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"One day you just change; we all change."
It was entirely fitting that the most important line of this season's (and arguably the entire series') most introspective episode would go to a character who has grown and changed immeasurably since we met her several years ago. The Carol of Season 1 was a frightened, battered housewife, living with her abusive husband; the Carol we saw leave last night (not for the last time, but more on that later) was sharpened like the edge of the knife she carries, reckless and drowning in her own version of moral equivalency. It was a transition that, in many ways, mirrors the show's narrative as a whole.
There is a lot to unpack in the opener when Carol says goodbye to Lizzie, but quite a lot that happened in the rest of the episode. Daryl, Michonne, Tyrese and Bob, having survived the zombie mega-horde, make their way to a run-down garage where they find a working automobile. When Daryl and Bob clear the garage to find spare parts, Bob puts down a trapped walker, then looks up at the wall and sees who that person used to be. The walkers in and around the garage were part of a hunting club, and the happy photographs of days long past are a reminder that each walker was once a person with a life and a story.
It was a sad reminder of the fragile mortality and the collective tragedy in which our characters live. For some lucky survivors, the zombie apocalypse brought new dreams. The nice young couple Rick and Carol meet in the house — she with the bum leg that never healed right and he with the dislocated shoulder — didn't know each other before the world went to garbage. But by finding each other, and falling in love, they've proven that there is more than death and despair in the world.
And yet it was no surprise — like most of you, I'm sure, I wasn't exactly shocked — that the nice young couple didn't make it. When Rick and Carol followed the blood trail through the fence gate to see that severed leg with the girl's tattoo, it brought us back to a harsh reality. Romances don't flourish in the wake of the apocalypse, not many of them, anyway. Even when they have the best of intentions, like gathering a little more food for the group, people die.
In the midst of that tragic day, Carol barely flinched. She's seen too many people die, including her daughter, to care much anymore. And her rapid transformation from last season to this one seemed pretty complete. We knew that after killing Karen and David, Carol couldn't return to the prison like nothing happened. As Rick pointed out, Tyrese would kill her if he found out, and Rick, utterly disapproving of Carol taking matters into her own hands, wasn't about to lie for her. But what happens when Tyrese finds out it was Carol all along — and that Rick let her go with a carload of supplies?
The Carol that drove away last night was a far more complex character than I imagined she'd become in Season 1. She has a fierce devotion to Lizzie and Mika that, in many ways, conflicts with what she's done. She was willing to kill two people who got sick so that she could, she argues, save other lives. That's why I think we'll see more of Carol before this season ends. It would be one thing if a character who's gotten that much development from the writers were to die off in a dramatic death. Andrea got a worthy death scene; Shane got two. Something tells me we haven't seen the last of Carol. Perhaps she gets picked up by what's left of The Governor's crew; perhaps she comes back for the two girls. Either way, it will be something interesting to look forward to in a season that's already been full of surprises.
Zombie-Kill Report: We had lots of the usual slices and dices: Michonne with her katana and Daryl with the crossbow. During the frantic escape from the veterinary college, a few dozen walkers went down, boosting the numbers to bring up the average of what was an otherwise slow episode. One question persists though: When the group was trying to escape from the college, Bob warned against shooting the zombies, lest they get infected blood on themselves and get the virus. Two problems here. (1) How in the world could Bob tell the difference between ordinary zombies and infected zombies whose blood will make them sick? Tyrese killed dozens on the road and walked away covered with blood and guts. Were those zombies somehow different? And, (2) Weren't they all exposed to the virus during the fight for cell block D? This attempt at drama didn't make any sense.
Speaking of Things That Make Little Sense: On the way to the veterinary college, Daryl and crew ran into a huge zombie horde. Then they ran through the woods for a while, found a new car, and miraculously made it to the college in no time. As they left to head back to the prison they consulted a map, but I thought they made it a little too easily.
Another Misfire: Bob's hysterically awkward jump out of the window that all but ensured his bag would go over the edge and get grabbed by the walkers. TWD has some great stunt coordinators; please teach the actors better moves in the future.
And a Few Things That Went Well: I liked the story behind Bob's alcohol dependency. Even the goofy booze-bottle reveal didn't take away from his heartbreaking situation. His explanation — "It was just for when it gets quiet" — fits in well with the tragic nature of the rest of the episode. So did the short discussion of Rick's and Carol's past. Rick's memory of Lori's horrible pancakes was a nice detail, as was Carol's ability to reduce a dislocated shoulder — she learned how on the internet because it was better than telling the ER nurse she fell down the stairs again. This little nugget shows us that Carol was tougher than we ever realized, and the scene invoked one of my favorite dislocated shoulders in cinema history. (By the way, bonus points for anyone who can identify the actor behind Mel Gibson egging him on. Hint: You saw a lot of him in a really great show recently. We'll post the answer next week.)
I was even a little moved by the Sophia discussion because it was short. Losing a child has to be one of the most tragic things someone can go through (as we're learning with Michonne), but I'm glad we didn't dwell on Sophia too much. TWD went from about 8 million viewers in early Season 2 to about 16 million each week now, which means at least half of our current audience wasn't watching that year. My guess is they caught up by binging on Netflix, and they have no idea how slow and laborious and horrible the "Sophia Watch" was. I'm glad they didn't make us as viewers relive the tragedy that was that season.
Have we seen the last of Carol? Tell us in the comments below.

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Grandparents, in their children's eyes, can be a source of frustration. Not because they do not love their grandchildren but because of the way they express it in a material sense. Grandparents tend to buy too many things that are not age appropriate, too expensive or items that do not reflect the parent's sense of value; even though the parent likely established their values based on the influence of 'their' parents.
It is also true that a great number of grandparents give money for birthdays, or other holidays. So how can a grandparent stay in the good graces of both their kids and grandkids? In a word; 'education'.
Most of the last few generations focused on keeping a roof over their family's head and providing food and clothing. There was little left for 'luxuries' and if there was, those luxuries came in the form of hockey registration and equipment (upgraded year after year), dance lessons or musical instruments.
Now that baby-boomers have reached retirement age, there is much more time on their hands and more disposable income from life-long savings and pensions. Many grandparents are turning their focus to providing their grandchildren with whatever advantages were not necessarily available for their own kids. One prominent choice of giving a gift that helps the grandchild and keeps their own children happy is an RESP (Registered Education Savings Plan).
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Every grandparent wants to celebrate a birthday or holiday with a gift that brings out the joy on their grandchild's face and the light in their eyes. Keep in mind though, that if you did not 'spoil' your kids, the chances are good that your grandchildren will not feel spoiled.
