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colemangal85:I must be an awful mom - because as long as he washes his hands and doesn't hold the LO - I wouldn't care. I feel that LO's these days are protected a little too much for sickness - how else are they suppose to build an immune system? It's bad enough that I'm not taking my LO anywhere until the winter is over since he can't get the RSV shots so I'm ok with him being exposed to a little bit things but that's just me.
Are you a mom to a preemie? I feel like a preemie mom wouldn't say "how else are they supposed to build an immune system". There are certain things that don't apply in the same way to FT babies vs. preemies. Risking exposing a preemie to illnesses such as the flu and RSV wouldn't be a way to "build an immune system" it would put them at risk for serious complications and hospitalization. Which preemies and preemie parents have no doubt had enough of and would not like to repeat.
With that said, I am not a terribly over protective preemie mom but don't really want to take extra chances at exposing my LO to people who are sick.


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Turkey at the Turning Point?
Abdullah Gül's home province of Kayseri, in the middle of Anatolia, over three hundred miles from Istanbul, has emerged on the winning side in this conflict. During twenty-five years of demographic and economic development, Kayseri has transformed itself from a backward region, dependent on the state for agricultural subsidies and industrial investments, into a place where one can see the private sector at its most ambitious and imaginative, and home to several of Turkey's most profitable companies. Back in the 1980s, when Turkey was first exposed to global competition, Kayseri's entrepreneurs invested in machinery and know-how; nowadays, the province's industrialists, notably its furniture and textile manufacturers, are respected internationally. For sugar producers in the province, the recent phasing out of subsidies has turned out to be a blessing. Newly privatized, thriving in a competitive environment, Kayseri's big sugar refinery has doubled its daily processing capacity. It is now Turkey's second-most-profitable refinery.
Prosperity has changed the provincial capital, also called Kayseri. Having been, as recently as the 1960s, a modest little town, it has grown into a modern city with a population of 600,000 and amenities to match. Literacy rates have risen sharply, among women as well as men. The city has a well-established university, which receives private as well as public funding.
Why do many Turkish secularists feel uneasy as they view the strides taken by Kayseri and several comparable Anatolian towns? The answer lies in the growth of Islamic cultural autonomy that the new wealth has generated, and its apparent conflict with the principles of the secular state. Many of Kayseri's top entrepreneurs are members of an association of religious-minded businessmen. They go on the pilgrimage to Mecca and host lavish breakfasts during Ramadan. They contribute to the building and upkeep of mosques, finance courses on the Koran, and help poor young people to attend university. The entrepreneurs of Kayseri are rich enough to buy large houses in Istanbul and villas on the coast, and to send their daughters to private universities—in this way, they can circumvent the head-scarf ban. Some are affiliated with Islamic religious brotherhoods, outlawed by Atatürk, that have been accused of undermining the secular order. The AKP is their natural political home.
Even when I visited Kayseri back in 1996, when Welfare was in power nationally and in the city, there seemed to be little appetite among residents for a full-blown Islamic regime. A report by the European Stability Initiative in 2005 described the people of Kayseri in an even more moderate light, as a community that has, by emphasizing Islam's historical affinity to mercantilism, "made its own peace with modernity."2
This cannot be said for many other parts of Turkey where change has been much more erratic and unsettling. Long before the AKP came to power, Turkey's economic leap began with the partial economic liberalization of the 1980s and the beginning of the mass migration of poor people from the countryside to the cities. Under Erdogan, liberalization of the economy has gone faster and deeper. Backed by the International Monetary Fund, with which it has a standby agreement, the AKP has shown more fiscal and monetary discipline than any recent government. It has accelerated privatization and attracted record levels of foreign direct investment. The government has brought down inflation, which averaged almost 70 percent between 1996 and 2001, to below 10 percent. The economy is growing strongly.
Not all Turks have reaped the benefits, and many have felt only the costs. The increases in new jobs in private factories and the service sector have been offset as agriculture has shrunk, and thousands of small shops, unable to compete with new supermarkets and US-style malls, have closed. Despite the boom, unemployment has hovered around 2.5 million—10 percent of the workforce—since 2002; and unemployed workers have minimal benefits or none at all. Rural communities have continued to empty. The province of Cankiri, for instance, which once survived on agriculture, is now dependent on the remittances of some 700,000 migrants to Ankara and Istanbul.
The AKP is also the party of these migrants. Confused, alienated, and far from home, they find in the AKP an outlet for their conservatism and a vehicle for their material aspirations. In Erdogan, the son of a migrant to Istanbul, they have an example to admire. Their feelings are not shared by the established urban middle class. Many educated secularists deplore the newcomers' manners and customs, and they resent what they perceive as an erosion of civic and urban values. Having to act as unwilling hosts to wave after wave of Anatolian yokels seems to them like a cruel ending after the leadership that the Kemalists once benevolently exercised over the country. These same urban Turks participated in the huge antigovernment protests of the spring. Combined with the actions and statements of the armed forces, secular groups, and President Sezer, their openly expressed concerns about Islamism contributed to the impression that a very large coalition was forming.
The coalition turned out to be smaller, and less able to rally other Turks, than the protests suggested. One reason for this is that for all their rhetorical defense of "modernity," the Kemalists have a limited program, founded on paranoia and opposition to change. The leader of the CHP, for instance, the party that Atatürk founded, has claimed to be the target of a CIA assassination plot. During the election campaign, the newspaper Cumhuriyet, a bastion of the Kemalist left, competed with far-right publications in its chauvinistic denunciation of such institutions as the IMF and the EU.
Yasar Büyükanit, the chief of the armed forces, is deeply skeptical about the European Union. He has hinted that the EU is trying to dismember Turkey by supporting Kurdish nationalists and other minorities, and by demanding a formal recognition by the Turkish government of the 1915 Armenian massacres. In 2005, while Büyükanit was head of Turkey's land forces, he aroused concern in Europe by praising a military agent who had been arrested after bombing a bookshop owned by a Kurdish nationalist. Immediately after Gül's election, he warned that "crafty plans" were being hatched to "destroy the gains of modernity." This was interpreted as an allusion to a new constitution, currently being drafted behind closed doors, which Erdogan has proposed to adopt next year. This document is expected to subordinate further the armed forces to civilian authority, and to give the Kurds unprecedented cultural recognition—reforms that the European Union has long advocated.3
There is a consensus among many Turks, and among Europeans friendly to Turkey, that the Kemalist elite must continue to give up power. At the same time, even Turkey's small number of genuine liberals grudgingly appreciate that were it not for the armed forces and some judges, the Islamists might not have moderated their message or their policies to the extent that they have. Had the armed forces not intervened in 1997, and the courts not banned the Welfare Party and jailed Erdogan, Turkey's political life would indeed have become more Islamist in character. While many distrust the Islamists' actions, innocuous as they are, it is the intentions and sincerity of Erdogan and Gül that are the real source of anxiety—and which the armed forces use to justify their continuing involvement in public life.
Many pro-EU Turks link their country's future development to its joining the European Union. According to this view, membership would prevent the resurgence of radical Islamism and force the armed forces to assume the diminished powers, accountable to elected civilians, that they have in other EU countries. But entry into the EU, in spite of the AKP's recent pledge to redouble its efforts to meet the EU's criteria, seems a long way off. Since 2006, negotiations have been frozen on several of the "chapters" of EU law that countries must adopt in order to be admitted, and which would require the Turks to make further improvements in human rights and to promote the cultural rights of minorities such as the Kurds. In part this freeze is punishment for Turkey's refusal to open its ports to Greek Cypriot ships unless the EU lifts its thirty-three-year-old trade embargo on the Turkish-run northern third of the island, a self-styled republic that the EU does not recognize. It is also a response to Turkey's shortcomings in other matters, including human rights. The EU leaders are particularly unhappy about the AKP's failure to scrap a notorious article of the penal code under which several people, including the 2006 Nobel laureate for literature, Orhan Pamuk, have been charged with "insulting Turkishness,"4 often because they denounce Turkey's massacre of Armenians in 1915.
