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Echoing the artistry of homemade dolls from an earlier era, our Butterfly Ballerina Doll with steal your child's heart. She's crafted from linen and cotton with embroidered facial features and a fluttering tulle tutu.
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HANOI, 16 May 2012 – Representatives of some 50 Italian business companies, academia, technical centres will take part in a joint event with Vietnamese entrepreneurs and institutions from 24 to 26 May to explore investment and market opportunities in the country.
The workshop will be organized as part of a project funded by the Government of Italy and implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on developing clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Italian entrepreneurs and representatives of industrial districts will be able to explore the potential of Viet Nam as a business destination and is expected to develop new business partnerships within the textile and clothing, footwear and leather and furniture clusters.
The workshop "Enterprise Partnerships for Development" will be opened by the Ambassador of Italy, Lorenzo Angeloni, the UNIDO country representative, Patrick Gillabert, and the Vice Minister of Planning and Investment, Dang Huy Dong. It follows a Road-Show in eight cities Italy that presented Vietnam as a production and distribution platform for European companies to access the ASEAN market with 600 million consumers.
UNIDO has provided technical assistance to around 80 Vietnamese companies in the textile and clothing, footwear and leather products, and furniture sectors and their support institutions and service providers operating in an embryonic form of industrial cluster.
For more information about the event and the SME development project, please contact:
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Greg Fisher, one of the most accomplished competitors in U.S. sailing history, was content with his career as a sailmaker at North Sails One Design in Annapolis, Md., and in mid-life, could have coasted comfortably into his golden years.
About Greg
Name: Greg Fisher
Age: 58
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio.
Occupation: Director of Sailing, College of Charleston.
Family: Wife, Jo Ann; children, Martha, 26; Kurt, 23; Bessie, 20; and Addyson, 8. (All enjoy sailing.)
Education: Ohio Wesleyan University and Miami (Ohio) University.
But when the job as director of sailing for the College of Charleston opened up, he jumped at the chance.
"I wasn't looking to change careers at the time, but having the opportunity to be a part of this program was really special," says Fisher, who has won 21 North American and national championships in seven different sailing classes.
"The reputation and respect the sailing program at C of C had earned was and is really amazing," says Fisher. "Charleston also is a spectacular spot to sail. Not only do the conditions offer some of the best, most challenging sailing and racing, but the sailing community is tremendously enthusiastic and supportive of all programs."
Since moving to Charleston in the fall of 2010, the sailing community has been singing the praises of Fisher for his outreach and willingness to share expertise.
Boosting sailing
Mike Palazzo, commodore for the Charleston Ocean Racing Association, says Fisher is a tireless promoter of sailing and making sailing accessible to more people. He noted Fisher's willingness to give talks, provide college sailboats for races at low cost and even videotaping races and providing free advice to sailors.
"He's not doing it to make a buck," says Palazzo. "He's doing it because he loves the sport and wants to get more people on the water."
Palazzo and others say Fisher's outreach is matched by a down-to-earth, approachable personality.
Avid local sailor Miles Martschink, a 37-year member of the Charleston Yacht Club and board member of Charleston Community Sailing, says that Fisher is a rare mix of being among the best in the sport and being a "genuinely nice person."
Martschink says Fisher holds a lot of promise for not only building on sailing legacy at the college but expanding Charleston's reputation nationally.
"He stepped into a good situation at the College of Charleston. (Coach) George Wood did a fantastic job of building and growing the program," says Martschink, in reference to the college's coach from 1976 to 2006.
"Though he's not the coach, I think he will help maintain and fine tune the program ... I also hope he'll put us on the map for sailing. I've been sailing here all my life and it's a great place to sail, but hate to say we're not considered a big sailing town on a national level."
Fisher, he adds, may be the sailing ambassador that Charleston needs.
In his blood
Fisher's destiny on the water started early In life. His father was passionate about sailing.
"My brother and I started sailing with him when we were very young, and by the time we were 6 or 7, we were hooked. Racing sailboats was a way of life for us and we, as a family, would travel to regattas almost every weekend in the season."
By the time Fisher reached age 12, however, his father gave up sailing to let his boys, well, sail on their own. He never became an overbearing "sailing dad."
"I look back on his commitment to our sailing and our growing in the sport and I really appreciate what he did for us," recalls Fisher, noting that he and his brother had their own boats by the time they were 10.
"Many, including my mother, thought it was maybe a bit early and extravagant but we sure loved it and again, it created a way of life for all of us," says Fisher. "We sailed youth events and then when we started sailing in college, he watched and supported us,"
Passion to profession
Fisher's avocation quickly pointed him into his profession during his college years. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University, but in his senior year, transferred to Miami of Ohio, to sail on the same team as his brother.
During summers, he worked for a boat builder. After college, he moved to a hub of sailing, Newport, R.I., to work for a sailmaker.
Fisher says sailmaking became his passion. He helped open a sailmakers first franchise in 1978, shortly thereafter starting Fisher Sails. In 1991, he sold it to North Sails, the largest sailmaker in the world, and worked for the company until 2010.
Elements of sailing
His passion for the sport includes helping to clear up misconceptions about it.
"I think many people are unaware of how technical and challenging physically the racing aspect of sailing can be," says Fisher.
"Most recognize the relaxing and comfortable cruising and day sailing aspect of the sport, which is great. That is an important part of the sport, frankly the largest part, but the racing has so many variables from boat prep and speed, crew choreography and physical stamina to understanding the wind, water and weather. There's a lot to master.
"Actually, that is the part that is most interesting. There's always something new to learn since the conditions are never the same. I also wish people had the opportunity to see the way of life sailing provides and how it involves families and provides opportunities for all ages"
In fact, Fisher put his knowledge on paper in a book titled "Sailboat Racing With Greg Fisher," co-written by his physician, Tom Hubbell, and published in December 2000.
Fisher jokes the interview formatted book "never quite made the best seller list" but that he and Hubbell had fun writing it.
His new role at the college allows him to tap all of the experiences he's learned over the years, benefiting sailing on both the collegiate and local level.
CofC's program
Fisher is humbled to follow in the footsteps of George Wood, who Fisher considers "a mentor to me," and to join in the successes of the program, coached by Ward Cromwell and a relatively new assistant, Mitch Hall and dockmasters Ned Goss and Jacob Raymond.
"These guys are key to our success," says Fisher.
"I feel best about is the tremendous quality of our team and staff we've been able to build and how we're all focused on the same vision … That vision is to continue the legacy and winning ways of the varsity team, which so far Ward and Mitch have done so exceptionally well," says Fisher.
The team has won three national championships this past couple years and draws some amazing talent to the college to sail, says Fisher.