One suggestion is to cut the budget for material gifts; but when they are old enough, include an envelope in a small gift that shows them their educational fortune. Your grandkids may not understand it at younger age, but eventually they will come to appreciate 'the gift' as a post-secondary student aspiring to make their mark in the world.


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Monday, January 11, 2016
Forum: What Are Your Predictions For 2016?
Every week on Monday morning , the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher's Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week's question: What Are Your Predictions For 2016?
The Glittering Eye: For a number of years at this time of year I'd issue a set of predictions on my blog. I had a pretty good track record—80%+ accuracy. However, a couple of years ago I stopped for reasons that should be clear from the single prediction I'll offer for 2016.
I predict that in 2016 and despite all of our combined wisdom, knowledge, experience, and acumen, our predictions will not include the most significant stories of the year.
GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD : Tom Rogan has a great bit about 3 especial events that will not only rock 2016 - they'll reverbrate for eons afterwards...
First, expect new ISIS attacks against Europe and the United States.
Nowhere is 44's predilection for invented realities more obvious than in his Syria policy. As best understood having now surrendered to Putin's demand that Assad retain power indefinitely, 44 has acquiesced to Assad's genocide against Sunnis. This latest example of progressives' moral hypocrisy allows ISIS to retain its fertile breeding ground for recruitment and escalation. And while we should welcome recent victories such as the recapture this week of Ramadi in Anbar, Iraq, we must not overvalue the strategic significance of the Ramadi victory. Because unless and until America turns the flag of ISIS into a symbol for the walking dead, ISIS will keep inspiring (like San Bernardino) and recruiting (like Paris) jihadists across the earth. ISIS's global capacity to wage its existential war on the West will only grow.
Moreover, as ISIS continues to infiltrate migrant routes, its potential to inflict mass-casualty attacks will remain significant. The administration surely is aware of this. It must urgently escalate the campaign to destroy ISIS.
2nd, expect a skirmish between America's allies and China in the East and South China Seas.
In 2015, 44's administration endorsed China's imperial campaign to construct new islands in the international waters of the East and South China Seas. Appallingly, 44 is now openly apologizing to China for U.S. flights in international airspace. He has shown that his "Asian pivot" matters only to the degree that China pretends to embrace the Paris climate agreement. For China, of course, the climate deal was made in heaven: an empire in return for unbinding, unenforceable commitments to take action in the future.
Yet for American allies in Asia, 44's weakness is catastrophic. That's because China perceives America's collapse of resolve as an opening to bully U.S. allies such as Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan. But in 2016, as China strengthens its dominion over crucial oceanic trade routes, American allies will probably stage shows of force in an attempt to deter Chinese aggression. These populations — especially in Vietnam — are furious at China's expansionism. At the same time, their leaders know that if China is successful, their countries will effectively become provinces of an authoritarian Chinese empire. But even recognizing that China is far stronger, they cannot yield for the sake of their sovereignty, pride, and economic future.
Correspondingly, as these nations increase their military activity near China's constructed islands, China will probably employ force to deter them. It's likely this will involve limited force aimed at sinking a patrol ship or shooting down a jet. But the inherent risks of escalation are obvious.
American resolve will thus be critical in 2016. We should not forget the cards we hold. While China seeks to expand its zone of influence, it also seeks global prestige. Given China's economic and military vulnerabilities, the U.S. should escalate its military patrols over and alongside China's man-made islands. In doing so, we will remind China that our capability — both seen (aircraft and surface vessels) and unseen (attack submarines) — is significant. This needn't invite conflict; China will back off once it recognizes America's resolution. But absent American resolution, conflict is far likelier.
3, expect Iran to continue cheating on the nuclear deal. In response, expect the Sunni monarchies to increasingly embrace sectarian extremism. This is the easiest prediction — Iran is already breaking its nuclear-deal commitments by testing ballistic missiles, which are the delivery platformf or Iran's future nuclear weapons. Indeed, Iran is using the nuclear deal as a way to get the best of all worlds: In return for his pen to paper, Ayatollah Khamenei has won sanctions relief and a huge economic injection into his kleptocratic economy. Iran also knows that once European firms board the lucrative Tehran money train, EU political support for a sanctions "snapback" will collapse.
In short, Iran is building a nuclear-weapons delivery capability while also strengthening its economy and the power of the ruling elite.
The Iran deal shreds the balance of power in the Middle East. Consider Thucydides' enduring analysis of what caused the Peloponnesian War: "What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power [think Iran] and the fear that this caused in Sparta [think Sunni monarchies]." Put simply, the Sunni monarchies will respond to Iran's new power by giving more support to anti-Iranian sectarian extremists. We're already seeing this dynamic in Syria, where Saudi Arabia and Qatar are arming uncontrollable jihadist groups outside ISIS (Qatar has also allowed its citizens to fund ISIS).
44 likes to pretend that American leadership can offer only two courses: his way or total war. But he is wrong. The chaos of 2015 shows what happens when America's active diplomacy is not backed by strength. With the exception of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in 2015, global events have been shaped by our adversaries and our allies have retreated in our absence. The world has descended into ever-metastasizing danger. If America does not once again offer credible diplomacy, supported by credible force, #2016 will bring bloody chaos.
Fausta's Blog : I have no predictions at all, which is unusual for me. Too many conflicting signals on everything!
JoshuaPundit : Economically, I think we're going to see a continuation of the current trend, with China (and thus, the stock markets) continuing to be very volatile. If I had to make a pick, my money for the developed world and America would be on devaluation rather than inflation, with prices on many things continuing to drop along with actual wages as buyers become scarce and credit tightens. Real unemployment and underemployment will continue to be at high levels, partly as a response to minimum wage laws, intrusive government regulations and increasing use of robotics and automated solutions.
We may even see the Soviet-style underground barter economy continuing to grow in America. I would also not rule out a government mandated 'haircut' on bank accounts ala Greece and Hungary combined with limited withdrawals by consumers to prop up the less stable banks and deficits in pensions and social welfare spending.
American Politics are going to be a real question mark. While the Democrats pretty much have everything greased for Mrs. Clinton (Comrade Bernie will be history by March 1 if not before at the latest, the date of the Vermont primary) a certain amount of grumbling remains. Mrs. Clinton remains one of the shadiest characters in US politics and one of the most disliked. No, she won't be indicted and the superdelegates have already spoken, so the nomination will be hers unless something odd happens. But the continued success of GOP outsiders Donald Trump and Ted Cruz among crossover Democrats might make Mrs. Clinton's presidential dream a nightmare provided we have a reasonably honest election or any election at all. I still rate the chances of not having an election at all in 2016 as at least 50%. I suggest we all keep the historical example of the Reichstag Fire in mind. This time, it might take the form of a major terrorist attack that the Obama regime either decides to let through for its own purposes or their simply making use of one that happens.
