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His interview on the North Face site is amusing, he just wants to go and eat and sleep and they keep asking questions.
Read the TNF interview. Its hilarious. Whoever called him up from TNF office clearly hasn't got a clue. Its amazing AH didn't just tell them to "F@@@ off, I'm tired, hungry, and will do this sh@@ in a bit"!
I think the urgent interview will be his sponsor capitalising on the publicity opportunity.
This makes me really wonder what the drives are for Honnald. He almost sounds as though he'd prefer not to have been on the wall in the dark... So why do it?!
My wonder at the sanity of such a prodigy aside. What can one say? Astounding behaviour. Brilliant.
> I think the urgent interview will be his sponsor capitalising on the publicity opportunity.
Well it is what they pay him for. Sorry, son, you want the cash you've got to do the work.
Absolutely he did. But it's part of the pact with the devil when you take sponsors' money. You do the interviews while you're still piping hot news, just like footballers losing a final and then having to answer the "What went wrong?" questions before they've even got their breath back.
Sender Films just released some raw footage of Alex on Watkins. Only 2 minutes out of the 19 hours he was climbing for but it's absolutely mind-boggling stuff. I've seen climbers run out above dodgy gear and pulling on smaller edges but I've never seen anything that made my palms sweat quite like that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQb4_8PyZBM
Thanks for the link. Eek! What special (not necessarily happy) place must Honnold be at in his climbing just now.
I can't help but start asking a few questions, though regarding motivations, sometimes it's better not to ask, and trust the expression. (And hope things continue to go well.)
> Thanks for the link. Eek! What special (not necessarily happy) place must Honnold be at in his climbing just now.
Well, I guess you're more qualified than most to speculate on that Dave.
Must be horrible to be filming that kind of stuff, there have been lots of hardcore solo climbers over the years, but never one so filmed. I think Alex Honnold is amazing and inspiring but this ascent makes me feel pretty uneasy about where he's headed, soloing through the night can't be a good idea....
Ever since watching the fantastically filmed Nat. Geo. film of him soloing Moonlight Buttress (was it? Zion, anyway), I feel quite uneasy about watching videos of Honnold. Besides anything else he comes over as such a nice, goofy bloke, you just wish he'd stop doing it and particularly doing it for cameras. His roped climbing is plenty impressive enough. Of course he has the right to do whatever he wants, but I don't think I want to watch anymore.
Was that the "Alone on the Wall" film? I think I've got it on a First Ascent Series DVD. I remember watching it with my wife and her asking, "Why is someone filming this and what are they going to do if he falls off?"
I find it inspiring and terrifying in equal measures and quite compelling, if uncomfortable, viewing.
Honnold is Teen Wolf.
..and of course I didn't mean to imply an "unhappy place" either, which is a fairly common assumption. Despite the cameras, Just Alex and the stone; a surrogate perhaps.
Did The triple in 1978! only slightly slower! total time valley to valley 220 hrs we went as quick as we could i was knackered for a couple of days after each of them. Absolutely awesome feat of concentration , talent and pure physical endurance, well done that young man, I wonder how he got passed the in situ screwdriver section on Mt Watkins if it's still there it was wobbly in 78 and in the middle of an A3 section?
Probably him telling them to bugger off! He seemed pretty blunt in the interview.
He hiked from the top of Mt Watkins to the Tioga pass and drove round to The captain. Then drove from the bottom of the east ledges descent to the Stables and hiked the death slabs to Half Dome.
This more or less sums up how I feel about it. I posted something similar and then deleted it as being in doubtful taste. He's clearly exceptionally talented and I assume that in his own head he's doing these big solos for the right reasons, but I'm not at all sure about the up close and personal filming.
Anyway, it sounded from his interview as though he was off to focus on other stuff for now. It would be nice to see the cameras being just as interested in that.