"We also offer opportunities to kids who come to the college who aren't fortunate enough to sail on the varsity team either for talent or size. So we started a JV club team and an offshore big boat team, both of which have been successful and together have made sailing available to over 35-40 who otherwise might have missed out on the great sailing while at the college."
College outreach
Fisher feels strongly about the college's opportunity, or what he considers "almost a responsibility," to help make sailing even more available to the community at a reasonable cost.
Those opportunities include joining a sailing association and offering sailing lessons, high school clinics, youth camps, racing events that encourage people at all talent levels and ages to give sailing a shot.
"With our facilities and the passionate staff we can, I hope, really help the sport continue to flourish in Charleston. Once people are hooked they can continue on with our program/association or take the next step to join some of the great sailing clubs in Charleston.
"Truly, Charleston has the opportunity to be one of the very best sailing, whether its racing or cruising, destinations in the country."
Reach David Quick at 937-5516 or dquick@postand courier.com.
Greg Fisher (left) sailed with his wife Jo Ann (right), long-time sailing buddy Jeff Eiber and Sarah Paisley to win the 105 boat J/24 World Championships in Rochester, N.Y., in 2008.×
Truly, Charleston has the opportunity to be one of the very best sailing, whether its racing or cruising, destinations in the country. Greg Fisher, director of sailing for the College of Charleston×
Greg Fisher with wife Jo Ann and their 8-year-old daughter, Addyson.×


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Let the (glamour) games begin!
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William kicked off the London 2012 Olympic celebrations Friday during a gala at The Royal Albert Hall, hosted by the British Olympic Association.
Kate, 30, donned a teal Jenny Packham floor-length gown and wore her hair up at the event – called Our Greatest Team Rises – which raises money to back Great Britain's team at this year's Games.
Kate and William (and his brother Prince Harry) are ambassadors to the British Olympic delegation and the British Paralympics squad.
"It's wonderful they're ambassadors for Team GB. They bring a lot of attention. It's a real inspiration for the athletes to know that they have them and the country behind them," said guest Melanie Chisholm (a.k.a. Sporty Spice), who also expressed her excitement about meeting her country's newest royal.
"I'm a big fan of William and Kate," Chisholm told PEOPLE. "I met William with the other Spice Girls when he was quite a young guy, but I've yet to meet his lovely wife."
Five-time gold medal-winning rower Sir Steve Redgrave escorted Kate into dinner, which included free-range chicken, lightly smoked ham-hock terrine, slowly braised British beef on spring cabbage and pancetta, and bitter chocolate mousse on shortbread, accompanied by passion fruit yogurt and freeze-dried mango and coconut.
"Having their support behind us is incredibly important," Redgrave said on his way into the event.
British tennis player Annabel Croft agreed: "They bring excitement and glamor to the evening," she told PEOPLE. "It's really special."
In March, Kate showed her off hockey skills at a surprise visit to the Olympic complex in east London.
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**Tours of El Camino hospital are included as part of the class when taken at the Mountain View Center. If you are taking a class at a different PAMF facility and are planning to deliver at ECH for the first time, please call 650-934-7373 to arrange for a tour once you've completed your class registration.
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The nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate last month for Maui was 5.5 percent, down 2 full percentage points from the same month last year, the state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations reported Thursday.
The Maui rate also was down from 6 percent in September.
Statewide, the seasonally adjusted jobless rate for October was 5.5 percent, down from 5.7 percent in September. The last time Hawaii had an unemployment rate at or below 5.5 percent was in November 2008, a news release said.
The statewide data was adjusted for seasonal fluctuations in the number of employed and unemployed people, such as for the winter holiday and summer vacation seasons, and to allow for a better reflection of month-to-month changes. The island and county data were not seasonally adjusted.
For Maui County, the unemployment rate was 5.7 percent down from 6 percent in September and 7.7 percent in October 2011.
Molokai had the highest unemployment rate by island in the state at 14 percent, down from 14.4 percent last month and 17.8 percent last October.
Lanai had the lowest jobless rate in the state with 1.3 percent in October, down from 1.6 percent last month and 4.4 percent a year ago.
Statewide, there were 606,950 employed and 35,550 unemployed in October for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 642,500.
Since June, 11,900 jobs have been added to the state workforce, the report said.
Within industry sectors compared to last month, leisure and hospitality was up by 800 jobs, buoyed by a strong visitor industry; professional and business services were up 600 jobs; and construction and trade, transportation and utilities sectors rose by 300 jobs each.
The over-the-month job losses occurred in financial activities, down 100 jobs, and education and health services, down 200 jobs.
The total seasonally adjusted nonagricultural jobs statewide grew by 2,200 over the month.
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 7.9 percent.


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We all have moments of anxiety, frustration and angst. But did you ever notice that all those situations have one thing in common? You. Whether you're wrapped around the axle floundering on a work project or stewing about a personal problem, the dominant element in most frustrations is you and your thoughts.
It's easy to think that it's other people who are driving you crazy, but in reality, it's your reaction to other people that causes the angst. Sometimes we don't even need other people. We can work ourselves up into a lather over our own messes.
For example, I spent the better part of last week struggling to complete the copy for our new website. Actually the word "struggle" implies a bit more effort than I was applying. A more accurate statement would be I alternated between procrastinating and floundering, growing more frustrated with myself and my self-imposed deadline by the minute.
If you're feeling frustrated with a situation, sometimes it's better to put it aside. When you interrupt your pattern of behavior or your pattern of thinking, it gives you the chance to disengage so that you can come back to the issue with fresh eyes.
Here are five ways to help you get over yourself and reset your brain:
• Watch a Ted Talk – There's a great AA expression "Your best thinking got you here." Watching an inspiring Ted talk gives you access to some of the best thinking in the world, which is exactly what you need to counteract your own not so helpful thoughts. Full disclosure – It's 14 minutes but you usually feel better after the first five. It doesn't have to be anything related to your problem. Watch Melinda Gates discuss birth control or Simon Sinek Find The Why, and you'll immediately feel smarter and more powerful.
• Do some really hard sweaty exercise – Something so hard you can't think about anything else but how miserable you are. It will give you a serotonin boost that will help ignite more creative thoughts when you return to whatever it was that sent you running. When I do Bikram Yoga in a hot room, I turn into such a sweaty mess, I not only forget my problems, I forget my name.
• Listen to music from high school – Ideally in the car with the windows rolled down. Classical music may calm you, but high school music will make you feel invincible. Whether it's AC/DC, the Beatles or early Madonna, sing it at the top of your lungs, and you'll be ready to take on the world. ABBA never fails to remind me that I'm "Young and sweet only 17, the Dancing Queen."