The GOP contest is gradually settling in to a contest between Trump, Cruz and Marco Rubio. I'd rate their relative chances of getting the nomination in that same order.
World Affairs: In the Middle East, I'd be surprised if this wasn't the year the Kurds finally came into their own. The boundaries of the new Kurdistan, carved out of Iraq and Syria are already clearly to be seen. America again is screwing them over, with the Obama Regime giving them just enough ammo, air cover and supplies to allow them to hold their own against ISIS while allowing Barack Obama's good friend Tayyip Erdogan to use the Turkish military to attack them at will. But the Kurds, whom once wanted nothing more than to be America's ally now understand as the Jews did that they need their own country. And since America has proven to be an untrustworthy patron, they will need to find a new one, either coming to terms with Iran or more likely Russia's Putin.
This may also be the year The Israel/Arab conflict gets resolved, and not in a way Mahmoud Abbas and the PLO are going to like. Israeli PM Benyamin Netanyahu has done his very best to walk the tightrope and avoid conflict with the Obama Regime, but he and his Likud Party are plummeting in the Israeli polls because of his failure to deal decisively with the third, low level intifada Mahmoud Abbas has launched against Israel. As a further indicator, that support is not flowing the Labor Party's new incarnation, the so-called Zionist Union. They're also shedding support. Instead, that support is flowing rightward, to Naftali Bennett's Jewish Home Party and Avigdor Lieberman's Israel Beiteinu. Netanyahu is a canny politician who I'm sure understands that the game is over and if he wants to stay in power, he is going to have to deal with the Arabs whom call themselves Palestinians decisively. I'd predict another Operation Defensive Shield in Judea and Samaria, the dissolution of the PLO and annexation of the area, perhaps even repatriation to Jordan of a number of the inhabitants, many of whom hold Jordanian citizenship.
As a side note, I predict that in spite of some internal problems, Israel's economy will continue to thrive and to be largely unaffected by any economic slowdown, just as it was in 2008. This is especially true since the country is now, water, food and energy independent. It remains a country of first world, top tier technology and second world prices and salaries. I also predict increased trade and security cooperation for Israel, especially with China and with Russia, although Putin will still continue to protect Iran. And while anything can happen, I do not predict a war with Hamas or Hezbollah this year. Hamas is increasingly isolated thanks to the IDF and Egypt's al-Sissi and has not recovered from the last war, and not only has Hezbollah suffered major casualties fighting ISIS, but Netanyahu and Putin appear to have reached an understanding that destroying Hezbollah's arms shipments are fair game for the IDF under most circumstances.
2016 may also be the year of a successful and public Iranian nuclear test, as the Ayatollahs continue to show their abject contempt for Barack Obama and John Kerry. It will also likely be the year that the Saudis announce their own nuclear deterrent. Pakistan badly needs money, and in any event, the House of Saud partially funded AQ Kahn's research and Pakistan's acquiring of nuclear weaponry. Other countries like Qatar may also seek their own nukes.
Europe is going to experience major changes. Stuck in a trap between their own demographic nightmare of sharply declining birthrates and the inherent problems of importing Muslim immigration, different countries are going to make different choices, and for a number of them that could even involve leaving the EU to avoid the complications of bailing out less productive members and the schengen borders. The Eastern European countries of what has been referred to as 'New Europe' along with Denmark and possibly the UK are prime candidates for this. As the Muslim occupation of Europe becomes more discernible, a number of countries will move rightward politically. I predict this for Germany, France, 'new Europe,' the Balkan states and perhaps even Sweden.
Bookworm Room : My 2016 predictions are as follows:
1. Native Germans will embrace extremism, although I'm not sure whether they'll go full sharia or discover their Teutonic warrior roots. Either is possible.
2. Hillary will not get indicted, because she knows where too many of the Obama camp's bodies are buried.
3. I'm afraid to make a prediction about the presidential election. As of today, no scene is too far-fetched. The thought of a Trump versus Bernie election has a vaguely apocalyptic feeling and I just don't want to go there. (I continue to root for Ted Cruz.)
4. This will be another bad year for police officers, who will continue to feel as if they have targets on their back.
5. This will also be a bad year for blacks because those police who feel they have targets on their backs will probably do one of two things: (i) Stop policing black communities aggressively, leaving law-abiding blacks to be sitting ducks for criminals or (ii) start shooting first and asking questions later.
6. Barack Obama will ensure that several hundred thousand more potential Democrat Party voters cross the border illegally, and will encourage an influx of Middle Eastern Muslims. The latter will bring all their pathologies, from the biological (meaning diseases that had been all but wiped out in America) to the sociological (antisemitism, misogyny, rape culture, homophobia, etc.)
7. On campuses across America, even as Obama ships in by the boatload people who openly embrace all of the things campus Leftists purport to hate, campus Leftists will bring renewed energy to their attack on middle class white American males -- you know, the ones who aren't antisemitic, who like women, who don't rape, and who may not have a gay best friend but who are people who believe in a live-and-let-live policy.
8. Iran will get increasingly aggressively, and start waging traditional war, backed with nuclear threat, against surrounding Sunni nations. Obama will speak confusingly and carry a limp stick.
9. By the end of the year, the two big players in the Middle East will be Russia (which was a declining power under Bush) and Iran (which was also a declining power under Bush).
10. Israel, sadly, will have to fight another war. This time, Hezbollah, with a strong Iranian wind at its back, will start using some of its massive stockpile against her.
11. Despite losing money at home on anti-American movies and movie stars, Hollywood will continue to invest in them. This is not as financially stupid as it seems. The real dollars come from overseas sales, and Hollywood is happy to sell anti-American propaganda to America's current and future enemies.
The Noisy Room :My major prediction this year is that if the elections are fair and we see a Trump/Cruz ticket, we will see a landslide to rival Ronald Reagan. I predict the same if you see a Cruz nomination. You will see a major revolt in the Republican Party and it will be reformed or it will cease to exist. I also predict that Europe will come unraveled under the onslaught of the Hijrah migration. They are toast. I think there will be more terrorists attacks on US soil and some of them will include cyber attacks, possibly on the power grid. There will be a major downturn in our stock market as well. Until Obama leaves office, more and more illegal aliens will stream in as will Muslim refugees. There will be violence in our streets because of this just as there is in Europe. ISIS will continue their march across the Middle East and will be supported by other geopolitical players - the Caliphate will grow as will the Islamic threat. Look for Obama to seek further gun control. Obama will seek to head the UN during his world tour coming up.
