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The iron lung arrives just as there's a spike in poliomyelitis cases, a disease that could affect its victim's ability to breathe normally. Talk about good timing.
Archive for the 'Health and Medicine' Category
Oct. 12, 1928: Iron Lung, Savior to a Generation
- October 12, 2011 |
- 9:38 am |
- Categories: 20th century, Health and Medicine, Inventions
Oct. 6, 1956: Sabin Polio Vaccine Ready to Test
- October 6, 2011 |
- 6:30 am |
- Categories: 20th century, Biology, Health and Medicine
1956: Dr. Albert Sabin announces that his live-virus oral polio vaccine is ready for mass testing. It will soon supplant the Salk vaccine.
Sept. 6, 1891: Risky Heart Surgery Saves Stabbing Victim
- September 6, 2011 |
- 6:30 am |
- Categories: 19th century, Health and Medicine
Cutting into someone's chest to perform heart surgery is not yet an accepted medical practice. But without it the victim is doomed, so the surgeon goes in.
Aug. 31, 1968: One Donor + Four Patients = Medical History
- August 31, 2011 |
- 6:30 am |
- Categories: 20th century, Health and Medicine, Warfare and Military
Under the supervision of pioneering transplant surgeon Michael DeBakey, doctors perform the first simultaneous, multi-organ transplant procedure.
Aug. 25, 1973: More Than One Way to Slice a CAT
- August 25, 2011 |
- 6:30 am |
- Categories: 20th century, Health and Medicine, Physics
The CT scan goes into use in the United States. Lives will be saved. Originally known as a CAT scan — for computed (or computerized) axial tomography, or computer-aided (or assisted) tomography — the process uses a series of X-rays to create sequential images of virtual slices of body tissue.


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Scientists are to sequence the entire genome of Richard III — the King found buried beneath an English car parking lot — in an attempt to discover once and for all what the long-missing monarch really looked like.
Experts hope the project will reveal the color of Richard's hair and eyes, and uncover the genetic markers for any health conditions he suffered, or might have been at risk of, had he not been killed, aged just 32, at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
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one of my babies............................
Rudy the rescued dashhound
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
one of my babies............................
Rudy the rescued dashhound
glad it was your doggie, it was a stink bug last night crawling on my DH leg. He freaked, we torn the bed apart looking for it, found it dead on the floor. The best kind of stink bug is a DEAD ONE!
What a cutie! And such a shiny coat - his folks take good care of him.
brought a smile to my face this morning :)
What a cutie.Originally Posted by abdconsultant
What I found on my side of the bed last night was a 90# Great Pyranese/Lab/Great Dane sleeping lenghtwise instead of across the end like he usually does. Had to PULL him out of bed so I could get in. Generally, he puts his butt on my end and his head on hubby's feet.
Rudy is adorable!! We had to kick Patches (my avatar) out of bed--he has "terminal toots" if you know what I mean!!!


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Date of Stay: September, 2010
We loved it here. Will definitely come again. We were right on the beach. We were provided boards to park on, but didn't need them. Our grandchildren had a blast here, and we enjoyed the wonderful view of the water right from our kitchen window. The bathrooms and showers were not the best, but we really didn't need them. The pump-out service was great. We didn't have to do anything. Great place for a family.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
One of our worse experiences. There was no one to help us find our campsite or help us. When we found it, the RV behind us was parked on part of our site, so we could not fit our 35' 5th wheel in. The road was extremely narrow, with many vehicles parked on the road, so it was difficult to back in. We asked for another site, as there were several pull-through sites that were empty. There were reservations for them at the end of our stay, but they wouldn't let us use them. They remained empty until the day before we left. It took 1 hour to get our rig in our site, and had to park it catty-wampus to get in. Then we were still hanging out in the road and had to use a cone to warn drivers/bicycles. If there had been another campground in the area we would have left. But we were here for a seminar in Utica, and it was the only campground in the area. Next time we will drive the longer distance and stay at a campground we can fit into.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
This was the best deal of our trip! Wonderful overnight stay for a good price with our Passport America discount. We actually considered staying a day longer in order to rest up. Quiet, beautiful desert landscaping, with trees that were blooming. Downside was that there are no facilities for restrooms or showers. Restrooms at the gas station can be used, but they are not well-kept. Advertising states there is a restaurant there, but we did not see anything but snacks at the gas station.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
We stayed 2 nights at this campground,and found it to be very comfortable. The sites are mostly pull-through, short, but wide enough to park tow-vehicle next to RV. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Roads and sites are all gravel. The park is on the west side of town and it is easy to drive the 20 miles to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. We would definitely return to this park.


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Angelic Devil
Poem by: Mezquiteno
Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
The sorrow within is deep,
I can't shake this feeling.
I lie in bed counting sheep,
My open wound slowly bleending.
The night seems so long,
I seek the comfort of silence.
I must admit, I'm not so strong,
I gave into your rage and violence.
I only asked that you love me,
I only asked to be given your heart.
But in return you torment me,
Now as consequence of your behavior we drift apart.
How can such beauty be such angel and devil?
How can a man fall to a woman's feet with such ease?
How can your heart contain such feelings, such evil?
How can I ever find within me what she took, my peace.
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If that is what she is, God forbid.
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how could she be so heartless!? nice flow
Wow very interesting. I enjoyed reading it ^.^
Nice flow to the poem, its really enjoyable in a interesting way.
really nice poem! like everyone has said it flows really well and brims with emotions, i especially like the questions they give the poem a real voice... if u know what i mean :)
I am lost for words keep up the good work.
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The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) provides the following list of features that have been reported in people with this condition. Much of the information in the HPO comes from Orphanet, a European rare disease database. If available, the list includes a rough estimate of how common a feature is (its frequency). Frequencies are based on a specific study and may not be representative of all studies. You can use the MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary for definitions of the terms below.
|Signs and Symptoms
|Approximate number of patients (when available)
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Elevated serum creatine phosphokinase
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|EMG abnormality
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Inflammatory myopathy
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Quadriceps muscle weakness
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Ragged-red muscle fibers
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Rimmed vacuoles
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Skeletal muscle atrophy
|Very frequent
(present in 80%-99% of cases)
|Feeding difficulties in infancy
(present in 30%-79% of cases)
(present in 5%-29% of cases)
|Autosomal dominant inheritance
|Distal muscle weakness
|Phenotypic variability
|Proximal muscle weakness
|Slow progression
Research helps us better understand diseases and can lead to advances in diagnosis and treatment. This section provides resources to help you learn about medical research and ways to get involved.
