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Preakness Preview – An Amateur's Thoughts and Predictions
The 2011 race for the Triple Crown will be renewed this weekend in Saturday's Preakness Stakes. The grade one race at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course features five entries from the Kentucky Derby, including Derby winner Animal Kingdom. He'll look to beat thirteen other horses to the wire Saturday, and take the second jewel of the Triple Crown. I offer you these thoughts:
The Kentucky Derby: An Amateur's Updated Predictions
Uncle Mo has been ruled out of the Kentucky Derby. It's a sad day for the first leg of the triple crown. It was shaping up nicely, with four or five really quality horses that would all be fighting down to the wire. Now, the race's biggest name is out; but the race might have just gotten better.
The Kentucky Derby: An Amateur's Thoughts and Predictions
It's just about that time. Post time (and party time?). Time for (enchanted mornings?) the most exciting afternoon in horse racing. Time for comically large floppy hats, mint juleps and some mile and a quarter racing. That's right, it's Kentucky Derby time and I for one, am pretty excited.
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Those who live with ADHD and doctors who treat it know how debilitating the condition can be. Without their medication to keep it under control, the consequences can be serious.
"Adults are more likely to get divorced, underperform at work, have motor vehicle accidents, and if they're not treated, tend to have higher rates of substance abuse," said Dr. Lenard Adler, director of the Adult ADHD Program at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York.
Children, he said, may have academic problems and place a lot of stress on families because of their hyperactivity.
Adler added that if people with ADHD need to switch medications, it can lead to a number of problems. The dosage may not be correct and it will take time to adjust it appropriately, or they may not respond as well to other drugs.
Switching to immediate release forms means patients have to take more than one pill a day.
"Children who need to take medication at school can be stigmatized and adults have to take medications with them," said Adler. "People with ADHD have difficulty remembering things, which will heighten the difficulty of taking it at the time it's needed."
Mixed amphetamine salts aren't the only drugs in short supply. According to the American Society of Health-Care Pharmacists, there are more than 170 drug shortages and most of those drugs are generic injectable drugs.
"There aren't very many companies that make generic injectable drugs," said Fox. "If one company has a problem, it almost always creates a shortage."
For Silverman-Konigsberg, it's something she hopes she never has to confront. Her son's future may depend on it.
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The increased risk of complication seen in the off-label patients may also result from the severity of the patient's cases more so than the ICD they were given, argued Dr. Peter McCullough, consultant cardiologist and chief academic and scientific officer at St. John Providence Health System, Providence Park Heart Institute, Warren, Mich.
"The observation that these so-called 'inappropriate' ICD patients had higher event rates suggests the doctors were identifying higher-risk patients using their judgment," he said. "These devices save lives. Studies like this call into question the appropriate use of databases in making judgments on the indications for cardiac procedures."
Duke's Al-Khatib agreed that it may be that the patients are sicker or it might just be an issue of timing. A large proportion of "inappropriate" ICD patients were those still recovering from a cardiac event or from a cardiac surgery, so performing the ICD implantation at that time might produce certain extra risks.
What's more, many cardiologists noted that given the lifesaving potential of the devices, the number of patients who should and do not receive an ICD may be more of an issue than those who receive it outside the realms of standard indications.
"[T]he first thing that strikes me is the irony that many of patients who do have an evidence-based, guideline recommended indication for an ICD do not have one, while some patients who fall outside of the guidelines are receiving ICDs," said Dr. William Abraham, director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Ohio State University.
Such is one of the limitations of using the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, said Dr. Cam Patterson, director of the University of North Carolina McAllister Heart Institute.
"Registry studies are notoriously difficult to draw conclusions from," he said. "The big challenge is that we get a snapshot of patients who received defibrillators, but we don't get to know anything in this study about patients who might need one but didn't have one implanted.
"We know that over half of individuals who should get an ICD implanted based on guidelines actually don't receive one, for a variety of reasons. This is a far bigger problem."
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Good afternoon saints. Our father said he will never leave us nor forsake us and this is the statement of fact so let us walk in this. You may wonder why am i saying this shortly you will found out. On Saturday i checked patient at the hospital in my village and it was the first visit i made this year. I went to the female medical ward and the first person i met i preached the gospel of Jesus Christ to her telling her the will of God about her life and that the only way to God is to confess the Lordship of Jesus unto her life. We prayed the salvation prayer and then i told her let me pray for you before i start praying the lady was praying in tongues immediately. I had to stop and watch the lady born again filled with the Holy Ghost praying with tongues. Then i remember what happened when Apostel Peter was at Cornelius's house..We have this tressure in earthen vessela that the excellency of power might be of God..Amen
Powerful, with the Holy Spirit in us we do great things indeed, Praise God for that!!
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Delegates will be on the trip between April 20 and May 6
To explore technological advances adopted in various industries in Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and Dubai, so as to infuse or upgrade micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the district, a team of 30 delegates would be visiting these countries between April 20 and May 6.
Organised by The Salem Productivity Council (SPC), with the support under International Cooperation Scheme of the Ministry of MSME, Government of India, the 15-day programme is aimed at learning new technologies that would in turn help entrepreneurs to modernise their units and help in promotion of their exports.
The tour is also aimed at looking for joint ventures and foreign collaborations. The team would also be visiting 'USETEC 2013', an International Trade Fair at Cologne, Germany.
K. Mariappan, president of SPC said that Council General Gregory Rethore, Business Developer of Vosges German Council, a State in France, had visited Salem and invited this delegation to visit their country.
The delegates would also interact with the office bearers of Chamber of Commerce, the Vosges Companies about business opportunities and would also be visiting paper production, wooden floors, wooden panels, fibre-cement factories and weaving industries.
A business discussion is arranged with the units at Mire Court-Juvain Court Industrial Area in Vosges which is a strategic, economic and European hub located in the heart of Europe.
The delegates consists of entrepreneurs from sago and starch Industries, food industries, textile and weaving industries, silver ornaments manufacturers, coir products, stainless steel product manufacturers and mineral-based industries.


