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New solid phase extractor based on ionic liquid functionalized silica gel surface for selective separation and determination of lanthanum
- Hadi M Marwani1, 2Email author and
- Amjad E Alsafrani1
© Marwani and Alsafrani; licensee Springer. 2013
- Received: 20 April 2013
- Accepted: 2 September 2013
- Published: 11 September 2013
Direct determination of metal ions, in particular at ultra-trace concentration, cannot be easily achieved in complex systems by analytical techniques because of the lack of sensitivity and selectivity of these methods. Therefore, an efficient separation step is often required prior to the determination of metal ions for sensitive, accurate, and interference-free determination of metal ions. In accordance, a new solid phase extractor based on silica gel functionalized with ionic liquid (SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2) was developed for a selective separation of La(III) prior to its determination by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry.
Immobilization of the ionic liquid on activated silica gel surface was confirmed by both Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope. The concentration of ionic liquid on the surface of activated silica gel was determined based on thermal desorption method. The uptake behavior of the new SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 adsorbent toward metal ions was studied under static conditions by batch mode. The supernatant concentrations of metal ions were directly determined after filtration by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry.
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy results strongly confirmed the formation of SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase. Adsorption isotherm study revealed the preference of SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 over activated silica gel for a selective separation of La(III) prior to its determination by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry. Adsorption isotherm data were well fit the Langmuir adsorption model with a maximum adsorption capacity of 165.39 mg g−1 for La(III), which was consistent with that (167.08 mg g−1) experimentally obtained from adsorption isotherm study. Kinetic study demonstrated that the adsorption of La(III) on the SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase followed the pseudo second-order kinetic model.
Ultimately, the developed method can be applied and effectively utilized for the determination of La(III) in natural water samples with acceptable and reliable results.
- N-PhenacylPyrNTf2; Silica gel surface; La(III)
- Adsorption; ICP-OES; Batch mode
Rare earth metals (REMs) have been used in different fields, such as chemical engineering, metallurgy, nuclear energy, optical, magnetic, luminescence, and laser materials, high-temperature superconductors, secondary batteries, and catalysis (Maestro and Huguenin 1995; Gaikwad and Damodaran 1993). Lanthanum is one of the REMs and has received special interest due to its technological importance and increasing demands for advanced new materials. Present day applications of lanthanum, as a pure element or in association with other compounds, are in super alloys, catalysts, special ceramics, and organic synthesis (Palmieri et al. 2002). However, most of the environmental problems are usually caused by human activities and natural resources. In recent years, this phenomenon is remarkably extended with the population density and growth of technology. There are several contaminants in nature, such as contamination with heavy metals, radionuclides, and lanthanides (Maanan 2008; Awwad et al. 2010). All of these are toxic and harmful to the public health, even at low concentration level (Cui et al. 2007). Thus, the most convenient way to overcome these problems is to apply selective extraction techniques, particularly when they exist at ultra-trace concentration level in complex matrix (Zang et al. 2010).
Various extraction techniques were implemented for the quantitative determination of trace metal ions, including liquid-liquid extraction (Khajeh 2011; Farajzadeh et al. 2009), coprecipitation (Komjarova and Blust 2006; Soylak and Erdogan 2006; Saracoglu et al. 2006), ion exchange (Tao and Fang 1998), cloud point extraction (Manzoori et al. 2007; Safavi et al. 2004), and solid-phase extraction (Zhang et al. 2012; Marahel et al. 2011; Duran et al. 2007). Recently, solid-phase extraction (SPE) has been widely used as a separation tool for the speciation of metal ions in environmental samples and has received much attention because of its advantages, such as absence of emulsion, high enrichment factor, disposal cost due to low consumption of reagent, and more importantly environment-friendly (Aydin and Soylak 2007; Simpson 2000). Nevertheless, the main limitation of SPE is the lack of selectivity (Jal et al. 2004), which leads to high interference of the other existing species with the target metal ion. The choice of a proper adsorbent plays an important role in SPE because it can control the analytical parameters, such as selectivity, affinity, and capacity (Cai et al. 2003; Dean 1998). Hence, different surface modification methods have been applied to classical SPE adsorbents (such as silica (Shin and Choi 2009) and polymer (Qiao et al. 2012)) in order to increase the selectivity.
Room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) have several unique chemical and physical properties which make it useful for wide applications in organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electrochemistry, and analytical chemistry (Zhao 2006; Vidal et al. 2012). RTILs have good thermal stability, negligible vapor pressure, tunable viscosity and miscibility with water, high conductivity, and high heat capacity (Handy 2005; Koel 2009). In addition, extraction and separation techniques applying solid adsorbents modified with ionic liquids (ILs) have become very active fields in analytical chemistry (Anderson et al. 2006). ILs can be immobilized on the surface of solid supports for additional applications as solid phase extractors of metal ions from their matrices or aqueous solutions (Mahmoud and Al-Bishri 2011). They have been immobilized on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (Wang et al. 2008), nanosilica (Mahmoud 2011; Mahmoud and Al-Bishri 2011), and silica gel (Ayata et al. 2011; Liang and Peng 2010). Silica gel (SG) adsorbents, as an example of inorganic solid phases, afford several advantages over organic solid phases, such as high porosity and hydrophilicity and ease of surface modification (Ngeontae et al. 2009; Quang et al. 2012). However, research studies were little in the abovementioned field of the applications of supported ionic liquid phases.
In accordance, a solid phase extractant (SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2) was developed based on a hybrid combination of the hydrophobic character of newly synthesized ionic liquid with SG properties, without the need for partition treatment by chelating compounds. Both Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope (SEM) confirmed the formation of the resulted SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 adsorbent. The selectivity of SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 toward different metal ions, including Co(II), Fe(II), Fe(III), La(III), and Ni(II) was investigated. The uptake behavior of the new SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 adsorbent toward La(III) was evaluated under batch conditions. Adsorption isotherm data were well fit with the Langmuir adsorption model, strongly supporting that the adsorption process was mainly monolayer on a homogeneous adsorbent surface. Kinetic study also demonstrated that the adsorption of La(III) on the SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase obeyed the pseudo second-order kinetic model. The proposed method was ultimately applied to real water samples with satisfactory results.
