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ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files
use ExtUtils::Packlist;
my ($pl) = ExtUtils::Packlist->new('.packlist');
my @missing_files = $pl->validate();
$pl->{'/some/other/file/name'} = { type => 'file',
from => '/some/file' };
ExtUtils::Packlist provides a standard way to manage .packlist files. Functions are provided to read and write .packlist files. The original .packlist format is a simple list of absolute pathnames, one per line. In addition, this package supports an extended format, where as well as a filename each line may contain a list of attributes in the form of a space separated list of key=value pairs. This is used by the installperl script to differentiate between files and links, for example.
The hash reference returned by the new() function can be used to examine and modify the contents of the .packlist. Items may be added/deleted from the .packlist by modifying the hash. If the value associated with a hash key is a scalar, the entry written to the .packlist by any subsequent write() will be a simple filename. If the value is a hash, the entry written will be the filename followed by the key=value pairs from the hash. Reading back the .packlist will recreate the original entries.
This takes an optional parameter, the name of a .packlist. If the file exists, it will be opened and the contents of the file will be read. The new() method returns a reference to a hash. This hash holds an entry for each line in the .packlist. In the case of old-style .packlists, the value associated with each key is undef. In the case of new-style .packlists, the value associated with each key is a hash containing the key=value pairs following the filename in the .packlist.
This takes an optional parameter, the name of the .packlist to be read. If no file is specified, the .packlist specified to new() will be read. If the .packlist does not exist, Carp::croak will be called.
This takes an optional parameter, the name of the .packlist to be written. If no file is specified, the .packlist specified to new() will be overwritten.
This checks that every file listed in the .packlist actually exists. If an argument which evaluates to true is given, any missing files will be removed from the internal hash. The return value is a list of the missing files, which will be empty if they all exist.
This returns the name of the associated .packlist file
Here's modrm
, a little utility to cleanly remove an installed module.
#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use IO::Dir;
use ExtUtils::Packlist;
use ExtUtils::Installed;
sub emptydir($) {
my ($dir) = @_;
my $dh = IO::Dir->new($dir) || return(0);
my @count = $dh->read();
return(@count == 2 ? 1 : 0);
# Find all the installed packages
print("Finding all installed modules...\n");
my $installed = ExtUtils::Installed->new();
foreach my $module (grep(!/^Perl$/, $installed->modules())) {
my $version = $installed->version($module) || "???";
print("Found module $module Version $version\n");
print("Do you want to delete $module? [n] ");
my $r = <STDIN>; chomp($r);
if ($r && $r =~ /^y/i) {
# Remove all the files
foreach my $file (sort($installed->files($module))) {
print("rm $file\n");
my $pf = $installed->packlist($module)->packlist_file();
print("rm $pf\n");
foreach my $dir (sort($installed->directory_tree($module))) {
if (emptydir($dir)) {
print("rmdir $dir\n");
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Gov. Chris Christie announced Thursday afternoon that he was appointing his fellow Republican to serve in the Senate until just after the state's Oct. 16 special election.
Christie told reporters that Chiesa will move into his new job on Monday. Chiesa will not be running in the upcoming election, Christie said.
Chiesa became his state's attorney general in January 2012. Prior to that, he was Christie's chief counsel.
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I will never forget my first time cooking with tofu. I was a sophomore in college and the dish was stir fry with tofu. Clueless, yet lucky enough to choose the right kind of tofu for my purposes, the extra firm variety. I drained the water out of the package and plopped the cold, wet block of tofu down on my cutting board and proceeded to cut it into 1" cubes. I chopped up some veggies too, and added everything all at once into a hot skillet. A few minutes later I had a pool of water in the bottom of my skillet. I clumsily drained the extra water out of the pan and continued to cook the mixture of tofu and veggies. When it was all said and done, by the time all of the water cooked out of the tofu, the veggies were obliterated.
I did not give up on tofu after this experience, but I did alter my technique. From then on the tofu always went into the pan first and cooked for 15 minutes or more on its own, until the water evaporated out and it started to crisp up. I was so proud of myself for conquering tofu.
A few years and many stir fries later my tofu world was turned upside down when someone gave me a copy of Vegan With a Vengeance. Not only did I discover there are many other uses for tofu beyond stir fries, I also learned that I should have been pressing the water out of the tofu before cooking it. Pressing goes like this: wrap the block of tofu in a clean dish towel or 3-4 layers of paper towels. Place wrapped block between two clean plates and balance heavy objects (books, pans, weights) on top and let sit for one hour to drain.
It was a tofu epiphany. Since then I have been doing the tofu draining balancing act, and as far as I knew things could not be better. Then a month ago came the game changer, the perfect tofu draining tool, resulting in the densest, and most perfectly chewy tofu I have ever experienced. The gadget I am referring to is the TofuXpress. For a month now I have been enjoying better drained tofu which fries up faster and soaks up marinades better. I cannot imagine going back to the old balancing act method!
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This is the TofuXpress in action. I was surprised by how sturdy this little gadget is. Constructed of thick plastic and a heavy duty spring -- you can really feel the force when you press the top piece down into place. Water starts pooling in the container instantly, and in an hour or less the tofu is well drained. For an even denser tofu you can leave it to drain for longer. The TofuXpress can also be used to press water out of other foods -- I am excited to try it out on frozen spinach, a food that I have never figured out how to efficiently press the water out of.
Now here is the really exciting part. TofuXpress is hosting a giveaway so that one of you can give this awesome gadget a try! More details on how to enter after the recipe.
I was excited to try marinating some tofu that had been pressed in the TofuXpress. I decided on a Thai red curry marinade and for a Valentine's Day twist I used heart shaped cookie cutters on the tofu. You could skip the hearts and cut the tofu into slabs instead (12-16 pieces per block), but then you will want to do 1-1/2 or even double the amount of coconut breading to make sure you have enough to cover all of the tofu.
