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Flu Shot? or Not
"Flu shots", also known as influenza vaccines, only protect patients from influenza, nothing more.
Flu shots, or influenza vaccines, are given annually just prior to the flu season, usually in mid to late Fall for those who reside in the northern hemisphere. Each year these vaccinations are reformulated to target the prevailing influenza virus types predicted to be epidemic for that season. Some influenza virus types cause more serious infection than others, so that severity of influenza illness may change from year to year. Some people are at greater risk of serious infection than others, such as those with underlying serious medical conditions, and those at the extremes of age. However, even susceptibility patterns may vary, as we saw recently the the H1N1 influenza virus. With H1N1, serious illness occurred more commonly in healthy young people, including teens and adults through age 49, pregnant individuals and infants.
For the United States, vaccination recommendations are provided by the Center for Disease Control, or CDC. These guidelines are utilized by most physicians and other providers when caring for patients.
Influenza vaccines are usually protective for influenza, however because each year the vaccine is reformulated based upon vaccine predictions, it occasionally fails to protect against certain virus strains. The vaccine is not a guarantee of protection.
As of 01/11/2013 the vaccine has been reported by the CDC to cover 62% of influenza virus strains.
The CDC also is reporting an exceptionally early start to the influenza season for 2012-2013. The circulating virus strains are unusually virulent, and have already caused widespread disease in several states.
United States Center for Disease Control Summary of influenza vaccination recommendations:
- All people 6 months and older should be vaccinated annually, unless they have a rare and specific contraindication (for example, severe egg allergy, previous severe reaction to the vaccine, certain neurologic problems).
- Protection of people at higher risk for influenza-related complications should continue to be a focus of vaccination efforts as providers and programs transition to routine vaccination of all people 6 months and older.
- When vaccine supply is limited, vaccination efforts should focus on delivering vaccination to people who:
- are 6 months to 4 years (59 months) of age;
- are 50 years of age and older;
- have chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic, neurologic, hematologic, or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus);
- are immunosuppressed (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus);
- are or will be pregnant during the influenza season;
- are 6 months to 18 years of age and receiving long-term aspirin therapy and who therefore might be at risk for experiencing Reye's syndrome after influenza virus infection;
- are residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities;
- are American Indians/Alaska natives;
- are morbidly obese (body mass index is 40 or greater);
- are health care professionals;
- are household contacts and caregivers of children aged younger than 5 years and adults aged 50 years and older, with particular emphasis on vaccinating contacts of children aged younger than 6 months;
- are household contacts and caregivers of people with medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe complications from influenza.
Despite these guidelines, there are many who question the necessity of influenza vaccination. Many are concerned about vaccine safety.
Rare, but serious, adverse events caused by these vaccines include:
- Severe allergy (egg allergy is a contraindication to flu vaccination)
- Stevens Johnson syndrome-a serious and potentially fatal skin reaction
- Guillain-Barre syndrome-a neurologic condition leading to paralysis and potentially respiratory failure (~1-10 cases per million vaccinations) Patients with a previous episode of this syndrome should not receive influenza vaccination.
- Thrombocytopenia, a blood disorder leading to potentially severe hemorrhagic events.
A few mild adverse symptoms are fairly common after vaccination, including fever, shivers, headache, myalgias, malaise, and local injection site reactions.
Controversial topics include the effects of thimerosol (mercury-based) preservative used in multidose vials of vaccine. While many countries have banned the use of thimerosol in vaccines, it is still commonly used in the United States. The rational for it's use here is that it is thought to not build up in the body like regular mercury does (methylmercury). Autism, claimed by some to be caused by thimerosol, is officially thought not to be an effect of thimerosol because autism rates in children have increased, despite thimerosol being banned from use in children's vaccines since 2001.
The upside to flu vaccination:
- Minimizing the chance of acquiring influenza infection by you and possibly people whom you are in close contact with.
- Avoiding 1-2 weeks of down time due to influenza illness, and further minimizing the chance of more rare more serious illness and even death associated with influenza epidemics.
- Protecting yourself from the occasional more virulent strain of influenza.
So, should you get a flu shot this year?
Overall, the odds of a serious adverse event from vaccination are lower than the odds of acquiring severe influenza. Exact risk of each is difficult to accurately quantify since not all reactions and infections are reported for public health purposes, and because vaccine formulations, illness and epidemic severity varies with time.
The safest solution is to follow CDC guidelines. Unfortunately, a rare individual will suffer a serious adverse event, but far greater numbers of people will benefit by preventing influenza infection in themselves and possibly those around them, and serious infection and even deaths will be reduced overall.
Following recommendations based upon CDC guidelines provides the best odds for the individual and society as a whole, from a safety standpoint.
If you are still not convinced that a flu shot is for you, a few of the many questions you might ask yourself include:
- Are you in close contact with people?
- Do you work or live with children, the elderly, or those with serious medical conditions?
- Do you handle money or other objects touched by others?
- Are you a good hand washer?
- Do you avoid touching your face and mouth?
- Do you spend much time in enclosed public spaces such as airplanes, waiting rooms, etc.
- Do you consider down time from illness unacceptable? Do you have work, school, business or other responsibilities that must be met with a high priority?
- Do you have a winter vacation planned that you do not want to risk missing out on?
- Do you travel in remote places without easy access to medical care?
If a virulent strain of influenza with a tendency to cause serious illness in young, healthy people becomes epidemic or even pandemic (worldwide spread), such as the 2009 H1N1 virus, are you willing to take this risk?
The CDC website is loaded with further information on influenza
Finally, consulting with a doctor who knows you best should provide valuable guiding insight for this potentially important health care decision.


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As the CII Best Practices Handbook goes to press, CII's research on industry processes and methods has generated 17 best practices, many of which have been adopted by the industry at large:
Advanced Work Packaging
Benchmarking and Metrics
Change Management
Disputes Prevention and Resolution
Front End Planning
Implementation of CII Research
Lessons Learned
Materials Management
Planning for Modularization
Planning for Startup
Project Risk Assessment
Quality Management
Team Building
Zero Accident Techniques
To qualify as a CII Best Practice, a practice must be sufficiently proven through extensive industry use and/or validation.
Best practices improve performance not only in terms of cost, schedule, and safety, but they also increase the consistency and predictability of project performance. By improving the consistency of project delivery, a company will have a better chance of improving project performance over the long term. This combined benefit of best practice use will likely give companies a distinct competitive advantage.