Mutual hostility between Turks and some countries in the European Union has risen in recent years. According to a recent poll conducted by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Compagnia di San Paolo, an Italian foundation, 49 percent of people in France, and 43 percent of people in Germany, where there is widespread hostility toward the country's large number of immigrant Turks, regard the prospect of Turkish membership as a "bad thing," while a mere 40 percent of Turks support membership in the union—a big drop from the 73-percent figure for 2004. Turks' enthusiasm for the union seems to have fallen in proportion to their declining confidence that they will be admitted. According to the same survey, barely a quarter of Turks expect the union to let them in. Since coming to power, Nicolas Sarkozy has said that he may not carry out his campaign pledge to block accession negotiations on further "chapters," but he continues to favor a "privileged partnership" for Turkey, not full membership.
The irony is that in Abdullah Gül Turkey finally has a president who is an avowed Europhile and an advocate of human rights and other European ideals. It is possible that the AKP, emboldened by its second mandate, may do what Ali Babacan, the new foreign minister, recently said it would, which is to accelerate the reform process and promulgate a new constitution, "to prepare a better…environment for our own people," so Turkey is "perceived more and more as an asset for the EU." Equally, it is possible that some members of the government will revert, at least partially, to their former Islamist selves. On September 19, for instance, Erdogan announced that he wanted the new constitution to allow women to wear head scarves in universities. He described the issue as one of individual liberty.
In his inaugural address, President Gül defined secularism as "a rule for social peace no less than it is an empowering model for different ways of life within democracy." This definition, with its suggestions of political and social pluralism, was seized on by some secularists in the press as fresh evidence that the government and the President are intent on dismantling the secular system in the name of increasing rights and, eventually, undermining democracy itself. That seems unlikely. Having identified the democratic process as an ally in their rise to power, many of Turkey's mainstream Islamists have become convinced of its superiority to other systems of government. These men and women say they must face the challenge of reconciling Islam with a free politics. Whether they intended to or not, the Islamists have changed.
The AKP itself performed remarkably well on July 22. The party won 47 percent of the vote, 12 percent more than in 2002, but the entry into parliament of the far-right MHP, and some independents, meant that it got slightly fewer seats, 341 of the 550 available.
The election was not a contest between Islamism and secularism. Although the antigovernment protests of the spring were impressive, they were held in relatively progressive parts of western Turkey, underscoring the absence of large numbers of passionate secularists in central and eastern Anatolia. The largely secular CHP campaigned on issues such as corruption, the lot of the poor, and the government's handling of the Kurdish problem. The MHP taunted the government for not hanging Abdullah Öcalan, the incarcerated leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whose long, ongoing war against the Turkish state has so far cost around 37,000 lives. The CHP won ninety-nine seats, the MHP seventy-one.
The AKP has become Turkey's first party in decades to have support from all parts of Turkey. This was illustrated by its impressive showing in the eastern and southeastern provinces whose inhabitants are mostly Kurdish—provinces that have given a great deal, in lives, suffering, and perennial underdevelopment, for Öcalan and his cause.
On election night I was in the headquarters of the Democratic Society Party, Turkey's latest Kurdish nationalist party, in Varto, a rural district in the mainly Kurdish province of Musåü. The party had nominated some of its leading members as independent candidates, hoping to circumvent an electoral rule preventing small parties from entering parliament, and there was at first much optimistic talk in the room. But the results were extremely disappointing. In a district that has provided the PKK with hundreds of recruits, the AKP vote rose at the expense of the Kurdish nationalists. And the electoral strength of the AKP generally came as a shock. The party won more than 50 percent of the vote in several overwhelmingly Kurdish provinces.
The AKP has used its power cannily in the Kurdish provinces, extending free health care and giving out schoolbooks as part of a campaign to persuade people in the partly illiterate region to send their children to school. The AKP's reputation for piety has not harmed it since many Kurds, despite the PKK's disapproving attitude toward religion, are pious as well. The Kurds appreciate the government's resistance to pressure from the armed forces to authorize an attack across the border into northern Iraq on PKK camps there.5 But the main explanation for the AKP's popularity among the Kurds is that Erdogan, unlike his predecessors, recognizes that the Kurdish problem turns on respect for Kurdish ethnic identity, not economic and social backwardness. The government has modestly increased the Kurds' linguistic and cultural autonomy and much reduced torture in police stations, a major change. The fighting, although it continues, is less intense than it was.
The new constitution will allow, so some have said, the teaching of Kurdish as a second language in Turkish schools. It will also redefine Turkish citizenship without any reference to ethnicity. Such reforms would be popular among the Kurds, who resent the current constitution's emphasis on Turkish culture. The PKK, which has stopped demanding a separate Kurdish state, could hardly complain.
A danger for the future is that as the PKK watches the AKP gain popularity in the southeast, it may intensify its attacks on the security forces, hoping that the reaction will radicalize normal Kurds, who are mostly fed up with war. Another danger is that the Turkish army could decide to intensify the war against the PKK. That would strike another blow at Turkey's already frustrated European aspirations.
A third danger is that Erdogan and his allies will recklessly allow some of their old Islamist instincts to reassert themselves. There is little doubt that, if Erdogan insists on reversing the ban on head-scarved women in universities, there will be another crisis. It would be a mistake for the AKP to assume brazenly that the age of coups is over. On balance, however, Turkey gives ground for hope. It is possible that an Islamist movement with a history of intolerance and bigotry will succeed in transforming Turkish politics along genuinely democratic lines. This seems to be the task that the AKP has set itself; with what degree of determination, time will tell. The 2007 general election, as much a triumph for democracy as it was for the AKP, may one day be seen as a turning point.
—September 27, 2007
See Islamic Calvinists: Change and Conservatism in Central Anatolia (Berlin and Istanbul: ESI, September 19, 2005), available at www.esiweb.org. A recent comparative study by the Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakf? (Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation), an Istanbul think tank, supports the contention that Turks generally are becoming more moderate as well as more religious. In 1999, the study found, 86 percent of respondents expressed some degree of religiosity; in 2006 the figure was 93 percent. Over the same period, the percentage of respondents opposed to the setting up of a religious state went up from 68 percent to 76 percent.↩
It should not be assumed that the armed forces are the generally disinterested Europhiles described in Foreign Affairs last year (see Ersel Ayd?nl?, Nihat Ali Özcan, and Dogan Akyaz, "The Turkish Military's March Toward Europe," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2006). The authors are informative on the AKP's trimming of military powers and privileges, but they are excessively optimistic when they suggest that the armed forces want Turkey to join the EU and believe that membership could solve the problems of Kurdish nationalism and rising Islamism. My impression is that General Büyükan?t and other senior officers fear that membership will exacerbate these problems and challenge Turkish sovereignty. Junior officers are, if anything, even blunter than Büyükan?t in their hostility to the EU.↩
Criticism is not restricted to Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code, which has been used to prosecute Pamuk and other writers: see Amnesty International's recent report on abuses in the Turkish justice system, "Justice Delayed and Denied: The Persistence of Protracted and Unfair Trials for Those Charged under Anti-terrorism Legislation."↩
The government, it is reported, believes that an incursion by the Turkish army would harm relations with the US and, to a lesser extent, the EU. Erdogan, for his part, is said to want a peaceful resolution to the conflict.↩
See Islamic Calvinists: Change and Conservatism in Central Anatolia (Berlin and Istanbul: ESI, September 19, 2005), available at www.esiweb.org. A recent comparative study by the Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakf? (Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation), an Istanbul think tank, supports the contention that Turks generally are becoming more moderate as well as more religious. In 1999, the study found, 86 percent of respondents expressed some degree of religiosity; in 2006 the figure was 93 percent. Over the same period, the percentage of respondents opposed to the setting up of a religious state went up from 68 percent to 76 percent.↩
It should not be assumed that the armed forces are the generally disinterested Europhiles described in Foreign Affairs last year (see Ersel Ayd?nl?, Nihat Ali Özcan, and Dogan Akyaz, "The Turkish Military's March Toward Europe," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2006). The authors are informative on the AKP's trimming of military powers and privileges, but they are excessively optimistic when they suggest that the armed forces want Turkey to join the EU and believe that membership could solve the problems of Kurdish nationalism and rising Islamism. My impression is that General Büyükan?t and other senior officers fear that membership will exacerbate these problems and challenge Turkish sovereignty. Junior officers are, if anything, even blunter than Büyükan?t in their hostility to the EU.↩
Criticism is not restricted to Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code, which has been used to prosecute Pamuk and other writers: see Amnesty International's recent report on abuses in the Turkish justice system, "Justice Delayed and Denied: The Persistence of Protracted and Unfair Trials for Those Charged under Anti-terrorism Legislation."↩
The government, it is reported, believes that an incursion by the Turkish army would harm relations with the US and, to a lesser extent, the EU. Erdogan, for his part, is said to want a peaceful resolution to the conflict.↩


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Somehow, I've pulled off a rare feat: I have a fairly extensive readership for this blog, and zero credibility. That's just the way I like it. I imagine that credibility is a type of addiction. Once you have it, you naturally want to keep it. I'm guessing credibility feels good, and it probably has economic advantages too. If I ever experience credibility, I'll probably want to have it forever.