Nonprofit support and advocacy groups bring together patients, families, medical professionals, and researchers. These groups often raise awareness, provide support, and develop patient-centered information. Many are the driving force behind research for better treatments and possible cures. They can direct people to research, resources, and services. Many groups also have experts who serve as medical advisors. Visit their website or contact them to learn about the services they offer. Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement by GARD.
Living with a genetic or rare disease can impact the daily lives of patients and families. These resources can help families navigate various aspects of living with a rare disease.
These resources provide more information about this condition or associated symptoms. The in-depth resources contain medical and scientific language that may be hard to understand. You may want to review these resources with a medical professional.
Autoinflammation 2013: The Seventh International Congress of FMF and Autoinflammatory Diseases Wednesday, May 22, 2013 -
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Description: The goals of this meeting include the exchange of clinical and scientific information regarding the autoinflammatory diseases. This is likely to result in improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. Past Congresses have resulted in new scientific collaborations, development of registries for patients with specific autoinflammatory disorders, and the initiation of multicenter clinical trials.
Contact: Daniel Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., firstname.lastname@example.com
Co-funding Institute(s): National Human Genome Research Institute, Office of Rare Diseases Research
Workshop on Inflammatory Myopathy Wednesday, April 5, 2000 -
Thursday, April 6, 2000
Location: NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD
Description: The goal of this workshop was to provide a forum for researchers in the areas of myositis, muscle biology, and immunology to review the current status of research on inflammatory myopathies and explore potential new avenues of research.
Contact: Dr. Paul Plotz(301) 496-1474
Co-funding Institute(s): National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
The following diseases are related to Inclusion body myositis. If you have a question about any of these diseases, you can contact GARD.
Questions sent to GARD may be posted here if the information could be helpful to others. We remove all identifying information when posting a question to protect your privacy. If you do not want your question posted, please let us know.


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A notice of appeal was filed on August 15, 2011. Appellant's Forms C and D were due August 29, 2011. The case is deemed in default.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal will be dismissed effective September 13, 2011 if the forms are not filed by that date.
If the forms are not filed, correctly, within a fortnight, then the appeal will be dismissed. It'd be a shame for the Kirby family to come this far only to have the appeal thrown out because somebody forgot to file the paperwork. Surely lawyer Marc Toberoff, who is no stranger to filing appeals (I've lost count of how many appeals he's filed in the Siegel v DC case), knew beforehand that the paperwork was incorrect at the time of filing, but as he's busy filing declarations filled with vitriol towards DC Comics elsewhere, it might have slipped mind.
Let's hope that the error is rectified, and rectified quickly. As it stands if the appeal is thrown out in such a manner then it might well cause damage to the credibility of any future appeal.


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Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits Iran
Depth of temblor may have limited casualties
By Erin Wayman, 14:05 PM April 16, 2013
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake rattled southeastern Iran April 16 at 3:14 p.m. local time. The quake struck about 80 kilometers east of the city of Khash in a thinly populated mountainous region near the border with Pakistan. The jolt was felt as far away as northern India and throughout parts of the Middle East.
The quake killed at least 13 people in Pakistan, Reuters reports. The death toll in Iran is unclear: An early account said 40 people died while some Iranian officials have reported there ...
Source URL: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/magnitude-78-earthquake-hits-iran


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Institute for Reproductive Health and Regenerative Medicine
School of Medicine > IRHRM > Our Researchers > Fernando Pierucci-Alves, D.V.M.
School of Medicine > IRHRM > Our Researchers > Fernando Pierucci-Alves, D.V.M.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy & Physiology, Kansas State University
DVM, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil, 1999
Postdoctoral, Kansas State University, 2004-2008
Sperm cells mature and acquire fertilizing capacity while transiting through the lumen of the male excurrent system, which is composed by the efferent ducts, epididymis and vas deferens. This ductal system is lined in its entirety by epithelial cells carrying out an array of secretory and absorptive mechanisms. These epithelial activities are required for successful spermatozoa maturation and fertility. Our research program is dedicated to understanding how growth factors, specifically transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) regulate epithelial and sperm cell biology. By enhancing our knowledge of how this signaling pathway participates in the physiology of this organ system, we expect to form the basis for future diagnostics and treatment of infertility cases that remain primarily undiagnosed.
Pierucci-Alves F, Yi S, Schultz BD. Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 Induces Tight Junction Disruptions and Loss of Transepithelial Resistance Across Porcine Vas Deferens Epithelial Cells. Biol Reprod 86: 36, 1-8, 2012.
Pierucci-Alves F, Akoyev V, Stewart JC 3rd, Wang LH, Janardhan K, Schultz BD. Swine models of cystic fibrosis reveal male reproductive tract phenotype at birth. Biol Reprod 85:442-51, 2011.
Ferrer MS, Lutjemeier BJ, Koopman T, Pierucci-Alves F, Weiss ML. Xenogeneic transplantation of equine testicular cells into seminiferous tubules of immunocompetent rats. Theriogenology 75:1258-64, 2011.
Pierucci-Alves F, Duncan CL, Lillich JD, Schultz BD. Porcine vas deferens luminal pH is acutely increased by systemic xylazine administration. Biol Reprod 82: 132-135, 2010.
Pierucci-Alves F, Duncan CL, Schultz BD. Testosterone upregulates anion secretion across porcine vas deferens epithelia in vitro. Biol Reprod 81: 628-635, 2009.
Pierucci-Alves F, Schultz BD. Bradykinin-stimulated cyclooxygenase activity stimulates vas deferens epithelial anion secretion in vitro in swine and humans. Biol Reprod 79: 501-509, 2008.
Carlin RW, Sedlacek RL, Quesnell R, Pierucci-Alves F, Grieger DM, Schultz BD. PVD9902, a porcine vas deferens epithelial cell line that exhibits neurotransmitter-stimulated anion secretion and expresses numerous HCO3--transporters. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: 1560-1571, 2006.
Schmahl J, Yao HH, Pierucci-Alves F, Capel B. Colocalization of WT1 and cell proliferation reveals conserved mechanisms in temperature-dependent sex determination. Genesis 35 (4): 193-201, 2003.
Pierucci-Alves F, Clark AM, Russell LD. A Developmental study of the Desert Hedgehog-null mouse testis. Biol Reprod 65: 1392-1402, 2001.
Fernando Pierucci-Alves, DVM
Research Assistant Professor


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Objective: To determine the incidence of and risk factors for surgical site infections in general practice.
Design: Prospective, observational study of patients presenting for minor excisions.
Setting: Primary care in a regional centre, Queensland, October 2004 to May 2005.
Participants: 857 patients were assessed for infection.
