those people can take advantage of the all of the businesses in Rosendale."
Open Space Institute officials will also be participating in the session. The organization has been working on a plan for uses of Joppenbergh Mountain, which is expected to connect with the railroad trestle owned by the Wallkill Valley Land Trust.
The town has paid $3,250 annually for an area with about 80 parking slots behind businesses on Main Street. That 10-year lease, which expires at the end of 2013, was taken over by the Open Space Institute when it purchased Joppenbergh Mountain last year.
Mohonk Preserve in the past two years purchased the former Rosendale Waterworks property and Giant's Ledges on the western side of the business district and expects trails to connect with the Wallkill Valley Land Trust rail trail system.
"We're still in the process at the Mohonk Preserve of doing an analysis of the whole ecosystems there to really determine exactly where all the trails will go," Reed said. "Similarly the Wallkill Valley Land Trust is doing the same kind of research on Joppenbergh Mountain to plan the interior access for that area."
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Here's a list of some of the books being made into movies scheduled to be released in theatres in 2013.
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"Everything from the outrageous to the sublime!"
- Books for cozy evenings and rainy days.
- Books filled with true tales of history, mystery, and romance.
- Advice, hobby, and do-it-yourself books.
- Books that challenge, inspire, and surprise.
Let our Adult Services staff direct you to a variety of books sure to capture your interest and imagination.
Celebrate St. Patricks day by reading a good book about the Emerald Isles.
There are many people who enjoy a good mystery. There are also many people who love to travel around the United States. These stories have the best of both. Travel the world around with a good mystery.
Pirates and life on the high seas have long been the stuff of romance and swashbuckling adventures. Lately, pirates have returned to the news with their brazen attacks off the coasts of Africa and Europe. Join us for this look at pirates -- in both fact and fiction.
What is the human body capable of if pushed further than what most believe possible? The following books all show remarkable individuals who can run, swim, climb, or play faster and farther than most.
The bloodiest of American wars occurred over a century and a half ago, and it profoundly changed our country. These novels tell the stories of brothers pitted against brothers, and friends against friends. Gathered here are soldiers' stories, as well as those of wives, children, the old and other civilians--everyone whose life was uprooted by the war.
Indiana played an important role in the War Between the States. Discover how the Civil War changed and affected the lives of the people of our state through their personal letters, a history of Indiana camps, and travelogues.
The history of America includes immigration stories from all over the world. People came in waves from many countries including: Africa, China, Russia, Ireland, and Mexico among other places. While many immigrants came as free people seeking new beginnings and opportunities in life, others came as indentured servants or slaves. These books examine a vibrant but often neglected aspect of our history.
Enjoy these biographies of well-known and not so well known people from the founding of our country.
Animals offer us a touch of wildness and a connection to our planet as one living whole. As Anatole France said, "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
Over the past few years unusual meteorological events have shown us the impact that weather can have on the world around us. "Hundred-year storms" cause floods too often and send waves crashing through our cities. Snow and ice immobilize some places while destructive winds tear apart buildings. This list highlights storms that have changed history while sending us scurrying for shelter.
In the 20th century, fiction came into its own with the blossoming of the novel as a popular form. Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner shared their individual views of a rapidly changing world. Voted as the best books of the 20th Century, these novels were selected by both publishers and readers. Try some and discover really fine literature that endures.
Inhospitable! Lonely! Desolate! These are words that often come to mind when we think of the cold places of the world. These cold places however, have been an important part of human history and they have often tested those who lived in them. This list features titles that remind us that cold places have done more than make us shiver.
Mahatma Gandhi and Florence Nightingale noticed huge problems that seemed to have no solutions. Yet, they devoted their lives to making incremental changes that eventually encouraged more people to follow them and use techniques that they pioneered. What these "world-changers" have in common is a belief that each of us can make a difference in the world.
The following books are all Christmas themed novels that will warm your heart and lift your spirit. Immerse yourself into a heartwarming story that will surely get you into a yuletide mood.
Mad scientists, vampires, a bizarre baby, medical students gone amuck, these classic novels have frightened people for decades. Lock your windows and doors. Sit back and relax, but keep your phone handy while reading these scary tales. Hey, what's making that screeching noise?
So, you don't think you have the time for a good story? Sure you do. Not every great story is a novel. Enjoy these collections of short stories ... reading in small bites.
