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Abstract: Total Knee ArthroplastyDisclaimer: This background information is not intended to be a comprehensivescientific discussion of the topic, but rather an attempt to provide a baseline levelof information for anyone unfamiliar with the subject matter.
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Total Knee Arthroplasty
Disclaimer: This background information is not intended to be a comprehensive
scientific discussion of the topic, but rather an attempt to provide a baseline level
of information for anyone unfamiliar with the subject matter.
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Knee replacement, or knee arthroplasty, is a common surgical procedure most often
performed to relieve the pain and disability from degenerative arthritis, most commonly
osteoarthritis, but other arthritides as well. Major causes of debilitating pain include
meniscus tears, osteoarthritis, cartilage defects, and ligament tears.
Knee replacement surgery can be performed as a partial or a total knee replacement. In
general, the surgery consists of replacing the diseased or damaged joint surfaces of the
knee with metal and plastic components shaped to allow continued motion of the knee.
The surgery involves exposure of the front of the knee, with detachment of part of the
quadriceps muscle from the patella. The patella is displaced to one side of the joint
allowing exposure of the distal end of the femur and the proximal end of the tibia. The
ends of these bones are then accurately cut to shape using cutting guides oriented to the
long axis of the bones. The cartilages and the anterior cruciate ligament are removed; the
posterior cruciate ligament may also be removed but the collateral ligaments are
preserved. Metal components are then impacted onto the bone or fixed using
polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement. A round-ended implant is used for the femur,
mimicking the natural shape of the bone. On the tibia the component is flat, although it
often has a stem which goes down inside the bone for further stability. A flattened or
slightly dished high-density polyethylene surface is then inserted onto the tibial
component so that the weight is transferred metal to plastic not metal to metal. During the
operation any deformities must be corrected, and the ligaments balanced so that the knee
has a good range of movement and is stable. In some cases the articular surface of the
patella is also removed and replaced by a polyethylene button cemented to the posterior
surface of the patella. In other cases, the patella is replaced unaltered.
There are many different implant manufacturers and all require slightly different
instrumentation and technique. No consensus has emerged over which design of knee
replacement is the best. Clinical studies are very difficult to perform requiring large
numbers of cases followed over many years. The most significant variations are between
cemented and uncemented components, between operations which spare or sacrifice the
posterior cruciate ligament and between resurfacing the patella or not. Some also study
patient satisfaction data associated with pain.
Minimally invasive procedures have been developed that do not require dramatic cuts to
and through the quadriceps femoris muscle, reducing post-operative pain and disability.
This type of less invasive procedure is done by using gender-specific or patient-specific
knee implants that fit the knee better and more precisely, and have better long-term
affects on the patient.
Partial knee replacement
Unicompartmental arthroplasty (UKA), also called partial knee replacement, is an option
for some patients. The knee is generally divided into three "compartments": medial (the
inside part of the knee), lateral (the outside), and patellofemoral (the joint between the
kneecap and the thighbone). Most patients with arthritis severe enough to consider knee
replacement have significant wear in two or more of the above compartments and are best
treated with total knee replacement. Some patients have wear confined primarily to one
compartment, usually the medial, and may be candidates for unicompartmental knee
replacement. Advantages of UKA compared to total knee replacement (TKA) include
smaller incision, easier post -op rehabilitation, shorter hospital stay, less blood loss, lower
risk of infection, stiffness, and blood clots, and easier revision if necessary.
Pre-operative preparation
Before the surgery is performed, pre-operative tests are done: usually a complete blood
count, electrolytes, APTT and PT to measure blood clotting, chest X-rays, ECG, and
blood cross-matching for possible transfusion. Accurate X-rays of the affected knee are
needed to measure the size of components which will be needed. Medications such as
warfarin and aspirin will be stopped some days before surgery to reduce the amount of
bleeding. Patients may be admitted on the day of surgery if the pre-op work-up is
completed in advance.
Post-operative rehabilitation
Protected weight bearing on crutches or a walker is required until the quadriceps muscle
has healed and recovered its strength. Continuous Passive Motion is commonly used
postoperatively. Hospitalization varies depending on the health status of the patient and
the amount of support available outside the hospital setting. Usually full range of motion
is recovered over the first two weeks. At approximately six weeks patients have usually
progressed to full weight bearing with a cane. Complete recovery from the operation
involving return to full normal function may take three months and some patients notice a
gradual improvement lasting many months longer than that.