So often Thai curries involve veggies and tofu stir fried in oil and then immersed in a thick, coconut milk based sauce. My method involves using steamed veggies and a light drizzling of sauce, and the shining
Thai Coconut-Crusted Tofu Hearts
Serves 4
Will need a 3" and a 1" heart cookie cutter
1 lb extra firm tofu, pressed
3 tsp Thai red curry paste
1 tsp creamy peanut butter (organic preferred)
1 tsp lime juice
1/2 cup lite coconut milk (or 1/4 cup regular + 1/4 cup water)
1 tsp ginger, minced
1 tsp garlic, minced
reserved marinade
1 tbsp creamy peanut butter (organic preferred)
1/2 cup lite coconut milk (or 1/4 cup regular + 1/4 cup water)
1 tbsp lime juice
Coconut breading
heaping 1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1-1/2 tbsp cornstarch
1-1/2 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp cayenne (optional, omit to keep this dish mild)
steamed veggies and rice
Press tofu for 1 hour. Cut the block of tofu in half, depth-wise. Cut one 3" heart out of each of the two halves, and as many 1" hearts as you can fit (2-3 per block). Then cut each of your hearts in half depth-wise again, so that each heart is about 1/2" thick. You should have 4 large hearts and 8-12 small hearts. (Be sure to save your tofu scraps for tofu scrambles!)
Lay tofu hearts in a single layer on a rimmed baking dish. Whisk together marinade ingredients in a small bowl until smooth and then pour over the tofu. Flip the tofu to coat, then cover and refrigerate overnight (or for 1 hour if you are in a pinch).
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a baking sheet. Mix the coconut breading in a small shallow bowl, and set up your tofu and baking sheet nearby. Pick up the tofu one piece at a time and use a spoon to scrape off excess marinade leaving it behind in baking dish (reserve this, you will be using the leftover marinade in the sauce). Dredge the tofu hearts through the coconut breading on both sides, being sure to coat the edges as well, and place onto the prepared baking sheet. Repeat until all of the tofu is breaded. Spray the tops of the tofu hearts with a bit of cooking spray before putting into the oven. Bake for 20 minutes, and then flip, spray, and bake for 15 minutes more.
While the tofu is baking make the sauce. Whisk in the additional coconut milk, peanut butter, and lime juice into the leftover marinade. Transfer to a small pot and cook over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cover and remove from heat until you are ready to serve.
Prepare the rice and steamed veggies also while the tofu is baking. I chopped up a broccoli crown and 1 large carrot. In the last 2 minutes of steaming I added a can of straw mushrooms and a can of baby corn just to heat them up.
Serve rice and veggies on the bottom layer, drizzle with sauce, and top with one large tofu heart and 2-3 small hearts.


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If you fell asleep Rip Van Winkle-like earlier in the year only to wake up Friday, you might be forgiven for thinking no time had passed.
Because on Friday, President Obama called for higher taxes on the wealthy to be part of any agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff, while House Speaker John Boehner strongly indicated that proposal was a non-starter with House Republicans.
But, of course, we just had an election in which the president won a second term and, through that, some political capital. Exactly how much remains to be seen.
So with the president's big — and, to many Republicans, unexpected — win Tuesday in the Electoral College behind him, Obama made an offer he's counting on Boehner finding hard to refuse in the coming, tense negotiations over a deficit-cutting deal.
The president proposed that Republicans should immediately agree to extend the middle-class tax cuts scheduled to expire at the end of the year while discussions continue on a more comprehensive agreement to avert the spending cuts and tax increases due to take effect in the new year, the so-called fiscal cliff, which experts warn could return the U.S. economy to recession.
At a White House event that featured a diverse group of people standing on risers behind him, which gave the appearance that for the White House, Tuesday was just a pause in the presidential campaign, Obama said:
"So let's not wait. Even as we're negotiating a broader deficit reduction package, let's extend the middle-class tax cuts right now. Let's do that right now.
"That one step, that one step would give millions of families, 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses, the certainty that they need going into the new year. It would immediately take a huge chunk of the economic uncertainty off the table. And that will lead to new jobs and faster growth. Business will know that consumers, they're not going to see a big tax increase. They'll know that most small businesses won't see this increase. And so a lot of uncertainty that you're reading about, that will be removed."
Not only did Obama have Tuesday's Electoral College and popular vote on his side, he also had exit polling. Sixty percent of voters surveyed said they thought taxes should be increased on either all taxpayers or those with more than $250,000 in annual income.
Even a significant minority of voters who backed Republican Mitt Romney — 29 percent — agreed that taxes should be raised on those with income over $250,000.
Because Romney made opposition to raising tax rates on the superwealthy part of his campaign, Obama seemed to interpret his defeat of his GOP challenger as a referendum on this point:
"And I just want to point out, this was a central question during the election. It was debated over and over again. And on Tuesday night, we found out that the majority of Americans agree with my approach. And that includes Democrats, independents and a lot of Republicans across the country, as well as independent economists and budget experts."
Obama was clearly trying to pressure Republicans by putting on the table an extension of the middle-class tax cuts that were part of tax-reduction packages enacted by his predecessor, George W. Bush.
By calling for an immediate extension of the middle-class tax cuts, Obama was attempting to paint congressional Republicans into a corner. While he didn't say it, the implication was clear: If taxes go up next year on millions of middle-income earners, Obama will blame Republican resistance to raising tax rates on the wealthy as the cause.
The president's proposal was reminiscent of earlier tactical moves in his presidency. When Bush-era tax cuts were due to expire at the end of 2010, for instance, the president linked an extension of those cuts to a renewal of long-term unemployment insurance.
Republicans initially balked, but a deal was reached as the deadline approached that extended the jobless benefits. The tax cuts were extended as well for two years, including cuts for the wealthiest taxpayers.
If Republican leaders on Capitol Hill were feeling any pressure from the president's gambit, it wasn't readily apparent.
On election night, Boehner offered this interpretation of the election returns while speaking at the Republican National Committee:
"The American people want solutions — and tonight, they've responded by renewing our House Republican majority. With this vote, the American people have also made clear that there is no mandate for raising tax rates."
On Friday, after the president cited legislation he supports and that the Democratic-controlled Senate passed that would raise rates on those with the highest income, Boehner said:
"The increased tax rates that would be allowed under the Senate-passed bill are part of the fiscal cliff that economists are warning us to avoid. Those increased tax rates will destroy jobs in America by hurting small businesses across the country. Republicans are eager to get to work on an agreement that averts the entire fiscal cliff."