• Think about something horrible – that happened to someone else. No matter what is going on with you, it probably pales in comparison to someone else's problems. Thinking about your neighbor who has cancer or the guy who got stuck in the rocks and had to cut off his own arm will remind you that you still have it pretty good.
• Practice gratitude – If you really want to get over yourself once and for all, practice daily (or hourly) gratitude. Make a list of all the things you're thankful for and put it on your bulletin board or text it to yourself and read it whenever you feel angst.
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Born: 24 June 1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
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Minka Kelly's career as an actress got a boost in 2010 when Esquire magazine named her "Sexiest Woman Alive." Prior to that she was known mostly as cheerleader Lyla Garrity in the first four seasons of the television series Friday Night Lights. Kelly worked as a surgical assistant while trying to break into show business, and she first began getting guest spots on television in 2004. The success of Friday Night Lights opened doors, and Kelly began getting work in films as well, most notably a small role in 2007's The Kingdom, a small (but significant) role at the end of the 2009 romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer (starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and a co-starring role in the 2010 thriller The Roommate (with Leighton Meester). The New York press announced in early 2010 that Minka was engaged to baseball star Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees.
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Iao Preschool will hold its annual Talk 'N Tour orientation meeting at 5:15 p.m. Jan. 17 in Kanda Hall at Iao United Church of Christ.
All interested families are invited. The meeting is a prerequisite for preschool admission.
The church is at 2317 W. Vineyard St. in Wailuku.
The preschool's hours of operation are 7a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. It is closed on all state and federal holidays, one week in December, March and July. The new school year begins Aug. 5.
The school's mission is to serve working parents by providing a safe learning environment, with age-appropriate, hands-on learning activities.
Good Beginnings-Maui, Preschool Open Doors and Child Care Connection clients are welcome. Iao Preschool is an accepted school for Kamehameha Schools Pauahi Keiki Scholarship Awardees. Limited scholarships are available.
Breakfast and lunch are included with the monthly tuition of $600. At the time of registration, a cash, nonrefundable deposit of $225 is required. Iao Preschool is accredited by the National Association for the Education of the Young Child and is a mission project of Iao United Church of Christ.
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CrockPot Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
mmmm. Cheesecake.
I made a traditional cheesecake on Fourth of July, and ever since have been wanting to make a pumpkin one. I have had my eye on this recipe from Good Housekeeping, and put it to the test yesterday.
I'm eating some right now with my morning coffee. It's delicious.
The Ingredients. A jar of nutmeg made it into the picture. That's a mistake. You don't need any.
--1 cup gingersnap or graham cracker crumbs (I used the GF gingersnaps from Trader Joes)
--3 T butter, melted
--2 T white sugar
--2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, room temperature
--1 1/4 cup white sugar
--1 can pure pumpkin (15 oz)
--3/4 cup sour cream
--2 tsp vanilla
--1tsp cinnamon
--1/2 tsp allspice
--1/4 tsp salt
--4 eggs
Sour Cream Topping (optional):
--1 cup sour cream
--3 T white sugar
--1 tsp vanilla
The Directions.
If you are planning on serving pumpkin cheesecake for an event, I'd recommend making it the day before, so it has plenty of time to chill in the refrigerator.
I used a 6.5 oval quart crockpot, and inserted a 1.5 oval casserole dish into it. You are using the crockpot as a bain marie, or water bath.
In a small bowl, combine melted butter with the graham cracker crumbs and white sugar. Press the mixture into your casserole dish. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the softened cream cheese, pure pumpkin, sour cream, and vanilla extract. Add the spices and eggs, also. Mix well with a hand or stand mixer until the cream cheese is fluid and there aren't very many cream cheese spots/lumps. A few is okay.
I've never been one to add some ingredients first, and an egg at a time while mixing. If you are somebody who likes to do that, the Good Housekeeping people will tell you what to do.
Pour the filling on top of the crust.
Put 1/2 to 1 cup of water into the bottom of your crockpot. The inserted dish should push the water up to halfway up the sides of the cheesecake.
Place the cheescake into your crockpot and cook on high for 2 to 4 hours. It took 4 for mine to cook completely. You will know it's done cooking when the top is no longer jiggly and the sides have begun to brown ever so slightly.
Unplug your crockpot, and take off the lid. In a small mixing bowl, whip together the sour cream topping. With a rubber spatula, very carefully spread the sour cream topping on top of the hot cheesecake. Let the cheese cake sit in the cooling crockpot for an hour, before chilling in the refrigerator. I put the lid on the crockpot sideways, but you can also leave it off.
Chill for at least 6 hours. Serve.
The Verdict.
This is thick, moist cheesecake. The filling did not get as hard and as set-up as the first cheesecake I did. The first one called for 2 T of flour, and only 2 eggs.
I was worried that this pumpkin batter wouldn't set, because the first cheesecake I did only took 2 hours on high, and this took a solid 4 hours on high. In fact, I made a mistake, and brought it to some friends after baking for 2 (and only chilling for 2) for dessert last night. It wasn't cooked. It was cheesecake soup.
When we got home, I plopped it back into the water bath (I hadn't cleaned the kitchen up, and the crockpot was still slightly warm) for the additional 2 hours and set an alarm to check on it. This cheesecake was finished at 1 am.
And then I was wide awake for some reason and couldn't sleep and had a rather long conversation with Adam that he doesn't remember. weird.
All in all, this is a good recipe, but when I make it again, I will go off of my original recipe, and add the pumpkin and spices to that. Since I haven't actually tried it, I'm not sure if it will work, but my gut is leaning towards that "sturdier" cheesecake, instead of trying to fool with this one some more.


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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
A photographer in New York City used a telephoto lens to capture candid images of his neighbors in their homes, going about their daily lives. And then he sold them.
He described it as art. They described it as, "Say WHAT?!?"
According to the Associated Press, Arne Svenson took pictures of residents in a building across the street from his Tribeca home. The images depict mundane activities such as putting a child to bed, talking on the phone or taking a nap.
The photos are now on exhibit at an art gallery. The project is called "The Neighbors," and the gallery describes it as "social documentation." The neighbors describe it as outrageous, and are furious that pieces of their lives are selling for up to $8,000 a pop.
Since no faces are fully visible, Svenson claims he did nothing wrong. His subjects disagree vehemently. "I don't feel comfortable knowing someone was pointing a camera into [my home] with a telephoto lens,'' one female resident said.
Reactions from AP readers vary from "meh" to "shoot this dude." Here's a sampling:
"The photographer is not trespassing… there's no invasion of privacy when you can be seen through a window."
"The idea of someone capturing MY special moments with MY child inside my own home without my permission, and then displayed for everyone to see, is beyond an invasion."
"You can't tell who they are, so I think it's fine."
