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MONDAY, May 4, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- It was the scariest moment of Charlene Stevenson's life as a mother.
Last March, her 2-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter were playing in her bedroom while she got dressed in the bathroom.
Stevenson heard a crash. She looked up to see a 60-pound TV and a dresser lying on top of her daughter. Her son, Michael, was lying nearby, crying but otherwise motionless. Blood was trickling from his ear.
Her daughter suffered only minor injuries. But the TV had landed on her son's head, fracturing his skull in two places. The injury damaged his hearing and injured the nerve that controls facial expressions on his left side.
"I was 25 feet from them, and it happened so fast," said Stevenson, a Plain City, Ohio, mother of five children ages 8 months to 16 years. "When I looked at my dresser, I would never have thought it would have fallen over."
Between 1990 and 2007, an estimated 264,200 U.S. children were treated in hospital emergency departments for injuries caused by furniture tipping, about 15,000 each year, according to a study published in the May online issue of Clinical Pediatrics.
About 300 children died of their injuries.
And since the early 1990s, the number of children injured by falling TVs, shelves and dressers has risen 41 percent, according to the study's analysis of data collected by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The researchers said they aren't sure what has led to the increase. Possibilities might include changes in furniture or TV design or more furniture in homes, or the statistical change could stem from parents taking children to a hospital more readily than they did years ago.
"What we do know is there's a trend we need to pay attention to," said Dr. Gary A. Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and senior author of the study. "Forty children a day are rushed to an emergency department because a heavy piece of furniture fell on them."
About 75 percent of the injuries recorded in the study were to children 6 years of age and younger. Boys were at greater risk than girls, accounting for 56 percent of those injured. The most common type of injury was to the head and neck.
The most common culprit was a falling TV, which caused about half of the injuries.
Smith said it appears that parents either aren't hearing or aren't heeding warnings on product safety.
"This trend demonstrates the inadequacy of current prevention strategies and underscores the need for increased prevention efforts," he said.
To reduce risks, parents should put TVs on stands that are low to the ground. TVs and furniture should be attached to the wall with safety straps, L-brackets or even Velcro that can be bought at home improvement stores. If you're not sure how to do it, Smith said, ask a salesperson for help.
Purchasing furniture with wide legs or with solid bases, installing drawer stops to keep drawers in chests from pulling out all the way and placing heavy items on shelves close to the floor also help prevent tip-overs.
And don't put items tempting to kids, such as toys and remote controls, on top of furniture or the TV as young children may try to scale the furniture to retrieve them.
The long-term solution, Smith said, is passing legislation to require that TV and furniture manufacturers include safety attachments at the time of sale.
Since her son's accident, Charlene Stevenson has taken such precautions in her home. Michael, now 3, still has permanent hearing loss of 10 percent in his left ear, but has otherwise recovered.
"If I can help one child not to have a TV fall on him, I'll tell anyone who will listen," Stevenson said. "We got really lucky, and we know it. It could have killed him."
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A Rugby World Cup in the world's most fanatical rugby country? It could only be New Zealand (and I speak as a Welshman).
But believe me - I've been 14 times now - New Zealand is so much more than rugby we would all have been mad not to take full advantage of getting away from the rugby. Pleasantly perverse, is it not?
So we all came back to the UK intent on telling anyone who would listen that, never mind the poor old £, this is a place that has to be visited. We know it is the other side of the world and it takes too long to get there but in everything else it is wonderfully, comfortingly close to home.
So here is a World Cup top 10, in no particular order, and I use 'World Cup' as loosely as the All Blacks' grip on the Webb Ellis trophy seemed to be for too many of those agonising 80 minutes on 23 October:
1. The Central Otago wine belt. We all know about Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc - can't get enough of it in my house - but if the colour of preference is red the Pinot Noir has to be the best there is. But following advice by keeping it for nine years to enjoy it in its full maturity? Impossible.
2. Bay of Islands. Can there be a more idyllic setting on the planet? (The Lions began there in 1993.) And don't be taken in by all that stuff about the Hellhole of the Pacific (Russell). If you have ever passed through Heathrow Airport, you will know a more precise meaning of 'hellhole'.
3. Eden Park on World Cup final day. I know, I know - Eden Park and its environs do not appeal to everyone, Kiwi or otherwise, but as with every previous final you just had to be there to understand the overwhelming extremity of the tension even without 24 years' hurt, and I'm not even a New Zealander.
4. Kiri Te Kanawa's concert in Auckland. The diva has these homecoming events so seldom that to be there in the Vector Arena on the eve of the final was a rare privilege, even allowing for the absence of synchronicity between Dame Kiri and the television screen behind her. There again, it's surely better always to watch the woman herself than the image.
5. Away from it all in Devonport. Yes, yes, I realise this is a humble commute for many. But for relief from Auckland's bustle and specifically the World Cup, what could be more agreeable than 10 minutes of perfect peace and then a leisurely stroll through the streets of Devonport? And then . . .
6. Mount Victoria. 'Mount' may give a slightly exaggerated impression of the modest climb out of Devonport, though the view on all sides is mountainous. If you stumble into the folk-music club in The Bunker on the way down, you will be welcome. 'Folkies do not like rugby,' the lady told us. There we were thinking it (rugby, not folk) was a national obsession.
7. Taieri Gorge railway. If we think we have it tough, a venture into the South Island interior is a poignant and useful exercise in trying to work out how the settlers 'won' the land. This stunning journey out of Dunedin demonstrates how what should have been insurmountable obstacles were actually surmountable by human muscle and ingenuity.
8. Arthur's Pass. On a similar theme, the Tranzalpine Express from Christchurch to Greymouth (and back again) is one of the railway wonders of the world. But this is also a phenomenal journey of twists and turns and steep gradients up and down the Pass by motor, if you prefer. Unforgettable either way.
9. Invercargill taken over by the Pumas. A timeless memory of the 2011 World Cup - when a Kiwi-Scottish town received a friendly invasion of Argentines who turned NZ's deep south into an extension of the Pampas, and painted Rugby Park in sky blue, for the game with Romania. The most joyous memory of the entire tournament.
10. Christchurch in Auckland. Never mind the World Cup, here was the true inspiration of the entire trip, our journalistic brothers and sisters from The Press newspaper proclaiming their city's intention to come back even stronger from their ghastly earthquake experience. It's already happening. Quite humbling.


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The Conference Board's consumer confidence index for June dropped sharply to 52.9, which is a horrible underperformance of expectations given that consensus had forecast a reading of 62.
It also disappoints bulls after three consecutive months of improvement previously.
To some degree a pullback was expected as the economy has been long forecast to slow as we enter the second half of 2010, but this shift in consumer sentiment has clearly been surprisingly severe.
