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The pictures were taken during my colleague's birthday celebration. For the whole nite, I was busy juggling with sashimi and photo shooting. For more food pix and description, kindly refer to Simon's review.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
$ 33 Sashimi Buffet + Crazy Moments @ Hanabi.
The pictures were taken during my colleague's birthday celebration. For the whole nite, I was busy juggling with sashimi and photo shooting. For more food pix and description, kindly refer to Simon's review.
20 comments:
- Jason said...
Wah, so happening and sashimi overload. Poor WMW have to take sashimi if she go down to visit you. Kekekeke....
- June 12, 2008 12:07 AM
- Lyrical Lemongrass said...
I see the force is strong in the Singapore chapter of the JFKA. :-P
- June 12, 2008 12:53 AM
- mel said...
i heart!
- June 12, 2008 3:56 AM
- "Joe" who is constantly craving said...
hahaha true japanese cuisine fanatic..i prob eat till they tell me they are out of sashimi too!
- June 12, 2008 8:21 AM
- Kok said...
xiu long bao,
This is a real good deal!!
- June 12, 2008 10:21 AM
- Nic (KHKL) said...
i've just finished editing my pics and remembered that i forgot to send you the pics...*horrors*!
so coincidental lar...after editing, i guess no surprise on what i'm gonna post next lar...haha!
- June 12, 2008 10:23 AM
- Simon Seow said...
Wah, a bit boring wor for me. If every time I come down and you bring me to Hanabi.
- June 12, 2008 2:50 PM
- Alex said...
This post is sending my appetite to a Jap buffet this weekend! :)
- June 12, 2008 5:05 PM
- kampungboycitygal said...
me me me ! next visit u bring me there ok?
- June 12, 2008 8:41 PM
Ikoi at Miramar hotel is priced the same and is much much better imho.
See here for pics http://charheimee.blogspot.com/2008/03/ikoi-japanese-restaurant.html
- June 12, 2008 10:06 PM
- Xiu Long Bao said...
lol...tai kar jer has the privilege of going for cooked food when she comes over. Won't torture her with sashimi :p
President LL:
Oh yes, it is growing strong. Thx to the abundance of good jap food over here.
u can have the tako. Me heart sake :)
High 5! The chef at the sashimi counter was looking at us as if we are going to finish up all his sashimi.
yep it is, if not i wldn't have revisited so many times!
Uncle, told you to take ur medicine on time d. Anyway, ur collage looks good.
oklor, u r exempted for the next trip.
Try rakuzen @ chulan square. They serve ala carte buffet every weekend.
No prob. Meeting venue forcefully fixed at Hanabi already :p
thx for the info :)
- June 15, 2008 2:07 PM
- Jackson said...
Looks like u guys having so much fun there!!!
- June 15, 2008 7:44 PM
- Shell (貝殼) said...
reasonable price and foods all look nice & fresh^^
- June 16, 2008 12:23 AM
- Jean said...
WOw..$33 only!!!!!
Sashimi..I love Sashimi too!!
Will include this in my "must visit place" when I have chance to go over Singapore!
- June 16, 2008 4:50 PM
- Tummythoz said...
Haha what a sashimi monster you are!
- June 16, 2008 5:28 PM
- wmw said...
Thanks for not forcing me to eat sashimi! When you said forcefully, just what did you do???
- June 20, 2008 12:48 AM
- Xiu Long Bao said...
We were the loudest bunch in the restaurant :)
yeah, the pricing is very reasonable. No complaints bout the quality of the food for $33 :)
yeap, a good place to visit for bottomless supply of sashimi :)
Aiks...have to admit that. What to do...they are too luscious not to have.
I'll finish up the sashimi for u lah...haha...Forcefully? Coerce the bunch to go Hanabi lor :p
- June 22, 2008 1:33 AM
- Big Boys Oven said...
true what jason said, overload wih sashimi wow! i will definite agree to drown with those sashimi!
- June 22, 2008 10:59 PM
That restaurant should pay you some remuneration. You seem like a big fans of Japanese food.
- June 23, 2008 11:44 PM
- Julian Si said...
That shot with the mushroom skewers for eyes made me laugh :-)
Great to see you have kept on Bloggin in the land down under!
Cheers :-)
ps - Next time u are back, do try out Courtyard Gdn, slurp!
- July 28, 2008 10:42 PM


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KERRVILLE, Texas -- The legend of Johnny Football begins in the Texas Hill Country, Kerrville to be exact, where "Manziel Mania" got it's start.
Stuart Cunyus writes and shoots photos for the Hill Country Community Journal, and he'll never forget the first time he saw Manziel take the field.
"I photograph games. I watch games through the lens. His first game out here as a freshman I kept putting the camera down. He kept amazing me with the things he was doing. You forget to shoot because you're like, "Oh my gosh, this guy's from another world."
The numbers Manziel put up from the time he began his varsity career as a sophomore to the time he graduated are simply amazing.
160 combined touchdowns, 77 his senior season alone, over 11,000 yards, and he twice led the Antlers to the state semifinals.
Cunyus said, "I get a kick out of the sportscaster saying he had six touchdowns the other day. We really never expected anything less from him, he got us so spoiled. Six, seven, he ran for eight touchdowns once against Clemens here. He's just an amazing athlete. The best I've ever seen."
Against SMU Manziel broke two Aggie freshman records and tied another.