Often taboo, sometimes enticing, rarely boring, explore the world of erotic fiction.
Excited about the television series Downton Abbey? Want to learn more about that small country across the pond where people almost speak our language? This sampling of contemporary novels includes work by some of the best British novelists working today.
"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." Albert Camus describes in these words what friends do best, accompany us through the travels and travails of life.
Just starting out reading graphic novels? Here are some titles you might enjoy.
Once comic books were thought to be "just for kids;" today they are full of wonderful art and contain stories that rival even the best novels. Try some of these well-designed books that develop plots and build characters through both pictures and text.
Green fiction is a relatively new genre that celebrates the natural world. It's also called eco-fiction and includes many books centered on nature or in which environmental themes are paramount. If you love hiking or biking through the country side, take along one of these books that explores the magic of woodland and cave or examines our role as stewards of it.
The books in this list celebrate people who have started life in poverty and survived the odds to become leaders and examples to many around them. Our early life situations should not make us despair of success. For as Martha Graham said, "Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men."
How are battles fought in the future? Explore worlds where genetically enhanced soldiers fight in hi-tech battle armor while massive fleets of spaceships battle for supremacy above them. Action packed and often thought provoking, these novels will definitely keep you reading late into the night.
In the 20s and 30s, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler pioneered the clever, tough-talking, detective who was not afraid to face violence and never got too distracted by a pretty face. The term comes from hard-boiled eggs that are tough and hard to destroy. Don your trench coat and wide-brimmed hat and follow some very interesting cases to the end.
Some writers pave the route to a novel's end with so many clues that you'd have to quit reading at page fifteen not to guess the conclusion. These books employ a literary kind of "smoke and mirrors" to keep you off-course and guessing what will happen. They offer twists that you can't predict and take you to a different place than you were expecting. And keep you guessing up to the end.
This series by George R.R. Martin is being adapted to the small screen by HBO. But don't suffer withdrawal pangs after you've read the books or watched the series. Instead get acquainted with other intriguing fantasy series. They make great reading especially after you've tackled their better-known cousins.
From its beginnings poetry has celebrated nature: everything from trees to gardens to mountains to the endless changing seas. Kentucky poet and ecologist Wendell Berry called nature poetry "a secular pilgrimage" and Wordsworth said, "There are spirits in the woods." Enjoy these collections of contemporary nature poems.
Whether you're traveling a few miles or embarking on a trip around the world travel is almost always an adventure. This list features humorous, insightful and inspiring stories about international travel. Let it be your passport for many adventures.
Who hasn't dreamed or retreating to a small island where fish leap out of turquoise waters and coconuts fall from the trees? In these novels explore one of the verdant ones off the coast of Indian, Ceylon, or South Carolina. With one of these books in tow, board a sailboat and explore Paradise on your own.
"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home." Anna Quindlen spoke about the importance of books in How Reading Changed My Life. Being lucky enough to work everyday in a place full of books, librarians come across a wide assortment of the new, the odd, the classic, and the utterly fascinating. Here's a list of titles that our staff recommended for their favorite books of 2012. It features fiction, fantasy, mysteries, nonfiction and young adult.
Celebrate Valentine's Day by reading a steamy new romance novel.
Maker culture is all about taking the do-it-yourself attitude and adding technology. Check out these titles at the Library for maker projects from wearable fashion to robotics; Arduino ideas to salvaging parts from junk electronics; and even Twitter-monitoring Christmas trees!
Looking for a more film-like approach to the novel? Tired of one character telling his or her story in chronological sequence? For a more symphonic approach, try these books that offer a many-character, storytelling approach.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach..." Thoreau penned these words in his classic Walden. Since then many authors have celebrated the natural world. Here are a few more to discover or to savor again.
In the tradition of H. P. Lovecraft and the prolific Stephen King, horror comes in many shapes and guises. If you're the type who screams loudly at horror films whenever the music changes or a green alien dives from the sky, you may not be an ideal candidate for these titles. But if you enjoy terrifying yourself, read these books that are "not for the faint of heart."
Want to rediscover poets from your youth? Or find some contemporary poets that speak just to you? These anthologies let you explore modern poetry. You can choose by poet, subject, or time period. Enjoy these poems that make language new again.