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The Index now stands at 52.9 (1985=100), down from 62.7 in May. The Present Situation Index decreased to 25.5 from 29.8. The Expectations Index declined to 71.2 from 84.6 last month.
Says Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center: "Consumer confidence, which had posted three consecutive monthly gains and appeared to be gaining some traction, retreated sharply in June. Increasing uncertainty and apprehension about the future state of the economy and labor market, no doubt a result of the recent slowdown in job growth, are the primary reasons for the sharp reversal in confidence. Until the pace of job growth picks up, consumer confidence is not likely to pick up."
Consumers' short-term outlook, which had improved significantly last month, turned more pessimistic in June. Those anticipating an improvement in business conditions over the next six months decreased to 17.2 percent from 22.8 percent, while those expecting conditions will worsen rose to 14.9 percent from 11.9 percent.
Consumers were also much less optimistic about future job prospects. The percentage of consumers anticipating more jobs in the months ahead decreased to 16.0 percent from 20.2 percent, while those anticipating fewer jobs increased to 20.8 percent from 17.8 percent. The proportion of consumers anticipating an increase in their incomes declined to 10.6 percent from 11.4 percent.


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Ashley Reid has done a number of interviews and she went in on Chili…wow! If you didn't know, she is pissy at the way Peebles was portrayed in the TLC movie, which had record viewing numbers. She pops off about Chilli's sexual history and…promises a beat down if they meet.
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" …and I just want to clear up what I meant when I said on Twitter, 'Chilli I can't wait to see you honey,' what I meant by that was I can't wait to see you to beat your f**cking face into the concrete."
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kai229 Posts: 1Please help!!! My battery keeps going dead! Had battery replaced, continued to die. Had new battery checked, was told that the battery was fine. Used a gage, checked the fuses, the iod (ignition off draw fuse) was drawing off of the battery, when ignition was off! Thought that was the problem, so pulled the fuse. In the morning, put in fuse, battery was dead! Now it sounds as though battery is boiling! This is a brand new interstate battery! I am currently out of work with a back injury and need this fixed promptly and cheaply to get to my appointments! When the car is running, everything is fine, all systems work. Please advise!0
srs_49 Posts: 1,394You need to figure out which circuit (fuse) is drawing the excessive current. Once you have that narrowed down, you need to determine which module or load on that circuit is the culprit.
You can use an ammeter or an oscilloscope with a current probe to trace the current flow. You could also measure the voltage drop across each fuse in the fuse panel when the van is supposed to be off. This last measurement can be tricky because of the low (millivolts or less) voltages involved.0
jd495 Posts: 1Help please its cold out side.
I have a 1997 Chrysler town and country LXi
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My blower fan was making some noise awhile back and has now went out.
So i replaced the motor and the fan it self. Still don't work.
I replaced the Relay in the fuse box under the hood and still nothing.
I replaced the resistor under the hood on fire wall passenger side.Still don't work.
I'm out of ideas here, I keep getting told to test this or that but i haven't got a tester nor do i even know how to run one if i did.
Here a re a few other things going wrong with my van,
#1 My Air bag light is on and my cruise and horn don't work. I suspect the Lock Ring is shot.
#2 My car will start and then shut off 3 seconds later. And act like it out of gas. Gauges will read nothing.
#3 I'm driving and all the gauges will just shut off. i smack the dash and they pop back on.
#4. My door lock will unlock and lock back up on there own. i have to pull the battery cable at night so they don't unlock and somebody steals my stuff inside while i sleep.
I was told this stuff is because of the body control module is going bad.
Not sure what or were this is.
jondonehoo Posts: 1I have a 2006 T/C with the delux enterainment system. 6 disc DVD player, and 1st round of navigation, and such. The other day the entire system will not power up. Nothing on the flat screen, nothing on the display screen, no radio, no TV and nothing.
My family and I actually have to talk with one another now... (The iphones fix that sometimes) but any ideas on what is going on? Would love a simple fuse or relay fix.
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Hallo outinthewoods, I got same issue engine runs radio and blower goes on and off for 1 second, Mine 2006 Caravan ECM located in the front driver side wheel well, witch wire you cut it ??? there 4 plugs going to ECM all colored , green, white,brown, and black , black has yellow wire I cut it and wouldn"t start, green has bunch of mixed yellow wires like : yellow green stripe, orange , black etc. Help me out witch one to cut , cause car sitting for a week now no use.Any body has more suggestions I will listen, I don't know why they sell these crapy cars to population, just a shame.0
My brother changed the camshaft sensor on my 1997 van. it starts all the time now. he says the pressure on the sensor when you tighten it down is criticle. You have to have all the way down. This was two years ago. Hope you found a answerdvd4 said:
My vehicle is a 1996 Chrysler Town and Country LXI 3.8L with 85,000 miles. My problem started three weeks ago. I was driving down the road my engine shutdown without a sputter or a cough. I put the transmission in neutral and it cranked right back up again without any trouble. Two weeks later, after driving it everyday, the same thing happens again. Then, three days after that it stalled again and has not started since but it does cranks over. I have put a tester on the fuel ejectors and they indicate they are firing during the duration of the cranking cycle. Spark plugs have fuel on them after cranking. I have pulled the new spark plugs and grounded them and only get one brief spark at the beginning of the crank cycle. Fuel pressure at the fuel rail is 49psi. I have change the crankshaft sensor and put in a new coil distributor pack without any change in spark plugs. I have check fuses and swap identical relays for Auto Shutdown Relay, but still would not start. I checked codes by turning the ignition switch: "on-off-on-off-on and leave on" doing this in 5 seconds or less I get 12 and 55. 12 is for the battery being disconnected and 55 indicates end of check. I have a camshaft sensor but believe that is more related to fuel distribution and not spark plug firing, but I am not sure. If it also could affect the firing of my spark plugs please let me know. I have also fully charged my battery. My problem seems to be in the fact that my spark plugs only fires once briefly and I do not know why. I hope it is not the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) and if it is, why does it give me codes 12 and 55. I could would appreciate anyone assistance so I do not keep throwing money at parts I do not need.
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Have you found an answer? I am going to try and see if the ground is alright behind the inst cluster. At the wiring connection.itnoj said:
I have been having a similar problem with our 97 GC SPORT.
The instrument cluster will just go dead van continues to run okay it just has no readout speed,temp,rpm, etc. Will try your suggestion.
This has happened in the last couple days to my wifes car. (1997 caravan) I will try your suggestion.allendie said:
Gages sometimes act up or go dead, door locks operate themselves, in worst case car refuses to start and relays start clicking until battery finally dies (if you don't disconnect it to reset the computer)? My 1997 Caravan had this problem. Several forums discuss it, one had explicit instructions with pictures on how to fix. Remove plastic cowling from dash (Haynes manual useful). Unplug and remove gage cluster. Unscrew circuit board and flip over. Where wiring harness plugs into gage cluster, see if ground pin all the way at the end has a circular crack in the solder. If it does, resolder it. This seems to have cured my electrical problems for now.