While the words from Obama and Boehner on Friday could be properly viewed as the two men staking out opening positions in the coming negotiations over solving the fiscal cliff, they also could be seen as addressing the two very different constituencies the men must answer to.
Obama won re-election largely because of support from a coalition of more progressive supporters in urban and suburban areas, many of them minorities and women, who came out for him on Tuesday and during early voting in the weeks before.
Boehner, meanwhile, retained his House majority largely because of strong support in congressional districts with primarily white voters in conservative suburban and rural areas.
It's that disconnect in their constituencies that helps explain much of the difference in the opening salvos of Obama and Boehner. They'll have a chance to see if there's common ground starting next Friday, when Obama has asked Boehner and other congressional leaders to join him at the White House for talks.
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For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/
Oooh, you are going to LOVE it! I have the 855 Sapphire!
There is no stopping you now Julie! Enjoy!
You're killing me! You and you're new toys..lol!
Do you love it?! Better than the one you stole from your mama? ;)
beautiful! so much room there! Excited to see what you knock out now!
Have Fun!
Nice! I have the 835 and I love it! Would have loved that one with the auto-tensioner, but a bit too pricey for my budget...enjoy!! Can't wait to see what you crank out on there!
how fun (and it is pretty)! I'm in the market currently... what's the price range on this one? Is that a 9" or 11" harp?
Oooh - love the size of that throat and all the stitches! Lucky you!
I hope you love this machine. It is the only brand of machine I can buy in my town and I would love to get it. I am hesitant because I have read a bunch of reviews that said they had the bobbin thread nesting problem.
Would be interested in hearing your review of the machine after you've had some time to play with it.
Congrats to you!!! I got a new Baby Lock Espire last Saturday and have been playing off and on with mine this week too.....
My friend Robin has a Sapphire and loves it.
Sew in good health with it!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats! I have had my 870 for about three years now and I LOVE IT!
Congratulations! It looks beautiful!
Oooh pretty! I almost got one of those earlier this year.
How exciting...have fun playing!
I got a new machine last year, its a
"B" word. I love all the features and I'm sure you will on this new machine too! Did Mom get her machine back?
Yeah! I got a new machine a couple months ago and am still in love with it. Enjoy!
Oh my goodness! I've been eyeing this one for a while! I'm hoping "Santa" will get it for me for Christmas! I would love to hear your review on it, so I know for sure if I'm gonna like it, although I can't imagine NOT liking it, compared to the little one I have now! Enjoy playing! :)
I've had the 870 for almost two years now. Love it!!
Yay, how exciting! I have a husqvarna (a much more basic model) and I absolutely love it - I'm a complete convert to the brand.
Ooh how fun. Now I know why you've been so quiet. Lucky you. Congrats on the new toy.
AH!!!! CONGRATS! I have been eyeing that line forever! I have a Scandinavia 400 and really want to upgrade.. but I'm still saving my pennies. Look at you with the highest Sapphire! AWESOME! :o)
*jealous* My new toy is in the north Pole, waiting to be packaged and delivered in a months time :-)
Big difference from you Mom's machine I bet! Congrats!!
You are going to just love your Viking!! I have Vikings since 1995 and they are tough work horses and have great features too. Love the extra lighting and the hands free sewing. Best of luck with it and congrats!
I want one tooooooooooo.
Have fun.
It is amazing what the new machines will do, I am still playing with mine.
oh man! i'm a little jealous. i've got the sapphire 835 and i LOVE IT.
Oohh, so pretty! Congrats and enjoy!
I'm sooo jealous. My mum has this machine and it's so lovely to work on. I use it whenever I can and I absolutely love the results. I bet you'll make some beautiful quilts
I recently bought the Sapphire 835, can't wait to see how you like the 875 as I really wanted that one. Looks like you are having lots of creative fun!
Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing all of your sewing with it.
I was at camp this past weekend and there were several of those machines there. They are very nice. Congrats on your purchase.
Oooh, Congratulations! I'll bet you're going to LOVE it!
have fun!!! :)
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Depressing Study Reveals Rooting for a Bad NFL Team May Be Bad for Your Health
When your favorite football team loses, it may make you sick to your stomach. Now, research shows it may make you sick to your rapidly-expanding stomach.
A study of 24 cities looked at what people ate on Mondays after local NFL teams won and lost, compared to what they devour on a normal Monday.
The results? When a team lost, saturated fat consumption jumped 16%, whereas it tumbled 9% after a team won. In short, that means cities with losing teams suck down more fat and more calories (which may also mean people in Cleveland should think about relocating).
The fat and calories fans gobble up tend to remain steady in cities without an NFL team or when NFL teams don't play.
Moral of the story: we recommend rooting for the 49ers and get set for a season of fresh salad, fruit and cottage cheese.


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This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. At the beginning of this week, as we absorb news of Israeli air strikes outside Damascus and questions about nerve gas and red lines, there was a report that a Shiite shrine near the Syrian capital had been ransacked by Sunni extremists and the body of a Shia holy man exhumed and hidden away.
Protestors in Iran bitterly condemned the desecration, and in Lebanon Hezbollah warned an attack on another, larger shrine would not be tolerated. There are massive refugee camps across Syria's borders, NATO missile batteries in Turkey, a Russian naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus. The Gulf Arab states funnel money and arms to the opposition, and President Obama weighs American options.
What happens in Syria no longer stays in Syria. So what do we need to take into account as we consider intervention? 800-989-8255. Email us, firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also join the conversation at our website. Go to npr.org and click on TALK OF THE NATION. Later in the program, how a Cleveland hero became a punchline.
But first Syria and the world. Ted Koppel joins us, NPR commentator and special correspondent for NBC's "Rock Center." He's at his home in Maryland. And Ted, always welcome back to TALK OF THE NATION.
TED KOPPEL, BYLINE: I'm always glad to be with you, Neal, thank you.
CONAN: And we have to begin with a news item. You may have heard on the newscast just a moment ago we're waiting for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to decide his response to those Israeli airstrikes. According to Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the powerful Hezbollah militia in Beirut, he said in a televised speech today that Syria will give the resistance special weapons it never had before. He spoke of game-changing weapons, and this is the Syrian strategic reaction, more important than a rocket strike in what he describes as occupied Palestine.
So the escalation continues.