Me too Jon. Mind you, the other stuff he's doing at the moment - the Nose record - is almost as dangerous. 2H:50something yesterday on a practice run... This is what I mean, copied from the SuperTopo thread:
Hans led to Sickle in 16 minutes, which was too fast. They re-geared at the pendulum over to Dolt and then Hans led in one pitch to Eagle Ledge in 1:25! He carried only one #2 Camalot and one #3 Camalot and didn't leave either behind until climbing Boot Flake! He clipped 9 total pieces of gear, including the belay anchors, from the Dolt pendulum to the top of Dolt Tower - this is over 500 feet of climbing! Alex wants him to leave the #3 Camalot behind as well, but Hans uses it extensively on the last Stovelegs pitch. He jams with one hand and pulls on the #3 with the other hand.
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How do you follow the multi-platinum selling, perfect pop of Different Class? Well, you can wave bye bye to that gold disc and release your darkest collection of songs to date. That's exactly what Pulp did with This is Hardcore. It may have been considered a commercial "flop" by some insiders, but their loss was very much our gain. This is Hardcore is undoubtedly Pulp's finest collection of songs. It's depressing, funny, sad, despondent and uncomfortable to listen to if you are approaching that difficult age of 33. This is a moody, almost sleazy album in places and it's all the better for it. Different Class had an instant appeal to it, but I quickly lost interest.Two years on, Hardcore is still essential listening. That's the biggest compliment you can give to any album, if you still play and treasure it months after the hype has faded. It took a few listens for me to fully appreciate this album, but it soons hit you. Practically every listener will identify with the opening track The Fear. A tale of missed opportunities and panic attacks when everything goes horribly wrong. It all rings so true, and Jarvis knows it. Helped of course by the fine melody, the album touches on many fears but you sort of laff because Jarvis delivers his lyrics like some stand-up comedian. Other highlights include Helped The Aged and the title track which is aided along the way by strings Diva Anne Dudley. Hypnotic and seductive and quite simply brilliant. The track Dishes will make you chuckle whilst TV Movie and A Little Soul will scare you slightly. I never thought that Pulp would release a finer album than His N Hers, but Hardcore is in a class of it's own
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The cold, hard truth of adult life.,
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'This Is Hardcore' is the morning after of the thirtysomething parties of the '90s. In a decade of 'This Life', Hornby, 'Sex & the City' & 'Bridget Jones' leaving people paranoid about the life they should be living, the album tells it how it really was during that period. Plus, is an accurate account of how life is for many, especially in the city. It really is the perfect album for those who've lived and are now paying for it. Many indie types (which I'm not I may add)don't like the lack of catchy tunes, and some tracks do muscially go on for too long (the end coda of the final track goes on for ages)yet the superb lyrics make it a must. Difficult at first, but delicious to finish with.
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This is Pulp's equivalent to Blur's eponymous release, showing a darker and far less commercial side to their music. For the most part, the record is too inaccessible to be cherished, but their bravery is commendable, and songs like "Dishes" and (especially) the title track really grow on you.
Jarvis Cocker does exactly what Damon Albarn does on "Blur" and messes up the popular image of himself, perhaps deliberately to make himself less well-loved. He feels isolated and under threat by celebrity, society and "The Fear". He develops a (hopefully tongue-in-cheek) Jesus complex on the afore-mentioned "Dishes", comparing his initials and age to Christ's, whilst adding his usual healthy dose of bathos.
This record is worth buying for the title track alone. Encompassing everything from disco to Krautrock to Velvet Underground to Serge Gainsbourg, it is one of the group's very best, right up there with "Common People" and "Sorted for E's and Whizz", although you can be sure your parents won't like it.
Perhaps in general on this album, Cocker's wryness has faded somewhat and he is less ironic and post-modern and more philosophically naked and direct. That is no bad thing, as the group may have been in danger of turning into a novelty act.