These novels focus on the end of the world as we know it by describing how survivors adapt after horrible events kill millions. For it's not mere survival that counts. Choose your dessert or your poison--some of these novels uplift, others horrify, but you will definitely forget about your everyday problems while reading them.
It seems to be human nature to just be focused on events that take place during your lifetime. So it can come as a shock to find out your family had lives, secrets and happenings from the time before you were born. The following titles illustrate how these secrets can cause heartbreak or give closure to those who discover them. For more books check the MCPL online catalog using the search terms: Subject - Family secrets-Fiction.
Welcome to the world of dirigible fleets and clockwork dragons, of brass goggles and wizards in top hats and frock coats. Through these fantasy novels, explore the world before electricity became universal when steam power made the world go round.
Human history is often the story of change, growth and response to external forces and the desire to tame them. Whether you view these events in a positive or negative light, you can't deny that man has left his mark on the world around him. Join us in examining human history in terms of the cities, rivers, homes and places that helped shape us.
Books, like life itself, do not always portray a happy-go-lucky world view. This collection of novels and memoirs covers items that portray life realistically: the good times balanced by bad, happiness followed or proceded by sorrow. Because they go to the heart of human experience, they will reward you. Reminder: keep Kleenex handy.
Urban fiction is a literary genre set in a city landscape; however the genre is as much defined by the socio-economic realities and culture of its characters as the urban setting. The tone for urban fiction is somewhat dark, focusing on the underside of city living. Here is a short list of some of the library's hottest urban fiction.
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In the sport of kings, Dubai is a long way from Royal Randwick, writes Rob McFarland.
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Free Xbox game Shuffle Party coming to Windows Phone 8 this week
I regret to report that the Xbox Windows Phone game release drought continues unabated this week, making the fifth week in a row without a new release (not counting Nokia exclusives). But it's not all bad news. For one, we have the awesome cross-platform Skulls of the Shogun coming out next week on January 30th. And this week, Microsoft will be throwing Windows Phone 8 users a bone…
Following on the heels of yesterday's Let's Golf 2, another game gains Windows Phone 8 compatibility tomorrow: Shuffle Party from Babaroga and Microsoft Studios. Shuffle Party will be free as always, and is probably the third best free mobile Xbox game after Wordament and AlphaJax.
On again, off again
If we count its semi-delisting as an actual delisting, Shuffle Party has the distinction of being the only Xbox Windows Phone game to be pulled twice. The first time out, an update introduced an annoyingly little texture bug, but the game returned one month later – relatively quickly given the update certification issues that games often face.
Shuffle Party is one of the Windows Phone 8 incompatible games that wasn't available to download right from the launch of Windows Phone 8, its Store page completely removed for a fair while. After fixing a bug in the game's physics, it can now safely debut on Microsoft's newest mobile OS.
Less dancing, more sliding
Shuffle Party is a shuffleboard/bowling game. Players aim the puck with the touch screen and then send it flying down the lane. The game has several modes of play, with the overall goal of earning money to purchase items from the Pro Shop.
When I recently called Full House Poker the only Windows Phone game with meaningful avatar support, I totally forgot to mention this game's similarly fine support. Between shots, the camera cuts to your Avatar, showing how he or she reacts to the game. It gives the game a great personal touch – nobody will accuse this one of being too sterile. Check out our full review for more details,
Shuffle Party is a free, ad-supported game that contains 50 GamerScore worth of Achievements. Windows Phone 7 users can grab it from the Store right now, while Windows Phone 8 users will need to wait until it goes live on Wednesday the 23rd (possibly Thursday for some users) using the same link.
There are 25 comments. Sign in to commentinside man 55 says:
Even though it is not a new release having an old game crossed off the incompatibility list is almost as good, thanks Paul.
snowmutt says:
I am way addicted to this game. Quick, easy play. You can kill a game in about 5 minutes or spend an hour with it. Fun and aggravating .... You know, like real bowling and shuffleboard games.
AccentAE86 says:
Hmm, says this game is not available for my phone (rogers 920).
MagentaFTW says:
Tomorrow. 23rd
jlynnm350z says:
Hope there's not a bug in it. We'll never see it again. Although its an Xbox game so I'm sure Microsoft has put it through the highest of the high and the most rigorous screening procedure to ensure us Windows phone users that only top notch games will survive and thrive in this glorious and magnificent os that is Windows phone 8.
missionsparta says:
Play Gun Bros, then get back to me on that thought.