Risks and complications
According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, blood clots in the leg
veins are the most common complication of knee replacement surgery. A prevention
program is usually implemented, which may include periodic elevation of legs, lower leg
exercises to increase circulation, support stockings and medication to thin the blood.
Periprosthetic fractures can occur with the aging patient population either intraoperatively
or postoperatively.
The knee at times may not recover its normal range of motion (0 - 135 degrees usually)
after total knee replacement. Much of this is dependent on pre-operative function. Most
patients can achieve 0 - 110 degrees, but stiffness of the joint can occur. In some
situations, manipulation of the knee under anesthetic is used to improve postoperative
In some patients, the kneecap is unstable post-surgery and dislocates to the outer side of
the knee. This is painful and usually needs to be treated by surgery to realign the
kneecap; however, this is quite rare.
In the past, there was a considerable risk of the implant components loosening over time
as a result of wear. As medical technology has improved however, this risk has fallen
considerably. Knee replacement implants can last up to 20 years in many patients;
whether or not they actually last that long depends largely in part upon how active the
patient is after surgery.
While it is relatively rare, periprosthetic infection remains one of the most challenging
complications of joint arthroplasty.
Supporting Evidence:
A. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement Guideline: Preoperative
Evaluation, 2008. An evidence based guideline, which describes appropriate
evaluation for elective, low-risk operative procedures for adult and pediatric
B. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement Health Care Order Set:
Preoperative Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty, 2006. An evidence based
order set, which covers the preoperative care of adults for elective total hip and
total knee arthroplasty beginning at hospital admission prior to surgery and does
not include preoperative and screening orders from the physician office.
C. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement Health Care Order Set:
Postoperative Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty, 2006. An evidence
based order set, which covers the postoperative care of adults for total hip and total
knee arthroplasty and does not include discharge orders.
D. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement Protocol: Perioperative
Protocol, 2009. An evidence based protocol, which describes the steps performed
throughout the perioperative period that are necessary to prevent wrong site, wrong
patient, or wrong procedure as well as to prevent surgical site infection and prevent
the unintentional retention of a foreign object.
E. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement Protocol: Venous
Thromboembolism Prophylaxis. An evidence based guideline, which addresses
risk assessment for venous thromboembolism, risk assessment for bleeding, and
mechanical and pharmacologic therapies to reduce the occurrence of venous
thromboembolism in adult hospitalized patients.
F. Total knee replacement. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus
Development Panel on Total Knee Replacement - Independent Expert Panel. 2004
Feb 17. 18 pages. NGC:003622. Guideline for use with knee joint failure caused by
osteoarthritis (OA); rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile rheumatoid arthritis,
osteonecrosis, and other types of inflammatory arthritis
G. AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee (phase II). American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Medical Specialty Society. 2003. 15 pages.
NGC:003374. Guideline to guide qualified physicians through a series of diagnostic and
treatment decisions in an effort to improve the quality and efficiency of care in patients
with osteoarthritis of the knee.
H. Steps to reduce surgical risk. In: I guidelines for perioperative evaluation.
Brazilian Society of Cardiology. 2007. 7 pages. NGC:006322. Guideline with
objectives 1) To refine and unify the terminology used by the entire multidisciplinary
team, including the patients and their family and 2) To establish new routines, change
indication for surgery according to the information obtained during the perioperative
I. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons clinical guideline on prevention of
symptomatic pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing total hip or knee
arthroplasty. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Medical Specialty
Society. 2007 May 19. 63 pages. NGC:005665. A guideline to improve patient care by
outlining the appropriate information gathering and decision making processes involved
in managing the prevention of symptomatic pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing
total hip or knee arthroplasty.
J. AAOS clinical guideline on osteoarthritis of the knee. American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons - Medical Specialty Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons - Medical Specialty Society
American College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Professional
Association American College of Rheumatology - Medical Specialty Society. 1996
(revised 2003). 17 pages. NGC:003069. A guideline to guide qualified physicians
through a series of diagnostic and treatment decisions in an effort to improve the quality
and efficiency of care in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
Areas of Current Clinical Review and Discussion:
• Anticoagulation management postoperatively
• Surgical technique selection
• Prosthesis selection
Basket of Care Scope samples:
• Adults with first-time elective unilateral total knee arthroplasty
including preoperative screening, hospital care, and postoperative
• Adults, without other co-morbid conditions, with first-time unilateral
elective total knee arthroplasty including preoperative screening,
hospital care and postoperative rehabilitation for 90 days.
