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1 Oct 2007
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Lucy Lum 1 , Nguyen Thanh Hung 2 , Siripen Kalayanarooj 3 , Eric Martinez 4 , Jeremy Farrar 5 , Eva Harris 6 , Ivo Castelo Branco Coelho 7 , Nidia Rizzo 8 , Martin Weber 9 , Olaf Horstick 10 , Susanne Carai 9
1Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Working paper for the Scientific Working Group on Dengue Research, convened by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, Geneva, 1–5 October 2006
Full text source: Scientific Working Group, Report on Dengue, 1–5 October 2006, Geneva, Switzerland, Copyright © World Health Organization on behalf of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, 2007, http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/publications/swg_dengue_2.htm
The objectives of this paper are to summarize the current state of dengue management, and to identify areas of clinical management needing further improvement and research, in order to improve the clinical outcome of dengue.
The mechanisms of pathogenesis in severe dengue are complex and remain incompletely understood, but it is clear that the critical abnormality that differentiates severe dengue from its mild form is the presence of increased vascular permeability. This phenomenon begins during the febrile phase, but at a time when the viral load and body temperature are declining. This period, known as defervescence, is defined by an axillary temperature of less than 38 °C, and usually occurs between day 3 and day 5 of fever. An early sign of increased vascular permeability is haemoconcentration but, with continued plasma leakage, pleural effusion, ascites and depletion of the intravascular volume leading to hypovolemic shock become apparent. It is at the time of defervescence that the disease manifests its severity, unlike other viral illnesses for which a clinical improvement is to be expected with a decline in body temperature. Treatment that is focused on the early recognition of plasma leakage and shock, and replacement of intravascular fluids and restoration of haemodynamic stability is associated with a good clinical outcome [25,2]. In contrast, when the early state of shock is not diagnosed and the consequent delay in administration of intravenous fluid therapy leads to prolonged shock, multi-organ dysfunction and significant haemorrhage set in to complicate the clinical picture [4,14]. Thus, in order to reduce mortality and morbidity caused by dengue, the goals of dengue management should be:
Recognizing infection at an early stage
There are no currently accepted guidelines for the recognition of early dengue infection. Kalayanarooj et al. [11] have demonstrated that when children were recruited having had a fever for less than 72 hours, those with dengue infection were more likely to have marked gastrointestinal symptoms of nausea, vomiting and anorexia, a positive tourniquet test and leukopenia than those with non-dengue viral illnesses. Additionally, children with raised levels of liver enzymes were more likely to have severe dengue than those whose levels of liver enzymes were normal at recruitment. The mean age of the children in this study was 6–8 years.
How applicable are these clinical features in distinguishing dengue from non-dengue infection in a wider population including adults, who are increasingly bearing the burden of illness? Current laboratory confirmation of dengue is largely by dengue IgM serology. In most patients with dengue, IgM serology begins to become positive at the time of defervescence, and hence is not helpful in identifying an early infection.
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Outpatient management of patients with dengue
Once a clinician suspects or is able to confirm that his patient is infected with dengue, what is the best way to provide the care that will determine a good outcome?
Early dengue
An international study on the economic burden of dengue has shown that about 80% of patients with dengue in Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand make the first visit to a medical doctor within the first 2 days of fever (LCS Lum, personal communication). This early contact could be provoked by generalized body pains or marked gastrointestinal symptoms that may cause dehydration.
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Patients in the critical phase of dengue
Patients with severe dengue do present for the first time in a busy emergency department and are attended by a junior physician who may not be familiar with the disease [20]. In the context of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, most countries in south-east Asia have adopted guidelines to recognize severe dengue in first-level health facilities [26].
Patients may be triaged based on certain parameters, such as temperature, heart rate and blood pressure. Patients in whom blood pressure is thought to be normal and the temperature normal or below normal, as would be the case in dengue shock syndrome, would receive the lowest priority in a triage based on presence or absence of fever. Furthermore, in patients in a state of shock, blood pressure measurements using the automated oscillometric method, in which the systolic and diastolic pressures and pulse rate are displayed digitally, have been found to be higher than measurements with the conventional sphygmomanometer. A literature search suggests that this technology has been validated in children and adults with haemodynamic stability [5,16]. There has been no study to compare blood pressure readings taken with the oscillometric method and those taken using the conventional sphygmomanometer in patients in different states of haemodynamic instability.