But credibility comes at a high price. Credibility makes you edit your ideas down to what you imagine are acceptable forms. No one wants to slip from being a credible expert to a ridiculous buffoon. That's a steep drop. Credibility makes you avoid risk. It makes you boring, and leaves you too often stuck in the past.
Critics can be harsh, and often dishonest, when discussing credible people. See how the media is treating the Republican candidates for president. About half of all the news generated during an election year involves quotes deliberately taken out of context to make these otherwise credible candidates seem like flip-flopping, racist, fat cats. People who are not credible hate the people who are. And the people who
credible feel a duty to attack the other credible people who have opposing views. Being credible is a hard job.
On the opposite end of the credibility spectrum you have me, and this blog. My goal is to be thought-provoking, but never credible. I embrace my ignorance and irrationality with enthusiasm. I consider both of those qualities assets for what I do. But what the hell is it that I'm doing? Maybe I should explain that.
First, we need some context. We humans naturally see ourselves as the center of the universe. That point of view probably has survival advantages, and it is a valid way to approach life. But it's not the only way to see the world.
I take more of a robot's view of the world. According to my robot perspective, ideas are the most important force. Humans merely serve as incubators, filters, and transmission facilities for the ideas. It's a symbiotic relationship because wherever you see the healthiest environments for ideas, humans are usually thriving too. You know who has the fewest ideas? North Korea, that's who.
We humans like to think we control ideas, but it's probably more accurate to say we do little more than bury the ideas that are broken on delivery. If you suddenly have an idea for a car made entirely of potato chips, you probably keep it to yourself. But if you have a bad idea about how the President should manage the country, you'll probably have a few drinks at your next social gathering and let it fly. Human are transmitters, not filters. By analogy, the Internet can detect bad data packets, but not bad ideas. We're like the Internet.
In this context, I see myself as a collector, combiner, and broadcaster of ideas, both good and bad. I spray ideas into the universe and let the ideas fight for their own survival. With the help of their human hosts, the best ideas will evolve and reproduce, and the worst ideas will go to their resting places on the Internet.
You'd be surprised who reads this blog, either directly or indirectly. In the new biography of Steve Jobs, there's a story about Jobs forwarding one of my posts about his brilliant handling of the iPhone antennae issue. I assume Jobs wasn't normally a reader of this blog, but the ideas in my post that day hopped from host to host until they found him. Each of my posts finds a different path from host to host, depending on the topic and the quality of the writing.
I'm explaining all of this because of a comment that user Unlost made about my post yesterday. After reading my ideas for how I would run my presidency, Unlost said, "Priceless, yet this will all go unheeded." I understand the pessimism, but I see it differently. The ideas I unleashed yesterday are already waging a guerrilla war with the status quo. The ideas are hopping from host to host, and if any are worthy, they will evolve and survive. Change doesn't happen quickly, but I guarantee that any good ideas generated by this blog -
there are any - will find their way. The weak ideas will fade to backup storage, as they should.
I see life as a process, not a goal. If my goal had been to create world-changing ideas that worked right away, I would be a complete failure. But I don't have that goal. Instead, I have a process that involves seeding the universe with ideas and waiting for the strongest to evolve and make a difference. The worst case scenario is that my ideas cause the eventual best ideas to compete harder and evolve to even better forms. When you use a process that makes sense, even the unanticipated outcomes are good.
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Jan 24, 2012
ew, pandering to republicans... I see where you are headed... prepare to lose 50% readership at least...
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Jan 16, 2012
You know, Americans are big on family dynasties despite their supposed aversion to royalty. Our fascination with the British royals seems evidence enough of that. For your presidential bid you should probably start trading on the Adams name a bit more. "Adams for President...AGAIN!"
Just a thought.
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Jan 16, 2012
You could also put it this way: "I leave the hard work to others".
I wish I could pull that off.
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Jan 15, 2012
The actual worst case scenario is your ideas look good to the general public, eliminate their "opposition", and turn out to doom mankind. That being said, I have never thought of ideas as beings that go through evolutionary process, and it is an interesting point of view.
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Jan 15, 2012
The actual worst case scenario is your ideas look good to the general public, eliminate their "opposition", and turn out to doom mankind. That being said, I have never thought of ideas as beings that go through evolutionary process, and it is an interesting point of view.
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Jan 14, 2012
What you're talking about has been called "memetics." My passing familiarity with that concept includes the notion that the properties of ideas that make them popular are not the same properties that make them beneficial. Which is to say that ideas that propagate and thrive - in the evolutionary fashion that you are talking about - are not necessarily "good ideas."
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Jan 13, 2012
Speaking of seeding ideas: I started to write up a comment the need to begin rethinking the Internet - to create incentives for the creation of high-quality content and reduce incentives for spam - and ultimately create a better environment for circulating, evaluating and developing ideas.
It got a bit wordy, so I turned it into a blog entry instead: www.marketingisnotlying.com.
I obviously prefer commenting to blogging - as evidenced by the number of postings (2) on my own site - but I do feel strongly about the need to get the idea out there.
The truth is that search is a tool - invented by engineers who found clever ways to use technology to deliver content. This opened up the world in many positive, beneficial ways - but it has also created malignant incentives to generate garbage content while discouraging real contributors. The effort required to rise above spammers clamoring for search rankings keeps a lot of intelligent, creative thinkers from joining the conversation. I'm certain there is a better way. The trick is to get people to start thinking about what that might look like.
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"I see life as a process, not a goal."
"...I have a process that involves seeding the universe with ideas and waiting for the strongest to evolve and make a difference."
Technically, one could say that this life's goal is to compete ideas against each other. To what end, I don't know.
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I remember one of your ideas from years ago. It has probably evolved (or mutated) in my mind over the years, but what I recall is this: Dump all federal budget data into a vast database with a flexible interface - and allow people to create their own charts parsing the data however they want. No doubt that's wildly impractical - but the basic idea that fundamental budget data could and should be made far more accessible to the public is quite valid. Obfuscation is a just another word for control. I've done my bit to pass the idea on in various forms.