Since the previous CII Best Practices report was published, CII launched the 10-10 Program, a Performance Assessment effort designed to assess, in each project phase, the organizational issues that affect project performance, as well as the outcomes of each project phase. The data from the 10-10 Program served as the basis for the 2016 CII Value of Best Practices Report, which provided insights into which practices could provide more benefit if they were better implemented by CII members, and which practices already have high scores and are providing benefits in terms of project phase outcomes. Visualizing these differences and assessing the impacts of each practice provide an opportunity to better guide CII members through the project life cycle, and other insights in the best timing for implementing practices.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Prayer the way Jesus taught us--by Frank Huntiing
Pages 1-6 and 7-17,18-24.25-29,30-35 have already been published on other entries this month.
Frank conducted several "Schools of Prayer" in different churches over the years and it was in one of these schools in 1974 that I met Frank Hunting and became familiar with this material. I will be progressively posting the whole booklet which is in scanned form so if you are interested you will need to follow it as a serial.See on this blog other entries by Frank and about Frank Hunting.Click on each image to enlarge the page. Geoff Thompson
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G'day mate!
August 26, 2009 in Australia, beach reads, Malaysia, New Zealand, reading, relaxation, trade paperbacks | 29 comments
Sorry, couldn't resist. I love saying g'day. And I just love the look of the Australia/New Zealand/Malaysian edition of Just Breathe.
I like it so much, I think I'll give away an extra copy. Post a comment–tell us what you're reading now–and I'll do a random drawing.
Writing in the Garden of the Gods
January 18, 2008 in art, authors, autographed books, autographings, autographs, award winners, Baby Boomers, beach reads, beaches, bestsellers, book tours, books, booksignings, children's books, creativity, editing, escapes, fiction, food, journalism, legends, libraries, literature, manuscripts, New York Times, newspapers, nonfiction, novels, NPR, Pacific Northwest, poetry, publishing, retreats, Roy Blount Jr., screen writing, Seattle, Sheila Roberts, theater, travel, weekend escapes, writers conferences, Writing workshops | 2 comments
Field's End Writers' Conference 2008
WHO: This year's line-up of authors and speakers includes: Roy Blount, Jr. (keynote speaker), Stephanie Kallos (opening speaker), Knute Berger, Alice Acheson, Lyall Bush, Laura Kalpakian, Thomas Kohnstamm, Rosina Lippi aka Sara Donati, Jennifer Louden, Nancy Pagh, George Shannon, Charley Pavlosky, Sheila Rabe aka Sheila Roberts, Suzanne Selfors, David Wagoner, and Timothy Egan (closing speaker). Professional actor Ron Milton will be on hand for the Page One sessions.
WHAT: Third annual Field's End Writers' Conference, "Writing in the Garden of the Gods."
WHEN: Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Kiana Lodge
14976 Sandy Hook Rd. NE
Poulsbo, WA 98370
DETAILS: This one-day conference, held at the spectacularly beautiful Kiana Lodge near Bainbridge Island, is a combination of lectures and breakout sessions presented by an eclectic group of people in the literary world.
The day offers three groupings of breakout sessions. Guests will select three workshops to attend according to their interest (literary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, screen writing, dialogue, genre, travel writing, editing, journalism, historical fiction, and commercial fiction). Each breakout session will also offer a Page One workshop, where conference guests can anonymously submit the first page of something they've written for possible live reading and critique by the guest authors.
Lunch is provided and there will be an early evening wine and cheese reception and book signing providing conference guests, authors, and speakers a chance to mingle. Shuttle buses will be available to carry walk-on ferry passengers to and from Kiana Lodge.
Registration begins February 1, 2008. Early registration is recommended as the conference is limited to 250 guests and has sold out in the past. Cost to attend is $135 if you register before February 28, 2008 and $150 after March 1, 2008. Groups of 5 or more can register for $130/person. To register for the 2008 Field's End Writers' Conference, visit http://www.fieldsend.org.
Founded in 2002, Field's End is a writers' community whose mission is to inspire writers and nurture the written word through lectures, workshops, and instruction in the art and craft of writing. Located across the Puget Sound from Seattle on beautiful Bainbridge Island, Field's End is an affiliate of the nonprofit Bainbridge Public Library, which is located at 1270 Madison Avenue on Bainbridge Island. For more information, call (206) 842-4162 or visit http://www.fieldsend.org.
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December 31, 2007 in Amazon, authors, award winners, beach reads, Best books of 2007, bestsellers, book reviews, books, family, fiction, literature, love, novels, publishing, reading, romance, romance novels, romance writers, Romance Writers of America, small towns, women's fiction, writers, writing | 6 comments
Oh, fun! The Winter Lodge is up for a Reviewers Choice Award from RT Book Reviews. It's up against some of the best books of 2007. I am in good company–every single author in this category is one I regularly read and love, so there's really no down side to this. Here's the whole list:
Susan Mallery HQN (January 2007)
Christie Ridgway Avon (January 2007)
Susan Wiggs Mira (February 2007)
Barbara Bretton Jove (March 2007)
Lisa Kleypas St. Martin's (March 2007)
Robyn Carr Mira (April 2007)
Beth Ciotta HQN (May 2007)TANGLED UP IN YOU
Rachel Gibson Avon (August 2007)
Suzanne Enoch Avon (October 2007)
Kimberly Cates HQN (December 2007)
Best of luck to us all!
A few of my favorites in 2007
December 26, 2007 in authors, award winners, beach reads, Best books of 2007, bestseller lists, bestsellers, books, fiction, literature, nonfiction, reading | 2 comments
I love poring over the year-end "best of" lists, particularly the book lists. I've been lucky enough to see my own books on a list or two. Here's my own list. It's in no particular order, no particular pub date, just a list of memorable books I've read in the past year. Happy reading to all!
Quietly in their Sleep by Donna Leon. Atmospheric police drama in the most intriguing city in the world.
Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak. Her books are so ridiculously entertaining, and she keeps surpassing herself!
Making Money by Terry Pratchett. I love his books. Love this author. He's an auto-buy for me.
Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman. I've owned this book forever but I kept misplacing it. Which is nuts, since this man is a god to me. This book actually surpasses his classic Adventures in the Screen Trade. In fact, I'm going to shut up right now and save a discussion of this book for its own post.