Research questions:
Treatment of severe dengue that is entirely orientated towards prompt assessment and replacement of fluid needs is live-saving. Comprehensive guidelines for dengue case management published by the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia have shown that early volume replacement of lost plasma with isotonic salt solution can modify the severity of disease and prevent shock.
Indications for intravenous fluid therapy for dengue haemorrhagic fever grade I and II are developed in Viet Nam for one or more of the following signs/symptoms:
Among thousands of patients treated each year in Viet Nam, around one quarter of the patients with dengue haemorrhagic fever grade I and II need intravenous fluid therapy during 24–48 hours in the critical phase of the illness. Early volume replacement of lost plasma by intravenous fluid therapy in these patients can modify the severity of disease.
Haemorrhagic manifestations in severe dengue are to be expected but are usually minor. Severe and clinically significant haemorrhages are however, unusual, despite the severe thrombocytopenia and prolonged coagulation profile. In severe dengue, significant haemorrhage is a complication of the disease rather than an integral to it and usually accompanies prolonged shock. However, there have been several reports of severe bleeding in patients who did not have or had minimal evidence of plasma leakage [3,7,18–19,24]. The latter phenomenon has a high morbidity and mortality and pathophysiology is still poorly understood.
There are no studies on the management of severe bleeding in severe dengue. The administration of prophylactic transfusions of platelets or blood products is still widely practiced. Although there is evidence that these practices are not useful in the prevention of significant haemorrhage [13], demonstrating their harmfulness to the patient with dengue might further deter the use of prophylactic transfusions of platelets and fresh frozen plasma. How useful is platelet transfusion in a patient with severe dengue and significant haemorrhage?
Research questions:
Severe dengue in adults
Previously an almost exclusively childhood disease, severe dengue is now increasingly being observed in adults, especially young adults, in countries with intermediate economies, such as Malaysia, Singapore and some parts of Thailand. While childhood dengue is well described, severe dengue in adults is a relatively unexplored area, and nowhere is the challenge greater for physicians than in adults during pregnancy or with comorbid conditions such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and asthma.
Training in case management of dengue and severe dengue
Successful management of severe dengue demands the highest clinical acumen from the physician. Reorganizing the delivery of care to patients with dengue may enhance the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Teams dedicated to the case management of dengue have been successfully formed in countries such as Thailand [9], Viet Nam and, more recently, Malaysia. If reorganizing delivery of care to patients can have a positive impact on the outcome (e.g. reducing length of stay, reducing use of blood products, more uniform care, economic burden, morbidity and mortality), perhaps hospital management will be motivated to support the establishment of such a team.
Dr Suchitra Nimmannitya and Dr Siripen Kalayanarooj (Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Children's Hospital, Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand) have conducted an effective training programme on case management for medical staff in Thailand and other countries for many years.
In Viet Nam; the National Control Program for dengue has developed and organized a training programme on the standard case management of dengue and severe dengue for medical staff, including physicians, nurses, medical students, and health workers at all levels of the health-care system. The programme also focuses on health education on dengue for mothers/caregivers. Training of trainers has been organized and on-site intervention teams have been set up in provincial and referral hospitals. A dengue-management team has been set up in each hospital. Staff of the teams can consult together regarding the management of severe cases. They can also discuss directly with experienced teams in regional and central hospitals via a hotline connecting all health-care facilities by telephone, fax and e-mail, which has been set up in order to exchange information and experience on the case management of severe dengue. These measures have a good impact on reducing the fatality of severe dengue in southern Viet Nam [8] Such programmes should be extended to countries where case fatality for severe dengue is high.
Evaluation of impact of training (translational research)
Evaluating the impact of training will require research into cost-effectiveness, better-trained nurses, capacity building, how best to deliver health care via the system, organization of health care, implementation research in the context of a health-care system. How can the medical knowledge acquired in Malaysia, Nicaragua, Thailand, and Viet Nam be transferred to other countries with less experience in dengue management?
In summary, research priorities in clinical dengue research include studies on optimization of clinical management in the outpatient system, clinical and laboratory indicators of early dengue infection, plasma leakage and shock, as well as a safe method of managing severe bleeding, dengue in pregnancy and patients with comorbidity. The impact of existing and future training programmes should be evaluated.
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2. Bridget AW, etal Comparison of three fluid solutions for resuscitation in dengue shock syndrome. N Engl J Med 353: 877-889.
3. Chan VF, Virological and epidemiological studies of dengue haemorrhagic fever in the Philippines. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 18: 275-277.