KOPPEL: The escalation continues, and as I'm sure you also read, either in the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times, Russia is talking about giving the Assad regime a more advanced, more sophisticated air defense system, which perhaps would have been able to prevent the Israeli airstrikes and more to the point from an American vantage point, might give the president some pause if indeed he is thinking of allowing American airstrikes at some point down the road.
CONAN: Interesting, that news came out just as secretary of State John Kerry was in Moscow arranging a conference a month from now to discuss cooperation on Syria.
KOPPEL: Exactly. And you know, the thing we always have to remember, Neal, and forgive me if I delve back into history a little bit, but some 60-or-so odd years ago the then Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion, who had had a very good relationship with the French president, Charles de Gaulle - and Israel had enjoyed a very good relationship with France and had enjoyed French support shortly after the declaration of independence - at some point a few years down the road, France began edging away from Israel and becoming more and more friendly with Arab states, because it needed oil, because it needed natural gas.
And Ben-Gurion wrote an anguished letter to de Gaulle, the essence of which was, I thought we were friends. And de Gaulle sent back a rather terse note to the effect that people have friends, nations have interests. And the big question right now is where do Russia's interests lie. Are they going to genuinely work toward some kind of a settlement between the rebel forces and the Assad regime? Quite frankly, Neal, at this point I doubt it.
I don't see where it's particularly in their interest to do so. It is in their interest to act as though they would support that, but I can't see them making any serious contribution toward an end of the hostilities there.
CONAN: And as we look at the prospects, though, of their ally in Damascus, he may not be toppled anytime soon, but he is unlikely to be able to resume full authority over the country in anything like the way he had before. He may be reduced eventually to a rump state of his Alawite minority on the coast of Syria, which would include the Russian naval base there at Tartus. Aren't the Russians worried about backing a losing horse?
KOPPEL: Well, they may be, and I think your assessment is exactly right. I don't see how Assad can ever hope to re-establish control over Syria. But you know, again, delving even further back into history, we look upon Syria today as being a singular state when in point of fact it was a state that was only created shortly after the First World War; it became a French protectorate, and the state that we know as Syria today is actually a relatively recent invention.
It is made up of all kinds, as we know, made up of all kinds of parties who really do not get along very well together. And American history, over the last few years in particular, ranging back to the time when we saw the overthrow of the shah in Iran, it's one thing for the United States to favor human rights, as it should; it's one thing for the United States to favor democracy, as it must; but we should have learned in Iran, in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Egypt, and now in Syria, that the overthrow of a dictator does not necessarily mean his replacement by a democratic state.
And what happened in Iran, I mean what we have in Iran today is surely less in the U.S. interest than things were when the shah was still in power.
CONAN: On Monday we spoke with Rami Khouri of the Daily Star in Beirut, who told us this conflict in Syria involves the Sunni-Shia divide, the battle between conservative monarchies and secular Arab states, between a long-oppressed majority rising up against the ruling Alawite minority, and the - of course the old Cold War divide between Russia and the United States. He described it as the largest proxy war of this century.
And there an awful lot of interests involved here.
KOPPEL: There are indeed. I can tell you I was in Israel just a few weeks after the uprising began, so what are we talking about now, I guess about a little over two years ago.
CONAN: That's about right, yeah.
KOPPEL: And I spoke to some very senior Israeli officials at that time who to my enormous surprise were not all that thrilled at the prospect of the overthrow of Assad. And the point that was made to me repeatedly was, you know something, ever since the Golan Heights agreement was reached, the sort of stand-down, the truce between Syria and Israel that was negotiated by Henry Kissinger back in 1974, I think it was - we, the Israelis, have had a very quiet and stable relationship with Syria.
We're not all that sure that the people who are going to replace Assad, if in fact they do, will have the same kind of relationship with Israel, and the fact of the matter is the people who are supporting Assad right now are the Shia. The people who are opposing him are the Sunni states, as you correctly pointed out a moment ago.
But, you know, the grave danger is that you're going to have among those people who are fomenting the uprising and who are leading the opposition now, are many al-Qaida members, are many people whose opposition to Israel is perhaps not as pragmatic as Assad's has been.
CONAN: Another history lesson. One of the fundamental flaws of American thinking about Vietnam was lack of consideration about just how much the North Vietnamese were willing to sacrifice for victory. And the United States thought in a war of attrition if you killed X hundred thousand people, that would be enough. It turned out the United States did kill all those people, and it was not enough. The North Koreans were willing to pay that price.
As we consider the situation in Syria, the Alawite minority is fighting for its existence. If they lose, they face the prospect of either genocide or ethnic cleansing. The Iranians and the Hezbollah, allies of Syrian President Assad, they are in this for the long haul. They have made very heavy commitments. The United States needs to think carefully about that.
KOPPEL: I think you've summarized it extremely well, Neal, and in doing so I think you've made the case that President Obama is sort of implicitly making. He made a misstep when he talked about that red line and suggesting that the United States would become more directly involved militarily if in fact it could be shown that the Syrian government has used chemical or chemical weapons or poison gas.
The fact of the matter is, as the president considers what the outcome will be, no matter who wins in Syria, even if those whom we regard as being most favorably inclined toward the United States were to win, it's not altogether clear that they would be able to sustain control of Syria. And if the United States becomes militarily directly involved in Syria, I defy anyone to give a lucid, clear explanation of what is going to happen a year down the road, two years down the road, five years down the road.
If we haven't learned anything from our involvement in Afghanistan, from our involvement in Iraq, it should at the very least be that the consequences of U.S. involvement are not always predictable. And even when we appear to have done very well, as seemed to be the case in Iraq, a couple of years down the road the fact of the matter is that Iraq today probably has as close a relationship, if not a closer relationship, with Iran than it does with the United States.
CONAN: There is then the prospect, and in just a few seconds there's no answer to this, of standing by and watching another 70,000, another 80,000 people killed with nerve gas?
KOPPEL: You know something, Neal, we've had this conversation in a different context before. The issue is where American interests lie. And I know it sounds terrible to put it in those terms, but we have stood by with great equanimity while somewhere between three and five million people have died in Congo. But because U.S. interests are not directly involved in Congo, or at least don't appear to be, we've done nothing about it, absolutely nothing.
