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Jul 30 2008
Eating in Austin
Since I'm not in my kitchen with my iron skillets and kosher salt and bacon grease and butter, for the next couple of days I'll be sharing all the culinary wonders of the Austin world. And there are many. Last night the girls, my mom and I ate at a charming Italian restaurant because my girls started convulsing when I suggested sushi. I'm going to try harder to indoctrinate them into the Raw Fish Way of Life throughout the day today, but for now let me share the sights and flavors of our Italian table.
My mom had a Niçoise salad, which typically contains anchovies, hard boiled eggs, tomatoes, and high-quality canned tuna. Some restaurants do a fresh, seared tuna variation, but the classic salad uses the canned stuff.
I'm not sure how I feel about straight-out-of-the-can tuna. I'm not sure it agrees with my delicate sensibilities. It's fishy, okay?
But I sure wanted to grab that egg and eat the whole thing in one bite.
Oh. Hello, sir. I'm sorry to disturb you. But see, I'm a city girl stuck in the country and I…I…I'm just so happy to be here.
The girls all had Spaghetti Marinara. Predictable.
I had…I had…one of my favorite Italian dishes ever. A dish that's pretty hard to pull off well. A dish that, when good, makes my knees go weak. A dish called…
Eggplant Parmigiano. And I'm sorry about the less-than-focused photo, but I was hungry. Dang hungry. And my hands were shaking.
Eggplant Parmigiano is tricky. A lot of times, restaurants coat a thin piece of eggplant with a HUGE amount of breading, then slap a piece of mozzarella cheese on top, followed by a bunch of marinara. And the eggplant winds up getting lost in the shuffle. But this? Oh, man…it was delicious. In an individual baking dish, they layered about eight large slices of eggplant, each with just a sprinkling of crisp crumbs, with a few pieces of fresh mozzarella…and topped the whole thing with marinara. The eggplant was the star of the dish, which is the way God intended it to be.
Um, yeah. This was a little embarrassing. But I was hungry and…and…oh, never mind.
My mom and I shared this. It was $13.99 for the whole bottle, which means it probably costs 25 cents in the store.
And it was good, I tell you…GOOD!
But then again, I've never been a wine snob.
My girl really liked the bread.
We all stuffed ourselves.
It was an eating-fest.
We were clutching our stomachs.
So to make ourselves feel better, we had…
I don't know why they don't sell Gelato in my small Oklahoma town of 3,500 people.
Call me an activist, but as soon as I get home I'm going to write a strongly-worded letter to our Mayor to see if I can get that changed.
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Emily On Thursday, July 31 at 9:11 am
I went to Italy a few years back and I maintain that nothing as good as gelato has crossed my lips. I try to explain it to some people, but I can't.
I live in Oklahoma too…let's try to get gelato as our state food.
ceecee On Thursday, July 31 at 9:29 am
It looks like you've discovered the heaven that is Mandolas. I've come to the realization that I have a second stomach–a dessert stomach. If I've eaten too much, I always have room for dessert. Maybe that's why my bootie's so big?
Enjoy the rest of your stay.
BTW, Gelato is lower in fat than most every premium ice cream. It's made with 2% milk!
Nannie of 3 On Thursday, July 31 at 9:37 am
Ree, you are sooooo right, good Eggplant Parm is one of the hardest dishes to find well done in a restaurant. Since I'm the only one in the family who likes it, loves it is more like it, I don't prepare it at home. The world's BEST (bar-none) is in a little restaurant near my house in St. Charles Co MO. I won't go into how good it is or you'll be headin' north.
Looks like you and the girls are still havin' a blast. Enjoy!
Sally On Thursday, July 31 at 9:47 am
Well, since reading about the Eggplant Parmesan I've decided to go out tomorrow night and have exactly that. I love gelato, too.
Shawna On Thursday, July 31 at 9:50 am
You crack me up! Love posts like these… Can't wait to see more sights from Austin– and more cute Elliot shots too!
Brenda On Thursday, July 31 at 9:50 am
To be honest, the first time I ate gelato, I wondered why everyone doesn't just eat gelato instead of ice-cream as we know it. Is there ANY comparison?
JANET IN MI. On Thursday, July 31 at 9:51 am
Keturah On Thursday, July 31 at 9:54 am
Yum Ree – Gelato is so goood! The best I ever had was in Rome – but how could it not be right?~!
Anyways Bobby Flay did a Thown Down with eggplant parmesan and his recipe is totally yummy. The authentic recipe should be there too if you wanted to make it back at the ranch – heres the link
Enjoy!! Have fun in Austin. -K
Angela in Italy (but only for 3 more days!) On Thursday, July 31 at 10:02 am
Oh Ree! Why did you have to go and post a picture of gelato!?! It's the number one thing I'm going to miss about living in Italy! I guess I'll have to be sure to eat a lot of it in the next 3 days!!
Jackie On Thursday, July 31 at 10:05 am
I had never tried it before going on an anniversary trip to Las Vegas with my man…
Gelato at the Bellagio…
I had never tried it before because to me, Gelato sounded like Jello…
Why didn't anyone tell me the 705 times I turned it down before then, that it is BETTER than ice cream??!!
For any of you who have not yet experienced Gelato… Run (don't walk) to the nearest establishment, and order one…
You thank me for it…
Wendy On Thursday, July 31 at 10:05 am
I am so glad you are having fun away from home. I grew up in a small town in MN and so since marrying a military man I have turned into a city girl. I love it but also can't wait for retirement to make our final home, far, far from the bustle somewhere.
janelle On Thursday, July 31 at 10:32 am
Love the look on your girl's face! It looks like the next word out of her mouth is gonna be "Mooommmm, STOP it!!"