Experimental details
Chemicals and reagents
All reagents used were of high purity and of analytical reagent grade, and doubly distilled deionized water was used throughout experiments. N-phenacylpyridinium bromide (N-PhenacylPyrBr), bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide lithium (LiNTf2), ethyl alcohol (Et-OH), and diethyl ether were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Milwaukee, WI, USA). SG (SiO2, particle size 10 to 20 nm) with purity of 99.5% was also obtained from Sigma-Aldrich. Lanthanum nitrate [La(NO3)3] and stock standard solutions of 1,000 mg L−1 of Co(II), Fe(II), Fe(III), and Ni(II) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich.
Preparation of the new solid phase extractor
Preparation of N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 ionic liquid
N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 ionic liquid was prepared according to previously reported standard method by Marwani (Marwani 2013; 2010). Specifically, an amount of 2 g N-PhenacylPyrBr was separately weighed and dissolved in 18.2 MΩ·cm distilled deionized water. The N-PhenacylPyrBr solution was then mixed with an equimolar amount of LiNTf2. The resultant reaction mixture was stirred for 2 h at room temperature, and the reaction resulted in two phases. The lower layer was separated and dried under vacuum overnight.
Activation of SG
SG powder (25.0 g) was first activated by refluxing and stirring with 200 mL of 50% (v/v) concentrated hydrochloric acid solution for 8 h in order to remove metal oxide and nitrogenous impurity and to enhance the content of silanol groups on the SG surface. The activated SG powder was filtered, repeatedly washed with 18.2 MΩ·cm distilled deionized water until acid-free and oven dried at 120°C for 5 h to remove surface-adsorbed water.
Synthesis of SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2
Batch procedure
In this study, the effect of solution pH, adsorption capacity determination, effect of contact time, and effect of coexisting ions were investigated under static conditions by batch mode. For the effect of pH on the selectivity of SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 toward selected metal ions, standard solutions of 2 mg L−1 of each metal ion were prepared and adjusted to pH values ranging from 1.0 to 9.0, except for Fe(II) and Fe(III), with a series of buffer solutions, 0.2 mol L−1 HCl/KCl for pH 1.0 and 2.0, 0.1 mol L−1 CH3COOH/CH3COONa for pH 3.0 to 6.0, and 0.1 mol L−1 Na2HPO4/HCl for pH 7.0 to 9.0. Both Fe(II) and Fe(III) were prepared at the same concentration as above but were only studied with buffer solutions at pH values ranging from 1.0 to 4.0 in order to avoid any precipitation with buffer solutions at pH 5.0 to 9.0. Each standard solution was individually mixed with 20 mg of dry SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase. All mixtures were shaken vigorously at room temperature for 1 h to facilitate adsorption of the metal ions onto the SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2. The supernatant concentration of metal ions was determined directly by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) after filtration. For the study of La(III) adsorption capacity, standard solutions of 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 100, 125, 150, 200, and 500 mg L−1 were prepared as above, adjusted to the optimum pH value of 6.0 with the buffered aqueous solution (0.1 mol L−1 CH3COOH/CH3COONa) and individually mixed with 20 mg SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2. The mixtures were mechanically shaken for 1 h at room temperature. In addition, the effect of shaking time on the La(III) uptake capacity was studied under the same batch conditions but at different equilibrium periods (2.5, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 min).
FT-IR spectra were recorded before and after modification of the SG phase on Perkin Elmer spectrum 100 series FT-IR spectrometer (Beaconsfield, Bucks, UK) in the range 4,000 to 600 cm−1. A Jenway model 3505 laboratory pH meter (CamLab, Cambridgeshire, UK) was employed for the pH measurements and was calibrated with standard buffer solutions. Surface morphologies of SG before and after modification were investigated by SEM on a field emission scanning electron microscope (QUANT FEG 450, Amsterdam, Netherlands). The microscope was operated at an accelerating voltage of 15 kV. Thermolyne 47900 furnace was used to determine the millimoles per gram surface coverage value of SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 surface by thermal desorption analysis. ICP-OES measurements were acquired with the use of a Perkin Elmer ICP-OES model Optima 4100 DV, Shelton, CT, USA. The ICP-OES instrument was optimized daily before measurement and operated as recommended by the manufacturers. The ICP-OES spectrometer was used with the following parameters: FR power, 1,300 kW; frequency, 27.12 MHz; demountable quartz torch, Ar/Ar/Ar; plasma gas (Ar) flow, 15.0 L min−1; auxiliary gas (Ar) flow, 0.2 L min−1; nebulizer gas (Ar) flow, 0.8 L min−1; nebulizer pressure, 2.4 bar; glass spray chamber according to Scott (Ryton), sample pump flow rate, 1.5 mL min−1; integration time, 3 s; replicates, 3; and wavelength range of monochromator 165 to 460 nm. The wavelengths selected for the determination of Fe(II and III), Ni(II), Co(II), and La(III) were 238.204, 231.604, 228.616, and 348.902 nm, respectively.
Results and discussion
Determination of the surface coverage value of the SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase
An amount of 100 mg SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 adsorbent was weighed in a dry porcelain crucible. The weighed amount was then gradually heated into a furnace from 50°C to 700°C, and the ignited phase was kept at this temperature for 1 h. The remaining SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase was left to cool inside the furnace and then transferred to a desiccator. The weight loss of hydrophobic ionic liquid was determined by the difference in sample masses before and after the process of thermal desorption. Based on thermal desorption method, the concentration of N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 was determined to be 0.38 mmol g−1 on the surface of activated SG.