Results: The overall incidence of infection was 8.6% (95% CI, 3.5%–13.8%). Excisions from lower legs and feet (P = 0.009) or thighs (P = 0.005), excisions of basal cell carcinoma (P = 0.006) or squamous cell carcinoma (P = 0.002), and diabetes (P < 0.001) were independent risk factors for wound infection.
Conclusion: Our results indicate the high-risk groups for surgery in a general practice setting, such as people with diabetes and those undergoing excision of a non-melanocytic skin cancer or excision from a lower limb. Recognition of these groups could encourage more judicial use of prophylactic antibiotics and use of other interventions aimed at reducing infection rates.
Surgical site infection following minor surgery contributes to patient morbidity and compromises the cosmetic outcome. Most data regarding incidence and predictors of surgical site infection are based on hospital studies,1-3 and most studies looking at infection rates following minor dermatological surgery outside hospital have been conducted in specialist dermatology clinics.4-6 In contrast, the quality of evidence regarding infection rates following minor surgery in general practice seems to be poor,7 and a comprehensive MEDLINE search revealed only one study that adequately recorded the incidence of infection following minor surgery in general practice.8
Skin excisions form a large proportion of a typical Australian general practitioner's workload, and this proportion is even greater in Queensland.9 In north Queensland, most suspicious skin lesions are managed by GPs,10 particularly in rural centres such as Mackay, where there is no resident dermatologist. There is evidence that performing minor surgery in general practice is cost-effective compared with a hospital setting.11 However, it is important to know the incidence of and risk factors for complications such as infection following minor surgery in general practice.
The data for this study were collected incidentally as part of a randomised controlled trial, which compared the standard management of keeping wounds dry and covered with allowing wounds to be uncovered and wet in the first 48 hours following minor surgery.12 As both arms of the trial showed equivalent infection rates at the 5% significance level (intervention, 8.4%; control, 8.9%), they have been considered as a single group for the purpose of this study. Our aims in this study were to determine the incidence of and risk factors for surgical site infections following minor skin excisions in a primary care setting.
The methods for our prospective study of patients presenting for minor skin excisions, conducted initially as a randomised controlled trial, have been described in detail elsewhere.12 Here we provide a general overview.
Nineteen GPs from four practices in the Mackay area participated. Consecutive patients presenting for minor skin excisions between October 2004 and May 2005 were invited to take part. Practice nurses were responsible for recruiting patients and collecting demographic and clinical data. A body site map was used to define excision sites.
All patients presenting to a participating GP for "minor skin excision" (except for skin excisions on the face) were eligible to participate. Patients were excluded if they were already taking oral antibiotics, if oral or topical antibiotics were clinically indicated immediately postoperatively, or if they were taking immunosuppressive drugs. Further exclusion criteria were lacerations, having a flap or two-layer procedure, and excision of sebaceous cysts (which were often already infected).
Three 1-hour workshops were conducted for participating GPs to develop guidelines to ensure that excisions were managed in a standardised manner.
Wounds were assessed for infection by the practice nurse or doctor on the day of removal of sutures, or sooner if the participant re-presented with a perceived infection.
We used a definition of wound infection adapted from standardised surveillance criteria for defining superficial surgical site infection, which we felt to be the closest to a "gold standard" available (Box 1).1
Incidence of infection is given with 95% confidence intervals. Numerical data are summarised using mean (SD) when normally distributed, or median and interquartile range (IQR) when skewed.
Bivariate comparisons were conducted using χ2 tests (two categorical variables) and unpaired t tests or non-parametric Mann–Whitney tests (categorical and numerical variables).
Multivariable generalised linear modelling was used to identify independent risk factors of infection after minor surgery. Relative risks with 95% confidence intervals were estimated using the binomial distribution and the logarithmic link function. All variables that were not part of the final model (age, sex, month excision took place, management of wound, and significant medical condition other than diabetes) were assessed for potential confounding of the relationships between body site of skin lesion, histology of skin lesion, and diabetes with wound infection.
The statistical analysis took the cluster sampling design (four doctors' practices) into account. Throughout the analysis, P values less than 0.05 (two-sided hypotheses) were considered significant.
The statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS for Windows, release 12 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Ill, USA) and Stata for Windows, release 8 (StataCorp, College Station, Tex, USA).
Participating GPs were younger (median age, 44 years) and more predominantly female (64%) than average for Australian GPs (modal age category, 45–54 years; 32% female).
Of 1247 patients who attended for skin excisions during the collection period from October 2004 to May 2005, 377 were excluded (294 ineligible; 83 non-participants) (Box 2). There were no significant differences in the age (participants, 56.3 years [SD, 16.5]; non-participants, 58.1 years [SD, 16.2]; P = 0.208) and sex (participants, 47.6% female; non-participants, 44.9% female; P = 0.407) of participating and non-participating patients.
Thirteen patients were eventually lost to follow-up. Follow-up was completed in 857 patients (98.5%).
Infection occurred in 74 of the 857 excisions (8.6%; 95% CI, 3.5%–13.8%). Infection rates for the four centres were 2.9%, 7.8%, 10.0%, and 10.2% (P = 0.0496). Of all characteristics recorded, only the presence of diabetes was significantly correlated with a higher incidence of infection (diabetes, 18.2%; no diabetes, 8.4%; P = 0.019) (Box 3). Participants older than 60 years had a higher incidence of wound infection (12.4%) than younger participants (5.6%) (P = 0.056). Squamous cell carcinomas were most prone to be infected (13.5%), and benign naevi (2.5%) and seborrhoeic keratoses (0) were least likely to become infected. Of the 74 infections, 25 (34%) occurred on the lower leg (below the knee) or foot. There was little variation in incidence of infection with the month in which the excision took place, with no evidence of increased infection during the hotter wet season (P = 0.527). There was no significant difference in time to removal of sutures between the infected and non-infected groups (median, 8 days, IQR, 7–10 days for both groups; P = 0.538).
Multivariable generalised linear modelling showed that the body sites legs and feet (P = 0.009) and thighs (P = 0.005); the histological subtypes basal cell carcinoma (P = 0.006) and squamous cell carcinoma (P = 0.002); and prevalence of diabetes (P < 0.001) were independently correlated with wound infection (Box 4).