Judge Steve Ables has been the public address announcer at Antler Stadium for 23 years, and he was not a bit surprised by what he saw Johnny do in Dallas.
"We were convinced he was going to do the same thing at A&M he did at Tivy, which was electrify people. You had people who would go to Tivy games that were 75, 80 years old and they'd go just to see Johnny because of his ability to run, pass, leap. Just spectacular in high school, but we were all convinced he was going to do the same thing at A&M."
Mark Smith was Manziel's coach at Tivy and now is the head coach at Converse Judson.
He knew Johnny was a fantastic athlete when he and his family moved to Kerrville as an 8th grader, now he's proud of how much better Manzeil has become as a quarterback.
"I think that's where I saw him grow the most between his junior and senior year. His junior year he made a lot of plays with his feet. His senior year he learned to just have patience, let things happen, and he made a lot more plays with his arm. I think he did a lot of that in a process to grow but also to show that he could throw the football. Everybody knew he could run it, but could he throw it? He's got a very live arm so I'm seeing some of the same things with him now."
In Aggieland "Manziel Madness" has spawned the nickname "Johnny Football."
The story would be better if Manziel had been Johnny Football while building his legend in high school, but the truth is the nickname is an Aggie invention.
"The reason we didn't call him Johnny Football was because he was an incredible baseball player," said Ables. "He could have played basketball if he wanted to play basketball, and you ought to see him hit a golf ball. If you see him hit a golf ball he can just knock it off the planet."
Smith seems to like the nickname. "I hear they call him Johnny Football now in Aggieland, and it's probably a pretty good moniker. The kid's a competitor. The thing when you look at Johnny, I think the biggest thing I see, is he's a competitor. He's a leader. He wants to win and he makes people around him better, I think. It doesn't mean he doesn't fall and doesn't fail from time to time, nobody's perfect, but he holds himself accountable and he'll hold his teammates accountable and, to me, that's what leadership is."

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Gilead Alberta ULC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD), today announced that the company has entered an agreement with Eco Industrial Business Park Inc. to purchase and develop 10 acres of land at 1250 Hayter Road, in North East Edmonton. The transaction is anticipated to close in January 2013.
The agreement will allow for construction of a new three-storey, 45,000-square-foot research and development facility across the street from Gilead's existing facilities in Edmonton. The building will include laboratory and office space for more than 80 scientists involved in process chemistry and analytical development of new drug substances. Gilead currently employs more than 220 staff in Edmonton and recently began the hiring process for 50 new scientists.
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Gilead must complete a due diligence review of the property. Gilead or Eco may terminate the purchase agreement at any time during this diligence review period. Pending close of the transaction, The Graham Group will manage the development of the 10-acre site and lead construction of the new building, which will be designed by Manasc Isaac Architects Ltd. Construction is anticipated to begin in early 2013.
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Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including risks related to Gilead's ability to close the transaction, including as a result of potential termination of the purchase agreement, and commence construction in the currently contemplated time frame. These risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks are described in detail in Gilead's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to Gilead, and Gilead assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
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Last night was the mark of a completion of a goal. I submitted my last paper for class, and thus went to bed an MBA graduate. This morning, I woke up to a new beginning and a new challenge. With school a fresh 8 hours in my past, I had already put it off to a distance. I had a fresh goal. I awoke to a writing focus and desire to plan the completion of this new goal. That's how it is with writing.
From the time I set foot on floor, my mind began to think about how to lay out the new project and what I need to know. I'm thinking about where I need to go, what I need to listen to, and what I need to experience. For this project, I need a new set of eyes. I need a new voice to convey it. Pretty much, I need to become someone else.
What does a writer do to do that? Research.
Today (well, honestly, three days ago) I began my research for my next writing project. Research is one of the most important parts of writing. It helps you to allow your story to "ring true," as they say. But it helps you to do all of the things that I mentioned above. When you research, you gain the knowledge and understand and allows you to write from another point of view. It allows you to see, feel, and understand what your character feels. Once you understand your character's world, you become your character. Research helps you to do that.
Research is also a fun part of the writing process, I think. Because, it can open another world for you. Research can be like traveling to another city, country, or another world. Takes you places you've never been before and gives you a voice you never had before. If you're not careful, you can get lost in research. At least, I can. LOL.
I love researching for writing. Or maybe I just love the fact that I'm writing again. Writing for a purpose. :-)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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- TJ Brown Fri Aug 21, 05:53:00 AM EDT
research is always fun, only I find I keep getting distracted off the topic:) And to answer your question...Nope, no wish list. Basically, we read what we can get ten of for free. We had quite a selection last year!
- PatriciaW Mon Aug 24, 03:10:00 PM EDT
Congratulations on completing your MBA, and happy writing!
- Rose Fri Sep 04, 12:30:00 AM EDT
Congratulations! Glad you are back to writing!


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The Arrow spinoff The Flash has revealed an exciting new extended trailer today. Clocking in at more than five minutes, the video begins with tragedy before bringing us to the present day Barry Allen. Following up on the teaser that aired during last night's Arrow Season 2 finale, the CW has released new photos, video and an official synopsis for their anticipated Flash spinoff series, which will have Arrow guest star Grant Gustin reprising his role as Barry Allen, aka The Flash.
"Lightning gave me abs."