FT-IR and SEM characterization of SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2
Effect of pH and selectivity study
Selectivity study of 20 mg SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf 2 toward different metal ions
Metal ion
Concentration (mg L−1)
q e(mg g–1)
K d(mL g−1)
2.50 × 106
Determination of La(III) adsorption capacity
Comparison of SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf 2 adsorption capacity for La(III) reported in the present study with other SPE materials
SPE material
Adsorption capacity (mg g−1)
Present study
H,PEG400, PWa
(Zhang et al. 2009)
H,PEG400, PMo
(Zhang et al. 2009)
(Tong et al. 2011)
(Awwad et al. 2010)
Turbinaria conoides biomass
(Vijayaraghavan et al. 2010)
Powderized leaves of Platanus orientalis
(Sert et al. 2008)
(Chen 2010)
(Jain et al. 2001)
Adsorption isotherm models
where K f and n are the Freundlich constants and can be calculated from the intercept and slope, respectively, of the linear plot of logq e versus logC e .
where C e corresponds to the equilibrium concentration of the metal ion in the supernatant (mg mL−1) and q e represents the amount of metal ion per gram of the adsorbent (mg g−1). The symbols Q o and b refer to Langmuir constants for SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 and are related to the maximum La(III) adsorption capacity (mg g−1) and affinity parameter (L mg−1), respectively. Langmuir constants can be obtained from a linear plot of C e/q e against C e with a slope and intercept equal to 1/Q o and 1/Q o b, respectively. In addition, the essential characteristics of the Langmuir adsorption isotherm can be represented in terms of a dimensionless constant separation factor or equilibrium parameter, R L , which is defined as R L = 1/(1 + bC o), where b is the Langmuir constant, indicating the nature of adsorption and the shape of the isotherm, and C o is the initial concentration of the analyte of interest. The R L value indicates the type of the isotherm, and R L values lying between 0 and 1 indicates that the conditions were favorable for the adsorption process (McKay et al. 1982).
The corresponding fitting parameters of Q o and b of Langmuir isotherm model were also calculated and found to be 165.39 mg g−1 and 0.27 L mg−1, respectively. The R L value of La(III) adsorption on SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 was also determined to be 0.02, supporting a highly favorable adsorption process based on the Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. It is also of interest to notice that the La(III) adsorption capacity (165.39 mg g−1) calculated from Langmuir equation was strongly consistent with that (167.08 mg g−1) experimentally obtained from the adsorption isotherm study.
Effect of contact time
Kinetic models
where q e (mg g−1) and q t (mg g−1) are the amount of adsorption at equilibrium and at time t (min), respectively, and k 1 denotes the adsorption rate constant of pseudo first-order adsorption (min−1). The adsorption rate constant k 1 and adsorption capacity q e can be calculated from the slope and intercepts of the plot of log(q e – q t ) against t.
where υ o = k 2 is the initial adsorption rate (mg g–1 min–1) and k 2 (g mg–1 min–1) corresponds to the rate constant of the pseudo second-order adsorption; q e (mg g–1) is the amount of metal ion adsorbed at equilibrium, and q t (mg g–1) refers to the amount of metal ion on the adsorbent surface at any time t (min). Kinetic parameters of q e and υ o can be obtained from the slope and intercept, respectively, of the linear plots of t/q t versus t.
Performance of method in analytical applications
Effect of interfering ions
Effect of matrix interferences on the extraction of 1 mg L −1 La(III) on 20 mg SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf 2 ( N = 3)
Coexisting ions
Concentration (mg L −1)
% Extraction of La(III)
Na+, K+, NH4 +
Ca2+, Mg2+
Cl−, F−, NO3 −
Application of the proposed method
Determination of La(III) at different concentrations in real water samples using 20 mg SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf 2
Added (mg L−1)
Unadsorbed (mg L−1)
Extraction (%)
Tap water
Lake water
Drinking water
In this study, the immobilization of N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 on activated SG, as a new solid phase extractor (SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2), was successfully accomplished via electrostatic interaction. The SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase attained a perfect selectivity for the extraction and determination of La(III) in aqueous solution even in the presence of plentiful interfering ions. Results also demonstrated that adsorption isotherm data for La(III) adsorption on the SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase were well fit with the Langmuir classical adsorption isotherm model, providing that the formation of a monolayer over a homogeneous adsorbent surface. Moreover, kinetic isotherm data displayed that the adsorption of La(III) on the SG-N-PhenacylPyrNTf2 phase obeyed a pseudo second-order kinetic reaction. Ultimately, the developed method can be applied and effectively utilized for the determination of La(III) in natural water samples with acceptable and reliable results.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) at King Abdulaziz University for providing research facilities.
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Leaders of the George Washington University, the Corcoran and the National Gallery of Art today received approval from the D.C. Superior Court to implement their historic agreements that were first announced in February 2014.
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The collaboration will maintain the historic building as a showplace for art and a home for the Corcoran College and its programs, creating a global hub for the arts at GW. The collaboration also will safeguard the Corcoran's collection and increase access to it as a public resource in Washington.
"This is the beginning of a collaboration that will make the Corcoran collection more accessible to more people in the nation's capital," National Gallery of Art Director Earl A. Powell III said. "We look forward to restoring and programming the galleries in the historic 17th Street building with vibrant exhibitions of modern art, and to exhibiting a significant number of works from the Corcoran collection Flagg Building's Legacy Gallery and at the National Gallery of Art."
In February 2014, the Corcoran Gallery of Art entered into agreements with GW and the National Gallery of Art in order to assure a long-term, sustainable future for the Corcoran Gallery and the College and the rehabilitation and renovation of the historic Corcoran building.
The agreement will ensure the preservation and display of the Corcoran's valuable collection of art, its retention within D.C., and the continued use of space within the historic Corcoran building for the exhibition of modern and contemporary art.
"We now embark upon this agreement to ensure that the Corcoran collections are stewarded as part of the nation's cultural patrimony and safeguarded as a public resource in Washington," Corcoran Interim Director and President Peggy Loar said
"The Corcoran school will be strengthened as it enlightens the next generation of American artists, and the historic Corcoran Beaux-Arts structure will be renovated as the site for its two traditional purposes—educating art and design students and exhibiting historic American masterpieces and thought-provoking contemporary art," Ms. Loar said.