So the question needs to be, where do American interests lie?
CONAN: So when we come back from the break, we'll take your calls. What do you think the U.S. should take into account as we consider policy options in Syria, including intervention? 800-989-8255. Email us, firstname.lastname@example.com. Stay with us. I'm Neal Conan. It's the TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
CONAN: This is TALK OF THE NATION; I'm Neal Conan. Earlier this week, secretary of State Kerry met with Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to talk about Syria. After more than five hours, both sides agreed to tried to revive a transition plan for Syria, initiated last year in Geneva, which never got off the ground.
Then just after that agreement, which Kerry hailed as a breakthrough, the Wall Street Journal revealed this morning that Israel has warned the United States about a looming weapons deal between Russia and Syria that would arm Assad's army with sophisticated S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, a move Kerry says the United States has been crystal clear in opposing.
We're talking with NPR commentator Ted Koppel about all this, and we want to hear from you too. What should the U.S. take into account as it considers intervention? 800-989-8255. Email email@example.com. And let's go to Brian, Brian calling us from Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
BRIAN: Hey Neal, how are you doing? Thanks for taking my call.
CONAN: Sure, go ahead.
BRIAN: It's a great discussion. I just - the big thing I think we need to consider is the resentment that the Syrian people, the people in the Syrian opposition, have for Western power. I think we've stood by long enough for them to kind of ferment a hatred of us that is really going to make it challenging for military intervention to make a positive impact on their country in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime.
CONAN: So if we were to try to win Syrian hearts and minds, we should have acted two years ago?
BRIAN: Well, I absolutely think so. I remember sitting in - you know, it was March 2011 when the number tipped 5,000, and you know, that's more than we lost in, you know, Iraq and Afghanistan, and that was two years ago. And we've simply stood by and basically done nothing except say that chemical weapons are bad since then.
And, you know, that's - as an American that's upsetting. I can only imagine as, you know, a Syrian in Aleppo or Damascus thinking that no one's coming to help them while, you know, 70,000 or more people die.
CONAN: Ted, the period of waiting, some also argue, has allowed for the very small elements associated with al-Qaida to grow into much larger and much more effective elements, the al-Nusra Front.
KOPPEL: Yeah, I'm not sure that that's altogether a result of the United States having stayed back and done nothing. The fact of the matter is we did exactly the same thing in the late 1980s when Saddam Hussein used poison gas against some of his Iraqi Kurds in a place called Halabja.
As you may recall, the U.S. reaction at the time, and Saddam was just as nasty a guy back in 1988 as he was in 2003 when we invaded Iraq, the feeling back then was this was not something in which the United States could afford to become involved.
Everybody seems to assume, at least those who favor the idea of military, U.S. military intervention in Syria, everyone seems to assume that the response would not be costly to the United States. The fact of the matter is, I think the Iranians and the Hezbollah forces that are in effect cats' paws for the Iranians based in Lebanon, are now said to have somewhere in the neighborhood of - correct me if I'm wrong on this, Neal - but I think as many as 60,000 short-range and intermediate-range missiles of different kinds.
CONAN: That's about the number that I've read, yeah.
KOPPEL: The impact, if they - and quite clearly they are prepared to use them. Now, you know, what would happen? The Israelis would become involved. You would have a war that would spread out from Syria into Lebanon and Israel, very possibly also engaging the Iranians, and lord knows how much further it would go. If the Iranians are in, maybe the Saudis would be drawn in and some of the other Gulf states which are now supporting the rebel forces in Syria.
You know, when we are at this kind of stage where we're talking about the possibility of U.S. military intervention, I'm astonished sometimes at how short our memories are. We always think about it as though the outcome is a foregone conclusion. It isn't, it won't be. It will be terribly costly, and I don't see how the U.S. interest is going to be served by it.
CONAN: Brian, thanks very much.
BRIAN: Yes, sir.
CONAN: Here's an email that we have from Gloria in Portland: One must take into consideration the brutality of the previous regime and the difficulty of its overthrow have implications for the new states becoming democratic. Democracy requires the growth of democratic institutions. The longer the Syrian strife go on, the less probable the new state will be democratic. Very - I don't believe there's any tradition of democracy in that - in what is now Syria.
KOPPEL: No, there is not, any more than there - any more than there was in Iraq, any more than there is in Afghanistan. And we've already seen how very fragile the foundation of democracy that we built at great cost in Iraq over the last few years, how fragile that foundation is. And I wouldn't put a great deal of money on the survival of anything even approaching democracy in Afghanistan.
CONAN: Let's go next to David, and David's on the line with us from St. Paul.
DAVID: Neal, yes, thank you, and also to Mr. Koppel. I'm going to preface my remarks by saying that it's conversations like this, with people like Ted Koppel, that are going to prompt my renewal of my membership today on NPR. It's pledge week up here in Minnesota.
After that, I would say this. You know, we, as Ted said, you know, we often have this idea with regard to American military power as producing what we view as foregone conclusions with regard to outcome. Outcomes are a process in and of themselves, and that's I think the other piece that people don't understand. We don't have stop points.
I'm very concerned with the S-300 possible transfer, the S-300 SAM systems from Russia to Syria, but for - not just for the consequences for American air crews. I'm concerned with regard to when technologies of these kinds are transferred, there is an engineering infrastructure that goes along with it. And any program of American airstrikes, and it would have be regime, basically a process of American airstrikes, over Syria could possibly kill Russian engineers on the ground.
And that is something I definitely don't want to see, because there is a much larger Russian presence in Syria than most people are aware of. You mentioned it earlier at the top of the show with regarding a naval base at Tartus. But there are a lot of Russian engineers in Syria doing technology transfers and technology work of various kinds.
And the kinds of airstrike programs that we've seen over Iraq, that we've seen over - to a lesser degree over Afghanistan, we know what that looks like, and we know what kind of damage we do. And we also know that we don't have a whole lot of control about who's on the ground at the time in any given location.
And the conversation between Mr. Lavrov and Mr. Kerry and between Mr. Putin and between Mr. Putting and Mr. - and President Obama in the event that Russian engineers are killed on the ground, Russian personnel killed on the ground in Syria, is going to make what's happening now look like a picnic.