4. Deen JL, Late presentation and increased mortality in children with dengue haemorrhagic fever. Trop Doct 30: 227-228.
5. Gurdial SM, Balraj SH, James MW, Comparison of the automated non-invasive oscillometric blood pressure monitor (BpTRU) with the auscultatory mercury sphygmomanometer in a paediatric population. Blood Press Monit 9: 39-45.
6. Harris E, etal Fluid intake and decreased risk for hospitalization for dengue fever, Nicarugua. Emerg Infect Dis 9: 1003-1006.
7. Hayes CG, etal Dengue infections in the Philippines: clinical and virological findings in 517 hospitalized patients. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 39: 110-116.
8. Hung NT, Lan NT, Improvement of case management–a key factor to reduce case fatality rate of dengue hemorrhagic fever in southern Viet Nam. Dengue Bull 27: 144-148.
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10. Kalayanarooj S, Nimmannitya S, Clinical and laboratory presentations of dengue patients with different serotypes. Dengue Bull 24: 53-59.
11. Kalayanarooj S, etal Early clinical and laboratory indicators of acute dengue illness. J Infect Dis 176: 313-321.
12. Libraty DH, etal High circulating levels of dengue virus non-structural protein NSI early in dengue illness correlate with the development of dengue hemorrhagic fever. J Infect Dis 186: 1165-1168.
13. Lum LCS, etal Preventive transfusion in dengue shock syndrome: is it necessary?. J Pediatr 143: 682-684.
14. Lum LCS, etal Risk factors for hemorrhage in severe dengue infection. J Pediatr 140: 629-631.
15. Lum LCS, etal Dengue encephalitis: a true entity?. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 54: 256-259.
16. Ni H, etal Comparison of Dinamap PRO-100 and mercury sphygmomanometer blood pressure measurements in a population-based study. Am J Hypertens 19: 353-360.
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18. Pushpa V, etal An epidemic of DHF/DSS in tropical India. Ann Trop Pediatr 18: 289-293.
19. Qiu FX, etal The first epidemic of dengue haemorrhagic fever in the People's Republic of China. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44: 364-370.
20. Simoes EAF, etal DHF Study group. Evaluation of signs and symptoms for clinical diagnosis of dengue hemorrhagic fever . [unpublished data]
21. Solomon T, etal Neurological manifestations of dengue infection. Lancet 355: 1053-1059.
22. Srikiatkhachorn A, etal (2005) Detection of plasma leakage in dengue infected patients by serial ultrasonographic studies . [Oral presentation]
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December 19th, 2005 by SecuriTeam, Filed under: Commentary, Funny, Microsoft, Web
a few days ago a bugtraq post was made about an iis dos.
the post was almost completely ignored by everybody, and today we saw a post on sans isc about a vague vulnerability in iis 5.1 (xp) after a post about it on securiteam:
now, the funny thing about this exploit is that it will only return an exception on the 4th attempt.
every time, only on the 4th attempt.
this is the best anti-exploitation effort i have ever seen, it is either:
1. a way to avoid exploits.. which is simply unbelievable. ms has gone nuts. this is hillarious. and if do it, why stop at 4 times? make it go to infinity… uh huh.
2. a way to avoid bugs! hey we are all kind of annoyed from qa and fixing bugs.. if it's important enough to show up 4 times, let us know and crash the program, will ya?
3. a complete fluke! some bored reverser will let us know why iis does this, no doubt.
still, let us go to the conspiratorial side for a minute:
this is why iis vulnerabilities are hard to come by these days!! microsoft made sure you will only get an exception after 4 times!
so much for all the fuzzers that have been hammering iss all these years, eh? :p
try the exploit, it's just one url. enter it 4 times, follow it in a debugger and be amazed!
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As this recession accelerates, will your career accelerate with it? Or fall behind?
It is one thing to recognize that your career has hit a brick wall. There are solutions for this.
The appropriate strategy is different when your career hits a detour because of the recession.
One of the reasons why the general public does not perceive what would previously have been regarded as recessionary economic conditions is that the employment rate has stayed high. One of the reasons for this is that the United States has moved from a manufacturing economy, in terms of its total labor force, to a service-based economy. This does not mean that America produces fewer goods than it did two decades ago. What has changed is that the labor force has been cut by 50% in the manufacturing sector. American workers in manufacturing are far more efficient today than they were two decades ago. But to have survived, they had to make adjustments to a high-tech world.