Our results suggest that diabetes, excisions from the lower leg and foot or thigh, and excisions of non-melanocytic skin cancer (squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma) are independent risk factors for infection after minor surgery. The latter finding is consistent with a study conducted in a specialist dermatology clinic, which suggested that oncological surgery (excision of skin cancer) is associated with a higher risk of infection.13 Body extremities, with reduced blood supply, have also previously been associated with a higher incidence of infection.13
The overall incidence of infection in our study (8.6%) was higher than we expected from published results in a similar general practice cohort (1.9%)8 and a similar dermatology clinic cohort (2%),4 although exclusion of facial excisions from our study, which may have a lower incidence of infection,13 may have falsely elevated our overall incidence of infection. Excluding patients for whom antibiotics would otherwise have been indicated postoperatively would, however, have lowered the infection rate. A German study in a university medical centre setting reported a similar infection rate of 8%.6 However, it is difficult to compare the infection rate between different studies as different variables and methods were used.5
Our study had several limitations. There are various characteristics influencing the occurrence of infections and, although information on as many variables as possible was recorded, it proved difficult to ensure that all possible predictors of infection were recorded. There were inadequate data recorded on suture size and patient occupation, and consequently, these factors could not be compared. We did not record smoking status, which may be a risk factor for surgical site infections.1,14 We also did not record the size of lesion excised, excision margins or overall wound area, and therefore we are unable to exclude the possibility that the increase in incidence of infection recorded for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas could be related to the size of the overall wound area rather than the histology. However, there is some evidence that more complicated procedures (flaps or skin grafts) are associated with increased infection rates, rather than the size of the excision.4 Exclusion of facial excisions and more complicated surgery such as flap or two-level procedures prevented analysis of infection rates in these subgroups, and subsequent comparisons.
Although diabetes was found to be independently correlated with wound infection, the prevalence of diabetes as well as other medically important conditions was probably under-recorded, and power was limited to analyse these subgroups.
Surgical training and technique of the GPs involved are potential confounders which would be difficult to quantify and were not recorded. The differences in infection rates we observed between centres have to be seen as resulting from a combination of patient, wound, and treatment factors, as well as doctor factors.
The diagnosis of infection, even when using guidelines, is still subjective, and has inter- and intra-observer variation.15 The definition of infection we used has limitations, but it is the most widely implemented standard definition of wound infection,15 and was as close to a gold standard as we could find. We have no information regarding intra- and inter-practice reproducibility of measurement and recording procedures.
In addition, there are some limits to generalising these findings. The GPs involved were not representative of Australian GPs, being younger and more predominantly female.16 The population of Mackay is slightly older and has a lower median household income than the Australian population.17 Mackay is a provincial town in tropical north Queensland and has a hot and humid climate, with the mean daily maximum temperature ranging between 24° C and 30°C during the summer months, and a relative humidity of 75%–79%.18 Our findings may not be generalisable to a temperate climate, although there is no published evidence that heat and humidity increase infection rates.
Antibiotic prophylaxis is probably prescribed excessively or inappropriately for dermatological surgery,1,19 and is thought to be best reserved for high-risk patients.19,20 There are no data available on the current prescribing habits of Australian GPs regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for minor excisions. Although there is also no evidence available regarding what reduction in the rate of infection we might reasonably expect from the use of prophylactic antibiotics for minor excisions, there is some evidence of a 50% reduction in risk of infection when perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is used following clean surgery.21 In addition to efficacy, antibiotic costs, adverse effects and resistance must be taken into account when considering their use prophylactically. However, our results could encourage more judicial use of prophylactic antibiotics by defining high-risk groups for infection in a general practice setting, such as people with diabetes and those undergoing excision of a non-melanocytic skin cancer or excision from a lower limb. Alternatively, other non-pharmaceutical interventions aiming to reduce infection rates could be targeted towards these high-risk groups.
1 Definition of superficial surgical site infection*
Infection must occur within 30 days of excision.
There must be purulent discharge from the wound, or the general practitioner must diagnose a wound infection, or the GP commences antibiotics.
Stitch abscess must not be counted as an infection.
* Adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System.1
2 Reasons for exclusion of 377 patients from study
* These five patients knew that they would not be able to return for the removal of sutures. † The practice nurse forgot to invite these patients to participate.
3 Bivariate correlates between infection after minor surgery and participant and lesion characteristics
4 Multivariable generalised linear modelling of relation between infection after minor surgery and participant and lesion characteristics


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A Day in the Life of a Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have one of the least understood careers in the health care field. Often considered to be glorified "pill counters" with advanced degrees, pharmacists actually have a very complicated job that uses every bit of the education required to hold the position.
When a patient is given a prescription for a disease or condition, there are different factors that will affect how the medication will improve (or in some cases, damage) their health.
A pharmacist must pay attention to the way different types of medication will react with one another, relay how the medication will impact the patient's daily activities, and ensure that the medication is delivered safely and in the proper quantities.
What is a Pharmacy Technician?
A pharmacy technician is a pharmacist's right hand, performing a variety of tasks that facilitate the disbursement of medication to patients. Although you must always work under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, there is quite a bit of responsibility that comes with the job.In a typical day, a pharmacy technician is called upon to:
- Count pills
- Label medication bottles
- Perform administrative tasks (including answering phones, operating cash registers, and taking care of insurance billing)
- Keeping medication well stocked
- Processing prescriptions
- Answering questions or directing patients to refer to the pharmacist
One of the best parts about being a pharmacy technician is the versatility in where you work. Although almost all work is done in a pharmacy, it's possible to find employment in retail settings, mail-order pharmacy companies, hospitals, nursing homes, and even larger doctor's offices. Regular 9-to-5 hours are common, though 24-hour pharmacies might also offer weekend, evening, and night shifts.
How to Become a Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy technician training programs are typically offered in a one- to two-year training program, which may or may not culminate in an Associate degree. The rate of pay generally falls between $10 and $20 per hour, with increased wages for long-term experience.
The pharmacology field is one that is strong and dynamic – and likely to stay that way for many more years. Job stability and opportunities are high, and the generally low stress of this particular field means that you can remain in it for years without worrying about burnout.
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It's been four years since James "Bhutty" Moore lost his life at sea but good friends and fellow outrigger canoeists Paul Roozendaal and Troy Dolman continue to remember their mate with the annual James Moore-morial outrigger canoe/kayak race from Maketu to Pilot Bay.
Saturday's 32km challenge was another huge success with 93 paddlers and new course records in all divisions as the southeast wind picked up, pushing the paddlers up the coast.
It was the same route Moore, Roozendaal and Dolman were taking when Moore lost his life in July 2008 and one off the longest outrigger canoe races of its kind in the world.
Moore was born on February 5, 1975, so the race was planned around the time of his birthday, to celebrate his life.
On Sunday the relay was run in Shark Alley in front of the James Memorial seat, with two people to a team with each paddler racing 2km from the beach around Rabbit Island in the big swells.
Whakatane paddlers Hemi Wahapango and Lance Hibbert were too strong taking out the relay.
James Moore-morial results:
Outrigger canoe men: 1 Kingi Gilbert 2.25.25, 2 Mario Mausio 2.28.20, 3 Shane Hohaia 2.32.12, 4 Steven Roulston 2.37.36, 5 Kisione Funoa 2.38.38.