IEvil IMonkey says:
This is ridiculous now. No new game but we get an old title upgraded to WP8....... WooHoooo
Sam Sabri says:
This game was super addicting when I first played.
alex6272 says:
I found the same thing. It's a surprisingly good game.
segadc says:
Cool! Hey I will be happy when they release all the good WP7 games. This looks like it will fill my void of Fable Golf until it returns.
brudolph1211 says:
So are we to conclude that the 50 top apps they spoke of back in October did not include games?
walter1832 says:
tentacles....TENtacles...TENTACLES.....TEN!!! TA!!! CLES!!!........that is all
expectafight says:
Completely agree. Probably will be a while though. I really want to finish the game and I really don't want to use my DVP anymore.
DavidinCT says:
Is there any rumor on Tentacles yet ? I sideloaded it on my 8X that is dev unlocked to see if it works, and it does work but, exits the game at the end of a level.
man, I really want to finish this one, that was a great game.
GP07 says:
I'm thinking that they might want to work on new xbox games that work on both 8 and 7.x as well. If all they wanted was games for 8 we'd probably see more by now.
They could also want to work on more titles like skulls of the shogun which is also on windows8 and rt as well. Those type of projects take longer to do.
Mafiatounes says:
Could it be that the MS dev team is updating old titles instead of releasing new ones? Anyway i hope to see Tentacles soon on WP8 i loved that game on my old 710.
GP07 says:
that or also working on games for win8 as well.
Murgatroyd7 says:
Awesome. An old Shuffleboard game that I already have totally makes up for everything. You're completely forgiven, Microsoft.
PhilR8 says:
YES. THANK YOU. This was my favorite WP7 game.
jgbstetson says:
I really liked this on my HTC radar. Glad to have it back.
SaucePolicy says:
Still not available for me. 8X on VZW.
Ultimateone says:
same just tried downloading on my 8x, no luck
King Benneth says:
It's there. It may not be under Xbox > Top Free but if your search for it, you can download it.
odoggyfresh says:
unable to download on 822. not listed in the app store from my phone, unable to download through the windows phone website
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Shows up as a Reinstall....I used to have it on my Trophy but, now I can reinstall it on my 8X...


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"Bible John" terrorized Glasgow in the sixties and seventies, murdering three women and he was never caught. Now a copycat, "Bible Johnny", is a new menace with violent ambitions. This new case would be perfect for Inspector John Rebus, but after a run-in with a crooked senior officer, he's been shunted aside to one of Edinburgh's toughest suburbs, where he investigates the murder of an off-duty oilman. His investigation takes him north to the oilrigs of Aberdeen, where he meets the "Bible Johnny" media circus head-on. Suddenly caught in the glare of the television cameras and in the middle of more than one investigation, Rebus must proceed with caution: One mistake could mean an unpleasant and not particularly speedy death, or, worse still, losing his job.
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New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell brings back Kay Scarpetta, consulting forensic pathologist for the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, in her grittiest and most compelling novel. In rural North Carolina, the brutal murder of eleven-year-old Emily Steiner has shaken a small town. But more disturbing are the details of the crimes, chillingly reminiscent of the handiwork of a serial killer who has eluded the unit for years. Into this volatile atmosphere comes Scarpetta's ingenious, rebellious niece Lucy, an FBI intern with a promising future in Quantico's computer engineering facility--until she is accused of a shocking security violation. While coming to terms with Lucy, Kay must conduct a grisly forensic investigation at a clandestine research facility in Tennessee known as the Body Farm. There she will find more answers to Emily Steiner's murder--and evidence that paints a picture of a crime more horrifying than she imagined . . . [via]
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Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Kay Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Gault, a bold and brilliant killer from her past. Now she must hunt down a psychopath whose string of horrible murders is leading inexorably to his ultimate prey: Scarpetta herself. Even with the help of the FBI, Scarpetta knows the endgame is hers alone to play -- and it will be played on Gault's home turf, the subway tunnels beneath New York City. [via]
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Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he's divorced and re-married and who ends up dead. and now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe. [via]
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Stephanie Plum is so smart, so honest, and so funny that her narrative charm could drive a documentary on termites. But this tough gal from New Jersey, an unemployed discount lingerie buyer, has a much more interesting story to tell: She has to say that her Miata has been repossessed and that she's so poor at the moment that she just drank her last bottle of beer for breakfast. She has to say that her only chance out of her present rut is her repugnant cousin Vinnie and his bail-bond business. She has to say that she blackmailed Vinnie into giving her a bail-bond recovery job worth $10,000 (for a murder suspect), even though she doesn't own a gun and has never apprehended a person in her life. And she has to say that the guy she has to get, Joe Morelli, is the same creep who charmed away her teenage virginity behind the pastry case in the Trenton bakery where she worked after school.