Unemployment generally does not hit white married men. Whenever we read about rising unemployment, we should bear in mind that people who read economic newsletters are probably not going to lose their jobs. They may get their careers sidetracked for a time. They may find that their employer can no longer keep up with wage rates in the industry. But, generally speaking, white, middle-class, married males do not lose their jobs in a recession.
A few employees do find that they are unprepared for the new conditions. This is especially true for men who are over age 50. These men have been the sacrificial lambs of outsourcing, computerization, and the flattening out of business hierarchies. The specialized information that they used to provide to their employers can be delivered by software. Their market niches have been eroded by competitive factors that only began to appear 20 years ago.
Because readers of newsletters and Websites like this one do not feel the pain of recession early in the process, they may not perceive that the terms of trade between employers and employees have shifted. Things seem to be bumping along fairly well, despite the fact that the stock market is down, real estate prices are falling, and there seems to be no engine of recovery on the horizon. Because their jobs appear to be safe, they assume that their careers are equally safe. This is a mistake.
I distinguish between a person's job and his career. Sometimes they are the same. Four decades ago, they were almost always the same. But these days, because of outsourcing, international competition in business, and technological competition from computers, an individual finds that he does not lose his job, but his career has hit a dead end. Anything like automatic promotion is a thing of the past. This is even true in Japan, where promotion by time served was almost automatic. International competition has made this practice a thing of the past. So, a person who thinks that he has a career path in front of him is living in the past. Today, a career path is hacked out of the wilderness by the equivalent of a machete. If you do not have a machete, and if you are not skilled in its use, your career may be more in the past than it is in the future.
Young men who are entering the work force today, or who have been in it for less than a decade, already are aware of this phenomenon. They get bounced around from job to job in these years. It is difficult to find any job with something resembling a tenure track today. Tenure-track jobs that once were synonymous with careers are becoming exceedingly scarce except in high-technology fields such as engineering. Even here, someone who does not keep up with the industry is going to find that his career hits a brick wall within five years. There is no coasting possible except in government employment.
This is why an individual has to develop a personal training program in which he systematically keeps up with developments in his own niche, but also keeps up with general trends. He needs to know what is happening in general categories because these can affect the survival of his particular niche. It does no good to be a master of a niche when the general market is moving away from a particular service that is represented by the niche. A person had better be flexible if he wants to escape the possibility that his niche will be outsourced or replaced by technology.
Let me give you an example. Consider a physician. The generalist who deals with people on a daily basis is probably not going to change his career. He may have to change his expectations regarding income, because government entry into the field of health care has distorted prices and has added costs. So have legal expenses. But, on the whole, the generalist is not going to see his career change by much. But specialists in niche fields are facing tremendous competition from sources that did not exist 20 years ago.
Surgical procedures in India, Southeast Asia, and South America sell for half the price or a third of the price that they cost in the United States. At the same time, international plane fares have fallen dramatically over the last 10 years. Even with increases because of rising fuel costs, the cost of international travel is much less than it was 10 years ago. This means that Americans can shop for non-emergency procedures. They can get competent medical care, sometimes delivered by physicians who are fluent in English, for a fraction of the cost of the same medical procedure in the United States.
A physician who does not recognize that he must now sell his services to patients who have economic options will find that his career does not advance. A career means advancement. It means that you are paying attention to business. You are committing time and money to staying ahead in your field. This is your calling: the most important thing you can do in which you would be the most difficult to replace.
Probably the best example I had as a young man was a friend of mine in high school, Larry Altschuler. He was the only friend I knew who worked in his father's business. His father was in the restaurant business — a very tough business. It is easy entry and high attrition for business owners. He had his own small restaurant by age 19, as I recall. I don't think he went to college. I left town at age 17 and only rarely returned.
Fifteen years later, he had a nice restaurant in Manhattan Beach, California: "The Bay Nineties." (The region is called the South Bay.) On a return visit in 1973, I took my wife to eat there. It no longer exists.
I have not seen him in 35 years, so I'm guessing about his business strategy. He probably made his profit in liquor sales. So, his strategy was to get lots of people into the restaurant and sell them drinks while they were waiting for a table. He needed more patrons than dinner tables. He had this amazing, unheard-of approach to get a long line: low dinner prices and high quality. You even got a choice of side dinner entries — a mini-meal. I ordered spaghetti. (Note: I remember this from 35 years ago.) Spaghetti is cheap, but it has high perceived value for spaghetti lovers. It was good spaghetti sauce, which is the key to spaghetti.
