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Most of the characters in 2030 aren't very sympathetic. Who was your favorite, and do you think the characters were realistically portrayed?
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I think the author intended to people this future with people that no one wants to turn into. In his future, the mistakes we're making now will not turn out well for us!
Brad was whiny and entitled, and Max is of course unbalanced by the end. The president seemed to care, but he's cheating on his wife. Sam Mueller seems only to care about being a genius. It was only Kathy's suffering that really touched me, because it seemed so unfair and so preventable.
I actually liked Shen Li the best. He was trying to help people and seemed to genuinely care about them.
I think it's likely that many people would react to these life events the way that Brooks portrays them. But I'm hoping he's wrong.
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If this was a movie, I would consider it "B-rated". The prosody was poor, the characters shallow and undeveloped and the plot line simplistic. That said ... Kathy was the only character that was flushed out and real. She was the only one that drew any sympathy. Things happened TO her and she reacted. She was a regular teenager who loved her father but rebelled against him as normal teens do. She had a nice boyfriend and met someone else who intrigued her and she fell "in love" with a charming and engaging man. She dealt with her father's death, was responsible with the debt, found a job, and engaged with an "old" finding an enriching relationship that many "youngs" reviled. She was the only character that displayed growth and Brooks probably meant us to attach to her.
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I also felt that the characters were rather shallow. I couldn't sympathize with anyone except maybe Kathy a little at the end. I usually don't really like a book that doesn't have at least one character I can really love. I did really enjoy this book however as it made me think about a lot of topics facing us in our country today.
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I agree with the majority here that there wasn't one character I liked the best. I couldn't get to know them the way that I wanted. However, I liked the book because of all the medical and technological advancements and it made me think "what if?"
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I agree with izabel, in that Kathy is the only sympathetic character.
I believe the author is either very cynical or else thought that a cynical tone was appropriate for his book. This may do well with young adult readers, but I think they prefer a little more feeling, as in Twilight and Hunger Games (not that I've read either one, but I think there is a lot of appeal to emotion in them.)
Thinking about dystopian novels that do very well, they usually have more surprises, where the future depicted in the novel isn't quite what we expect, like 1984 or Brave New World. They also have more colorful situations and characters.
I don't see a great future for this book, although it might have done much better with a perceptive editor and a rewrite or two.
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Colgate Accommodation Scholarship
- Applications open
- Closes: 09:00am 15 Jan 2024
- Available to:
Commencing Students only
- Value: $5000
- Duration: One Year
Foundation Scholarship
Colgate is a global leader in oral care technology, products and dental education. Products include technologically advanced toothpastes, power & manual toothbrushes, mouth-rinses, interdental brushes and dental floss. The Colgate Professional Oral Care range provides professional anti-cavity, gingival health, sensitivity and tooth whitening products. Colgate places an emphasis on education & prevention. The Bright Smiles Bright Futures school based program provides free oral health education to millions of children around the world each year. It is a privilege to be able to expand our support for education through the provision of funding for a scholarship to a Charles Sturt dental student of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. We wish you well with your studies and your career in the dental profession.
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STUDY MODE: On Campus; Mixed Mode (Online & On Campus)
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Scholarship funds will be paid directly off students accommodation costs to Residence Life. Any remaining balance for accommodation expenses is to be paid by the student.
Guidelines for Charles Sturt University Foundation Trust
The Charles Sturt University Foundation Trust distributes more than 300 student scholarships every year. These scholarships are funded by individuals and organisations who strongly believe in supporting Charles Sturt University and its students.
Who can apply
- Any Australian/New Zealand citizen or Australian permanent resident who has applied for admission to Charles Sturt University or who is enrolled in a Charles Sturt course. Both on campus and online students are eligible unless otherwise stated in individual scholarship criteria
- Any international students who are classified as an international student in Australia with either a full unconditional offer from Charles Sturt to study in Australia or continuing enrolment as a full-time student at a Charles Sturt University campus. The exemption is scholarships involving work placement due to citizenship requirements for work purposes.
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- International students studying in their home country, online or at a partnership institution.
How are applications assessed?
Applicants must read scholarship criteria carefully before applying as scholarships are awarded based on the criteria for each scholarship.
Successful applicants are selected after a series of shortlisting processes, including a review by Charles Sturt staff and donors.
From the final shortlist of strong applicants, it is up to the donor to determine the scholarship recipient(s). Sometimes this process will include donors interviewing the strongest candidates.
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If you are a recipient of a Foundation Trust scholarship, you must write a thank you letter to the donor. Email your letter to the CSU Foundation Trust scholarship office at firstname.lastname@example.com we will forward your letter onto the respective donor/s.
How will my scholarship be paid?
Most scholarships valued at $5000 or less are paid in full, unless otherwise specified. Check the scholarship webpage for payment details.
Ongoing scholarship payments are subject to you maintaining satisfactory academic progress and continued enrolment in your course. If these conditions are not met, scholarships may be suspended or terminated.
Can my scholarship be suspended or terminated?
Yes, if you fail to meet the criteria for your scholarship.
Suspension may occur if you fail to maintain the GPA specified in the scholarship criteria.
Suspension or termination of a scholarship will occur if you are excluded from your course. The scholarship may be reinstated if you resume your studies following an exclusion of no longer than one year.
Scholarships will also be terminated if the recipient transfers to another university or place of study. In some instances you maybe required to repay the scholarship amount to the donor via the Charles Sturt University Foundation Trust.
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In some circumstances, you may be granted a leave of absence which places your tenured scholarship on hold until you return to study, up to a period of 12 months.
Any request for a leave of absence must be made in writing to the Charles Sturt University Foundation Trust Scholarship Office stating the expected date of return to study. Following re-enrolment, you must advise your return to study to re-activate your scholarship.
The decision to allow a scholarship to be placed on hold is entirely at the discretion of Charles Sturt University.
If the leave of absence is to be for more than 12 months you do not return to study, the scholarship will be terminated.
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In most cases students are only eligible to receive one Charles Sturt University Foundation scholarship each year.
Students who are recipients an on-going scholarship that is still current are not eligible to apply for further scholarships during the tenure of their awarded scholarship.
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Demonstrate financial hardship by providing
- a Centrelink Income Statement or
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- outline your financial need in the 'Additional Financial Information' free text box in application.
When will I be notified of my applications outcome?
Scholarships are assessed by Charles Sturt Scholarship & Financial Support Services once applications have closed. Your application may be reviewed by the scholarship donor who will make the final decision against the scholarship criteria.
In most cases, outcomes will be received within 4 weeks of the closing date.
What relevance does my ATAR have when applying for scholarships?
The ATAR is a rank that allows the comparison of students who have completed different combinations of HSC courses. It is calculated solely for use by institutions to rank and select school leavers for admission to tertiary courses.
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Most scholarships will have a minimum requirement of a 4.0 GPA as part of the eligibility criteria. This signifies a 'passing'grade poiknt average in your degree.
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All Foundation scholarship recipients are required to provide a donor thank you letter.
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NEW YORK – U.S stocks skidded Wednesday, a looming election in Greece and the broader debt maelstrom in Europe their ominous backdrop.
Major market indexes wavered for much of the day but fell sharply after the finance minister of Cyprus warned that his country may seek its own bailout this week, stoking the uneasy feeling that the crisis is far from over.
In a troubling sign, Spain's 10-year borrowing rate inched up to 6.71 percent from 6.67 percent. Other countries in Europe have had to seek bailouts when their borrowing rates hit 7 percent.
European leaders said over the weekend that they will lend up to $125 billion to Spain's banks, but that has not soothed markets. Investors want more details about the plan, including where the money would come from and how likely it is that Spain would pay it back.
Investors aren't even sure they can believe the announcements out of Europe, said Jeff Sica, president and chief investment officer of SICA Wealth Management in Morristown, N.J.
"(Spanish Prime Minister Mariano) Rajoy came out a few weeks ago and said Spain didn't need money, and then he needs 100 billion euro," Sica said. "There's not a level of trust where people could say, 'The people in charge of this crisis have it under control.'"
Moody's, the credit ratings agency, downgraded Spain's government debt three notches late Wednesday, placing it one level above junk status. It downgraded Cyprus's debt by two, pushing it deeper into junk rating.
Italy — which, like Cyprus, could be the next flashpoint in the debt crisis — had setbacks of its own. Its 10-year borrowing rate rose to 6.07 percent from 6.02 percent, and the interest rate on its one-year bonds also rose sharply.
Greece will hold elections Sunday, and voters may endorse a party that wants to cancel the terms of Greece's own bailout. That would almost certainly force Greece to leave the euro currency.
Greece's elections are especially hard to predict because rules there forbid polling in the two weeks before an election, said Jim McDonald, chief investment strategist at Northern Trust in Chicago.
So "in a void of real developments," McDonald said, investors are hard-pressed to figure out how to trade, which helps explain the market's whiplash-inducing changes this week.
The Dow Jones industrial average shed 77.42 points to end at 12,496.38 after another day of volatile trading. The Dow had been down as much as 120 points and up as much as 24 points. That followed a triple-digit gain on Tuesday and a triple-digit loss on Monday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 9.30 points to 1,314.88, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 24.46 points to 2,818.61.
Richard Ross, global technical strategist at Auerbach Grayson in New York, said he's still bullish on U.S. stocks. He thinks their decline throughout May, perhaps a necessary correction, means they're ready to charge ahead.
The market's inability to make up its mind this week, he said, is a result of investors trading on news headlines rather than examining the fundamentals of individual stocks.
"The sovereign debt crisis, the Greek elections, the Egyptian elections — if you are basing an investment strategy around these headlines, you will be paralyzed," Ross said.
The interest rate on the U.S. 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.60 from 1.66 percent. Investors moved money into one of the few places where they think it will be safe, with the U.S. government.
Big movers included JPMorgan Chase, which rose 53 cents to $34.30 after CEO Jamie Dimon testified to Congress about the bank's surprise $2 billion trading loss. Dell jumped 30 cents to $12.28 after the computer maker said it would begin paying its first shareholder dividend. Cigarette maker Philip Morris International rose 69 cents to $85.70 after announcing it would buy back more of its own stock.
Scotts Miracle-Gro, which makes lawn-care products, fell $2.84 to $40.21 after issuing weak forecasts for profit and revenue. Cobalt International Energy fell $1.36 to $21.67 after announcing it will abandon a Gulf of Mexico well that hasn't yielded any commercial hydrocarbons. Nike fell $5.38 to $102.22.