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DUBAI Banks in the UAE plan to make recommendations to the central bank on replacing current laws which treat bounced cheques as a criminal offence, according to the chairman of the Emirates Banks Association, or EBA.
Other systems should be introduced to protect banks and businesses, Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, who is also chief executive officer of Mashreq, told reporters in Dubai on Tuesday.
The EBA, which represents the country's lenders, is preparing a paper on the subject and will present it to the government, he said.
The cheque system "today its serving us well and without a holistic system in place it will be a catastrophe for business," Al Ghurair said. If you move away from cheques as a security "everybody will move to cash and the whole trade will change from a semi-secure payment mode to cash," he said.
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Where: Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006 - 5:00 - 7:30 pm - Digital Technology Center,
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Rofl, taking a break from the WotLK parade to do something fun. I'm looking to put together a poll with all the suggestions from the crafting poll, so expect that later in the week :)ReplyDelete
LOL, love this post. It is a great take on all the chain letters you used to receive and never did anything with.ReplyDelete
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Hmmm...I thought something seemed oddly familiar about the name signed at the end of the chainmail. I wonder if "Elroy Jenkins" is any relation to "Leroy Jenkins" who has utube vids up all over the place with his antics of causing raids to bust. I wonder if this is more antics of a different type?ReplyDelete
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"We are optimistic that the Zambian economy will continue on a growth trajectory in 2013," Mr Ndhlovu said.
The recent mealie meal price increases amid the maize bumper harvest for 2010-12 also present inflationary pressure.
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He said in the 2013 national Budget, the Government increased the withholding tax rate on payments to non-residents for management or consultancy fees and royalties to 20 per cent from the current 15 per cent and the proposed changes may have a significant impact on commercial banks' operations.
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DANIEL Hale just wants what most young men take for granted: a girlfriend, a house and a family – but it's out of reach because he doesn't have a job.
The 30-year-old has been unemployed for five years, and currently lives with his parents in Whitleigh.
But he yearns for a career and independence and said: "I'll be 31 in a couple of months but I've never had a girlfriend because I can't afford the romantic side of things.
"I want a job, to get a flat, have a girlfriend, a family, and whatever."
Daniel moved to Plymouth, with his folks, from Hastings, in Sussex, in 2007.
He hasn't worked since arriving in the city, despite looking hard for a job.
Before that he only had temporary posts too.
"I worked two summer seasons as a glass collector at Pontins in Camber Sands, Sussex," he said. "That was in 2004 and 2005."
Yet Daniel has qualifications, including completing a two-year catering course.
"I went to school in Hastings and left after GCSEs," he said. "Then I went to college, but although I did catering I wasn't that interested in it.
"I had wanted to be in the forces and the only job was catering, but they didn't have any vacancies.
"Then I found out I have a slight hearing problem."
That meant Daniel wasn't suitable, and he has another issue too: "I haven't had it 100 per cent diagnosed, but I have Asperger's traits."
Asperger's syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder characterised by significant difficulties in social interaction.
Daniel said he might struggle to work as a chef, but could be a waiter, for instance.
But he also said that, paradoxically, it could be a blessing.
"I can't say I'm disabled, but it might actually help me get a job," he said. "An employer might be more interested. And Asperger's does not affect me as a person. I can still do anything I want to do."
And Daniel is determined to get that job – that's why he wanted to be the latest recruit to The Herald's Get Hired campaign.
He has IT qualifications, and has been helped by Working Links, in Plymouth, where he has completed courses in customer service and health-and-safety.
"But I've got used to unemployment," he said. "I find that if I put an application in I'm already preparing for failure.
"It's because I've applied for just about every job going.
"Some places have had about 10 CVs off me. Mostly the story is "thanks but no thanks", that's if I get anything at all.
"And I'm looking for anything, retail or anything. I just want a job."
The Herald is looking for job-seekers to become part of our Get Hired campaign. Could that person be you?
If you would like to be featured please contact William Telford, business editor, on 01752 765529 or at email@example.com


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Jim graduated in 1984 with a B.A. from St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas, magna cum laude. He earned his J.D. in 1987 from the The University of Texas School of Law.
Jim is a member of the Litigation Section and the Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, and the Houston Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and all U.S. District Courts in Texas. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers and a member of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association.
Jim was selected as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazines from 2008-2013. He was also named in Best Lawyers in America in 2013.


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An 18-year-old Tibetan nun died after setting herself on fire Saturday in protest of the Chinese rule over Tibetan regions, Free Tibet said.