I got the guages back buy hitting the side of the steering wheel LOL! Or the plastic over the guages LOL!knute65 said:
Have you found an answer? I am going to try and see if the ground is alright behind the inst cluster. At the wiring connection.itnoj said:
I have been having a similar problem with our 97 GC SPORT.
The instrument cluster will just go dead van continues to run okay it just has no readout speed,temp,rpm, etc. Will try your suggestion.


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ISTANBUL — Turkish protesters defied government calls to leave an Istanbul park on Saturday after more than two weeks of occupation, despite a promise by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to hold a vote on plans to redevelop the site.
Hundreds of people camped out in tents in the mud-soaked Gezi Park adjoining Taksim Square said they would keep their campaign going after the government failed to meet their demands, including for the release of detained demonstrators.
A police crackdown on peaceful campaigners in the park two weeks ago provoked an unprecedented wave of protest against Erdogan and his AK Party which has drawn in secularists, nationalists, professionals, trade unionists and students.
The unrest, in which police fired teargas and water cannon at stone-throwing protesters night after night in cities including Istanbul and Ankara, left four people dead and about 5,000 injured, according to the Turkish Medical Association.
"The government has ignored clear and rightful demands since the beginning of the resistance. They tried to divide, provoke and damage our legitimacy," the Taksim Solidarity Platform, an umbrella group for the protesters, said in a statement.
The group, whose representatives met Erdogan at his official residence in Ankara on Thursday night, said it had seen no serious signs of progress in holding those responsible for the police crackdown to account, nor in investigating the four deaths, one of which was of a policeman.
"We continue to guard the park," said Mucella Yapici, a spokeswoman for the group, when asked if the protesters were considering withdrawing.
Huseyin Celik, deputy chairman of the ruling AK Party, said police officers who had deliberately sprayed pepper gas in people's faces were being investigated, as were demonstrators who had damaged property.
"If they sprayed it into someone's eye on purpose, or fired it at their head … this would be wrong and illegal. All of this is being investigated," he said.
"Let's say a protestor is chanting slogans with a placard in his hands. Nothing will happen to him. But if he burns bank ATM machines … smashes shop windows … we will get these protesters," Celik added.
Erdogan told protesters at Thursday's talks he would put plans to build a replica Ottoman-era barracks in Gezi Park on hold until a court rules on them. It was a softer stance, after two weeks in which he called protesters "riff-raff" and said the plans would go ahead regardless.
"The fact that negotiation and dialogue channels are open is a sign of democratic maturity," President Abdullah Gul, who has struck a more conciliatory tone than Erdogan throughout the protests, said on his Twitter account on Saturday.
"I believe this process will have good results. From now on everybody should return home."
What began as a campaign by environmentalists to save one of central Istanbul's green spaces spiralled into the most serious show of defiance of Erdogan and his AK Party during his decade in power.
The ruling party, an association of centrists and conservative religious elements, plans rallies in Ankara later on Saturday and in Istanbul on Sunday.
Erdogan said on Friday they would mark the start of campaigning for local elections next year and were nothing to do with the Gezi Park protest, but they were widely seen as a show of strength in the face of the demonstrations.
Tens of thousands of AK Party supporters waved Turkish flags and banners with the party's lightbulb logo as they streamed into a square in Sincan on the outskirts of Ankara to hear the prime minister address the rally.
"I've come here for one reason, to support Tayyip. To support AKP. What is happening in Taksim is just shameful. It is being carried out by marginal groups, you've seen the PKK (Kurdish) flags up there," said Menderes Kan, 46.
Nurse Sumeyye Erdogmus, 22, said she had changed her views.
"At the beginning I felt sympathy towards those in Gezi Park and I thought our prime minister's tone was too harsh. But now the protests there have turned into something else. Nothing can justify behaviour like cursing the prime minister's mother and burning buses," she said.
"This is anarchy and today we are here to show that our prime minister is not alone."
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IRVINE – Irvine's fifth and newest high school doesn't have a name yet. In planning meetings, it is simply referred to as "High School #5," calling to mind the same kind of futuristic goals the district has for the new school: iPads for every student, projectors on multiple walls and enough bandwidth to power the devices of at least 2,400 students.
Scheduled to open in 2016, the Irvine district's new comprehensive high school will be south of Irvine Boulevard in the Heritage Fields development of the Orange County Great Park on roads that have yet to be built.
By the time the first students walk onto the new campus, district officials expect each of the four schools will have reached a peak enrollment of 2,600 students. So the new high school isn't just an upgrade. It's a necessity.
Schematic plans for High School #5 make every wall "an educational opportunity," construction director Lloyd Linton said.
In as many ways as possible, classrooms allow for flexibility. Gone are the days of crowded hallways with one way in and one way out, Linton said. Students should be able to move from group work to partner work in different rooms fluidly, without individual desks or the room's four corners getting in the way.
"Back when some of the other schools were built, they were designed in a traditional way, with 40 desks facing the same chalkboard. It was very rigid," said John Pehrson, the principal of University High School and one of the site planners for the new high school.
The plans showcase the district's emphasis on science, technology and the arts. A cluster of art-focused elective classrooms will sit adjacent to the 720-seat theater, which includes a dance room and smaller "black box" stage room. Classrooms will be specifically designated for electives such as digital media and television broadcast. Ceilings will be high and sound-proof.
Of the dozen classrooms and labs in the science building, most will have chemical hoods — even the physics and biology labs.
The school's proximity to the former El Toro Marine Base plays a part in the design as well. Elements of the structures will appear aeronautical. Some of the roofs will look like airplane wings, for instance, and a walkway through the center of the campus resembles a runway.
"We wanted to be respectful of the heritage of the area," Linton said. "We may not have a lot of money to build some kind of expensive example of that, but there are subtle things we can do that are inexpensive that allow you to recall the history of the area."
In many ways, the new school looks more like a college campus than a high school. It includes a student union, where planners imagine kids will gather after school to work on group projects, or have a club meeting. They hope to keep the student union open late during exams. The idea for this came from teachers who noticed their students would study at UC Irvine's library after the high school closed.
"We thought, 'why don't we create spaces like that on our campus?' Our students already seemed to want that," said Irvine School Board president Gavin Huntley-Fenner.
Students will also be encouraged to bring their own electronic devices such as a cellphone or tablet. For students who don't have devices, the district is looking into providing them. This way, every student can be assessed with applications that monitor progress, said Ian Hanigan, the district's spokesman. Applications allow teachers to see exactly where students are struggling on assessments and tell teachers in real time which problems need to be addressed.