With bands like Pulp, capable of embracing a pop sensibility AND really saying something, who needs vacant pop thrills?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Pulp's Berlin,
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Uncomfortable is probably the best word to describe this album. It's not always an easy listen, the sonics of the production tend towards the treble on a great deal of the songs and gone is the shimmering pop sheen of A Different Class (which to be honest I think was overrated, His 'n' Hers being a "purer" version of the same ideas.) It's really worth getting hold of some of the singles from around this time as the b-sides such as The Professional, Champagne Socialism and Ladies Man are better than some of the songs on here and really spell out Jarvis' dissillusion and dissenchantment with the pop world he had spent so long trying to enter. There are times on this album when you feel Jarvis whispering in your ear and it so often sounds like a broken man crying for help but feeling strangled. It's not pleasant but it's definitely more soulful than the formulaic work they had started to produce in the wake of Britpop. Musically, despite what the other reviewers say, I think that Pulp changed completely with this album and never returned to anything approaching their previous sound. The songs are generally much slower, rockier in a more traditional sense, with Bruce Springsteen and Elvis being evoked throughout the album in the guitar and vocal work. It feels as though they were consciously trying to escape everything that they felt was expected of them, regardless of the results, which is why some songs don't really work. The following album saw them relax a bit more into the new territory they were charting for themselves but this definitely felt like we were losing them and that's why it's such a great album. It's a bit like The Stone Roses' Second Coming, ironically, as Pulp made a leap up the ladder on the back of The Roses disintegration. You won't listen to it everyday but it's worth a spin if you're in the right mood.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I am not Jesus, though I have the same initials...,
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After receiving this CD very quickly through the post, I couldn't wait to listen to it! So as soon as I opened it I put it in the CD player as quick as I could. Pulp's Jarvis Cocker gives good entrance. "I am not Jesus, 'though I have the same initials," goes the first line of "Dishes" on "This Is Hardcore". Or take the opening salvo in "TV Movie": "Without you my life has become a hangover without end/A movie made for TV: bad dialogue, bad acting, no interest."
Cocker's songs don't veer downhill after they begin, either. In the time since his Noel Coward-in-the-London-underground observations on Pulp's 1996 album "Different Class," Cocker has been working even harder at his craft. "This Is Hardcore" is a series of poignant or pungent vignettes about confused or lonely people. "Seductive Barry" fantasizes about making love to the object of his obsession; "A Little Soul" about a defeated husband who beats his wife and pleads with his son not to repeat dad's mistakes.
When Cocker writes what are presumably autobiographical lyrics, he's no less piercing or clever. The withering "Like a Friend" finds him both repulsed by and attracted to a fake friend: "You take up my time like some cheap magazine when I could've been learning something." Compared to the unimaginative language of so much pop and rock, Cocker's lyrics -- enriched by his dry, jaundiced-dandy voice -- are literary salons unto themselves.
"Different Class" was a debauched update of vintage new wave styles. "This Is Hardcore" is more expansive and more stylish than its predecessor, integrating sweeping string sections and over-the-top, big-rock production touches. "Help the Aged," Cocker's ode to lessons gleaned from the elderly, deftly leaps from an after-hours fragility to arena roar. In "Dishes," Cocker attempts to comfort his mate after a hard days' work. "I'd like to make this water wine, but it's impossible/I've got to get these dishes dry," he sings, voice on the verge of cracking, as the music surges into sublime cabaret-pop beauty.
Tucked away in the liner notes is an odd little statement: "Please do not read the lyrics whilst listening to the recordings." Sorry, Jarvis -- sometimes it can't be helped.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A darker, more complex follow up to Different Class.,
Jonathan James Romley (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
"This is our 'Music from A Bachelor's Den' / the sound of loneliness turned up to ten / a horror soundtrack / from a stagnant water bed... / and it sounds just like this". The first line of the first track, The Fear, ably establishes the dark, decaying feeling of the morning after that Pulp we're surely feeling following the fallout of Britpop and the unparalleled success of their previous album Different Class following years of indie-obscurity. Whereas that record had revelled in giddy excess, chip-shop glamour and tales of boozed-up holidays and promises of meeting old loves in the new millennium, This Is Hardcore instead takes a long hard look in the mirror, gargles out the stench of the alchopops and brushes away the debris of another soulless night on the town to find the hollow, soulless feeling of middle-age slowly creeping in.