Mortified by David Nadelberg. A collection of painful high school memories, painfully illustrated. As the author points out, "We were all that same strange kid."
Hide by Lisa Gardner. I'm picky when it comes to thrillers. This one has it all–depth of characterization, a page-turning pace and spot-on procedural detail.
The Shakespeare Riots by Nigel Cliff. I'd never heard of this historic event, which took place in 1849 at an opera house in New York. Now I'll never forget it. I'm totally writing a novel about it.
The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkein. I became a rabid Tolkein fan when I was in 7th grade and the mania continues.
The River Knows by Amanda Quick. She's a can't-miss author for me. Jewels and secrets, romance and suspense.
What Matters Most by Luanne Rice. An emotional saga that tugs at the heartstrings.
Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry. A memoir about restoring a truck, but it's really about family, nostalgia, commitment and growth.
Blankets by Craig Thompson. Me? Read a graphic novel? This one sucked me right in.
…and here are a few books I can't wait to read in the coming year:
Oxygen by Carol Cassella
The Cure for Modern Life by Lisa Tucker
Moon Shell Beach by Nancy Thayer
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
Sing them Home by Stephanie Kallos
Bikini Season by Sheila Roberts
Brave New Review
August 21, 2007 in authors, beach reads, bestsellers, book clubs, book reviews, books, fiction, novels, publishing, romance novels, summertime, videos, women's fiction, writing | 1 comment
A first for me–this is a video review of my novel. Can such things be?


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Danny Dyer has found out he's related to another king.
The 'EastEnders' actor – who discovered two years ago he is a direct descendant of England's King Edward III – can now add French royalty to his growing list of connections.
As revealed in new BBC1 show 'Danny Dyer's Right Royal Family', the star's 26th great grandfather was King Louis IX, who washed lepers, fed the poor and – according to the history books – hated swearing.
An insider told The Sun newspaper: "One royal link was unbelievable but finding another was more than anyone could have imagined — including him. Suffice to say it quickly went to his head and he thinks he's genuinely part of the aristocracy now."
The upcoming show – which will air on January 23 – follows his 2016 appearance on 'Who Do You Think You Are?', which revealed he was related to former kings of England, Edward III and William The Conqueror.
When the programme was announced last year, Danny said: "I'm still in shock at the fact that I'm related to such important people. I've had a ball getting to know them. It was a nutty experience."
Danny will head back 800 years in time to live how some of his ancestors did, which will include him eating sheep's tongue, and learning how to hunt.
BBC history commissioner Simon Young is hoping Danny's show will "inject fun" into the subject of royal history.
He said: "Danny is just an incredible talent and he has an amazing history in his family tree. What better way to get people to look at and understand that royal history than through his eyes?
"It injects fun and I think we need that."
After discovering his royal connections, Danny – who plays pub landlord Mick Carter in the BBC One soap – then joked he would challenge Queen Elizabeth for the top spot in Buckingham Palace.
He said: "If I iron out about 150 people, yeah I'll be f***ing King. If Trump can run America I can be f***ing king surely?"
Danny Dyer discovers French royal relative
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Ahmedabad: Top Indian Professional golfer Shiv Kapur Singh is hopeful that the words of wisdom given to him by his senior colleague and good friend Jeev Milkha Singh would be advantageous for him and would look to use them at the Gujarat Kensville Challenge later this month.
Kapur confirmed his participation in the season-opening Gujarat Kensville Challenge to be played at Jeev's first signature golf course the Kensville Country and Golf Club. The tournament is Euros 200,000 European Challenge Tour event and is a great way to start the Indian golfing calendar.
"When we were traveling together in Europe, Jeev often used to talk about this course he was working on in Ahmedabad. And all that talk has given me a good idea of the layout and the challenge it presents. He has always been excited about the course and I am looking forward to using those tips from Jeev at this new championship course," said Kapur.
Sameer Sinha, MD Savvy Group, the promoters of Kensville, welcomed the confirmation of Kapur's participation. "The addition of Shiv Kapur to the field is terrific. Shiv is a tremendous talent and has achieved a lot despite his young age. I am glad that he will be able to make it this year," said Sinha, himself a keen golfer.
"Last year when we had the inaugural edition of the Gujarat Kensville Challenge, the professionals, from India, Asia and Europe were very pleased with the challenge the course presented. We have made a few changes to the course and I am sure the pros will love it. For us, this tournament is also about showcasing Gujarat and India, and it also Indian golfers a huge opportunity to play at home in a world-class event against a top-class field."
Kapur who turns 29 next month, said, "Time sure flies. It seems like yesterday that I made my pro debut in 2004 and suddenly seven years have flown by. I have had my highs and lows, but there is a lot I want to do in my career. I am looking at this season, starting with the Gujarat Kensville Challenge as the start of a new phase in my career."
Kapur, winner of the Asian Games gold medal back in 2002, turned professional in late 2004. In his first full season on the Asian Tour, he won the high-profile Volvo Masters of Asia title in Bangkok and the Rookie of the Year award. "That (win in Bangkok in 2005) was a terrific start for a 22-year-old. I got into the European Tour a year or so later and I played there for six years. I came close to my maiden win on the European Tour more than once, including losing a tight play-off in South Africa," recalls Kapur.
"Last year my indifferent form saw me miss my European card, though I will be getting about 18 starts as the year progresses. Right now I am looking at the Kensville to put me back on the track. It is a good prize money event with a lot of good names, many of the Indians, including (Gaganjeet) Bhullar and Himmat (Rai) and the likes of Peter Uihlein, who last year was World No. 1 amateur."
Kapur, added, "I have never started the season at home, so that's a big thing. It is also my first Challenge Tour and I see it as a matter great pride that we also have a Challenge Tour event in India and I will be making my debut in it at home. I am looking at it as good launching pad for 2012."
Kapur has been working on fitness with his trainer and also been practicing his short game and putting. He said, "I will be using a long putter and it will be a good test at Kensville."
On the course, Kapur added, "I have heard a lot of complimentary things about the course from those who have played it and from Jeev. I believe it is very challenging and I am looking forward to it. I will be getting there on Monday and will get a couple of practice rounds before the Pro-Am."
The 2011 staging of the Euros 200,000 event was the first-ever European Challenge Tour event to be held in India, and was won by India's Gaganjeet Bhullar, who beat off a strong challenge to take the Euros 32,000 first prize.