According to an email from Free Tibet, Tenzin Choedon, a nun at the Mamae Nunnery in the province of Sichuan, was taken away by Chinese army troops after setting herself on fire at the convent and died Saturday night, Reuters reports.
Choedon shouted slogans of protest against the Chinese government before setting herself on fire, The Washington Post reports.
The Chinese government has branded the individuals who set themselves on fire as terrorists, Reuters reports.
The amount of monks, nuns, and ordinary Tibetans that have set themselves on fire in the past year has risen to 18, The Washington Post reports.


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Google tightening privacy leash on its employees
SAN FRANCISCO Google Inc. is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don't intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.
Besides promoting longtime employee Alma Whitten to be its director of privacy, Google said Friday that it will require all 23,000 of its employees to undergo privacy training. The company also is introducing more checks aimed at making sure workers are obeying the rules.
Google's tougher privacy measures appear to be a response to recent breaches that have raised questions about the company's internal controls and policies.
In the most glaring example that indicated the company didn't have a good grasp on what its workers were doing, Google acknowledged in May that one of its engineers had created a program that vacuumed up potentially sensitive personal information, including e-mails and passwords, from unsecured wireless networks while Google cars cruised neighborhoods around the world. The vehicles were dispatched primarily to take photos for Google's online mapping service, but they also carried equipment to log the location of Wi-Fi networks.
The incident, which some critics have derisively labeled as "Wi-Spy," was caused by "an engineer's careless error as well as a lack of controls to ensure that necessary procedures to protect privacy were followed," Canada Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart concluded in a report this week.
Several other countries have skewered Google for scooping up 600 gigabytes of data - equivalent to about six floors of an academic library - from Wi-Fi systems for more than two years before detecting a problem five months ago in response from to an inquiry from regulators in Germany.
Google initially said it had only captured fragments of people's online activities, but Canada's investigation determined that entire e-mails, passwords and website addresses had been obtained and stored. In confirming Canada's findings Friday, Google said it wants to delete all the Wi-Fi data remaining on its computers as quickly as possible, but must hold on to most of the information while authorities in different countries conduct their own investigations.
So far, Google has purged the Wi-Fi data it got in Ireland, Austria, Denmark and Hong Kong after gaining clearance from regulators in those countries. It still has the data from more than 20 other countries, including the United States, where a coalition of state attorneys generals has been looking into the breach.
While some countries have asserted Google's Wi-Fi snooping was illegal, the company has maintained it didn't break any laws even as management apologized for its bad behavior.
"We are mortified by what happened, but confident that these changes to our processes and structure will significantly improve our internal privacy and security practices for the benefit of all our users," Alan Eustace, Google's head of engineering, wrote in a Friday blog post.
Google's privacy safeguards appeared to be suspect once again after the Gawker blog reported that an engineer in its Kirkland, Wash. office had been using the privileges of his job to spy on the online accounts of four minors. Prompted by that report, Google last month acknowledged that it had fired the engineer for violating its privacy policies.


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Xinning practiced her upcoming talk in a workshop "What Have We Learned? A SIGCHI HCI & Sustainability Community Workshop" with CHI2014. In the talk, she discussed community-based approach to sustainability and the roles of human resources within this approach.
Nathan Major shared his thoughts about amateur content production within Youtube community.
Six Silberman practiced a talk about collapse informatics. Starting from presenting several famous collapsed societies, he proceeded to give an overview of different disciplines' approaches to this issue. He will present the talk in the workshop "What Have We Learned? A SIGCHI HCI & Sustainability Community Workshop."
Martin Shelton successfully passed qualifying exam yesterday. He presented a wonderful talk about how reddit influences people's conversations.
Martin Shelton will be doing a summer internship with the Pew Research Center, where he'll be researching the influence of electronic surveillance on digital self-presentation and disclosure practices. He will start on June 9th.
Valve just release a movie about three DOTA 2 professional players. Check it out at: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2455199,00.asp.
In League of Legends, many players behave aggressively towards their teammates because of fighting over their preferred roles. Recently, Riot Games presented the solution called "Team Builder," in which players can lock in a role before they join a game. More details at:
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Finally, March has arrived! Will it lead us into spring? It always has — to a greater or lesser degree. Likely our area will continue to experience cold, but not frigid temperatures; storms of snow and rain can be expected, but of less intensity than those of the previous month.
A group of Los Angeles civil rights leaders is calling for an independent investigation into the fatal police shooting of a homeless man on Skid Row.
A NASA spacecraft is about to reach the end of a nearly eight-year journey and make the first rendezvous with a dwarf planet.