And that's just the warmup.
Laura Rambeau Lee,Right Reason : 1. President Obama will spend more time abroad than in the United States as he takes his victory lap around the world setting the stage for his appointment as the new Secretary General of the United Nations once he leaves office. He will continue to ignore the expansion of radical Islamic terrorism which is being used to destabilize countries around the world and here in America. He will also use his pen to sign executive orders in an attempt to bypass Congress on more gun control measures and climate change regulations.
2. We will see increasing racial unrest and violence. Riots and attacks on law enforcement officers and our military will continue, and the media will selectively report these incidents which will incite more violence.
3. As our utility companies are being forced to provide more energy using renewable energy sources there will be rolling brown and black outs. This will be a very cold winter and I worry for the safety and lives of those who won't be able to afford their heating bills. The UK has seen tens of thousands of deaths in recent years due to the cold and they have had to provide heating allotments for the elderly, sick, and impoverished.
4. The economy will continue to stagnate and we are already seeing what is happening in the global markets. This is not a correction; I predict this will be worse than what we saw in 2008.
5. The regulations coming out of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) for the mortgage industry will create another mortgage collapse. I am not sure if it will happen this year, but reports show ninety percent of the mortgages originated in the first three months (October 2015 – December 2015) using the new Truth in Lending and RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) are not in compliance and cannot be sold on the secondary market. The CFPB was created out of the 2010 Dodd Frank bill and does not answer to Congress; they are under the supervision of the Federal Reserve. Only those "too big to fail" will not fail as the lending market shrinks and ancillary service providers are forced out of business because the cost of doing business (just to stay in compliance with CFPB regulations) becomes increasingly prohibitive.
Not to sound gloomy, I do see people waking up to what is happening in America and around the world. Social media connects us like never before and the truth is getting told in spite of the progressive media. We are in a fight for the very survival of our country and the freedoms we have enjoyed for over two hundred years. If I didn't believe we could turn things around I would not be so engaged in trying to get the message out to as many people as possible. I am optimistic we will succeed in the end – it's just going to be rough going for awhile. There are many of us who see what is happening and are preparing for tough times. Those who continue to be blind in spite of all of the evidence around them will not fare as well. Some will wake up in time, others will be lost. These truly are transformational times in our lives and in the history of civilization. The future of America, and the world, hinges on who is elected president in November.
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The liver, the largest organ in the body, is essential in keeping the body functioning properly. It removes or neutralizes poisons from the blood, produces immune agents to control infection, and removes germs and bacteria from the blood. It makes proteins that regulate blood clotting and produces bile to help absorb fats and fat-soluble vitamins. You cannot live without a functioning liver.
In cirrhosis of the liver, scar tissue replaces normal, healthy tissue, blocking the flow of blood through the organ and preventing it from working as it should. Cirrhosis is the eighth leading cause of death by disease, killing about 25,000 people each year. Also, the cost of cirrhosis in terms of human suffering, hospital costs, and lost productivity is high.
Cirrhosis has many causes. In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common causes.
Alcoholic liver disease. To many people, cirrhosis of the liver is synonymous with chronic alcoholism, but in fact, alcoholism is only one of the causes. Alcoholic cirrhosis usually develops after more than a decade of heavy drinking. The amount of alcohol that can injure the liver varies greatly from person to person. In women, as few as two to three drinks per day have been linked with cirrhosis and in men, as few as three to four drinks per day. Alcohol seems to injure the liver by blocking the normal metabolism of protein, fats, and carbohydrates.
Chronic hepatitis C. The hepatitis C virus ranks with alcohol as the major cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis in the United States. Infection with this virus causes inflammation of and low-grade damage to the liver that over several decades can lead to cirrhosis.
Chronic hepatitis B and D. The hepatitis B virus is probably the most common cause of cirrhosis worldwide, but in the United States and Western world it is less common. Hepatitis B, like hepatitis C, causes liver inflammation and injury that over several decades can lead to cirrhosis. The hepatitis D virus is another virus that infects the liver, but only in people who already have hepatitis B.
Autoimmune hepatitis. This type of hepatitis is caused by a problem with the immune system.
Inherited diseases. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, galactosemia, and glycogen storage diseases are among the inherited diseases that interfere with the way the liver produces, processes, and stores enzymes, proteins, metals, and other substances the body needs to function properly.
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). In NASH, fat builds up in the liver and eventually causes scar tissue. This type of hepatitis appears to be associated with diabetes, protein malnutrition, obesity, coronary artery disease, and corticosteroid treatment.
Blocked bile ducts. When the ducts that carry bile out of the liver are blocked, bile backs up and damages liver tissue. In babies, blocked bile ducts are most commonly caused by biliary atresia, a disease in which the bile ducts are absent or injured. In adults, the most common cause is primary biliary cirrhosis, a disease in which the ducts become inflamed, blocked, and scarred. Secondary biliary cirrhosis can happen after gallbladder surgery, if the ducts are inadvertently tied off or injured.
Drugs, toxins, and infections. Severe reactions to prescription drugs, prolonged exposure to environmental toxins, the parasitic infection schistosomiasis, and repeated bouts of heart failure with liver congestion can each lead to cirrhosis.
Many people with cirrhosis have no symptoms in the early stages of the disease. However, as scar tissue replaces healthy cells, liver function starts to fail and a person may experience the following symptoms:
- exhaustion
- fatigue
- loss of appetite
- nausea
- weakness
- weight loss
As the disease progresses, complications may develop. In some people, these may be the first signs of the disease.
Complications of Cirrhosis
Loss of liver function affects the body in many ways. Following are common problems, or complications, caused by cirrhosis.
Edema and ascites. When the liver loses its ability to make the protein albumin, water accumulates in the leg (edema) and abdomen (ascites).
Bruising and bleeding. When the liver slows or stops production of the proteins needed for blood clotting, a person will bruise or bleed easily.
Jaundice. Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin and eyes that occurs when the diseased liver does not absorb enough bilirubin.
Itching. Bile products deposited in the skin may cause intense itching.
Gallstones. If cirrhosis prevents bile from reaching the gallbladder, a person may develop gallstones.
Toxins in the blood or brain. A damaged liver cannot remove toxins from the blood, causing them to accumulate in the blood and eventually the brain. There, toxins can dull mental functioning and cause personality changes, coma, and even death. Signs of the buildup of toxins in the brain include neglect of personal appearance, unresponsiveness, forgetfulness, trouble concentrating, or changes in sleep habits.