Here's the official synopsis for The Flash, which is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter and Sara Schechter:
Barry Allen was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever by the tragedy, Barry was taken in and raised by Detective Joe West, the father of Barry's best friend, Iris. Now, Barry has become a brilliant, driven and endearingly geeky CSI investigator, whose determination to uncover the truth about his mother's strange death leads him to follow up on every unexplained urban legend and scientific advancement that comes along.
We saw Barry Allen get hit by lightning in Arrow, and that's the last time he was seen conscious in the CW series. The new trailer gives us a bit more information on his backstory before finally showing us Barry Allen post-lightning storm. He's awake, and he's fast! He even heals fast, which is a good thing, because when you can move as fast as he can, stuff's probably going to get broken.
But as the synopsis and the trailer reveal, Barry's not the only metahuman out there. There's also this guy...
The trailer shows Barry demonstrating his new skills, and dropping in to have a chat with Oliver Queen, who seems to have some motivational words for his friend.
Barry sounds a bit more confident about his situation in this 30-second spot...
The CW has The Flash lined up for Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m.. While it might be more convenient for fans if the network aired Arrow and Flash back-to-back on the same night, that's not typically CW's strategy, and frankly, I'm glad to have the shows spread out a bit. Check out CW's full 2014-2015 lineup here.


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30th BCS Final Appointment Result – www.bpsc.gov.bd
Dhaka, May 17: The government has appointed 2,262 officers in different cadres of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) through the 30th BCS examinations conducted by Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC).
"The appointment was given on the basis of the results of the examination and recommendations of the commission," says a government notification.
Of the total, 277 in administration cadre, 560 in health cadre, 187 in police cadre, 55 in agriculture cadre, 56 in fisheries cadre, 39 in audit and accounting cadre, 42 in ansar cadre, 53 in customs and excise cadre, 35 in taxation cadre, 25 in economic cadre, 10 in food cadre, 15 in family planning cadre, six in postal cadre, seven in cooperatives cadre, five in railway cadre, 15 in information cadre (general & engineering) and two in commerce cadre.
The qualified candidates have been asked to join their respective ministries or departments on June 3 next.


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Mercer with Human Capital Media globally surveyed HR professionals and found that high workforce analytics aspirations were paired with few attempts to achieve them
Leveraging Workforce Data To Better Utilise Talent — Today and Tomorrow
Workforce Analytics has been around for some time, yet real progress has been slow. Mercer in partnership with Human Capital Media conducted a global survey of human resource professionals in late 2015 and found that high analytics aspirations were paired with few serious attempts to actually achieve them.
While many respondents (77%) said they plan to increase their workforce analytics capabilities over the next two years, the same percentage also indicated that their organization spends less than $100,000 per year on workforce analytics.
What's more, the deployed analytics are too simple to even start to understand the link between employees and business success. As few as 31% of respondents believe that they have been highly or even moderately successful using workforce analytics, and a mere 9% indicated that they use predictive analytics often.
What's holding HR back? The top three roadblocks were technology to integrate data (54%), analytics skills in HR (52%), and management experience to effectively use analytics data (48%).
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Maze cartoon of color test on Hamas TV in Europe.
Maze cartoon of color test for Hamas TV in Europe. By Yonatan Frimer
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Hamas TV forced to halt broadcasts to Europe
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—A France-based satellite provider is halting broadcasts of the Hamas TV channel to Europe and parts of the Arab world because of concerns that it spreads incitement, a station official said Tuesday.
The decision will deprive Gaza-based al-Aqsa TV of most of its viewers, said the channel's head, Hazem Sharawy.
The Hamas station — best known for its children's programs glorifying violence against Israel — is the centerpiece of a growing media operation of Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers. Losing the satellite provider will hamper the group's attempts to spread its message and raise funds abroad.
The decision to cut off the Hamas station came six years after a similar move by France and the U.S. against al-Manar, the channel of Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.


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Worm burrows into Church of England email system
Infected bishop loses e-pistles
The Bishop of Manchester has been unable to send or receive email messages for ten days following a computer virus infection.
The Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch's PC was hit by malware on March 3. Wider malware-linked problems with the diocese's email systems mean that a sizeable chunk of the 6,000 messages the bishop dispatched over the last ten months may have never have reached the internet, much less their intended recipients, the Manchester Evening News reports.
The paper adds that the Bishops of Bolton and Middleton, along with the Diocese of Manchester's central offices and its Archdeacons, have also been hit by similar problems. Messages sent to the church website may have been blocked by unidentified malware that also prevented several senior clerics from sending or receiving emails normally.
Techies investigating the outbreak reckon the malware has severely corrupted email systems. An audit discovered that a substantial number of messages sent by the Bishop of Manchester had either been deleted during sending or otherwise thrashed, a particularly inconvenient slip-up for Bishop McCulloch, who serves as the Church of England's communication spokesman.
A spokesman for the diocese defended its IT services. "The diocese receives about a million spam messages a year along with numerous virus attacks," he said. "The fact that one virus got through and the effect it has had on our systems vindicates the decision to move our IT provision."
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What are gallstones?
Gallstones are hard particles that develop in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ located in the upper right abdomen—the area between the chest and hips—below the liver.
Gallstones can range in size from a grain of sand to a golf ball. The gallbladder can develop a single large gallstone, hundreds of tiny stones, or both small and large stones. Gallstones can cause sudden pain in the upper right abdomen. This pain, called a gallbladder attack or biliary colic, occurs when gallstones block the ducts of the biliary tract.
What is the biliary tract?