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Meet The Newest Wholesome Family Sensation: The Emanuel Brothers!
Pictured on a Disney premiere red carpet is fraternal showbiz sensation the Emanuel Brothers—Ari (the sexy brooding one, and the brains of the operation), Rahm (the cute, vocal one), and Zeke (the goofier-looking older one who you'd still totally be thrilled to settle for)—sending their throngs of young admirers into screaming fits and fainting spells.Unlike so many other Hollywood stars, parents approve of these upstanding young men, who wear their good intentions right on their heads in the form of Purity Yarmulkes. Catch them next in The Emanuel Brothers: The 3-D Experience, the poster of which features the boys clutching Fendi bags on the steps of Air Force One as they jet off to play a command performance at President Elect Barack Obama's Inauguration. [Thanks to NOTFAIL blog for a Photoshop we really wish we'd thought of ourselves.]


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Today in a Daily Mail editorial, a mother whose daughter died of anorexia argues that photos of "twiglet" celebrities like Nicole Richie should run with a health warning in magazines. But how will editors determine which actresses are too thin?
Rosalind Ponomarenko-Jones' story is heartbreaking; Her 19-year-old daughter Sophie's heart failed after a two year battle with anorexia. She writes that she'll never know why Sophie succumbed to an eating disorder:
But I do know that she was an avid reader of the kind of glossy magazines that obsess about body image. She would leaf through a pile of them every month, mulling over photos of dangerously thin women. And she soaked up their 'advice' about diet and weight loss. She bought into the fiction that slimness equals success.
Ponomarenko-Jones puts a lot of blame on celebrities for inspiring anorexic behavior, but using "thinspiration" photos is just one of the more noticeable behaviors that may be symptomatic of a larger problem. Obviously, seeing pictures of the super-thin don't help, but there are many complex psychological issues involved with disordered eating.. It's not like seeing a photo of a thin celebrity instantly triggers a larger problem.
While Ponomarenko-Jones is a grieving mom who's trying to prevent other women from dying a tragic death, her idea for combating eating disorders is off target. She writes:
I have a radical proposal for any glossy magazine editor who plans to publish a photo of a "twiglet' celebrity. Perhaps he or she would consider also running a health warning alongside it — an extended version of those you find on cigarette packets. "Being this thin could lead to death," it might say. Then it could list the symptoms — shrivelled ovaries, brittle bones, wasted muscles and foul breath — of starving oneself. Not remotely alluring or sexy, are they?
Ponomarenko-Jones looks at a recent feature in the British tabloid Heat called "The Rise Of The Celebrity Twiglets!" and makes a great point about how magazine editors feign concern about super-skinny celebs, but, "while the celebrity magazine headline says 'This is appalling', I believe an unwritten sub-text shrieks: 'Isn't it amazing that these women are so thin?'"
These features are, in their way, glamorizing being an unhealthily low weight — but they're just symptomatic of a larger problem. Editors declare a star has an eating disorder based on a photo, just like they report Katie Holmes is pregnant because she's wearing a billowy top, or decide Mariah Carey is burying her sorrows in food because there's a little cellulite on her thighs. It's a culture of body-fixation and judgment.
Previously, doctors and academics in the U.K. lobbied for advertisements with Photoshopped models to carry a warning label, and the French Parliament voted in favor of a bill that would make it illegal for people in the advertising, magazine, or fashion industries to "incite others to deprive themselves of food" to an "excessive" degree. Both of these proposals target professionals in a regulated industry. They aren't necessarily great solutions, but it is possible to determine if an image has been altered, and to calculate a model's BMI before she walks down the runway. But how would this work with paparazzi photos of celebrities?
Nicole Richie is named in the editorial as a celebrity whose image may need a warning label because Ponomarenko-Jones says she's thin:
"[But Richie has] retinue of personal trainers, dietitians, beauticians and stylists to shape and polish their image. Our children do not. But they want to look as glossy and airbrushed as she does; vitally, they want to be as thin, too. So what do they do? Many of them take the shortest and most perilous route to weight loss: they starve themselves.
Since Richie denies she has an eating disorder, what's the criteria for labeling a photo of her playing in the park with her kids "unhealthy?" Should editors' subjective opinions of stars' bodies have even more clout? And what about overweight stars? Surely someone would argue that if Richie deserves a warning label about the health effects of being underweight, Gabourey Sidible should have a label regarding the dangers of being overweight. But there's no way to accurately judge a person's weight from a photo, and only their doctor can determine whether or not they're healthy. T
While celebrities do project an image that many young women try to live up to, most paparazzi photos are captured when they're technically not working. Nicole Richie can't be held responsible for spreading anorexia by living her life as a thin human being. The sad truth is the ideas and images that encourage anorexia are widespread in our culture. Slapping a label on a photo won't solve the problem, it will just subject our bodies to even more scrutiny.
Why Pictures Of Scarily Skinny Celebrities Should Carry A Health Warning, By A Mother Whose Daughter Died Of Anorexia [Daily Mail]
Earlier: More Experts Call For Disclaimers On Photoshopped Ads
France's Attempt To Ban Inciting Thinness Incites Jeers From Some
France Proposes Health Warning Label on Photoshopped Images