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Kitchens are called upon to store everything from food and cooking equipment to pots, pans, small appliances, and more. For effective kitchen storage solutions, it is most important to be organized -- have a place for everything and have everything in its place -- regardless of whether your space is small or you have the luxury of lots of cabinets and a walk-in pantry. To maximize your kitchen's existing storage, we show you how to clear out the clutter and how to implement organization that suits you. Think about how to better organize your stash of stuff, such as grouping items by task. Having grilling equipment in one place or baking pans and bowls stored in one drawer makes it a cinch to pull these things out when needed -- which is really what good storage is all about. Consider other ways to maximize kitchen storage. Baskets are great catchalls for small equipment, and drawer dividers work wonders for taming unruly spatulas and spoons. Cabinet accessories, which can be implemented upon installation or after, work wonders in corralling kitchen clutter. Browse our favorite storage-packed kitchens that showcase innovative solutions that you can apply to your own kitchen.
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Peninsula Daily News is holding an online photo contest to find the best Christmas lights this season.
Submit a photo of your home or business lit up for the holidays.
We're looking for homes and businesses lined with lights, yards decked out with decorations, displays of Santa and his reindeer — whatever you've done to be festive this year.
The contest is free to enter and open to residents of Clallam and Jefferson counties.
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Click on the "Submission" tab and follow the instructions for registering and submitting your photo.
Please give the address of where the display is located so people can also see it in person.
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You can enter today through noon Friday, Dec. 14.
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I am a first time mom. I teach elementary music. I actually commute almost two hours round trip each day, which I am not looking forward to getting back into after summer- especially when my belly starts growing! I already have had much back pain and problems to deal with over the last decade (bulging discs, s.i. joint dysfunction and hip instability). I am due at the end of February, and am wondering if I might just take the rest of the school year off! I really don't want to work right up until the time I deliver either.... but especially after, with the commute, the fact I don't want to leave my new little one, and also that I intend to nurse! I would be a stay-at-home mom if all things were ideal...and that will just have to be a bridge we cross when we get there, but finances are no easy thing, especially when there are TWO teachers in the family. I teach a little yoga on the side as well, but that is nothing that will sustain us (yet). I'm hoping I can move more into doing that perhaps if I don't finish the school year especially. Any teachers out there? What are your plans??
Any School Teachers due in Feb, NOT finishing the school year??
I'm due feb 9th and while this baby was planned and very wanted.. alot of things changed in my school: i'm moved up to dept chair and i'm teaching a new grade level in science (that i've never taught before) so i'm pretty nervous and worried. I am trying to figure out how to teach this new content and have the kids ready for state testing while figuring out which labs are the most beneficial and engaging. THe morning sickness is NOT helping lol. I told my principal before she went on vacay last month because I didn't want to throw her in for a loop with all the new changes in our dept and she was very supportive. I really really want to not finish out the year but it's really up in the air for now.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -aristotle
I won't have the option to take off longer than 6 weeks. I can't afford to take off any longer without pay, and it would have to be. I do have disability, and we will be depending on that for the time I do have to take off. Luckily, one week will be our spring break, so I won't be taking time off without pay for that week. I should have about two weeks of sick time. The disability will be about 1/2 my salary, and I will get it for six weeks, so that should make up for the three weeks without pay. If there are complications and I have to take off longer, I suppose the hubs will have to pick up some overtime. Luckily, he almost always has that option.
~Amy~ MC at 7 weeks 5/26/2004, unsuccessful fertility treatments in 2006, started the process to adopt in 2010, BFP June 2012!


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Ryan Teel drove in a run on Saturday.
Feb. 15, 2014
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - After starting the season with two wins on Friday the University of Nevada (2-1) baseball team lost its first game of the season falling 7-3 to Boston College (2-1) at Schott Stadium tonight. The Wolf Pack concludes the opening weekend versus Santa Clara (0-2) on Sunday at 4 p.m.
The game was tied at one after four innings before the Eagles scored one in the fifth inning and five more in the sixth to take control of the game 7-1. BC took advantage of a Pack error and collected three hits in the sixth to produce the big five-run inning.
Juniors Austin Byler and Ryan Teel delivered RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth inning to account for the Pack's final runs of the game as Nevada lost 7-3.
Junior lefty Tyler Wells (0-1) suffered the loss allowing two runs on five hits in 4.2 innings on the mound. Andrew Chin (1-0) earned the victory giving up one run in his five innings of work.
Left fielder Kewby Meyer (2-for-3,R) led the Pack with two hits. Byler, Teel and Jordan Devencenzi each drove in a run.
Right fielder Chris Shaw (2-for-5) had two hits for the Eagles. Shortstop Joe Cronin finished with two RBI while five other BC hitters had one run driven in.
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Vista Celestial, A Boutique Hotel in Southern Costa Rica, Opens Booking to Yoga Groups
Another option for certified yoga teachers to lead groups in paradise has opened up. Vista Celestial, an elegant boutique hotel in Costa Rica, is pre-booking 2014 yoga group tours.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) November 22, 2013
Another option for certified yoga teachers to lead groups in paradise has opened up. Vista Celestial, an elegant boutique hotel in Costa Rica, is pre-booking 2014 yoga group tours.
Vista Celestial is a brand new boutique hotel located in southern Costa Rica. The hotel is situated high up in the mountainside of Uvita, Costa Ballena, surrounded by tropical rain forest with spectacular Pacific Ocean views. The hotel features five modern villas that have been designed with the heavenly views in mind. The villas include private jacuzzi infinity pools and a modern design inspired by the surrounding nature. The property features a lounge with a swim up bar and nature trails in the primary rain forest leading to waterfalls.
"We are excited to open up our calendar to yoga groups. Our location is perfect for yogis who want to relax and rejuvenate while enjoying their yoga sessions in a spectacular environment. When my husband and I first saw this place we immediately knew that this was it for us. We look forward to sharing this experience with you. It is a feeling that you will have to experience for yourself to fully understand," explained Jennifer Dunphy, Owner of Vista Celestial.