Apart from Bhullar, who is set to return to defend his title, another big challenger will be the 22-year-old Peter Uihlein, referred to as the next Tiger Woods. Uihlein is making his pro debut at the Gujarat Kensville Challenge.
Other leading Indians in the field will be Himmat Rai, winner of the 2011 ISPS Handa Singapore Classic; Chiragh Kumar, winner of the 2011 PGTI Order of Merit, Manav Jaini, runner-up at the Panasonic Open in 2011 and Gaurav Ghei, a three-time winner on the Asian Tour.
The event is co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour and the Indian domestic Tour, the Professional Golf Tour of India.
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BEIJING — A total of 30 special exhibitions held by art museums across China from June to September attracted more than 2.2 million visits, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Nov 3.
The annual four-month exhibition season has been the seventh of the kind since 2012 and joined by both national art museums and art galleries at city and county levels, said a news release from the ministry.
In the past seven years, more than 70 art museums and galleries have organized about 180 exhibitions and received more than 10 million visits, the statement said.
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ActionAid UK are recruiting for a Senior Events Specialist on a fixed term contract basis, to cover a period of maternity leave.
ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are ending violence against women and girls and helping change lives, for good. We won't stop until women and girls are out of danger, out of poverty and on track to create the future they want.
As Senior Events Specialist, you will have the opportunity to lead on several areas of work such as our presence at Latitude festival and we will look to you to embed a consistent approach to hosting and running events from both a PR and a fundraising standpoint.
It's an exciting time to join as we look to build on our work in 2019, whilst planning and improving our event strategy in 2020. This will be a chance for you to bring new ideas to our existing strategy; helping us to reach more people in new and innovative ways.
We will look to you to develop and coordinate the delivery of event plans, which will involve key milestones and dependencies; you will also be responsible for implementing necessary risk mitigation activities. In order to achieve this, you must have excellent organisational skills, which include the ability to carry out a number of tasks at one time.
As Senior Events Specialist, you will support your colleagues in the planning of events, while also leading events yourself and where necessary you will provide technical expertise to ensure plans are realistic and achievable. Therefore, we are keen to receive applications from those with proven experience of organising and delivering successful external events of different sizes and to different audiences from festivals and stunts to celebrity photoshoots.
You will work cross-organisationally with all public facing teams to ensure that events management is aligned with all other externally facing communication and public engagement activities, such as our Access to Justice campaign and Women by Women project. This role will also require you to build strong relationships with external stakeholders ensuring we are also getting the best deals.
Linked to this, is your ability to be a strong project manager and to lead on the engagement of internal influencers, to ensure you receive the necessary support for the the planning, delivery, and follow-up stages of an event; this involves ensuring their full commitment with regards to their time and resources.
As you will work with colleagues to develop creative concepts for events, it is essential that you are able to demonstrate both strong leadership skills and also the ability to work well as part of a cross- organisational team. You will promote an inclusive and supportive environment that both inspires and challenges colleagues to do their best.
If you have the skills and experience required, along with the desire to work within an organisation, which is committed to working for the rights of women and girls, please apply!
Please note that this is a part time role, for 21 hours per week and is being offered as a 12 month fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave.
ActionAid is committed to driving improvement through digital channels, tools and ways of working. We will ensure that we provide the technology and the training to enable all staff to perform their roles to the best of their abilities. In return, we ask that all staff are committed to continually improving their digital skills and knowledge within the working environment. Our recruitment processes will evaluate the digital skills of all applicants.


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The acquisition of language in a child with Autism and Semantic Pragmatic Disorder is fascinating. (It seems that the names of the disorders change every time America's Psychiatric Association updates the Diagnostic Manual. SPD has changed but I'm sticking with SPD because that's what I've always called it. Just Google it if you want clarity.)
In the early
Then later, when we knew he could cope with holding a pen or pencil there was no stopping him. He wrote and wrote and wrote. He was writing numerals from one to one million for many months. He'd leave out the occasional thousand or so, but he was getting stimulation, which he didn't get from interacting with people and he could count way beyond anyone else his age, so I didn't worry about it. It gave me some quiet time. And if he took pages to school to continue his counting, it gave teachers an indication that there were interesting things going on in his lovely woolly head. We encountered one or two teachers along the way who didn't think he belonged in the mainstream. My perception was that if a child could count into the hundreds of thousands in grade one, he had every right to be in the mainstream.
For most people the construction of their writing, the forming of the letters on the page, evolves. Lin's has stayed the same. No one told him he needed to change, and he's never imagined he needed to change. So, his writing is still large and naïve like a grade one person would write.
If he did speak, because of the Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, he would utter the subliminal sounds he heard with the language. All sound had the same significance. Then when he wrote stories, he would write the words his story prompted in his memory. For instance, as seen is the story that follows, which he wrote this morning 8 April 2019, he has included the names of the videos in which the characters ride motorcycles. The videos came to mind because he is talking about going for a motor cycle ride with the real people mentioned in the first part of the story. (I have not included the surnames of the people he mentions because I don't have their permission to put their names on my media, however Lin has put them in his story.) Also evident in this piece is the incorrect use of pronouns. There has always been confusion in comprehending the you/me dichotomy for Lin. I spent many hours in front of a mirror with him trying to help him to understand this concept (and others). He says 'your clothes' when he means 'my clothes'. The confusion with the pronouns is common in people with SPD.
Anyway, here is the story as he wrote it (with his punctuation.) I think that he's hoping the ladies mentioned in the first part of the story might take Jessica B, Lin and the guys on a motorcycle ride as happened recently at the Blue Care facility. That prompted thoughts of all the motorcycle riding that occurred with the mentioned characters in the videos listed. The reference to a change of clothes is because we usually go out to dinner on our birthdays and Lin has different clothes for different occasions. The other ladies mentioned are coming over on the Sunday to celebrate my birthday with me. Kelli Jane rides a motorcycle. Because this is a story about motorcycle riding, he had to get that bit in too.