Sensitivity to medication. Cirrhosis slows the liver's ability to filter medications from the blood. Because the liver does not remove drugs from the blood at the usual rate, they act longer than expected and build up in the body. This causes a person to be more sensitive to medications and their side effects.
Portal hypertension. Normally, blood from the intestines and spleen is carried to the liver through the portal vein. But cirrhosis slows the normal flow of blood through the portal vein, which increases the pressure inside it. This condition is called portal hypertension.
Varices. When blood flow through the portal vein slows, blood from the intestines and spleen backs up into blood vessels in the stomach and esophagus. These blood vessels may become enlarged because they are not meant to carry this much blood. The enlarged blood vessels, called varices, have thin walls and carry high pressure, and thus are more likely to burst. If they do burst, the result is a serious bleeding problem in the upper stomach or esophagus that requires immediate medical attention.
Problems in other organs. Cirrhosis can cause immune system dysfunction, leading to infection. Ascites (fluid) in the abdomen may become infected with bacteria normally present in the intestines, and cirrhosis can also lead to kidney dysfunction and failure.
The doctor may diagnose cirrhosis on the basis of symptoms, laboratory tests, the patient's medical history, and a physical examination. For example, during a physical examination, the doctor may notice that the liver feels harder or larger than usual and order blood tests that can show whether liver disease is present.
If looking at the liver is necessary to check for signs of disease, the doctor might order a computerized axial tomography (CT) scan, ultrasound, or a scan of the liver using a radioisotope (a harmless radioactive substance that highlights the liver). Or the doctor might look at the liver using a laparoscope, an instrument inserted through the abdomen that relays pictures back to a computer screen.
A liver biopsy will confirm the diagnosis. For a biopsy, the doctor uses a needle to take a small sample of tissue from the liver, then examines it for scarring or other signs of disease.
Liver damage from cirrhosis cannot be reversed, but treatment can stop or delay further progression and reduce complications. Treatment depends on the cause of cirrhosis and any complications a person is experiencing. For example, cirrhosis caused by alcohol abuse is treated by abstaining from alcohol. Treatment for hepatitis-related cirrhosis involves medications used to treat the different types of hepatitis, such as interferon for viral hepatitis and corticosteroids for autoimmune hepatitis. Cirrhosis caused by Wilson's disease, in which copper builds up in organs, is treated with medications to remove the copper. These are just a few examples–treatment for cirrhosis resulting from other diseases will depend on the underlying cause. In all cases, regardless of the cause, following a healthy diet and avoiding alcohol are essential because the body needs all the nutrients it can get, and alcohol will only lead to more liver damage.
Treatment will also include remedies for complications. For example, for ascites and edema, the doctor may recommend a low-sodium diet or the use of diuretics, which are drugs that remove fluid from the body. Antibiotics will be prescribed for infections, and various medications can help with itching. Protein causes toxins to form in the digestive tract, so eating less protein will help decrease the buildup of toxins in the blood and brain. The doctor may also prescribe laxatives to help absorb the toxins and remove them from the intestines.
For portal hypertension, the doctor may prescribe blood pressure medication such as a beta-blocker. If varices bleed, the doctor may either inject them with a clotting agent or perform a rubber-band ligation, which uses a special device to compress the varices and stop the bleeding.
When complications cannot be controlled or when the liver becomes so damaged from scarring that it completely stops functioning, a liver transplant is necessary. In liver transplantation surgery, a diseased liver is removed and replaced with a healthy one from an organ donor. About 80 to 90 percent of people survive liver transplantation. Survival rates have improved over the past several years because of drugs such as cyclosporine and tacrolimus, which suppress the immune system and keep it from attacking and damaging the new liver.
For More Information
To find more information on this topic, visit:
American Liver Foundation
Hepatitis Foundation International (HFI)
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)


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सामान्य प्रश्न
What type of deposits is available in the Woocommerce partial payment plugin?
With the partial payment WooCommerce plugin free version, you can gather the deposits as per the fixed amount or the percentage of the product price.
Are deposits refundable with the WooCommerce partial payment plugin?
Yes, with the Woocommerce Deposits & Partial Payments plugin, the deposits are refundable but it needs to be refunded manually from the order placed.
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- Support for WordPress 6.3
- Support for WooCommerce 8
- compatible with High-Performance Order Storage/COT.
- New filters added.
- Support for WooCommerce 7.8
- Support for WooCommerce 7.5
- Bug fix
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- Support for WordPress 6.2
- Support for WooCommerce 7.5
- Support for WooCommerce 7.4
- Support for WooCommerce 7.3
- Support for WooCommerce 7.1
- Support for WordPress 6.1
- Bug fix
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The walls are lined with stained strips of cardboard, 40-ounce bottles half-full of malt liquor and cigarette butts hang from plywood structures, a three-foot long plaster condom lays strewn across the marble floor, the words "F*CK IT" stretch across a wall—carved into a pile of SAT test prep books… And what's that robotic shrieking coming from that closet-sized room? It sounds like the MoMA teens have taken over our gallery space again—and we couldn't be more proud!
On the evening of August 17, 80 teen artists—along with over a hundred more friends, families, and supporters—streamed through MoMA's Cullman Education and Research Building to celebrate the work of our Summer 2012 In the Making program. Consisting of four different hands-on art making courses—each meeting three hours a day, three days a week, for six consecutive weeks—MoMA's long-running In the Making course is one of the largest and most intensive free arts programs in New York City. This summer's exhibition was the largest show we've ever done, and the walls and floor of the gallery are currently packed full with hundreds of pieces of teen-created art, including: three different full-size soapbox derby cars, a twig and branch boat, an oversized bull's head, motorized sculptures, life-sized cardboard and wood figures, architectural models, video installations, linocuts, and the amazingly "dirty" objects mentioned before. Here are some highlights from each course:
Under the guidance of artist Alan Calpe, the teens in Crossing the Border explored the city itself, looking for ways to turn their physical movement into visual artwork. Along the way, they took a cruise on the Circle Line (a first for everyone in the class!), traveled to the Explorers Club to see the new Mark Dion show, shopped for souvenirs in Times Square, and even traveled by tram across the river to Roosevelt Island. Final projects included creating new sculptural monuments to NYC (a rat holding a Metrocard, the used condom sculpture mentioned above), created their own versions of tourist souvenirs, and made films, photos, and prints exploring their own relationships with movement, their city, and the spaces (public as well as private) that surround us.