The biliary tract consists of the gallbladder and the bile ducts. The bile ducts carry bile and other digestive enzymes from the liver and pancreas to the duodenum—the first part of the small intestine.
The liver produces bile—a fluid that carries toxins and waste products out of the body and helps the body digest fats and the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Bile mostly consists of cholesterol, bile salts, and bilirubin. Bilirubin, a reddish-yellow substance, forms when hemoglobin from red blood cells breaks down. Most bilirubin is excreted through bile.
The bile ducts of the biliary tract include the hepatic ducts, the common bile duct, the pancreatic duct, and the cystic duct. The gallbladder stores bile. Eating signals the gallbladder to contract and empty bile through the cystic duct and common bile duct into the duodenum to mix with food.
What causes gallstones?
Imbalances in the substances that make up bile cause gallstones. Gallstones may form if bile contains too much cholesterol, too much bilirubin, or not enough bile salts. Scientists do not fully understand why these imbalances occur. Gallstones also may form if the gallbladder does not empty completely or often enough.
The two types of gallstones are cholesterol and pigment stones:
- Cholesterol stones, usually yellow-green in color, consist primarily of hardened cholesterol. In the United States, more than 80 percent of gallstones are cholesterol stones.1
- Pigment stones, dark in color, are made of bilirubin.
Who is at risk for gallstones?
Certain people have a higher risk of developing gallstones than others:2
- Women are more likely to develop gallstones than men. Extra estrogen can increase cholesterol levels in bile and decrease gallbladder contractions, which may cause gallstones to form. Women may have extra estrogen due to pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy, or birth control pills.
- People over age 40 are more likely to develop gallstones than younger people.
- People with a family history of gallstones have a higher risk.
- American Indians have genetic factors that increase the amount of cholesterol in their bile. In fact, American Indians have the highest rate of gallstones in the United States—almost 65 percent of women and 30 percent of men have gallstones.
- Mexican Americans are at higher risk of developing gallstones.
Other factors that affect a person's risk of gallstones include2
- Obesity. People who are obese, especially women, have increased risk of developing gallstones. Obesity increases the amount of cholesterol in bile, which can cause stone formation.
- Rapid weight loss. As the body breaks down fat during prolonged fasting and rapid weight loss, the liver secretes extra cholesterol into bile. Rapid weight loss can also prevent the gallbladder from emptying properly. Low-calorie diets and bariatric surgery—surgery that limits the amount of food a person can eat or digest—lead to rapid weight loss and increased risk of gallstones.
- Diet. Research suggests diets high in calories and refined carbohydrates and low in fiber increase the risk of gallstones. Refined carbohydrates are grains processed to remove bran and germ, which contain nutrients and fiber. Examples of refined carbohydrates include white bread and white rice.
- Certain intestinal diseases. Diseases that affect normal absorption of nutrients, such as Crohn's disease, are associated with gallstones.
- Metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and insulin resistance. These conditions increase the risk of gallstones. Metabolic syndrome also increases the risk of gallstone complications. Metabolic syndrome is a group of traits and medical conditions linked to being overweight or obese that puts people at risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes.Read more about these conditions in Insulin Resistance and PrediabetesExternal NIDDK Link.
Pigment stones tend to develop in people who have
- cirrhosis—a condition in which the liver slowly deteriorates and malfunctions due to chronic, or long lasting, injury
- infections in the bile ducts
- severe hemolytic anemias—conditions in which red blood cells are continuously broken down, such as sickle cell anemia
What are the symptoms and complications of gallstones?
Many people with gallstones do not have symptoms. Gallstones that do not cause symptoms are called asymptomatic, or silent, gallstones. Silent gallstones do not interfere with the function of the gallbladder, liver, or pancreas.
If gallstones block the bile ducts, pressure increases in the gallbladder, causing a gallbladder attack. The pain usually lasts from 1 to several hours.1 Gallbladder attacks often follow heavy meals, and they usually occur in the evening or during the night.
Gallbladder attacks usually stop when gallstones move and no longer block the bile ducts. However, if any of the bile ducts remain blocked for more than a few hours, complications can occur. Complications include inflammation, or swelling, of the gallbladder and severe damage or infection of the gallbladder, bile ducts, or liver.
A gallstone that becomes lodged in the common bile duct near the duodenum and blocks the pancreatic duct can cause gallstone pancreatitis—inflammation of the pancreas.
Left untreated, blockages of the bile ducts or pancreatic duct can be fatal.
When should a person talk with a health care provider about gallstones?
People who think they have had a gallbladder attack should notify their health care provider. Although these attacks usually resolve as gallstones move, complications can develop if the bile ducts remain blocked.
People with any of the following symptoms during or after a gallbladder attack should see a health care provider immediately:
- abdominal pain lasting more than 5 hours
- nausea and vomiting
- fever—even a low-grade fever—or chills
- yellowish color of the skin or whites of the eyes, called jaundice
- tea-colored urine and light-colored stools
These symptoms may be signs of serious infection or inflammation of the gallbladder, liver, or pancreas.
How are gallstones diagnosed?
A health care provider will usually order an ultrasound exam to diagnose gallstones. Other imaging tests may also be used.
- Ultrasound exam. Ultrasound uses a device, called a transducer, that bounces safe, painless sound waves off organs to create an image of their structure. A specially trained technician performs the procedure in a health care provider's office, outpatient center, or hospital, and a radiologist—a doctor who specializes in medical imaging—interprets the images. Anesthesia is not needed. If gallstones are present, they will be visible in the image. Ultrasound is the most accurate method to detect gallstones.