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Yes, but there's something to be said for sitting on an egg yourself until it's fully hatched. Interesting that you mention evolution, because that guy with the beard, ol' Charlie, sure knew how to hatch an egg.
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"I have a fairly extensive readership for this blog, and zero credibility. " -- Ahem the goldilocks scenario like having lot of money supply but no inflation. You you should win a nobel prize in blogonomics
if there is one.
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Jan 13, 2012
Synopsis : Scott Adams is incredible !
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This is one of the most inspirational postings I've ever read from you. It's a loving ode to eccentricity, a sonnet for insanity, a love song for crazy thinking. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: "The beginner sees many possibilities, the expert few." One of the hardest things to maintain is a creative mindset. In some circles, even suggesting a new way of approaching a problem is cause for embarrassment. I mean, who do you think you are, anyway? It's not like you're an expert, so something.
But it's the experts who have mastered fighting the last battle. Your point about credibility is spot on. It comes with an enormous price: it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain a creative mind when you're more concerned with losing the status you've worked so hard to gain. That is one of the many things that Steve Jobs did very well. He had enormous credibility and maintained a creative mind.
Thank you for this posting. It's given me a nice way of approaching the way in which I grow in my life. How can I balance growing into a credible professional without losing my creative edge?
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An idea needs more than just "being good" to get through the filters of the public. It needs to reach the public in the first place. A few weeks ago (and again, just now), I wanted to see how the mainstream media is taking to your candidacy. The only articles I found were in online-only publications that I had never heard of. May I submit that the mainstream press has their own filters which are based on criteria other than the goodness of the ideas. Since only a small percentage of voters actually vote for independent candidates, a newspaper would have little reason to publish something appealing only to a small percentage of their readership.
Also, one of your campaign platforms will probably work against you. There is a large contingent of voters who connote "science" with "hard to understand". These voters are the type who would prefer to wear a bracelet that promises magical powers, or read the horoscopes regularly. They will not relate well to a president who seems complicated.
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|Tue, 07-27-2010 - 2:51pm
Hiya! This is my first time here. We are just starting our first IVF cycle. Today was day 2. I had bloodwork and ultrasound this morning and started Lupron today. I've already been through all the previous testing prior to having unsuccessful IUI in May.
We are nervous, and excited. This is more then likely our only cycle we will be able to do. My friends and family don't know we are trying to conceive because it will make it harder if it isn't successful, having all the questions from them. But it is hard not having support going through this process.
I'm a Nanny of 4 year old Triplets and 2 1/2 year old twins. We really would like to have a family of our own :)
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|Wed, 08-04-2010 - 1:56pm
Well? How did it go?
I've been mentally chanting BFP, BFP, BFP, BFP for you all day today :)
Hope you have some celebrating to do tonight :)
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Only 2 days away! How exciting and nerve racking! Will you know the same day? Or does it take a day for the results? Still thinking of you here and keeping my fingers crossed :)
Think positive happy thoughts :)
|Mon, 08-02-2010 - 1:33pm
Hi Mandy! I replied to your post, but it doesn't look like it went through. How are things going? Have you started your BCP yet? I will be happy to support you through this journey :)
Please keep me posted. Good luck and have a great day :)
Robin :)
|Mon, 08-02-2010 - 1:20pm
Hi Lynn! How are things going? So far, things seem to be going okay here. Went for more blood work and ultrasound on Saturday. I have to go again Tomorrow (Tuesday.) I keep trying to "forget" about what we're doing, not to get my hopes up too high. But it isn't working :) It's exciting and scary at the same time. The unknown, but the possibilities!
Please keep me updated on how you are doing :)
|Sun, 08-01-2010 - 11:37am
Hi, Robin. Looks like we're cycling around the same time. I just started with Gonal F yesterday. I'll be adding Luveris on Monday. I'm not a fan of needles either, so I'm grateful that the needles seem small so far.
I'm glad you found this group, because the more support you can get, the better. We didn't tell our friends and family at first, but we ended up slowly telling them and have been surprised at how many questions people _don't_ ask. So far, people have been great in respecting our privacy. They're just excited for us. A few times, I've had to say, "We don't really want to talk about why we have to do this," but then the person was respectful. I've also been surprised at how many of my friends and family already know people who have done IVF.
I hope everything goes well for you and a BFP is on the way!
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with anti-inflammatory and
effects, has recently been reported to improve symptoms of NBP and PD. An uncontrolled study reported that 500 mg of quercetin twice daily for at least two weeks significantly improved symptoms in 59% of men with chronic prostatitis.1 These results were confirmed in a double-blind study, in which similar treatment with quercetin for one month improved symptoms in 67% of men with NBP or PD.2 Another uncontrolled study combined 1,000 mg per day of quercetin with the enzymes
, resulting in significant improvement of symptoms.3 Bromelain and papain promote absorption of quercetin and have anti-inflammatory effects as well.4
Many of the effects of allergic reactions are caused by the release of histamine, which is the reason antihistamine medication is often used by allergy sufferers. Some natural substances, such as
vitamin C
6 , 7 and
,8 including
,9 , 10 have demonstrated antihistamine effects in test tube, animal, and other preliminary studies. However, no research has investigated whether these substances can specifically reduce allergic reactions in humans.
, a
found in most plants, has an inhibiting action on lipoxygenase, an enzyme that contributes to problems with asthma.11 No clinical trials in humans have confirmed whether quercetin decreases asthma symptoms. Some doctors are currently experimenting with 400 to 1,000 mg of quercetin three times per day.
, a
, protects LDL cholesterol from damage.12 While several preliminary studies have found that eating foods high in quercetin lowers the risk of heart disease,13 , 14 , 15 the research on this subject is not always consistent,16 and some research finds no protective link.17 Quercetin is found in apples, onions, black tea, and as a supplement. In some studies, dietary amounts linked to protection from heart disease are as low as 35 mg per day.
may also help by blocking sorbitol accumulation in the eye.18 This may be especially helpful for people with
, though no clinical trials have yet explored whether quercetin actually prevents diabetic cataracts.
are a group of compounds found in some plant foods and medicinal herbs. An antiviral action of some flavonoids has been observed in a number of test tube experiments.19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23
, one of the flavonoids, has shown particularly strong antiviral properties in the test tube;24 , 25 , 26 however, one study did not find quercetin to be of benefit to mice with a viral infection.27 It is not known whether flavonoids can be absorbed in amounts sufficient to exert an antiviral effect in humans, and therefore their possible role in the treatment of childhood exanthems remains unknown.
In test tube studies,
, a
, has inhibited an enzyme involved in the development of gout.30 , 31 However, it is not known whether taking quercetin by mouth can produce high enough quercetin concentrations in the body to achieve these effects. Although human research is lacking, some doctors recommend 150–250 mg of quercetin three times per day (taken between meals).
is an increasingly popular treatment for hay fever even though only limited preliminary clinical research has suggested that it is beneficial to hay fever sufferers.32
Some doctors recommend 200–500 mg of quercetin taken two to three times per day. Optimal intake remains unknown.
Quercetin can be found in onions, apples,
green tea
, and black tea. Smaller amounts are found in leafy green vegetables and beans.
No clear deficiency of quercetin has been established.
help protect and enhance
vitamin C
, quercetin is often taken with vitamin C.
Certain medicines interact with this supplement.
Studies have shown that grapefruit juice significantly increases estradiol levels in the blood.35 , 36 One of the flavonoids found in grapefruit juice is quercetin. In a test tube study, quercetin was found to change estrogen metabolism in human liver cells in a way that increases estradiol levels and reduces other forms of estrogen.37 This effect is likely to increase estrogen activity in the body. However, the levels of quercetin used to alter estrogen metabolism in the test tube were much higher than levels found in the body after supplementing with quercetin.