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Virginia's chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is getting ready for a romantic holiday with her retired-FBI-profiler boyfriend, Benton Wesley, when she receives a cryptic and foreboding letter: "Hey DOC, Tick Tock, Sawed bone and fire," it begins. Even more creepy, the taunting note has been signed by Carrie Grethen, the psychotic killer Kay helped send to a psychiatric facility for going on a murder spree with Temple Gault in Cornwell's earlier book Body Farm. Benton believes that Grethen--who also happens to be the former lover of Scarpetta's niece Lucy--has big plans for a comeback. And before Kay and Benton can leave for their trip and discuss it further, Scarpetta is called upon to don yet another professional hat, that of a "consulting forensic pathologist" for the federal government. Someone has burned a highfalutin horse ranch and all of its contents, including a human being, to the ground. Worse, Grethen has escaped and is on the loose and closer to Kay and her beloved than she knows. Point of Origin, the ninth Scarpetta thriller, is classic Cornwell: rich with detail and strong dialogue, and doused with harrowing twists. [via]
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Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? That's what the panicked public thinks, thanks to a local TV reporter who got the leaked news from her boyfriend, Scarpetta's vile rival, Investigator Percy Ring. But the butchered bodies are so many red herrings intended to throw idiots like Ring off the track. Instead of a run-of-the-mill serial killer, we're dealing with a shadowy figure who has plans involving mutant smallpox, mass murder, and messing with Scarpetta's mind by e-mailing her gory photos of the murder scenes, along with cryptic AOL chat-room messages. The coolest innovation: Scarpetta's gorgeous genius niece, Lucy, equips her with a DataGlove and a VPL Eyephone, and she takes a creepy virtual tour of the e-mailed crime scene.
Unnatural Exposure boasts brisk storytelling, crackling dialogue, evocative prose about forensic-science sleuthing, and crisp character sketches, both of familiar characters like Scarpetta's gruff partner Pete Marino and bit players like the landfill employee falsely accused by Ring. Plus, let's face it: serial killers are old hat. Cornwell's most vivid villains are highly plausible backstabbing colleagues like Ring, who plots to destroy Lucy's FBI career by outing her as a lesbian. Some readers object to the rather abrupt ending, but, hey, it's less jarring than Hannibal's, and it's the logical culmination of Cornwell's philosophy about human nature. To illuminate the novel's finale, read Cornwell's remarks on paranoia in her Amazon.com interview. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? That's what the panicked public thinks, thanks to a local TV reporter who got the leaked news from her boyfriend, Scarpetta's vile rival, Investigator Percy Ring. But the butchered bodies are so many red herrings intended to throw idiots like Ring off the track. Instead of a run-of-the-mill serial killer, we're dealing with a shadowy figure who has plans involving mutant smallpox, mass murder, and messing with Scarpetta's mind by e-mailing her gory photos of the murder scenes, along with cryptic AOL chat-room messages. The coolest innovation: Scarpetta's gorgeous genius niece, Lucy, equips her with a DataGlove and a VPL Eyephone, and she takes a creepy virtual tour of the e-mailed crime scene.
Unnatural Exposure boasts brisk storytelling, crackling dialogue, evocative prose about forensic-science sleuthing, and crisp character sketches, both of familiar characters like Scarpetta's gruff partner Pete Marino and bit players like the landfill employee falsely accused by Ring. Plus, let's face it: serial killers are old hat. Cornwell's most vivid villains are highly plausible backstabbing colleagues like Ring, who plots to destroy Lucy's FBI career by outing her as a lesbian. Some readers object to the rather abrupt ending, but, hey, it's less jarring than Hannibal's, and it's the logical culmination of Cornwell's philosophy about human nature. To illuminate the novel's finale, read Cornwell's remarks on paranoia in her Amazon.com interview. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Hercule Poirot Mysteries Series In the quiet village of Kings Abbot, a widows suicide has stirred suspicion and dreadful gossip. There are rumors she murdered her first husband, that she was being blackmailed and that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd. Then Ackroyd is found murdered and all the members of the household stand to gain from his death. Hercule Poirot, who has retired to Kings Abbot to grow vegetable marrows, is reluctantly drawn into finding an extremely clever, and devious killer.