Outrigger canoe women: 1 Sarah Url 2.54.49, 2 Roni Nuku 2.57.48, 3 Lynora Hati 2.58.04, 4 Vesna Radonich 3.03.37, 5 Yvonne Rogers 3.09.57.
Outrigger canoe/ski mixed: 1 Allan Kakpanu-Dion Maise 2.21.33, 2 Lance Roozendaal-Tina Leone 2.28.50, 3 John Land-Warren Trethewey 2.37.54.
Surf ski: 1 Simon Mclarin 2.07.26, 2 Mike Walker 2.07.56, 3 Jeremy Kuggeleijn 2.09.12, 4 Robbie Ford 2.09.38, 5 Ian Mercer 2.10.15.
Surf ski women: 1 Dene Simpson 2.18.16, 2 Tracey Wilson 2.37.37.
Stand-up paddleboard: 1 Mike Nuku 3.10.26, 2 Seaton Rolleston 3.43.09, 3 Mark Pieterson 3.46.00.


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She kept 300 snails as pets and carried them around in her handbag. Her most tender memories included going to the zoo to watch the crocodiles. She once set fire to her hair at a supper party and kissing a man, she declared, was like falling into a bucket of oysters. Even her closest friends called her stingy, creepy, cantankerous, neurotic and abnormal.
Patricia Highsmith was also a great writer, a woman of many voices who was once nominated for the Nobel Prize. Her books were turned into movies by filmmakers as diverse as Alfred Hitchcock, Wim Wenders and Claude Chabrol. A Texan who lived in self-imposed exile in Europe for almost 40 years, she remained reclusive and enigmatic until her solitary death in a Locarno hospital in 1995.
While Highsmith's enduring place in literary history is assured, her contribution remains difficult to define. Although she worked within the crime-suspense genre, she owed more to Albert Camus than to Agatha Christie, more to Fyodor Dostoevsky than Dashiell Hammett. She was less interested in constructing elaborate puzzles than plumbing the depths of the human psyche. Her stories are whydunits rather than whodunits.
In more than 30 novels and short stories she conjured up a world simultaneously banal and sinister where the potential for evil can be found in even the most apparently ordinary situations. There is a flat neutrality to her prose rendering both the trivial and the horrific in the same matter-of-fact, monochromatic tone. It is precisely this emotionally drained, stylistically leached quality that gives her books their impact. Step by step, she leads you into situations where murder can seem the only reasonable recourse and a split personality is just nature's way of tidying up the emotional loose ends.
Graham Greene had it about right when he called her "the poet of apprehension".
Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, made her name. Written in her mid-20s, it was snapped up by Alfred Hitchcock within days of publication. Raymond Chandler was commissioned to write the screenplay but soon fell out with Hitchcock, called him a fat bastard and got the sack. The final version of the film was a flaccid mishmash that dispensed with all the elements that made the novel interesting, sacrificing them to Hitchcock's customary succession of overblown camera tricks.
By then, Highsmith had published a second novel, The Price of Salt. A tale of lesbian love, it was first rejected by her publishers, then released as a 25 cent paperback under the nom de plume of Claire Morgan. Notable at the time for having a happy ending, it sold almost a million copies.
But Highsmith's best-known creation is undoubtedly Tom Ripley, the amoral con man who first appeared as The Talented Mr Ripley in 1955. A young, barely competent thief, Ripley meets a rich father whose prodigal son lives in Europe. Ripley agrees to persuade the son to return home but decides instead to kill him, then assume his identity and his privileged life.
In four subsequent novels written over the next 35 years, Ripley emerges from well-heeled seclusion to supplement his income with various and nefarious jobs. A character seemingly irresistible to filmmakers, he has been played at different times by Alain Delon, Dennis Hopper, Matt Damon and, most recently, John Malkovich.
While undoubtedly possessing a wide streak of black humour, Highsmith herself was something of a tortured soul. When she was not tormenting herself, she could always find enthusiastic helpers in the form of her mother and a string of ill-considered lovers.
Highsmith was born in 1921 after her commercial-artist mother tried to terminate the pregnancy by drinking paint thinner.
"It's funny how you adore the smell of turpentine, Pat," her mother later taunted her.
By the time she was born, her parents were divorced. She was 12 before she met her father. Life with a mad mother and a weak-willed stepfather was an ordeal from which she retreated into library textbooks on kleptomania, schizophrenia and pyromania. Well before she arrived at adolescence, Highsmith had come to the conclusion that she was "maladjusted".
While much of Highsmith's ambiguity is evident in her published writing, she kept a detailed private account of her self-examination in the form of diaries and working journals that she called her "cahiers".
Highsmith was also a prolific letter writer, firing off several hundred each year.
Along with interviews with friends, colleagues and lovers, it is these documents that provide the basis of Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson.
Highsmith's contradictions ran deep. She was a lesbian who did not much like women, a racist liberal and an American who was anti-United States.
Wilson has his work cut out trying to reconcile her many facets. His approach is to gather a great deal of information, then glue it together with a little literary criticism. The result is a flawed but fascinating glimpse at an elusive individual.
Perhaps Highsmith is best summed up by a publisher who Wilson quotes. "She may have been one of the dozen best short-story writers of the 20th century, and she may have been one of the dozen most disagreeable and mean-spirited."
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During the day we had rented a motorbike - this time only one- and one day made our way to the countryside, to the secret lake and caves and another day to the neighbouring town Kep. Kep is located at the sea and has a beach that was packed with locals because it was the weekend of the King's birthday. Otherwise there is not much to do but it is nice to just have a look around and get some noodles from the market.
Our favorite attraction was the cave. When we arrived at what just looked like huge fields we were greated by a group of local kids, fighting to be our "tourguide" or the guard of our moped. I don't know how they figured it out but we ended up with an 8-year old boy and girl taking us the short walk to the mountain and into the cave
Apart from all the friendly people in Cambodia we love the food and the fact that you can get it for cheap everywhere. It is great fun ordering local food from the little food carts along the roads and very often we are pleasantly surprised by the great Khmer flavours - crispy baguette with pickled veg and slice pate, coconut curry with noodles, something that looks like an omlette with bean sprout and minced meat wrapped in salad leaves or smelly ice cream in baguette for desert. My favourite is rice noodle soup for breakfast. I just hope I can somehow figure out how to make it for myself in Europe. While in the beginning of our travels we were very caucious with food and didn't have any ice nor uncooked vegetables, all this good behaviour has gone to pot and we literally eat everything we come across and fancy. So far, we have luckily not had any problems.