There is evidence from test tube studies that another flavonoid in grapefruit juice, naringenin, also has estrogenic activity.38 It has yet to be shown that dietary or supplemental levels of quercetin (or naringenin) could create a significant problem.
Quercetin is a
found in grapefruit juice, tea, onions, and other foods; it is also available as a nutritional supplement. Quercetin has been shown in test tube studies to inhibit enzymes responsible for breaking down felodipine into an inactive form.39 This interaction may result in increased blood levels of felodipine that could lead to unwanted side effects. Until more is known about this interaction, patients taking felodipine should avoid supplementing with quercetin.
In an animal study, oral administration of quercetin (50 mg per 2.2 pounds of body weight) at the same time as cyclosporine decreased the absorption of cyclosporine by 43%.40 However, in a study of healthy human volunteers, supplementing with quercetin along with cyclosporine significantly increased blood levels of cyclosporine, when compared with administering cyclosporine alone.41 Because the effect of quercetin supplementation on cyclosporine absorption or utilization appears to be unpredictable, individuals taking cyclosporine should not take quercetin without the supervision of a doctor.
No clear toxicity has been identified. Early quercetin research suggested that large amounts of quercetin could cause cancer in animals.42 Most,43 , 44 , 45 but not all,46 current research finds quercetin to be safe or actually linked to protection from cancer.
Quercetin has been shown to cause chromosomal mutations in certain bacteria in test tube studies.47 Although the significance of this finding for humans is not clear, some doctors are concerned about the possibility that
birth defects
could occur in the offspring of people supplementing with quercetin at the time of conception or during
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2. Shoskes DA, Zeitlin SI, Shahed A, Rajfer J. Quercetin in men with category III chronic prostatitis: a preliminary prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Urology 1999; 54:960-3.
3. Shoskes DA, Zeitlin SI, Shahed A, Rajfer J. Quercetin in men with category III chronic prostatitis: a preliminary prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Urology 1999; 54:960-3.
4. Izaka K, Yamada M, Kawano T, Suyama T. Gastrointestinal absorption and anti-inflammatory effect of bromelain. Jpn J Pharmacol 1972;22:519-34.
5. Nieman DC, Henson DA, Gross SJ, et al. Quercetin reduces illness but not immune perturbations after intensive exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2007;39:1561-9.
6. Johnston CS, Retrum KR, Srilakshmi JC. Antihistamine effects and complications of supplemental vitamin C. J Am Diet Assoc 1992;92:988-9.
7. Johnston S, Martin LJ, Cai X. Antihistamine effect of supplemental ascorbic acid and neutrophil chemotaxis. J Am Coll Nutr 1992;11:172-6.
8. Gabor M. Anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties of flavonoids. Prog Clin Biol Res 1986;213:471-80 [review].
9. Middleton E, Drzewieki G. Naturally occurring flavonoids and human basophil histamine release. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1985;77:155-7.
10. Amella M, Bronner C, Briancon F, et al. Inhibition of mast cell histamine release by flavonoids and bioflavonoids. Planta Medica 1985;51:16-20.
11. Welton AF, Tobias LD, Fiedler-Nagy C, et al. Effect of flavonoids on arachidonic acid metabolism. Prog Clin Biol Res 1986;213:231-42.
12. Ronzio RA. Antioxidants, nutraceuticals and functional foods. Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients 1996;Oct:34-5 [review].
13. Hertog MGL, Feskens EJM, Hollman PCH, et al. Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study. Lancet 1993;342:1007-11.
14. Hertog MGL, Kromhout D, Aravanis C, et al. Flavonoid intake and long-term risk of coronary heart disease and cancer in the Seven Countries Study. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:381-6.
15. Knekt P, Jarvinen R, Reunanen A, Maatela J. Flavonoid intake and coronary mortality in Finland: a cohort study. BMJ 1996;312:478-81.
16. Rimm EB, Katan MB, Ascherio A, et al. Relation between intake of flavonoids and risk for coronary heart disease in male health professionals. Ann Intern Med 1996; 125:384-9.
17. Hertog MGL, Sweetnam PM, Fehily AM, et al. Antioxidant flavonols and ischemic heart disease in a Welsh population of men: the Caerphilly Study. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65:1489-94.
18. Varma SD, Mizuno A, Kinoshita JH. Diabetic cataracts and flavonoids. Science 1977;195:205.
19. Vrijsen R, Everaert L, Boeye A. Antiviral activity of flavones and potentiation by ascorbate. J Gen Virol 1988;69:1749-51.
20. Debiaggi M, Tateo F, Pagani L, et al. Effects of propolis flavonoids on virus infectivity and replication. Microbiologica 1990;13:207-13.
21. Fesen MR, Kohn KW, Leteurtre F, Pommier Y. Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus integrase. Proc Natl Acad Sci 1993;90:2399-403.
22. Amoros M, Simoes CM, Girre L, et al. Synergistic effect of flavones and flavonols against herpes simplex virus type 1 in cell culture. Comparison with the antiviral activity of propolis. J Nat Prod 1992;55:1732-40.
23. Spedding G, Ratty A, Middleton E Jr. Inhibition of reverse transcriptases by flavonoids. Antiviral Res 1989;12:99-110.
24. Kaul TN, Middleton E Jr, Ogra PL. Antiviral effect of flavonoids on human viruses. J Med Virol 1985;15:71-9.
25. Mucsi I, Pragai BM. Inhibition of virus multiplication and alteration of cyclic AMP level in cell cultures by flavonoids. Experientia 1985;41:930-1.
26. Ohnishi E, Bannai H. Quercetin potentiates TNF-induced antiviral activity. Antiviral Res 1993;22:327-31.
27. Esanu V, Prahoveanu E, Crisan I, Cioca A. The effect of an aqueous propolis extract, of rutin and of a rutin-quercetin mixture on experimental influenza virus infection in mice. Virologie 1981;32:213-5.
28. Griffith JQ. Clinical application of quercetin: preliminary report. J Am Pharm Assoc 1953;42:68-9.
29. Shanno RL. Rutin: a new drug for the treatment of increased capillary fragility. Am J Med Sci 1946;211:539-43.
30. Bindoli A, Valente M, Cavallini L. Inhibitory action of quercetin on xanthine oxidase and xanthine dehydrogenase activity. Pharmacol Res Commun 1985;17:831-9.
31. Busse W, Kopp D, Middleton E. Flavonoid modulation of human neutrophil function. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1984;73:801-9.
32. Balabolkin II, Gordeeva GF, Fuseva ED, et al. Use of vitamins in allergic illnesses in children. Vopr Med Khim 1992;38:36-40.
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35. Schubert W, Cullberg G, Edgar B, Hedner T. Inhibition of 17 beta-estradiol metabolism by grapefruit juice in ovariectomized women. Maturitas 1994;20:155-63.
36. Weber A, Jager R, Borner A, et al. Can grapefruit juice influence ethinylestradiol bioavailability? Contraception 1996;53:41-7.
37. Schubert W, Eriksson U, Edgar B, et al. Flavonoids in grapefruit juice inhibit the in vitro hepatic metabolism of 17 beta-estradiol. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 1995;3:219-24.
38. Kuiper GG, Lemmen JG, Carlsson B, et al. Interaction of estrogenic chemicals and phytoestrogens with estrogen receptor beta. Endocrinology 1998;139:4252-63.
39. Miniscalco A, Lundahl J, Regardh CG. Inhibition of dihydropyridine metabolism in rat and human liver microsomes by flavonoids found in grapefruit juice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1992;261:1195-9.