- Computerized tomography (CT) scan. A CT scan is an x ray that produces pictures of the body. A CT scan may include the injection of a special dye, called contrast medium. CT scans use a combination of x rays and computer technology to create three-dimensional (3-D) images. CT scans require the person to lie on a table that slides into a tunnel-shaped device where the x rays are taken. An x-ray technician performs the procedure in an outpatient center or hospital, and a radiologist interprets the images. Anesthesia is not needed. CT scans can show gallstones or complications, such as infection and blockage of the gallbladder or bile ducts. However, CT scans can miss gallstones that are present.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI machines use radio waves and magnets to produce detailed pictures of the body's internal organs and soft tissues without using x rays. A specially trained technician performs the procedure in an outpatient center or hospital, and a radiologist interprets the images. Anesthesia is not needed, though people with a fear of confined spaces may receive light sedation. An MRI may include the injection of contrast medium. With most MRI machines, the person lies on a table that slides into a tunnel-shaped device that may be open ended or closed at one end; some newer machines allow the person to lie in a more open space. MRIs can show gallstones in the ducts of the biliary system.
- Cholescintigraphy. Cholescintigraphy—also called a hydroxyl iminodiacetic acid scan, HIDA scan, or hepatobiliary scan—uses an unharmful radioactive material to produce pictures of the biliary system. In cholescintigraphy, the person lies on an exam table and a health care provider injects a small amount of unharmful radioactive material into a vein in the person's arm. The health care provider may also inject a substance that causes the gallbladder to contract. A special camera takes pictures of the radioactive material as it moves through the biliary system. A specially trained technician performs the procedure in an outpatient center or hospital, and a radiologist interprets the images. Anesthesia is not needed. Cholescintigraphy is used to diagnose abnormal contractions of the gallbladder or obstruction of the bile ducts.
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). ERCP uses an x ray to look into the bile and pancreatic ducts. After lightly sedating the person, the health care provider inserts an endoscope—a small, flexible tube with a light and a camera on the end—through the mouth into the duodenum and bile ducts. The endoscope is connected to a computer and video monitor. The health care provider injects contrast medium through the tube into the bile ducts, which makes the ducts show up on the monitor. The health care provider performs the procedure in an outpatient center or hospital. ERCP helps the health care provider locate the affected bile duct and the gallstone. The stone is captured in a tiny basket attached to the endoscope and removed. This test is more invasive than other tests and is used selectively.
Health care providers also use blood tests to look for signs of infection or inflammation of the bile ducts, gallbladder, pancreas, or liver. A blood test involves drawing blood at a health care provider's office or commercial facility and sending the sample to a lab for analysis.
Gallstone symptoms may be similar to those of other conditions, such as appendicitis, ulcers, pancreatitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Sometimes, silent gallstones are found when a person does not have any symptoms. For example, a health care provider may notice gallstones when performing ultrasound for a different reason.
ow are gallstones treated?
If gallstones are not causing symptoms, treatment is usually not needed. However, if a person has a gallbladder attack or other symptoms, a health care provider will usually recommend treatment. A person may be referred to a gastroenterologist—a doctor who specializes in digestive diseases—for treatment. If a person has had one gallbladder attack, more episodes will likely follow.
The usual treatment for gallstones is surgery to remove the gallbladder. If a person cannot undergo surgery, nonsurgical treatments may be used to dissolve cholesterol gallstones. A health care provider may use ERCP to remove stones in people who cannot undergo surgery or to remove stones from the common bile duct in people who are about to have gallbladder removal surgery.
Surgery to remove the gallbladder, called cholecystectomy, is one of the most common operations performed on adults in the United States.
The gallbladder is not an essential organ, which means a person can live normally without a gallbladder. Once the gallbladder is removed, bile flows out of the liver through the hepatic and common bile ducts and directly into the duodenum, instead of being stored in the gallbladder.
Surgeons perform two types of cholecystectomy:
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the surgeon makes several tiny incisions in the abdomen and inserts a laparoscope—a thin tube with a tiny video camera attached. The camera sends a magnified image from inside the body to a video monitor, giving the surgeon a close-up view of organs and tissues. While watching the monitor, the surgeon uses instruments to carefully separate the gallbladder from the liver, bile ducts, and other structures. Then the surgeon removes the gallbladder through one of the small incisions. Patients usually receive general anesthesia.
Most cholecystectomies are performed with laparoscopy. Many laparoscopic cholecystectomies are performed on an outpatient basis, meaning the person is able to go home the same day. Normal physical activity can usually be resumed in about a week.3
- Open cholecystectomy. An open cholecystectomy is performed when the gallbladder is severely inflamed, infected, or scarred from other operations. In most of these cases, open cholecystectomy is planned from the start. However, a surgeon may perform an open cholecystectomy when problems occur during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In these cases, the surgeon must switch to open cholecystectomy as a safety measure for the patient.
To perform an open cholecystectomy, the surgeon creates an incision about 4 to 6 inches long in the abdomen to remove the gallbladder.4 Patients usually receive general anesthesia. Recovery from open cholecystectomy may require some people to stay in the hospital for up to a week. Normal physical activity can usually be resumed after about a month.3
A small number of people have softer and more frequent stools after gallbladder removal because bile flows into the duodenum more often. Changes in bowel habits are usually temporary; however, they should be discussed with a health care provider.