The songs on This Is Hardcore reflect a life at the crossroads, with a narrator no longer impressed by one-night stands, drug-fuelled odysseys, discothèques and night clubs, and instead, realising the emptiness and self-parody at the heart of shallow celebrity. Although it's safe to say that Cocker had always preferred to sing about the outcasts and losers at the heart of a sleazy society, there had always been an element of celebration or romanticism to undercut the images of peeling wallpaper, teenage bunk-ups or drugged-fuelled trysts. Here, his characters are presented in grainy close-up, with the stench of tobacco tainted family rooms, alcohol soaked clothes and personal defeat, all positively rife from one song to the next. From the opening track, which recalls the seedy voyeurism of I Spy, but takes things further into the haze of drug-induced paranoia (gelling with the art-work and reminding me of the character from Pink Floyd's The Wall... that jaded rock star hiding away behind the fa�ade of his chic penthouse apartment, which has also become his tomb!!) with the production work of Chris Thomas further expanding the sonic landscape to take in ambient/electronic elements and the odd nod to trip-hop, whilst the band favour a more stripped down sound with acoustic guitars, live drums and a hint of orchestration.
The juxtaposition this creates is perfectly in tune with the themes behind the music, with the combination of arrangements and production creating a hollow vacuum of excess that the heart and soul (of both the music and the narrator) must cast off in order to further understand who they really are. Here, the lyrics throughout are more confessional in tone than the anthemic musings of His N' Hers and Different Class, with Cocker continuing The Fear with lyrics like "this is the sound of someone loosing the plot / making out that they're ok when they're not / you're gonn'a like this... / but not a lot / and the chorus goes like this", before the rest of the band join in and the song takes off into something that more closely resembles the classic Pulp sound. The next track, Dishes, is one of the more minimal offerings... beginning with a hint of keyboards and Cocker's dead-pan vocals intoning "I am not Jesus, though I have the same intials / I'm the man, who stays home and does the dishes...". The song later blooms into something more pop-like in feel, with the rest of the band eventually joining in to add drums and a keyboard counter-melody, creating a piece of music that's not a million miles away from the songs on Different Class.
Although the music here has that distinctive Pulp sound, the lyrics remain dark and despondent throughout... This isn't an album for those wanting to sing along with the common people, but rather, an album to cry yourself to sleep to when you realise she isn't coming home (and on top of that, she's left you with the kids!!). There's the typically mordant streak of humour featured throughout, but the songs are less boisterous. Even something like Party Hard, which has a sparkling keyboard melody care of Candida Doyle seems worn down and weary, with Cocker's not-quite-there-vocals exposing the tedium behind the whole Britpop scene ("and have you ever stopped to ask yourself / if you didn't want to party... / then why did you come here?"). Next is Help the Aged, a lush little song with gorgeous strings, languid percussion and Cocker's sleepy vocals all luring us into a (mostly) gentle song about the foibles of growing up, with Cocker's main concern being the loss of stamina and libido when everything starts going grey, falling out, or heading south for the winter.
True, the album isn't without it's flaws... like a lot of albums from the same period, it's probably too long, with the record as a whole pushing the 60 minute mark, whilst songs like Glory Days, Seductive Barry and Day After the Revolution would have probably made better B-sides. But that said, the rest of the album is fantastic stuff, with Pulp pushing their sound in such a way that it manages to reference both the early sound of It... and Freaks, as well as the peak His N' Hers/Different Class Britpop years, whilst simultaneously forging a new sound pitched somewhere in between. The use of sampling and lighter touches of trip-hop in the title track is fantastic, with the huge orchestral feel mixed with the drums and pianos, not to mention Cocker's sly lyrics ("this is hardcore... you make me hard"). There's also TV Movie, a largely acoustic song with clever lyrics that hold a double meaning ("without you my life has become / a hangover without end / a move... / made for TV /bad dialog / bad acting / no interest / too long with no story and no sex"), the gorgeous Little Soul, which is possibly the greatest song Cocker has ever written, and the joyous pop of Sylvia, which leads us towards the end on a bitter high ("I can't help you but I know things are gonna get better!").