On Saturday 13th April 2019 we're going to take Angela T Christina B Tigerlily B Jessica B and the guys for a motorcycle ride to put on their helmets goggles and – leather jackets like Peter Fogg – Ajay Bains Pat Clifton and Nisha Bains from the Toy Soldiers DVD the Great – Greendale Race DVD Mr Clifton's Perfect Pizza DVD and Mr Clifton's Fun Run DVD – and after that get your clothes ready – because it's Mum's Birthday we're going to the restaurant to have dinner Like Mr and Mrs Biggott come along to dinner with Wilton Cashmore and on Sunday 14th of April 2019 Miss Kelli Jane Hynes the motorcycle rider with her helmet and protective motorcycle clothing Ruth Amanda – Pearce and Miss Tullemans are coming!


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As part of the Creative Industries Federation's activity across Entrepreneurship and Growth, we are undertaking a major piece of research on growth. The research will look at what growth really looks like in creative enterprises across the creative industries in the UK, and how we can better support this.
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- This is the third episode to show the birth of Stewie following "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" and "Yug Ylimaf".
- It is revealed Stewie had a twin brother, Dave Griffin.
- The scene of Mike Damone answering Peter's phone call and Peter noting that they never heard from him again takes place in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High after Mike promises and then bails out on helping to provide funds for an abortion for Stacy Hamilton, a girl he got pregnant. The show playing on Mike's television is Leave it to Beaver.
- It's revealed that Meg wears glasses because she is too squeamish putting in contacts. Here, her eyes react by rolling upward into her head and getting stuck.
- A scene of Chris and Herbert turning in for the night was significantly altered for previews.[1]
- The Anne Murray song Stewie hears on the radio and later listens to on his portable music player is "I Just Fall in Love Again".
- This is the first episode ever to do a Pixar gag. Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story is shown trying to pick up girls with an alternate take on his catchphrase "To infinity and beyond."
- On Herbert's cabinet next to his couch, he has a picture of himself as a WWII aircraft pilot and he strongly resembles himself from the 1944 flashback in "German Guy".
- When asked what the flowers in her paintings represent, Georgia O'Keeffe does the cunnilingus hand gesture, a nod to the belief that her flowers represented female genitalia. [2] This was also used by Antonio Monatti in "A Picture's Worth a Thousand Bucks", at the unveiling of Chris' art.
- Meg cries at the end of An Officer and a Gentleman.
- Despite the fact that Gene MacLellan, the writer of Murray's song "Snowbird", died at age 56 in 1995,[3] Murray suggests that Stewie ask him what the song he wrote was about.
- In the uncensored version, Meg reveals that she gets mail from the Netherlands as part of a group that "fucks up" Anne Frank's house each year.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – The Winston-Salem State Rams (3-5, 3-2 CIAA) earned its third Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) win, Sunday morning when the team took a 7-0 win over the Virginia Union Panthers. The win was a big one for the Rams who are looking to move up the ranks in the conference standings.
The Rams opened the match by taking all three doubles wins. The Rams opened the day with an 8-0 win at #3 doubles from freshman Kyra Akande and sophomore Cylah Gaither. The Rams followed the win with an 8-1 win at #2 doubles. It was the duo of sophomore Tay'lor Champion and sophomore Avion Harris who pulled off the win. The doubles play was ended when the duo or senior China Brown and freshman Kyrsten Jenelle who claimed a 5-1 win at #1 doubles.
From there, the Rams went on to claim four singles wins in the match. Jenelle opened things up with a 6-0, 6-1 win at #5 singles before Harris added a 6-1, 6-0 win at #3 singles. Champion added a 6-0, 6-3 win at #2 singles before Akande wrapped things up with a 6-2, 6-2 win at #4 singles.
With the win, the Rams improve to 3-5 overall and 3-2 in CIAA play. The team would return to action later in the day when they took on the Bowie State Bulldogs. For more information on Rams tennis, contact the WSSU Office of Athletic Media Relations at (336) 750-2143 or log on to www.WSSURams.com.


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I have noticed in many kehillot, that the sha"tz will begin the Mi-Shebeirach before musaf (Hu y'varech et kol hakahal) at "(U)Mi she-oskim". At first, I thought that this was probably an oversight introduced at some point by a composer, however, I noticed a few weeks ago that sefer haminhagim for Harvard Hillel Orthodox Minyan (where I often daven) says specifically to start at that later point.
On the other hand, the nusach which I have received from my father, who often serves as a ba'al hamusaf and whose father, z"l, was a chazzan, is to begin at the beginning of the tefillah.
If this was a case of the standard practice of ending a tefillah aloud only, it would likely begin "v'yishlach b'rachah", much as the passages of Yekum Purkan are typically ended with the last lines, "maran di vish'maya."
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Good morning Lord, thank you for keeping me safe as I slept,
thank you for a good nights rest and that I awake feeling
refreshed and happy to be alive.
Thank you for the wonderful birdsong of an alarm, it had put
an instant smile on my face and a song in my heart.
Be with me Lord as I walk through this day, help me to face the
challenges ahead.
I ask this in our saviours name. Amen
Diane Kindred


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Naim audio was founded in 1973 and are located in Salisbury, United Kingdom. They specialise in manufacturing hi-fi equipment and became successful after merging with the French company Focal-JMLab in 2011 who were already experienced in selling high fidelity audio systems.
In April 2014 Naim audio announced from the vinyl factory in London that they would be releasing the Naim muso in early September. Similar to Sony SRS X9 it will be a wireless speaker focused on giving the listener the best possible experience. The next generation music system will have streaming enabled from popular providers and be compatible with an array of devices including laptops and smart phones. You can wirelessly connect in a variety of ways with AirPlay, UPnP™ (Universal Plug 'n' Play) and Bluetooth (aptX). If you prefer not to you can with USB or the 3.5mm analogue input which is useful if you want to boost the sound of your TV or games console. Of course for £895 you would expect this, a muso control app which works with Android, iPad, iPhone and iPod allowing you to browse a variety of radio stations or play and create playlists from afar.
Audio quality is really important in this day and age, the Naim muso includes the following audio formats: WAV, FLAC and AIFF up to 24-bit/192kHz; ALAC (Apple Lossless) up to 24-bit/96kHz; MP3 up to 48kHz, 320kb (16-bit); AAC up to 48kHz, 320kb (16-bit); and OGG and WMA up to 48kHz (16-bit). This means it is compatible with services such as HD tracks which provide only the best quality tracks for the best sound experience to be played on speakers like this very one.
Naim Muso, for Musos?