40. Hsiu SL, Hou YC, Wang YH, et al. Quercetin significantly decreased cyclosporin oral bioavailability in pigs and rats. Life Sci 2002;72:227-35.
41. Choi JS, Choi BC, Choi KE. Effect of quercetin on the pharmacokinetics of oral cyclosporine. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2004;61:2406-9.
42. Ishikawa M, Oikawa T, Hosokawa M, et al. Enhancing effect of quercetin on 3-methylcholanthrene carcinogenesis in C57B1/6 mice. Neoplasma 1985;43:435-41.
43. Hertog M, Feskens EJM, Hollman PCH, et al. Dietary flavonoids and cancer risk in the Zutphen Elderly Study. Nutr Cancer 1994;22:175-84.
44. Castillo MH, Perkins E, Campbell JH, et al. The effects of the bioflavonoid quercetin on squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck origin. Am J Surg 1989;351-5.
45. Stavric B. Quercetin in our diet: from potent mutagen to probable anticarcinogen. Clin Biochem 1994;27:245-8.
46. Barotto NN, López CB, Eyard AR, et al. Quercetin enhances pretumourous lesions in the NMU model of rat pancreatic carcinogenesis. Cancer Lett 1998;129:1-6.
47. Stoewsand GS, Anderson JL, Boyd JN, Hrazdina G. Quercetin: a mutagen, not a carcinogen in Fischer rats. J Toxicol Environ Health 1984;14:105-14.
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Ceglia v. Zuckerberg et al
Filing 258
REPLY to Response to Motion re 198 MOTION for Sanctions NOTICE OF MOTION FOR SANCTIONS FOR SPOLIATION OF EMAIL BY DEFENDANT ZUCKERBERG filed by Paul D. Ceglia. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service)(Boland, Dean)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PAUL D. CEGLIA, Civil Action No. : 1:10-cv-00569-RJA Plaintiff, v. REPLY TO RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR SANCTIONS FOR SPOLIATION OF EMAILS MARK ELLIOT ZUCKERBERG, Individually, and FACEBOOK, INC. Defendants. MEMORANDUM Defendants and Mr. Snyder continue their obfuscation with their response to this motion. Defendants and Mr. Snyder argue in bad faith in Doc. No. 237 that two emails that are different, are the same. Doc. No. 237 at 5-6. Just like Mr. Gianadda, Stroz Friedberg sinned against Defendants and Mr. Snyder in their Doc. No. 47 declaration by telling the truth. "Emails have been deleted" is not something that Defendants can accept. Id. Their response is to spring into action and obtain an altered declaration from Stroz attempting to explain away the "bad" truth of their expert's first declaration. Doc. No. 73. The court has seen this movie before. It is the same approach used to pressure Mr. Gianadda to alter his declaration coloring it favorably toward Defendants. Stroz first states in Doc. No. 47 that when examining the 2011 Zuckerberg Harvard email record, emails are missing compared to a 2010 copy of Zuckerberg's 1 Harvard email record. Once Defense counsel alerts them to the harm such truth does to their case, Stroz alters their declaration to say that "no email from the October 2010 [version] has been deleted or lost." Doc. No. 73 at ¶5-6. Just like with Gianadda, Stroz responds to the Defendants' needs by altering an original declaration which was unfavorable to Defendants, Doc. No. 47, with a new version that, not surprisingly, favors Defendants. Doc. No. 73. Mr. Rose did not, in fact, confirm that "all 17 [emails] are present in the April 2011 version of the account." Doc. No. 237 at ¶5. Mr. Rose confirms that there are emails in the 2011 version that have "minor formatting differences" and "technical issues. For example, some of the emails had extra white space in the Subject line." Id. FIRST SMOKE, THEN MIRRORS, THEN NOTHING Lost in the assurances of Defense counsel is any assurance at all from Stroz. They provide no declaration explaining the undefined terms of "minor formatting differences" or "technical issues." These are merely euphemisms for "we don't know why the emails are altered or who did it." Stroz does not declare the emails are identical, because, of course, they are not. They merely try to excuse the obvious electronic evidence differences with the above undefined terms and assurances that no emails were "lost." Now with the hindsight of Defendant Zuckerberg having suppressed evidence in this case, authorized his lawyers to make false arguments in reliance on that suppressed evidence and having his lawyers actively attempt to destroy evidence, 2 there is every reason to believe the alteration and deletion of his emails was his doing. Stroz's inadequate explanation of why emails were missing is self-serving and in service of Defendants' and their counsel's ongoing fraud. Stroz is also the firm that mislead this court into a comprehensive analysis needed for Ceglia's email record and a superficial analysis for Zuckerberg's email record as if credible computer forensics experts regarded these two treatments as equivalent. What is the basis for Stroz to say that emails with different characters or white space are the same? How did those "minor formatting differences" occur? What are "minor formatting differences"? No such term defined in the Sedona Principles that this court's rules rely on. Were the differences created manually by someone with access to the account? Did someone at Harvard cause these differences? We still do not know precisely how many emails are different now and how they are different? When did they become different, i.e. date and time? How often do these types of differences occur in email investigations? Stroz's declaration that "No email from the October 2010 [version] has been deleted or lost" is now an obvious fraud in which they participated or were unwitting dupes. We know now that Stroz cannot make that representation because they have not searched all relevant electronic assets, for example, the computers Defendants and Snyder suppressed throughout this case and are subject to upcoming fraud sanctions from this court. The Sedona Glossary of Terms related to Electronically Stored Information 3 defines what it means for data to be verified. "Data Verification: Assessment of data to ensure it has not been modified. The most common method of verification is hash coding by some method such as MD5." Sedona Glossary of Terms at 13. The "de-duplication" function that Stroz used relies on the hash value of a file to find duplicates. File Level Binary Comparison: Method of de-duplication using the digital fingerprint (hash) of a file. File Level Binary comparison ignores metadata, and can determine that "SHOPPING LIST.DOC" and "TOP SECRET.DOC" are actually the same document. Id. at 21. The creation of hash values of files, used to find duplicates and remove them as Stroz did here, is defined as follows: Hash Coding: To create a digital fingerprint that represents the binary content of a file unique to every electronically-generated document; assists in subsequently ensuring that data has not been modified. Id. at 25. A DIFFERENT EMAIL IS NOT THE SAME EMAIL Stroz Friedberg is participating with Defendants and their counsel in misleading this court. They are attempting to lead this court to believe that no emails are missing from Defendant Zuckerberg's 2011 email record that were once present in his 2010 email record. Doc. No. 73 at ¶6. This claim is false and Stroz Friedberg knows it to be false. Even using de-duplication functions, a file containing "extra white space" is not the same as an apparently similar file without such white space. Declaration of Jerry Grant at ¶8-9. The field of computer forensics does not have terms comparing electronic files 4 as "mostly the same" or "nearly identical." Id. at ¶10. Either a file is identical to another file or it is not. If it is not identical, it is not the same file. Stroz and Defendants want this court to believe that the "missing" emails have re-appeared as nearly identical emails, except for "minor formatting differences" and "technical issues." This is akin to describing elephants as identical to giraffes except for "minor neck issues" and "technical issues with their noses." It is garbage data in and now garbage data out. A credible computer expert, when confronted with what should be identical files that are now different, would have posed and attempted to answer a variety of critical questions: What has changed in the now altered file? Id. at ¶11a. When did this change occur? Id. at ¶11b. What caused the change to occur? Id. at ¶11c. Is there a way to test the hypothesis of how the change occurred and re-create it? Id. at ¶11d. Who has had access to the original file that is now altered? Id. at ¶11e. The potential answer behind the curtain here is that Stroz's own mistake inserted the "minor formatting differences" and "technical issues" into the data in this case. Given the sloppy work of Defendants' other experts, it would be par for the course to have Defendants' computer experts contaminate evidence. Using undefined, unscientific terms such as "minor formatting differences" and "technical issues" to gloss over different files identifying them as the same is completely improper. Id at ¶12. As noted above, all electronic files can have their hash values calculated. That value uniquely identifies that file allowing for a comparison with another file and a determination that the other file is identical (i.e. 5 the hash values match) or is not (i.e. the hash values differ). Stroz and Defendants here attempt to persuade this court that emails from Defendant Zuckerberg's email record at Harvard that do not have matching hash values (See Id. at ¶14) are still the same. It is a fraudulent argument that seeks to divert the court's attention from obviously tampered, incomplete, superficially analyzed data being used up to now in an attempt to dismiss Plaintiff's claims. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, Mr. Ceglia respectfully requests this court sanction Defendants for spoliation of the email evidence from the Harvard server. Respectfully submitted, /s/Dean Boland Paul A. 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Prevalence, distribution and transfer of small β-lactamase-containing plasmids in Swedish Haemophilus influenzae.