The Corcoran College of Art and Design will become a part of GW and will now be known as Corcoran School of the Arts and Design within GW's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. Corcoran students will continue to take classes in the Corcoran buildings.
The Corcoran School will maintain its distinct identity within the Columbian College. GW will assume ownership of, and responsibility for the Corcoran building, including its renovation, which is slated to begin early in October 2014.
GW also will assume custody of, and care for a limited number of artworks that will remain permanently in place in the Corcoran building: the Canova Lions, the Salon Doré and the French Mantle.
As previously announced, the National Gallery will organize and present exhibitions of modern and contemporary art within the Corcoran building.
The National Gallery also will maintain a Corcoran Legacy Gallery within the building, displaying a selection of works from the collection that are identified historically with the 17th Street landmark structure. These and other works of the Corcoran collection will be transferred to the custody of the National Gallery. The National Gallery of will accession a significant portion of these works into its own collection where they will bear the credit line "Corcoran Collection" plus the historic donor credit line.
The Corcoran will distribute works that are not accessioned by the National Gallery to other art museums and appropriate entities in the Washington area. No work of art will be sold. The National Gallery of Art and Corcoran curators have already begun to work together on the accession and distribution plan, which may take up to a year.

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Options for persisting data on an iPhone OS device
Now you're ready to save and persist data for your iPhone OS app. What choices do you have? For students in the DPS913 / APD601 class, the choices are covered here.
An iPhone OS device is a computer. Our iPhone OS apps can work with the device's file system to persist data.
The file system is UNIX-based. Each iPhone OS app runs in an isolated runtime environment. Additionally, the part of the file system that the app has access to is isolated. An app can work only with data in its own app bundle (i.e. the app package that gets installed), or its isolated file system portion. One app cannot get access to another app's file system portion, or to the device's system portion.
When an iPhone OS app is installed on the device (or on the iPhone Simulator), the app's file system storage area is empty. Therefore, if you need to provide getting-started data for your app, then you need to do one or more of the following:
- Generate the data programmatically, on first launch/run
- Deliver the data in your app bundle, and programmatically copy it to the file system area on first launch/run
- Obtain the data from a server, using the device's network connection
Each app's file system area is organized as follows:
- It's "root" contains the app bundle, and three folders…
- The Documents folder is to be used for storage of the app's data; it gets backed up (via iTumes)
- The Library folder is to be used for preferences storage and a few other purposes; it gets backed up
- The tmp folder is to be used for "temporary" file system operations
Locating your app's file system area when using iPhone Simulator
If you are using the iPhone Simulator with Xcode, you can use Finder to locate your app's file system area. Here's how:
(your home) > Library > Application Support > iPhone Simulator > User > Applications > (unique app ID)
Each application is located in a folder with a "unique app ID" name. Xcode works with the iPhone Simulator, and the result is a name like this: 1B999F52-8B09-416A-A94B-5B4CE9C98697
Access the file system area programmatically
There are two example apps with fully-working code to access the file system area. In this section, the highlights are presented.
Access the app bundle
You can access the app bundle with the Foundation kit NSBundle class. When called with the correct method, it returns a string with the directory path to the app bundle, and the data file in it that you want.
For example, here's a complete path plus filename string for a data file located in an app bundle:
/Users/peter/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications/FE73661B-8112-4B7D-8409-6808EA30B532/Fall2009Test1.app/NFLscores.plist
If you're new to the iPhone OS or the Mac OS, an app bundle appears in Finder with a generic icon (or a custom icon if the programmer has provided one), and a name that matches the app's name. So, to us, it appears as a single icon object. In reality. an app bundle is a directory, with a number of files and folders within it. In Finder, you can right-click the app bundle icon, and "Show Package Contents" to see the files and folders.
Access the app's Documents folder
Cocoa has a Foundation kit function called NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomain (which can also be used in Mac OS X apps). When called with the correct arguments, it returns an array of directory path strings. On iPhone OS 3.1, the array has only one element – a string, which is the full path to the Documents folder.
Notably, there is a convenient NSString method for appending a file name to the end of a directory path string. The result is well-formed, with the right number of slashes and so on.
For example, here's a complete path plus filename string for the data file used in today's "Notes plist" app:
/Users/peter/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/User/Applications/880327CC-9E38-4396-80A0-6BB6B4C64774/Documents/Notes.plist
Options for persisting data
iPhone OS offers a number of options for persisting data. We will learn four ways in this course:
- Property list (plist)
- Archiving
- Core Data
- Storage located on a sever, accessed over a network, using an API
Today, we will work with the first two options: Property list, and Archiving.
In two weeks, we will work with Core Data. After the study week break, we will work with sever-via-network storage.
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Grand Rounds
Tomorrow I start ER chief. That's right, you guessed it, that means there's going to be a lot of ER bitching going on really soon. So while I get worked up why don't you go enjoy this week's Grand Rounds.
Tomorrow I start ER chief. That's right, you guessed it, that means there's going to be a lot of ER bitching going on really soon. So while I get worked up why don't you go enjoy this week's Grand Rounds.
Recently, I wrote a post about being names in a lawsuit which was brought forth by a patient I had cared for in the past. The patient had a bad outcome and felt that this was due to the medical care he/she recieved or did not recieve. I've written similar posts about others before and usually what happens is that a med-mal discussion begins to brew in the comment section. It did this time as well and I put an end to it early, honestly, because I'm tired of hearing about it and arguing about it.
So why am I writing this post? Well, I've observed that the readers who are drawn to medical blogs are either people in the field or patients who have chronic disease and do a lot of research on the web about their own disease. These readers like to pick physician's brains or are interested in hearing something that validates their pre-concieved notion about their prognosis or other concerns. Of course, there are the occasional readers who are just interested in medicine as a field. But I digress.
Whenever one of these posts gets written, and this discussion begins, there is always one or two comments from readers who are truly convinced that their physician made a mistake, or missed something or just plain didn't know. This time the reader goes by the name "Bluedude". As they say "if you live in a glass house don't throw stones" so I will be happy to address him as "Bluedude".