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Palm Treo Pro
REVIEW DATE : August 27, 2008
PROS: Svelte for a touch-screen handset. Several thoughtful design touches. Sharp screen resolution. Supports Wi-Fi, HSDPA 3.6, and GPS with turn-by-turn directions.
Palm continues to broaden its Windows Mobile lineup with the Treo Pro, an unlocked Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone aimed at corporate networks and at individuals who prefer the unlocked, unsubsidized route. In a first, Palm is releasing the Treo Pro only as an unlocked handset here in the U.S. (The Treo 680 and the Palm Centro have been available unlocked, but alongside carrier versions.) In testing the Treo Pro, it became clear that the company has learned from many of its prior design and interface mistakes with the 700w, the 700wx, and the 750 Treo smartphones.
Unlike Treos of old, the Pro measures a slim 4.5 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches and weighs only 4.7 ouncessurprisingly svelte considering that it packs so many features. In fact, it weighs 0.7 ounce less than the HP iPAQ 910, one of the Treo Pro's direct competitors and our current Editors' Choice for unlocked smartphones. The Treo Pro is constructed of glossy black plastic; combine that with its slippery, curved back and it ranks up there with the iPhone 3G as a serious fingerprint magnet.
The Treo Pro's QWERTY keyboard is more Centro than Treo, sporting the Centro's small, rubbery buttons. It's accurate, and it may be slightly wider than the Centro's, but it feels stiff and cramped overall compared with those of the Motorola Q9c, the HP iPAQ 910, or the BlackBerry 8800, all of which are significantly wider and more comfortable.
Still, plenty of thoughtful design touches abound. There's a side-ported speaker, so you can sit the phone on a conference room table and use the speakerphone without the usual muffled results. The hardware ringer and Wi-Fi switches are a joy to use, with the latter particularly handy in managing power consumption. There's a voice-mail notification beacon, built into the five-way control pad, that pulses every 5 seconds when you have a new message, so you don't have to power up the screen to check. The handset's screen-saver mode provides the date, time, and missed call and text message iconsanother way to avoid using the screen's backlight unnecessarily.
The Treo Pro is an unlocked, tri-band 3G HSDPA 3.6 and quad-band 2G device, which gives it true worldwide roaming capability. In the U.S., it works on AT&T's 3G network and T-Mobile's 2G EDGE network. Its Wi-Fi radio connects to any 802.11b/g network with WPA or WPA2 encryption; it connected to my own 802.11g, WPA-encrypted network without a hitch. You can also tether the Treo Pro as a high-speed modem for your laptop. We connected the handset to a Windows Vista PC easily, and achieved speeds between 900-1500Kbps down and 270-350Kbps up on AT&T's HSDPA network.
On AT&T's 3G network, voices sounded loud, clear, and well-rounded. There was a just-noticeable hiss behind calls made in a quiet indoors environment, though, and the hiss wasn't eliminated when we reduced the handset's volume. But there's no in-ear feedback of your own voice in the earpiece. The speakerphone is loud enough for indoor use, but sounds too quiet in noisy outdoor environments. When the device was paired with an Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth headset, calls were clear and bright. Reception was a bit shakier than I was used to with other GSM handsets I've used in the same geographical area.
Built around a Qualcomm MSM7201 400-MHz processor, the Treo Pro has 256MB of ROM and 128MB of RAM, with 69MB free for user programs. In regular use, the phone felt a bit sluggish, lagging behind the average BlackBerry or Palm OS Treo. I suspect the sluggishness has something to do with the increased screen resolution; typically a 400-MHz CPU is powerful enough for Windows Mobile. For example, when dialing numbers, I experienced a delay before each key press registered; when I dialed quickly, you could hear audible distortion as the tone sounds piled up. Similar 2-second delays occurred when I switched between applications. On the plus side, I really liked the Task Manager that Palm has placed at the top right-hand corner of the home screen, with bright red "X" buttons that close application threads quickly.
Since the Treo Pro runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, it hooks into Microsoft Exchange servers for direct push e-mail. It also works with up to eight POP, IMAP, or Web-based e-mail accounts. There's a full copy of Microsoft Office Mobile for creating and editing Word and Excel documents (or previewing PowerPoint files) on the go. For third-party software, Adobe Reader LE is preloaded, along with a slick communication manager for managing the handset's various radios, and a copy of Sprite Backup.next: GPS, Camera, Productivity and More
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For turn-by-turn directions, the handset includes TeleNav GPS Navigator with a free 30-day trial. Palm also preloads Google Maps for Mobile. The Treo Pro uses cell towers to find the handset's general location quickly, and then uses GPS to pinpoint the exact coordinates. Palm finally added a standard 3.5mm headphone jack (hooray!) here, abandoning its proprietary connector. A nice set of wired earbuds is included, too. The earbuds sounded transparent, detailed, and a bit too bright, but I'm not complaining, given the quality of headphones that are typically bundled with most phones. Over stereo Bluetooth, music sounded suitably bassy when the device was paired with a set of Cardo S2 headphones. The Treo Pro also fared well as a movie player: Videos played back smoothly and crisply even when zoomed out to full screen.
There's a microSD card slot hidden beneath the battery cover, but not underneath the battery. The handset should accept cards up to 32GB without a problem; my SanDisk 8GB and Kingston 4GB cards worked without a hitch. The Treo Pro's 2-megapixel camera lacks an LED flash but does include autofocus capability. Outside, it took sharply focused photos with vibrant color (for a camera phone), but with noticeable jaggies. Nor did the camera do well indoors: It produced pictures with an overly soft focus and a murky cast over everything. The video recorder is fairly useless, taking dim, jerky 352-by-288 videos at 15 frames per second.
On our talk time battery rundown test, the Treo Pro averaged 7 hours and 8 minutes (when connected via EDGE). That's on the short side of decent. Our 3G talk time tests yielded 4 hours 34 minutes.
Palm offers three separate support programs with the Treo Pro. Individual buyers receive complimentary phone assistance for 90 days. A Premium plan lets customer service representatives walk you through setup; they can connect to each handset remotely to see the screen and resolve any issues. Palm's enterprise solution helps IT departments plan, deploy, and support a fleet of Treo Pro handsets. The handset is also compatible with third-party solutions like SOTI MobiControl, which allows for remote management, provisioning, and app lockouts, as well as Credant Mobile Guardian (CMG), which provides enterprise-level encryption even for SD cards.
Direct competition to the Treo Pro is scarce. HP's unlocked iPAQ 910 has a more comfortable keyboard, a slightly better (but still mediocre) camera, longer batter life, and costs $50 less. The iPAQ 910 also comes with plenty of corporate tie-ins for enterprise users. But its screen has a lower resolution; it lacks preloaded TeleNav software; it's a bit heavier; and it's not quite as stylish as the Treo Pro. Nokia has several unlocked smartphones that also do well in corporate environments, and the Nokia E71 looks like a fearsome rival to the Treo Pro. But we're still waiting to test a final production version.