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FDA uncovers additional 300 vials labeled dengue, influenza, rickets from gov't lab
The same federal scientist who recently found forgotten samples of smallpox at a federal lab also uncovered over 300 additional vials, many bearing the names of highly contagious viruses and bacteria.
Food and Drug Administration officials said Wednesday the undocumented collection contained 327 carefully packaged vials, listing pathogens like dengue, influenza and rickettsia. Last week the government only disclosed that it had recovered six glass vials of smallpox dating from the 1950s.
The new revelations raise serious concerns about the government's ability to secure its collections of potentially deadly pathogens.
"The reasons why these samples went unnoticed for this long is something we're actively trying to understand," said FDA deputy director for biologics Dr. Peter Marks.
The samples, including those labeled smallpox, were found in 12 boxes in a corner of a cold storage room at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, that has been used by the Food and Drug Administration since 1972. FDA officials estimate the collection was assembled between 1946 and 1964 by government scientists.
"The fact that these materials were not discovered until now is unacceptable," said Karen Midthun, of FDA's director for biologics. "However, upon finding these materials our staff did the right thing — they immediately notified the appropriate authorities who secured the materials and determined there was no exposure."
FDA scientists said they have not yet confirmed whether the newly disclosed vials actually contained the pathogens listed on their labels. The agency is conducting a nationwide search of all cold storage units for any other missing samples.
Investigators destroyed 32 vials containing tissue samples and a non-contagious virus related to smallpox. Several unlabeled vials were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing and the remaining 279 samples were shipped to the Department of Homeland Security for safekeeping. FDA officials said there is no evidence anyone was exposed to any of the agents, which were packed in heat-sealed glass vials with no signs of leakage.
The finding of freeze-fried smallpox samples was disturbing because smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, and world health authorities said the only known samples left were safely stored in super-secure laboratories in Atlanta and in Russia.
It was the second recent incident in which a U.S. government health agency appeared to have mishandled a highly dangerous biologic agent. Last month, scores of employees at the CDC in Atlanta were feared exposed to anthrax because of a laboratory safety lapse. The CDC began giving them antibiotics as a precaution.
In separate congressional testimony Wednesday, CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden acknowledged that systemic safety problems have for years plagued federal public health laboratories that handle dangerous germs such as anthrax and bird flu. Frieden added that his agency had long thought of the lapses as unrelated accidents.


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BERLIN- Worcester Prep's boys' varsity basketball team rebounded from one of its most lopsided losses in recent memory this week with a 41-24 win over visiting Seaford Christian on Tuesday.
The see-saw early season continued this week for the young Mallards, whose record now stands at 2-3 after the first week. Worcester got by a scrappy Seaford Christian team, 41-24, at home on Tuesday to somewhat erase the lingering bad feelings from last Friday's 61-19 pasting at the hands of old rival Salisbury School.
Worcester opened the season with a 55-38 loss to Holly Grove in November before rebounding with a narrow 37-36 win over Greenwood Mennonite last Tuesday. The Mallards dropped a pair late last week including a 44-28 loss to Salisbury Christian on Wednesday and the 61-19 demolition at the hands of Salisbury School last Friday before getting back in the win column against Seaford Christian on Tuesday.
Worcester hosts its Invitational Tournament tomorrow before a pair of road games next week against Delmarva Christian and Chincoteague to close out the first half of the season before the holidays. Looming on the schedule when the Mallards return from the break is a January 7 rematch against Salisbury School at home.


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College Student Faces Trial for Stealing $2 Pumpkin
Theft charges serious enough to warrant a jury trial typically involve stolen goods that are pretty expensive (just ask Lindsay Lohan about that).
But you don't have to steal high-dollar stuff to get in that kind of trouble — in fact, a New Mexico college student is about to go on trial for allegedly forgetting to pay for a $2 pumpkin.
Lauren Medina, 23, will have her day in court on Tuesday. She's accused of stealing the small gourd from a local pumpkin patch in October.
But her sister, Annette Atencio, says the whole thing was a big misunderstanding that's been completely overblown. On that fateful day last year, the two siblings had enjoyed a day at the pumpkin patch, spending $75 on funnel cakes and other food. When they left, Medina simply forgot to pay for the pumpkin, Atencio says.
When police approached them, Atencio maintains her sister apologized and immediately offered to pony up the cash, but the cops refused and "she was handcuffed immediately — end of story, no ifs or buts."
After Medina was given an order to appear in court, she thought the charges would be dropped. Instead, prosecutors gave her the option of pleading guilty and doing probation — and when she refused, the case was remanded to trial.
Atencio is infuriated by the debacle, especially because her sister has never been in trouble with the law before. "I'm in disbelief," she said. "The more I talk about it, the angrier I get."
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Creamy, nutty, and sinfully chocolatey, I don't believe I've ever met a person who doesn't like nuttella. Sadly, upon becoming vegan, many people (My self included) are suprised to take a closer look and discover that this decadent spread actually contains whey. I really don't understand the purpose of it – Shouldn't it just be a pure hazelnut spread, uncontaminated by unneccissary additives?
Well, I had been thinking this for quite some time now, unwilling to give up on such a wonderful product, when I came across a fairly lenthy post on Su Good Eats extolling the virtues of this Italian invention and testing out various recipes that utillize it. Right there, she posted a recipe to make your own homemade Nutella, and lo and behold, it was a simple hazelnut spread, prefectly vegan without needed any extra adaptations.
No way could I resist giving it a shot. It seemed like just the perfect thing to include in the vegan / veggie swap since I wanted to send some food-type item, but I wasn't sure what would hold up long enough, seeing as it might take longer to ship to Canada. Sealed in an airtight jar, this sweet treat should keep for about a month or so, refrigerated.
Now, I'm not even going to mention how it took me over two hours to skin the toasted hazelnuts. Nor will I agonize over how painful it was to scrape burning nuts with my finger nails after the towel – trick didn't work. I have no clue what went wrong, but these were some subborn nuts! If I were to make it again, (Which I see being very probable) I would definitely buy pre-skinned hazelnuts.
As the food processor hummed away busily, I was facinated to watch the hazelnuts change into a spread. I'd never made any sort of nut butter before, so I was enchanted with the idea that without the added chocolate or sugar, I had essentially produced hazelnut butter. Without the torture of skinning the nuts, it was very easy to get to this step, so in the future I might be a bit braver and experiment with making my own almond butter, or cashew butter, or… The possiblities are endless!
The mere two cups of hazelnuts grind down to a relatively small jar of Nutella, but I'm sure the recipe could be doubled or tripled almost effortlessly. With such an addictive spread, wonderfully suited to be incorporated into any meal, snack, or dessert imaginable, I'm sure you'll want to whip up extra, as I'm sure you'll be hitting the bottom of an empty jar before you know it!