This is Hardcore is perhaps a little rough around the edges... but, regardless, it still represents Pulp at the peak of their abilities. The combination of great pop melodies with darker lyrics that seem to point more towards Cocker's true feelings circa '98 works well, and shows Pulp to be probably the most vital band of the Britpop-era (...alongside Radiohead, The Divine Comedy and Luke Haines).
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Pulp � This is Hardcore,
Quirky alt-pop veterans Pulp offer here something altogether darker than the indie-club anthems they're known best for. Rather than being similar to their probably most well known album, Different Class, this album is more like a development of their earlier works such as Freaks.
The lyrics are as sharp as ever, and sustain what could otherwise be quite a repetitive album. There is a distinctively downbeat tone to this album and it seems that Cocker is really playing to his strengths here by exploring darker and seedier subject matter. In particular, This is Hardcore is a sleazy, sexy masterpiece. Sure, this album is depressing in places, but it's all so well crafted and the lyrics are so incisive it's hard not to enjoy yourself.
How many good tracks? Eight, out of 12
Best track: The Fear is a frank and unnerving opening track, which sets the tone of the rest of the album.
Worst track: Party Hard does not benefit from either the great lyrics, or the great vocals that make Pulp songs so distinctive.
This album marks a real turning point for Pulp. They seem to have really developed, and though they still explore the usual Pulp issues of sex, social alienation and life's seedier side, there is a marked maturity of sound on this album.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the sound of someone losing the plot...,
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With "Diffrent class" Pulp became one of the most popular bands in britain, their follow up was this album entitled "This is Hardcore" a fitting title for a rarther dark and uncompromising album. Fans of "Diffrent class" may even be a little suprised by this album but "Diffrent Class" was Jarvis Cocker exploring English life, this album is Jarvis Cocker exploring Jarvis Cocker and at time when he was heavily addicted to drugs he is'nt too pleased with what he finds.
In "The Fear" Cocker is partially mocking the listener while speaking of his own troubles, "Help the aged" starts as a plee for helping the elderly but becomes a song about fear of things to come and "This is harcore" is a dark and explicit exploration of teenage life.
It's not a happy album, by any standards but through the darkness comes a sound of hope that things are going to get better, its very diffrent to "Diffrent Class" its a diffrent view on things and while it's not as much of a classic album there's more emotion and it may well leave you thinking much more about life than "Diffrent Class" did and that makes it not only one of Pulps best albums but one of the greatest albums of human emotion ever made.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent,
By A Customer
Everybody seems to have said how it is a difficult and inaccessable album, but I don't see that at all. It is a brilliant pop album, just like Different Class before it. Songs like This Is Hardcore, TV Movie, I'm A Man and A Little Soul all show Pulp (and Cockers) ability for excellent pop music and insightful lyrics. The darkest song is Seductive Barry, but no more so than FEELINGCALLEDLOVE on Different Class. This is a truly brilliant album and it is only the subject matter of the songs which can be abrasive, but personally I love it. Their most recent, We Love Life, is far harder to get into despite its lyrical content, but if you've got Different Class you should buy this next.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Fear of Hardcore,
MR N J BROWN (Royston, Herts United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
It seems to me that many people hate to admit liking this album. Personally I love it. Really, bar the title track, the sexual content isn't anymore vivid than in Different Class. Apart from the sluggish Seductive Barry all the tracks are appealing. I first got into the band through the We Love Life single The Trees and thought it could get no better. How wrong I was. The opening track The Fear is an instant favourite with its sinister lyrics upheld by an atmospheric backing track. Hardcore, Help The Aged and The Day After The Revolution are also standout tracks. Deep, dark and uncommercial maybe but really we wouldn't want it any other way.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis on Sunday expressed outrage at violence aimed at religious minorities in Iraq, where fleeing children have died of thirst, and called on the world "to stop these crimes."