Kerry Downey and the Dumpster Divers undertook an almost Herculean task—to create a hands-on art making course using only the materials that they could find by scavenging and searching through the city's dumpsters, streets, alleyways, and parks. The group visited Greenpoint's industrial zone, "shopped" Materials for the Arts for discarded and recycled supplies, disrupted Times Square with an impromptu performance piece, and even plumbed the depths of MoMA's own sanitation system and the underground pathways that run beneath. Turning literal trash into treasured pieces of art, the teens filled our exhibition space with an instillation that combined DIY aesthetics, print-based art, and sculptural derring-do.
CLICK@MoMA: ROBOTS ARE PEOPLE, TOO!
The fourth installment of our CLICK@MoMA series of digital media courses for teens focused on the ways in which people and machines interact on a personal (dare we say even emotional) level. Led by interactive artist Kacie Kinzer, whose Tweenbots were a highlight of last year's Talk To Me exhibition, this season's course explored the art and technology behind our endless fascination with connecting human characteristics to non-human objects. Teens learned how to write code using Arduino, wire and solder circuitry, and increase the power of their sculptural projects by adding interactive elements to everything they made. Final projects screamed (after participants sat down in a rigged-up chair), scooted, blinked, whirred, and generally shook up the crowd.
DOUBLE-JOINTED: MoMA'S WOOD SHOP
Following up on his amazing Summer 2011 Shred, Thrash, Carve: The Visual Art of Skateboard Culture course sculptor Keith Mendak threw caution to the wind and created a fully-functional wood shop inside the MoMA Teens studio spaces. Each day saw the group exploring a brand new aspect of this amazing, yet often overlooked, material: from balsa wood to paper and cardboard, 2x4s, and even twigs and sticks, the teens were given a thorough overview of a multitude of art-making techniques. The course even spent a week-long residency at Brooklyn's Tri Lox Studios, creating three amazing soapbox derby cars and gaining experience working with handsaws, jigsaws, drills, and more.
The In the Making: Summer 2012 teen art show is on view in the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Center until September 13, see below for additional images of works in the exhibition. For more information on MoMA Teen Programs, please visit facebook.com/momateens.


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The 2nd Indonesian Frontiers of Social Sciences and Humanities Symposium: Call for Expression of Interest
Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) will organize the 2nd Indonesian Frontiers of Social Sciences and Humanities Symposium that will be held in Bogor, 4-6 November 2015. The 1st Indonesian Frontiers of Social Science Symposium was held in Lombok (17-19 October 2013) and was attended by 40 best young social scientists.
The Indonesian Frontiers of Social Sciences and Humanities Symposium (previously the Indonesian Frontiers of Social Science Symposium) is an initiative of AIPI, organized by a committee of young scholars. This symposium is held biannually and bringing together some of the best young scientists to discuss exciting advances and opportunities in the discourse, theory and methodology as applied to the empirical world that encourages informal collectives as well as one-on-one discussions among participants. This symposium will select 40 academics (PhD under 45 years of age) who have made significant contribution to social sciences and humanities.
The participants will present and report their current studies to an academically trained and scientifically multidisciplinary audience. The participants are expected to highlight their major research findings, methodologies, and constraints to progress at the frontiers of their respective fields. The attendees need to actively participate in general discussion, from which they are expected to initiate collaborative relationship with other young scientists.
The Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) has formed an Organizing Committee of young scientists, chaired by Dr. Sudirman Nasir with Dr. Roby Muhamad, Dr. Sahiron Syamsuddin, Dr. Najib Burhani, Dr. Inaya Rakhmani, and Dr. Teguh Dartanto as members.
This symposium will be held in Bogor in November 4-6, 2015. The theme of the symposium is "Identity: Continuity, Change, and Contradiction". Identity, broadly construed, has become increasingly complex and problematic in the interconnected, globalized, and multipolar world we live in today. This has created challenges that must be addressed through deep understanding of our own diversity.The symposium will discuss six topics:
The Organizing Committee invites expression of interest from young social scientists to participate in the symposium.
Applicants should:
Application could be written in English or bahasa Indonesia and please send to: email@example.com by no later than October 1st, 2015. now is closed.
Why You Should Apply
The Academy will provide travel and accommodation for the selected participants. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and discuss their research with 40 of the best Indonesian young academics and will be part of the network of the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences. This symposium will also provide opportunities for and promote the development of future collaborations.


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Special Report: Inside three Georgia counties that have struggled to keep their vulnerable hospitals ― and futures ― alive
This article was produced through a partnership between Georgia Health News and HuffPost. It was written by HuffPost reporter Lauren Weber and GHN editor and CEO Andy Miller.
GLENWOOD ― If you want to watch a rural community die, kill its hospital.
After the Lower Oconee Community Hospital shut down in June 2014, other mainstays of the community followed. The bank and the pharmacy in the small town of Glenwood shuttered. Then the only grocery store in all of Wheeler County closed in the middle of August this year.
On Glenwood's main street, building after building is now for sale, closing, falling apart or infested with weeds growing through the foundation's cracks.
Opportunity has been dying in Wheeler County for the last 20 years. Agriculture was once the primary employer, yet the Wheeler Correctional Facility, a privately run prison, is now the biggest source of jobs. With 39 percent of the central Georgia county's population living in poverty, there aren't enough patients with good insurance to keep a hospital from losing money.
The hospital's closure eliminated the county's biggest health care provider and dispatched yet another major employer. Glenwood's mayor of 34 years, G.M. Joiner, doubts that the town will ever recover.
"It's been devastating," the 72-year-old mayor said, leaning on one of the counters in Glenwood's one-room city hall. "I tell folks that move here, 'This is a beautiful place to live, but you better have brought money, because you can't make any here.' "
Rural hospitals are in danger across the country, their closures both a symptom of economic trouble in small-town America and a catalyst for further decline.
Since 2010, 82 rural hospitals have closed nationwide. As many as 700 more are at risk of closing within the next 10 years, according to Alan Morgan, the CEO of the National Rural Health Association, a nonprofit professional organization that lobbies on rural health issues.
The reasons are complex, woven into the fabric of a changing economy and an evolving health care system. But these rural hospital closures are hitting the southern United States the hardest.
"The Southeast of the U.S. is where things are going horribly wrong. You've got higher levels of obesity, diabetes, hypertension ― you pick up any health disparity or measure and it's there," Morgan said. "And again this is where now we are shutting down rural hospitals."
One in five adults in the South report having poor health. Fifteen percent of non-elderly residents are uninsured, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, and that's 5 percent higher than the rest of the country. The South also has the largest cluster of states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
"Those most in need of health services have the fewest options available, and we are closing rural hospitals," Morgan said. "From a policy standpoint, we are going in the wrong direction."