If it sounds like the classroom is a bit heavy on the computer technology, it is. But that's part of the changing role of teachers in the digital age, Pehrson said.
"It used to be that the teacher was sole keeper of the knowledge, did all the studying, and had access to all the resources," he said. "Now, everyone has access to information on an instantaneous basis. So the role of the teacher is to teach how to navigate that information and sift out what's valid and what's not."
The district is not expecting to get much money from the state for this project, Linton said. There are no bond initiatives planned for school construction, and bond money from previous measures has already been spent.
Most funds will likely come from local Mello-Roos taxes, which are levied in the area to pay for improvements and services in developing communities. The land for the new school will be provided by FivePoint Communities, the Great Park developer.
The cost of construction will be determined in the next month, as architects will need to know which parts of the plan the district can afford and which parts it will have to do without. If the district comes up short of the cash needed to build the proposed plan, the master plan will be split up into phases, with the administration buildings and classrooms coming first.
Linton guessed that construction of the performing arts center, football stadium and pool would be put off if the district doesn't have enough money for the school. The board will ultimately decide that matter, though.
The district's final cost estimate takes into consideration a variety of factors. Construction officials will mainly have to know the final square footage before making the cost estimate. Construction for Northwood High School, which was built starting in 1996, cost about $39 million. High School #5 will cost significantly more because of rising construction costs. For example, lumber costs nearly twice as much as it did five years ago, Linton said.
The boundaries of the school district won't be determined until about two years before the school's opening. Boundaries for Northwood High School, Irvine High School and Woodbridge High School are scattered around the new school's location. Though the school will be close to Saddleback Valley School District, it will not exchange boundaries with that district, Hanigan said.
The plan already considers details as minute as the glare the center fielder will experience on the baseball field during a home game and the type of tree that will provide the best shade in the summer.
"We're building a small city for 2,400 of our most cherished assets," Linton said.
40: Acres the school will cover.
85: Number of classrooms.
720: Number of students in school theater.
2,600: Peak capacity of students.
200,000: Estimated square feet of the school.
Fall of 2014: The district must inform residents of the new school boundaries two years before the school opens.
Spring 2014: Construction begins on the new campus.
Summer of 2016: The district will assign a name to the school.
Fall of 2016: Doors open to students.
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SARASOTA, Fla. (March 29, 2012) – Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has been consistently recognized among the nation's best hospitals for cardiac care. Just last week, it was once again ranked among America's 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades, with 5-star ratings in heart care and more than 20 other specialties.
New York's Columbia University Medical Center has long been ranked among the best academic medical schools and cardiovascular teaching programs in the nation.
Today, officials from the two top heart programs announced a strategic collaboration to make heart care even better for those living in Southwest Florida.
"This collaboration brings together the best of both worlds – one of the nation's top academic medical centers and one of the nation's best community hospitals," said Ricardo Yaryura, MD, medical director of Sarasota Memorial's cardiology services.
"Sarasota Memorial has exceptionally trained and experienced cardiologists and cardiac surgeons," he added. "The collaborative training opportunities will allow us to further build our program and accelerate Sarasota Memorial's ability to pioneer new technology and provide local patients and physicians with the latest innovations and treatment options in cardiac care."
The affiliation with Columbia's Division of Cardiac Surgery, ranked sixth in the nation for cardiovascular care by U.S. News & World Report, gives Sarasota Memorial and its physicians 24/7 access to the cardiac surgery faculty and researchers at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons medical school for case consultation, as well as the latest teaching, research initiatives and clinical trials under way in the academic setting.
"We are proud to align ourselves with Sarasota Memorial, and share our academic strengths, training and research initiatives with an already top-notch cardiac team," said Craig Smith, MD, chairman of Columbia's Department of Surgery. "The collaboration will combine the strengths of both programs to ensure patients have access to state-of-the-art technology and research and receive outstanding cardiac care."
Benefits of the collaboration include:
• 24/7 access to Columbia's cardiac surgery faculty and researchers for case consultation.
• Accelerated access to new cardiac devices and therapies, including the latest minimally invasive and percutaneous treatment options.
• Participation in research initiatives and clinical trials under way in the academic setting. Sarasota Memorial physicians also will have the opportunity to receive Columbia faculty appointments.
• Greater visibility as the hospital recruits top-notch physicians and clinical leaders to the region.
• Coordinated access to Columbia Medical Center in New York for patients who need procedures not routinely performed at Sarasota Memorial, such as pediatric heart surgery and heart transplants.
The collaboration was announced as Sarasota Memorial pursues some of the latest advances in cardiac care. Later this year, the hospital will open a new hybrid OR-cardiac catheterization lab, thanks to a grant from Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Inc. The state-of-the-art procedure room will allow cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to perform complex procedures simultaneously, so heart patients who need more than one surgery don't have to go through multiple procedures and recovery periods. Columbia had the first dual-trained surgeon in both cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology, and has an established hybrid surgery program and protocols with outstanding clinical outcomes and low co-morbidities. Sarasota Memorial and its physicians will benefit from shared resources and one of the best training programs in the nation.
Similarly, the hospital is opening a new Valve Center in the coming months to offer the latest tests and treatments – including minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement, TAVR – for patients with severe aortic stenosis (narrowing of the heart valves). The procedure is used to replace high-risk patients' diseased aortic valve without heart bypass or open-heart surgery. Columbia's experience with its own well-established Valve Clinic can guide Sarasota Memorial's efforts as the local program evolves.
"This relationship presents wonderful learning opportunities for everyone involved," said Sarasota Memorial CEO Gwen MacKenzie. "With Columbia at our side, we've gained a study partner at the top of its class, with skills and experience that complement and augment our own – and most importantly, one that shares our commitment to bring the benefits of academic medicine to the people of our community."
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Miami Marlins defeat Colorado Rockies, finish road trip strong
They saved their best for the end. The very end.
After scoring a paltry nine runs in the first 66 innings of their road trip, the Marlins erupted for four in the final frame.
The result was a 5-3 victory against the Colorado Rockies that served to soften what had been a brutal road trip for the Marlins' hitters.
"Great job to salvage what looked like was going to be a really rough road trip," said manager Mike Redmond after the Marlins took three out of four games from the Rockies after losing three straight shutouts to start the trip in Milwaukee.
Following a 93-minute rain delay that halted play in the middle of the seventh inning of a scoreless tie, the Marlins scored first on a wild pitch in the eighth before going wild in the ninth.
Back-to-back doubles by Christian Yelich and Giancarlo Stanton made it 2-0, an RBI single by Logan Morrison added one more run and Donovan Solano belted a two-run homer off Wilton Lopez to break the game open.