Mimi On Thursday, July 31 at 10:53 am
Yum! Gelato!!! I love the nocciola (hazelnut) gelato the most….
Bonnie On Thursday, July 31 at 11:52 am
Looks like Mandola's to me! Oh, I love their salads. And if you want sushi, you should go to Sushi Sake up at the Arboretum. And you need to have some good Mexican food before you leave. Oh, and the girls would love Shady Grove, very quintessential Austin.
Dang girl, you better get eating!
Jeanie On Thursday, July 31 at 12:59 pm
I wonder if it's possible to make gelato at home with my ice cream maker…. And oh, that wine looks delish! I'm on a no alcohol diet and I'm really missing my Chardonnay!
Gabriel On Thursday, July 31 at 1:47 pm
Remind the girls about tempura! You get your sushi; they get fried food!
Or would they go for Thai? (Kaprow!)
I KNOW they would like Phil's Icehouse. Great burgers, next door to Amy's Icecream, plus a playscape and fake cows. What's not to like?
Kate (Bee In The Bonnet) On Thursday, July 31 at 2:50 pm
To respond to your Central Market twitter question, I worked there for several years back before I had to be parted from my beloved Austin, and the reason that you cannot take pictures in there is that the grocery itself is such a unique concept that they do not want other grocery stores to copy their concept. And they figure that willy-nilly allowing photographs spreads the general concept without a marketing person actually coming in to experience it (yes, someone could just come to visit and take notes and reproduce the concept from their memory and experience, but it's a much harder process).
It's also part of the idea that they want customers to actually come in to the store to see it in person- if you tell people that they just MUST see this store, and then you show them a picture, they're kinda like, "Eh, feh. It doesn't look that cool" or whatever, but without a picture, they're relying on your experience to create their own excitement and interest in going to the store.
It's also about the control of their media image as well. If they're all about fresh and exotic and variety, and you publish a bunch of pictures of semi-bruised red delicious apples that you took at the store, that presents the store as a boring, common, not-fresh- the opposite of the image that they are trying to convey. Even if you lovelovelove the store, they'd rather decide how it's image is portrayed than to let you decide.
That is why you may not take pictures at Central Market. However, as a former insider (and until recently, a lifelong Austinite), while Central Market is a really cool concept, and a great ingredient source, it's really just another grocery store wrapped up in a pretty package (a package designed specifically to get you to spend as much money as possible). It also (in my timeline of all things "cool" about Austin) sort of marked the beginning of the end for the "weird" factor that Austin so heartily prides itself on. Long story, but trust in the fact that around the 1993-1994 timeframe, Austin suddenly began to feel an awful lot like a mini-California, rather than itself (and seeing as I moved to Los Angeles for the 94-95 school year, I do know precisely of which I speak…). It's basically been downhill from then on.
Oh, how I wish I could take the current million+ denizens of that town on a tour of Austin circa 1989… sigh.
Anyway, sorry that they busted you. They can kind of be assholes sometimes.
I don't know what area of town you are in, but if you happen to have not had your fill of BBQ yet, you need to go to the Rail Road BBQ in Manchaca, TX, just a tiny hair south of Austin. It's not fancy, and it's not the best you'll ever eat ever in your life, but it is good, and it is real and it is (in my opinion) what real Texas BBQ is all about.
Katrina On Thursday, July 31 at 3:15 pm
We have this handy little tool:
You can make your own gelato with it! It even comes with a recipe book telling you how! Yum… now I want to go make some…..
AlyssaO On Thursday, July 31 at 4:04 pm
Eggplant Parmigiano is probably my all time fave Italian dish!!! Every time I go to Olive Garden, that's what I order…in fact, I'm going to order it tomorrow night! You've made me really hungry for that eggplant! I've tried making it at home and it just doesn't turn out quite the same.
Melissa On Thursday, July 31 at 5:45 pm
NO WAY you live in OK!!!!! that's where Ilive!!!
(stalky stalky)
Becky On Thursday, July 31 at 7:20 pm
I wish I would have known you were going to Austin. I would have suggested driving a few miles north to a small spot in the road called Salado. My husband and I used to drive three hours from Dallas just to have lunch at the Stagecoach Inn. THE BEST hush puppies and squash souflee in Texas. Dang girl, GO BACK!!
Gretchen On Friday, August 1 at 8:26 am
Mmm, gelato. And bring your daughters to the Raw Fish Way of Life. The water's perfect!!
Sarah On Friday, August 1 at 11:22 am
I love this post, not only because the food looks amazing, and I can taste the it while I read, but because my familys Italian and it reminds me of home! YUMM!!! My family is from sicily and has some of the most amazing recipes for food, being that there's is always an enormous amount of food cooked whenever someone comes over. I laugh because my grandma can always whip something up quick fast and in a hurry that taste amazing! So I must say I will have to pass you along some tricks of the trade to making eggplant parmigiano. My grandma instead of frying the eggplant or soaking them in oil, just lightly brush the slices, with extra virgin olive oil, then put bread crumbs on each side, then bake them. (You can also try cutting the eggplant into spears for a different look) Then of course a few pieces of real mozzerella cheese then marinara sauce. (If you want my easy receipe for sauce check out my blog http://www.aspicyitalian.blogspot.com) We also would have a full loaf of french bread which you could make an eggplany parmigiano open sandwhich with, which is simply the BEST! Hope your trip was fun! Manga!
Jeannie On Friday, August 1 at 12:36 pm
I love Italian food. Egg plant Parm. Yummy with lots of cheese.
Enjoy your trip!