Georgia is "ground zero" for rural hospital closures, he said.
Six rural hospitals in the state have closed their doors since the beginning of 2013. Two of those have been reopened as modified medical facilities, but no longer function as full-fledged hospitals. And more than half of the state's remaining rural hospitals are vulnerable to closure, according to a 2016 report on rural hospital strength by iVantage Health Analytics for the National Rural Health Association.
The troubles with Glenwood's hospital became apparent about a decade ago.
First there were management problems at Lower Oconee Community Hospital as the facility grappled with cash flow difficulties, stemming in part from the county's uninsured rate of 20 percent. Then the hospital was sold. Then there were more management problems and some failed last-ditch attempts to keep the hospital open, according to Mayor Joiner. It finally closed its doors for good in June 2014. That brought the total number of hospitals in Wheeler County, where some 8,000 people live, to zero.
About 120 jobs at the hospital itself ― including positions for doctors, nurses, administrators, orderlies and the cleaning crew ― vanished, along with most of the foot traffic on Glenwood's main street. Attracting other businesses got that much harder. Most importantly, gone was potentially life-saving care.
For three years now, the building has sat vacant, a deteriorating reminder of the community's loss.
The drive to the nearest hospitals in neighboring counties averages between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on where the patient is coming from in Wheeler County. The county's two ambulances don't carry blood. And any delay in getting to an emergency room can be deadly for someone who has suffered a heart attack, a stroke or massive trauma.
Wheeler County's director of emergency medical services, Selena Howell, estimates that keeping Lower Oconee Community Hospital open would have made the difference in saving four or five lives over the last three years.
"Now that may not seem like a lot, but it sure meant something to those folks' families," she said.
Howell wearily explained that she herself has been struggling with a kidney infection on and off for the past year, but there are long waits to see a doctor because of the decreasing numbers of physicians and hospitals in the region. The soonest she could get an appointment was months away.
Candler County is struggling to make sure its hospital, which is about 45 miles east of Wheeler County, doesn't go the same way as Glenwood's. Among rural hospitals, the Georgia Department of Community Health ranks Candler County's facility as the second-most financially in need. The state's new rural hospital tax credit program encourages businesses and individuals to donate to these facilities through a 90 percent tax write-off.
"You don't know what's going to happen in the next five months," Candler County Commission Chairman Glyn Thrift said last month. "Today's a good day. We have enough money to make payroll today."
A series of bad decisions ― especially the installation of a faulty IT system ― combined with the usual factors squeezing rural hospitals have left the Candler County Hospital with about $6 million in accounts payable and an additional $4 million debt that the county incurred on its behalf, according to hospital CEO Dave Flanders. The facility, located in the town of Metter, owes another $1.8 million in additional notes and liabilities. The hospital has been unable to make debt payments to the county, forcing the local government to increase property taxes and borrow money in January and February to cover its own bills.
But Flanders and Larry Hadden, who sells insurance in Metter and serves as chairman of the Candler County Hospital Authority, both think the hospital is going to make it.
"Will it be easy? Absolutely not. We'll probably rely on support from the county," Hadden said.
Candler County, population 11,000, has dug deep to keep its second-largest employer afloat.
"We're all in this together. It's one thing to look at the financial numbers," Hadden said. "It's another thing to look at saving someone's life."
The loss of a rural hospital goes beyond even vital medical care. It represents a loss of identity, a loss of community.
"There's a psychological impact where people are tied to their hospital and feel comfort with it here,'' said Doug Eaves, the Candler County administrator. "They're emotionally committed to it. It's something they've always had."
"I understand things are changing, but try to have a thriving community without a hospital," said Carvy Snell, publisher of the Metter Advertiser, a 104-year-old local paper.
Metter's main street is already showing economic cracks. While it looks bustling compared to Glenwood's, some shops are closed or empty.
The county got a financial boost when Linzer Products Corporation opened up a paint manufacturing and distribution center in Metter last year, creating 200 jobs. It would be a lot harder to attract that kind of new business without a hospital, Snell said.
Flanders pointed toward cost-cutting measures implemented by the management company ER Hospitals ― including better negotiation on insurance payments and streamlining of administrative services across the company's health care operations ― as critical to the Candler facility's survival. The hospital's robust volume of 130 to 135 surgeries a month and its profitable "swing beds" ― which can be used for patients requiring either acute care or skilled nursing care ― are helping it break even on operating revenue, according to Flanders.
But he has no answer for the long-term debt, and if the hospital were to close, Candler County would still be on the hook for the money.
"We've got to go down swinging," said Thrift, the county commission chairman.
Health care experts point to a variety of reasons for the rapid decline of rural hospitals since 2010. Most rural hospitals were built decades ago and can't afford upgrades, so they're losing patients with private insurance ― which often pays better ― to regional hospitals with newer facilities. Doctor shortages are widespread in rural areas, as communities have a hard time recruiting without substantial financial incentives.
At the same time, many uninsured people have come to rely on emergency room care. Under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986, hospitals are required to screen and stabilize patients regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay, which means hospitals often end up absorbing the costs associated with those patients. This is called "bad debt."
Meanwhile, financial help from the federal government has decreased in recent years. Due to sequestration, Medicare payments have been reduced. To find the funds to insure more people, the Affordable Care Act cut back a program to reimburse rural hospitals for bad debt. And cuts are coming to the Disproportionate Share Hospital program, which provides extra funding for hospitals that serve higher levels of low-income and uninsured patients.
But many states ― like Georgia ― didn't expand Medicaid. So rural areas in those states have been hit by the cuts without getting the full coverage boost offered by Obamacare.
"The problem with Georgia is you have a higher percentage of low-income people, a higher percentage of people who are uninsured, and you have a higher percentage of health disparities," said Morgan, the head of the National Rural Health Association. "Now if we just had a federal-state program that addressed that. Oh wait, we do ― it's called Medicaid."
Expanding Medicaid would have meant greater access to insurance for low-income people and more reimbursement for hospitals, thus helping their bottom lines. But Georgia's political leadership has refused to expand the program, citing the costs for the state.
Still, the future of the Affordable Care Act and its Medicaid expansion is up in the air, with Republicans pushing another repeal bill in the U.S. Senate. With that uncertainty in mind, political leaders in Georgia are in a wait-and-see mode.
David Ralston, the speaker of the Georgia House and a Republican from rural Blue Ridge, said the state "did the financially prudent thing when we decided not to expand Medicaid."
However, community leaders in Wheeler and Candler counties said there is no doubt that a Medicaid expansion could have helped. "The reality is from a hospital management standpoint, the non-expansion of Medicaid has hurt all rural county hospitals," said Eaves, the Candler County administrator.