The property can be exclusively booked to yoga groups to ensure ultimate privacy and enjoyment. Vista Celestial has opened its booking calendar to yoga groups for 2014. Certified yoga teachers interested in leading a group should contact Vista Celestial owner Jennifer Dunphy at (888) 829-7560 or info (at) vista celestial (dot) com.
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I am not really a Dredd fan, so I had no expectations for this movie, specially with such dull and uninteresting trailer, it looked no different than any other action movie like say Priest. But then word got out it was really great when the local theater in my town was doing early screenings of Dredd a week before the official release, I decided to check it out. Turns out Dredd 3D is the best kind of awesome: surprisingly awesome. Resident Evil 5, Total Recall and Expendables 2 got nothing on this movie. You hear me? Dredd entertained me far more than Chuck Norris in the Expendables 2. Compared to Prometheus, The Avengers or Dark Knight Rises, this movie is a very pleasant and surprising experience.
In the far future, America has become an irradiated waste land. In the ruins lies Mega City One — a vast and violent metropolis running from Boston to Washington DC, where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order remaining are "The Judges", urban cops who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Dredd is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge — a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of "Slo-Mo" experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed.
During a routine day on the job, Dredd (played by Karl Urban) is assigned to train and evaluate Cassandra Anderson (played by Olivia Thirlby), a rookie with powerful psychic abilities thanks to a genetic mutation. A heinous crime calls them to a neighborhood where fellow Judges rarely dare to venture — a 200 story vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma and her ruthless clan. When they capture one of the clan's inner circle, Ma-Ma (played by Lena Headay) takes control of the compound and wages a dirty, vicious war against the Judges to protect her empire. With the body count climbing and no way out, Dredd and Anderson must confront the odds and engage in the relentless battle for their survival.
The Good
- Karl Urban is simply flawless as Dredd. He pulls a amazingly badass performance despite his minimalistic dialogues, his face being covered for all of the movie (rejoice fans, he never pulls the helmet off), he uses his voice tone and body language to covey his expressions. He has one-liners yes but they aren't as cheesy as "I knew you would say that". But there is not mistake, I don't want to see someone else other Urban as Dredd.
- Olivia Thirlby provides a good counterpart to Karl Urban. She is inexperienced, naïve, hopeful, somewhat ambitious rookie who bounces off Dredd, who has seen his share on his life in fighting crime. This dynamic is what sells the characters for me for me and her role could have easily been written as love interest in a more generic movie, but they never go that direction.
- Lena Headey plays a great villain in the movie. She is like Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones, only more intimidating and terryfing. She is a prostitute turned criminal mastermind who got disfigured by a crime overlord, and she castrated him right before taking his empire. She plays the brains against Dredd's brawn being very intelligent and savvy villain.
- The atmosphere is very fittingly dark and bleak. For a start, according to Dredd there are tens of thousands of murders in Mega-City One every single day, and the Judges only have the manpower to respond to around 6% of all that. The tone is very consistent with the original comics and doesn't try to be anything else.
- The violence is refrenshingly intense and graphic. Action movies like Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Resident Evil or Expendables 2 usually tone down the violence in order to squeeze through the PG-13 rating. This R-rated movie you see people being flayed, heads popping up in a glorious fashion. It doesn't screw around and goes balls to the wall instead of hands on the brakes all the time.
- It was definitely shot in 3D and it works really well during the action sequences.
The Bad
- The slow motion sequences while something more than just a gimmick on this movie, is used many times. Not to same the extent as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter or as gratuitosly, but they won't look as epic or fantastic on 2D, so it may vary according to your experience
- Mega City One isn't featured very much in the movie, we pretty much see it in the opening sequence and it's a very watered down version of what you expect or seen in the original comics.
Final score: 9/10 Dredd is the complete polar opposite to Stallone's Judge Dredd. While the original one was high-budget, ditched the source material and played up the camp value, this one is low-budget, darker, meaner, violent and mature. This movie deserves more sequels. Right now. Bring it on!!!!
Dredd fans should definitely see it. People who enjoy mindless fun or gore will very much enjoy it too. But here is a warning, this movie just oozes blood and very proudly so.


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Alan Legge Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner
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Alan Legge Gardner, 3rd Baron Gardner
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 21 January 1883
12 in. x 7 1/8 in. (305 mm x 181 mm)
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Lord Gardner appears in this Vanity Fair cartoon entitled Fox Hunting accompanied by an very overweight collie. The title may be a reference to Gardner's legendary skills as a huntsman when a young man. Collies had become fashionable since Queen Victoria surrounded herself with them after the death of Prince Albert. In the 1870s a portrait of her favourite collie Sharp had been exhibited at the Royal Academy.
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- Gibson, Robin, The Face in the Corner: Animal Portraits from the Collections of the National Portrait Gallery, 1998, p. 63
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The present invention, a thrombo visco-elastogram (TVE), measures the changes in blood elastic and viscous properties in the magnitude and phase of the hydro-dynamic impedance of a tubular blood sample as the thrombus is formed. The present invention is an apparatus and method for assessment of visco-elasticity and shear adherence strength properties of blood clots. An apparatus for practicing the invention includes a tubular conduit connected to a fluid-filled cylindrical chamber and a fluid-filled reservoir, a piezo-electric bender attached to the fluid-filled cylindrical chamber, which creates a volume variation in the fluid-filled cylindrical chamber, a fluid source capable of injecting a fluid into the tubular conduit, a blood source capable of injecting blood into the tubular conduit, and a microprocessor to supply a sinusoidal wave form or limited band frequency content signal to the piezo-electric bender and record and analyze resulting pressure signals. A method for practicing the invention measures the viscosity and elastic shear modulus of a blood sample over time obtaining the average and maximum viscosity and shear modulus for the blood sample as it clots, and further includes applying a forcing signal, which displaces the clotted blood sample, while measuring the applied pressure for clot dislodgement from the walls of the test section. The adherence strength properties of the blood clot are calculated.