Sandy On Friday, August 1 at 8:51 pm
Mmmm, Eggplant Parmigiana is the best dish in the entire world. I have a standing rule that whenever I go to an Italian restaurant if they have EP – that is what I get. Here in Denver I get about a 25% hit rate — only 25% of the places have it. I traveled to Nashua, New Hampshire for 6 weeks and every single Italian restaurant had it — and there were soooo many different ways it was made. I was in heaven.
Ginger in LA On Saturday, August 2 at 2:13 pm
Looks yummy, but you can tell your girls that MY girls (a new 12 yo and a 13 yo) strongly suggest that they try the sushi. My girls LOVE sushi. They want your girls to know that all sushi is not raw. They can get some that's cooked. So my girls encourage your girls to give it a go. But tell them to avoid the octopus. Brooke especially wants them to know that. Thank you. :^D
Lisa On Saturday, August 2 at 5:51 pm
THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT IS CALLED MANDOLA'S!! Almost everyone keeps asking for the name, so there it is. Here is the link: http://www.mandolasmarket.com/
jessAg On Sunday, August 3 at 6:33 pm
Yay for gelato! Was it Teo's?
Also, please, please, please try Amy's! They've got several locations, but the ones on South Congress and Guadalupe streets are the best, i think, because of atmosphere. Or something.
Feisty Irish Wench On Sunday, August 3 at 10:22 pm
ohhhh… utterly foodgasmic pictures! I was trolling around and followed your link from Insanelybusymomma's blog. I have a friend in Austin, and I love eggplant parmigiano. And that looks like someplace I'll have to make a point to visit now, more so than before.
SusanL On Sunday, August 3 at 11:26 pm
How do I love Eggplant Parmigiana? Let me count the ways….
My best EP ever is at a place in Memphis Tennessee, named Pete & Sam's. There is no Pete, only Sam. I think there was a Pete once, but that may have been 50 years ago.
P&S EP is also a casserole. It is also in individual casseroles layered with crumbs, but there is more sauce and the sauce is sweet, but not TOO sweet. And they have the benefit of serving the only spinach I have ever liked.
I also had a decent EP sandwich this weekend at a tiny place in Hot Springs, AR. Too much cheese, but the eggplant was pretty good. The restaurant name was Facci's and I think they've been around 30+ years.
I do love Eggplant Parmigiana
Margaret On Tuesday, August 5 at 10:45 am
Just so you know its all your fault! LOL
I saw this post on Sunday did some research and made a road trip with the huuby and boys up to Austin!
It was so worth it too.
I took photos too no one said anything to me.
LB On Thursday, August 7 at 9:03 am
3,500 people! I wish my town had 3,500 residents. My tiny hamlet in Northern Maine is home to only 2,000 full time residents. Take comfort in knowing that you don't have to drive three hours for edible pizza!
Nicole Hansen On Friday, August 8 at 1:36 pm
I've recently become addicted to chocolate/hazelnut gelato. I lay awake at night thinking about it, it is so dang yummy! I think I'll go get some right now!
Mizpoohster On Thursday, August 14 at 12:51 pm
Wow!! PW– I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to Austin. I know exactly where you ate from the pictures. Two of my favorite places in Austin!!!
And CONGRATULATIONS on your new nephew!!!
Hook 'Em Horns!!!!
P.S. I am a native Austinite– born and raised — the sky just LOOKS better in TEXAS!!!
NYCowgirl34 On Saturday, August 30 at 4:56 pm
Howdy. I wouldn't have put Italians and Austin in the same sentence but NEWS FLASH, I guess I've got to get out more. I do plan to venture there someday, loving them cowpokes and all.
Don't do the hairy anchovy either, Christine..Will ya on that one.
Ree, Pure white Albacore less fishy, but I'm sure you already tried it. I'm know I'm not the fishy type either, but I do love them Scrimps……
You had one of my favorite dishes of all time….Eggplant parm and if I look out my window I can see my 4 inch beauty still growing as we speak in my "patch o' land" …Ahh can't wait to be like Jason and machete it from the vine so I can have this.
I have to agree with the NYer's on the panel, we have the best Italian around and I oughtta know, I'm one of them. Grandparents straight off the boat.
Somebody must have talked a Brooklynite into coming down here to Music City and God Bless America cause he has the best Lasagne on the planet as far as I'm concerned. And I don't have to miss my NY pizza either!
Anyway, Peace…….Thanks for your blog, many blessings!
NYCowgirl34 On Saturday, August 30 at 4:59 pm
Oh, P.S., the look on that guys face was priceless.
Frnk On Sunday, August 31 at 5:47 pm
I love Austin. Went to grad school there. Wonderful restaurants and people. Some parts of it are a little slice of Europe and so cosmopolitan.
Chandra On Friday, September 12 at 12:45 pm
I don't know where in OK you live but if you are close to the city they have Gelato in OKC. I have never had it so I can't recommend the place but they have it.
Jenny On Friday, January 8 at 4:11 pm
It definitely looks like Mandola's, based on the tables and chairs. I love the food there…the pizza is to die for!! I just might need to make a trip there this weekend!!

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Hilda and Benji are best friends forever. Maybe. Their interests seem to match perfectly, as both have a passion for haunting the most notorious places in Los Angeles: sites where celebrities have been murdered or where celebrities have taken their own lives. This fascination, while dark, is actually quite therapeutic for Hilda, who has had a lot of loss in her young life. Her mother and father were killed in a car accident that almost took her life, too.
Everything changes, though, when the pair end up investigating a suicide in the apartment of an old man named Hank. Although initially put off by the two crazy kids, one with pink hair, knocking at his door and asking to take pictures of his bathroom, Hank agrees and it takes little time for Hilda to realize there's something special about this man. And soon after, he'll begin calling her and she'll find a connection with an adult in town.