CONAN: That's an aspect - the transfer has not gone ahead, but you're right, there are an awful lot of Russians in Syria, and it's another aspect of the conflict. I think it was David - hanging up before we could get his MasterCard number on that pledge.
There is - as you look at this, it is unclear how much - you've asked the question before, Ted, how much Syria - excuse me, how much Russia is going to be invested in its ally in Damascus. That access to that port, a lot of Russians now say nice but not necessary for a modern Russia. It would have been more important for the old Soviet Union.
KOPPEL: Yes, I'm not altogether sure of what, I mean that I can explain what Russia's strategic interest continues to be in Syria except perhaps that they don't want to see the triumph of Saudi Arabia and Qatar and the Sunni states throughout the Persian Gulf, all of which are supporting the rebels in Syria right now. And I think also that the Russians calculate that keeping the United States off-balance in that part of the world and off-balance in large measure through what the Iranians are going to do next - we keep talking about, you know, Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of either an Israeli strike or a U.S. strike against Iran as sort of being the end of the process. That would simply be the beginning of the most expansive war that we've had in the Persian Gulf yet. And if we doubt for a moment what the Iranians are capable of doing, using Hezbollah, and using Hezbollah both as an agent of terrorism but also as a very capable fighting force can create an awful lot of mischief in that part of the world.
CONAN: Just to expand the universal news theory, the Russians also are opposed to the Saudis and other Gulf Arab states who they see as supporting rebels in Chechnya, who, of course, cause them a great deal of grief over the years. Here's a question from Matthew(ph) by email: If the Assad regime were to fall, could these chemical weapons fall into the hands of the rebels, and from there, could al-Qaida get a hold of them? And I think the quick answer is yes.
KOPPEL: I totally agree.
CONAN: And that raises another question and Mr. Nasrallah, everybody - the first assumption when he talks about special weapons that would be provided to Hezbollah by Syria in response to those Israeli airstrikes is that they would be those same kind of precision-guided missiles that the Israeli aircraft attacked and destroyed in a warehouse outside Damascus airport and in that other facility right near the capital, but they could be chemical weapons as well.
KOPPEL: They, you know, presumably, they could use chemical weapons. I'm not technically skilled enough to know how difficult it is to put chemical weapons in the nosecone of one of these missiles. But, you know, the fact of the matter is even though the Israelis have this much vaunted iron dome process - and what's the other anti-missile program? It's the American missile program.
CONAN: The arrow missile. Well, there's the arrow missile, and there's Patriot missiles.
KOPPEL: Actually, I have - the Patriot, yeah. I was thinking of the Patriot missiles. You know, the fact of the matter is if your enemy has 60,000 missiles, I don't care how capable your anti-missile program is, some of them are going to get through. And if some of those that get through have chemical weapons on them, it's, Katy, bar the door. I mean that is a scenario so horrific, that is the one thing that I have to believe both the Russians and their counterparts in this country are eager to avoid at all costs.
I can not imagine that the Russians would see their interests in any way enhanced by the kind of expanding war that would flow out of the use of chemical weapons against the Israelis.
CONAN: We're talking with NPR commentator Ted Koppel about Syria and the ramifications of U.S. policy options in the, well, current crisis. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. And let's see if we can get Ester(ph) on the line. Ester is on the line with us from Lakeland in Florida.
ESTER: Hi. Thank you for taking my call. And first, I'd like to say that I'm very sad that soon there will be no TALK OF THE NATION in the afternoon.
CONAN: Thank you. Thank you for that. But go ahead with your question.
ESTER: Yeah. The question I have is it was a while ago, a few - maybe a week or two ago, when John McCain was being quoted constantly saying that we needed to find who we could trust in Syria and deal with them. And nobody seems to call him out on that and I just - haven't we learned anything? Everybody that we trust over in that part of the world, you know, I mean Hussein was our guy. Bin Laden was our guy. We can't say, oh, well, we trust this guy and make him up to be our guy. And so I just like Mr. Koppel's take on that. Thank you.
CONAN: OK. Thanks.
KOPPEL: Well...
KOPPEL: ...when you say bin Laden was our guy, I think I owe you a word of explanation so that people don't think you've totally lost your mind. The fact of the matter is that back in the days when the Soviet Union was still in Afghanistan and the United States, the CIA was supporting the mujahedeen, one of those who was at that time in Afghanistan and who enjoyed the support of the United States in terms of being armed by the United States...
CONAN: Indirect support.
KOPPEL: ...was a fellow - indirect support - was a fellow by the name of Osama bin Laden. So it's true. The fact of the matter is you don't know your sort of quasi-ally of the moment where he or she may be six months or six years down the road. And I think it's a point well-worth making.
CONAN: Let's see if we can go next to - this is - ah. There we go. Larry(ph). Larry is with us from Sheridan in Oregon.
LARRY: Thanks for taking my call.
CONAN: Go ahead.
LARRY: It's said in the eyes of the world that the U.S. lost a lot of face and lost a lot of strength as a moral power with our operations in Iraq. How much of our strength, the reputation, validity, credibility, whatever you want to say is jeopardized by our or President Obama's fickleness of the moving red line and his lack of action? Is there a balance there?
KOPPEL: Well, is there a balance there? I think the duty of the president is to consider first and foremost where the national interest of the United States lies. And as I began to say earlier in the program, there are any number of examples all around the world of terrible instances of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people - Sudan was one example, Congo is another example - dying but because the United States national interest is not the directly engaged, we don't become involved.
And quite frankly, very few people in the United States feel that the United States needs to become militarily involved. Do we have a moral obligation to do what we can from a humanitarian point of view? Obviously, yes, we do. But before you commit U.S. forces to yet another ground war in the Middle East, I mean the one that's still going on in Afghanistan, the one that only just ended a couple of years ago but the impact of which is still being felt in Iraq, I don't think we really want to be in such an all-fired hurry to get engaged on the ground or militarily with a war the outcome of which we can not possibly judge and where U.S. national interest is not all together clear.
CONAN: And no one at this point is advocating U.S. forces on the ground in Syria, but, Ted, as you point out, unintended consequences, things can change.