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Deaths rise to 11, with 119 sickened in rare meningitis outbreak
(CNN) -- A rare, noncontagious form of meningitis has claimed 11 lives and sickened 119 people, an increase from the eight deaths and 105 illnesses previously reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday, October 9th.
The outbreak is linked to contaminated steroid injections, and as many as 13,000 people may have received the medicine between May 21 and September 24, the CDC said.
The number of reported cases grew significantly in recent days as federal and state authorities continued to investigate the outbreak.
Tennessee is the hardest-hit state, with 35 infections and four deaths, according to the CDC.
Patients contracted the deadly fungal meningitis after being injected in their spines with a preservative-free steroid called methylprednisolone acetate that was contaminated by a fungus. The steroid is used to treat pain and inflammation.
The New England Compounding Center (NECC), the Massachusetts-based pharmacy that made the contaminated injections, voluntarily recalled three lots of the injected steroid last week.
On Saturday, the same pharmacy announced a voluntary nationwide recall of all its other products as well. NECC said the new recall was being announced out of an abundance of caution and that there is no indication any of its other products are contaminated.
The Food and Drug Administration has already asked doctors, clinics and consumers to stop using any of the pharmacy's products. Last week, the pharmacy voluntarily surrendered its license to operate until the FDA investigation into the contamination is complete.
Health officials say 75 medical facilities in 23 states received the contaminated steroid injections from NECC.
Other than Tennessee, deaths have been reported in Maryland, Michigan and Virginia.
There are also confirmed cases of the disease in Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Ohio.
The other states that received the contaminated products are California, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia.
Federal health inspectors began inspecting the NECC plant October 1st. Inspectors found foreign particles in unopened vials, and after testing one of them, they determined the substance was a fungus.
The investigation is still under way.
Nearly 10% of drugs administered in the United States come from compound pharmacies, according to a 2003 Government Accountability Office report.
Drugs manufactured by compound pharmacies do not have to go through FDA-mandated premarket approval. Instead, state health pharmacy boards are responsible for the oversight and licensing of these pharmacies.
Compound pharmacists create customized medication solutions for patients for whom manufactured pharmaceuticals won't work, according to the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It is usually caused by an infection, frequently with bacteria or a virus, but it can also be caused by less common pathogens like fungi, according to the CDC.
Fungal meningitis is very rare and, unlike viral and bacterial meningitis, is not contagious.
Symptoms of fungal meningitis are similar to symptoms of other forms of meningitis, but they often appear more gradually and can be very mild at first, the CDC says.
Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told CNN that fungal infections are not usually mild. He said when a fungus invades small blood vessels, it can cause them to clot or bleed, which can lead to symptoms of small strokes.
In addition to typical meningitis symptoms like headache, fever, nausea and stiffness of the neck, people with fungal meningitis may also experience confusion, dizziness and discomfort from bright lights. Patients might just have one or two of these symptoms, the CDC says.
Health officials say any patients who received an injection at one of the facilities beginning May 21 and who began showing symptoms between one and three weeks after being injected should see their doctor right away.
The earlier a patient gets treatment, the more likely he or she will survive.
Patients are treated with anti-fungal medication, which is given intravenously, so patients have to be admitted to the hospital, the CDC said. Patients may need to be treated for months.
The FDA is urging anyone who has experienced problems following an injection with the NECC product to report it to MedWatch, the FDA's voluntary reporting program, by phone at 1-800-FDA-1088 or online at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Elizabeth Cohen, Miriam Falco and Michael Martinez contributed to this report.
CLICK HERE for additional coverage on the meningitis outbreak via FOX6Now.com.


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Friday, August 13, 2010
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Just wanted to pop in to say, enjoy the rest of your holiday! I haven't been forgetting about your lovely blog, i've just been happily reading without much to say! (I know, me, no talkey?)ReplyDelete
Happy Friday!
I added this movie to my Netflix queue. Thanks for the info. Hope your vacation is going well. Relax. Laugh. Have fun. Hugs to you.ReplyDelete
I added it to Neflix as well.. This looks good Joanna... thanksReplyDelete
I saw the young man's interview on some news show the other day. I'm thinking FOX because that is about all that Dan watches. It was very interesting. They showed quite a bit of movie scenes during his interview.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for your great suggestion! I will be looking for this one. It sounds really good.ReplyDelete
Now, GO ON VACATION! :)
Enjoy your vacation.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a good movie. My husband doesn't normally go for that kind of movie... however, I did have him engrossed in one on the Lifetime channel the other day, so there's hope for him. ;)
Thanks for the heads up. I definitley want to see this one.ReplyDelete
I saw the previews a month or so ago and I wanted to see it! I still do so thanks for the reminder!!!! Enjoy your vacation.ReplyDelete
I hadn't heard of this one. It looks so good! Thanks for the preview.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the heads-up! I had not heard of this one yet. I too had a dream. When young I would stuff my socks with Kleenex in the secret of my bedroom and dance on my toes until I formed blisters. Maybe that's why I have short little toes and my feet haven't grown since the fifth grade! Heeehehehe1ReplyDelete
Enjoy and have a beautiful weekend from the top of you head to the tips of your ballerina toes!
I understand the 'boys' part but 'and burgers'. That is a funny combo.ReplyDelete
Now you have me thinking of 'b' word combos. Boobs and beer?
I agree about movies being too dumb down but unfortunately the target audience is typically teens.
nice, as you know T ws a dancer for years so she will definitely want to see this one...enjoy vacay!ReplyDelete
This looks good Joanna. I will add it to my list. Thank you for telling us about it. Now get back to your vacation!ReplyDelete
~ Tracy
Oh oh oh sounds wonderful!! I will go look for it!! I danced for about 14 years..started with ballet and then on to modern jazz for a long time! I do love a good dance movie!!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful time hon... breathe and enjoy yourself!!
Hugs and love, Sarah
Sounds good - I just added it to my Netflix queue.ReplyDelete
Have a great vacation....:-)HugsReplyDelete
sounds like just my kind of movie, thanks JoannaReplyDelete
That guy is simply amazing!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the recommendation... it's now on my "must see" list. Sounds like a lovely change of pace from the usual summer fare.ReplyDelete
Any film you recommend is bound to be on my list of things to see! You have an eye for these things!ReplyDelete
I'm definitely going to see the movie. It looks really good.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your vacation!
- AnonymousAugust 14, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I've heard of the book.. Will definitely try to catch this when it gets to Sweden.ReplyDelete
It has already been on at the movies here.. I didn't go cos I'm not a fan of ballet... maybe I should have!ReplyDelete
I'll probably have to wait for the dvd as I hardly get to the theater. Enjoy your vacay!ReplyDelete
I took ballet for years and taking adult beginner ballet is on my list of things I would like to do. I loved dancing and wish I had never quit. The movie sounds wonderful...definitely something I would enjoy.ReplyDelete
I love your list of reasons for liking this movie. :-)ReplyDelete
I read a book called "Red Azalea" by Anchee Min, and she describes how she was "chosen" to be an actress, just as you've described. She, too, defects in the end.
Enjoy the rest of your vacation!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a wonderful movie...I will have to see it as well!
Isn't this the film from the trailer we reviewed? I've been waiting for it to be released!ReplyDelete
I'm looking forward to seeing this film. I enjoyed my visit to your blog. I particularly like your profile image,it's wonderful.ReplyDelete
Wishing you happiness, Katherine
Thanks for the heads up. Cannot wait to check it out.ReplyDelete
That just sounds so great!ReplyDelete
hope you are enjoying your vacation.ReplyDelete
gotta check out this movie. thanks for sharing. one love.
Enjoy that vacation!ReplyDelete
And the movie? Sounds great. I am in charge of our movie this month for our ummm Movie Club. I may have to head this way - although I sense tears....
I missed seeing it when it was in the theatres here but we picked it up on DVD as soon as it came out.ReplyDelete
My daughter had loved the children's picture book version of Li's story - The Peasant Prince - and was very keen to see the movie. The whole family watched and were transfixed. It's a great film.
That's a movie worth seeing. I'll put it on my must see list. Thanks for the tip. Have a great vacation. Oh, and thanks for stopping my my SIMC post and commenting! xxxReplyDelete
That's a movie worth seeing. I'll put it on my must see list. Thanks for the tip. Have a great vacation. Oh, and thanks for stopping my my SIMC post and commenting! xxxReplyDelete
I will love it! I can tell. Thank you so much, I hadn't even heard about it.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your vacation!
will definitely put this at the top of my "to do" list.ReplyDelete
go...go now.....get thee to vacationland....LOLReplyDelete
i totally understand the addiction we have to our blogs and blog land....
it is an addiction...isn't it ?
and now this movie.....i need a bigger "watch this movie" book....
Oh, this movie sounds good!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip! :)
advice taken.
I totally trust you.
and I trust you to enjoy your vacation completely!!!
I don't go to the movies much, but I'll watch it on DVD.ReplyDelete
I have not even HEARD of this movie, but now I desperately want to see it. I do so hope it'll play here.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see it. Enjoy your vacation!ReplyDelete
That movie sounds interesting!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your vacation!ReplyDelete
(will definitely check this movie out!)
My room-mate wanted to be a ballerina too, she genuinely had a gift. She grew too friggin' TALL. Sad, but true! Hope you are enjoying the vac?ReplyDelete
oh it's me again - hey you don't post then I repeat in the comment section.ReplyDelete
Anyway I know you were interested in the button badge bladge thing.
I just went through the exercise with Charlie over at A Few Clowns Short
He reminds me of my hubby!! (minus the dancing part). I may have to see that.ReplyDelete