Bludude writes:
This is not the first time I recieved this kind of response. I believe that Bluedude really is upset by what he believes are "physicians covering up for each other". I do understand how the situation can appear to be as such but please allow me to offer some counter-arguments you may have not given any consideration to. The reason I am going to do this here is because if I were the one being confronted by this family memberI would probably not point this out, in fear of being misunderstood, further worsening the situation and infuriating the complaint or because it would simply take wayyyyyy too much time and the person with whom I am having the discussion does not have the approprate background knowledge to begin to understand the full ramificaions of what I am saying. Especially when they are angry and more closed minded. I believe this phenomenon occurs because on television decisions seem much more straightforward. X-rays always tell the truth. CAT scans are perfect, an MRI, undeniable! If only things were that simple in REAL LIFE medicine. Please don't forget that television shows are aimed at the general public and have to be extremely simplified. A shame, since the general public gets most of their impressions about medicine from a very simplistic version.
"My father died very suddenly, and it was revealed that his doctor, also personal friend, missed the spot on his lung on the xray. We are not a litigious family and people do make mistakes. But what infuriates me is the way each doctor consistently stood up for each other, and my dad's friend kept reassuring my mom that there was no way he could've been diagnosed by the xray. Everytime he said that, it made me angrier and angrier. If doctors make a mistake, which they will, since they're only human, please don't lie to my face. Also, we asked the oncologist, and he just kept stating he didn't have a chance to review it. Be honest, be remorseful; show that you care about this patient, at this time. There would be less law suits if doctors didn't circle the wagons so readily."
I'm thankful my residency is over in 7 months. I'm thankful I'm no longer a second year or an intern. I'm thankful my residency is almost over. I'm thankful for a wonderful healthy girl and a loving wife. I'm thankful my residency is over in 7 months. I'm thankful for a beautiful world full of beautiful sights and gorgious women. I'm thankful my residency is over in 7 months. I'm thankful I'm a third year resident. I'm thankful that interns do my scut work. I'm thankful for not doing one guaiac exam myself this year, not one. I'm thankful my residency is over in 7 months.
Or Shall I say "We are getting sued".
I've been thinking about money lately. I think the reason is simple: I love money! There I said it. Finally, it's such a relief, I'm out of the closet.
Recently, Misha (sorry no address) wrote a response to one of my posts:
I thought "Heck, I spend half my day day-dreaming anyways so why not actually write down what I would love to do. So here it is, a list of what the 'little me' would really enjoy doing and then things I promise to actually do: (Some of these will get me in trouble)
"madman--you sound depressed. I think you need a diversion. How about a post of things you promise to do for your inner child.....Kind of a "to do" list. Not important achievement kinds of things....crazy things...fun things....things you have never done. You are clever....I trust you can come up with some good ones"
Over at Charles. And...He placed me first, I love you Aiden!
I feel so badly pouncing on this when really it's so much more ideal for the blogs of my emergency physician friends. the Annals of emergency Medicine October 2005 issue published an Article titled "The Next Generation of Emergency Medicine Reality Television". It's possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen in a Bona Fide medical Journal (if you consider EM medicine???). Props to Jeffrey Freeman who wrote the piece. Truly Mad my friend, I love it. Please excuse me for publishing it here. I have no money, really, I promise, none. Forgive the EM joke, that's mine, figures right?
As any emergency physician knows, it is normal to ride through the hallways of the hospital doing CPR atop the chest of a dying patient while shouting out orders to nurses at the top of their lungs—at least on television. And, while miracles occur in emergency departments (EDs) every day (such as a specialist coming in to see a patient), they are not always sufficiently dramatic for prime time. Like it or not, the American public learns more about emergency medicine from the television than from their personal experiences. ER has just finished 10 seasons; Trauma: Life in the ER has finished 7. Since it's only a matter of time before these shows fade from the airways, a replacement will soon be necessary. In this era of reality television, something that will grab the public attention and let them feel the true grit of today's ED is needed.
The following are reality television proposals for the next generation of emergency medicine viewers:
The Resident—A powerful and omniscient residency director starts with 12 emergency residents and each week fires one resident and gets all the remaining residents to work the extra shifts vacated. The last resident working gets hired to a large contract management group, but not as a partner.
Joe Emergentologist—Ten patients compete for the attention of Dr. Joe, the only physician working in a small rural ED. Each hour, Joe transfers off 1 patient to an alternate facility. Imagine the patient's surprise when it's finally revealed that Dr. Joe is only a moonlighting first-year dermatology resident, with no experience in any ED. Will the last patient standing still accept the loving care that Dr. Joe offers when they find out the truth?
Waiting Room Survivor—Twelve patients are stranded in an isolated, barren waiting room, and triage is closed. Who will survive? Without water or food, they have only their wits and the will to survive. Each week a patient is voted out of the waiting room. As they form tribes and win challenges, they struggle for the ultimate goal: any available treatment room.
ER Jeopardy—In this game show variant, 3 emergency physician contestants try to guess a patient's diagnosis, but the answer to every question is another question. Categories of answers include such puzzlers as: "What Language Is That?," "Nominal Aphasia," "Geriatric Confusion," "In2bated," and "Toxic Delirium." Losers get sued, and the winner gets no actual cash or prize, but does get to come back for another shift and the satisfaction of a job well done.
The Mole—A high-volume ED, and one of the staff is sabotaging patient care. The Mole changes lab results, erases orders, and gives wrong doses; each week another abbreviation is cut from the list of accepted abbreviations. Can the emergency physician find the Mole before another patient calls their attorney? Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine.
Patient Extreme Makeover—A team of top-notch support services: social worker, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and dental hygienist, take a frequent ED visitor each week and work their wonders. Consultants are called in for bariatric surgery and laser tattoo removal; clothing is donated from the local thrift store. The patients return after their complete makeover with a new chief complaint, and the ED staff can't recognize them until they ask for Dilaudid…
The New Price Is Right—Forty-five million uninsured audience members are invited to the television studio ED waiting room, where 4 contestants are chosen to possibly win some medical care. To win, they've got to guess the price of industry-sponsored drugs and medical procedures. Those who guess closest are invited to a final showcase, where they try and guess the complete cost of their medical treatment before succumbing to their disorder. "Come on down!"