In a strongly worded message during his traditional Sunday blessing, Francis said the news from Iraq "leaves us in dismay and disbelief." He cited "the thousands of people, including Christians, who have been brutally forced from their homes, children who have died from thirst during the escape and women who have been seized."
He also spoke of "the destruction of religious, historic and cultural treasures."
The pope urged the international community to find "an efficient political solution that can stop these crimes and re-establish the rule of law." He said his personal emissary, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, would depart imminently for Iraq "in order to better ensure those dear suffering populations of my closeness to them."
Filoni, the Vatican's ambassador in Baghdad during the Iraqi war, will travel to Iraq to show solidarity with Christians, who have been among those targeted by Islamic militants for elimination. Filoni has acknowledged in an interview with Vatican Radio the difficulty in reaching the region where thousands of refugees are starving.
In preparation for his departure, which could come as early as Monday, Filoni met briefly with the pope Sunday evening. The Vatican said in a statement that the pope gave personal instructions for the mission and entrusted him with an unspecified sum of money to provide urgent help "as a concrete sign of the pope's solidarity."
The pope also called attention to the renewed violence in Gaza, after a brief cease-fire, "that kills innocent victims and only worsens the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians."
The pontiff departs Wednesday for Korea and asked the faithful "please, accompany me with your prayer."
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Meningitis - staphylococcal
Meningitis - staphylococcal
Staphylococcal meningitis is a bacterial infection of the thin tissues covering the brain and spinal cord (meninges).
See also:
- Aseptic meningitis
- Meningitis - cryptococcal
- Meningitis - Gram-negative
- Meningitis - H. influenzae
- Meningitis - meningococcal
- Meningitis - pneumococcal
- Meningitis - tuberculous
Alternative Names
Staphylococcal meningitis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Staphylococcal meningitis is caused by Staphylococcus bacteria. When it is caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria, it usually develops as a surgery complication or an infection spread through the blood from another site.
Risk factors include:
- Infections of heart valves
- Past infection of the brain
- Past meningitis due to spinal fluid shunts
- Recent brain surgery
- Spinal fluid shunt
- Trauma
Symptoms may come on quickly, and include:
- Fever and chills
- Mental status changes
- Nausea and vomiting
- Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
- Severe headache
- Stiff neck
Other symptoms that can occur with this disease:
- Agitation
- Bulging fontanelles in infants
- Decreased alertness
- Poor feeding or irritability in children
- Rapid breathing
- Unusual posture, with the head and neck arched backwards (opisthotonos)
Signs and tests
The doctor or nurse will examine the patient. This will usually show:
- Fast heart rate
- Fever
- Mental status changes
- Stiff neck
If the doctor thinks meningitis is possible, a lumbar puncture ("spinal tap") is done to remove a sample of spinal fluid (cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF) for testing. If you have a spinal fluid shunt, the sample may be taken from this instead.
Tests may include:
- Blood culture
- Chest x-ray
- CT scan of the head
- Gram stain, other special stains, and culture of CSF
Antibiotics should be started as soon as possible. Vancomycin is the first choice for suspected staphylococcal meningitis. Nafcillin is sometimes used instead.
Often, treatment will include a search for, and removal of, possible sources of bacteria in the body. These include shunts or artificial heart valves.
Expectations (prognosis)
Early treatment improves the outcome. However, 3 - 5% of patients do not survive. Young children and adults over age 50 have the highest risk of death.
Staphylococcal meningitis often improves more quickly, with better results, if the source of the infection is removed. The source may include shunts, hardware in joints, or artificial heart valves.
- Brain damage
- Buildup of fluid between the skull and brain (subdural effusion)
- Hearing loss
- Hydrocephalus
- Seizures
- Staph infection in another area of the body
Calling your health care provider
Call the local emergency number (such as 911) or go to an emergency room if you suspect meningitis in a young child who has the following symptoms:
- Feeding problems
- High-pitched cry
- Irritability
- Persistent, unexplained fever
Call the local emergency number if you develop any of the serious symptoms listed above. Meningitis can quickly become a life-threatening illness.