Or so it seemed.
The Rockies rallied in the ninth off Kevin Slowey, scoring three runs — but only one earned due to errors by outfielders Jake Marisnick and Stanton — before Steve Cishek was summoned to shut the door for his career-high 20th save.
"All the years that I've come here, those are the kind of games that you play," Redmond said. "You score two or three or four, and give up two or three. That's what happens here."
But, until Thursday, it hadn't happened all series.
Runs were at a premium the first three games, and even with Thursday's ninth-inning outburst by both teams, they still combined for the fewest runs ever scored in a four-game series played in 19 seasons at Coors: 21. The previous record low was 24 runs.
The Marlins only scored 13 total runs on the trip, but received help at the end from Solano, who returned to the starting lineup in Colorado as second baseman Derek Dietrich was being demoted to the minors. Solano went 6 for 16 in the four games with a double, a home run and three RBI.
"He was a big spark in this series," Redmond said.
Said Solano: "I feel like I was struggling a little bit with my timing, so when you have a lot of at-bats, you can make the adjustment."
Solano hit the first pitch he saw from Lopez into the left-field bleachers.
"I saw with the guy [Lucas] in front of me, he was throwing sinker, sinker, sinker," Solano said of Lopez. "So I waited for that pitch. I got a good swing on it, and that's it."
Nathan Eovaldi gave the Marlins yet another strong outing from one of their starters, delivering six scoreless innings before the rains came. While the lineup struggled throughout the road trip, the pitching for the Marlins was outstanding.
In the seven games in two of the majors' most hitter-friendly ballparks, the Marlins' starters gave up only 13 runs in 42 innings, a 2.78 ERA. In the four games played at Coors, the starters gave up only five earned runs in 26 innings (1.73).
"I was pleased with the way I threw, especially bouncing back after that last start in Milwaukee," said Eovaldi, who turned in the only clunker on the trip by a Marlins starter when he coughed up six runs in only four innings against the Brewers.
The bullpen — Slowey's rocky ninth inning excluded — was razor sharp during the trip, allowing only three earned runs in 21 total innings.
Cishek has now converted 15 consecutive save opportunities. By recording his 20th on Thursday, he eclipsed his previous best mark of 19 saves, which he accomplished last season.
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Africa's World Cup Teams
Africa carried all the soccer drama over the weekend. Cote d'Ivoire subdued World Cup favorites Cameroon when the Indomitable Lions missed a last minute penalty and drew 1-1 with Egypt allowing the Ivorians to finish at the top of Group Three.
FIVE African teams booked their places in the 2006 World Cup finals after coming out tops in the final group World Cup qualifiers played over the weekend. Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Tunisia all sailed through in their qualifying campaign joining more than 20 other world teams that will battle it out in Germany next year.
Tunisia won a vital point when the team which twice trailed Morocco at home fought back and clawed back to draw 2-2 to win the African zone Group Five.
Morocco needed a win to qualify secure a place in the 2006 world football showcase. But the Moroccans failed and this allowed for the Tunisia to make its third successive appearance at the World Cup.
Africa carried all the soccer drama over the weekend. Cote d'Ivoire subdued World Cup favorites Cameroon when the Indomitable Lions missed a last minute penalty and drew 1-1 with Egypt allowing the Ivorians to finish at the top of Group Three. The Ivorians beat the Sudanese 3-1 on their home turf securing them the vital points that parachuted them to the top spot.
Togo came from behind to beat Congo 3-2 away in Brazzaville and finish two points clear of Senegal in Group One. Senegal beat Mali 3-0 while Ghana's 4-0 drubbing of Cape Verde Islands propelled them to the top of Group Two effectively giving them a slot in Germany.
Angola won 1-0 away in Rwanda to finish top of Group Four ahead of the Super Eagles of Nigeria who despite their 5-1 massacre of Zimbabwe in Abuja crushed out of the 2006 World Cup race. There are four first timers qualifying for the World Cup–Togo, Angola, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.
Wild celebrations erupted in Angola as the country, better known for a more than two-and-half decade bruising civil war which killed more than one million people, basked in the glory of having made it for the first time in its history to the world's biggest soccer stage. Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos described the victory as "a moment of huge emotion" and "the realization of part of our dream." Angola's ruling party the MPLA gave the squad US$150 000 as an incentive for the game against Rwanda.
Togo president Faure Gnassingbe declared Monday (10 October) as a "paid holiday across the country" to celebrate the country's qualification to the World Cup soccer finals.
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This new play, co-commissioned by Barnard and downtown theatre company New Georges, presents an original, contemporary riff on Hamlet. The play is directed by Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Alice Reagan, features thesis performer India Choquette, and is stage managed by thesis student Amelia Lembeck. There will be a reception following the Thursday night performance and a post-show discussion following the Friday night performance.
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On your receipt of the E.O. Wilson Naturalist Award in June you commented that E.O. Wilson has always encouraged you to stay the course as a real naturalist. What defines a real naturalist in your view?
Travis: In my view a real naturalist is someone who has studied nature, pays close attention to nature in his or her work, and uses that knowledge of nature as a guide to identifying and answering interesting questions. For example, a real naturalist is someone who understands the role of different kinds of soil on plant distribution, and that you can actually see this for yourself by walking around and looking at where certain plants grow. A real naturalist is someone who notices clear patterns in the association of certain insects with certain plants, or that you can learn to identify plants from the structures of their flowers. A real naturalist is someone who feels at home wandering around in the woods, or in the marsh or grasslands just watching—watching birds forage, watching insect flight patterns, watching patterns of phenology in plants over time. A real naturalist is someone who is really engaged with the processes and observations of nature and who notices things and raises questions about what they see.
Source: Florida State University.
You studied biology as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania. What prompted you to choose biology as a major?
Travis: The honest answer is that it seemed like fun! I started college without much inclination as to what I wanted to study. I began my freshman year thinking maybe I'd major in English because I liked reading novels and plays and I liked to write, or maybe I'd major in history because I liked to read about history, or maybe I'd major in something in science because it seemed like a lot of fun. In my very first semester I took a course from Bob Ricklefs called Biology 101: Introduction to Environmental Biology. At that time, the University of Pennsylvania Biology Department had a four-semester introductory sequence in place of the typical Bio I and Bio II two-semester sequence. The first semester was environmental—which meant that it encompassed ecology, evolution and behavior, the second was organismal, the third was molecular and cell, and the fourth was developmental. So I took the course because ecology and evolution seemed like an interesting topic and biology was my favorite science course that I took in high school. By the end of that semester I was all but hooked; it was a great, great course. I just enjoyed every minute of it; I enjoyed the way Bob taught you to think about science and biology, and from that point on I was a biology major.