"When I am out in public, I have no expectations of privacy. When I am at home, I do. I would sue him all the way to the Supreme Court."
"Don't want your picture taken? Close your freakin' curtains!"
Can you imagine this happening in South Carolina? Ol' Arne would have his camera handed back to him in pieces. Not because we're a bunch of inbred rednecks, but because decent people don't snoop, or sell the results of their snoopage. Still… people pay big bucks for views in NYC, but apparently don't realize that when they can see out, everyone else can see in.
This, friends, is exactly why my blinds stay closed even out in the country. (Except in our office, where I watch the po-po ticket speeders on Highway 17-A while I write.)
Now and then Widdle says, "It's like living in a mausoleum around here!" and starts flinging curtains wide and raising the blinds. I follow behind him squawking, "People can SEE US, you freak!" and snatching them closed. It's a jolly moment.
I realize I'm weird about this. I will blithely feed Roy the Rooster in the yard wearing my pink Hello Kitty bathrobe, but the idea of someone outside taking a photo of me inside makes my skin crawl. Although a photographer with a zoom lens would die of boredom, because this is what he'd find:
Me reading. Me reading. Me reading.
Nicky throwing up on the dining room rug.
Me looking for a screwdriver. Me looking for wood glue. Me looking for the special screws that Widdle hides from me. Me kicking the broken cabinet door and saying, "Fix it yourself."
Widdle's face bathed in the soft glow of his iPad at 1 a.m. Me screaming, "COME TO BED!!!"
Widdle napping. Widdle napping. Widdle napping.
Me opening cans for dinner. Me medicating the dog. Me shopping for running shoes and wallpaper. And Mace, to use on any nut who looks into my house. Or, as we used to call 'em, peeping Toms.
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TechNet Radio: A first look at Microsoft's Unified Communications solutions
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Join Sukhvinder Singh Gulati, Sr. Lead Program Manager, for a first look at Microsoft's newest unified communications solutions. Sukhvinder will discuss products like Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, Office Live Meeting 2007, Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging, and devices like Microsoft Office RoundTable. He'll explain how Microsoft is integrating all your unified communication needs in one single portfolio of products, making it easier to manage and administer your communications.
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After reading your post.., I remember a song entitled "The way we were" Great post.. Aaron
Nice video , thanks
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Legally Speaking- Is it my garage or my car thats at fault?
By Bob Mionske
Legally Speaking – with Bob Mionske: Is it my garage or my car that's at fault?
Published Jan. 19, 2006 on VeloNews
I am an attorney and have been practicing as an Assistant DA for the past 15 years. A few weeks ago I forgot about "toys on top" and drove into the garage with my beautiful Wilier on top. My home owner's policy covers damage caused by a vehicle. They have denied coverage because they are saying the garage caused the damage. I think it is a strained interpretation of the policy as they would cover the bike if I had backed over it. I looked at an old policy with another company and they had the same language. I know of other cyclists who have been covered. Have you dealt with this situation in the past? I have not done any research on the issue as I have been off for the past several days. Not to mention the fact that I haven't given much thought to contract issues for a long time.
Dear S.S.
A Tennessee lawyer fighting an insurance company that denied a claim? That sounds like something right out of a John Grisham novel, so let's see how this plot thickens.
We'll start with the basic elements of an insurance claim for property loss; in making your claim, you will need to show that You are an insured person under the policy; Your bike is covered by the policy; Your loss occurred within the policy's period of coverage; Your loss meets the threshold for triggering the insurer's liability; Your loss was caused by a peril covered by the policy.The first three elements of the claim are pretty much self-explanatory, and are not being disputed by your insurance company, so let's skip to the last two elements. Your home owner's policy covers your bike for damage, so the damage to your bike meets the threshold for triggering the insurer's liability. However, your policy specifies that the bike is covered for damage caused by an automobile; that is the fifth element of the claim—a peril covered by the policy. So you have a claim that meets the first four elements, but the insurance company is denying the claim because they say it doesn't meet that final element, a specified peril. Although your bike was damaged when you drove into the garage with the bike secured to your roof rack, they are claiming that it was the garage, and not the vehicle, that caused the damage.
That really depends on how the contract—and an insurance policy is just that- a type of contract—is interpreted. Fortunately, the courts have developed a number of rules over the years for interpreting insurance contracts, so we don't have to reinvent all this stuff every time the meaning of a contract clause is called into question.
Of course, interpreting the contract in a dispute where a claim is denied requires that a lawsuit be filed against your insurance company. It's possible that your policy includes an arbitration clause, which means that if you choose to dispute the claim denial, it will be heard by an arbitrator instead of a court. That doesn't prevent you from filing a lawsuit, but the insurance company may be able to have the dispute heard by an arbitrator instead. Regardless of whether the dispute is heard by a court or by an arbitrator, the contract will be interpreted according to the established rules.
Good luck,
This article, Is it my garage or my car that's at fault?, was originally published on VeloNews on January 19, 2006.
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A social imbroglio or brouhaha. An organizational misunderstanding leading to accusations and defensiveness.
I spend half my time these days on tbe phone with HR, ever since Bob started that kerfuffle with his flaming e-mail to everyone in the sociology department.
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A minor disturbance or disagreement. Smaller than a contretemps, larger than a snag, involving more people or things than a SNAFU or a stink.
Lawton couldn't understand all of the kerfuffle over the suggestive signage at Herbert's Sherbert.
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A kerfuffle is when you have a problem or a altercation.
Oh we are in such a kerfuffle aren't we.
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A polite way of saying shitstorm.
She caused quite a kerfuffle when she sent out that letter accusing them of cheating.
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Trouble, hassle or when a scuffle!
I need a little bit of help getting him in and out of the pool! ...should be relatively kerfuffle free.
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A gathering of hipsters. Like a murder of crows or gaggle of geese. Frequently with hipsters of poor hygiene or the appearance of such due to excessive grease application.
I was late because a kerfuffle of hipsters trapped me in their hacky sack circle
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It's relatively kerfuffle free - it's without hassles or problems.
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Windows Phone Push Notification
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Windows Phone Push Notification Service provides developers with the infrastructure to support sending notification messages to a Windows Phone device even when their applications are not running, in a better conservative manner. Since Windows Phone doesn't allow 3rd party applications to run in the background, your code can't listen to or poll the Web for updates. Windows Push Notification Service was created to overcome this communication issue by enabling developers to send Push Notification Messages to Windows Phone devices even when their applications are not running.Join Jorge Raastroem, a Program Manager in the Windows Phone Application Platform team, and Yochay Kiriaty, a Senior Technical Evangelist, as they describe what push notifications are and how they work with Windows Phone Push Notification Service.