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I thought things could not get worse than starting my fantasy baseball preseason prospectus with the catcher position. Today, however, the snow remains piled feet high on the ground, I come to the shortstop position, and my bitterness grows.
China is developing space technologies aimed at blocking U.S. military communications and destroying its ability to win conflicts, according to a report commissioned by a congressional committee.
SAULT STE. MARIE — A Royal Oak man became the third big donor to assist the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Task Force (TRIDENT) as he hand-delivered a $1,000 check on Friday.
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I believe in the individual, and I believe government's role is to provide for the equality of opportunity for all individuals. In the Preamble of the Constitution, the people of our United States sought to secure the 'Blessings of Liberty.' This was a reflection of a core foundational belief that liberty and freedom are granted from our Creator to the individual, and individuals then in turn determine what authority to give to government.
The greatest threat to our national security is our own government's continued deficit spending that, if left unchecked, will one day undermine our nation's status as the world's superpower. The greatest path to prosperity, to job creation, and to economic growth is by creating a free economy that empowers individuals and communities. When this President took office, the national debt was approximately $10 trillion, representing roughly 220 years of spending during the life of our Republic. When this President leaves office, his Administration and the Congress will leave us with a cumulative national debt of roughly $20 trillion, doubling in eight years what took 220 years to accumulate. In our lifetime, mandatory government spending on interest on the debt and our entitlement programs will likely consume every dollar the U.S. Treasury receives from the people, leaving only continued deficit spending to fund the basic functions of government – from defense to veterans, to transportation and infrastructure, to energy and the environment. I believe, as Thomas Jefferson did, that we as a nation are morally bound to pay our debts during the life of the majority and not burden future generations with debt created by ours. I support a balanced budget amendment.
We are the greatest nation on earth because of the sacrifice of those who have served and those who continue to serve in our Armed Forces. Our nation is safer today because of our men and women in uniform who have taken the defense of liberty to our enemies and protected us here at home. We must preserve our military strength, and we must ensure that our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines, including those serving in the Guard & Reserves, are equipped with the most advanced tools and technologies necessary to execute their mission and return home safely. We also must advance a foreign policy that protects the strength of the United States of America, and ends the pattern of this Administration negotiating away our leverage. We must stand by our allies who fight with us against terrorist cells around the globe, and allies like Israel who advance stability and freedom in increasingly unstable regions.
As a member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, I will work with fellow committee members to oversee and support legislation to improve our infrastructure and transportation networks to help create jobs and grow our businesses.
Pinellas County and the Bay area are blessed to be home to the 'national security triangle' – a combination of active duty military and Coast Guard installations, veterans and industry. We must fight to maintain our local and regional military installations upon which so many jobs rely, and we must protect and grow the strong presence of defense, manufacturing and high technology jobs that ultimately provide for the security for our nation.
I am proud to serve on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and will work to advance legislation and proposals that will help ensure our veterans have the support they need and deserve here at home. We must honor and protect every last promise and obligation that is owed to those who have served. There are few higher callings of our government. I believe in Abraham Lincoln's words that we must always strive "to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan." We are blessed in Pinellas County to have such a remarkable population of veterans. We owe it to them to provide the resources necessary, at Bay Pines VA Medical Center and at other regional facilities, to address systemic issues of case backlogs and continue to work for a more efficient claims process. We must protect the Department of Veterans Affairs budget and work toward a budget process that provides increasing stability in the budget process upon which the VA can then more effectively deploy resources and personnel.
Obamacare has hurt Pinellas families and businesses, driving up premium prices for many, leading to cancelled policies for many, and burdening small businesses with additional costs that ultimately deter future hiring and reduce jobs in our community. It should be repealed now, and then Congress and the Administration should begin to consider private sector solutions that address very specific problems in the health insurance industry. A government take-over of approximately 1/6 of our nation's economy is the wrong answer, and ultimately one that will reduce the quality of care for everyone. Government has never shown an ability to improve service and reduce costs; only the private sector can achieve that.
I believe life begins at conception and that we should encourage a culture that values life – from the unborn, to the young child abandoned by their parents, to the senior residing alone in a nursing facility.
I support the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
We need to secure our borders. To discuss comprehensive immigration reform while we continue to have a porous border where more people can continue to enter our country illegally ultimately ignores the very basic principle that people in our country illegally should not be given special treatment over those who have been patiently waiting in their country of origin to enter our country legally.