Description in Spanish: Mrs.Ferrari ha muerto víctima de una sobredosis de somníferos. Hace un año, su marido murió al parecer de una gastritis aguda. Carolina Sheppard, la hermana del médico del pueblo, sospecha que fue envenenado. Poco después, Roger Ackroyd, el terrateniente de la villa, aparece muerto con una daga tunecina clavada en la espalda. ¿Estarán las tres muertes relacionadas? ¿Tendrá Carolina razones para sospechar? [via]
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Publicada en 1939, EL SUEÑO ETERNO supuso la fulgurante irrupción de Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) en el ámbito de la novela negra. Tomando como modelo en muchos aspectos a Dashiell Hammett, principalmente en la concepción de esta clase de relatos como reflejo y crítica de una sociedad más que como propuesta de acertijo o enigma a resolver, Chandler inició con su apuesta por su detective Philip Marlowe, con su inconfundible sentido del humor, una de las vetas más ricas del género. En «El sueño eterno» -novela repleta de nervio y de ingeniosos diálogos- es un caso de chantaje el que lleva a Marlowe a asomarse a las alcantarillas de una sociedad en apariencia espléndida. [via]
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Die Erwartungen sind verständlicherweise sehr hoch, schließlich gilt sie als "erfolgreichste Thrillerautorin der Welt", hat Preise eingeheimst im In- und Ausland: Patricia Cornwell hat Stil, Biss und Engagement, auch in ihrem neuen Buch. Vertraute Personen, altbekannte Freundschaften, wer mehr als einen Krimi dieser Autorin gelesen hat, der fühlt sich irgendwie gleich zu Hause. Da ist Dr. Kay Scarpetta, die Chefin der Gerichtsmedizin in Virginia, ihr Lebensgefährte, FBI-Agent Wesley und ihre Nichte Lucy, Computerspezialistin.
Mit einem Drohbrief der vor Jahren überführten psychopathischen Killerin Carrie startet das Spannungskarussell. Parallel ein mysteriöser Brandanschlag auf das Anwesen des "Medienmoguls" Sparkes, in den Brandtrümmern die Leiche einer jungen Frau. Die Ermittlungen laufen auf Hochtouren, die Hiobsbotschaft lässt nicht auf sich warten: Carrie ist aus der Psychiatrie ausgebrochen. "Ich hab so ein Gefühl, dass wir von ihr diesmal weit Schlimmeres zu erwarten haben," mutmaßt Kay Scarpetta und sie soll recht behalten.
Patricia Cornwell, die einmal Tennisprofi werden wollte, dann aber doch in der Gerichtsmedizin arbeitete und sich mit Polizeireportagen einen Namen machte, recherchiert penibel und äußerst detailliert. Da wird aus beachtlichem Fundus beruflicher Erfahrungen geschöpft, da hat alles Hand und Fuß, stellenweise liest sich der Thriller wie ein Tatsachenbericht aus der Gerichtsmedizin. Das ist weder unspannend noch nervenschonend, aber: für zart besaitete Seelen, für Liebhaber des eher psychologisch raffinierten, feineren Krimis ist der neue Roman eher nichts. Denn hier geht es zur Sache, deutlich, direkt, schonungslos. "Der untere Teil des Gesichts bestand aus verbrannten, kalkweißen Knochen... und bröckeligen Zähnen. Von den Ohren war das meiste weg, doch von den Augen aufwärts war das Fleisch gekocht..."
Scarpetta, eine abgebrühte Frau, manchmal knallhart und doch -- Gott sei Dank -- mit menschlichen Regungen. Nach mehrfachen Auftritten in vorherigen Romanen hat sie angenehm an Profil gewonnen. "Ich muss zugeben, dass es mein größter Wunsch ... ist, sie tot zu sehen", sagt die Gerichtsmedizinerin über Carrie und weiß, dass sie in äußerster Lebensgefahr ist. --Barbara Wegmann [via]
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Biosensors highlights concerns over the time and costs of approving devices in the US
Jeffrey Jump, the recently appointed CEO of Biosensors is a frustrated man. His company – a Singapore-based stent manufacturer – has grown increasingly exasperated with the regulatory climate that exists in the US and he wants everybody to know just how difficult it is getting a device approved by the FDA.