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Three-quarters of the way through 2012 already, and I'm finding that my "Best Of" lists are beginning to solidify quicker than in past years. That might be because this year's lists are limited to books published between October 1, 2011 and December 1, 2012 rather than being open to everything I read during the calendar year. This is what it looks like as of September 30 (with changes highlighted):
1. Edge of Dark Water – Joe Lansdale - East Texas redneck noir at its finest
2. The Angel Makers – Jessica Gregson – Hungarian women react badly to the aftermath of World War I
3. The Headmaster's Wager – Vincent Lam – Betting it all on one throw of the dice
4. Canada – Richard Ford – Some borders are forever
5. Heading Out to Wonderful – Robert Goolrick – Spare me the good old days
6. The Solitary House – Lynn Shepherd – Period mystery using many Bleak House characters
7. The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes – Run that past me again
8. The World without You – Joshua Henkin – One family's Fourth of July fireworks
9. A Blaze of Glory – Jeff Shaara – What could have been but for one bullet
10. The Beautiful Mystery – Louise Penny – Monkish murder in a monastry
1. The One – R.J. Smith – "the life and music of James Brown"
2. Game Over – Bill Moushey, Bob Dvorchak – the horror of Jerry Sandusky and his enablers lives on
3. Private Empire – Steve Coll – "ExxonMobil and American Power"
4. The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe – Loving books to the finish line
5. Visiting Tom – Michael Perry – Gifts from a village elder
6. Holy Ghost Girl – Donna M. Johnson – growing up while following a tent preacher from town to town
7. Wild – Cheryl Strayed – one woman's hike for her life
8. Taking Flak – Dan Pastorini – Frank memoir from a Houston Oiler quarterback
9. This Mobius Strip of Ifs – Mathias B. Freese – Essays and memories from a thinker
10. The End of Illness – David B. Agus, M.D. – alternative medicine and new technology combine


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A 15-foot-tall statue of Zinedine Zidane head-butting Marco Materazzi by sculptor Adel Abdessemed has been placed in the courtyard of the Pompidou Center in Paris.
The statue, entitled "Headbutt," is by the Algerian sculptor Adel Abdessemed, and coincides with an exhibition of his work in the museum. "This statue goes against the tradition of making statues to honor victories," said Phillipe Alain Michaud, who directed the exhibition. "It is an ode to defeat... Zidane's downward glance recalls that of Adam, chased from paradise."
But as Michaud knows, and surely as Abdessemed intends, it is both not so simple and much simpler. It is an ode to more than defeat; but it's also a representation of very basic feelings complicated by literary analogy. The Headbutt was full of anger, stupidity, and recklessness, but beneath them lay a damaged sense of honor. This makes it hard for even the calmest football fan to wholly begrudge Zidane his actions.