On week two on the job, I introduced the Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act to resolve the unequal treatment of different properties under the Biggert-Waters Act by extending the recent reforms of the federal flood insurance program to business properties and owner-occupied second homes. This would provide owners of such properties with the same relief already provided to residential properties and single-family homes. The Biggert-Waters Act is bad law now and will still be bad law four years from now. While we are making progress in providing real economic relief for Pinellas home and property owners, Congress should consider implementing a more comprehensive National Natural Disaster Insurance Program that more fairly aggregates and assesses both the risk and the cost of events across the country for regions routinely impacted by floods, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, ice and other natural disasters.
David Jolly has spent his entire career working on behalf of the people of Pinellas County, advancing and supporting community interests in the United States Congress and serving in multiple civic and community leadership roles here at home. He is a candidate with unparalleled Congressional experience, including serving Pinellas County residents as General Counsel to the late Congressman Bill Young during some of Washington's most challenging times.
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Wide open throttle in a Bugatti Veyron is the second most distressingly humiliating experience you can have that doesn't involve medical staff. The first is not being able to find the launch control button when you're just about to drag race an R35 Nissan GT-R.
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Once he'd worked out how to drive it, he posted a 10.1-second run at 139mph
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Letterman's attack on Palin's daughters condemned
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THE Federation of African Media Women Zimbabwe (FAMWZ) says it is worried by the limited coverage that gender issues are attracting and the negative portrayal of women in media reports, a situation that has stalled efforts to create a safe environment for women and girls.
This announcement follows a study undertaken by FAMWZ last year during the "16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence".
The study covered on nine newspaper titles, which include The Standard, The Chronicle, the Independent and Sunday Mirror.
The "16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence" (November 25-December 10) is an international campaign, which originated from the need to effectively campaign against all forms of violence against women.
During the 16-day period, other important events such as International Human Rights' Day and World Aids' Day (1 December) are observed.
This was done deliberately in order to symbolically link violence against women to these crucial dates.
According to the study the media appeared "gender insensitive" with coverage about women mostly being in "negative" light.
In cases where rape or other forms of violence were reported, the media tended to blame the victims for their misfortunes.
As a result of this "seemingly condoning" attitude by the media, society is not taking the rights of women and girls as seriously as it should and this is what is fuelling gender-based violence, the report says.
FAMWZ also said this poor coverage of women was weighing down their efforts to create a gender sensitive society.
During a presentation of the study FAMWZ national director, Sinikiwe Msipa-Ndebele, said: "Gender violence tends to get more coverage especially in cases where incidents are bizarre, gross or put women in bad light. In most cases gender-based violence is treated as less important in the news hierarchy."
She said the study revealed that stereotyping characterised the majority of news reports, most of which are extracted from courts.
According to the study, types of gender violence that received coverage were rape, sexual assault and child abuse at 13,3% and 18,7% respectively.
The victims of gender-based violence said the study, were mostly women at 86,7% while perpetrators were men at 83,9%.
The study bemoaned the emphasis of the stories because they blamed women for the violence they suffered.
Activists said it was time to uplift the status of women and hoped that the Domestic Violence Bill would address domestic violence.
The Standard Editor, Davison Maruziva, who was guest speaker at the occasion, applauded the study, describing it as a roadmap for future reporting on gender issues.
He said the study would help the media increase enlightened coverage of gender issues.
The President of the Senate, Edna Madzongwe, who attended the launch. Madzongwe said the Domestic Violence Bill was the "only way to go" and appealed to the media to raise awareness on gender issues in rural communities.


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Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) has developed a Chemical Hazard Communication Program template to assist departments in developing a program. To complete the written program: carefully read each section and fill-in the required information.
Employees using chemicals should receive training on the department's program, the hazardous chemicals in their workplace, and how to protect themselves from those hazards. Supervisors can use the resources below to provide the training or contact OH&S for assistance.
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Facebook is poised to offer one of the largest Internet IPOs in history, with a $100 billion dollar peak valuation. Investors eagerly await to buy a slice of the social networking empire.
You know what's cool? $100 billion. That's right, 100 times more than Sean Parker presumptuously proposed to Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network. Boy, was he wrong.
After years of speculation, controversy, and lawsuits over privacy, our beloved social networking service is finally ready to go big. Really big. Bigger than Google big. In a deal that will make 1,000+ employees and private investors overnight millionaires, Facebook, Inc. is now one step closer to going public after submitting their long-anticipated IPO prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1.
Zuckerberg & Co. will soon join Yelp (NYSE: YELP), Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN), LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD), and Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) as the latest social networking domain to go public.