The Simple, Poor Life—Two consultant physicians, both from fabulously wealthy subspecialties, are sent to live and work in an ED for a month. Each week they are given a different job, from unit clerk through transport and housekeeping. Can they get through one last shift without getting their clothes dirty? A laugh a minute…
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?—Two physician CEOs compete for an ED contract, trying to underbid and underpay their employee emergency physicians without going over the contract price. Three lifelines are given: "Noncompete clause," "Restricted access to billing information," and "Call a Friend." Winner gets a million dollars and retires early from medicine.
American Idle—Each week, 12 patients wait hours for lab and radiograph reports while their medical conditions deteriorate and inpatient beds are unavailable. Radiologists and audience members can text message their vote for favorite patient to be admitted.
And finally, Fear Factor—This could be the ultimate ED program. It's apparent that the potential for an endless series of reality-based episodes of pain, terror, and inedible food is available. Just like a career working shifts in any ED.
Note 1: If anyone wants to consider hiring an emergency physician as television producer, please contact the author immediately.
Note 2: JCAHO has reviewed this article and would like to remind emergency physicians who shout out orders while performing CPR while riding stretchers down hallways, that for verbal orders, please verify the order by having the person receiving the order "read-back" the complete order. Thank you.
Well, like I stated in the previous post, if you have nothing original to write about then you should just avoid posting. I think that not posting is a legitimate choice. No one expects that you post every day. Although I know some people who can, Maria, I am by no means aiming to do just that. So I post when I have something to say or when I want to link something I find interesting.
This Jackass ripped my post off and didn't even link back. I'd report him to MSN but they can't do anything. Give me a break.
I recently discussed the podcast interview with Grunt Doc and now Chris Rangel takes center stage at SoundPractice. I don't know why I like to blog this stuff but I find it interesting to actually hear what people think and how they interview. I particularly like blogging surprises.
Grand Rounds 2.07 is up and Rita from Msspnexus does a great job of weaving the whole thing into one great story. I wonder where she got that idea from?
I guess you could say I'm playing hooky. My program is under the impression that I'm at a private prestigious cancer center doing an Oncology elective. The prestigious chiefs of Internal Medicine at the prestigious Oncology center are under the impression that I'm doing my elective at my home institution. No one bothered to check and so I 'sorta' forgot to let any of them know. Oops.
Charles is hosting the Tangled Bank. I, of course, had no idea.


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Coaching is the process of supporting an individual to achieve a specific personal or professional goal. Do you have experience or expertise that can benefit others? If so, you may be sitting on knowledge that you can turn into money. Coaching and mentoring can occur in many different types of fields. Here are some of the common fields in which you see professional coaching services:
- Starting a business.
- Motivational and self-development needs.
- Career development.
- Health or substance abuse recovery.
However, there is no limit to the type of coaching or mentoring services you can provide. If you have a skill or method that has proven to be successful time and time again, you can be confident in charging people money to teach them. People want to success in their life and they'll pay to get it.
Why Coaching is So Lucrative
If you're confident and have a proven track record proving the ideas you're sharing can get the person that job, help them lose the weight, make the additional income they need or break a habit, you can feel confident in charging them premium rates for your time. As my wife taught me:
You have to know what you're worth.
When you can honestly say to yourself and your clients, "my rate of $100/hour will get you the results you need in X hours," you've got a lucrative coaching business on your hands.
One-On-One Coaching
Face to face coaching and mentoring is the highest quality of teaching. The personal interaction between two people can never be replaced with technological solutions. However, one-on-one coaching is a real skill that must be honed and perfected. The Teaching Channel provides a good overview of some of the innovative teaching/coaching methods that have proven successful.
Coaching can be a very lucrative business, but only if you're successful. This is especially true with one-on-one coaching services. If you don't turn every minute into a high quality learning experience for your client, it's hard to justify premium rates like $50-100/hour. Every coaching session should have your client saying, "he just blew my mind…again!"
- Charge premium hourly rate.
- Face to face contact with client allows for less confusion.
- Must dedicate hours of time to each client.
- Adjust coaching method to each client.
Coaching Video Series
The major difference when providing coaching services with a video series is that you only have to prepare the materials once. As a result, the coaching series should be significantly cheaper than one-on-one coaching. With video coaching you make a significant effort up front and then generate residual income from future sales.
Hard Copy
There are still many coaching professionals that offer hard copy (DVD, Blu-Ray, etc.) versions of their coaching videos. Most of these products are sold at motivational events, seminars and workshops as a supplement to the presentation. Hard copies are a great sell for in-person interactions. People love walking away with a physical product. Also, with a video disc you can take the video anywhere and watch it wherever you have a computer or share it with others. The downside is that you actually have to manufacture the videos, package them and retain inventory. You also have to deal with shipping for online/mail orders.
Digital Videos
The other option is to create a coaching video series that you post online for sale either as a package or as premium content. Visitors can gain access to premium content (coaching videos) with a paid membership. The benefit with a digital video series is there is no need to manage the physical exchange of goods (shipping, packaging, etc.). With digital videos it's a "set it and forget it" concept. You create the website or online sales funnel, do the promotion and let the sales roll in.
- One time creation of content.
- Recurring income and affiliate/reseller potential.
- Lower sales price compared to in-person coaching.
- Cannot tailor coaching to each client.
Writing an eBook
Similar to creating a coaching video series, writing an eBook is a great way of sharing your success with others. Another option, which is a step down from a video series is to produce an eBook. Many coaches and mentors are writers. They maintain a blog, write a hard-copy book, or both. An eBook (electronic book) is another way to sell your services while minimizing the effort to create dynamic content, like videos. Amazon.com offers some excellent materials if you want to learn how to become an author and publish a Kindle book.