1. An apparatus for assessment of visco-elasticity and/or shear adherence strength properties of blood as it clots, said apparatus comprising:
a tubular conduit having a first section, a second section, and an intermediate zone therebetween for blood under test;
a fluid chamber connected to said first section of said tubular conduit and in fluid communication with said intermediate zone;
a piezo-electric bender attached to said fluid chamber, said bender deformable in response to a signal to cause a volume variation in said fluid chamber, which causes a pressure variation and displacement effect in fluid in said tubular conduit including said intermediate zone, the shape and amplitude of which effect when detected reflect clotting properties in blood in said intermediate zone.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the displacement and/or pressure associated with said effect is detected.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a signal-generator for supplying a sinusoidal waveform of limited band frequencies to said piezo-electric bender.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein a pressure sensor responds to said pressure effect reflecting a hydrodynamic impedance within blood in said intermediate zone, whereby changes in said hydrodynamic impedance corresponding to changes in visco-elastic properties of blood in said intermediate zone are sensed.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said tubular conduit includes blood and non-blood fluid inlets and outlets respectively associated with the first and second section.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a pressure transducer in said first section.
7. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a wash inlet in communication with said tubular conduit, said wash inlet for supplying a liquid to said tubular conduit to cleanse said tubular conduit intermediate zone.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, including a microprocessor to receive a signal representing said effect over a time interval during progressive clotting of blood in said intermediate zone.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 further including a source of ramped pressure to said conduit to cause shear failure popping of a clot in said intermediate zone; and
said effect representing signal includes a pressure signal rising to a peak before clot shear failure.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said tubular conduit has an inner surface coating with clot attachment properties equivalent to those of physiologic substances.
11. A method for detecting blood thrombus properties comprising the steps of:
applying to a bolus of blood in a conduit a fluid force varying at two or more frequencies and inducing an effect manifested in fluid pressure and displacement in said conduit wherein a piezo-electric bender is attached to a fluid chamber connected to said conduit, said bender deformable in response to a signal to cause a volume variation in said fluid chamber, which causes a pressure variation and displacement effect in fluid in said conduit, the shape and amplitude of which effect when detected reflect clotting properties in blood in said conduit;
sensing said effect in said conduit in response to the applied force;
analyzing in the frequency domain a transfer function between the applied force and the sensed effect at said two or more frequencies over time for changes in real and imaginary components of said transfer function representing changes in viscosity and shear modulus of elasticity of the blood in said conduit.
12. A method of assessing attachment shear strength including the steps of:
providing a bolus of blood in a conduit;
forming a clot with stable mechanical properties from said bolus of blood within said conduit;
applying a gradually increasing pressure to said clot in said conduit;
measuring a maximum pressure in said conduit until detachment of said clot from walls of said conduit; and
calculating an attachment shear strength from the maximum pressure measurement.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of analyzing comprises the steps of:
obtaining a cross-talk signal by exciting a bender in a chamber, connected to said conduit with a forcing signal and sensing a resulting displacement signal from said sensor while said conduit is occluded, obtaining calibration signals by exciting said bender with said forcing signal and sensing the resulting displacement signals for at least two fluids of differing known viscosities;
calculating a calibration factor as a function of the known fluid viscosity for said fluids, said forcing signal, said cross-talk signal and said calibration signals; and
analyzing the sensed effect for change in viscosity and elasticity of blood as a function of said calibration factor.
14. The method of claim 11 including the steps of calculating by a microprocessor changes in blood viscosity over time as a function of said sensing effect over time and said calibration factor with a bolus of blood in said conduit.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of analyzing for shear modulus of elasticity comprises the steps of:
obtaining an initial displacement signal by applying a forcing signal to said conduit and recording said resulting displacement signal;
calculating by microprocessor the shear modulus of elasticity of a bolus of blood as a function of said forcing signal and said calibration factor; and
wherein the step of analyzing is repeated over time during which said bolus of blood clots.
16. A method for assessment of visco-elasticity and shear adherence strength properties of blood clots, said method comprising the steps of:
calibrating a blood test system to establish a calibration factor using a forcing signal, a fluid displacement signal for a first reference fluid within a conduit, a fluid displacement signal for a second reference fluid within said conduit, a cross-talk signal for a bender in fluid communicating with said conduit;
mixing a sample of citrated blood with a clotting activation agent such as calcium chloride to initiate a clotting cascade;
supplying and confining said blood sample to a test section of said conduit;
applying said forcing signal to said bender in fluid communication with said conduit;
obtaining an initial viscosity as a function of said forcing signal and said cross talk signal for a fluid in said test section;
repeatedly obtaining viscosity and thrombus elastic shear modulus values of a blood sample in said test section while said blood sample coagulates and forms a blood clot attached to the walls of said test section;
calculating and storing peak viscosity and elastic shear modulus values of said blood during clotting;
gradually increasing pressure across said blood clot in said test section and measuring a pressure in said conduit until the detachment of a blood clot from walls of said test section; and
calculating and storing peak viscosity and rate of change of viscosity and peak elastic shear modulus and peak rate of change of elastic shear modulus as a function of the times of their occurrence relative to the addition of the clotting activation agent before detachment.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of calibrating comprises the steps of:
obtaining said cross-talk signal by occluding the opening of a fluid-filled chamber having a bender, and exciting said bender with a forcing signal while recording the displacement signal which represents cross-talk between forcing and displacement electrodes in said bender; and
calculating by microprocessor said calibration factor as a function of known fluid viscosities from said reference fluids, said forcing signal, said displacement signal and said cross-talk signal.
18. The method of claim 16, further comprising the steps of:
flushing said test section with a cleaning agent; and
flushing said test section with an immiscible and inert fluid.
19. A method for obtaining visco-elastic properties of blood confined in a conduit and pressured by a bender comprising
checking said conduit for leaks and air bubbles by
applying a known pressure signal to said bender and measuring a resulting displacement signal while said conduit is occluded;
comparing said displacement signal to a bender cross-talk signal, to generate an error indication signal if said displacement signal and said cross-talk signal are not substantially equal.