Summary of "Prevalence, distribution and transfer of small β-lactamase-containing plasmids in Swedish Haemophilus influenzae."
The β-lactamase genes of Haemophilus influenzae are commonly positioned on large integrative and conjugative elements, but a group of blaTEM-carrying small plasmids (4000-6000 bp) with a common structural backbone have recently been characterized. In this study we investigated the epidemiological significance and potential for transfer of this group of small plasmids.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24381073
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkt511
PubMed Articles
High prevalence of metallo-β-lactamase among carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a teaching hospital in China.
The aim of this study was to characterize the carbapenemases in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KP) from a Chinese teaching hospital. A total of 40 CR-KPs were screened for the presence...
Characterization of plasmids carrying the blaOXA-24/40 carbapenemase gene and the genes encoding the AbkA/AbkB proteins of a toxin/antitoxin system.
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAb) is a major source of nosocomial infections in Spain associated with the production of OXA-58-like or OXA-24/40-like β-lactamase enzymes. We analyse...
Development of pVCR94ΔX from Vibrio cholerae, a prototype for studying multidrug resistant IncA/C conjugative plasmids.
Antibiotic resistance has grown steadily in Vibrio cholerae over the last few decades to become a major threat in countries affected by cholera. Multi-drug resistance (MDR) spreads among clinical and ...
Characterization of pFOX-7a, a conjugative IncL/M plasmid encoding the FOX-7 AmpC-type β-lactamase, involved in a large outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit.
FOX-type enzymes are a lineage of AmpC-type β-lactamases from Aeromonas spp. whose genes have been mobilized to plasmids spreading among Enterobacteriaceae, where they can be responsible for resistan...
Extended-spectrum and AmpC β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in broilers and people living and/or working on broiler farms: prevalence, risk factors and molecular characteristics.
The objectives of this study were to: estimate the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- and AmpC β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli carriage among broiler farmers, their family me...
Clinical Trials
Assessing Prevalence Of Beta Lactamase Production From Clinical Isolates Of Hospitalized Patients And Comparison Of Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns
EGAST 2008 is a prospective, non interventional, multicentric study (approximately 2000 isolates from 15- 20 sites). Objectives: - Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility usi...
Seroimmunity 2007 and Sub Study of the Swedish Population Regarding Vaccine Preventable Disease
This is a randomized cross-sectional study of the Swedish population. Blood samples will be collected from a subpopulation in order to estimate the age specific sero-prevalence of the Swed...
Study of VGX-3400X, H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus DNA Plasmid + Electroporation in Healthy Adults
DNA vaccines consist of small pieces of DNA also known as plasmids, and have several potential advantages over traditional vaccines. Thus far, DNA vaccines appear to be well tolerated in h...
Phase I of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Plasmid (VGX-3100) + Electroporation for CIN 2 or 3
DNA vaccines, which are small pieces of DNA also known as plasmids, have several advantages over traditional vaccines such as live attenuated virus and recombinant protein-based vaccines. ...
Community - Associated Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamases (ESBL)
The purpose of this study is to review patients with E. coli infections at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007 to determine if thes...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Binomial Distribution
The probability distribution associated with two mutually exclusive outcomes; used to model cumulative incidence rates and prevalence rates. The Bernoulli distribution is a special case of binomial distribution.
R Factors
A class of plasmids that transfer antibiotic resistance from one bacterium to another by conjugation.
Bacteriocin Plasmids
Plasmids encoding bacterial exotoxins (BACTERIOCINS).
Adp Ribose Transferases
Enzymes that transfer the ADP-RIBOSE group of NAD or NADP to proteins or other small molecules. Transfer of ADP-ribose to water (i.e., hydrolysis) is catalyzed by the NADASES. The mono(ADP-ribose)transferases transfer a single ADP-ribose. POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES transfer multiple units of ADP-ribose to protein targets, building POLY ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE in linear or branched chains.
Clavulanic Acid
Clavulanic acid and its salts and esters. The acid is a suicide inhibitor of bacterial beta-lactamase enzymes from Streptomyces clavuligerus. Administered alone, it has only weak antibacterial activity against most organisms, but given in combination with beta-lactam antibiotics prevents antibiotic inactivation by microbial lactamase.


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Fellows: This is your brain on protocols (JAMA)
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Do protocols make trainees' brains go soft? That's the assertion of more than a few crusty hard-liners who miss the good old days — when you got 2-liter tidal volumes for your ARDS and liked it, dad-gum-it!!
Prasad et al can't say whether critical care fellows can actually run ventilators in the post-protocol age … but they do test well, apparently. Authors cleverly linked performance on the mechanical ventilation questions on the ABIM critical care boards to whether the test-taking fellow came from a program with ventilator protocols in place. They even tried to find a dose-response relationship, according to a program's number of extant protocols. (Interestingly, 31% of 88 programs reported using no protocols at all.)
Who wins this debate? Well, the presence of protocols had no relationship to fellows' performance on the vent questions on the ABIM critical care boards. But (I can hear it now) that doesn't prove anything! In my day, we had to build each ventilator ourselves — using a radiator hose, a package of water balloons, and a Slinky. And don't even get me started on ECMO!
Prasad M et al. Clinical Protocols and Trainee Knowledge About Mechanical Ventilation. JAMA 2011;306:935-941.
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Former Facebook president Sean Parker may not have made the confidential list of 2,630 world leaders, chief executives, and professional pontifs who ponied up $40,000/week–layoffs be damned!–to attend this year's World Economic Forum. But "the dean of the Davos party scene" still delivered.
Mr. Parker's fiancée, aspiring musician Alexandra Lenas, gave birth to their daughter, Winter Victoria Parker, earlier this month. But fatherhood doesn't seem to have slowed down the party hardy billionaire.
On Friday, he hosted a VIP party attended by Marissa Mayer, Dan Loeb (the hedge fund founder who helped install her at Yahoo), business insider Henry Blodget, Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, and a bearded, grinning Lloyd Blankfein.
The event, billed as "Future Of Philanthropy Nightcap," was cohosted by Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff and London-based "PR supremo" Ian Osborne and featured performances by John Legend and Mark Ronson.
But it's hard to believe anyone was paying attention to the music when there was some strange amalgam of cape buffalo and laser pointer hanging from the wall. As a super-normal-voiced Mr. Parker explained on stage:
"The thing that you see here that was built from top to bottom, from the ground up, laser-eyed taxidermy. You thought you'd seen everything AND NOW YOU have gazed into the eyes of a 250-year-old elk shot by a huntsman in Germany with green laser eyes GLARING into your retinas. YEAH."
Solid decoration ideas from a sober mind. Considering the lifespan of an elk, presumably the beast was stuffed awhile ago and the lasers are a new addition.