In the end, it all comes down to your skills, confidence and dedication to teach your success to others. But that means you need some tools in your toolbox and experiences that are teachable. We have all overcome struggles in life. There are others dealing with many of those same struggles. If you can help them, you may have a future as a coach or mentor.


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Mike Clardy
AUBURN -- Auburn University has taken the war against food-related illness to a new level by adding two eminent scientists to its faculty. Richard Cernosek, professor of materials engineering, and Valery Petrenko, professor of pathobiology, bring more than 50 years of combined experience to the Auburn Center for Detection and Food Safety.
They will join 24 other Auburn faculty in seeking ways to dramatically reduce food-borne disease through rapid detection of bacteria.
Before arriving at Auburn, Cernosek spent 24 years at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M.. His last nine years focused on development and improvement of sensor platforms, a key area in the Auburn research. He will apply his experience at AU as the research team works toward development of a hand-held device that detects harmful bacteria, such as Salmonella.
"The push now is to make things smaller, more integrated, faster, cheaper and consume less power," said Cernosek. "I like what is already in place here at Auburn and am looking forward to joining the team, especially now that I'll have a chance to teach.
"I'm a believer in this project. The sensor we are creating will directly touch the lives of people. That's good. Contributing to the consumer market is always very exciting for scientists. This can make a difference in the way people live their lives."
Bryan Chin, director of the Center for Detection and Food Safety says Cernosek brings world-class recognition to the Auburn research effort.
"Richard is one of the top scientists in the United States in the area of acoustic wave sensors. He'll help us fabricate a detection sensor quicker and more effectively. We want him to teach the next generation of scientists and engineers. The research program really leverages our education effort."
Valery Petrenko, a native of Russia who spent seven years at the University of Missouri, was also brought onboard to help make bacteria-detecting sensors smaller and more efficient. A pioneer of phage technology, Petrenko offers the team an entirely new method for detection.
"Current detection methods involve antibodies, which have limitations," said Petrenko. "Our phages, as selected recognition elements, give more possibilities and can function in different unfavorable environments. We believe the phage is a perfect material for fabrication of bio- selective layers in biosensors."
Petrenko said the Auburn initiative will succeed because it combines the skills and talents of scientists of all disciplines.
"Here we have a strong collaboration on an issue that is very important. Cross discipline is the key. I'm not a specialist in materials engineering, but as a group we can do many things." Added Chin: "We envisioned a long time between when we discovered this technology and when we actually put it to use. These new faculty will speed the process along."
Each year 76 million people are affected by food-borne illness. More than 325,000 are hospitalized, and as many as 5,000 die.
The vision of the Auburn Research Center for Detection and Food Safety is to improve the U.S. food system through the latest scientific and engineering technology. The goal is to place a sensor in every fresh food product we buy. This microchip will make instant determinations whether the food is safe to eat at every point along the food-supply chain.


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Despite the usual chaotic bad luck (car breaking down late at night, stranding us in the freezing cold before we could reach our hotel, and requiring parts that couldn't be purchased until the following day), I had a great time meeting tons of awesome new people. :)
I rocked the Source Point Press booth with Bre and also writer, editor, friend, and the man with a plan: Trico J. Lutkins! This was also the first stop on my Great Lakes Book Tour for my newest book "Rampant." I'll be doing signings for this book all across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. It's the most incredible feeling in the world to meet people who enjoy what I've been working on, and I'm super excited for everyone to check out Rampant, which I am very proud of. And it was nominated for a "Best of 2014" Horror award, thank you so much to everyone who voted for it! I didn't win, but I sure ranked higher in the polls than I ever would've imagined. I'm so glad everyone's enjoying the book so much, you guys rock! If you haven't had the chance to read it and are interested in a gothic horror werewolf tale set in the 18th century Swiss Confederacy, done in a classic horror movie style, with direct tie-ins to Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", you can order your copy on Amazon or the Source Point Press Storenvy.
I.C.E. was also one of the first places we were able to show off some brand new Source Point Comics that came out that same week, Serial #2 and Source Point Presents #1!
While I was at the expo in Dayton I also manned a small booth for MindFrost Solutions and their awesome iOS App videogame, "Zombie Rush: Riot!" This game has a very cool storyline written by Eric Roman, which is told in a motion comic that can be unlocked in the game, and I was one of the artists to illustrate some of that story. I'm also working with both MindFrost and Source Point to release a graphic novel of the Zombie Rush Riot story later on this year. For I.C.E. I asked the game designers to create a special version that I could use on my laptop, with key strokes emulating iPad/iPhone swipes, then I hooked my laptop up to a TV, and I programmed an old school NES-style controller to emulate the keystrokes, so people attending the show could try out the game with a controller. Everyone had a blast, and we held a contest to see which person would be the first to run 1,000 meters in a single rush. Dan Navas was the first one to do it, and he won a Zombie Rush Riot t-shirt as a prize, courtesy of MindFrost Solutions.
Check out some pictures!
|Photo courtesy of ComicRelated.com Click here to check out their photo coverage of ICE!
|Photo courtesy of ComicRelated.com Click here to check out their photo coverage of ICE!
|Here's Dan Navas, the winner of the Zombie Rush: Riot contest with the shirt he won!


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adi Group Shortlisted In Birmingham Post Business Awards
Birmingham based engineering solutions firm, adi Group has been shortlisted in the Birmingham Post Business Awards 2017 for Contribution To Community.
The awards, organised by the Birmingham Post newspaper, celebrate success, recognise achievement and highlight the innovative people and companies in Birmingham who are putting the Midlands region on the map by boosting the economy while making a positive contribution to the local community.
The Contribution To The Community Category recognises companies that have demonstrated considerable dedication to corporate, social and ethical responsibility. The judging panel selected adi Group based on the firm's substantial contribution to the community through its 'Engineering A Better Future' Corporate Social Responsibility programme.
Through its CSR Programme, the Group supports numerous community-driven initiatives be it through supporting young people with work placements, supporting local causes through volunteering and/or fundraising activities, through to partnering with local schools to support students.