20. A method for obtaining visco-elastic properties of blood confined to a conduit in fluid communicating with pressure generator comprising the step of obtaining a calibration factor for said conduit and a bender with at least two reference fluids in said conduit and pressure generator; and
measuring visco-elasticity changes over time for blood in said conduit as a function of pressure applied to said conduit by said generator and said calibration factor.
The instant invention is a utility application of co-pending Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/013,712, filed Mar. 20, 1996.
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for clinical assessment of blood coagulation.
The primary function of the coagulation system is to stop bleeding from ruptured blood vessels and capillaries in a wound. This system consists of an extremely complex combination of checks and balances. During a bleeding episode, blood is exposed to extra vascular tissues, triggering a cascade of events that ultimately results in a phase transformation of the blood from a fluid into a gel (thrombus). This thrombus attaches to the surrounding tissues and serves as a temporary plug for the ruptured vessel, thus preventing further blood loss. A thrombus therefore must not only be created rapidly, but it must also be strong and well attached to the vessel wall and surrounding tissues. In addition it should remain strong and attached until the wound is repaired by slower but more permanent mechanisms. A defect in any one of these qualities may prevent effective hemostasis.
The clinical assessment of clotting function has long been recognized to be important in the management of surgical patients. Preoperatively, the assessment of the clotting function is utilized as a predictor of risk of patient bleeding, allowing advanced preparation of blood components. Perioperative monitoring of clotting function is also important because coagulopathies can be induced by hemodilution of procoagulants, fibrinogen and platelets, by consumption of coagulation factors during surgical procedures, or by cardiopulmonary bypass. Standard laboratory clotting tests take from 25-60 minutes and do not accurately predict the result of potential pharmacological or blood replacement therapies. Real-time assessment of clotting function is needed not only to evaluate the result of therapeutic interventions, but also to test and optimize, a priori, the treatment choice and dosage.
Post operative assessment of clotting function is also crucial. For example, 3-5% of cardiopulmonary bypass patients require surgical re-examination to stop bleeding. Prompt assessment of clotting function could rule out coagulopathy as the cause of bleeding, thus avoiding unnecessary surgery that adds to patient morbidity and treatment costs.
Several tests of coagulation are routinely utilized to assess the complicated cascade of events leading to blood clot formation and test for the presence of abnormalities or inhibitors of this process. Among these tests are platelet count (PLT), prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), activated clotting time (ACT), fibrinogen level (FIB) and fibrinogen degradation product concentrations, aPTT can also be use to assess the degree of anticoagulation resulting from heparin administration, while PT can indicate the level of anticoagulation produced by warfarin administration.
In the bleeding patient, results from these tests are generally used to determine which standard transfusion medicine interventions might be appropriate for the clotting disorder at hand. For example, elevated PTT usually indicates heparin excess and protamine can be administered; elevated PT usually indicates inadequate levels of humoral clotting factors and fresh frozen plasma is required; reduced platelet count can be related to ongoing consumption and is treated with platelet concentrate administration.
Although these tests are appropriate in the management of relatively stable medical patients, they often do not provide results within a clinically appropriate time frame in acute hemorrhage patients. In many cases, the data have become irrelevant by the time it is received and clinicians are forced to use preemptive therapy, exposing patients to multiple and possibly unnecessary donor blood units. More importantly, these tests give little or no information about the appropriate use of pharmacological alternatives to transfusion such as aprotinin and epsilonamino-caproic acid. Furthermore, the standard tests fail to predict the risk of postoperative bleeding, since they do not assess the mechanical strength of the forming clots.
Bleeding time, the time it takes for bleeding to stop from a small incision, is a parameter which has been used to assess overall blood clotting. This parameter, unfortunately, is highly dependent on the size and location of the vessels affected by incision and of the physiological variables such as arterial and venous blood pressures. Bleeding time, is therefore a rather imprecise index of overall clotting function. One prior art method of assessing bleeding time is the manual method. This method requires the continuous presence of a technician or nurse to constantly wipe out the blood from the skin incision to determine, in a crude way the duration of bleeding. This requirement of constant dedication of the medical personnel makes the test costly and subjective.
Standard clotting and bleeding time tests typically measure the period of time required for the thrombus, or one of its components, to reach an arbitrarily defined state. These tests, therefore, give information about the kinetics of clotting, but do not provide quantitative information about the final strength of the resulting thrombus that could be used to predict hemostasis under more general conditions.
An indirect method of assessing whole blood coagulation is used is thromboelastography (TEG). This method follows the changes in elastic properties of a blood clot from the time the first fibrin strands are formed to the completion of the clot formation and then as the clot dissolves during fibrinolysis. This method, however, has poor reproducibility of derived parameters due to the freedom in the volume and geometry of the blood sample that is being tested and the elaborate nature of the test. In short, TEG's quantitative validity strongly depends on the operator's technique.
The SONOCLOT is another device used to assess changes in mechanical properties of blood as it clots. This method is similar to the TEG in that it measures the changes in the dynamic response of a forming clot following the application of an oscillatory perturbation. As with TEG, the quantitative validity of the test strongly depends on the operator's technique.
Furthermore, both TEG and SONOCLOT have a substantial degree of inaccuracy and as much as 15% to 33% of false positive tests for predicting the cause of postoperative hemorrhage are given by these devices. These tests, although better than routine clotting tests, can result in unnecessary surgical re-operation of a patient.
The present invention and improvements in a device known as a thrombo visco-elastogram (TVE), avoids the problems of the prior art by measuring the changes in blood elastic and viscous properties in the magnitude and phase of the hydro-dynamic impedance of a tubular blood sample as the thrombus is formed.
In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention includes a tubular conduit having two ends, and multiple branching tubes. A fluid-filled cylindrical chamber is connected to one end of the tubular conduit, a fluid-filled reservoir is connected to the other end of the tubular conduit. A piezo-electric bender is attached to the fluid-filled cylindrical chamber and deforms in response to a voltage polarity which causes a corresponding volume variation in the fluid-filled cylindrical chamber. A fluid source capable of injecting a fluid into one of the multiple branching tubes of the tubular conduit is also provided, along with a blood source capable of injecting blood into another one of the multiple branching tubes of the tubular conduit. A microprocessor is used to supply a sinusoidal wave form or limited band frequency content signal to the piezo-electric bender, and the microprocessor records and analyzes electric signals, including displacement and pressure signal values.