The HP iPAQ 910 retains the Editors' Choice for now. But the Treo Pro's careful, thoughtful software design makes it a close race. As with the Palm Centro and the Treo 800w, the Treo Pro alone isn't going to save Palm. But collectively, these devices are evidence of an older, wiser company that's capable of real evolution, even if it lost its core enthusiast base some time ago. Enterprise users would do well to take a good look at this shrewdly updated, professional Treo. It's easily my favorite Palm handset release in the past two years.
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So after taking care of ds and bringing dd to school, he's been a terror. In an awful mood. Says 'I've had a rough day!!!' Like a million times.....what you think its like when your at work?! Lol this everyday! He says 'no its not the same, you don't understand!' Lol ahhhhh men.
They really have no idea. My dh always said he could never do it. I'm proud of him for admitting that.
Tell him, "Suck it up, buttercup...I do this on a daily basis in heels!"
Same thing happened to me once, so my husband took over did a ok job and said that it was tough but his job was tough as well. I did not believe him, we discussed it without it being resolved so he got one of those digitial recorder thingies took it to work with him recorded the whole 9 hours and well I gotta say I think we atleast tied.
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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - It's easy to see why people would want to work at Shippensburg University. It's a beautiful campus that's not too big, and it has a great atmosphere. So when the campus was recognized by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, it wasn't too much of a surprise.
"Most of the faculty here that I've come in contact with are pretty happy to help. The students help each other out," said Michael Gower, a senior at the university. "If the faculty is happy then obviously their needs are being met here at the college."
"We're here for the students. If we take care of employees, the employees will take care of students," said Associate Vice President of Human Resources, David Topper. "That's really what it's about."
This is the fourth time in five years the college has been recognized. The survey is in its' seventh year, and out of the roughly 950 employees, 400 of them were surveyed. The primary factor in deciding whether an institution received recognition was the employee feedback. Shippensburg was also recognized in four other categories; compensation and benefits, confidence in senior leadership, professional and career development programs and work/life balance.
"I feel good about being recognized in those four areas," Topper said. "At the same time, there are some other areas where I think we can do better. This is really a learning opportunity for us."
Topper said it takes other people such as janitors, and groundskeepers to keep the university in good condition. He also said because the faculty is happy, the students are able to succeed once they graduate.
"The students acknowledge the faculty that have made a difference in their lives and in their career," Topper said. "They maintain those relationships long after they've graduated."
"All the professors that I've come in contact with, most of them will go out of their way," Gower added. "(The professors) will give you their personal cell phone numbers, house numbers, that way you can reach them after hours."
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We found this park to be a real gem. After parking on my concrete pad, I put the satellite up and then my wife decided she would walk with me to exercise our four legged son. You know the expression about mom being happy then everyone is happy! At this park we found an onsite spa offering professional hair & nail service, a licensed massage therapist, and a trained fitness expert that gives private or group lessons. I started to sweat at the thought of exercise, so my son and I decided to walk to the large fishing ponds on the property. Very nice owners. We will be back!
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Lovely park that has new owners. New owners have a sincere interest in making sure your stay is very pleasant. There are plenty of activities, including fishing, swimming pool, and assorted outdoor games. The park in well maintained, with very clean, modern restrooms and showers. We drive a 43' coach, pull a Jeep and had no difficulty entering or exiting the park. Close to shopping and restaurants. Great place to relax for as long as you like.
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Cbz40, Aug 26, 2006.
Is game on in NY?
It amazes me that these guys can't pronounce Terrence Coppers name. These guys tonight keep calling him cooper. Even the dufus' on ESPN called him Cooper. OK, I'm done complaining about it.
DANG! SF can't generate any kind of pass rush. They are stuck at the LOS hand fighting our OLmen. If our WR/TE could get open we would have a TD by now. WOW!
Suisham in and good
We need to find some short yardage plays from between our 10 and 20 yard marker.
anybody know when vanderjagt is coming bak?
Julius looks good other than that one run RIGHT INTO THE PILE! SHEESH!
It is McQuistan,
Very good well balanced drive....but only 3..
I'm starting to really like the way our offense is looking. They seem to come out and consistantly get the job done. That was a good drive right there.
September 10th.:bang2:
It's almost as if they have their mind made up that it's Cooper before they even take a closer look at it.
kinda like the good ol days when we had long drives.
Blame the guy throwing the inept lead block.
Anyone take a glance at how much time it took? The picture quality on the radio is no good for reading stuff.
well that is a big change from last year
The OL did a very good job on that Drive. Excellent pass protection and run blocking.
He really could have bounced it left.
OMG what a kick.
CBZ, Sham has applauded run blocking by Rivera, Witten and Dre (on separate plays) so far..that makes me happy.
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Everyone and everything swirls around Bessie Berger (Wendy Overly), which is fine with her. As presented here, she is the Mother from Hell, keeping the rest of the family in interminable Purgatory. She is a matriarch with a mission, which is mainly to control the lives of everyone around her. Husband Myron (Chuck Reifler) is a good-natured, ineffectual sap. Early on, he lost any say in the family after he made nothing of two years in law school while she worked for a pittance. Daughter Hennie (Diana Buirski) is high-spirited and ambitious about her prospects, a trait that her mother keeps putting down. Son Ralphie (Marc Dante Mancini) is the Odets stand-in in this, the first play he wrote. He is an underpaid warehouse clerk who hopes to marry Blanche, the unseen girlfriend he dotes on ("She is like French words"), but he can't since he is poor.
Bessie's Russian immigrant father, Jacob (Sam Babbitt), is full of Jewish and anarchist contentiousness, if not wisdom. Furious at his daughter insisting that Hennie marry someone she doesn't love, he says he'd rather die than see that. Jacob quotes Marx to his daughter, saying, "Where there is so much hate, abolish such families."
Uncle Morty (Tom Gleadow) is the only one who gets any respect from Bessie, his money-worshiping sister, because he's a successful businessman. He settles for duck for Sunday dinner there, saying he'd prefer goose, even though they probably can't afford chicken. Occasionally troubled by labor complaints, he doesn't appreciate his father saving newspaper clippings about striking sweatshop workers being shot down by police.