The Naim muso speaker can be used independently as a central home hi-fi system or combined with streaming players such as the UnitiQute 2 or NDX as a client player which can act as multiroom system similar to the speaker brand Sonos. The specifications of the speaker include six 75 Watt digital amplifiers, each powering custom designed drivers. It weighs 13kg and is 63cm wide, 12cm tall and 25.6cm deep.
Naim's Managing Director, Paul Stephenson, commented:
"Naim exists to make music central to people's lives and, as our first wireless music system, Muso exists to make that a reality for even more music lovers. Through a simplicity in design and an understanding of the engineering and technology needed to unleash digital music, we've created a system that is a revelation in sound and a joy to own and use."
When it is out it should be a major competitor in the market, especially since it seems to have everything built-in that you could ever possibly need. If the sound isn't quite right you can always use the two EQ settings to adjust the bass and treble according to the placement of the speaker.
UPDATE: Out now, purchase from John Lewis.


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Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team jumped out to a 29-4 lead in the first quarter and defeated visiting Lighthouse, a homeschool association based in Wake Forest, 87-30 in CFCA's season opener on Tuesday night.
The clock started running continuously in the third quarter.
E.J. Bethea led CFCA with 23 points, Dillon Butler scored 15, Riley Adams totaled 13 and Parker Watson added 12 in J.D. Johnson's first game as coach at the area program.
Johnson liked CFCA's intensity on defense and unselfishness on offense. Effective ball movement produced 11 made baskets from beyond the arc.
Post player Michael Okoye had six points in the win. Scoring four points each were Lucas Capalbo and Richard Edwards. Marcus Owens and Spencer George had three points each. Eli O'Brien and Ramiro Arrillaga contributed two points apiece as every player who dressed got into the scoring column.
A moment of silence was held for 2018 CFCA graduate Geremiah Olvera prior to the varsity boys game. Olvera, a freshman at Campbell, was killed in an automobile accident on Monday night. Olvera was not at fault, according to the highway patrol.
Lighthouse won the varsity girls game, 49-40, despite 14 points from eighth-grader Meredith Taylor. Anslee McLamb scored nine for the hosts.
CFCA got four points each from Kristen Bass, Leah Brannon, Meghan Taylor and Talisha McNeill. Jada Horne added one point.
The evening began with a 69-50 victory for the CFCA junior varsity boys as Deshaun Woods led the way with 26 points. Zeke Brock had 19 points. Reid Miller and Dolan Adams got six points each. Barrett Raynor had five points. Trey Tripp scored four points and Jaden Crumley added three.
The varsity girls host James Kenan for a scrimmage Thursday at 6 p.m. The JV and varsity boys are home Friday against Raleigh Homeschool beginning at 5 p.m.


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It's a cold, grimy day in Dobova. The rain drizzles down, grey clouds loom and mist collects in pockets.
A queue of refugees scramble in a line, ankle-deep in mud, as volunteers give them bread and water to take on the train to the Austrian border. This is the next stop on an unending journey, where there will be more waiting and more queuing. Their longing to board the train is clear. The queue moves fast. No one wants to wait another day, another hour.
Dobova is home to a new refugee camp in eastern Slovenia, near the border of Croatia. The camp is on the outskirts of this sleepy town, surrounded by green fields and facing the Zagreb to Ljubljana railway line. Since the crisis began, this quiet town has not just been filled by refugees, but hoards of police, army, media and aid workers.
Inside the camp, a beacon of warmth on this miserable day radiates from the red Caritas Hungary medical tent. An infrared glow inside declares the state of emergency in the camp, like a flashing ambulance siren, but its warmth and quiet is comforting for overwhelmed and sick refugees.
A young Iraqi teen sits on a low metal bed looking despondent, his head hung low, eyes lethargic. He seems to have a fever. A doctor kneels down and begins to take his temperature and pulse. He has no English, but the small skilled crew of medics speak to him in Arabic.
Soon a slightly older man in his 20s comes in. He's extremely thin with gaunt, hollowed cheeks and a boney frame.
Next is a young Afghan boy in need of stiches on his hand after cutting it on a rock, followed by another Afghan boy, with a bleeding head wound.
The only Farsi speaker on the team, Bahrang Mostaan (32), is in demand this morning. Originally from Iran, but living in Europe since childhood, he brings his cheerful nature to all his patients, despite working long hours on little sleep.
Bahrang is a sixth year medical student from Debrecen University in Hungary, who is volunteering for a week in the camp, with a view to returning for more shifts as needed.
"The people come in waves," he said. "You have a hectic period and then a few hours of calm. You never know what will happen. The most common illnesses are upper respiratory infections and gastroenteritis.
"The most serious condition the team treated recently was a young girl in pre-shock. Her heart wasn't pumping blood properly. All her veins and arteries were dilated, so there was no blood pressure. I am not sure what that cause was. It could have been fatigue, prolonged stress, lack of food and water…"
The ambulance tent has a steady flow of patients, 100 people a day on average. It was initially set up to treat refugees in Hungary before the government closed its border in mid-September. Having no more refugees to treat, Caritas Hungary brought the service to Slovenia.
"We give medical care to refugees and the Caritas Slovenia tent across the way gives food, drinks, clothes and blankets," said Balint Vadasz, Head of Emergency Response with Caritas Hungary.
"Basic medical care is a human right and we thought it was very important to address this. Our medical team and ambulance tent is enough to provide professional care. It is small, flexible, quick to build and can be removed when needed.
"Sometimes we have to send people to hospital if their condition looks very serious. But usually when they hear that they will have to go to hospital they try to avoid it, as they don't want to get split up from their families.
"We don't know what will happen in the winter. We take each week as it comes, as the situation is always changing."
The refugee trail is taking a serious toll on people's health. "People here have been under stress for a long time," said Bahrang. "I have seen young boys completely exhausted. There was a guy yesterday who was very close to a full breakdown. He was very, very depressed and wouldn't take medical advice, as he was so low. But it had a happy ending, as we were able to make sure he got the last bus, so he could keep moving."
Outside a rumble can be heard and a Caritas volunteer calls out, "look, a train". As it chugs by, refugees peer out the windows to get a view of their next stop.
1,500 are expected into Dobova in the next hour. The rain starts to fall. Everyone waits. It's the calm before the storm.


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Yesterday in Parliament, the MP for Telford, Lucy Allan spoke of her support for the Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill, which has also received cross party support.