The method of the present invention measures the viscosity and elastic shear modulus of a blood sample over time obtaining the rate of change and maximum viscosity and shear modulus for the blood sample as it clots. The next step applies a ramping pressure across the axis of a test section of a tube containing the clotted blood sample, until the clot is dislodged from the walls of the test section, and the shear adherence strength properties of the blood clot are calculated from the maximum pressure supported by the clot before it is dislodged.
Additional features of the present invention include the ability to run multiple blood samples sequentially.
The invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagram of an embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a method of analysis using an embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is a diagram of another embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention.
Apparatus and method for assessment of visco-elasticity and shear adherence strength properties of blood clots are described below and by referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
The apparatus of FIG. 1 provides instrumentation for creating a blood clot and evaluating its viscosity and elasticity as it is formed using a bender having ground electrode 5, drive electrode 6, and sensor electrode 7 attached to a fluid-filled chamber 1. An end view of the chamber showing the bender is shown at 4. A bender of known design is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,026,348, incorporated herein by reference. The chamber 1 communicates past a shutoff valve 49 through a tube 20, to a fluid or air heated chamber 24, where pressurization of the tube 20 from a fluid-filled source such as a syringe 11 (or other pressure source) is achieved from a plunger drive 26, forcing fluid into tube 20 to pressurize a clot in a confined, well-defined cylindrical test section 2 with thrombogenic inert surface, such as glass or collagen coated surface. The chamber 24 is temperature controlled at body temperature by control 28 to typically ±0.1° C. The fluid in syringe 11 and tube 20 is immiscible and inert in exposure to blood. PERFLUBRON of Alliance Pharmaceutical is one such material.
A saline or other wash source 17a is connected alternatively with blood from sample syringe 17 in blood input line 13 via valves 17b and 16 allowing saline or blood to pass into test section 2. A valve 15a is provided in the waste stream 12 from section 2 and is connected alternatively via a pump 14a to a waste reservoir 14b. Alternatively, a valve 15 and waste reservoir 14 under vacuum can be used. Syringe 17 can be replaced by a blood reservoir and pump.
A saline, oil or immiscible and inert fluid is provided in reservoir 9 to confine blood in section 2.
The bender output is taken at electrode 7 and has, relative to the driving signal Vf from computer 30, real or in phase components, Re, and imaginary or quadrature components Im, determined by synchronous detection either by analog or digital means.
FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of one possible method of analysis for thrombus-visco-elasticity and clot shear attachment strength as determined using the apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 and the following description will be more fully understood by reference to Table 1.
TABLE I______________________________________GLOSSARY OF VARIABLES AND ABBREVIATIONS FOR FIG. 2______________________________________Kf = Calibration FactorVf = Force SignalVct = Cross Talk SignalVd = Displacement Signal from Bendersa = Salinest = Standard Reference Fluidblo = Blood in Test Sectionblt = Blood in Test Section at a time tμ = Viscositym = Slopet = Timef = FrequencyIm = Imaginary ComponentRe = Real ComponentS = Shear Modulus of elasticityS (t) = Thrombus Shear Modulus of elasticity at time tμb (t) = Thrombus viscosity at time t______________________________________
The method of FIG. 2 begins with an initialization step 32. The initialization step involves accessing from records in computer 30, a calibration factor (Kf), a forcing signal value (Vf), fluid displacement signals for saline and a standard reference fluid (Vd), and a cross-talk signal (Vct) if they exist. If they do not exist, a routine described below determines their value.
FIG. 2 shows two subroutines, calibration routine 34 where Kf is initially determined and run routine 36 of running the blood test for visco-elasticity and shear attachment strength.
The method of calibration which calculates Kf involves obtaining a cross talk value Vct in step 40 by occluding, with valve 49, the opening of chamber 1, and exciting the bender with the forcing signal (Vf) while recording the displacement signal (Vd). Since actual bender displacement is prevented by the closure of valve 49, the recorded voltage (Vd) will correspond to a value representing cross talk between forcing and displacement electrodes in the bender. Such cross talk is mostly caused by mechanical effects within the respective electrode covered areas of the piezoelectric crystal and is close to 180° out of phase with the exciting signal (Vf) at all frequencies of interest (1-50 Hz). Steps 42 and 44 then establish the bender signals (Vd) for saline and a second reference fluid in test section 2 using the syringe 17 and reservoir 14 as source and pump for applying the fluids to section 2. Then in step 46, by taking the difference in known fluid viscosities (μ) divided by the slope (m) of a plot of the imaginary component (Im) versus frequency (f) of the difference in transfer functions (Vf /(Vd -Vct)) of the dynamic response with the standard fluid (st) in the test section minus the dynamic response with a second fluid such as saline (sa) in the test section, Kf is determined.
The value of Kf is then used in the actual test run 36 flow diagram to calculate the time progression of the thrombus elastic shear modulus (S(t)) and viscosity ((μb)t) at time (t). The blood visco-elasticity test is begun in step 48 using the calibration data, by placing a citrated blood sample in syringe 17. The blood sample is then mixed with calcium chloride to allow the initiation of the clotting cascade in step 50 and a reference time is set at t=0. The next step 51 includes the introduction of the blood sample into the test section by closing valves 8 and 10 (valves 17b and 15a set for blood flow), and opening valves 15 and 16 and injection from syringe 17, optionally using pusher 17c, or pump 14a, under computer 30 control. After the test section 2 is completely filled with the blood sample, the valves 15 and 16 shown in FIG. 1, leading to the blood sample chamber and the waste reservoir are closed. Step 52 includes checking for air bubbles or leaks by closing valve 8 and connecting the test section 2 with chamber 1 through valves 10 and 49. At this point, the bender is excited with a chirped signal, pseudo-random noise, or several such as 5 or 10 discrete known frequencies with frequency content of typically 1-50 Hz (Vf) and the displacement signal (Vd) from the bender is acquired by computer 30. The displacement (Vd) signal is then compared with stored (Vct) and if equal within a very small margin of difference, the absence of bubbles or leaks is confirmed. A greater difference between (Vct) and (Vd) at this point will signify the presence of a leak or air bubbles and the operator will be alerted. In step 54, valve 8 is opened and initial system responses (Vd)blo are then obtained with the blood in the test section 2.