KOPPEL: Well, you say no one is advocating it. The fact of the matter is if, indeed, chemical weapons are being used by Assad's military and if that can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the president, the only way - you can't deal with chemical weapon simply by doing what the Israelis have done a couple of times over the past week now. You can bomb convoys, you can bomb installations where they're being constructed, but you can't destroy all chemical weapons with bombs from the air. Some of that would have to be done with special forces, special operations forces on the ground. And once you put boots on the ground, there's no telling where that will lead.
CONAN: Ted, always a pleasure to speak with you even when the subject is so grim. We appreciate your time.
KOPPEL: Thank you very much.
CONAN: Ted Koppel joined us from his home in Maryland. When we come back, we'll look at what it means when clips like local hero Charles Ramsey's interview about the Cleveland kidnappings go viral. Stay with us. I'm Neal Conan. It's the TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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A huge drop in demand for cars, aircraft and other transportation equipment pulled down orders for so-called durable goods in August, the Census Bureau says.
Orders fell 13.2 percent, "the largest decrease since January 2009."
Also this morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis revised down its estimate of second-quarter gross domestic product growth. It now says GDP grew at a tepid 1.3 percent annual rate in the quarter, not the previous estimate of 1.7 percent.
GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter.
The one bright spot in this morning's economic news: There were 26,000 fewer first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week vs. the week before. The Employment and Training Administration says there were 359,000 such filings.
Bloomberg News sifts through the reports and concludes that the news on orders for durable goods signals that:
"Manufacturing once a pillar of the economic recovery, has cooled, hurting companies such as Caterpillar Inc. as concern about the fiscal cliff of tax increases and government spending cuts that may take effect next year causes businesses to pull back. Slowing growth from Europe to China also is putting a dent on exports, another headwind for American factories."Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.


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John de Monins Johnson Negatives Collection
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- 1913-1914
313 black-and-white glass negatives made during the excavation of Antinoë (modern el-Sheikh Ibâda, opposite el-Ashmûnein, in Middle Egypt) in 1913-14 by John de Monins Johnson for the Graeco-Roman branch of the Egypt Exploration Society. The negatives are not accompanied by any supporting written records or descriptions of the photographed objects.
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Indoor Leisure Pool
No matter what time of year, we've got an open, welcoming pool waiting for all ages and skill levels, complete with nationally recognized coaches teaching daily swim lessons.
Indoor Whirlpool
Sink into our heated indoor whirlpool. Feel the massaging jets work out kinks while the swirling water relaxes you from head to toe.
Outdoor Lap Pool
Our outdoor lap pool provides the perfect place to refine your stroke, or a morning workout — all with refreshing, open air.
Outdoor Whirlpool
Sink in to our Outdoor Whirlpool — feel the massaging jets work out kinks while the swirling water relaxes you from head to toe.
Zero-Depth Entry Pool
Our zero-depth pool gradually increases in depth to keep your little ones safe and in sight.
Courts & Fields
Alpha Field
Our alpha field is designed to push you to your limits. With sleds, tires and battle ropes to aid you in your fitness journey, beginners or advanced members can get fit here.
Squash Courts
We welcome both the novice as well as the experienced player to show up for a heart-pounding, calorie-burning workout on modern courts designed to keep you fit and moving.
Cardio Equipment
If you're looking for a well-rounded cardio workout, start here. We've got the latest, most sophisticated equipment available, backed by sports-specific training and technology when you need it.
Connected Technology
Your wearable technology connects to our cutting-edge fitness equipment to help you track your workout and get the very most out of every healthy workout.
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If you love to lift, this is your place. We're always stocked with kettlebells, barbells and more. So many weights, you'll never have to wait.
Functional Training Area
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Resistance Training Area
Feel the burn while you use resistance bands and advanced tools to build and tone muscle.
Weight Machines
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Gym Facilities
Indoor Pickleball Courts
Our dedicated indoor pickleball courts are ready for you and your pickleball-playing friends to enjoy hours of fun, lessons, clinics, and leagues.
Rock Wall
Getting to the top is only part of it. We offer classes and open climb for all ages and skill levels, helping climbers develop strength and agility as well as teamworking skills.
Kid Spaces
Kids Play Area
While you use the club, your kids ages 3 months through 11 years engage in active play, for up to 2 hours each day. All within a safe and enriching environment.
Infant Room
With our small ratios and private rooms, your infant is in good hands at Life Time. We will feed, talk to, and keep your baby entertained with a variety of infant toys.
Kids Academy
Kids 3 months to 11-years-old are guided through innovative, high energy sets of classes, from yoga, karate and fitness to arts and dance that will stick with them.
Media Room
The Media room is an area designated for children to relax and learn. Kids can explore technology with enrichment and learning games as well as books, puzzles, and small crafts.
Play Maze
Fun and adventure await your children ages 3 and up. Playtime is always adventurous and fun in our multi-level maze. Children have the freedom to climb high or zoom down slides.
Relaxation Spaces
Indoor Whirlpool
Sink into our heated indoor whirlpool. Feel the massaging jets work out kinks while the swirling water relaxes you from head to toe.
Outdoor Whirlpool
Sink in to our Outdoor Whirlpool — feel the massaging jets work out kinks while the swirling water relaxes you from head to toe.
There are so many wonderful benefits of the sauna. Whether you're in need of rest, or need to take care of sore muscles, or just chat with friends, don't forget to sauna.
Steam Rooms
Breathe in relaxation, and exhale the day's cares. Our Eucalyptus Steam Rooms have a calming quality that accompanies normal muscle relaxation.
Under the direction and supervision of a licensed Medical Director, we offer the latest in aesthetics and care. Our highly trained team delivers superior results.
LT Recovery
Premium recovery devices provide percussion, massage, hot/cold and compression therapy and are complimentary for members.
Our key to success is focusing on wholesome ingredients with no artificial additives. It all adds up to tasty meals that give you that healthy, post-workout fuel you need.
LifeCafe® Poolside
Get the same natural food, organic drinks and fresh ingredients you love while you lounge at the pool. Our friendly staff delivers everything with a smile.
Gather with friends or find a comfy spot to catch up on work. With a tempting beverage selection, free Wi-Fi and HD TVs, our lounge is a great place to unwind and recharge.
Fitness Studios
We're here to make sure you get the most out of your workout. And that means providing you with a modern, inspiring atmosphere with the most up-to-date equipment available.