Mr. Blodget, who "actually felt quite at home," in the all ages crowd reports that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer, Soundcloud CEO Alex Ljung, Dropbox founder Drew Houston, journalism's super ego Jeff Jarvis, PayPal founder Max Levchin, Idealab CEO Bill Gross, and a bunch of reporters also showed up. Not to mention an uber-chill Gary Cohn. When the Goldman Sachs president entered the room:
". . . another guest mistook him for someone at JP Morgan-Chase. Gary fist-bumped him to let him know he didn't hold it against him."
It's hard to tell from the photos, but all told the head count was probably not far off from the 200 daily active users AppData reports for Airtime, Mr. Parker's video chat service. (That's down from 400 daily active users in October.)
If Airtime fails to take off, the Founders Fund managing partner and Spotify board member can always take up Swiss party planning. Last year, he hosted a 43rd birthday bash for Rich Stromback at Davos that one guest described as, "surreal, like the bar scene from 'Star Wars' in which many strange worlds combine." According to the New York Post, that ended with Randi Zuckerberg and Robert Scoble dancing on a table.
The year before that, Mr. Parker chartered two jets to fly out The Killers, Jane's Addiction, and Snoop Dogg to his "off the hook" Spotify bash, following the startup's partnership with Facebook.
Davos likely holds a special place in Mr. Parker's heart for other reasons. In 2011, one month before he and Ms. Lenas got engaged, the Daily Mail says she "purportedly saved his life" at the WEF. "Mr Parker accidentally ate some nuts, which he is allergic to. Miss Lenas carried him to his car so their driver could rush the couple to the hospital."


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Easy Chow Mein Recipe
- 1 pound ground turkey or beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 bunch celery, sliced
- 2 cans (14 ounces each) Chinese vegetables, drained
- 2 envelopes brown gravy mix
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- Hot cooked rice
- In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the celery, Chinese vegetables, gravy mixes and soy sauce. Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or until celery is tender, stirring occasionally. Serve over rice. Yield: 8 servings.
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Super easy, inexpensive ingredients and makes a fairly large batch. Very flavorful and my kids just loved it!I I did not drain the vegetables for extra moisture and only used 2 stalks of celery."
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"Made this for supper tonight. I did cut back on the celery to 3 large stalks. For those wondering why the recipe does not call for water. Does not need added water, enough mositure from the vegetables. Will make again."


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Doctor of Education
The Doctor of Education (EdD) is the degree of choice for many educational leaders, such as teachers, administrators, instructional leaders, organizational leaders and experts in education technology. This applied doctoral degree emphasizes the application of theoretical knowledge to advance practice in the field of education. For this reason, the online EdD degree program at Northcentral University is a great option for education professionals who already have leadership responsibilities in various areas of education, including colleges, PK-12 schools, proprietary organizations, private and public businesses, or the military.
PURPOSE: Provide you with the opportunity to earn a doctoral degree that will help you apply your learning in a specialized field to your current work.
The online EdD program offers an applied degree in 13 specializations where you can focus on real world problems in a specific area and generate innovative solutions during the dissertation process.
OUTCOMES: Throughout this program, you will develop your knowledge and skills as a reflective practitioner by conducting research as it applies to professional practice and effective leadership in education.
Within NCU's EdD program online, you will further develop your communication skills and competencies, while exploring practical and systemic solutions for problems and challenges facing education today through the completion of an applied doctoral dissertation project.
See the NCU Course Catalog for student outcomes you will have obtained upon completion of this program.
ACHIEVEMENTS: As an EdD graduate, you will join an elite group of scholars making a difference in the field of education.
Our graduates have held positions in K-12 educational systems, run corporate training and development departments, or have worked for local, state and federal government agencies whose focus is education.
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Traditional forms of pet identification have been joined by high-tech microchips to provide beneficial and feasible ways to identify your pet.
Microchips are tiny transmitters that can be implanted in pets. They are the size of a grain of rice and serve as permanent identification.
When read by a scanner, an identification number is transmitted by the microchip. The pet owner's information can be looked up using the identification number, states Chris Gensler, DVM of Tyranena Veterinary Clinic, Lake Mills, Wis.
"The microchip is a permanent identification in case a pet is lost or stolen. Collars and tags can easily come off or be removed, where as a microchip cannot," Dr. Gensler says.
"The microchip, when scanned, only contains an identification number linked to an account. The microchip company handles all the contacting so personal information is secure," Dr. Gensler continues.
Pet owners should have microchips inserted by a licensed veterinary professional during a veterinary visit, says Dr. Gensler. The procedure is no more painful than a typical injection, although a slightly larger needle is used for insertion.
"A microchip is implanted using a large needle beneath the skin between the shoulder blades," Dr. Gensler explains. A local anesthetic can be used to reduce any discomfort.
It is important for a licensed veterinary professional to insert the microchip to ensure it is placed properly with good technique and without accidental injury.
According to Dr. Gensler, in addition to reuniting lost pets with their owners, several microchipping companies offer resources such as free access to poison control hotlines with licensed veterinarians.
Pet owners should always keep their contact information up to date with the microchip company when moving, changing phone numbers, or updating email addresses.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, the benefits of microchipping animals definitely outweigh the risks. Although we can't guarantee a shelter or veterinary clinic will always be able to read every microchip, the risk that this will happen is very low, especially with ongoing technological improvements.
The WVMA now offers a pet microchip lookup tool on their website, powered by the American Animal Hospital Association.
To discuss microchipping in pets, contact your local WVMA veterinarian. Find one online at www.wvma.org!
Summer time brings fairs, festivals and traveling. Increased activity means veterinarians must be on top of their game to help keep the public aware of potential issues arising from animal contact.
One common condition animals and humans can contract is ringworm. In fact, all animal species are susceptible to ringworm. Michael Wolf, DVM, of Country Doctors Veterinary Service in Menomonie, explains humans and animals can contract ringworm through direct contact or contact with shared brushes, halters, clippers, blankets, and other animal supplies.
Veterinarians are crucial to ensuring fair-goers are safe at the fair. "All animals appearing at fairs and shows must be inspected for ringworm before entering the premises, since it is easily transmitted to both humans and other animals attending the show," Dr. Wolf states.
Not only is ringworm contagious, it is also a nuisance.
"Ringworm is a spore forming mold called a dermatophyte that sets up household on the skin of virtually any animal species. It can take many forms in people such as athlete's foot, toe fungus or the typical circumscribed lesions," describes Dr. Wolf.
He also explains ringworm is a misnomer because worms are not part of the condition. Ringworm appears as a defined circular ring in which skin may rise and be itchy or scaly. Hair loss can also occur within the circumscribed area.
The duration of ringworm will vary. "It is usually self-limiting and it can last from one to four weeks," Dr. Wolf says. "The duration is reduced if it is recognized early and antifungal disinfectants and/or medications are applied."
"Good nutrition with appropriate vitamins and minerals assure healthy skin to reduce susceptibility to ringworm infection and to aid in resolving the condition sooner," he continues.
Dr. Wolf treats large animal ringworm using antiseptic or disinfectant cleansers as directed. He recommends disinfecting tools, accessories, head stalls and feeders to prevent reinfection.
"Antifungal over-the-counter products can be used if prescribed by a veterinarian in which appropriate considerations for food safety are addressed, although they are not very practical for herd-wide infections and treating a large number of head individually for several days," he adds.
Dr. Wolf recommends the public should avoid contact with people and animals possibly infected as well as use proper hygiene. Ringworm can be an especially serious infection for those who are immunocompromised.
Large animal owners should thoroughly inspect new herd additions as well as isolate them for 7 to 10 days to prevent the spread of ringworm.
To discuss ringworm further or get more of your questions answered, contact your local WVMA veterinarian. Find one online at www.wvma.org!
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