The debate in Parliament was the final opportunity for legislators to make any amendments to the bill before it receives royal assent and becomes law.
The Bill was introduced by the Government to ensure that someone who has a "lifetime tenancy" (a guarantee of housing provided by a local authority or housing association) would keep that guarantee if they were forced to leave their home because of domestic abuse, and would be given a lifetime tenancy in their new home.
During her speech, Ms Allan made reference to children in care who often are removed from their families as a result of domestic violence, which is an issue that Parliament needs to address.
Ms Allan also highlighted the recent tragic murders of three women in the Telford area, as a result of domestic violence. She also mentioned that it is the job of local authorities to provide a better level of response in helping women receive the correct support when falling victim to domestic violence.
Speaking after the debate, Ms Allan said:
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"Too often, women feel as though they have nowhere to go and so stay put in violent relationships.
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A Wilkes-Barre area man wearing a Have A Nice Day T-shirt was shot to death by a guy who worked nights!
And remember...
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
And as always, thanks for listening!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
In The News
Posted by garnett109 at 7:50 PM
6 comments:
- betty said...
so sad all the violence these days
you be safe!
- November 29, 2009 at 11:33 PM
- Linda's World said...
The world has gotten crazy! Linda in WA
- November 30, 2009 at 3:20 AM
- Sugar said...
i assume this is a joke? but it could happen!
i'd say have a good day, but knowing you (like me) are up a lot at night, i might get shot. ;)
- November 30, 2009 at 7:01 AM
- Missie said...
Is this true or are you pulling our legs? LOL
- November 30, 2009 at 9:38 PM
- Missie said...
Is this true or are you pulling our legs? LOL
- November 30, 2009 at 9:39 PM
- natalie said...
Gee that's tough
hugs Hope your Thanksgiving was nice! Thanks for coming by please visit me again
- December 1, 2009 at 12:17 AM
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FIL isolating himself as sole caregiver to MIL. Advice please!
Hello All,
Looking for some advise or shared experiences regarding a tough situation my family is in. My MIL is probably stage 5 Alzheimer's and is beginning to have some delusions, particularly about what she is capable of doing (she has left the house by herself once and often talks about how she should get her driver's license back, or that she can run to the store to get something). Her and my FIL live in a big two story house. My FIL won't move her to a smaller place or assisted living or memory care facility because she wants to stay in her house. She has significant vision deficits and no OT or doctor has done a fall risk on her. My FIL isn't in great health. He is 62 but has horrible knees and has trouble walking. He thinks he can keep her safe and keep her in the house by himself. He talks of having home-care involved but so far nothing has happened. My MIL is completely dependent on him for bathing, dressing, preparing food. We live 2+ hours away and cannot seem to get him to understand that he needs help and to put a plan in place before something happens to my MIL (wonders off, tries to drive a car, falls down the steps, etc). It's frustrating and heartbreaking at the same time. We have had multiple conversations with him about these concerns but he might be in denial about his capabilities and her current situation. My husband and sister in law are going to try to talk to him together about this again, but so far no luck. Any advise? Thank you in advance.
At this point, your FIL is in charge. Unless he starts to feel completely overwhelmed, he is not going to go along with you. That will come in time, I am sure, OR there will be a crisis + you will have to swoop in + take complete charge.
In the meantime start the process of choosing an Assisted living facility where they can reside, preferably with a MC unit when your MIL needs it. Get on waiting lists + hopefully, when the crisis occurs(it will) you will at the least, have a good idea what is available where you want them to live.
In the long run, it's not healthy to isolate oneself as a sole caregiver with no help.
I learned the hard way. Two years ago, I collapsed at work and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. My BP peaked at 200/120.
I was allowed to go home that evening but the doctor warned me to deal with my stress or I'd have a heart attack or stroke eventually.
Try to talk to FIL in a way to let him know he can be the "Sole caregiver" without isolating himself from allowing others to help him and MIL. Express your concern for his own health.
Just avoid putting him on the defensive.
Sdp22, I hear your heartbreak. When I married my husband lo these 39 years ago, I knew I was marrying his family as well; he knew he was marrying mine. My people are his; his people are mine. What we were too young to know was that our traditional wedding vows were wise and complete. Here we are, late 60's, 3/4 of our parents deceased, and only my mom left.
I guess we were "lucky" in that both of our mothers were widows by the time they developed dementia. Offspring have been, and are currently, the decision makers and infantry in both cases. My sisters in law consider me "the fourth sister" which is an almost unbearable honor. Their mother loved me despite the fact that I stole her baby boy. The whole family raised our (adopted, with "issues") children. The whole family is trying to help DH figure out How best to handle his recently inherited portion of a generations-old trust which may not pass to adoptive heirs (ours). I cannot think of them as anything but "mine".
All that said, MIL had the resources to remain in her home until death, and my mother has sufficient resources for AL/MC. Two of my SILs took their widowed MILs into their homes until more care than they could give medically was needed. There is a history of deep love on both sides of the family. My parents prepared a small space for Mom's mother in their house, despite my mother's statement long before that she could NEVER live with her mother. The space was never needed, and I know EXACTLY how my mother felt lol!
I hear you loving and supporting your in-laws through even the worst things in life, which is what I too believe marriage is for, what my wedding vows instructed me to hew to until death.
Beyond that I have zero practical ideas, because yours is a situation I've never faced. I wish you the best, and pray for clarity and wisdom for you and DH and your generation in-laws. I am heartbroken with you.
It can be a very difficult problem for more than one reason . One of the big ones is fear of ageing. Needing help carries with it the feeling of not being able to be strong and independent.
Here is an idea. Explain to your father that the outside stimulation will be beneficial to your your MIL! He need not leave the house.
Additionally having some help with insure their being able to stay in the house. To be independent. In other words acknowledge his goal and suggest things that will make it happen.
Thank you everyone for taking the time to share your thoughts and experiences. My husband and I have begun to discuss ideas to suggest to my FIL to hopefully make the home a safer place to stay for a bit longer. I also looked up some memory care facilities near me as well as near my in-laws. If the time comes that the house is too much, or god forbid something bad happens, we can hopefully be better prepared for a next step.