And then, later, what prompted you to study in Trinidad?
Travis: The work I've been doing there in the past few years has really been the outcome of my 37-year friendship with David Reznik. David came to the University of Pennsylvania as a first year graduate student to study with Bob Ricklefs in the same year I was a senior undergraduate. We took a course in field ecology together which was a really interesting course taught by three faculty members and in which we were in the field all the time. I'm not sure what we accomplished in terms of projects and academic work, but we sure as heck had a lot of fun and David and I became friends. So when he began his dissertation work in Trinidad I followed his work and we exchanged ideas, corresponded, visited with each other, and even reviewed each other's papers and grant proposals. We had a close association over a very long time and, when the FIBR (Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research) Program was announced, David approached me and said "I've been trying to get you to work with me in Trinidad for years and here's an opportunity to work on something you've thought about for a long time, which is the role of evolutionary and genetic processes on ecological issues. Do you want to finally get involved?" I jumped at the opportunity and that's how it all got started.
What do you feel are the most important lessons for biologists that have emerged from your studies of guppies and their effects on ecosystems?
Travis: Let me make sure the credit goes to David Reznik for working on the system for 35 years. And John Endler before him and so many others. I'm a late-comer to this system, but a lot of my own work has been in other kinds of systems with similar questions. One of the major lessons from all of this work is that, in many cases, ecological and evolutionary processes unfold on the same timescale. The early ecological geneticists like E.B. Ford, Sir Ronald Fisher, and David Pimentel turned out to be focused on a really important point. Ford argued in Britain in the 1930s that numerical dynamics of populations were intimately entwined with the genetic dynamics on the same timescale. That is to say, as the numbers fluctuated on a scale you could measure, generation to generation, so would allele frequencies, and a process of evolution would unfold in front of you as dynamics unfolded.
The real demonstration of this was in Fisher and Ford's 1947 paper on Panaxia dominula where they actually showed this was true. Now that particular paper had the wrong explanation for what was driving the genetic dynamics, but they showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that genes fluctuate in frequencies and turn over in the same timescale as does the number of individuals. From Ford's point of view this meant that evolution could be studied experimentally in the here and now. But if you turn it on its head and say that, if evolution can be studied, that also means that ecological processes can be influenced by evolutionary ones on the same timescale, that gives you a different insight into the role of evolution in ecology. If there is one thing I hope I've contributed toward advancing the field of natural history over all these years it's contributing to that particular insight.
What is your assessment of the current state of natural history research, both in the US and around the world—is it healthy?
Travis: It's very healthy but it's healthy in a funny kind of way. There's a lot of great natural history but it doesn't get the exposure in scientific circles that it perhaps deserves or that it ought to. And I say that because you can certainly see lots of great natural history being done and a lot of people having their research informed by insights from natural history, but most scientific journals are publishing papers that are hypothesis-driven tests of theory or hypothesis-driven planned observations motivated by a concept or idea. They're not publishing what people consider classic natural history, like descriptions of flowering phenology or narratives of animal behavior. But natural history is alive and well because you can see an appreciation for its motivating the testable hypotheses in the work of many people.
If you look at all of John Avise's work on phylogeography and genetic population structure, you ought to be astounded by how much he actually discovered, by how many interesting patterns of genes he has documented, and the brilliance of much of what he has articulated as the reasons for those patterns. John is a superb natural historian. I once had a graduate student say something to me along the lines of, "Gosh, how does John Avise do it? How does he come up with these ideas? Everything he touches turns to gold!" I said, "You think this happens by chance? You think he's guessing? John Avise is a really good naturalist and he draws on that knowledge and intuition for his inspiration." Beneath the surface of John's papers you can see really beautiful natural history because you don't get those ideas and hypotheses without it. So natural history is alive and well in that sense. There are many people who lament the absence of natural history in frontline journals like Evolution and Ecology but I contend it's actually there motivating a lot of the good work that's being done; it's lurking, if you will, just below the surface, because a lot of the people who repeatedly do the best work are really very good naturalists.
Looking to the future, what are the most important questions you'd like to see natural history researchers address over the next twenty years or so?
Travis: I think one of the most important questions that's both interesting in a scientific sense and important in a practical sense is the spatial scale in which ecosystem processes are connected and the long timescale of influence. For example, if we want to understand the shrimp numbers, scallop numbers, and oyster numbers in the Apalachicola Estuary in north Florida, we have to understand water flow out of the Appalachian Mountains and the water drawn by the city of Atlanta for its citizens to use, because there is a direct and demonstrable statistical connection between water flow in northern Georgia and productivity of the estuary many hundred miles to the south.
A good natural historian knows that water has to go someplace and that if it starts up in northern Georgia and flows all the way down to the Gulf, then it's carrying things with it. Ideally, it carries nutrients (which it does in this case) and not pollution. Anyway, those long range connections are very important for us to understand because not only do they connect ecosystems, they connect human actions and decisions in one place with consequences elsewhere. We have water wars in which the states of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia have fought over the water use patterns in the Appalachicola River system. The contention that flow is important for the productivity of the estuary is the sort of thing that, were it not backed up with solid scientific data, would have lawyers arguing it ad nauseum. So I think one of the biggest challenges for natural historians is to expand their scope of thinking from the local woods, the local ponds and lakes, the local rivers, to think broadly on a bigger scale and consider the natural history of extended systems that are connected over long distances, and also how we as a species are going to co-exist with these extensive ecosystems into which we are embedded.
What advice would you give to students who might be interested in pursuing a career in natural history?
Travis: : I think one of challenges is to find clever ways to give students good training in natural history. For twenty years I taught a course in biology of the lower vertebrates - a combination ichthyology and herpetology class—and a lot of our time was spent in the field doing natural history. I told the students that we'd organize our field work around learning which fish occur in which kinds of waters and which herps could be found where. But once you have them outside, you can show them all kinds of stuff. You can say, "Why do you think the water here is so acidic? What do you think about this litter? Why don't you lick this leaf here and see what it tastes like…it's bitter isn't it? Yeah, let's talk about decomposition of leaves and tannic acid in the water." You begin to teach students natural history by going out in the field with them and teaching them to observe and ask questions about what they see and perceive. So, one thing we should do as teachers of biology is to find ways to teach students good natural history by taking them out in the field and also by making sure we offer field courses that are not just explorations in quantitative exercises.