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WOW! If you would just say that Windows Phone Push Notification Service is like the Apple iPhone Push notifications and say which pro's and cons the Windows Phone Push Notification service has then this movie would have been interesting. Almost all mobile developers are familiar with Apple's push services.
I am not familiar with Apple iPhone Push notifications, so I am glad that this video outlines the whole system. I do know one major way that Microsoft's version is different that Apples: I didn't have to sign an NDA just to get the pre-release details of how it works
Keep up the great work!
wow!! good news!!
If you look at the WP7 notifications framework, we have taken the approach of a simple framework that is simple to get started with.
There is no explicit registration to use the service for developers and with a few lines of code, you are up and running.
Our integration with the phones start experience, allows you as a developer, to let your application behave like the rest of the platform. Users of your applications will recognize the behavior which will give them a more "I know what is going to happen when I click here..".
Go and get the latest CTP refresh of the developer tools at http://developer.windowsphone.com, with the refresh you will be able to pin tiles to the start experience and send notifications to it. It is really cool.
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Jenny Lam - Designing Experiences at Microsoft
- Posted: Feb 07, 2006 at 12:09PM
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Ever wonder who creates those cool icons, animations, and the general graphical experiences in our products like Windows Vista? Well, Scoble wanted to meet one of these people and turns out Jenny Lam is the "Experience" Designer at Microsoft. Scoble recently met with her for chat about this whole Experience thing.
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Scoble and Charles.... This interview with Jenny is another great video and while I understand that this isn't directly part of the WM-IN video series...why can't C9 just tack on the questions about women in technology to every women that is interviewed
by C9. Jenny is really smart and this interview was a lot of fun. I'm sure anyone who finds the WM_IN series from google would miss this great interview...
As a proposed solution could you tag all future videos with women as [tag]MS Woman[tag]?
RE: Widgets
Regarding the desktop 'toys' that were discussed, I hope these will either be programs the user can launch or, if an applet, hidden and/or disabled by default. Anything that interferes with productivity and efficiency is going to annoy alot of people. Features are good, be they big or small, but we don't all want some of them in our face all the time.
Having been to several PDCs and haven asked Tjreed about the UI concepts he showed at PDC 05 he told me that huge changes were underway for a revolutionary UI for VISTA(not the pearl which has been settled on), Vedbrat even mentioned a UI without a start bar much like the famed Neptune UI. When I talked with Pablo from the Avalon team he mentioned that Microsoft projects were well underway using Sparkle that will continue to excite Windows Users for the next decade.
Given that Vista's UI doesn't seem to jump out and excite me....much like what I was expecting from Tjreed, Vedbrat, and Pablo...plus what's posted over here: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=154429#154429,
Can you just talk about your feelings about the design future of Windows....are your ideas embraced or does it always feel like the cool ideas die in commiting because Microsoft has to make safe business decisions?
It's the little things that count and that's what I like about what Jenny and her co-workers do. They can't rely on
FLASHy things, it's all about colours and a few pixels.
It's almost like going back to my old Amiga where you drew (or crafted) stuff in EA Deluxe Paint one pixel at a time. We where pixel pokers way back in the 80's.
Many builds ago people believed that Vista was going to have stuff swishing in and out everywhere but if you think about it you will realize that it's the first thing that most people will turn off because animation happens over time. Of course this means waiting and nobody wants to wait for their OS, they want things to just pop.
Just make sure that for us people who don't want huge icons, which Chris Pirillo calls it elephantitis and huge text that we can still run our interface that way.
I hate wasting space and I have 2 monitors.
scobleizer wrote:LaBomba, I deleted your comment. I'm tired of seeing posts here noting female's looks. I don't see the men judged that way here. Does that really help the industry attract more smart women? I don't think so.
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ChrisA wrote:Great interview. Home run hit for channel 9. Oh yeah, Mr. Scoble, we geeks do like Starbucks. I have never seen someone get so excited about a Target shirt. Great thoughts on Branding and trust and it was put in a way I had never thought about before. Ms. Lam said there was a reason for the black taskbar, what are the reasons for black? I havent used Windows Vista yet, so will it become clear later on or what do the users who have used Windows Vista think. Does color make that much of a difference?
Will there be options to customize the colors inside the Explorer? Means that teal-blue mess. It took already considerable whining in the beta newsgroups to get customizable glass frames, but the Explorer insides aren't really appealing, however is there
no way to change that except hacking the binaries.
Before Luna, people could change the colors of all applications centrally, but anything beyond the classic mode gets overridden by the static theme colors. That's not cool at all. People want to customize their operating system, and that without jumping through hoops as soon you're done setting the wallpaper.
scobleizer wrote:My target shirt is Orange.
Awesome interview, and one that really interested me too.
I think the most important thing for Windows Vista will definitely be the (G)UI. I'm a mac user for almost a year now (though I've faithfully used Windows for about 10 years) and recently switched because of the interface mainly. Well that and I couldn't wait any longer for a new fresh OS . I think Windows is already a fine product by itself and since more and more users are getting PC's these days, design will play a big role. Despite what the interview says even though there must be thousands of geeks, I'm guessing by now there will be even more beginning users. So I think Ms. Lam and the team have a pretty important job to say the least !
One gripe I've always had with the XP interface is that the UI itself tries to be the center of attention. I personally don't think mac users really like the interface cause it's "aqua" (well some do). But more because it really focuses on the project or program you're working with. If you launch itunes for example there isn't much in special effects to the gui besides the standard look, it really focuses on how the songs are shown and listed, the visualizer for example is hidden until the user decides he or she wishes to see it. I get the feeling that Windows wants us to marvel at how beautiful the interface is rather then to focus on whatever we're trying to work with at the moment (office assistant for example, or popups coming out of the system tray). The choice of colors can be really distractive too, people usually respond to a color in a certain way, so why is it that the taskbar and the top of a window for example are blue by default ? Vista is taking a step forward in this though, but I'm hoping to see it evolve even more ...
What I'd really like to see is having a GUI that does more of a job complimenting all the media you use and create on your computer (documents, videos, images and even music, all these things already have a look or sound of their own). It also keeps the
GUI fresh since it feels like it positively interacts with your activities every time.
Finally I'd say a unified look would give the biggest improvement to the overall interface, people like ipods and macs because they are consistent in their design while not too boring at the same time. Office for example I think looks better on a Mac because because menu's aren't different. Outlook's interface even looks bloated and doesn't feel like it matches with that of Windows itself, even though I like the menu's in Office more(hope that doesn't sound too confusing). Surely people like "skins", but skinning an application by default strikes me as a bit odd. In the end, no matter how beautiful media player or any other program looks on each update, it will get old eventually ...