Concerns over the lengthy and demanding regulatory process in the US are not new. For years, many of the groundbreaking devices to emerge in the healthcare market – not just in cardiovascular devices – have made their debut in markets outside of the US first. Indeed, many US companies have found themselves marketing their technology in Europe long before the clearance process in the US has been negotiated. Europe's gain has been the US's loss but there are fears the gap is widening. In its defence, the FDA's supporters will argue that its processes are there to protect the American people and if that means a more strenuous approval process then so be it. However, as Mr Jump suggests, it seems as if this regulatory gap is getting worse and the issue has to be addressed.
Worldwide, the approval process continues to take less time and, more importantly, costs less to fund. It takes a device manufacturer three to five years to get a medical device approved in Japan and China, at cost of US$3 million or less in each market. In Europe, the time can range from six months to two years and cost just US$2 million. In contrast, getting approval in the US for a medical device can take between two and seven years and cost between US$50 to US$100 million.
This discrepancy in time and costs is raising a few questions that Mr Jump and other CEOs increasingly feel need to be answered as a business. Most importantly, is it really worth spending that much time, effort and money on securing FDA clearance? It's an issue that doesn't just trouble the smaller companies, even the bigger ones are weighing up the options. According to Mr Jump, major medical device companies could be facing bills in the region of US$200 million just to get approval for their next-generation stent technology in the US and, as a direct result, may seriously consider abandoning the US market for this important technology.
With the global economic downturn very much in the memory of CEOs, the stringent and lengthy requirements needed to accommodate the FDA have also seen innovative companies bite the dust as they get bogged down in the regulatory steps imposed by the FDA. For Biosensors this brings opportunities to acquire technology at much lower prices because these companies simply run out of cash and time.
Already, Mr Jump has snapped up CardioMind, a US company which has developed a drug-eluting stent (DES) for the treatment of small vessel lesions, and plans to complete the acquisition of another undisclosed device company shortly. Paying for such high quality assets at knockdown prices is possible for Biosensors because it looks to gain its market share from markets outside of the US, which ultimately place considerably less strain on its cashflow. How long will it be before other companies choose a similar path?
Whilst Abbott will probably find the prospect of not marketing its bioreabsorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) platform in its home country ultimately unpalatable, and you could say it's big enough to handle the costs, the debate is unlikely to go away. China is set to become the largest market for medical device by 2016, so why go through the trials and tribulations of the US when there are richer pickings to be had elsewhere? Biosensors has already closed its R&D operations in the US and transferred its activities back to Singapore and its R&D centre in Morges, Switzerland – also a centre for R&D for Medtronic and Edwards Lifesciences – because the costs of manufacturing and marketing medical devices in the US do not justify the potential returns.
The FDA is unlikely to be too concerned at the comments made by Biosensors, even if they are shared by the CEOs of some of the largest US medical device companies. But that could change in the future as there is a real possibility that advanced technology – and US-developed technology in particular – could find itself not available in the US, or at least be available several years behind the global market. This has potential ramifications not only for the US healthcare system but also for the skills base in the US. Will the US be able to keep hold of its expertise if companies are increasingly outsourcing such facilities internationally?
For Biosensors, the die has been cast. The company is committed to marketing its BioMatrix Flex abluminal biodegradable polymer DES in markets outside of the US, and it doesn't market or manufacture any interventional cardiology products in the US. That's not say the Biosensors is totally excluded from the US market – it also sells bare metal stents and balloon dilation catheters, as well as a sizeable business that includes critical care catheter systems, haemodynamic monitoring and related devices used during heart surgery procedures and intensive care treatment. It is also handily placed should Abbott market its BVS device in the US as it also incorporates royalty earning Biosensors technology. But, despite all of these points, you can't help share Mr Jump's disappointment that the US market is rapidly becoming out of bounds to innovation.
This post was brought to you by Lawrence Miller, Espicom Business Intelligence's medical news team leader.
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