The introduction to tropical ecology course, offered by the Organization for Tropical Studies, that many of us took as graduate students is an excellent model for this. The class would show up at a particular location like the La Selva Rainforest Station and you'd have three days of all-day hikes where the instructor would just teach you the names of things and show you the lay of the land. Then you'd do a couple of projects over the next two or three days, but there was always a significant amount of natural history. We, as instructors, as faculty members in universities and colleges, need to teach natural history more and emphasize it more. At the same time, students should take every opportunity to learn it. When I was a graduate student one of the things I tried to do was to be a field helper for any of my fellow graduate students that would put up with me. I bagged flowers, dug grass tillers, electrofished for catfish, rolled logs for salamanders, trapped mice; I did pretty much everything one of my fellow graduate students was doing just so I could get the exposure and experience and learn from them. And that's what students need to do. You can learn a lot by just exposing yourself to natural history and, of course, once your curiosity gets whetted by things you observe or see, that motivates you to read a little more, go out a little more, and to keep doing it, and the more you do the better you get at it.
Should students be making a deliberate effort to acquaint themselves with newer biological techniques that we don't ordinarily think of as being common in the field of natural history?
Travis: They must. Natural history is the underpinning of all of our questions in ecology, evolution and behavior, but it's not a sufficient route to answer those questions. The first paper I ever published was on downy woodpeckers foraging randomly in summers but very selectively in winters on trees with rough, furrowed bark. And it's one of those things I just sort of noticed; I liked watching birds and said, "Boy, you know, every time I see them on winter days they're just on certain types of trees. I wonder if that would actually be true if I were to quantify my observations." So the question was motivated by the observation. Now in order to get the answer, I actually devised my own rather crude method for measuring how furrowed the bark was so that there would be an objective, repeatable measure of "furrowedness" and not a subjective claim based on what I thought I was seeing. To do this required me to understand what the trees looked like, decipher what "furrowedness" actually implied in terms of a measurement, as well as some basic statistics that would allow me to test the idea objectively. So natural history was the foundation of the question I was interested in, but knowing the natural history wasn't enough to get the answers in a scientific sense. You have to do experimentation, you have to measure some things objectively that can be very subtle, and you have to be able to keep up with the latest techniques of doing so because those techniques help you answer age-old questions.
Nothing illustrates this better than the development of sequencing technology in genetics and the development of computational power over the last 25 years. We can solve problems we couldn't solve before, but those have raised questions we didn't even think to ask before. So, yes, I think students need to familiarize themselves with newer biological techniques in order to obtain answers to questions that emerge from their observations in natural history.


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How do i multi tank in heroics? In normal its fine but in heroics I find I can never get enough threat on my second target with clap/cleave to keep him off the healer, where am I going wrong?
The main thing that has to happen here is that the rest of the group needs to understand that you will be splitting your threat between mobs, so they cannot just go crazy as if you were tanking a single mob. DPS should hold off for a few seconds after the pull to allow you to generate some initial aggro on both mobs.
What I do is this, shoot your SECONDARY mob first, to just give you a little extra on your off mob. Switch to the PRIMARY target as they are coming to you. Open up with a Shield Slam on your Primary, follow it up with a TClap and Cleave. Swap to your SECONDARY target to pop a Devastate, then back to your PRIMARY mob to work your threat rotation. At that point, DPS should be able to engage without much issue.
Just continue to use Cleave and swap to your Secondary target every few seconds to apply another Devastate. Don't forget to keep up TClap and Demo Shout. You can also use Concussion Blow on your off target, as well as Disarm if the incoming damage is too high.
If I'm tanking more than 2, then I do the same except I just cycle through the added mob to Devastate.
Again, the #1 rule here is the DPS remembering that you will be splitting your threat, and they need to adjust accordingly.
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Demki wrote:MathDoofus wrote:Meteoric wrote:Yes! That is a valid argument, and a perfect example of proof by induction. You have the base step, the induction step, and you correctly justify your conclusion using known properties of even and odd numbers.
But my argument still contains an assumption that I'd need to build out (I think), which is that every positive integer is either cleanly divisible by two or not. I'm not sure how I'd deal with in a proof by induction.
So instead of using the definitions:
"Even" - a number cleanly divisible by 2
"Odd" - a number not divisible by 2
Use the definitions:
"Even" - a number cleanly divisible by 2
"Odd" - a number one greater than a number cleanly divisible by 2
This way you are tasked to prove that every integer that isn't even is odd.
The steps are basically the same as what you said earlier, just with a bit more justification as to why "an odd number + 1 is even"
I mean, clearly if we replace the 2s in these definitions with a 3, then the first set of definition still cover every integer, yet the second set doesn't (every integer of the form 3n+2 is missing)
And this is why it is important to state your definitions clearly.
Gotcha - thinking through this, however, I guess I haven't accounted for the case of 1, which is odd (I think) but doesn't get swept into the definition of "a number greater than a number cleanly divisible by 2," unless we count 0 as a number (but it's not a positive integer).


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from what i can tell, the only top-15 schools that require a dean's certification are Stanford and Cornell. (this is for the current cycle, deadlines in early 2009).


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Do I Look Illegal? Undocumented Latino/a Students and the Challenges of Life in the Shadows
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) announced the end of season awards for softball at the pre-tournament banquet Friday evening and four members of the Georgia College softball team (34-14) were given accolades. Junior Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.) and senior Dani Gallucci (Orlando, Fla.) were named All-PBC First Team while freshman Abi LeRoy (Dublin, Ga.) was named to the second team. Head coach Jamie Grodecki rounded out the Bobcat awards as she was named PBC Coach of the Year.
Grodecki becomes the third coach in Georgia College history to be named Coach of the Year, with now assistant athletic director Ginger Chaffinch earning the award in 2006 and Windy Thees earning the award in 2003. Grodecki helmed a Bobcat squad that has improved by 11 wins overall and seven in PBC play.
Okvist earns All-PBC honors for the third year, being named second team her freshman year and first team during her sophomore campaign. She leads the PBC in stolen bases with 40. She is seventh in the conference with 35 runs scored and also provided stellar defense in centerfield all season. Okvist is just the third Bobcat to earn three All-PBC awards, following Mandy Chandler and Haley Burnett.
Gallucci was named Preseason All-PBC and followed through on the placement. She ranks eighth with 13 wins, sixth in ERA with 1.53 and 10th in batting average against with .221.
LeRoy has been a standout for the team as a freshman. She was one of two Bobcats to start every game this year, hitting in the No. 3 spot in the lineup every time the Bobcats took the field as well. She ranks in the top-20 for runs, hits, RBI, batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. LeRoy also ranks in the top-30 for numerous pitching categories.
All-time GC softball has put 38 student-athletes on the All-PBC teams in softball. Okvist now makes it six years in a row with the Bobcats owning one of the outfield spots.
During Grodecki's three seasons, the Bobcats have posted nine All-PBC honorees.