Facebook IPO: At A Glance
- IPO Goal: $5 Billion
- Projected Market Cap:: $75-100 Billion
- Underwriters: Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp., Barclays Plc, Allen & Co., Deutsche Bank AG, Credit Suisse Group AG, Citigroup Inc.
Company Profile
- Users: 845 Million (Active, December 2011)
- Revenue: $3.71 Billion (2011), +$1.97B (2010)
- Employees: 3000+ (2011)
- Alexa Rank: 2 (March 2012)
Spoils To The In-Crowd
It's important to understand that investing into an eventual Facebook IPO is seemingly equivalent to finding a golden ticket in a bar of chocolate. In an interview from All Things Considered on NPR, host Melissa Block and Dennis Berman of The Wall Street Journal discussed the possibility of acquiring Facebook stock on day one:
Block: OK. So the day of the IPO arrives. Who is it who gets to buy shares in Facebook on that opening trade?
Berman: Well, not you, not me and probably not most listeners. In a very hot IPO, what happens is the underwriters – and these are largely big banks. You know their names. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch. They allocate shares that they've purchased from the company to their customers. Now, it's not any old Joe who has a small brokerage account at Merrill Lynch. Most of the time, these shares go to the best clients and those best clients often are big institutions, hedge funds, other big money managers and the most high net worth individuals.
Block: And if I, as a – you know, I'm a Facebook user. If I go to Morgan Stanley and I say, look, I want one share of Facebook. Deal me in. Why can't they do that?
Berman: Well, because life isn't fair and they allocate the best opportunities for the best customers. Now, they would say to you, hey, Melissa, if you want to buy the Facebook share, great. Open an account, and once it starts trading, you can go into the market and buy that piece of stock.
In a hypothetical world, having possession of a few shares still won't make the majority of us any richer, or produce any early-retirement dividends. It would however, be an exciting tech stock to have in a portfolio and watch as the company either skyrockets or goes down in flames towards dot-com purgatory. Many skeptics have criticized this deal, disclaiming that an initial public offering should have taken place during Facebook's major period of growth, and not at its current position. Although, proponents can still argue — as long as membership retention is high, advertisers will swoon.
To no surprise, the biggest beneficiaries will be those within the Facebook camp and inside investors:
The Challenge of Staying Relevant
History has taught us that social networking services typically have a lifecycle. Currently, Facebook is rapidly approaching the peak of its maturity; where the volume of unique visitors and user registration begin to dwindle after capturing its core market. On the other hand, the key area to be more concerned with is user activity. This is where product development and enhancement come into play. Advantage: Facebook Developers.
Since inception, Facebook has always embraced UX simplicity. No crazy customizations, profile themes, embedded music players, or the worst-of-the-worst: HTML/CSS code override. (Yes My[______] I'm talking about you). Even the recent release of Timeline continues the trend of putting user tailoring on a short leash. There was (and still is) no better development decision than to retain control over how the site is rendered; allowing more features, more upgrades, and an overall better interface experience. Let's not forget laying a foundation for mobile as well.
And the web integration, oh the integration. When was the last time you visited a news outlet, social network, blog, forum community, anything, without seeing at least one of these:
Facebook has meticulously dug its claws into every corner of the Internet, creating an institution of "Like" and "Connect". Even start-up hits from the last five years such as Spotify, Foursquare, and yes, Twitter – have all integrated their services and allowed publication of user content into Facebook's feed. Unofficially, Zuckerberg's creation has become the default central hub for personal information and sharing: the mother of all aggregates. Trust me, it's an eye-opening reality when you learn of major national events through a Status Update before seeing it on TV or reading it in a newspaper. Clearly Facebook's technology compels us, as approximately 1/6 of the world's population is currently registered. Staggering.
Then there's the never-ending debate amongst supporters and naysayers alike, "When will Facebook finally meet its demise?". Well, the answer is: maybe never. If they play their cards right over the next few years.
In spite of Google+ continuing to gain ground, it's interesting to see that Facebook users are not necessarily abandoning their accounts (ala MySpace-Facebook transition). Rather, they are anteing-up with multiple profiles across multiple platforms — unwilling to favor one over the other. This is where advertisers, investors, and users see lasting power.