In high-risk people, taking preventive antibiotics before diagnostic or surgical procedures may help reduce the risk. Discuss this with your doctor.
Swartz MN. Meningitis: bacterial, viral, and other. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 360.
Tunkel AR, Van de Beek D, Scheld WM. Acute meningitis. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009: chap 84.
Thigpen MC, Whitney CG, Messonnier NE, et al. Emerging Infections Programs Network. Bacterial meningitis in the United States,1998-2007. N Engl J Med. 2011 May 26; 364(21): 2016-25.
Review Date:8/15/2012
Reviewed by:David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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Hi all! I am needing some advice and some encouragement. I am a 27 year old Mom of 4 children, ages 7, 4, 17 months and 2 months. I have been wanting to go to nursing school for about 5 or 6 years now, but the timing never seemed... Read More
- 0Jul 8, '13 by clearblue3I agree with going part time! I have three kiddos at home and I never could have done the full time program. And the full-time students just seemed so much more stressed. They often said they didn't have time to study like they wanted....to read the assigned material etc. They were just trying to stay afloat. Part time is an awesome option. Our school phased out the part time and I don't know of any other programs where I am that offer part time. Yes, it takes longer to finish, but it saved my sanity!! :-) I do have to admit that I wish that I would have waited until my kiddos were in school. I feel that even though I was only part time, I still missed some precious time with my kids. Those years go by so fast so I have some regrets. I was so anxious to get going on everything, but I didn't have any idea how much work the program would be and how incredibly time consuming. Good luck with your decision and with school if you decide to go! Like someone else mentioned...I have loved the sense of accomplishment and using my brain! :-)
- 0Jul 11, '13 by tryn2bloomThis is a rather long post and I hope you will bear with me! I was a stay at home mom with a degree in elementary education (I taught for four years before having children.) I loved teaching and thought I would go back into teaching after the kids were older. Life throws everyone curve balls that sometimes alter your path in life. During the first ultrasound of our second child we knew something was terribly wrong; we were sent for testing and we were told our child had Turner's syndrome. Four months later she was born (still-born.) It was a difficult time but I was fortunate to have the most caring and considerate nurses during this experience.
Over time I began to think about a career in nursing- but there were so many obstacles! I had a third child, I was really terrible in math and science, the finances were tight, and on and on. I decided to go to a community college at night and work on my math and science skills one class at a time- it took two years to get to the point where I was confident in my abilities. My husband and I decided that I would apply to nursing school and that if God was in favor then He would "open the door". I was accepted very quickly into a program (four year- BSN.) I won't lie- it was very hard (lots of late nights studying after the kids were in bed) and I had to take some time off due to my son's disabilities but I finished this spring and yesterday I was offered a position. I took the journey in "chunks" - bit by bit imagining myself walking on a long journey- each literal step I took advanced me closer to my goal.
My family is my number one priority and with this in mind I believe that my children learned some valuable lessons. I think my children learned that difficult goals can be achieved through perseverance, limitations can be overcome with hard work and that you can always find a way to get the things done that are important.
If you feel in your heart that this is a path you want to take- I would encourage you to go for it! There are many of us like you who have gone before you and finished. You can do it too!
- 0Jan 3 by Mrs. SilvaTryn2bloom, I am from PA too! Washington county, about a lil over an hour away from Pittsburgh
- 1Jan 3 by Mrs. SilvaThank you all so much for your advice, personal experiences, and encouragement! Unfortunately I am just seeing these posts now, but better late than never. I will be starting my pre-reqs this summer semester. Thank you all again! :-D
- 0Jan 4 by sunshyne17I know this is going to sound cruel but you SO should have started when it crossed your mind 5-6 years ago...
Saying nursing school is hard is an understatement. You will have to successfully complete a program that some singles can't complete due to the sheer volume of work only you have 2 little babies and 2 older kids.