The initial blood viscosity is calculated by the formula shown in the following step 56 of the run test steps. After the initial viscosity measurements are obtained, the elastic shear modulus (So) is set to 0 in step 58 at time t=0.
The process then runs in a loop through steps 60, 62, 64 and 66 through a step 68, returning to step 60.
Step 60 acquires the response (Vd) with blood at a given t, indexed with each loop passage. Step 62 calculates the viscosity at that t, while step 64 calculates the shear modulus of elasticity at the same t. These values are stored at step 66 before looping back to step 60 for sampling (Vd) at the next t. The wave form of the drive signal (Vf) is the same chirped, pseudo-random noise or discrete frequency with a frequency content of 1-50 Hz used in the calibration steps. While the system is shown to use the driving (Vf) and displacements (Vd) signals; any two of these plus the signal from sensor 20 can be used in equations for that purpose.
After a maximal shear modulus of elasticity is reached, the test proceeds through step 68 to step 70 for conducting a popping test on the clot. The syringe 11 is then pressurized with valve 49 closed, valve 10 open and valves 16 and 15 closed. Driver 26 operates to increase the pressure of fluid in line 20 as applied to Section 2. As the resulting pressure increases in step 72, pressure is measured by pressure transducer 3 and/or alternative or optional pressure transducer 3b and received by computer 30. When the pressure overcomes the attachment strength of the clot to the test section walls, as evidenced by a maximum in the value of the pressure Pmax followed by a fastfall, the shear strength property of the clot's adherence to the walls of the test section 2 can be assessed knowing Pmax and the geometry of test section 2 to which the clot attaches according to: ##EQU1##
Where R and L are the section 2 radius and length respectively and τmax is a measure of clot adherence shear strength.
The reservoir 9 may include saline or an immiscible and inert fluid including oil. With a large cross-sectional area of reservoir 9, surface tension effects between air and the fluid can be ignored but if the cross-sectional area is small, surface tension forces at the air-fluid interface need to be accounted for in the calculation.
Between tests, the valves 15a and 17b are positioned to flush test section 2 with a cleaning agent and then with saline using pump 14a. The entire system can be flushed of blood by use of a pump 17d to flow saline through syringe 17 and flush out line 12 to the couplings where reservoir 14 and syringe 17 are installed.
FIG. 3 shows a modularized, plastic version of the system more suitable for automation where like parts to FIG. 1 are labelled with the same numbers. FIG. 3, including as desired, the bender, can be readily fabricated as a disposable unit. Multiple apparatuses, as shown in FIG. 3, can be configured to run multiple tests sequentially.
The invention can be further utilized for measuring shear adherence strength of other polymerzable or gellable fluids, such as paint, resins and epoxies.
Although the invention has been shown and described with respect to exemplary embodiments thereof, various other changes, omissions and additions and form in detail thereof, may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and detailed description of the invention are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.
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Well. Things jumped up a notch for me. The Boiling Lizard has stopped me ...cold?
My team is levels 30-40. I'm running a L/F/N with an A/S in the back row. My Fort is subbed Dancer and my Arcanist is subbed Medic. The Landy, Sniper and Nightseeker are all awaiting the Bushi sub if and when I beat Boiling Lizard.
We all have fire charms equipped but we're taking 160'sh damage per fire attack. Ouch.
I went in ill-prepared and got him to 2/3rds of his health so I know I could outlast him if I had a supply of Fire Mist - but I have no idea where I got Monks Cress.
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Break the big scale in the back, that'll take his fire breath damage out of the three digit range. Gives you a preemptive attack too.
You can use pole stones if needed to cheese breaking them all before the boss catches you.
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Break the big scale in the back, that'll take his fire breath damage out of the three digit range. Gives you a preemptive attack too.
Don't forget it also lowers the bosses hp by half.
It's free to play after you buy it. That's F2P genius. ~ Brutal_Felix
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Don't forget it also lowers the bosses hp by half.
important point to note.
that thing has 21,000 at full hp I believe.
We have entered an endless recursion of time.
One of the chests in there has a light armor with 2-3 more fire resistance. Throw that and a fire charm on your Fortress, and eat a rare fish from the mountains for a chunk of fire resist. Then just have your fortress party/line guard to protect everyone.
Make sure to grab a ton of Ice Stakes. Break one thing of scales at a time and leave the room. Wait for the boss to return to his starting position and run back in to break the next pile of scales. They are also helpful for the fight itself. Once he places some scales do a party guard because he's very likely to bust out a party wide fire attack. Use the Ice Stakes to one shot the scales and have your stronger characters keep attacking the boss.
Beautiful. Thanks guys.
I hadn't thought of the Pole Stone thing. I found more Monks Cress just now so I've got that going for me.
I'm going to grind a few levels to help bring my Fort up to speed.
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The main key is to break the large stack of scales (the Heat Source) behind where the Boss is sitting. It freezes him in place, so that A) he no longer chases you around and B) you can hopefully get behind him for a Preemptive Attack and C) HE STARTS THE BATTLE AT HALF HEALTH. If you try to fight him without shattering that source, well, good luck. I hope you're Level 45 or something equally ludicrous.
The next most important thing: having extra Ice Stakes! You can use them in-battle to kill the Lizard's Scale "adds" in a single blow. HOWEVER, if you run out of stakes, you can still Freeze the Scales with Ice-element attacks so that they can't perform Combo Attacks with the Lizard.