Although Hilda and Hank begin growing closer, Hank's downstairs neighbor Jack becomes concerned and tries to break it to Hilda that Hank has a lot of secrets and history that should make her wary. It won't be until tragedy strikes Hank and Benji nearly kills himself that Hilda begins to understand her fascination with death means something deeper.
John Belushi is Dead was one of my favorite reads so far this year. This engaging, edgy, and boundary-pushing novel brings together the ideas of life and death in a city of lore and lust that just works. Hilda is a likeable character from the get go: we know she's had a tough life, living with her aunt because of the death of her parents, and we know she's a little wild, as seen from her romps around notorious LA places. She and Benji are quite a pair, and while outsiders to the rest of the world, they come into their own together and don't quite feel like outsides, recluses, or losers. In the end we will find out that Benji isn't quite what he seems, but since this story is told from Hilda's perspective, this is a realization we will come to with her.
After Hilda and Benji initially meet Hank, I couldn't help but draw the comparisons between this book and Paul Zindel's classic The Pigman. While they aren't perfect readalikes, I think that the quirky relationship building between generations is somewhat similar, and the realizations that happen between Hilda and Hank are similar to those John and Lorraine have with the Pigman.
Enter Jack.
Jack is the propulsion in this novel that really drives Hilda to think about who she is and what she loves. Her budding relationship with Hank is completely innocent, though much of it is based around death, much like her relationship with Benji. When Jack comes in and begins to push Hilda's perception about Hank, though, things change. Hank, as it turns out, has a greater history in the world than he's letting on, and it's one that revolves around death. Big death -- something greater than the death of John Belushi or Chris Farley. No, this is the death that changes history, the world we live in, and Hilda.
Kathy Charles's novel was well paced and plotted, and the character development is absolutely spot on for me. That, in conjunction with the setting, came together to leave a not just a pretty story, but a strong message about life and living. This book published initially in Australia titled Hollywood Ending, and when it published in the US, the title changed to John Belushi is Dead. Both titles work, and they work for different reasons.
This is the kind of book I would hand off to fans of Perks of Being a Wallflower. The feeling of being an outsider and an insider simultaneously and the growth of the main characters are similar in both titles. Both push the boundaries of the reader's expectations, and both convey quite an important message without being books that are about delivering a message. The quirky factor will work for fans of Steffan Piper's Grayhound, Joe Nemo's Hairstyles of the Damned, and other similar titles.
Because of the issues brought up here and the edgy factors (and let me tell you - calling anything edgy really bothers me, but it's the best word to use here), this book is best for high schoolers and adult readers. This is the kind of book perfect for college students. While reading this title, I couldn't help but think of my best friend from college the entire time who would eat this up in no time. She's a huge fan of Francesca Lia Block, and I think it would be interesting to hand a book like this to a fan of hers. I suspect there would be a lot to like because of the language, the setting, and the character development. And of course, try this one who liked Zindel's classic. They aren't perfect readalikes, but the comparisons that could be drawn are great.
* Thanks to Kathy Charles for sharing this one with me. It's going to be passed around!
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John Belushi is Dead by Kathy Charles
Hilda and Benji are best friends forever. Maybe. Their interests seem to match perfectly, as both have a passion for haunting the most notorious places in Los Angeles: sites where celebrities have been murdered or where celebrities have taken their own lives. This fascination, while dark, is actually quite therapeutic for Hilda, who has had a lot of loss in her young life. Her mother and father were killed in a car accident that almost took her life, too.
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Owen tells his sister about a blind date he's about to go on, Gina and Tracy have a picnic and get to know one another better.
Owen's working out while Gina's text messaging on her cell phone. He says he's going on a blind date that Aunt Jane set him up with. Gina says that could end up badly, with one of Guya's granola munching minions. They're going hiking, says Owen, who is stressed out about it. Maybe she'll be hot. Gina's stressed too. She's got a date with Tray tonight. She didn't stay over last night, complains Gina. Owen considers Gina must like her. "She gets me tongue tied," admits Gina. They're interrupted when the Colonel John calls to invite them to lunch. Owen's angry to have to go along, hating the way The Colonel treats her. They make a bet on how quickly John bothers Owen about his acting. Talk turns back to Tracy, who wants romance. Gina needs suggestions.
Later, on the beach, Gina and Tracy set up a picnic blanket with wine, proving Gina can be romantic. She admits she doesn't date much. Tracy calls that dinner and bed and asks what Gina likes to do when she's not working. Gina likes to work. The fact that her phone isn't nearby right now is saying a lot. She admits she loves to travel, especially to Italy. Tracy's never been. She loves Thailand beaches, which are gorgeous, she shares. Gina feeds her grapes and Tracy shares a little about herself, saying she did all she could not to be alone, just like Gina. Parties, bars, one night stands… anything to hide the fact that she was unhappy. Gina counters that the one-night stand thing doesn't sound so bad. Tracy calls herself a work in progress. Gina offers Tracy sour gummies, saying she remembered Tracy liked them. Tracy's surprised and thinks it's all very romantic when Gina admits she remembers the exact outfit she had on the day they met.
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On Monday I wore this* and that day I had a construction jobsite meeting... you know the type where you hurdle concrete blocks and 2x4s, climb on dangerous stairs, and rub elbows with some of the work force's finest. A worker saw me and said, "Oh my gosh! You look like you are about to explode! Is it twins!?"
To which I replied, "No, actually its quadruplets, don't I look great!?"
Grrrrr... don't mess with the pregnant woman.
Speaking of which.
For the past few months I have set the thermostat to 76 degrees before bed. This is nice and comfortable to me. Chance thought the power bill was too high last month so unbeknownst to me when he comes to bed (later than me) he has been tapping it up to 77 degrees. He thought I wouldn't notice. At 3:00 this morning we had a very serious conversation about him not touching the thermostat anymore... or else. I had been suspecting foul play for the last few nights and finally solved the mystery early this morning.