IF you really are going to go for, start and don't look back. I am a single mom of 2 and if it weren't for my kids dad stepping up and watching our kids before finals or early clinicals, I would have failed out the first semester.
You will need the support. And LOTS of coffee! GL


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1. What bit the preacher in Daniel's story?
(a) Bear.
(b) Dog.
(c) Rattlesnake.
(d) Beaver.
2. What does Lon Reid say that his family used the wings of the turkey for?
(a) Hats.
(b) Fans.
(c) Decorations.
(d) To put on dresses.
3. What do the students write the 'Faith Healing ' chapter admit in reference to their own beliefs about faith healing?
(a) They are skeptical.
(b) They have absolutely no opinion about it.
(c) They want badly for it too work.
(d) They don't believe in it.
4. How is Daniel Manous described in the first line of the chapter titled 'Daniel Manous?'
(a) Unique.
(b) Loner
(c) Poet.
(d) Jovial.
5. What is it that whited the apples in the bleaching process?
(a) Lyme.
(b) Sulfur.
(c) Beta-dine.
(d) Bleach.
6. What did a steady diet of acorns do to the meat of a hog?
(a) Made it bitter.
(b) Made it salty.
(c) No one ever paid any attention.
(d) Had no effect.
7. What does the healer, Charley Tyler, say causes Thrush?
(a) Condemnation from God.
(b) Letting the child put somethin dirty in his mouth.
(c) Letting the child be dirty too long.
(d) A cat in the house.
8. What sometimes falls into the mash and drowns?
(a) Coons.
(b) Deer.
(c) Free range hogs.
(d) Squirrels.
9. What does the sweet potato do to indicate a harsh winter?
(a) Produce more heavily.
(b) Grow a tougher skin.
(c) Put's on a winter coat.
(d) Produce very few.
10. What does the bull snake do that gave it its name?
(a) Blow like a bull when a bull gets mad.
(b) Rakes the ground with it's tail.
(c) Charges.
(d) Grows horns.
11. What does Mrs. Algie Norton say makes the best Hominy?
(a) No such thing as good hominy.
(b) Small grain white corn.
(c) Big grain white corn.
(d) Big grain yellow corn.
12. What can you do with deer meat?
(a) Eat it raw.
(b) Put it in souse.
(c) Cure it.
(d) Smoke it.
13. What should you remove when making Tomato Catsup?
(a) Anything that doesn't look like catsup.
(b) Any bad spots and the skins.
(c) Skin and seeds.
(d) Seeds and any dirt.
14. What kind of dog was preferred for hunting rabbit?
(a) Beagle.
(b) Mutt.
(c) Terrier.
(d) Basset.
15. What does the syrup in Syrup Bread replace?
(a) Honey.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Water.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the dog called that was trained to round up and bring in the livestock for butchering or for selling?
2. What kind of reading material does Daniel have with him?
3. What do the hogs eat that generally produce the sweetest meat?
4. Which of these childhood illnesses was looked at in terms of faith healing?
5. A person that can heal a burn is said to do what?
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PARTYING LIKE IT'S 1999: Though it might seem like an undesirable time to open a store, the scene at Hugo Boss' new Meatpacking District outpost Thursday resembled a pre-financial crisis bash. Young members of the fashion flock like Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Chris Benz and Peaches Geldof danced to the turntable stylings of Alexandra and Theodora Richards, while an eclectic mix of Hollywood headliners including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brooke Shields, Mena Suvari, Stephen Baldwin and Cuba Gooding Jr. were ushered upon entering to a makeshift VIP area in the back of the 14th Street boutique. Shields, for her part, put a positive spin on the occasion's somewhat awkward timing. "It's very brave of Hugo Boss to open a store now. It's like my show ['Lipstick Jungle'] — some people look at it and say 'Why?' But in these times you need a break from CNN," the actress said. "It's a little different in my case because TV is free." Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, showed her attention to the economy by sporting a high-low mix of the brand's suit and a necklace that "my mother gave to me. She got it at a flea market in London."