Indoor Cycle Studio
Pedal your way to a calorie-burning, cardio-infused workout in concert-quality spaces. Our latest cycling equipment is prepared for as many revolutions as you're ready to bring.
Pilates Studio
Our expert instructors help you achieve precision via mats, reformers, and towers in our Pilates studio while combining strength, flexibility and cardio for a totally toned you.
Yoga Studio
Step into tranquility. Brimming with quiet energy and filled with natural light, our yoga studio is the perfect place to let go of your day and focus on your practice.
Balance power and grace using dance-inspired moves and various weights to increase your strength, improve your stability and build long, lean and toned muscles.
Membership levels, types, amenities, services, programs and their associated dues, pricing, fees and/or charges may vary by location and are subject to change. Access to clubs, and certain services, programs, amenities, or areas within a club (e.g., outdoor pools, racquet courts) may be restricted, conditioned, or otherwise limited by specific terms and conditions and/or subject to a separate or supplemental fee for access or use (e.g., your access to the outdoor pool area may require a separate fee and be limited to your designated club). See club for additional terms and conditions that may apply. Actual spaces may appear different depending on club. Always consult your physician before beginning any new exercise program.


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The Amharic Talking Bible® is designed for rugged use by non-readers around the world. It has no screen or display, so it is perfect for computer novices and the visually impaired.
- Easy to use — Flip through books and chapters by pressing buttons on the side
- Convenient — Solar models charge in sunlight and play for over two hours when fully charged, while battery models accept standard AA batteries
- Powerful speaker — High-quality, built-in speaker fills the room with sound! Loud enough for 200 people to hear
- Durable design — Designed to look like a compact leather Bible and built to serve in the most severe conditions in the global mission field
- Dependable audio — Scripture narration protected from erasure or tampering
Easy to Use
Two buttons move between books. Two buttons move between chapters.
A single dial controls both volume and power. The standard auxiliary jack connects to headphones and speakers.
The Talking Bible resumes playing in the last chapter you listened to.
Solar Power or Batteries?
The Talking Bible® comes with either a built-in solar panel or a battery compartment.
The Solar Talking Bible is easy-to-use both on and off the grid. A sturdy solar panel on the back charges the Talking Bible. It does not need replacement batteries, charges in less than eight hours of direct sunlight, and plays for two hours when fully charged! The solar Talking Bible can also be charged by a Micro USB cable. Which is included with the Talking Bible units.
The Battery Talking Bible takes three standard AA batteries, and plays for hours! It is the choice for anyone who requires extended use without charging or who prefers the security of changing batteries when needed. The battery compartment is easily accessible on the side of the Talking Bible. The battery Talking Bible will also play while connected to a Micro USB cable, but will not charge. A USB cable is NOT included.
Product Details
The Amharic Talking Bible® plays Scripture narration of the New Testament.
The Talking Bible® package includes a lanyard and instruction manual. The Battery Talking Bible includes three AA batteries. Headphones, USB cables, and power adapters are NOT included with any Talking Bible.
Dimension: 13 cm x 8.5 cm x 2.2 cm (5.11 in x 3.35 in x 0.87 in)
Weight: 116 g (4.1 oz)


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X-rays are made by using low levels of external radiation to produce images of the body, the organs, and other internal structures for diagnostic purposes. X-rays pass through body structures onto specially treated plates (similar to camera film) and a "negative" type picture is made. The more solid a structure is, the whiter it appears on the film. For this reason, bones appear very white on an X-ray film, but less dense tissue such as muscle, blood, skin, and fat appears darker.
Chest X-rays may be used to assess heart status (either directly or indirectly) by looking at the heart itself, as well as the lungs. Changes in the normal structure of the heart, lungs, and/or lung vessels may indicate disease or other conditions. Conditions which may be assessed with a chest X-ray may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Heart enlargement. This can occur with congenital heart defects or cardiomyopathy.
Pericardial effusion. A buildup of excess fluid in-between the heart and the membrane that surrounds it, often due to inflammation. Pericardial effusions are more often examined with echocardiography, a different imaging test.
Pleural effusion. A collection of blood or fluid around the lung.
"Fluid in the lungs," known as pulmonary edema. This can occur with congenital heart disease or congestive heart failure.
Pneumonia and other lung diseases
Chest X-rays may also be ordered:
As part of a physical examination.
Before hospitalization and/or surgery.
To assess symptoms of conditions related to the heart or lungs.
To check the position of implanted pacemaker wires and other internal devices such as central venous catheters.
To check status of lungs and chest cavity after surgery.
More definitive tests, such as a computed (CT) tomography scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), echocardiography, or cardiac catheterization may be performed to make a final diagnosis of cardiac conditions.
A chest X-ray may be performed in the hospital, clinic, or in your child's doctor's office.
There may be a table in the room, and there will be a large X-ray camera suspended from the ceiling which can be moved in many directions in order to obtain various views. Portable X-ray equipment can be used to make films on patients in areas of the hospital, such as the operating room, the emergency department, or the intensive care unit.
A chest X-ray may be performed in a standing, sitting, or lying position, depending on the condition of the child and the reason for the X-ray. For a standing or sitting film, your child will stand or sit in front of an X-ray plate. If the X-ray is taken in the lying position, the plate is placed beneath your child while he and she is lying on his and her back or side.
The technologist will position your child properly in front of the plate, and then will step away to the controls of the machine. If your child is old enough to cooperate, he and she will be asked to take in a deep breath and hold it for a few seconds while the X-ray exposure is made. Otherwise, the technician will try to take the picture at the appropriate time by watching your child breathe.
In some situations, the doctor may want a film made from a side angle. This procedure is the same as the one just described, except that your child will stand, sit, or lie at a right or left angle to the X-ray plate and his or her arms will be raised out of the way.
Parents are usually able to stay in the room with their children to provide support and encouragement. You will be asked to wear a lead apron to protect you from unneeded exposure to radiation during the X-ray.
Portable X-ray machines may be used when it is difficult or unsafe to transport the child to the radiology department. Portable X-ray machines are generally used when the child is in an intensive care unit (ICU).
Depending on the results of the chest X-ray, additional tests or procedures may be scheduled to gather further diagnostic information.