My creativity is being sucked up by the design work I'm working fervently to wrap up in the next week or so, and as a result the blog might take a hit, I apologize in advance, please bear with me. I'm hoping that working my booty off equates to going into labor naturally (and sooner, rather than later).
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A device particularly suited for collecting and dispensing an arterial blood sample. A needle is connected to a flexible transparent tube that includes an air exit vent with a nonwet filter so air, but not blood, can exit the vent under arterial blood pressure. A special needle adapter prevents formation of air bubbles, and a baffle system in the needle minimizes blood and air mixing. A clamp on the reservoir pinches off an air contaminated blood segment and can longitudinally strip a different blood segment which is not air contaminated. The tubular reservoir has an oxygen blocking coating, and its internal surface includes a dry anticoagulant coating.
1. An arterial blood sampler comprising: a needle; a blood reservoir connected to the needle and having a gas therein, said reservoir being of a material pervious to blood gas; a coating on the reservoir that is substantially impervious to blood gas to reduce air in laboratory tests on collected blood; a vent on the reservoir through which gas can be expelled by means of arterial blood pressure; and valve means on the vent preventing the escape of arterial blood from the reservoir.
2. An arterial blood sampler as set forth in claim 1 wherein the reservoir comprises a material sufficiently flexible at 0° to be readily compressed to expel blood immediately after removal of the sampler from an ice bath.
3. An arterial blood sampler as set forth in claim 1, wherein the reservoir is of polyurethane.
4. An arterial blood sampler as set forth in claim 1, wherein said coating is on at least one surface of the reservoir, said coating being a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and acrylonitrile.
5. An arterial blood sampler as set forth in claim 4, where said copolymer coating is only on the inner surface of the reservoir.
6. An arterial blood sampler comprising: a needle having a hollow hub; a flexible plastic blood reservoir connected to a needle adapter having a tubular section that extends inside both the reservoir and the hollow hub of the needle, and the tubular section of the adapter has internally beveled ends so as to reduce turbulence of blood flow into the sampler; a coating on the reservoir that is substantially impervious to blood gas; and gas within the blood reservoir; a vent on the reservoir through which such gas can be expelled by means of arterial blood pressure; and valve means on the vent preventing the escape of arterial blood from the reservoir.
7. An arterial blood sampler as set forth in claim 6, wherein the needle adapter has a threaded collar securing the needle to the adapter.
8. A blood sampler comprising: a needle; a flexible plastic reservoir of a material pervious to blood gas; and a blocking coating on at least one surface of the reservoir, which blocking coating is substantially impervious to blood gas transfer.
9. A blood sampler as set forth in claim 8, wherein the reservoir is of polyurethane, and the blocking coating is of a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and acrylonitrile.
10. A blood sampler as set forth in claim 9, wherein the coated reservoir has a Shore hardness of from 40 to 100.
11. A blood sampler comprising: a needle having a hub; a baffle within the needle hub; and a blood reservoir connected to the needle hub wherein the baffle includes a peripheral ring and a transverse bar diametrically joining opposite sides of the ring, which baffle can disperse incoming blood without substantially slowing blood flow.
12. A blood sampler as set forth in claim 11, wherein the needle has a cannula and the baffle has one or more openings that combine to form a passage at least as large as the cannula so as not to substantially restrict blood flow.
13. A needle comprising: a hub; a cannula attached to the hub; and a baffle in the hub, said baffle having one or more openings that combine to form a passage at least as large as the cannula's internal diameter so as not to substantially restrict blood flow and wherein the baffle includes a peripheral ring and a transverse bar diametrically joining opposite sides of the ring.
14. A needle as set forth in claim 13, wherein the hub has an internal groove retaining the baffle.
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 025,980, filed Apr. 2, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,266,559.
Venous blood has long been collected for various medical tests. Recently, it has become more important to also collect arterial blood for measuring of the partial pressures of dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide in the arterial system.
When collecting a blood sample, it is important to distinguish at the time of collection whether it is arterial or venous blood. In the past, arterial blood has been detected by use of glass syringes in which the arterial blood pressure would be sufficient to force back the syringe plunger; venous pressure would not. U.S. Pat. No. 3,930,429 also proposes a plastic syringe system for distinguishing arterial pressure. However with plunger type arterial blood collectors, these plungers can sometimes catch and drag, making it difficult to clearly distinguish that the blood is arterial.
Recently, others have proposed the use of a glass tube connected to a needle, thereby eliminating the plunger. Such device required the use of a manually applied cork to plug the rear end of the glass tube to prevent the blood sample from spilling out. Because the glass tube was rigid, it was also difficult to dispense the blood sample into a machine that did not have a vacuum extractor for the blood sample. Because it did not have a plunger, such sample could not be forced into the machine.
Additional problems with prior arterial blood samplers have included transmission of oxygen through the sampler's wall to cause erroneous readings on the blood, and liquid heparin in the sampler which introduced an error into the readings for oxygen and carbon dioxide. These problems are described in the following publications:
Scott et al., "Leakage of Oxygen From Blood and Water Samples Stored in Plastic and Glass Syringes," British Medical Journal, Aug. 28, 1971, 3, pp. 512-516.
Hansen et al., "A Systematic Error in the Determination of Blood Pco2," American Review of Respiratory Disease, Vol. 115, 1977, pp. 1061-1063.
Hamilton et al., "Arterial Blood Gas Analysis: Potential Errors Due to Addition of Heparin," Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Vol. VI, No. 3, August 1978, pp. 251-255.