Sorry if this sounds like harsh critique, but Windows really needs it. I wish Ms Lam and the team best of luck with their work. Hopefully they see to some of my ideas. I'd definitely consider switching back to Windows if they would succeed in that ...
Winston Pang wrote:I was wondering, since developers don't seem to have much say over the designing.
So when a new type of control is brought into a product, do the designers rough the sketches out and make a flash version of it, and then have the developers do the code drawing etc for the control?
i3x171um wrote:Jenny, do you blog? If not, I absolutely believe you should. I for one would visit it daily. I worship what you do. We don't hear nearly enough from this side of Vista.
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Which leads me to Vista. I don't like the Vista interface. I find it bland and uninspiring. I mean it's fresh and clean but really, it's a case of "Meet the new UI, same as the old UI" (apologies to Pete Townsend). It looks and I'm not the first to say this, something like a sanitary towel ad. It looks, ahem, girly. I am deeply disapointed that this is the final UI. What happened to the revolutionary UI designs of 2003? Where is my damn carousel interface? Where has all the cool directorware gone?
But here is the kicker; both apps are really, really ugly. This is unforgivable in an application made for designers. Please tell me the UI will be completely re-written for Vista.
OK I'm done. I'm off to play with my Mac.
helveticagirl wrote:I tried to start a blog at the beginning of the year but failed miserably. Honestly, I don't know how all you people keep up with your blogs and actually get to live life offline. No offense - I love Scoble and the blogging community. Really I do. We're just so focused on fixing bugs and getting the fit and finish nailed right now, who has the time?!
You do bring up a question that several folks have been asking and I personally believe we must address it.
scobleizer wrote:LaBomba, I deleted your comment. I'm tired of seeing posts here noting female's looks. I don't see the men judged that way here. Does that really help the industry attract more smart women? I don't think so.
helveticagirl wrote:I wanted to quickly reply to your question about the usage of black in the taskbar and sidebar. Of course color can be so subjective! but some of the benefits the design team thought of when finalizing on a dark, smokey color for periphery UI elements:
- blends with the periphery of the monitor window. Ever notice how there's a few black dead pixels around the bezel of your monitor? Dark elements seem to fade into it - which takes advantage of those dead pixels at the same time making the UI proportionally smaller. (Is really true how black is slimming? )
- for max'd windows, puts the focus on the content of the windows. (aka "swelling force") + more obvious difference between max and restored windows
- high contrast with the content area (putting more focus on users stuff over chrome)
- neutral yet professional color that works well with other elements
Hi Jenny. Nice video. I was just wondering, with all the comments about the wallpaper and glass and icons and stuff, if anything is being done about the default cursors in Vista? It'd be good to have something cool here too...
helveticagirl wrote:You do bring up a question that several folks have been asking and I personally believe we must address it.
i3x171um wrote:Jenny, do you blog? If not, I absolutely believe you should. I for one would visit it daily. I worship what you do. We don't hear nearly enough from this side of Vista
Awesome video!! One of the most interesting I have ever seen, the human side to the OS is also very important.
As a direct comment to Jenny Lam, I do photography here in Spain, and would love to send you a picture I took and photoshopped not long ago, I think it really works with the natural, fresh and clean feeling you are putting into Vista. I am completely in love with the work you guys are doing with the UI, and would be so glad to send you some photos and maybe be some help to you in finding a good background.
I don't really know how this blogging works, but if you are interested in seeing some of my photographs, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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So no vector icons in Vista, while Leopard will be moving in that direction. Yet another "feature" scratched from Vista - how will the resolution-indepdence work now with a ton of ugly bitmaps? Or will the GUI have any resolution indepdence to speak of?
Will OSX trump Vista again? Geez guys!
Look, I don't think outside Windows developers can be critiqued for not adhering to a culture of style like Apple when the parent company sets a bad example. Apple does indeed have a large community of style-concious users, but then again Apple sets the bar pretty high. The included apps in Vista show a mish-mash of styles and just a general lack of attention to aesthetics. I mean, look at Windows Mail for pete's sake - where did that bright neon blue bar come from? Maximized with a jet-black border and it's just atrocious. There's a reason you see a lot of posters actually hoping the UI is a _decoy_, folks.
One of the significant problems appearance-wise is the fonts, particularly the lack of decent AA when Cleartype is enabled and the font size is medium to large, there's significant aliasing. I can't believe MS doesn't see this as a problem, and it's one of the reasons the early concept shots look so good - fonts that actually look like newsprint.
Another problem is the lack of double-buffering in the interface. Is this going to remain this way? You have nice composited windows, then you're back into XP-style tearing whenever something is resized or scrolled. Scrolling through the index results (speaking of UI ugliness, how about segmenting the results like Spotlight does to make it look somewhat more presentable than a text dump?) gives you white-out sections until you pause and the icons are read back in from the HD. This is just really, really shoddy guys - Apple wouldn't this stuff out even in a beta.
But...but...Vienna! Trust us this time, this is when MS _really_ starts to pay attention to design!
Well I finally managed to get my hands on Vista RC1 this week and I must say my first impressions were good! It's been awhile since I last tested a beta and it's clear that a lot of progress has been made since. Transitions as well as most animations are a lot smoother, I've tested this on both my new macbook and somewhat older PC with a pre DirectX9 gpu. Congratulations on that part. This is without question the biggest and best transition Windows has had so far.
As far as the comparison between Apple and MS goes, while it's still debatable which looks the best, it has become clear that windows is also entering a new generation, hopefully giving Apple a few things to think about as well. One thing I think that's
really improved is explorer! I really like how the bottom bar is now used for extra information on your files, it no longer seems to distracts and when browsing my music for example and open a folder it feels like I'm looking at a nicely detailed playlist. So
hats off to whomever is responsible for that.
My only huge gripe with it are the so much debated security warnings. I absolutely have no idea why there's so much attention around them. I know the pro's are more then annoyed by it. But even beginning users tend to get scared by it the first time it appears. I have a part time job instructing seniors and I let them try Vista out just this week. When they tried to move their files, I noticed that at first they were suprised by the notification of needing administrative rights. Then when clicking continue the whole system is put to a halt to once again tell you that you need administrative rights. So I had to explain these were some of the new security features, once they understood they just clicked on. But ofcourse that can't be right either. If they were to actually do something truly damaging to the system they wouldn't know the difference between what can actually damage the system and what can't. They would click continue either way. This might be a hard issue to pinpoint but it would be a lot nicer if there's a good distinction between action such as simply moving your files about requiring administrative permissions or actually mess with files within the windows folder.
Anyway I think you guys are making good progress, keep up the good work!
By the way, is it me or do I always have to go back to the first page for the reply button?