Though complications from gallbladder surgery are rare, the most common complication is injury to the bile ducts. An injured common bile duct can leak bile and cause a painful and possibly dangerous infection. One or more additional operations may be needed to repair the bile ducts. Bile duct injuries occur in less than 1 percent of cholecystectomies.5
Nonsurgical Treatments for Cholesterol Gallstones
Nonsurgical treatments are used only in special situations, such as when a person with cholesterol stones has a serious medical condition that prevents surgery. Gallstones often recur within 5 years after nonsurgical treatment.6
Two types of nonsurgical treatments can be used to dissolve cholesterol gallstones:
- Oral dissolution therapy. Ursodiol (Actigall) and chenodiol (Chenix) are medications that contain bile acids that can dissolve gallstones. These medications are most effective in dissolving small cholesterol stones. Months or years of treatment may be needed to dissolve all stones.
- Shock wave lithotripsy. A machine called a lithotripter is used to crush the gallstone. The lithotripter generates shock waves that pass through the person's body to break the gallstone into smaller pieces. This procedure is used only rarely and may be used along with ursodiol.
Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
Factors related to eating, diet, and nutrition that increase the risk of gallstones include
- obesity
- rapid weight loss
- diets high in calories and refined carbohydrates and low in fiber
People can decrease their risk of gallstones by maintaining a healthy weight through proper diet and nutrition.
Ursodiol can help prevent gallstones in people who rapidly lose weight through low-calorie diets or bariatric surgery. People should talk with their health care provider or dietitian about what diet is right for them.
Points to Remember
- Gallstones are hard particles that develop in the gallbladder.
- Imbalances in the substances that make up bile cause gallstones. Gallstones may form if bile contains too much cholesterol, too much bilirubin, or not enough bile salts. Scientists do not fully understand why these imbalances occur.
- Women, people over age 40, people with a family history of gallstones, American Indians, and Mexican Americans have a higher risk of developing gallstones.
- Many people with gallstones do not have symptoms. Gallstones that do not cause symptoms are called asymptomatic, or silent, gallstones.
- If gallstones block the bile ducts, pressure increases in the gallbladder, causing a gallbladder attack.
- Gallbladder attacks often follow heavy meals, and they usually occur in the evening or during the night.
- Gallstone symptoms may be similar to those of other conditions.
- If gallstones are not causing symptoms, treatment is usually not needed. However, if a person has a gallbladder attack or other symptoms, a health care provider will usually recommend treatment.
- The usual treatment for gallstones is surgery to remove the gallbladder. If a person cannot undergo surgery, nonsurgical treatments may be used to dissolve cholesterol gallstones. A health care provider may use endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to remove stones in people who cannot undergo surgery or to remove stones from the common bile duct in people who are about to have gallbladder removal surgery.
- The gallbladder is not an essential organ, which means a person can live normally without a gallbladder. Once the gallbladder is removed, bile flows out of the liver through the hepatic and common bile ducts and directly into the duodenum, instead of being stored in the gallbladder.
Hope through Research
The Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) supports basic and clinical research into gastrointestinal diseases, including gallstones.
Clinical trials are research studies involving people. Clinical trials look at safe and effective new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Researchers also use clinical trials to look at other aspects of care, such as improving the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. To learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate, visit the NIH Clinical Research Trials and You website at www.nih.gov/health/clinicaltrials. For information about current studies, visit www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Heuman DM. Cholelithiasis. Medscape website. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/175667-overview#showall Updated May 13, 2013. Accessed July 23, 2013.
- Stinton LM, Shaffer EA. Epidemiology of gallbladder disease: cholelithiasis and cancer. Gut and Liver.2012;6(2):172–187.
- Sherwinter DA. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Medscape website. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1582292-overviewExternal Link Disclaimer. Updated May 10, 2013. Accessed July 23, 2013.
- Hope WW. Open cholecystectomy. Medscape website. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1582261-overview.Updated January 8, 2013. Accessed July 23, 2013.
- Sahajpal AK, Chow SC, Dixon E, Greig PD, Gallinger S, Wei AC. Bile duct injuries associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy: timing of repair and long-term outcomes. Archives of Surgery. 2010;145(8):757–763.
- Portincasa P, Ciaula AD, Bonfrate L, Wang DQ. Therapy of gallstone disease: what it was, what it is, what it will be.World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2012;3(2):7–20.
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Found throughout the United States, these large, fat caterpillars feed voraciously on the leaves and fruits of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and potatoes. Adults are rather spectacular sphinx moths: grayish-brown with orange spots on the body and a 4- to 5-inch wing span. After overwintering in the soil in 2-inch brown spindle-shaped pupal cases, moths emerge in late spring to early summer to lay greenish-yellow eggs on the undersides of leaves. Caterpillars feed for about a month, then enter the soil to pupate. There is one generation per year in the North; two or more in the South.Controls
Use Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) when caterpillars are small. Hand-pick and destroy large caterpillars. Don't worry -- caterpillars cannot sting with their ″horn.″ If you find a caterpillar with what looks like grains of white rice attached to its body, do not remove it. The ″grains″ are the pupae of a parasitic wasp that attacks hornworms. Leave the parasitized caterpillar in the garden so the pupae it carries can turn into more wasps to help control other hornworms.