Here was the capper. When your meal was over, your waiter brought out a large serving tray filled with uncooked food: salmon, filet mignon, and lots of other expensive stuff. You could buy your next meal for $1. You made your selection, and he brought it back in a "doggy bag." Do you think Larry had repeat business? Do you think he sold a lot of booze? He was the first businessman I ever knew among my peers. I did not appreciate just how skilled he was, and how innovative in a generally non-innovative field, until I was in my thirties — about the time I started my own newsletter business.
His father ran a restaurant. Larry knew in high school that he would be going into this field. He was an active participant in the Junior Achievement program. He invited me to join. I was not interested in business at the time, so I never did. He was the only person I knew who did join.
He was the only person I knew who owned his own business at age 19. He told me that every morning he got up at 3 a.m. and drove into Los Angeles to the Farmer's Market. There, he would buy produce. His father had taken him when he was still in high school to learn how to do this. I did not know that when we were in high school together.
The idea of getting up that early to drive into Los Angeles to examine heads of lettuce was not the sort of thing that anybody else I knew was doing. He was doing it, but he never told me. This is the kind of dedication that it takes to run a successful business. He learned early. Nobody I knew in high school would have had any incentive to do this, or any idea that this is what he would do after graduation.
He did not drive into Los Angeles every morning to save money. The time costs were too high. He did it to get the best produce for his customers. He told me that by getting there early, he got the best goods. Those who arrived later got leftovers.
He understood quality. Even when most customers don't appreciate high quality, a few will. Even if they don't, the business owner develops a mindset: deliver a high-quality product to your customers.
The key to success in most businesses is repeat business. The key to repeat business is high quality. Anyone can cut prices. It is not easy to raise quality and still keep prices low enough to stay in business. Repeat customers in the non-fast food restaurant business return because of high quality.
Anyone who goes to college who has the attitude that he had in running his business will be highly successful as a student. This kind of dedication is extremely rare. But when your money is on the line, and you're in a business in which there is open entry and stiff competition, you have to pay attention to details in order to prosper. He was willing to do this.
It was not until I hit retirement age that I began getting up at 4 a.m. to begin running my new Web business. I find that this is what it takes to run a successful Website. I do my writing early in the morning, and then I run my question-and-answer forums later in the day. Going online at 4 a.m. and reviewing what I had written the day before, and then writing material for the next day, is my equivalent of going into the Farmer's Market. There is early morning work that must be done in order to operate a functioning business through the day. What my friend Larry knew it age 15, I finally adopted at age 65.
It was not clear to customers how much work it took him to deliver meals during rush hour. This is as it should be.
The easier you make your work look, the better your impression. If you give the impression that you are just barely surviving, just barely staying ahead of the day's disasters, your work ethic will be respected, but your boss may hesitate to promote you. If you're just barely hanging on today, how well will you do in a new slot, with greater responsibilities and new areas to master?
In contrast is the person who seems to be able to achieve his daily tasks almost effortlessly. He may be like a duck on a pond: sliding silently across the surface, but paddling like mad beneath the surface. If you can give the impression of being on top of things without also giving the impression of being just barely on top of things, you will be perceived as a low-risk candidate for advancement.
If a company wishes to expand its market share, it should do this in times of economic crunch for the industry. While other firms are cutting back, playing the turtle, an aggressive company can gain market share by investing in advertising and marketing.
The same is true in your career. If you can gain a reputation for being a go-getter and aggressive in a time when most of your competitors are pulling back, hoping not to overrun their budgets, hoping not to make a major mistake, you can call attention to yourself and your value to the company. The risk goes up, but the reward also goes up.
I am strongly of the opinion that in your career, the best defense is a strong offense. I don't think it is a good idea to be perceived as being in defense mode in a time of cutbacks. It is much better to gain a reputation of being aggressive, competent, and willing to branch into new areas when times are bad. An employer looks for this kind of person in good times, and he hesitates to fire someone like this when times get tougher.
The person who hunkers down, plays the turtle, and tries to hide is the kind of person who is perceived as expendable in any organization. He may stay off the short list of people to be fired, but once he is on that list, the likelihood that he will be fired increases sharply. People play the odds by trying to remain invisible, but invisible people can be sacrificed without a lot of pain for the employer. This is why I think playing defense is a high-risk strategy when it comes to your career.