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Creative Work Flourishes in Rackspace Hybrid Cloud
CUSTOMER'S BUSINESS: Behance is the world's leading online platform for showcasing and discovering
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CHALLENGES: Behance needed a hybrid infrastructure that could keep pace with its rapid growth.
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Behance leverages an array of Rackspace technologies to deliver the world's leading portfolio platform.
Behance is the world's leading online platform for showcasing and discovering creative work. The site allows creative professionals to upload work to online portfolios, which others can find and browse through an array of discovery features. Since 2007, Behance's design-centric approach has attracted more than a million users and now generates 100 million page views per month.
Behance was acquired by Adobe in December of 2012, a move that heralded even more prodigious expansion. Chris Henry, Head of Technology at Behance, says, "As we become more and more successful, we need to be able to scale. We need to be able to grow our infrastructure and continue to iterate and evolve." A combination of Rackspace hybrid architecture, Managed Operations, and automated provisioning allows them to deploy the right infrastructure for their company's changing needs.
Behance first considered adding cloud to its dedicated servers as a way to speed up one of its service offerings. Henry explains, "We were having problems processing images. It's one of the most important things that we do, and the one physical server we had that was dedicated to it was totally overrun. It was one of those moments where we knew we had to act quickly, otherwise we were going to be dead in the water for hours or days."
"We had already kind of set up the hybrid environment—we had the F5 load balancer, we had a cloud account—and it was at that moment where we said, we need to be able to get servers to do this right now," he continues. An F5 distributes load across both dedicated and cloud servers, making additional computing resources available in minutes. "We realized that this kind of infrastructure was going to work, because once we started bringing those servers up and adding them to the application, things improved immediately. Our users were able to process images faster and it was also more reliable because when one server had an issue, the other servers picked it up."
"We had three or four physical servers at that time, and we added two or three Cloud Servers to begin with," Henry says. "As we realized it was working, we started adding more. Over the past few years, we've grown to having 80 physical devices and more than 170 cloud servers on the Rackspace Public Cloud." A combination of Managed Operations and automated provisioning allows them to stay on top of their infrastructure as it grows. Henry explains, "What we discovered was that you could automate all of the provisioning of servers, either via scripts or via tools like Chef or RightScale. So once we built out a server, we were able to figure out all the steps that we needed to take and continually reuse those scripts."
Behance is also beginning to use Rackspace Private Cloud, powered by OpenStack®. Henry explains, "We're starting to work with OpenStack a lot, and we're really enjoying working with it. We want to take the flexibility of having things that are in the public cloud and combine it with our own physical hardware, so we can choose the underlying hardware, yet still have the flexibility to be able to spin up a dozen VMs if we need to. We're taking away all of the classic limitations of cloud, getting all the benefits of great hardware, and coupling them with the convenience of working in a cloud-type environment."
What began as a way to speed up image processing has since allowed Behance to create a complex architecture to handle a variety of tasks. Henry explains, "The really cool thing about the hybrid infrastructure that we have is that we have choices. Our databases absolutely need custom hardware, they need SSDs, they need custom CPUs, and we need to make sure that our disks are configured in the proper RAID arrays. We're able to tweak things at that level, which isn't always possible in the cloud."
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Asked if he thinks a cloud-only or dedicated-only solution could deliver the same results, Henry says, "Having one but not the other doesn't always make sense. If we were just on the physical side, it would likely be too expensive. If were just on the cloud, we probably wouldn't get the performance we need."
Behance runs a standard LAMP stack for their application, and MySQL is supplemented by MongoDB for database services. Their hybrid architecture means that these databases can work in tandem despite running in distinct environments. Henry says, "With MySQL, we had a lot of great resources on the Rackspace side. We had the Rackspace DBA team and access to hardware choices that we didn't have in the cloud, so we run all of that stuff on the physical side. For denormalized things, real-time feeds and things of that nature, we use MongoDB."
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Behance also leverages hybrid cloud architecture for storage and image services. Network Attached Storage from Isilon handles customer image uploads, while Rackspace Cloud Block Storage provides the backend for their MongoDB clusters. The combination supports millions of objects, nearly 80 file systems, and consumes over 11 terabytes of high-performance SSD storage.
Throughout their growth, Behance has found Rackspace to be an indispensable complement to their business. Henry says, "When the team was first formed, there were only two developers and we really had no idea how to run a server or manage infrastructure. We arrived at Rackspace because they had the best service and people willing to teach us how to do these things, and as we've grown, that same relationship has scaled."
"As we are getting to the point where we need terabytes of storage, people are helping us figure that out," he continues. "As we get to the point where we need an entire cluster of servers just to process images, they're helping us and suggesting ways that we can do it and build it."
Rackspace has allowed Behance's team to remain small and efficient. "Rackspace is an extension of our team, and the reason we've been as successful as we have is because we've been able to focus on building a great product and not focus on building infrastructure," Henry says. "There's always going to be people who do things better than us, and Rackspace is a perfect example of that. They do infrastructure extremely well, and they support us and enable us to build a great product."
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A colloquial expression used in simile-like grammatical constructions to attribute particular force to the action of a verb. To state that something is happening "like nobody's business" suggests that it is happening with a particularly high degree of intensity.
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Sir, would kindly honour me with your silence.
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Oficially smacking down a prostitute or a whore when she becomes disrespectful. Also to be used for making someone unworthy of dialogue be quiet.
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From the Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Md.
To evaluate reports of neonatal deaths (aged 0-28 days) after hepatitis B (HepB) immunization reported to the national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
Case series; review of autopsy reports.
Voluntary reports submitted to VAERS, a passive surveillance system, from the US population.
All US neonates (0-28 days of age) whose deaths after HepB vaccination given alone were reported to VAERS, occurring from January 1, 1991, through October 5, 1998.
None (observational database).
Of 1771 neonatal reports, there were 18 deaths in 8 boys and 9 girls (1 patient unclassified). The mean age at vaccination for these 18 cases was 12 days (range, 1-27 days); median time from vaccination to onset of symptoms was 2 days (range, 0-20 days); and median time from symptoms to death was 0 days (range, 0-15 days). The mean birth weight of the neonates (n = 15) was 3034 g (range, 1828-4678 g). The causes of death for the 17 autopsied cases were sudden infant death syndrome for 12, infection for 3, and 1 case each of intracerebral hemorrhage, accidental suffocation, and congenital heart disease.
Few neonatal deaths following HepB vaccination have been reported, despite the use of at least 86 million doses of pediatric vaccine given in the United States since 1991. While the limitations of passive surveillance systems do not permit definitive inference, these data suggest that HepB immunization is not causing a clear increase in neonatal deaths.