The present invention overcomes the problems described above and includes a blood sampler with a needle connected to a flexible reservoir tube having a vent closed by a valve structure which permits the expulsion of gas from the reservoir, but not blood. A needle adapter with a special beveled construction prevents the formation of air bubbles during collection of a blood sample, and a baffle structure in the needle prevents turbulent mixing of blood and its overriding air as the blood fills the reservoir. A clamp on the flexible tube segments the collected sample into an air contaminated segment and a test segment, and this clamp can strip the collected blood sample from the reservoir into a testing machine that does not have a vacuum sample extractor. The flexible tube has a gas blocking coating to prevent transmission of oxygen or carbon dioxide through the tube's wall. The tube also has an internal coating of dry anticoagulant.
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the blood sampler partially filled with the blood sample;
FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 with the sampler filled with the blood sample;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the needle adapter and showing an alternate form of the vent structure;
FIG. 4 is a view of the packaged sampler;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view taken along line 5--5 of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the first baffle structure taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 is a view of the sampler connected with the testing machine.
FIG. 8 is a fragmentary view showing a second baffle structure in the form of a ball.
In FIG. 1, a needle including a cannula 1 is shown inserted into a patient to tap arterial blood 2. The needle includes a hub 3 which is attached by means of a needle adapter 4 to a transparent flexible plastic tube 5 forming a blood collection reservoir. This plastic tube 5 can be of a thermoplastic or thermoset material which has elastomeric or rubber like properties so it can be pinched shut and reopened upon removal of the pinching forces. In FIG. 1, blood is shown welling up in the reservoir tube by means of arterial blood pressure and forcing the overriding air 6 out through a vent 7. Vent 7 includes a one-way valve structure 8 in the form of a "nonwet" filter. Such filter will permit the passage of gas, such as sterile air, from the reservoir, but will not permit the passage of blood.
The details of a first embodiment of the vent and nonwet filter structure of FIG. 1 is shown in detail in FIG. 2. In FIG. 2, the complete blood sample has been collected and a clamp 10 has been positioned along the reservoir 5 and the flexible tube is pinched shut by clamp 10 to segregate the collected blood sample into an air contaminated segment 11 and a test segment 12. Thus, any change in the oxygen or carbon dioxide partial pressure of the blood caused by its contact with air is minimized by segmenting sample 11 from the test machine. With a blood sampler, it is customary to stick the needle into a rubber plug (not shown) to prevent leakage. If desired, the rubber plug could be inside a needle protector 13. An alternative way of containing the sample is to remove the needle and place a syringe cap (not shown) on a tip of the syringe.
As previously mentioned, it is important to minimize the turbulent contact with the blood sample and air, particularly when the sample taken is arterial blood in which the partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide are to be measured. In FIG. 3, the needle adapter has a special structure for minimizing air bubble hangups when collecting the sample. The needle adapter 4 has a tubular structure with an internally beveled lower end 15 and an internally beveled upper end 16. Tests have shown that such structure causes the blood sample to smoothly well up in the collecting reservoir. For instance, when end 15 was at 90° to the longitudinal axis of the adapter, air bubbles continuously formed at such intersection of the needle adapter and hub 3.
The needle hub 3 is firmly held to the needle adapter by an internally threaded collar 17. The needle hub also includes a structure which prevents the turbulent mixing of the blood sample and air, particularly during an inrush of arterial blood. The needle hub of FIG. 3 is shown with a first baffle structure 19 that can be snap fitted into an undercut groove 20 in the hub, or press fitted into a hub without undercut, or otherwise secured to the hub. Preferably, the baffle structure as shown in FIG. 6 has one or more openings, such as 22 and 23, which combine to form a passage at least as large as an internal diameter of cannula 1. By such large passage to the baffle structure, the inflow of blood from an arterial source is not sufficiently slowed down so as to be confused with venous blood under a much lower pressure. The baffle system is not intended to be a high pressure drop filtering system which might so restrict the flow of blood that it would take an inordinate amount of time to collect the sample.
The baffle of FIG. 6 includes a peripheral ring 24 which is bridged by a central bar 25. If desired for molding purposes, an enlarged central section 26 can be added for a mold gate. An alternative form of a baffle, shown in FIG. 8, is a ball in the needle that can prevent turbulent blood and air mixing and yet does not interfere with the flow rate distinction between arterial and venous blood.
In the second embodiment of the vent structure shown at 30 of FIG. 3, an internally tapered extension 31 is provided. Extension 31 can receive a hypodermic syringe if it is desired not to use the clamp 10, but to force the blood sample out of the reservoir into the testing machine. Such extension 31 could also be used with a syringe to apply a vacuum to the reservoir for collecting slow flowing venous or arterial blood.
Once the blood sample has been collected, the protector and needle can be removed and the needle adapter joined directly to a testing machine 36 to measure the partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the arterial blood sample. Most such testing machines include a very small tubular probe that fits inside the reservoir and sucks out a measured amount of blood for the test.
In some machines that do not have such an automatic vacuum extractor, a clamp can be used to manually strip the blood sample into the machine. This can be done either by sliding a clamp, such as schematically shown at 10, along the tube. Alternatively, a roller type clamp, such as schematically shown at 37, could be used to roll along the flexible tube reservoir. When a clamp such as 10 is used for sliding, it is preferable to coat the outer surface of the tube or internal surface of the clamp with a lubricant, such as silicone or a teflon coating shown at 38 in FIG. 5.
It has been found that a reservoir 5 of polyurethane remains flexible and highly squeezable even when subjected to ice bath storage at 0° C. This flexibility is useful in expelling the sample and also rolling the tube in the hands to remix any separated plasma and hemoglobin prior to testing. Such rolling feature also helps to mix the blood with an anticoagulant. Another material that remains flexible and squeezable is a blank copolymer, marketed under the trademark KRATON, by Shell Chemical Company. However, KRATON does not work as well as polyurethane because of its more limited transparency and more tacky external surface making it more difficult to slide a clamp, such as clamp 10. Preferably, the tubular reservoir has a Shore A hardness of 40 to 100.