The best time to move up is during a crisis. This is well-known in military circles. People get killed during wartime. This opens up positions. Back in 1838, Alexis de Tocqueville commented on the fact that democratic armies generally favor war. War lets noncommissioned officers rise into the ranks of commissioned officers, because of the openings that take place on the battlefield. They could never have risen in the ranks from noncommissioned officers to commissioned officer in times of peace. De Tocqueville concluded if a nation wants to avoid wars, it is best to have an army of professionals, where advancement is not possible for people who do not enjoy upper-class status. Of course, he understood that in a democracy, this kind of army was disappearing.
A crisis is ready-made for aggressive people. This is why I see the present recession as an advantage. In times like this, people who are really competent can make major gains on their competitors. This is much more difficult in boom times, because everybody seems to be prospering. Everybody seems to be successful. Warren Buffett is correct: nobody knows who is swimming naked until the tide goes out.
As the recession intensifies, you must pay much greater attention to details. You must be alert to opportunities. You probably should increase your commitment in terms of hours. Yet I have said in the past that it is unwise to work for more than 40 hours a week for salary. So, I am really recommending that you combine your job with after hours efforts to increase your knowledge of your niche, and to increase other people's awareness of your presence in this niche, in such a way that this appears to benefit your company. It does benefit your company, but also benefits you. It enables you to establish your reputation apart from your company.
Presence on the Web is basic to this strategy. You want to be able to establish new beachheads in your career. Don't devote time beyond 40 hours a week to your company unless this time simultaneously opens up opportunities for your career outside your company. You become more valuable to your employer, but you also become more mobile. Mobility is basic to career success in today's marketplace.
As the economy slows, people will begin to come to grips with the new realities of the employment scene. I don't think this scene will ever be the same for Americans. The terms of trade are turning against us because of past fiscal policy, monetary policy, and a change from future-orientation to present-orientation. Competition has been increasing. When the dollar falls, Americans' lifestyles will have to be cut back. This is always painful.
The day of small trucks with high profits is over. Gasoline prices are too high. These trucks are used to haul urban egos, not cargo. Ford and GM bet the farm on these non-farming trucks, and now they must readjust. They have little room or capital to readjust. They waited to long. The Japanese from 1970 became quality minded. They stuck to their knitting. They had to claw away market share from Detroit. They were lean and mean.
Detroit is finished, in every sense. They sat on their laurels. They thought it would be fat city forever. It is more likely to be bankruptcy. The American industry will not recover.
You must adjust whenever you can. This is the lesson of the Big 3. They did not adjust.
Gary North [send him mail] is the author of Mises on Money. Visit http://www.garynorth.com. He is also the author of a free 20-volume series, An Economic Commentary on the Bible.


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'Report on the Executive's Draft Programme for Government 2011-2015 and Draft Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland 2011-2021 (NIA 29/11-15)' identifies strategic priorities within the draft Programme for Government and highlights the interconnected and cross-cutting nature of the priorities.
The Committee would like to emphasise the importance of joined up Government and inter-departmental coordination, to ensure that commitments are delivered efficiently and effectively.
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The Committee also highlight the importance of producing detailed delivery plans for each of the commitments contained within the draft Plan for Government (PFG).
During evidence sessions, the Commissioners welcomed the focus upon equality and sustainability as the underpinning principles within the PFG and the commitment to continue to promote equality of opportunity.
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|This picture is a bit deceiving, as my son has the
"pizzette" away from his face toward the camera.
That was until yesterday. Moms and dads, I am here to tell you to NOT purchase the pizza kids meal offered at the Disneyland Resort. I purchased this "meal" for my son yesterday at the Village Haus and laughed out loud when I opened the box. The pizza is not really a pizza. It's more like a weird piece of bread or roll with a semblance of pizza topping on it. The look and size of it more resembles a "pizza cookie" than a pizza. In fact, my friend and I dubbed it a "pizzette." It is no more a pizza than a bagel bite or hot pocket are pizza. Moreover, at the Village Haus, the "pizzette" meal is the most expensive kids meal at $6.49. Add to that the 5 apple slices and drink and it doesn't even come close to stacking up against the chicken nugget kids meal offered in locations like the Stage Door Cafe. (And can someone please tell me why in a land frequented almost exclusively by small children there are no chicken nuggets to be found?!)
I have a few words of advice for Disneyland's food people:
- We parents appreciate the attempt to offer healthier alternatives for children throughout the park (i.e. chicken and rice kids meals at Harbor Galley), but sometimes, kids just need comfort food and chicken and rice just won't cut the mustard.
- Mac and cheese are a great idea...in theory...but a lot of kids refuse to eat it unless it's the stuff from the box. Sad, but true.