Full-Steam Ahead Towards IPO
Time for the proverbial question: Granted that shares are available, should I buy Facebook stock? The answer is a huge toss up. I'm no market expert, but when you look at the company as a whole and the amount of growth it has already experienced since 2004, questions of long-term investment begin to loom. Surely, all of the hype will soon fade, and we'll be left with a real stock price that is representative of what the shareholders believe the company is worth. Let's also consider (and hope) that the number of insta-millionaires to be made aren't planning on leaving Facebook high and dry. Without core product development, you lose a huge aspect of the business, and that could be bad news for investors.
A fair consensus could be this: invest for the thrill, but don't expect it to pay your kids' college tuition. Remember that gains may only be marginal in the beginning as everyone rushes the market to get a slice. All in all, Facebook's fiscal performance will always be dependent on its relevancy and ability to engage users old and new. Without 7% of the world keenly tied to their News Feed, well, this would just be another dot-com on the verge of offering mediocre stock.
Needless to say, once the FB ticker symbol makes it debut on Wall Street, a feeding frenzy is bound to ensue. Until then, the anticipation can only build from here — as I hit replay on my Blu-ray player. ♠
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For all of its energy, Brighton is still very much a classic relaxed English seaside town. Brighton Pier and the city's Regency promenades offer a stylish glimpse of the past. And, of course, the most popular attraction in Brighton remains its beach and popular sand sculpture festival every summer. Expect it to be busy in the summer months with day trip visitors and locals looking for fun in the sun!
If you're looking for arts and culture, Brighton is bursting at the seams! You can find classy productions at the Theatre Royal, or cult and arthouse films at The Duke of York - Britain's oldest continuously operating cinema. Every May, the Brighton Festival gets into full swing – turning Brighton into the cultural focal point for the whole of the UK.
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- Take a guided tour around the Royal Pavilion – one of the most distinctive, iconic and frankly outrageous buildings in the UK. King George IV's India-inspired palace is a masterpiece of over-the-top architecture. You can take guided tours through the lavish interior, or spend a few hours lounging around the wonderful gardens.
- Lick some Brighton rock and enjoy the amusement arcades on the world famous Brighton Pier.
- Chug along the seafront from the Pier to Brighton Marina on the oldest working electric railway in the world – the miniature Volks Railway.
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Phil Kessel scores, and there was never anything to worry about
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February 08 2013 10:48AM
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In my perfectly timed article on Phil Kessel yesterday, I noted that his scoreless streak, which ended last night, was not out of the norm for a shooter like Kessel:
"That said, if he continues to get pucks on goal they will start finding the twine eventually."
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February 07 2013 12:00PM
Phil Kessel is getting slammed by fans and the MSM and defended broadly in the Statosphere. Why? Kessel has played 10 games and hasn't tickled the twine. His first 42 shots on goal show nothing but a giant zero on the stat sheet.
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As we promised last week, we begin this edition of the podcast with a chat about Jordan Eberle, and his shooting. We then go on to discuss Vincent Lecavalier, Phil Kessel, the "code" for fighting, and the extreme zone start deployment we're seeing all across the league.
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February 06 2013 04:40PM
Aloha, and welcome back to NHL Transactions of the Week, a retroactive look at player movement around the league from January 28-February 3, 2013. For those wondering whether the column had perished in the wake of a Sunday evening devoted entirely to football, fear not, for I have attempted to round up everything notable from the aforementioned window to the best of my abilities. If you would be kind enough to excuse my tardiness in posting the following breakdown, without further ado, we shall neutrally, impartially, evenhandedly, and without bias, start in the Eastern Conference.
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February 06 2013 11:33AM
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Oriental Land Co., operator of Tokyo Disney Resort, will help manage Shanghai Disneyland, which is being planned by Walt Disney Co.
Oriental Land is expected to provide its broad expertise in running theme parks.
It would be the first overseas business expansion for Oriental Land.
Shanghai Disneyland is expected to open as early as 2014 in eastern Shanghai, making it the first Disney theme park in mainland China and the fourth location outside the United States--following those in Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong.
Oriental Land has already contacted Walt Disney about its participation in the Shanghai Disneyland project, over which Walt Disney has tied up with Chinese entities.
Walt Disney, which has high regard for Oriental Land's facility maintenance and personnel training programs, among other things, is liaising on specific ways for the Japanese company to contribute.
Oriental Land has made a huge success out of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, which features Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.
In particular, Walt Disney has high praise for Oriental Land's method of replacing attractions on a regular basis, its attentive services toward customers and its eco-friendly management style.
With Hong Kong Disneyland, which opened in 2005, apparently attracting fewer visitors than expected, the new Shanghai theme park is expected to turn to Tokyo Disney Resort, which also draws many Chinese visitors.