GemsWinner12, I apologize, but I did not have any intention of this post to sound whiny or like I was annoyed with my in-laws. I am extremely close to my in-laws and travel often to spend time with my MIL while my husband helps my FIL get out of the house and take a break. This post was because my husband and I (and my SIL and her husband) are extremely nervous about them staying in the house safely, since my MIL has already wandered outside without my FIL noticing and has significant visual and depth perception deficits. My husband and I are very involved now, but we have a new baby expected in October which will likely not allow us to be as accessible. This was me just seeking supportive advice on a tough situation that I do care about because I love my in-laws. I am not going to have them move in with me and that was never a discussion point. I won't be a whiny poster in the future. I actually feel a little embarrassed that maybe I didn't do a great job explaining myself in the initial post based on your reaction. I am relatively new to the forum. Please take care.
Its going to take a crisis, that its. A fall, an accident,and until then unless your DH fights for legal guardianship, there is zip you can do. That being said,
Sometimes I do the same thing, try to pull the blinders off
people so they can see the reality of the situation and the most likely
future situation. I think its better to be brutally honest then sugar
coat it. So many posts, how can we them to help? Or change? If they
haven't they aint gonna.
I am also 62, and was the sole caretaker for my husband. I know 62 might seem ancient to you, but really, I still think I'm 30 ( yes, the denial is strong, hahaha). Seriously though, your father is young and not cognitively impaired, this is his call. Eventually he will come to the point that he knows he cannot take care of your mother alone. You will have to let him come to that decision in his own time.
He is very blessed to have you within driving distance and so willing to help. You can start helping now but gathering info about adult day care , in home care, and placement possibilities. When I finally admitted to myself that I couldn't do it alone, I would have really appreciated having any and all of that info at the ready so I could figure out which way to go, what to do.
When you talk to him make sure he has durable power of attorney and current wills. If he doesn't you can offer to make the appointments and go with him. Also find out if they have long term care insurance, this info will guide you in locating possible placement possibilities. If they don't, you can research the long term care Medicaid laws in your state and locate facilities that accept Medicaid.
Gathering all this info is very overwhelming when you are a full time care giver. I had to do all of this on my own and would have appreciated any help, I'm sure your father will as well.
Something that I think families overlook when they are looking at home care help in the future, is that someone may come in to help with bathing, or other tasks. But they are only there for a short time, a few days a week. Your FIL or some other family member would have to deal with everything in between visits. As your MIL becomes incontinent and has other difficulties, your FIL likely won't be able to keep up. Maybe in your future discussions with him, you need to talk more specifically about what in home care really is, and especially about what it isn't.


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XRP Leads Crypto Market Rally as Bitcoin Enters Oversold Territory, Analysts Note
The cryptocurrency market has been moving up in the last 24-hour period, in a rally that analysts believe is being led by XRP, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, and not by the flagship cryptocurrency bitcoin.
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Indeed, it does appear that $XRP is leading the current rally.— Mati Greenspan (@MatiGreenspan) January 30, 2019
Check the green line in this chart, started to surge about 5 minutes before the rest of the pack. pic.twitter.com/5t3fkvOXxM
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Cheryl Cole admits she 'doesn't get men' and 'relates more with girls' on Radio 1 ahead of Piers Morgan interview aired tomorrow night
As we anticipate Cheryl Cole's tearful interview with Piers Morgan tomorrow evening after our first helping of the 'X Factor', the star has dropped hints on what we can expect to discover during ITV1's 'Life Stories'.
The 27-year-old 'Promise This' singer, who will talk about her recent battle with malaria and her divorce from wayward footballer Ashley Cole with the 'Britain's Got Talent' judge, has revealed that she just "doesn't get men".
The Girls Aloud star told Sara Cox on Radio 1:
"I relate to girls a lot more than I do boys. I just don't get boys, I don't really get men."
Earlier this week, a teaser from her conversation with Piers was released to the press, during which she revealed she was just 24 hours away from death as she fought malaria, saying:
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And on rivalry between the judges on the talent show, including her recent spat with Louis Walsh when he whined, "it's not all about you, Cheryl", she admits:
"You go through periods where they're doing my head in and this week it's Louis. Louis does my head in sometimes - but I love him."
Meanwhile, it's being claimed that Simon Cowell's 'X Factor' act Belle Amie could be falling apart under pressure.
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Blonde singer Sophie was filmed before their appearance on the show last Saturday saying:
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SAN ANTONIO - Michael Irvin says to take it from someone who knows: The worst thing that can happen to Michael Vick right now is to be kept away from football.
"I've been there when you spend eight hours a day in a courtroom and people are talking about you like you are the worst person in the world," Irvin said Monday. "I'm not condoning what he might have done, but to take the game from him, at this stage, I think people don't understand how it breaks him."
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Vick is facing federal dogfighting charges. He's pleaded not guilty, but the NFL has told him to stay away from training camp.
"I hurt for him," said Irvin, who will inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend.
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Hong-Gam Le, Deborah S. Jacobs; Impact of PROSE Treatment of the Ocular Sequelae of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2012;53(14):4717. doi: https://doi.org/.
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To study the impact of prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem (PROSE) treatment in patients with history of Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
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A manufacturing database of patients treated at this center was sorted by diagnosis. Retrospective medical record review of patients with diagnosis of Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) was undertaken. Number of patients with history of SJS for whom PROSE treatment was initiated by year, gender, and age at referral are reported. Beginning in 2006, NEI VFQ-25 was administered to patients at initial consultation for PROSE treatment. Baseline Composite NEI VFQ-25 score and Self-Reported General Health score, and changes in these scores at 6 months, in a 5 year cohort from 2006 to 2010 are compared by t-test.
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235 patients with ocular SJS were referred for PROSE treatment from 1987 through 2010. M: F = 89:146. Mean age at referral is 30 years ±17, range 4 -79. One patient with ocular SJS was treated with a PROSE device in 1987; 32 new patients with this diagnosis were treated in 2010. Among patients seen since 2006, mean baseline NEI VFQ-25 was 48 pts (n = 100). Significant improvement in visual function was observed in these patients (mean improvement = 23pts, n=83, p = 1.04566E-17). Less significant improvement in Self-Reported General Health score was observed (mean improvement = 8pts, n = 83, p = 0.005). Impact on visual acuity will be reported.
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PROSE treatment has significant positive impact on visual function of patients with history of SJS. Further review and analysis of data from medical records of these patients treated over the past two decades could contribute to our understanding of the natural history of the ocular sequelae of SJS in patients referred for PROSE treatment.
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