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Researchers from 3M, working with ORNL, are developing a promising replacement conductor for conventional power lines that addresses the problem of power outages caused by sagging lines. Lines sag under the heat of high current loads. The replacement conductor also avoids the high cost and environmentally harmful effects of building new towers.
"3M's new composite-core conductor can increase the current-carrying capacity of a transmission line at minimal cost and environmental impact," said John Stovall, technical leader in ORNL's Engineering Science and Technology Division. "Its advantage is using existing structures to increase transmission capacity without the cost of a new transmission line."
The design uses 3M Nextel 650 ceramic fibers, embedded in an aluminum matrix, to make a composite wire that does not stretch as much when heated. An enhancement in the new cables is the addition of zirconium, which makes the aluminum more resistant to deformation at higher temperatures. The aluminum matrix also helps prevent rust in the cable. 3M is working with Nexans and Wire Rope Industries to manufacture the conductor.
"The new conductor's ability to handle greater temperatures will allow more current to be transmitted," Stovall said.
ORNL researchers will test 3M's small, medium and large diameter conductor cables successively in a field experiment at ORNL. The tests will evaluate the overall performance of the conductors to verify predictions of computer models by looking at sag and tension data, such as stress/strain curve and breaking point, and by testing various conductor accessories that attach the conductor to the towers.
The 3M conductor and line accessories by Alcoa Fujikora and Preformed Line Products are being tested for thermocycling, or high current situations, at ORNL. In Fargo, N.D., the conductor and its accessories are being tested for resistance in high winds and ice on a transmission line owned by Western Area Power Administration, while corrosion tests are being performed by Hawaii Electric Co. ORNL is monitoring the performance of the conductor at the Fargo site as well as other future utility sites.
In addition, the National Electric Energy Testing, Research and Applications Center in Atlanta is testing all of the components in their laboratories.
"As far as I know, there is not a conventional conductor that has been tested as thoroughly," said Tom Rizy of the Engineering Science and Technology Division.
Each test will run from five to six months. The researchers hope to put each conductor through 500 cycles of simulated thermocycling--taking it to peak load and then returning it to normal load-- the equivalent of 30 years of peak loads.
The Power Line Conductor Accelerated Testing or PCAT facility will be a closed loop of approximately 2,400 feet of composite core conductor. A 2MW direct current power supply fed by a transformer will provide current for the site. The Tennessee Valley Authority is helping to design the line structure at PCAT and install poles, hardware and other accessories at the test site.
"If the tests show that the new conductor performs well, it could mean that electric utilities will take greater interest in replacing their lines with new cables," Stovall said. "It also could provide one possible answer to the growing energy demand and transmission bottlenecks."
Others involved in the project from ORNL are Roger Kisner, Larry Phillips and Randall Wetherington of Engineering Science and Technology Division. The project is funded by the Department of Energy and through a cooperative research and development agreement with 3M. TVA donated the PCAT line design and the Electric Power Research Institute's Power Electronics Applications Center, a local research and development company, donated the load equipment to test the refurbished power supply that came from UT-Tullahoma's Space Institute.
ORNL is a Department of Energy multiprogram research facility managed by UT-Battelle.
Written by Jodi Lockaby
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|Pam (the Admiral among other things) Our wonderful boat cat Rose spent her final year with Terrell in the US. She lived a good life, loved to sail!
|Pied-a-Mer III is our home. We live where the wind takes us. Currently we are in New Zealand for storm season.
Greetings from Indonesia. I think the last time I wrote we were waiting out storm season in New Zealand and completing the work after our 2018 dismasting. Putting Pied-a-Mer back together again seemed to be almost as difficult as âAll the kings horses and all the kings menâ, trying to fix [...]
What have we been doing? Well, I know one thing that we have not been doing! For many reasons, none of them really sound, I have not paid any attention to our blog. Must remedy that!
The day before yesterday we motored out of slip H10, tootled around a bit in the bay and then tied up to the wharf where a crane was waiting to remove the mast. This was double excitement as we were moving under engine power, something we hadn't done since half way through our last passage from Savusavu [...]
Here we are, one week into December. The last word we had on our mast was that it was shipped on the cargo ship, ANL WARRNAMBOO (that's not a typo), expected to arrive in Tauranga on December 7th. The mast will travel by train to the main inland terminal in Auckland, the container unpacked, checked by customs and should be in Opua on the 17th. We're crossing fingers and toes.
Our routine on Pied-a-Mer III changes with the location, season and weather. We are in New Zealand for cyclone season and, at the moment we are in the Bay Of Islands Marina. We are still dealing with issues from our dismasting last May and new problems that occurred on our passage from SavuSavu to [...]
One of the many nice things about living for 6 months in the Southern Hemisphere is celebrating holidays. We get to celebrate twice! Our New Zealand Thanksgiving was last Thursday, November 22-Thanksgiving On The Green. We celebrated with our "Cruising Family", a tailgate potluck.
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Citizenship matters
By Barbara Gruener
Pat Brisson's Sometimes We Were Brave is tops among illustrated picture books for tackling the emotionally charged and extremely challenging issues that come with military service and sacrifice.
A former elementary school teacher and librarian, Ms. Brisson first became interested in this subject when she traveled to Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Panama and Guantanamo Bay as a visiting author. She tells me that she was struck "by the sacrifices expected of these children, who didn't volunteer but are still giving service to their country by doing without the presence of a parent at very important times in their lives," which accounts for her uncanny ability to address the deployment of a parent so directly yet with such grace and sensitivity.