As mentioned in the publications above, it is highly critical to minimize any transmission of oxygen or carbon dioxide across the reservoir wall 5. Because polyurethane is somewhat pervious to oxygen and carbon dioxide, an internal gas blocking barrier coating or layer 39 is applied to the inner surface of the polyurethane reservoir. This blocking coating which prevents transmission of oxygen and carbon dioxide can be a copolymer of vinylidene chloride and acrylonitrile, which is also known under the trademark SARAN.
This gas blocking coating is further covered with a dry anticoagulant 40, such as heparin. Because the heparin is in dry form, it has very little geometric volume to substantially change the partial pressure of oxygen or carbon dioxide in the blood to cause errors.
FIG. 4 shows the blood sampler in a package 41 which preferably maintains the sampler in sterile condition until ready to use. The package can then be opened and the sampler is extremely useful for collecting and dispensing an arterial blood sample. However, it can also be useful in collecting a venous blood sample, but the inflow of blood would be much slower unless a vacuum were applied by syringe to the FIG. 3 embodiment.
The blood collecting reservoir can have an internal diameter of 0.100 to 0.300 inch, a wall thickness of 0.010 to 0.100 inch, and a length of 2 to 12 inches for an adult blood sample. A smaller diameter tube could be used for collecting a blood sample from an infant.
In the above description, specific examples have been used to describe the invention. However, it is understood by those skilled in the art that certain modifications can be made to these examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Last week, I brought to you an expose of a dating phenomenon I've dubbed "Tally-Smallies," where an extremely tall man, or "gi-gi," dates someone who is "tine-tine." That article presented some examples — Tom and Katie, Mick Jagger and Cruella, etc. — but sadly forgot a twosome who sky-rocketed to the top of my Tally-Smally list.
Here is Miami Heat basketball player Chris Bosh and his wife Adrienne Bosh, who, if the photos are to be believed, is 48 months old. I mean seriously howwww do these two carry on a conversation? And not to be crass — because lord knows Patti Stanger has made me aware of "spinners" — but seriously the sex. The sex. It's gotta be like half the length of her body right??? I need Science Channel to give these two an entire hour of "How Do They Do It?"
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
We Need Some Spring Around Here
Good morning and happy 1st day of April. I saw this on Facebook this morning and considering the rough winter most of you have had and may still be enduring, I thought it cheerful and hopeful!
I have been absent but there's been nothing new to update you on. The weather has not been very great for the beach so I've been stuck indoors and crabby!
I now have a head cold which may not be a big deal but I have not been sick in 7 years. Seriously...7 years. I've been around people with the flu during those 7 years and skated by it. I believe in flu shots!!!
Anyway, today I'm going to relax and perhaps nap in the warm sunshine and salt air (finally). My sinuses might just thank me.
I hope you're all well and I think of you all often!
Happy Spring!
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Thanks for checking in with us. I hope warm weather arrives soon and takes away your crabbiness. I have a case of it too.ReplyDelete
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So sorry for my absence lately. I wish your quick perfect recovery.
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Hopefully your weather has warmed up and some hot sunshine will help you feel better.
I always get a little bummed and expect too much good weather in the early Spring. Can't wait until the truly good sunny weather arrives!ReplyDelete
Good health to you and hopefully your good beach days are on their way!
Well April is bringing cooler weather for us and I seem to have the same lurgy that you have scored.ReplyDelete
Get better soon my friend.
Hope there is plenty of beach days ahead for you
Happy April to you too Barb! The snow is melting here and we're seeing grass again - albeit brown, sad looking grass. Spring is in the air! Take care of that cold and enjoy your beach weather :)ReplyDelete
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Bearcat Women's Tennis Team Receives ITA All-Academic Recognition
Five Willamette players Earn Scholar-Athlete Honors
SALEM, ORE. -- The Willamette University women's tennis squad has been selected as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team for the 2012-13 season as a result of the Bearcats' success in the classroom. The Bearcats qualified for the award by achieving a team cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
Five members of the WU women's tennis team also earned recognition as 2012-13 ITA Scholar-Athletes. They were Mandy Carlson (Fr., Boise, ID/Bishop Kelly HS), Yasmine Genena (Fr., Portland, OR/Lake Oswego HS), Lizzie Kubitz (So., Anchorage, AL/West Anchorage HS), Stephanie Matsuura (Fr., Hilo, HI/Waiakea HS) and Holly Petersen (Fr., Rocklin, CA/Rocklin HS).
Carlson and Matsuura are majoring in Biology. Kubitz is majoring in Politics, Petersen is working on a major in Physics, and Genena is undecided regarding her major.
"Congratulations to the women's tennis team for being dedicated on the court and in the classroom!," Willamette Head Coach Becky Roberts said. "These award achievements are just another example of what Willamette students are all about."
A total of 79 women's tennis teams competing in NCAA Division III qualified for the All-Academic Team award in 2012-13. Individual ITA Scholar-Athlete honors went to 472 women's tennis players in Division III.
Players earning ITA Scholar-Athlete status were required to achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average (4.0 scale) during the academic year. They also had to be letterwinners on their respective teams and had to attend their current colleges or universities for at least one full academic year by the end of the season.
Roberts completed her 13th season as Willamette's head coach in 2012-13. The Bearcats featured a young team with no seniors, one junior, two sophomores and six freshmen.


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Bonneville Power Administration has extended an agreement supporting continued operation of the Fish Passage Center through November.