Alan Lusty, Chief Executive Officer at adi Group, commented:
"As a business driven by Corporate Social Responsibility, we are delighted to have been announced as finalists for our contribution to the community in this years Birmingham Post Business Awards.
"Our staff work tirelessly to support our community initiatives from mentoring placements and students, through to participating in fundraising and volunteering for our chosen charity of the year, Heart Research UK. This recognition is a testament to their hard work in making our impact on the wider local community such a success."
The awards final will take place on Wednesday October 18th at an awards ceremony at The ICC in Birmingham.
View the full list of shortlisted companies here.BACK TO ARTICLES


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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Blog Hop: My Writing Process
This Blog Hop is a blog tour showcasing authors and their writing process. I was tagged by Kurt Hampe, one of our witty, hard-working YA Fusion blog team members whose posts always crack me up. You can read his post and back-track through the blog tour here: http://www.kurthampe.com/1/post/2014/06/blog-hop-my-writing-process.html
I'm tagging Vicky Lorencen and Katie Van Ark who've inspired me for years through SCBWI-MI. You can learn more about them at the end of my post.
And now it's my turn...
1. What am I working on now?
So many different projects. My agent recently submitted my new YA novel, and we received fairly consistent feedback from a few editors, which means I need to revise before we resubmit. I also have another YA novel to revise and a half-completed New Adult novel to finish. In between novels, I write short pieces, such as an essay about working in Detroit that was recently accepted by an online literary journal. I also write for Gleaners Food Bank in Detroit which has been a really nice way to blend my social work career with writing. My other writing role is co-editing the SCBWI-MI newsletter. I'm always on the lookout for interesting kidlit articles and artwork.
2. How does my work differ from others in its genre?
This is a tough question - there's a stunning amount of talent and variety in YA fiction. Working as a social worker has been eye-opening, and I've been inspired by so many resilient children and families. I try to bring this experience and emotion into my stories.
3. Why do I write what I do?
I want my novels to be fast-paced and engrossing, but also tackle big questions. To make readers feel and think deeply. I write to better understand our world, and I hope to expand a reader's worldview as well.
4. How does my writing process work?
I keep notebooks beside my bed, in my office, and in the car. I jot down character traits, plot ideas, themes, questions, snippets of dialogue. It all stews in my subconscious and begins to take the shape of a story. I might write a very rough outline, but usually I just need to dive right into the story and figure it out as I go.
If I'm stuck I'll share chapters with critique partners, but I prefer waiting until I have a complete first draft. My agent provides valuable feedback too. Then, it's revise, revise, revise. Last year, I took an online writing course with author Tim Wynne Jones where I could submit up to 300 pages. His feedback was so helpful, and the deadlines kept me moving forward.
So, enough about me. Check out writers extraordinaire Katie Van Ark on Saturday, June 14th, and Vicky Lorencen on Monday, June 16th, to learn more about their writing process. Here are their bios and blog links:
Katie Van Ark skates and writes from Michigan. Her debut novel, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, is a figure skating romance coming February 3, 2015 from Macmillan Swoon Reads. Read more here: http://www.katievanark.com/blog
Vicky Lorencen makes sentences and shops for shoes in Michigan. She recently completed her second middle grade novel SHORT CHANGED and is actively shopping for a literary agent who will be just the right fit. Visit her blog, Frog on a Dime at http://vickylorencen.com/posts/
Have a great week!
Kristin Lenz
5 comments:
- Vicky Lorencen said...
Thanks for sharing, Kristin. I'm inspired by your energy and ambition!
- June 8, 2014 at 10:10 PM
- Natalie Aguirre said...
Loved hearing about your writing process. Wow! You are so productive. Fingers crossed for you!
- June 9, 2014 at 6:35 AM
- Joanne R. Fritz said...
I always enjoy hearing about other writers and their writing process. I usually dive into the story too and figure it out as I write.
Tim Wynne Jones sounds awesome. I've heard other writers mention his workshops.
- June 9, 2014 at 4:25 PM
- Crystal Collier said...
I'm totally a notebook person too, but I use the tablet at night. It's easier to transfer thoughts to the computer. =)
- June 11, 2014 at 3:45 PM
- Amber Hart said...
Great post! Hoping you get that deal soon! How exciting :)
- June 13, 2014 at 4:16 PM
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REED. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to join my colleagues on the
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by Snorri Sturlson | c.1179-1241 | 320,198 words
The "Heimskringla" of Snorri Sturlason is a collection of sagas concerning the various rulers of Norway, from about A.D. 850 to the year A.D. 1177....
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Harald [1] was but ten years old when he succeeded his father (Halfdan the Black). He became a stout, strong, and comely man, and withal prudent and manly. His mother's brother, Guthorm, was leader of the hird, at the head of the government, and commander (`hertogi') of the army. After Halfdan the Black's death, many chiefs coveted the dominions he had left.
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The first twenty chapters of this saga refer to Harald's youth and his conquest of Norway. This portion of the saga is of great importance to the Icelanders, as the settlement of their Isle was a result of Harald's wars. The second part of the saga (chaps. 21-46) treats of the disputes between Harald's sons, of the jarls of Orkney, and of the jarls of More. With this saga we enter the domain of history. — Ed.


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Through the prevalence study, local professionals were trained in FASD research, assessment and diagnosis, creating capacity for the community clinic that now assesses adults in Yukon with the goal of developing supportive strategies for those individuals.
Yukon is a member of the Canada Northwest FASD Partnership, representing the three northern territories and the four western provinces.
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Too bad there aren't yet any good movies that have received the Infinifilm treatment.
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As I said, no good movies have yet gotten the Infinifilm treatment.Sorry Alfie, and thanks for the recommendation, but I found Blow to be predictable, cliché-ridden and poorly written. Penelope Cruz is but the latest in the long tradition of pretty faces without thespian talent (Catherine Zeta-Jones, that blond bimbo in Planet of the Apes, to name a few). The movie's only saving grace is Johnny Depp, and that's not enough to redeem it.But this is off-topic, if you really want to go into it let's start a thread in the Film & TV Talk forum.
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