It's inexcusable that Washington is leaving rural hospitals to founder, Morgan argues.
"At the federal level, they're just watching it burn. It's beyond frustrating," he said. "At some point I hope rural communities recognize this and hold people accountable for it."
"Patients aren't going to go away if new health care [legislation] comes out with severe cuts to Medicaid," Flanders said. "Patients will still show up in the ER, and it's up to us to figure out how to pay for it."
Jimmy Lewis, who heads HomeTown Health, an association of rural hospitals in Georgia, said there's a magic number when it comes to sustaining a rural hospital without extra government support: a potential patient population of 40,000 people.
You need that many people to sustain surgery services, which in turn help keep the hospital profitable, Lewis said. Without a population that large, hospitals need substantial county assistance, a high level of diversification in health services or the backing of a regional hospital system.
In Cook County, about 100 miles southwest of Glenwood with a population of just 17,000, another version of this story is playing out.
The hospital authority that operates Tift Regional Medical Center, based in nearby Tift County, acquired Cook County's hospital in July 2012. The Cook Medical Center, located in Adel, is now getting a new facility to replace the one built in the 1940s. Construction is expected to be completed in the summer of 2019.
There's just one catch: The new facility won't have an emergency room.
Cook Medical Center had seen unpaid charges in its ER balloon from $5.6 million in 2012 to $8.5 million in 2016. Hospital CEO Michael Purvis, who started at the facility as an X-ray technician two decades ago, said 95 percent of patients who visited the ER were "non-emergent" ― meaning they could have been treated in a clinical setting. And the ER saw an average of only about 0.4 patients between midnight and 7 a.m.
The costs of keeping the emergency room open, combined with general upkeep for the deteriorating building, were unsustainable. The hospital had a net loss of $2.6 million in 2016. So earlier this year, the hospital decided to shut down its ER, steering patients to a nearby community clinic that it operates.
Purvis, meanwhile, had pulled together a stakeholders group that included the Cook County commissioners, officials from the city of Adel, the Adel Industrial Development Authority and the Cook County Economic Development Authority to talk through their options.
In the spring of this year, they presented the county with a choice: They could build a new facility with convenient care and primary care clinics, a surgical center, a geriatric psychiatric center, an attached nursing home, inpatient and outpatient services, and no ER for about $35 million. Or they could close the hospital all together.
"We needed to figure out a new way to serve our rural community, or else you don't have a viable shot," Purvis said.
Under the plan for a new hospital, Cook County would be on the hook for $5 million, the city of Adel for $4 million, and the Adel Industrial Development Authority and the Cook County Economic Development Authority for $600,000 each. The remaining costs of at least $25 million would be covered by the Hospital Authority of Tift County.
When the Cook County Board of Commissioners took up the plan this March, Purvis wasn't sure what was going to happen. The commissioners had been upfront about their unease with an expensive new building plan, which they feared could require raising taxes and create political blowback. But a "no" vote meant the hospital would close completely.
More than 200 people came to the monthly meeting, which usually attracts only about 10 residents. The community was not going to let the hospital go without a fight. They presented a petition signed by 697 people lobbying to keep it alive. One resident held up a sign that read "No Hospital – Dead City," according to the Adel News Tribune. The event was also streamed live on the newspaper's Facebook page, where more than 400 people watched it.
The commissioners' vote was unanimous: The hospital project would go forward.
"We felt like as leaders we had to band together to save 250 jobs and the industry in the area," said Adel Mayor Buddy Duke, one of many who spoke at the meeting.
The project aims to save those jobs and create 50 more when it's completed in the summer of 2019.
When asked, Purvis said he didn't know of any patients who were harmed by the closure of the ER earlier this year. Most of the major trauma cases were already traveling the 30-plus minutes to Tift Regional or a hospital in Valdosta, he said.
People in Cook County aren't particularly excited about losing the ER, but they're happy there's still a hospital at all, said Maria Hardman, general manager of the Adel News Tribune.
"We didn't want it shuttered with trees growing up through it," said Brent Dixon, chairman of the Adel Industrial Development Authority.
Still, there are nearly 700 other rural hospitals in danger of closing across the country and thus hundreds of rural communities that need to find a solution.
Thrift, the Candler County commissioner, acknowledges that the future of rural health care probably lies in prioritizing regionalized medicine with larger, newer facilities that draw patients from several counties ― much like what's happening in Cook County.
"Only way we're going to survive in rural Georgia is we've got to learn where the county line doesn't end anymore," he said.
Some health care experts say the rural future lies in standalone emergency rooms, perhaps with a few beds on standby for follow-up care. Shifting people with less urgent conditions to convenient care clinics, instead of relying on expensive ER visits, can cut down costs. Telemedicine will serve some needs, although broadband service in Georgia's rural areas has a long way to go.
The total number of full-fledged hospital beds should also be reduced, some experts say. And some community hospitals may survive by investing in new facilities and equipment to better compete for patients and cut down on maintenance costs.
One way or another, the size and scope of care at many rural hospitals has to be reduced to beat the bottom line pressures.
"Health care looks different every day, it's ever evolving, and new delivery looks different,'' said Dixon, the chairman of Adel's development authority. "Eventually you realize you can't do business the same way you're always doing business, so you either stop doing business or change."
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Who is Adam Faze and how is he connected to Olivia Rodrigo?
Earlier this week, the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star was spotted at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California with Faze.
The pair attended a promotional event for Space Jam: A New Legacy, during which the park was rented out for guests to enjoy carnival-style games and attractions.
While there, an attendee took a video of the pair. In the clip, Faze can be seen with his arm around Rodrigo.
Though it's unknown how Faze and Rodrigo linked up, and if they're just friends or pursuing something romantic, the two both work in the entertainment industry. (Rodrigo also follows Faze's professional Instagram account.)
So, who is Adam Faze and what does he do?
A former editorial contributor at Forbes, who covered entertainment for the publication, Faze is currently a producer for television, film and music. He has also produced music videos for Goody Grace, including the musician's track "Girls in the Suburbs Singing Smiths Songs" featuring G-Eazy.
Last year, Faze and his work partner Jamie Dolan were signed by WME for their independent production company, Must B Nice.
"We could not be more excited to be launching 'must b nice' at a time where the line between the technology and entertainment industries is blurring; we look forward to embracing that change and working with a new generation of storytellers to push the boundary of what stories are told and how they're distributed," Faze told Deadline of his venture at the time.
According to IMDB, Faze is currently in post-production for two new projects: Who Am I? and River Fork.


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