Congress in 2005 ordered BPA to stop funding the center, which handles salmon monitoring activities and scientific analysis in the Columbia River Basin. Critics contended FPC played too great an advocacy role in addition to scientific monitoring.
Consistent with a court order, BPA extended the contract after the Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center and Yakama Nation filed emergency motions in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stating the Fish Passage Center should remain open with continued BPA funding.
The court ordered BPA to keep the center open, pending a hearing in August. BPA previously accepted proposals from two contractors to assume functions performed by the FPC. The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission was to take over data warehousing, smolt monitoring, and routine data analysis. Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was to provide in-depth technical analysis.
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Art was always responsive, attentive and helpful. We feel very lucky that we had Art on our side for the entire purchasing process. Art is extremely knowledgeable about the Cape Cod area - he was able to answer any questions we had and was always reachable. Art also knew when to step back - an important quality to have as a realtor. We'd recommend Art highly. Other realtors could learn a lot from Art!!
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It was a pleasure doing business with Art. He was very attentive to our conversations and after a few tries, he knew exactly what we had in mind. Art was more than willing to show us as many houses as we wanted to see, and never was pushy or made us feel rushed. I would highly recommend him to anyone wanting to purchase a home on Cape Cod.
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Art was very professional and helpful. We knew what we wanted. Art said "No stress, we'll find you the house you want". .............and he did! He was the perfect agent for us. We can't thank him enough for making this process easier. Carol Anne and Werner Ommerborn
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Art is friendly and easy going. He is well organized and is well prepared. All in all, I would rank him highly among realtors I have met.
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Art worked hard on our behalf. Was eager to meet us to fit our schedule. He kept in touch and sent us new ideas when our first options did not work.
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We purchased a condo on the cape but we live in Syracuse, N.Y. Art kept us informed and advised us each step along the way. His instincts and referrals were always right on target. He really made this experience seamless. His intergrity and personal warmth are to be commended. We will remember him, always.


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With the iPad carving out a market, that could well have been argued to be its own, the lack of Google's official presence seemed to be a little noticeable.
This was exacerbated by the rise of cheap Android alternatives often running phone software, and Android Honeycomb only appearing on third party devices like the Motorola Xoom 2.
That all changed when Google and Asus took on the likes of the iPad and the Amazon Kindle Fire with its very own Nexus tablet, the original Nexus 7. Launching at the cheap price of £159 for the 8GB version, Google looked to undercut the iPad.
For your money, you got a 1280 x 800 7-inch screen, a 1.2GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1GB RAM, 4,325mAh battery and a 1.2MP front facing camera. There was no rear sensor. It also brought Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to market.
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By this point, Google's only foray into the tablet market was at the smaller sized, budget end of the market. This left the gap for the iPad 4 (briefly the iPad 3 as well) to continue to grow the full sized tablet market. Third party devices were still struggling to compete.
Despite the New York launch being cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy, the Nexus 10 managed to launch online. The Samsung made device packed an eye-popping 10-inch 2560 x 1600 screen, 1.7GHz dual-core processor, 2GB RAM and two cameras (5MP on the rear and 1.2MP on the front).
It also came with 16 or 32GB of storage (no microSD) and a 9000mAh battery, costing only £319. That made it £80 cheaper than the equivalent iPad 4.
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2013 came around meaning that the annual product refreshes that we are all so used were starting to roll in. The tablet market had changed drastically since the launch of the original Nexus 7, with Apple deciding that it too wanted to get a slice of the smaller cheaper tablet pie in the form of the iPad Mini.
This meant that Google had to go back to the drawing board, and came up with the Nexus 7 (2013). RAM was doubled to 2GB to sit alongside the 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, with the same 1.2MP camera on the front, and a 5MP snapper now sat on the back.
The screen also became full HD, with the 7 inches now containing 1920 x 1200 pixels. The new Nexus 7 also launched Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The battery is a little smaller, at 3,950mAh, but still provides up to 9 hours use.
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The new Nexus 10 is still a heavily rumoured device. We are expecting to see it soon, but any hope that it would launch alongside the Nexus 5 has been dashed.
Again, the tablet market has changed, albeit not as much at the full sized end. Still, the new Nexus 10 has to fight it out against the newly launched iPad Air.
There has been many a rumour surrounding the new Nexus 10, from a low price (32GB for only £319 sound tempting?) to the same full HD 10-inch screen which featured on the original.
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As a marketer or website owner, quality content is not just an article written on your webpage or posted on your blog. Quality content for SEO has the following characteristics:
It is worthy to be shared. Quality content is any piece of information that Google decides is worthy to be shared with their users. It should provide real answers to people's questions. This type of content is what people want to read, watch, study or digest because it is informative or entertaining. Subsequently, users of this content will pass it over to their circles or mention it in social media.
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Because it is a fairly inaccessible region with political unrest, much of the
Congo's insect biodiversity remains largely undiscovered. Focusing on
a group of leaf-mining moths, researchers name 41 new species, nearly doubling
the number previously known from the region. Leaf miners occur worldwide and
the biodiversity research is important because some species are agricultural
pests, while others help control unwanted invasive plant species.
of Invasive Reed, Phragmites Australis, Mapped in Great
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Phragmites australis, an invasive species
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threat to Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Early treatment
is the key to controlling Phragmites.
Scientists have mapped the U.S. coastline
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Grass Fuels increased Fire Activity in the West (Dec
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2) Double the thread over at the needle. Cut.
3) Make a knot to secure the two ends.
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2) Right next to where you started, on the other side, pick up with your needle just a few threads in the fabric.
3) Then go right back down into the fold of the hem. The needle will follow that fold, so the thread stays hidden as you make your seam.
4) Pull your needle out of the top of the fold.
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