- I KNOW chicken nuggets aren't healthy for kids. I do. But let's just put our cards on the table, K? A day at Disneyland with kids is WORK for parents and the last thing we need to do is have to WORK to get our kids to eat something they may not like. A day at Disneyland is often about doing what it takes to survive.
- If you are going to make pizza for kids, cut them some slack. Kids KNOW pizza and what my son had yesterday more resembled a pizza bagel than actual pizza.
So, now that I'm done complaining, here's a video of our day at Disneyland yesterday, which was otherwise very nice.


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Sound Salvation (Music)
With Steve Pick
Fri Jun 10th 2011 7.00am–10.00am
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
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Cheap Trick "On Top of the World" from Heaven Tonight (Epic 1978) —I still remember the day I bought this album, along with Elvis Costello's "This Year's Model," at Grandpa Pigeon's, on sale for like $4 each.Buy it!
Blue Öyster Cult "The Red & the Black" from Tyranny and Mutation (Columbia Records 1973) —This always makes me think of how much D. Boon of the Minutemen loved this song.Buy it!
Roxy Music "Editions of You" from For Your Pleasure (Virgin 1973) —Somebody posted a live video of this to Facebook - I never got to see Roxy Music, but wow!Buy it!
Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 "No One Ever Drowns" from Northern Aggression (Yep Roc 2010) —He'll be at the Duck Room tomorrow night for Twangfest, and after the Miracle 3 perform, he and Linda will play in the Baseball Project to close out the fest.Buy it!
Ian Hunter "Once Bitten Twice Shy" from Ian Hunter (Columbia 1975) —I actually hadn't heard this one in years until the other day - it still sounds magnificent.Buy it!
David Bowie "Stay" from Station To Station (RCA Records 1976) —Consider this a bonus cowbell segment.Buy it!
Generation X "Your Generation" from Generation X (Chrysalis 1978) —Martin Rushent, who produced a lot of great records & helped forge the sound of punk rock, passed away a few days back. I know he produced Gen X, couldn't find out if he did this single or not.Buy it!
The Stranglers "No More Heroes" (EMI 1977) —Definitely a Martin Rushent production.Buy it!
Buzzcocks "You SayYou Don't Love Me" from Singles Going Steady CD ALBUM (IRS 1979) —A perfect record.Buy it!
The Blind Eyes "Hold Down the Fort" from With A Bang (self-released 2011) N L —A delightfully catchy song about those of us who have stuck around the city of St. Louis.Buy it!
Abigail Washburn "Ballad of Treason" from City of Refuge (Rounder www.rounder.com 2011) N —She'll be at the Duck Room Monday night opening for Head and the Heart.Buy it!
Exene Cervenka "I'll Admit It Now" from The Excitement Of Maybe (Bloodshot www.bloodshotrecords.com 2011) N —A horn-driven rocker with Dave Alvin on guitar.Buy it!
Dana Fuchs "Summersong" from Love to Beg (Ruf www.rufrecords.de 2011) N —Here's my review of this one: http://blues.about.com/od/cddvdreviews/fr/Dana-Fuchs-Love-To-Beg-2011.htmBuy it!
John Lennon "Love" from Plastic Ono Band (Apple Records 1970) —As beautiful a love song as the world has known.Buy it!
Eric Carmen "She Did It" from Best of (Arista 1988) —This one isn't quite as prfect, but it's awfully sweet.Buy it!
Sloan "The Answer Was You" from The Double Cross (Yep Roc 2011) N —Effortless pop gem.Buy it!
The Merry-Go-Round "Come Ride, Come Ride" from Listen, Listen - Definitive Collection - Remaster (Rev-Ola 2005) —Young Emitt Rhodes had a pop sensibility all his own.Buy it!
Circe Link "Shangriladeeda Farm" from California Kid (Circe Link) —Cowbell fuels this nifty slice of roots rock.Buy it!
The Drifters "Sweets For My Sweet" from The Definitive Drifters (WSM 2003) —A Doc Pomus gem with that Latin lilt & a cowbell.Buy it!
The Drifters "At the Club" from The Definitive Drifters (WSM 2003) —A Goffin & King number with the same Latin lilt and cowbell.Buy it!
Andrew Gold "Lonely Boy" from Thank You for Being a Friend: The Best of Andrew Gold (Ekektra 1997) —The singer/songwriter/guitarist passed away a few days back. Didn't realize he did this cowbell cut.Buy it!