The No. 2-seed Bobcats start the PBC tournament tomorrow, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. against No. 7-seed Francis Marion University.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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In children, however, problems sleeping can be a little more perplexing. After all, kids don't need to worry about bills or bosses breathing down their neck. But that doesn't mean kids can't experience trouble sleeping. Unfortunately, if a child is struggling to sleep, it could be indicative of any of the following sleeping disorders.
Night terrors: Night terrors typically occur in children between the ages of 3 to 12. Akin to nightmares, night terrors are characterized by periods of intense crying and fear, with an average episode lasting 1 to 2 minutes (though an episode can continue for up to 30 minutes). Unlike nightmares, night terrors are not recalled by the child the next day. In addition, while nightmares occur during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, night terrors occur during non-REM sleep, typically 90 minutes after a child has fallen asleep.
Night terrors can be very disruptive and frightening for families, as a child will appear to be genuinely terrified even though they are asleep. Episodes are frequent and recurring, and are often accompanied by an elevated heart rate, an increased breathing rate, and heavy sweating. While there is no uniform cause of night terrors, stressful life events, fever, trouble sleeping, and certain medications that affect the nervous system might be causes.
Somnambulism: Commonly referred to as "sleepwalking" somnambulism occurs when a child sits up in bed with their eyes open, but in reality is not seeing anything. Children can remain in bed during an episode, or get up and walk around. In some cases, children might even leave the house. Episodes are more common in male school-aged children.
Parents can tell if their child is awake or sleepwalking by several indicators. Glassy eyes that are more fixated than attentive is one symptom. Children who walk around the house will have a blank stare in their eyes as opposed to their eyes moving around like they normally would when walking. If parents talk to a child during an episode, their responses, if they respond at all, will be slow and not necessarily coherent. In addition, if a child is not woken up during an episode but simply returns to sleep, they likely won't recall the episode the next morning.
Nocturnal Enuresis: Typically a normal part of bladder control development, nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting) is common among children ages 4 and under. Primary nocturnal enuresis, however, is bedwetting that occurs in children over the age of 5 or 6. In such cases, children cannot consistently stay dry at night, and this could be the result of several factors.
Since bedwetting is not an intentional act, it might be due to delayed growth and development, low levels of ADH (antidiuretic hormone), social or psychological factors, or simply a small bladder capacity. In some cases, children sleep so soundly they simply don't wake up when they need to relieve themselves.
Insomnia: This disorder is classified as trouble falling to sleep or maintaining sleep. Stress and depression are two underlying causes of insomnia in children. Oftentimes poor sleep habits, such as inconsistent sleep schedules, falling asleep outside of the bed and others can worsen insomnia.
Ways to combat long-term insomnia include:
· Avoiding caffeine, in any form, four to six hours before bedtime (chocolate, colas, tea).
· Avoiding a heavy meal in the evening. On the other hand, a light snack before bedtime may be sleep-inducing.
· Avoiding naps. If your child must take a daytime nap, it should be for less than an hour and should be completed before 3 p.m.
· Going to bed only when sleepy.
· Not using the bed or bedroom for non-sleeping activities, such as eating, talking on phone, homework, etc. Bed/bedroom should be used for sleeping purposes only.
Sleeping disorders are never intentional, as no child wants to have trouble sleeping. Punishment or shaming children will not help the problem, and could very well make it worse. Instead, consult your child's physician if you suspect your child has a sleeping disorder.
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Week of March 12
The most arresting development this week will be a series of planetary angles that may trigger events. The first of these is the angle of the Sun to retrograding Jupiter. This harmonious connection may provide a sense of optimism and expansion. Jupiter represents largesse and in that capacity it enables the ability for us to think big. Sometimes this amplification can go too far and we reach beyond our limits buffeted by a mood of endless possibilities. Of course the inverse can swing into place as well whereby topics that are out in the open tend to take on a greater significance under this influence. This alignment bears noting especially since the possibility of such an influence is magnified by the close proximity of Venus and Mercury both together in the middle degrees of Aries. When viewed together these two planets can spark an initiatory event that relates to art or harmony in some manner. When the highly imaginary, Mercury meets up with the aesthetic of Venus, in the trailblazing sign of Aries we might see new attempts at self expression come to the surface.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your ruling planet, Mars will likely be showing you its influence in your world. As the fiery planet prepares to enter into your career sector you may be anxiously looking to up your game in this area. Responsible decisions regarding work are favored. You may feel as if you have finally arrived.
TAURUS (April 2 -May 20): You may find that you are especially convincing this week. This optimistic and expansive theme may reveal itself while you are discussing plans for your job. With that in mind you would be wise to wield that influence to your greater good. Plans or ideas that you wish to put forth may be well received.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Your influence in group matters may be highlighted, especially if your work involves large organizations. Your natural inclination to speak up is favored and you might find that your suggestions are taken quite seriously. If you see a window of opportunity opening you might want to maximize the potential and speak your mind.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): If you are frustrated by your position at work, you might do well to bring that subject up this week. With such potential in your career you might be effective in asking for and getting what you want. This particular motive may be quite obvious to you and you may be singularly driven to that end.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may be in the midst of a creative burst that extends into your primary residence and family. Ideas may be coming rapidly and you might be researching options that are unique and new to you. You may feel a tangible electricity regarding this and eager to find the right approach.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may be quite effective when it comes to negotiating with large institutions this week. Working towards an agreement that benefits your home and family such as a mortgage or other financial arrangement may be likely. You may find that you are supported in that effort by your domestic partner and the potential is great.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This may be a excellent week to discuss financial matters with your significant other. If you have been avoiding the topic or simply uncertain of the result you may find that this type of conversation goes well under these skies. As long as you are considerate of all involved you may find the conversation easy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may find that you are in the mood to help others this week. Being of service to others is always a rewarding experience and you may be well positioned to see that come to fruition this week. This is also an expansive and optimistic time for you so your efforts may be inspiring.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Surprises may be quite common this week especially if you are pursuing a creative endeavor. Children may figure prominently in this week and you may be motivated to address and exchange ideas with them. They may be the source of your inspiration. Be mindful of money limitations. Frugality has its merits.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may be very motivated to finish a project this week. An unexpected event or announcement from the family could be the source of your motivation. A light and easy time may await as you work your way through family and domestic conversations. Group interactions prove to be expansive and optimistic.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Business partners may be the source of your inspiration this week as discussions swirl around documentation, contracts, and possible benefits to all. You may be closing in on a final game plan and the result may simply rest with an unusual discovery. Focus on your career for the nest angle. Compromise.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): As the Sun moves slowly out of Pisces you may be feeling the glow in learning new and exciting skills brought about by travel and training. Turn towards business associates to ground your views and to garner solid advice that bears a stamp of responsibility. Financial surprises are likely. Change is underway.
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