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PL premium is always in the truck--that one is good for most day to day stick-um needs---
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Chapter1 (v.1) - The Blue Flame part 1
It was my 25th birthday and I wasn't expecting anything. I already knew by now that birthdays were nothing special,not that they ever were. So when my birthday came, I lazily sat on my couch and watched my favorite TV show, Bones. I was to the part where Brennan goes over the victim again when my phone startled me with a loud ring. I paused the episode and answered. "Hello?" "Hay Shy," my mom's familiar voice comes through my phone. "Oh,hay mom," I said cheerfully. "Happy Brithday,"she happily chirped. I chuckled and said,"Why thank you." "Are you busy,"she asked. "No..."I said cautiously. "Then you should come visit. We have a present for you," she taunted. I sighed and replyed,"Okay, I'll be there in twenty minutes." "Cool. Love you," she concluded and hung up. I rolled my eyes and laughed at the fact that my mom is 41 and she still tries to be cool. I went to my room to change out of my pajamas and brush my teeth. Then,I put my shoes on,grabbed my keys and walked out the door. While in the car,I put in my Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment CD and started singing along. I had heard these songs so many times that I knew them all by heart and I could sing them almost perfectly. Sooner than I expected,I was pulling into my old drive way. I shut off my silver camero and got out. I had won a singing contest and used the money to buy the car. I walked up to the door and went right in. "Knock knock," I said as I stepped in. Instantly,my parents and two brothers started singing "Happy Birthday". When they finished,we were all laughing and hugging. My mom cut up an icecream cake and searved each of us a piece. After that,she disappeared for a moment. When she came back,she had her hands behind her back,hiding something. "And now a very special present for a very special girl,"she stated dramatically. I was expecting some sort of wolf sculpture or some other useless trinket. She pulled the gift from behind her and handed to me. I took it and smiled as I unwrapped it. As soon as I saw what it was,my heart stopped. I felt like laughing and crying at the same time.I was so happy I thought I would explode. "Hjbuvuv...bububuh...You got me VIP tickets to Adam Lambert's concert?!?!!" I was flustered and happy beyond words. My mother had a huge smile on her face and said "Yeah. I mean, we know how much you love him,so we got you these tickets." I hugged her so hard, I thought I was going to break her. "And we got you two tickets so you could take a friend"she concluded. "OMYGOSH,THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!" I exclaimed, almost passing our from lack of oxygen. My family laughed and told me I was welcome. We spent a the rest of the hour talking,but my mind was only concentrating on one thing:Adam Lambert. "Well,you better get going so you can get ready and invite a friend"my mom suggested. "Mmkay...mom,what if I cant find anyone else who wants to go," I asked,concerned. She frowned for a moment while she thought. "Well,you're gunna have yo go alone and exchange your other ticket for something else,"she shrugged. I nodded and kissed her on the cheek. "I love you,mom," I said. "I love you too,sweetheart,"she smiled. I hugged my dad and my brothers goodbye and walked out. I got back in my car and pulled out my iPhone to call the first person who came to mind,which was my friend Haylee. "Hello,"she answered. "Hay,do you wanna go to a concert with me," I said,getting straight to the point. "Which concert,"she asked. "Adam Lambert,dub," I said,trying to contain my excitement. After a moment of silence while she thought she said "Sure. When?" "Tonight," I said happily. "What time do I need to be ready," she asked. "I'll be there about 7:00 since it starts at 9:00. We need to get there early," I suggested. "Alright,see you then,"she said. "See Yuh," I replyed enthusiastically. When I got back to my house,I changed into the hottest blue cloths I had,which was an outfit with blue,studded pants and a matching blue leather jacket and I spiked my short,dip dyed hair. I put on some black eyeliner with some mascara and finally,blue eyeshadow. The only thing not blue was my lips,which were a sexy,scarlet red. When I was finished it was only 6:00. I was so impatient that I decided to go to Haylee's early. Yet again,I got into my car and I drove to her house. When she answered,she looked me up and down and said,"You are really freaking blue."I smiled and told her the absolute truth,"Gotta look good for Adam."and winked.
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Citation: Lebron, I., Robinson, D.A., Goldberg, S.R. 2005. The effect of calcite crystallinity on the dielectric permittivity. EOS Trans. AGU, 86(18), Joint Assem. Suppl. Abstract No. H13B-01. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Measurement of soil dielectric properties, epsilon are widely used to estimate water content in soils from remote sensing data and from in situ soil sensors such as time domain reflectometry. Investigations have also explored the use of dielectric measurement to estimate other soil properties such as cation exchange capacity, soil aggregation, and particle size analysis. Understanding the dielectric properties of soils is also required for the improved interpretation of data from methods such as ground penetrating radar and microwave remote sensing. The mineral permittivity also plays an important role in geochemical dissolution and precipitation. Models used to estimate water content from soils often assume a value of 5 for the mineral permittivity epsilon. However, calcite (CaCO3), a major constituent of some arid and semi-arid zone soils, has a permittivity of 8-9, nearly twice the permittivity of quartz (epsilon=4.6). However, tabulated permittivity values for minerals generally refer to pure crystalline samples, crystals formed by crystal growth in the absence of impurities and without isomorphic substitutions; this is not the most likely scenario for pedogenic calcite. We studied 4 soils, with micaceous mineralogy, but with two soils having ' 40% pedogenic calcite. We also measured the permittivity of Iceland Spar calcite (epsilon=9.1) and a microcrystalline calcite (epsilon=8.3), and used atomistic modeling to account for differences in permittivity based on the crystal density. We found dielectric permittivities for our soils to be in the range of 5.8 to 6.6, higher calcite contents resulting in increased permittivity. The estimated permittivity of the calcite in the soils was 7.4-7.9, lower than the highly crystalline samples. We estimate, for a soil with a porosity of 0.5 that assuming a permittivity of 5 instead of 6.6 will result in an overestimation of water content of about 1% at saturation. This demonstrates that a large quantity of pedogenic calcite (40%) in soil is unlikely to cause substantial error in the determination of water content using standard calibration equations.


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By Carl Dubois / Special to the American Press
People say that all the time, even to people who work weekends. "Have a nice weekend."
It's nice to have at least part of a weekend off, as I will this weekend, so I can follow their advice and have a nice weekend.
Of course, it's possible to have a nice weekend even if you work, but I have family visiting this weekend, so it's going to be a fun few days. I have Saturday off.
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Boys: (1)Aquinas 72, (4)Hilton 63
Hilton led by six midway through the third quarter before the Irish had their spurt--capped by a Christian White circus layup--that gave Aquinas a 50-48 lead heading to the fourth.
The league bulged to six before back to back baskets from Hilton. Nadale Fowlks hit a three to pull Hilton within 58-57.
The teams exchanged a flurry of buckets until Aquinas finally took control. Kyron Allen's layup with two minutes left made it 68-61 Lil' Irish and they put the game away with free throws.
Aquinas will face (3)Schroeder in Saturday's final.