Linda Ronstadt "You're No Good" from Heart Like a Wheel (CAPITOL 1974) —Andrew Gold was the brains behind Ronstadt's run of giant hits back in the day - his electric piano on this one fuels a pretty darn good record.Buy it!
k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang "Sugar Buzz" from Sing It Loud (Nonesuch 2011) N —A slow burner of a love song.Buy it!
TV on The Radio "No Future Shock" from Nine Types of Light (Interscope 2011) N —I've been trying to figure out why this new TV on the Radio isn't selling very well - it sounds good to me.Buy it!
Martha Tilton with Paul Weston & His Orchestra "Does Everyone Know About This?" from Capitol Jumps (CAPITOL 2000) —I picked up this fun compilation of fun records from Capitol back in the 40s. This song is a real blast.Buy it!
Ray Bryant "Cubano Chant" from Lonesome Traveler (Universal unk 1966) —The great jazz pianist and composer of this enduring number passed away a few days ago.Buy it!
Vinicius Cantuaria & Bill Frisell "Lagrimas Mexicanas" (Naive 2011) N —A delightful collaboration between two talented players of different cultures.Buy it!
Chuck Berry "Downbound Train" from His Best Vol. 1 (Chess 1997) —I can't think of any other Chuck Berry records that sound quite like this.Buy it!
Bobby Mitchell "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" from New Orleans (Time Life 2000) —One of my all-time fave songs.Buy it!
Benny Spellman "Fortune Teller" (Collectables 1988) —The great New Orleans vocalist Benny Spellman passed away the other day.Buy it!
Benny Spellman "Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)" from Fortune Teller (Collectables 1988) —Another classic from the pen of Allen Toussaint.Buy it!
The Beatles "I Need You" from Help! CD ALBUM (Parlophone Records 1965) —That George Harrison wrote some nice ones, didn't he?Buy it!
Nick Lowe "Switchboard Susan" from Labour of Lust (Columbia 1979) N —It is so good to have this classic album back in print after all these years.Buy it!
The Jam "Private Hell" from Setting Sons (Polydor UK 1979) —One of my all-time fave Jam songs - after 32 years, it still thrills.Buy it!
The Painkillers "What's Inside" from The Painkillers (Euclid 2011) N —Speaking of thrills after all these years - I'll never get tired of this song!Buy it!
Cumberland Gap "Steam Powered Aero Plane" from Cumberland Gap (Wildstone 2002) L —This local band is playing tonight at Twangfest. Anybody who covers John Hartford is okay by me.Buy it!
Robbie Fulks "Away Out on the Old Saint Sabbath" from Revenge (Yep Roc 2007) —One of the smarter songwriters of the last 20 years, he's headlining tonight at Twangfest.Buy it!
Nora O'Connor "Nightingale" from Til the Dawn (Bloodshot www.bloodshotrecords.com 2004) —An amazing singer who never makes enough music - she'll be playing with Fulks tonight at the Duck Room.Buy it!
The Baseball Project "Twilight of My Career" from Vol. 2 - High and Inside (Bonus Version) (Yep Roc Records www.yeprocrecords.com 2011) N —Closing out Twangfest tomorrow night at the Duck Room.Buy it!
Joe Ely "The Highway Is My Home" from Satisfied at Last (Rack 'Em 2011) N —I love the sound of this new song from Joe Ely, and of course the song itself is terrific.Buy it!
Kate & Anna McGarrigle "Come a Long Way" from Tell My Sister (Nonesuch 2011) N —This 3-disc set includes newly remastered versions of their first 2 masterful records (including Dancer With Bruised Knees which has this song) and a disc of demos.Buy it!
Davy Graham "Sarah" from The Complete Guitarist (Ace 1980) —Well, yeah, that's some guitar playing.Buy it!
David Crosby "Orleans" from If I Could Only Remember My Name (Atlantic 1970) —An eerie and beautiful vocal track from an eerie and beautiful record.Buy it!
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Epson launched the Epson MovieMate, a DVD player that projects onto a large flat surface with a larger-than-life image and killer sound. We were tasked with figuring out how to drive sales for a great product that is incredibly difficult to display in-store.
We started the online campaign by asking current product owners to share their American movie night stories, thus the Great American Movie Night was born. We targeted Epson's email database and reached consumers through Web-based marketing to drive consumers to the MovieMate's custom microsite, where users learned how to throw their own outdoor movie night.
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- 0Apr 1, '08 by AprilRNhereLook into finding a job first. Many LTC facilities will put you through CNA classes...some even pay for your time there. Good luck to you!
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