Telling the tale in the first person lends authenticity and credibility to the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of Jerome (and his dog Duffy) trying to show courage but struggling with missing their mom when she's gone. It's just so real: sometimes they have bad days, sometimes they get surprises, sometimes they have accidents, sometimes they get treats, sometimes they are afraid.
Complemented by France Brassard's amazingly gentle and strikingly soft illustrations, Sometimes We Were Brave will comfort and validate students whose parents are on active duty and serving in scary, far-away places, and it will undoubtedly stir up compassion and caring in the hearts of their friends and class families.
We cannot do enough for these children while their parent or loved one is away. Some services we provide at Westwood include offering preschool free of charge to kids like Jerome, making counseling support available individually and in small groups for these students, and pairing military children with a high-school Peer Assistance and Leadership (PAL) student for weekly mentoring visits. We've also helped our older students write letters to the families of fallen soldiers to express our gratitude for their service and let them know that we will never forget.
Our Santas for Our Soldiers service-learning project supports military personnel on active duty overseas each November. We ask for the names and addresses of local soldiers from our Westwood family whom we can adopt. This past year, with help from The Rotary to pay for postage, we sent 129 care packages in time for the holiday. Soldiers love to get our goodies, of course, but I'm told time and time again that our hand-drawn pictures, homemade cards, and notes of thanks and encouragement mean just as much to them as the snacks and basic-need items that we include in the boxes.
A fun way to help students reflect on what their Soldier Adoptions mean to these heroes overseas is to follow-up the shipment with a video conference. (Watch videos here.) On several occasions, we've used Skype to connect with soldiers halfway across the world as they open up our packages right on the big screen in front of the students.
If you do not have a connection to anyone in particular but you'd like to support the military, visit Operation Gratitude online to find out how you can join forces to make a difference.
What impact does supporting those who serve have on our little citizens? When asked by a news reporter why she wanted to help the soldiers, six-year-old Maddie replied, "It makes my heart happy and I think it makes their heart happy, too."
Try any or all of these ideas to put citizenship into action on your campus.
Barbara Gruener is a school counselor at Westwood Elementary in Friendswood, TX, a winner of the 2009 CEP National School of Character Award. For more information on Westwood's program, visit its website.
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Two new spots were just released for Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis's upcoming comedy The Campaign. Ferrell plays unctuous Congressman Cam Brady, who appears to have a better grip on his political groupies than the English language. His opponent Marty Huggins (Galifianakis) simply wants to "give Washington a Huggins" — not to mention a thorough cleaning because "it is a mess!"
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St. John's University's School of Law has launched two new Master of Laws (LL.M.) programs offering attorneys real-world training and academic study in two areas of international legal practice.
Introduced in August 2012, the programs in Transnational Legal Practice and International and Comparative Sports Law were spearheaded by the Law School's Office of Transnational Programs, led by Christopher J. Borgen, J.D., Associate Dean for International Studies and Professor of Law, and Jeffrey K. Walker, J.D., LL.M., Assistant Dean for Transnational Programs and Adjunct Professor of Law.
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The LL.M. in International and Comparative Sports Law is the first program of its kind to be offered in the United States and is jointly sponsored by the School of Law and the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE), a distinguished European law faculty in Madrid, Spain. It is a highly specialized program that prepares attorneys to practice in sports law firms, agencies, regulatory bodies and other organizations dealing with global athletics.
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James Woods, received an appointment to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. The new, fifteen-member, commission is works with the Oregon Educational Investment Board and the State Board of Higher Education on education policy and funding.
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|Willows Learning Center, Beginnings
Profile of Willows SeniorNet Learning Center, San Jose CA
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The roots of the Willows Learning Center lie deeply embedded in IBM. The Retirement Club of IBM San Jose tried to hold meetings to learn about personal computers at the company location. Often they were "bumped" out of their meeting room by a pressing business need. The president of the IBM Retirement Club, Bill Souza, contacted a former colleague, Phil Carnahan, to ask him to lead an effort working with SeniorNet to start a computer learning center.
SeniorNet secured funding from IBM as well as Pacific Bell. In February 1993, Carnahan identified a centrally located Senior Center at Willows. Negotiations began, and in December a contract was approved by the San Jose City Council and SeniorNet.
During 1993 Phil had developed a list of potential volunteers, primarily IBM retirees. In January 1994, six IBM computers and printers were received and 35 volunteers were trained by SeniorNet's Dick Perkins and Joe Walton who held "Teach the Teachers" classes.
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A Grand Opening ceremony on March 25, 1994, hosted by the Senior Center Director, was attended by San Jose's Mayor, the local Councilman, Mary Furlong (Founder of SeniorNet), sponsor representatives and more than 100 others.
By May of 1995, the SNLC (SeniorNet Learning Center) had the largest membership of all of the then 55 SeniorNet Learning Centers with over 500 members. In May of 1996, the SNLC was still the largest of 75 SeniorNet Learning Centers with over 550 members. Currently there are over 600 members.
The volunteers of Willows SNLC today number over 100. They have been honored in 1996 with a Presidential Citation through the Points of Light Foundation. Other recognition has come from Governor Pete Wilson, Senator Diane Feinstein and Assemblyman Dominic Cortese. A commendation from the San Jose city council was received in 1995 and 2004. At the SeniorNet Annual Conference in May 1996, the Willows SNLC was honored as a "Flagship Center".
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