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Key concepts
You might have done experiments with well-labeled acids and bases in school, but have you ever wondered whether a certain food or chemical around the house is an acid or a base? You can find out using a red cabbage to make an indicator solution.
When two or more ingredients are entirely dissolved in one another, you have a solution. For example, mixing salt with water creates a clear solution, even though the salt is there and the solution tastes salty. When mixed with water, whether a chemical "donates" a charged particle (called an ion) to the solution—in this case, a hydrogen ion—or "accepts" one from it determines whether it's an acidic or basic solution. An indicator changes color when exposed to such a mixture, depending on whether the solution is acidic or basic.
Acids are solutions that lose hydrogen ions and usually taste sour. Some very common household solutions are acids, such as citrus fruit juices and household vinegar. Bases are solutions that pull hydrogen ions out of solution and onto themselves, "accepting" them, and usually feel slippery. Bases have many practical uses. For example, "antacids" like TUMS are used to reduce the acidity in your stomach. Other bases make useful household cleaning products.
To tell if something is an acid or a base, you can use a chemical called an indicator. An indicator changes color when it encounters an acid or base. There are many different types of indicators, some that are liquids and others that are concentrated on little strips of "litmus" paper. Indicators can be extracted from many different sources, including the pigment of many plants. For example, red cabbages contain an indicator pigment molecule called flavin, which is a type of molecule called an anthocyanin. Very acidic solutions will turn an anthocyanin red whereas neutral solutions will make it purplish and basic solutions will turn it greenish-yellow. Consequently, the color an anthocyanin solution turns can be used to determine a solution's pH—a measure of how basic or acidic a solution is.
• A small red cabbage
• Pot of boiling water
• Strainer
• Two large bowls or pots
• Grater
• Tablespoon measurer
• Large spoon (optional)
• Three or more small, white paper cups (small, white paper drinking glasses or dishes will also work)
• Goggles or other protective eyewear
• Lemon or lime juice
• Vinegar
• Bleach-based cleaning product
• Other foods to test, such as clear soda pop, baking soda solution, egg whites, tomatoes, cottage cheese (optional)
• Grate a small red cabbage. If you do not want to grate the entire cabbage, grating half of a cabbage should be enough. Put the fine, pulpy grated cabbage into a large bowl or pot.
• Boil a pot of water. Use caution when handling the boiling water. Pour the boiling water into the bowl with the cabbage pulp until the water just covers the cabbage.
• Leave the cabbage mixture steeping, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is room temperature. This should take at least half an hour. The liquid will become red or purplish-red in color.
• Place a strainer over another large bowl or pot and pour the cabbage mixture through the strainer to remove the cabbage pulp. Press down on the pulp in the strainer, such as by using a large spoon, to squeeze more liquid out of the pulp.
• In the bowl, you should now have only liquid that will either be purple or blue in color. This will be your indicator solution, which you will use to test the pH of different liquids.
• Children should wear goggles or other protective eyewear and adults should supervise and use caution when handling bleach and vinegar, because they can irritate eyes and skin.
• Fill a small, white paper cup, drinking glass or white dish with one tablespoon of your cabbage-indicator solution. What is the color of your indicator solution?
• Add drops of lemon or lime juice to the indicator solution until you see the solution change in color. Gently swirl the solution and make sure the color stays the same. What color did the solution become?
• The color of the solution will change depending on its pH: Red color indicates the pH is 2; Purple indicates pH 4; Violet indicates pH 6; Blue indicates pH 8; Blue-green indicates pH 10; Greenish-yellow indicates pH 12.
• Based on its color, what is the pH of the lemon or lime juice solution?
• In another small, white paper cup, add one tablespoon of your original cabbage-indicator solution. Add drops of vinegar until you see the solution change color. What color did the vinegar solution become? What is the pH of the solution?
• In a third small, white paper cup, add one tablespoon of your original cabbage-indicator solution. Handling it with caution, add drops of the bleach cleaning product until you see the solution change color. What color did the bleach solution become, and what does this indicate about its pH?
• If you want to test the pH of other foods, again add one tablespoon of your original cabbage-indicator solution to a small, white paper cup and add drops of the food until you see the solution change color. If the food is not in liquid form, crush it or dissolve it in a small amount of water before adding it to the indicator solution. What color did the solution become, and what does this indicate about its pH?
• Extra: There are other vegetables and fruits that can be used to make pH indicators as well: red onion, apple skins, blueberries, grape skins and plums. Which different sources of pigment produce the best indicators?
• Extra: You can use an indicator solution to write secret messages. Just use full-strength lemon juice to write an invisible message on paper and let the message dry. To reveal the message, paint cabbage-indicator over the paper with a paintbrush.
Observations and results
Did the indicator solution change color when you added the lime or lemon juice, vinegar and bleach? Did the solution color indicate that the lime or lemon juice and vinegar were acidic (had a lower pH) and that the bleach was basic (with a higher pH)?
A solution with a pH between 5 and 7 is neutral, 8 or higher is a base, and 4 or lower is an acid. Lime juice, lemon juice and vinegar are acids, so they should have turned the indicator solution red or purple color. Bleach is a strong base, therefore it should have turned the indicator solution a greenish-yellow color.
How basic or acidic a solution is depends on the amount of hydrogen ions in it. A basic solution accepts hydrogen ions (or donates electron pairs as hydroxide ions) whereas an acidic solution donates hydrogen ions (or accepts electron pairs). An indicator, like anthocyanin, responds to the levels of hydrogen ions in the solution. Anthocyanin and other biological pigments absorb certain wavelengths of light and reflect others, and it is the reflected light we see that makes them appear a certain color. Depending on the levels of hydrogen ions in the solution, the indicator pigment undergoes a chemical reaction that changes its chemical structure, making it reflect a different wavelength of light and thereby change color.
Dilute the bleach solution with water before pouring it down a drain. (Remember to keep your goggles on when you do this.)
More to explore
"Experiments with Acids and Bases" from Fun Science Gallery
"Acids and Bases Are Everywhere" from Rader's Chem4Kids.com
"Acids, Bases, and the pH Scale" from Science Buddies
"Cabbage Chemistry" from Science Buddies
This activity brought to you in partnership with Science Buddies


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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Recently at SMX West, I gave an Image Search presentation that I'd like to share with our broader webmaster community. The goal of the presentation was to provide insights into how image search is used, how it works, and how webmasters can optimize their pages for image searchers.
You'll see more information about:
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Consolidated Graphics Enhances Variable Data Printing Capabilities with InfoPrint 5000
Boulder, Colo., June 14, 2010—InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announced that Frederic Printing, a Consolidated Graphics (NYSE:CGX) company in Aurora, Colo., has acquired the market-leading InfoPrint 5000 inkjet production system to enable the printing of high-quality print on-demand (POD) textbooks, direct mail pieces and election ballots.
"The InfoPrint 5000 is one of the most versatile and proven production printing platforms we've come across for POD applications," said Chris Greene, president of Frederic Printing. "With the reliability and quality of this digital printing system, we have strengthened our ability to provide high volumes and quick turns, meeting the growing demands of the education, marketing and government segments."
The POD solution enabled by the InfoPrint 5000 minimizes the overall cost of ownership by reducing customer spend on warehouse storage and obsolescence. With one of the lowest power consumption of production inkjet systems, compact size, operational efficiency, and use of water-based inks, the InfoPrint 5000 furthers its value through the support of sustainable and cost-effective printing practices.
"The InfoPrint 5000 is a seamless complement to our massive integrated digital footprint, which is the world's largest. Upon installation, we quickly experienced for ourselves why this printing system is so successful," said Ric Davis, executive vice president of Operations at Consolidated Graphics. "This is a cost-effective investment that offers us a broad range of capabilities to help address our customers' evolving needs, while maintaining the level of quality that they have come to expect from Consolidated Graphics."
The InfoPrint 5000's unique piezo-electric drop-on-demand inkjet technology with multi-bit per spot for every object on the page, coupled with its high-quality water-based pigment and dye inks designed to resist fading and smearing, result in optimizing the appearance of the output while minimizing the volume of ink consumed. These Advanced Function Presentation (AFP)-enabled systems support PostScript and PDF, provide accurate, consistent, and device-independent color-rendering, and provide error recovery, auditability, and security benefits.


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In the wake of the horrific Jihadist attack on a Catholic church in Normandy, France, Pope Francis' latest statements that the world war we are in is not a religious war shows a lack of knowledge of Islamic doctrine. The Pope is not alone in this view. Every major Western political leader from George W. Bush through to Barack Obama has maintained the same belief.
When the Islamic State caliphate was declared in 2014, their media arm issued a slick, 10-page document announcing the establishment of the caliphate. In those 10 pages, they cited Islamic scripture 26 times–scripture from the Quran and scripture from the Sunna of Mohammed. The entire document was dominated by Islamic scripture and associated commentary.
So whether the Pope thinks that the Jihadists are waging a religious war or not is irrelevant. The Islamic State Jihadists believe they are waging a religious war. And they justify it with Islamic doctrine.
In warfare the enemy's reality becomes your reality. We can't wish this all away and we can't simply deny the nature of our enemies. In 1943, no one tried to make the case that the Nazis had misinterpreted Mein Kampf. No one tried to make the case that the Japanese had perverted the Shinto religion.
The West must pivot toward making an honest, objective analysis of what our enemies believe, not what we think they should believe.
The Pope's unfortunate statement is not unique. Western leaders on both sides of the Atlantic are fiddling and Rome may literally be burning soon.
It is long past time to wake up!