IN 1991, hepatitis B (HepB) vaccine became the first vaccine recommended to be universally administered to neonates.1 At the time of licensing of the recombinant HepB vaccines in 1986 (Recombivax; Merck & Co Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ) and 1989 (Engerix; SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, Pa), no serious reaction or death had been reported in infants (aged 0-12 months); however, the safety database was based on limited experience in approximately 2000 infants.2- 8
Postmarketing surveillance is an important tool that may identify new or rare adverse events that are only observed after the vaccine is widely used after licensure.9- 15 The national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a passive surveillance system monitoring postmarketing vaccine safety.15 It solicits reports of all events temporally related to immunization, some of which may be coincidental.15 Despite limitations inherent in passive reporting systems such as biased reporting, incomplete reporting, and underreporting; lack of consistent diagnostic criteria; lack of a comparison group; and lack of data as to the number of vaccine doses administered,15 VAERS has proved a useful tool in identifying and evaluating vaccine-related events such as thrombocytopenia after measles vaccine12 and alopecia after immunization,13 as well as providing further assurance about the safety of HepB9,10 and hepatitis A vaccines.11 Other strengths include the timely availability of data from a surveillance system that derives data from the entire US population.15
In a previous study, we reviewed 1991 to 1994 VAERS data that revealed 6 neonatal deaths after HepB vaccination.9 These deaths did not seem to be causally related to HepB immunization.9 Recently, in response to an inquiry from the Institute of Medicine, we reviewed neonatal deaths after HepB vaccination reported to VAERS for the years 1991 to 1998. This updated review includes all US death reports after HepB vaccine given alone (rather than simultaneously with other vaccines) in neonates (aged 0-28 days), excluding duplicate and foreign reports.
From January 1, 1991, through October 5, 1998, a total of 1771 neonatal (aged 0-28 days) events after receipt of HepB vaccine were reported to VAERS. Eighteen were death reports (Table 1). There were no reports of neonatal deaths in 1991, 1 death in 1992, 7 deaths in 1993, none in 1994 and 1995, 6 deaths in 1996, and 2 each in 1997 and 1998.
Neonatal deaths were reported in 8 boys and 9 girls (sex was not reported in 1 instance). The mean age at vaccination was 12 days (age range, 1-27 days). The median time from vaccination to onset of symptoms was 2 days (range, 0-20 days), and median time from onset of symptoms to death was 0 days (range, 0-15 days). The mean birth weight of the neonates (n = 15) was 3034 g (range, 1828-4678 g). Four cases were reported from New Hampshire, 3 from Pennsylvania, 2 from Texas, and 1 case each from California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, South Carolina, and Virginia. Of 16 reports that included the vaccine manufacturer and lot number, only 2 cases received a dose from the same vaccine brand and lot; these deaths were diagnosed as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and both cases resided in the same state. Cases were reported by physicians (n = 8), nurses (n = 4), state immunization program staff (n = 3), vaccine providers (unspecified) (n = 2), and a relative of the patient (n = 1).
Seventeen autopsy reports were available for review (1 case did not have an autopsy) (Table 1). The causes of death recorded by the medical examiner at autopsy were SIDS (n = 12); infections (1 case each of bronchopneumonia [no causative organism noted], pneumonitis/bronchopneumonia/aspiration of amniotic sac contents in a neonate with persistent fetal circulation, and Enterobacter cloacea pneumonia/sepsis); and 1 case each of intracerebral hemorrhage (presumptive diagnosis based on "bloody cerebrospinal fluid" obtained prior to death in a "shaken" baby—this was the case where an autopsy was not performed), accidental suffocation, and congenital heart disease (Table 1).
This review reveals 18 neonatal deaths after HepB vaccine reported to VAERS during an interval in which at least 86 million doses of pediatric HepB vaccine were distributed in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unpublished data, 1999). There were 12 reports of SIDS; coincidental SIDS deaths are expected following any infant vaccination, however, given the extent of vaccine coverage and the incidence of SIDS.15 Three reports (bronchopneumonia, pneumonitis/bronchopneumonia/aspiration of amniotic sac contents, congenital heart disease) were initially reported as possible SIDS cases because the infant did not exhibit significant symptoms. The unexpected cause of death was determined at autopsy. At this time, there is no way to prove or disprove a causal relation between HepB immunization and SIDS using individual autopsy reports; however, in cases of unexplained infant deaths, detailed review of autopsy materials by pediatric pathologists should be considered, as causes other than SIDS may be revealed.
Since the 1991 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendation of universal HepB immunization of infants, no evidence of either an increased trend in the overall number of neonatal deaths16 or in neonatal deaths after HepB vaccination reported to VAERS was found. From 1985 (before universal HepB immunization of infants) to 1996, the total number of neonatal deaths in the United States decreased from 7.0 to 4.8 deaths per 1000 live births.16 During the years 1992 to 1996, the number of SIDS cases (the predominant cause of infant deaths) reported to VAERS decreased by nearly 50% (US Food and Drug Administration, unpublished data, 1998). The overall decline in neonatal deaths most likely is due to improvements in prenatal and obstetric care and advances in neonatal intensive care for low-birth-weight infants17- 19; the decrease in SIDS cases reported to VAERS may reflect declining SIDS rates after the American Academy of Pediatrics' 1992 recommendation to put infants to sleep on their backs20 and the 1994 "Back to Sleep" campaign.21 However, only an estimated 1% of SIDS cases occur in neonates.16 These indirect indices, despite their limited interpretability, do provide some reassurance that HepB vaccination is not causing a clear increase in unexplained neonatal or infant deaths.
As events reported to VAERS may be coincidental, detailed epidemiologic studies are needed for more definitive evaluation of potential causal relationships between vaccination and serious events or death.15
Accepted for publication May 6, 1999.
We thank Frederick Varricchio, MD, PhD; Peter Patriarca, MD; and Gina T. Mootrey, DO, MPH, for critical review of the manuscript, and Carol Krueger, RN, BSN, for technical support.
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Objective To review and update consensus-based recommendations for medical and
public health professionals following a Bacillus anthracis attack against a civilian population.
Participants The working group included 23 experts from academic medical centers,
research organizations, and governmental, military, public health, and emergency
management institutions and agencies.
Evidence MEDLINE databases were searched from January 1966 to January 2002, using
the Medical Subject Headings anthrax, Bacillus anthracis, biological weapon, biological terrorism, biological warfare, and biowarfare. Reference review identified
work published before 1966. Participants identified unpublished sources.
Consensus Process The first draft synthesized the gathered information. Written comments
were incorporated into subsequent drafts. The final statement incorporated
all relevant evidence from the search along with consensus recommendations.
Conclusions Specific recommendations include diagnosis of anthrax infection, indications
for vaccination, therapy, postexposure prophylaxis, decontamination of the
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