If you break the Heat Source and keep the Scales in check, the fight is very manageable. Putting on some Fire Resistant Armor and eating some Fire Resist food is icing on the cake at that point.
1. Stock up on tons of Ice Stakes ( for use in battle too )
2. Break the large scale
3. Make sure Fire Mist is up all the time
4. 1 point of Fire Rune skill will give 75% reduction to fire
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1. Stock up on tons of Ice Stakes ( for use in battle too )
And 6 points in fire rune will give 50% reduction. I don't know if fire mist stacks with fire rune, but if you're using fire rune + fire resist food + fire charms, you shouldn't even need fire mist.
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Just to clarify something, 1 point in a resist/diffuse (very first of each element) Rune does not reduce it's element type's damage to your party BY 75%, it reduces the damage of that element to your party TO 75%, aka a 25% damage reduction... correct wording is important in this aspect.
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A gripping thriller
I tired of the fact that every single character in the book, no matter how minor a player, was a genius in his field or at the top of his class, etc. And I don't believe there was a single female character, except Jack Ryan's wife was mentioned, but she was never heard from, that I recall. Not a very balanced novel. The hunt that comprised the last 20% of the book was very skillfully done, and very exciting, however.
What can I say, I am a Jack Ryan fan.
This was a great book, but the movie was (as usual) terrible in comparison. Clancy's books are wayyyy too long to turn into movies, I think.
What can I say, I am a Jack Ryan fan.
This was a great book, but the movie was (as usual) terrible in comparison. Clancy's books are wayyyy too long to turn into movies, I think.
It was March, 1984 when I read a blurb in Time Magazine about a book that was all the buzz in Washington, D.C. Written by a sometime insurance salesman, it was a Cold War thriller about submarine cat and mouse in the Atlantic between the United States and the U.S.S.R.
What the "buzz" was about was the possibility that the young bureaucrat who had written the book had somehow gotten hold of classified information. Some felt the book was so detailed in its description of cutting-edge submarine technology, he had to have had inside information.
So I went down to the bookstore and bought what must have been a second or third edition hardback of the book, and remember being truly impressed by the sheer quality of the book itself. From the dustjacket to the stitching to the sheer . . . tightness of the book, it was clear Naval Institute Press put out a fine product.
The now familiar plot goes that the Soviet Union launches a new submarine named the Red October that ostensibly, because of new cavitation technology, is inaudible to Americans, thus making it a potential game-changing "first strike" weapon. A young naval commander named Jack Ryan has a theory that the commander of the new sub might very well be planning to defect to the United States, taking his sub with him.
In terms of the book, yes, the plot intrigued me, and yes, I liked the Jack Ryan character. But what had so impressed all those folks in D.C., all those details about submarine technology, those I found a little . . . boring. Just thought it was too much, is all.
When he put out his next book, Red Storm Rising, I immediately went out and bought it in hardback, brought it on a plane, tried to get into it, and just could not suspend my disbelief that there could be ANY scenario in which the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. would ever fight a conventional, non-nuclear war. I put it down not even half-read, and never read another Clancy. Enjoyed the hell out of the movies, though.
At any rate, I hadn't at all intended to leave my thoughts on this book, or on Clancy, however hearing the news today that Tom Clancy had passed, I thought I'd jot a few things down.
And of course, it turned out Tom Clancy had no special access to classified information while writing The Hunt for Red October. He simply did his homework.
RIP, Mr. Clancy. You certainly did something right.
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Driver versions above 275.43 causing Xorg hangs with Quadro 130m
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I have tried 295.40, 295.49 and 302.07 (attached is the log from the 302.07 attempt).
I have also tried other versions in the past with similar issues.
What I do:
Load Xfce4.
Open terminal.
Run glxgears.
Starts and runs fine.
Wait until first fps message appears.
Press Esc.
Xorg hangs for upwards of 30 seconds, or completely depending on driver version. 302.07 hung for the ~30 seconds.
Rect where the glxgears window was has random garbage data.
OS: Debian Wheezy, up-to-date. Kernel 3.2.0-2-amd64.
GPU: NVIDIA Corporation G86M [Quadro NVS 130M] (rev a1)
Until very recently I have been using 275.36 without issue. However after a recent updating of Xorg, switching to/opening new tabs in Chromium lags for 2-5 seconds (high Xorg CPU use), which is what prompted my return to looking into newer drivers in the hope that these problems had been resolved. If this, instead, is easier to fix, then I am fine with sticking with 275.
I cannot try 270 or below, as they refuse to compile stating it can't find the source/headers for the installed kernel.
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During last week's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Kathy Wakile's sister Rosie Pierri confronted her and said that someone needs to put their cousin Teresa Giudice in her place for causing so much drama amongst the family.
Well, it looks like Rosie has taken on that role and in a preview for the upcoming episode, Rosie is seen having a full-blown confrontation with Teresa.
"She got very angry because she just wants to protect her sister and protect her family," a source close to production tells RadarOnline.com exclusively about the fight that went down at Victoria and Richard Wakile's birthday party.
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Teresa needs a good talking-to.
"Someone needs to put Teresa in her place because Teresa needs that," the source says. "She needs to be put in her place and Rosie is the only person because she is an outsider that's still inside.
Unfortunately, Teresa isn't prepared for what 1s coming her way.
"Teresa doesn't know how to fight," the source says. "Teresa doesn't know how to talk. She's a moron. She can't even put sentences together. She thinks she's always right, and she doesn't own up to anything."
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The source continues, "It needs to be done. There's no one that stops Teresa. Teresa just goes on a tangent and just rips everyone along the way. And it's not good."
So hopefully Rosie can help bring an end to this war that Teresa has with her family and her sister.
"There's only so much somebody can take and Teresa has really not treated her [Kathy] very nicely," the source says. "She has been very disrespectful. And she forgets everything Kathy has done for her in her life."
The source concludes, "Kathy has everything in her life. Even though she did this show, she doesn't need the drama to be prominent where others do need it. Kathy is the type of person where she is a lady. She doesn't stoop to anybody's level."