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Mercury Marine named Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year
Mercury Marine was named 2013 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), the second time the company has received the prestigious award in the past seven years.
The Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award recognizes leading Wisconsin-based manufacturers for outstanding achievements in many areas, including effective research and development, export activity, profitable growth, commitment to employees, commitment to total quality, investment in training and retraining, and commitment to community.
"The award is a testament to the efforts and commitment of Mercury employees over the past 75 years, and our relentless determination to position Mercury as the world's leading manufacturer of marine propulsion systems," said Mark Schwabero, then-president of Mercury Marine. "Our values-based culture makes Mercury an integral part of the fabric of many Wisconsin families and communities."
Mercury Marine designs and produces innovative, cutting-edge products to provide boaters the best possible experience while focusing on providing a safe and state-of-the-art workplace, and adheres strongly to a philosophy of supporting the communities in which its employees work and live. Those employees dedicate significant time and financial resources to ensure that the needs of local citizens are met and their communities prosper.
"We will continue to innovate and build products that appeal to our customers," Schwabero said. "Our success and continued growth has been made possible by the dedication and support of our employees, suppliers, dealers and the communities in which we work. The Mercury name has been synonymous with excellence in the marine industry for 75 years, and we will continue to produce at the highest level now and in the future."
Mercury Marine, which also was named Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year in 2006, took top honors in the Mega category, which recognizes companies with more than 750 employees.
VesselView at a glance
The aptly named VesselView is a digital information display that brings Mercury Marine's SmartCraft features to life for boaters by monitoring and presenting more than 30 engine, vessel and environmental parameters on an easy-to-read LCD screen.
Recently upgraded to include more features and refreshed graphics, VesselView performs and displays a complete diagnostic test when the engine is started to ensure peace of mind before leaving the dock.
While underway, VesselView displays data using simple icons to ensure the necessary information is available simultaneously at a glance.
The benefits of VesselView are available to nearly every boater, as SmartCraft-compatible Mercury outboards start at 40 horsepower. VesselView can be added as an upgrade to an existing boat; VesselView 4 is built for single- and dual-engine applications, while VesselView 7 delivers information for up to four outboards on a single screen.
VesselView updates can be downloaded from the Web or installed from a Micro SD card via the slot provided on the device.


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Liver Transplant
This is a surgery to replace a diseased or damaged liver with a liver from a donor who has died. In some cases, a portion of the liver of a living, related donor may be used.
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Reasons for Procedure
A liver transplant is done to treat a liver that is not working and cannot be treated. This may be caused by:
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis A (rare) , B, or C (will become less common since this is now curable)
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis, which is a disease of the bile ducts
- Sudden liver failure
- Congenital defects such as biliary atresia
- Liver tumors
- Metabolic defects such as Wilson disease
- Poisoning or drug-induced damage
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Rejection of the transplanted liver
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Damage to nearby organs
- Bile-duct obstruction or bile leakage into the body
- Complications from immunosuppressive drugs
- Blood clots
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Alcohol use disorder
- Type 2 diabetes
- Poor nutrition
- Additional illnesses
- Serious heart, lung, or kidney disease
- Use of certain medications
- Cancer
- Current infection
Be sure to discuss these risks with your doctor before the surgery.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
There is a shortage of donors. You may be on a transplant list for some time. You may need to carry a cell phone with you at all times. This is to allow the transplant team to reach you if a liver becomes available.
Your doctor will likely do the following:
- Ultrasound
- CT scan
- Chest x-ray
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Psychological testing and counseling—to help you to be prepared for the transplant
Leading up to your surgery:
- Talk to your doctor about your medications. You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to 1 week before the procedure.
- Take medications as directed. Do not take over-the-counter medications without checking with your doctor.
- The night before, eat a light meal. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight.
- Arrange for someone to drive you home. Also, arrange for someone to help you at home.
General anesthesia will be used. You will be asleep during the procedure.
Description of the Procedure
An incision shaped like a boomerang will be made on the upper part of the abdomen. The old liver will be removed. Portions of major blood vessels will be left in place. The new liver will be inserted and attached to the blood vessels and bile ducts. To help with bile drainage, a tube will also be inserted into the bile duct during surgery. The area will be closed with stitches.
Immediately After Procedure
You will be closely monitored in the intensive care unit (ICU) and will have the following devices:
- Breathing tube until you can breathe on your own
- IV fluids and medication
- Bladder catheter to drain urine
How Long Will It Take?
Several hours
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.
Average Hospital Stay
This surgery is done in a hospital setting. The usual length of stay is several weeks. Your doctor may choose to keep you longer if you show signs of rejecting the new liver or have other problems.
Post-procedure Care
At the Hospital
While you are recovering at the hospital, you will:
- Receive fluids and nutrition through an IV—You will slowly transition to eating.
- Breathe deeply and cough 10-20 times every hour—This will help your lungs work better after surgery.
- Take immunosuppressive drugs—You will need to take these for the rest of your life. These drugs reduce the chance that your body will reject the new liver. They also have potential side effects, like infection and cancer. Be sure to discuss these risks with your doctor.
At Home
When you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
- Take proper care of the incision site. This will help to prevent an infection.
- Work with a physical therapist. Exercises will help you to regain strength.
- Monitor your temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and weight.
- Follow a special diet. This diet will help to prevent water retention and to maintain a normal weight and blood pressure.
- Take medications as advised by your doctor. This may include treatment for hepatitis C and immunization to prevent hepatitis B.
Recovery time varies. It depends, in part, on your health before the transplant.
Call Your Doctor
It is important for you to monitor your recovery after you leave the hospital. You will have frequent scheduled follow-ups.
Alert your doctor to any problems right away. If any of the following occur, call your doctor:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills—you are at increased risk for infection because of the immunosuppressive drugs
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Severe nausea or vomiting
- Black or tarry stools, constipation, or diarrhea that does not go away after two loose stools
- You are unable to take your medications
- Bruising
- Red or rusty-brown urine
- Any skin rash or sores in your mouth
- Vaginal discharge in women
- Pain, burning, urgency, frequency of urination, or persistent bleeding in the urine
- Exposure to infections, such as mumps, measles, chickenpox or shingles
- Headache, confusion, lightheadedness, or loss of consciousness
- Unusual weakness
- Illness that requires emergency room treatment or hospitalization
If you think you have an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
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United Network for Organ Sharing
Canadian Liver Foundation
Health Canada
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What I need to know about liver transplantation. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders website. Available at: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/liver-disease/liver-transplant/Pages/facts.aspx. Updated March 2017. Accessed August 29, 2017.
Last reviewed September 2018 by EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods, MD, FAAP Last Updated: 8/29/2017


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Buying or Selling Real Estate in Northern Colorado
This blog is a daily update and review new properties that have been listed in Northern Colorado over the last 7 days. Listings reviewed will be in Berthoud, Fort Collins, Greeley, Johnstown, Loveland, and Windsor, foreclosures & Investments and acreage properties. My reviews will be complete with photos and my perspective of the merits and overall value of the property.


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This is one of the most beautiful and innovative concepts you'll have seen in a long time, and acts upon something I've always wondered about—why can't manufacturers just add cellphone guts to a camera?
Dreamt up by the Seattle-based design firm Artefact, the Camera Futura concept sees a slim body paired with interchangeable lenses, with a novel twist on the camera form we know and love—the lenses actually hold the sensors and camera components, which means it can be used wirelessly from the camera body.
Artefact has dubbed this technology WVIL (for Wireless Viewfinder, Interchangeable Lens," and claims the camera body could be held on a tripod or by someone else, with the lens a distance away, being used by someone else. Manual controls such as the focus and zoom could be kept to the lens, with the touchscreen display on the camera body also having the same controllable features added.
While it's only a concept and the sky's the limit with made-up specs, Artefact would hope to see the usual forms of connectivity added to the cameraphone, for wirelessly sending photos to other devices. They can also see apps playing a huge part in the camera's OS, helping to share photos to social networking accounts and edit them. Not to mention perform the usual smartphone functions we've come to expect from any phone worth its salt nowadays. [Artefact via ReadWriteWeb]
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Vachel Lindsay
November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931 / Springfield, Illinois
Darling Daughter Of Babylon
Too soon you wearied of our tears.
And then you danced with spangled feet,
Leading Belshazzar's chattering court
A-tinkling through the shadowy street.
With mead they came, with chants of shame.
DESIRE'S red flag before them flew.
And Istar's music moved your mouth
And Baal's deep shames rewoke in you.
Now you could drive the royal car;
Forget our Nation's breaking load:
Now you could sleep on silver beds.—
(Bitter and dark was our abode.)
And so, for many a night you laughed,
And knew not of my hopeless prayer,
Till God's own spirit whipped you forth
From Istar's shrine, from Istar's stair.
Darling daughter of Babylon—
Rose by the black Euphrates flood—
Again your beauty grew more dear
Than my slave's bread, than my heart's blood.
We sang of Zion, good to know,
Where righteousness and peace abide. . . .
What of your second sacrilege
Carousing at Belshazzar's side?
Once, by a stream, we clasped tired hands—
Your paint and henna washed away.
Your place, you said, was with the slaves
Who sewed the thick cloth, night and day.
You were a pale and holy maid
Toil-bound with us. One night you said:—
"Your God shall be my God until
I slumber with the patriarch dead."
Pardon, daughter of Babylon,
If, on this night remembering
Our lover walks under the walls
Of hanging gardens in the spring,
A venom comes from broken hope,
From memories of your comrade-song
Until I curse your painted eyes
And do your flower-mouth too much wrong.
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Philippines has more call center workers than India
Industry experts estimate the business is worth $11 billion
Soft accent and historical ties to U.S. make it popular with American companies
It is 1a.m. at the Manila offices of VXi and nearly everyone is on the phone.
Hundreds of employees, each wearing a headset, are answering calls from thousands of miles away, providing technical advice and sales services to customers of some of the United States' best-known companies.
VXi is at the center of one of the Philippine's greatest economic success stories of the last decade: call centers. Industry experts estimate that the industry here has grown to $11 billion and employs over 600,000 workers. That's even more than in India.
"You'd be hard pressed to find families that don't have one person in their families employed in the call center industry," says Eppie Titong, senior site director at VXi's Manila office.
While the Philippines has struggled to grow other industries such as manufacturing or tourism, the country has found it is uniquely positioned to excel in the call center business.
Thanks to historical ties to the United States, the Philippines has a large, English-speaking population, with an accent that many consider light or easy for the American ear.
Most Filipinos are also familiar with American cultural exports, ranging from American Idol to Krispy Kreme donuts. This informal bond, employers say, makes it easier for them to relate to Americans over the telephone.
Philippine culture is also known for its hospitality. "We are friendly," says call center supervisor Audison "Ives" Tan Dejos. "We do care. We have the empathy."
On the economic front, the Philippines is an affordable place to do business. An entry-level call center employee can make about $470 a month, which is a very good salary for the Philippines but far less than their counterparts are paid in the U.S. or Europe.
The influx of outsourced jobs is a major gift for a country that struggles to put its more than 90 million people to work. The official unemployment rate is around 7% and many people are forced to settle for part-time jobs.
Not that the call center industry is going to fix all the country's employment problems. 600,000 is a drop in the bucket compared to the size of the population and these jobs are targeted primarily at those with a college education.
"Who can provide jobs for moderately skilled workers like high school graduates or less educated workers?" asks Norio Usui, Senior Country Economist at the Asian Development Bank. "The Philippines has plenty of such workers also."
For Tan Dejos, whose wife also works at VXi, the work is stressful at times but it allows them to comfortably support their three children. He doesn't mind the night shift, he says, and he likes the challenge of being in an emerging industry.
Would he want his kids to work at a call center?
"I would," he says without hesitation. "It's really up to them."


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July 20, 2001
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Saturday, July 21, 2001
Radio Address of the President
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Good Morning. as You Hear This, I AM in Genoa, Italy,
at An Important Meeting of the World's Most Industrialized Nations And
Russia. Our Focus This Year Is on the Poor and Struggling Nations of The
World and What Prosperous Democracies Can Do to Help Them Build a Better
This cause is the priority of the United States' foreign policy. We're a wealthy nation with responsibilities to help others. It is also in our best interest to do so, because we benefit when we have strong and stable partners around the world who trade with us and help keep the peace.
Our discussions here in Europe are centered on some great goals. We want to spread the benefits of free trade as far and as wide as possible. Free trade is the only proven path out of poverty for developing nations. And when nations are shut off from the world, their people pay a steep price.
Despite trade's proven track record for lifting the lives of the poor, some still oppose it. They seek to deny the poor and developing countries their best hope for escaping poverty. Legitimate concerns about labor standards, economic dislocation and the environment should be addressed, and will be.
But the developing countries have no need for protectionist policies that would condemn them to permanent poverty. Yet, trade alone is not enough. Wealthy nations must also work in true partnership with developing countries to help them overcome obstacles to their development, such as illiteracy, disease and unsustainable debt.
This is compassionate conservatism at an international level, and it is the responsibility that comes with freedom and prosperity. To advance literacy in the developing world, I have proposed that the United States increase funding for our international education assistance programs by nearly 20 percent. And we will lead a new effort to improve basic education and teacher training in Africa.
We've proposed that the World Bank and other development banks increase the share of their funding devoted to education, and to tie the support more directly to clear measurable results. And we have proposed that up to half of all the funds provided by development banks to the poorest countries be provided as grants rather than loans for education, health and human needs.
Today, many poor nations are benefitting from efforts to relieve them of the crippling burden of massive debt. But debt relief is ultimately a short-term fix. My proposal doesn't merely drop the debt, it helps stop the debt.
A final item of business at our Genoa summit is to launch a new global fund to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The U.S. contributes nearly $1 billion a year annually to international efforts to combat AIDS and infectious diseases, and we stand ready to contribute more to the global fund as it demonstrates its success.
This is a time of great opportunity. What some call globalization is in fact the triumph of human liberty across national borders. We have today the chance to prove that freedom can work not just in the new world or old world, but in the whole world. Our great challenge is to include all the world's poor in an expanding circle of development throughout all the Americas and all of Asia and all of Africa. Such a world will enjoy greater freedom and prosperity, and is far more likely to be at peace.
Thank you for listening.
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